On stage, Jane seems to be aware of Levine's gaze, and her eyes fall meaningfully on Levien's body, but it is hidden behind the melody and lyrics, which is unpredictable.

Levien's eyebrows furrowed slightly, all the emotions and softness in the depths of his eyes disappeared in an instant, he spread his hands, revealing a helpless and innocent look, and said with a mouth shape, "What?"

Jane's eyes darkened slightly, revealing a hint of sadness, but before she could catch it, she shifted her gaze to the other side, and the sound of Jim's chorus came to her ears, and she raised her chin to look at her husband, a sweet smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and her expression became cheerful again.

It's just that hidden in that joy, but there is a trace of loneliness.

Levion's expression froze on his cheeks again, and he stared at Jane in a daze. A touch of sadness and tenderness, little by little, decorated the edges and corners of his body, and quietly resonated in the melodious and moving melody.

Papi, the barkeeper, sat down next to him, and Levine looked up, then at Jane again.

"Boy, they're not bad. Papi said.

Levien lifted the cigarette in his hand, and the curling smoke spread in front of his eyes, "...... Uh-huh. ”

"That Jane. I want to/on/her. ”

“…… Uh-huh. ”

Emily just stared at the big screen quietly, watching Levien's expression, the bitterness and loss hidden between the melody and the light and shadow, like the dust slowly settling in the air, telling the story that belongs to a person. Suddenly, she fell in love with the movie.

That night, Levine ended up staying at Jim and Jane's house. He slept on the floor, and Troy slept on the couch.

Early in the morning, Levine woke up to the sound of Troy enjoying breakfast cereal. They had a life-like conversation, and unlike Levine, Troy was a positive, easy-going personality who didn't complain or complain, but he was offered the opportunity to sign with Bard Grossman.

Troy left.

Levine was lying on the couch, trying to enjoy the relaxation of a cigarette, and he opened the window. But before he could take a puff, the big yellow cat ran out of the open window and slipped away along the fire escape. Levine chased after him in embarrassment and embarrassment, but after a period of confusion, he still failed to catch up.

Levien went back upstairs and woke Jane from her sleep to open the door, but instead of going into the house, Levien wanted to talk to Jane about the child. Interior was clearly not a suitable choice, so Levine borrowed Jim's winter coat and left the house with Jane.

On the way to Columbia Square, Jane was babbling and complaining, venting all her anger on Levine, blaming Levine with all the blame, if it was Jim's child, she wanted to stay, because they had been trying to conceive, but the problem was that Jane couldn't be sure. So, this child must disappear.

And Levine?

Levien had been sorting out his coat. He was a bit burlier than Jim, and his coat was a little narrower.

What's more, no matter what he says, even if it is just silence, Jane's anger cannot be calmed, and any word can be a reason for Jane to attack.

Obviously, Jane knew that this was not the first time Levine had encountered such a situation, she was just another "accident" for Levine.

"You've heard the saying 'it takes two people to go tango?'" Levien swallowed all the rage and sneered back in a calm tone.

"Go/you//. That's Jane's answer.

Levien's gaze fell on Jane's side face, paused for a moment, and then quickly lowered his eyes, hiding his inner emotions, with a nonchalant look on his face, "Okay, I think we should wait until you're angry, but that's going to wait until ......"

Levien dragged out his last note, as if he was seriously thinking, "Then we'll have to wait until ...... When is that going to be?" Finally, he threw the question to Jane.

"Go/you/mom!" was Jane's answer.

Levien glanced at Jane with a complicated look, and the painful struggle was fleeting, but he finally turned his head, exhaled softly, and did not continue to speak.

"......" was silent for a long time, and Jane's tone and attitude suddenly calmed down, and she whispered, "I miss Mike." ”

Levien lowered his gaze so that it was impossible to catch the emotion in his eyes, and he deliberately pretended not to hear and changed the subject, "May I ask you for a favor?"

"Are you kidding?" Jane looked at Levine in disbelief.

"Not for me. It's for the Groferns. "Their cat is gone, can you leave the window of the fire escape open?"

"It's winter. Jane's anger had already departed, and her tone had calmed down.

"Enough for the cat to slip in. It will be back. Levine was still talking to himself.

