The breeze blows the light gray curtains, the off-white lace lining dances with it, the sparse golden sunlight dances like a fairy, and the melodious and cold strings fit in the soft and cold piano sound, and a faint sadness and loneliness flow out.

Arthur still remembers the day Lan Li left the house and left for New York.

George and Elizabeth were both at home, and even though Lan Li had informed them of their decision to leave in advance, they were still indifferent and unmoved, and had no intention of changing the flow of their daily lives, and went to the restaurant in an orderly manner, reading the newspaper and enjoying breakfast.

Elph, Arthur, and Edith were also required to attend, and although there was no such rule, George and Elizabeth had made it mandatory that they show up at the breakfast table on time, and that they should not mention the Blue Rite, as if the youngest son of the Hall family had never existed.

Arthur sat facing the window, through which he could see the scene in the courtyard outside the window, the calm and meticulous pace of life seemed to be unaffected, but the weather in London was rarely brighter, and the soft sunlight fell lightly on the treetops, falling faintly mottled and dappled.

"Squeak. ”

The sound of a chair moving was heard in my ears, which was very rude at the table, as the moving chair had to be carefully lifted to avoid the movement of the rubbing of the floor, which might disturb the others, and then all eyes were cast towards the source of the sound.

"Edith!" came Elizabeth's solemn and stern voice.

Edith, who was halfway up to her feet, stiffened slightly for a moment, and then she continued, "I'm done eating." ”

Then sit down and read the letter. Philip, letters. Elizabeth said in a loud voice.

Edith looked down at the food left on her plate, she didn't know how to put it, she tried to resist George and Elizabeth, but she still lacked a little courage, she tried to sneak out to escort Lan Li, but she still lacked a little impulse.

“…… Wait a minute, I'm a little irritable right now. Edith resisted cautiously.

Then close your eyes and take a deep breath. Elizabeth said calmly, and by this time Philip had already delivered the letter and placed it on the table.

Edith closed her eyes tightly, her right hand grabbing the napkin couldn't help but clench into a fist, retracted, retracted, almost on the verge of an outburst but finally controlled, she didn't sit down again, but turned and strode out of the dining room, walking in the direction of the tea room next door.

"Edith!" Elizabeth raised her voice slightly, giving a warning, but noticing that Edith had not left the tea room, and that her figure was still in her sight and had not gone to escort Lan Li, she did not continue to stop Edith.

Arthur withdrew his gaze, and the afterglow of his gaze drifted out of the window again absentmindedly, and then, he saw Lan Li.

Twenty-year-old Lan Li has a calm and elegance that does not match his age, with a unique temperament between his gestures, he can easily stand out from any corner, not sharp but not underestimated, and his strong presence can easily capture the attention of others.

It was an early spring morning, Lan Li wore a smoky gray vertical striped shirt and a dark green wool jacket, carrying a dark brown leather suitcase, and left Hall's house step by step, the tall and slender back had no special emotions, it seemed that this was a short trip to the spring outing, and he would return again tomorrow, and the steps of leaving were not particularly firm or hesitant, and the light and breezy movements were pleasing to the eye.

In contrast, they all sat upright, and their muscles tensed under the skin of perfect etiquette.

They all cared, because they cared too much and were too nervous, but they deliberately created an illusion of "not caring", and Lan Li was the one who didn't care.

Lan Li's footsteps stopped in the courtyard, and he waited for a moment, but ...... There was no driver, no helper, just him, alone.

Lan Li didn't panic, took out his mobile phone and dialed the number, calling a taxi. The waiting time for the taxi was a bit long, but Lan Li never panicked, just stood quietly and waited, but the atmosphere in the restaurant became more and more tense and stiff, and the long waiting was a kind of torment for them.

Then, Philip Demba appeared.

Philip quietly accompanied Lan Li, so that Lan Li's figure was finally no longer lonely, and the two did not talk, just stood side by side, waiting for the taxi to arrive.

At this moment, there was movement again in the tea room, Edith was tinkering with her violin, the piercing strings seemed to express her protest, but the dining room was still silent, dead silent, imperceptible to life, as if no one existed at all. Then the melody came out of the tea room

"God is with us".

