Chapter 1: Encounters

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A day on the streets of Paris, the romantic capital of France, is lively from morning to night, there is a girl with an oriental face playing the violin by the Seine, she is wearing a long white dress, which sets off her beautiful temperament, her long hair like a waterfall flies with the notes, and her face has a quiet smile, forming a beautiful scenery.

Qi Rui was immersed in the world of the violin, some people who were attracted by her piano sound stopped to stay, and some people threw a few coins in the piano case she put on the ground, she didn't care if it was a good business, even if she didn't give money and only listened to the piano, she didn't care too much, and when the time came, she picked up the violin and left.

Han Lei sat in the open-air café, his eyes kept falling on the girl not far away, in a foreign country, the same black hair and yellow skin would look particularly kind.

There were few things that piqued his interest, but this girl made him curious. It's been a week, and she comes here every day to play the violin, and the melodious sound of the violin also accompanies his afternoon work.

If she was not short of money, she would play the violin here until four o'clock, no matter how big the sun was.

But if she is short of money, she leaves every day without caring how many euros are in the case, and puts them away at will, without even looking at the amount. He had seen that one day someone threw a hundred-dollar bill inside, but it didn't attract a glance from her, as if she didn't care how much money was in it.

"A strange girl. This is the conclusion reached by Han Lei.

When Qi Rui came here to play the piano on the tenth day, Han Lei put ten euros in her piano case when she was about to leave at four o'clock.

Without exception, Han Lei didn't get a glimpse of her, she put away the money in the piano case without raising her head, still didn't check how much it was, picked up the piano case and turned to leave.

Han Lei felt a little more at ease, and he couldn't always listen to others playing the violin in vain, it was too ungraceful. As for why he gave ten euros, he thought, anyway, even if he gave a hundred euros, it would make no difference, it would be better to save a little.

For three days in a row, Han Lei put ten euros in her piano case when she was about to leave, Han Lei thought, this should be special for her, right? However, looking at her figure of turning around and leaving without hesitation, Han Lei's heart was actually quite bottomless.

Han Lei watched her figure fade away, with deep thought in his eyes, Shen Rong walked to his side at this time and whispered, "Brother Lei." Only then did he pull back his thoughts.

Shen Rong is Han Lei's assistant, uh, driver, secretary...... Wearing many hats, he is the person Han Lei can't do without.

Han Lei retracted his gaze and glanced at him questioningly, and Shen Rong automatically said consciously: "Mr. Smith has already agreed with us." ”

A gleam flashed in Han Lei's eyes, and he turned around and walked back, "Go back and say." ”

Han Lei came to France for a contract, but he never saw Mr. Smith, who was the other party, and it dragged on for half a month, but Mr. Smith was finally willing to see him, and Han Lei attached great importance to it. Han Lei had a great conversation with Mr. Smith, and invited Mr. Smith to dine with his wife in the evening.

Talking about business at the dinner table, it is common to every country, and finally reached a preliminary consensus, and Han Lei also swept away the frustration of many days. After dinner, Han Lei personally saw off Mr. Smith and prepared to leave.

In front of the hotel, Han Lei was just about to get into the car, and accidentally saw a familiar figure sitting on the first floor. Instead of the white dress she wore during the day, she changed into a long lilac dress, her hair was pulled back to reveal her fair neck, and she sat at the table, waiting for her food.

Han Lei was stunned, just at this time the waiter brought the meal, what did she say to the waiter, after the waiter left, she picked up the water cup on the table, took a sip of water, the expression on her face was expectant and reverent, and she elegantly cut a small piece of steak in her mouth.

Han Lei didn't move for a long time, Shen Rong couldn't help but feel a little strange, and called: "Brother Lei?"

Han Lei turned around and said lightly: "Let's go." But I couldn't help but glance back at someone who was eating.

This restaurant is known for its authentic taste, and again, the price is not cheap. Han Lei couldn't think of a reason, a girl who needed to perform on the street enjoyed an expensive steak here, maybe she wasn't so short of money, Han Lei thought vaguely.

The next day, Han Lei came to the café by the Seine again, and in just a week, he was already accustomed to the melodious violin.

At the end of four o'clock, he got up and went to the girl, and put ten euros in her case.

Han Lei looked at the limited banknotes in the piano case and raised her eyebrows slightly, it seems that she can't enjoy a high-end meal today.

Han Lei was right, Qi Rui only had enough for her to buy a burger today.

Sitting in the fast food restaurant, Qi Rui ordered a Coke and a hamburger, she looked at the few changes on the table in distress, and sighed sadly.

When did she start to have a headache for money.

"Are you going to sleep on the street today?" Thinking about this, she felt that the burger in her mouth was tasteless.

Qi Rui took a bite of the burger hard, her cheeks bulging, as if she could let her breath out.

After eating the hamburger, Qi Rui put away the change on the table and put it in her bag, glanced at the violin on the table, she touched the piano case caressingly, and whispered: "I'm going to sleep on the street with me today, I've wronged you." ”

Qi Rui sighed heavily, stood up resignedly, picked up the piano and turned to leave.

Qi Rui walked aimlessly, the evening breeze blowing her long hair, bringing a touch of coolness, Paris at night has an extremely dreamy charm, she walked to the Seine, the river rippling, reflecting the scenery on the shore.

Beautiful Paris is not only beautiful but also homeless, the homeless man is holding a bowl, shaking the change in it and making a sound, he walked to Qi Rui's side, with a hint of pleading in his tone: "Change, change." (French)

Qi Rui looked at the embarrassed old man in front of him, thought about it, and threw all the rest of today's change into his bowl, the homeless man was more than Qi Rui who knew how to behave, grinned at her, and hurriedly said thank you.

Qi Rui smiled as he turned to leave, and let out a breath, "Okay, now I don't have a penny." ”

There is such a drama staged every day in life, Han Lei stood on the opposite side of the riverbank, he was a little strange, because even across the river, he seemed to be able to think of the quiet smile on the corner of the girl's mouth.

Shen Rong glanced at Han Lei, who suddenly stopped, strangely, "Brother Lei, what's wrong?" He followed Han Lei's gaze, but didn't find anything suspicious.

Han Lei retracted his gaze and said lightly: "It's nothing, go back." ”

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