"Go back to our apartment?" "Jane's anger was finally stirred up again, and she looked at Levine in disbelief, "It only stayed there for six hours! Why did it come back?"

"I don't know, I'm not a cat!" Levien raised his voice, slightly agitated in defense, "Come to think of it, I'm so guilty that I lost their cat." ”

"Is that the reason for your guilt?" Jane's eyes widened, and she looked at Levien speechlessly and helplessly, unable to believe her ears.

……

Emily was sure that Levine was a jerk, but she still underestimated how much Levien was a jerk.

Returning to his sister's house, trying to borrow money to get through the difficult situation, and unwilling to divulge his embarrassment, he pretended that his music career was going very well, condescendingly picking at their lives, refusing to give up his dreams and living as a walking corpse, assuming the posture of an artist, and in the end, he returned empty-handed.

At the train station, Levine calls Professor Grofiens and brings up the matter of the big yellow cat again, and repeatedly insists that the cat is now at Jim and Jane's house, that everything is fine, and that he will return with the cat tomorrow.

Levine was surprised to learn that Jim was looking for him, and he didn't care about it, and he just wanted to do it perfunctorily, but Professor Grofiens repeatedly emphasized that he knew what he knew, because Columbia Records had a recording opportunity, and one of the singers had to quit because of illness, and Jim thought that Levine should be interested.

So, Levine came to Columbia Records.

Here, Levine meets Jim, as well as the strange Al Cody.

It's not about doing musical work like backing vocals for a folk singer, it's about recording a dedicated commercial song, full of popular simple chords and fancy singing techniques.

When Levien asked Jim "who is the creator" with a playful expression, Jim replied with a calm expression, "I".

After the performance, Levien voluntarily gave up the copyright, hoping to cash the $200 payment check as soon as possible, and didn't care at all about the fact that his name could not appear on the creator list and could not get royalties, and even chose to give up impatiently.

Leaving the studio, Levine went to his record label to ask if he had any letters from Bard Grossman, but was disappointed, and even more sadly, the record company was sorting through the "junk", and a large box of old records from Levine and Mike could not be sold.

So, Levien arrives at Al's house with a large box of old records - and when he finishes recording, Levien asks if he can borrow Al's couch, and Al agrees.

As Al prepares to leave, he goes to his home in New Jersey to borrow his mother's car, so he lets Levine enter the house alone. Levien tried to find a space to put the large box, but accidentally found another large box under the coffee table. The whole box was full of records that Al Cody couldn't sell.

Later, Levine went to Jim and Jane's house again, and Jane refused Levian's request to go upstairs, but agreed to take Levian's belongings downstairs to the café and return them to Levian.

After raising the cash, Levine asks Jane when she is going to have surgery, but after a few conversations, the two quarrel again, with Levien denouncing Jim and Jane as utilitarians and music as a mere tool, and Jane denouncing Levine as a failure, with no plan and no future, and nothing for nothing.

Halfway through the argument, Levane rushed out of the café without warning, and after a chaotic run, he caught a big yellow cat. Apparently, this was the big yellow cat owned by the Grofiens, much to Levine's long sigh of relief, and when he and Jane taunted each other again when they returned to the café. This conversation ended.

That's how life Levien lived.

Constantly moving around the city of New York, from here to there, from there to here, not only for his music career, but also to solve the mess that life brings.

However, when Levine learned from the doctor that Diane, the subject of his last problem, had not completed the miscarriage/delivery/surgery, and he was completely unaware of it, there was still a low breathing sound in the entire screening room, and he could feel the mixed emotions hidden in it, and it was impossible to distinguish it in detail.

Levien refused to accompany Diane or Jane to the surgery, so he didn't know that Diane not only didn't have the surgery, but also returned to her hometown and gave birth. However, there was no way for the doctor to refund the fee to Levine, who did not have a permanent residence in New York, and the bar where the performances used to be performed no longer appeared.

Now, three years later, Levine knows that he is the father of a two-year-old child.

Levien sat in his chair in a daze, staring at the doctor behind the desk opposite, his eyes showing a hint of confusion, a hint of pain, and a hint of bitterness. Those dark brown eyes faintly reflected a thin mist of water, and for the first time, there was a moment of vulnerability under the bastard's coat.