That day, Edith played this song "God with us", a little jerky and flustered, the rhythm and tone did not seem to be accurate, but Edith still stubbornly played, as if she was back in childhood, she was eight years old, Lan Li was five years old, they were forced to practice the repertoire they didn't like, follow the way of cultivating nobles, polish their personalities little by little, and evolve into perfect nobles in the eyes of others.

The violin strings, which were not moving or graceful, sounded thinly, echoing softly in the room, but Arthur couldn't be sure if Lan Li heard it, because he didn't look back, he didn't look back from beginning to end, and only at this moment could he detect Lan Li's stubborn refusal to turn back, stubbornly refuse to admit defeat, stubbornly refuse to compromise, in his own way, stick to his choice, and have no hesitation.

The black cab finally arrived, Philip refused the driver's help, put Lan Li's luggage into the back compartment with his own hands, and then watched Lan Li get into the taxi, but still did not leave, standing in place and watching the taxi go away, Philip just watched the direction of the taxi for a long time.

Arthur's gaze shifted from the taxi to Philip's shoulder, and at that moment, he felt lonely like never before, but his footsteps never left, and he sat down at the table, from beginning to end, and the violin strings were still ringing in her ears, and Edith did not give up, she insisted on playing the whole piece to finish, back and forth twice, and then put the violin away, and left the tea room, walked through the dining room, and walked towards her room, this time, Elizabeth did not stop Edith again.

Memories returned from five years ago to the present, Arthur carefully raised his gaze, using the rest of his eyes to capture the outline of Lan Li's figure, the face that did not have too much blood because of illness was full of tiredness, but his expression was extremely focused, as if he was playing a melody from heaven, the corners of his relaxed mouth rose lightly, faintly with a hint of comfortable enjoyment, even if it was lonely, it was blissful loneliness.

Then Arthur saw Edith with sad eyes.

Arthur lowered his gaze in a bit of a panic, hiding his nervousness, he didn't know how to face Lan Li, and he didn't know how to face Edith The saddest thing is that he didn't even know how to face himself.

After the melody was played, Lan Li's joking voice came from his ears, "Some things, sure enough, haven't changed, Arthur, can your rhythm be a little more chaotic?" Edith, the melody is at least five wrong, and when it comes to the back, I've forgotten to count, if Elph is here, she should let us practice it a hundred times." ”

Edith put the violin down and looked at Lan Li, "Did you hear that?"

The question was endless, but Edith knew that Lan Li could understand.

Lan Li didn't want to answer, but Edith stared at Lan Li intently, and vowed not to give up without getting an answer, and finally Lan Li showed a helpless smile, "Such a harsh melody, full of loopholes, even if you want to ignore it, it is very difficult, I think it can be used as a spell." ”

Yes, he heard.

Edith's cheeks flushed with two clusters, and she panicked as if the secret she was hiding deep inside had been discovered: she thought Lan Li hadn't heard.

Arthur sat quietly next to him with his cello in his arms, he tried to find clues from Lan Li's expression, but he couldn't succeed, so he simply asked directly, "Lan Li, are you okay?"

"It's just a small cold, and now the fever has subsided, there is no problem, but I still have some fatigue. Lan Li replied seriously.

Arthur refused to compromise, "You know I'm not asking about this. ”

"So, you don't care about my health at all?" Lan Li asked quippedly, but Arthur didn't flinch, which made Lan Li show a helpless smile, "You two are so aggressive today, obviously bullying patients, which means that you better run away quickly tomorrow, otherwise the consequences will be terrible." "Even if it is a threat, because of the illness, it has no usual power, and Arthur and Edith will not be afraid at all.

Lan Li himself noticed it, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Arthur and Edith both know that Lan Li is not the kind of sad character, if there is no special reason, he will not sit in front of the piano today, and he will play with Edith and Arthur, and furthermore, he plays "God is with us", which also says a lot, and there must be other reasons behind it.

Sitting quietly for a moment, Lan Li stared at the black and white keys in front of him, waiting for his emotions to settle down, and then said, "Elizabeth sent a postcard. ”

What the?

Elizabeth Hall, postcards, wait, what's going on?

"A blank postcard. Lan Li added.