Chapter 35: The Last Piano Song
How to communicate with the little wolf is a thing that has been bothering Lin Yu, he can't tell the little wolf directly, the place where it should go is called the soul world, and there is no way to know the wish that the little wolf wants to fulfill most after he dies, but only one thing is certain, the little wolf can understand the sound of the piano played by Zheng Xiuwen.
When he was in the piano room, Lin Yu saw that the little wolf's soul was in a completely different state from before, and he realized that instead of communicating with the little wolf himself, it was better to let Zheng Xiuwen say goodbye to the little wolf through the sound of the piano, maybe that would have a more unexpected effect.
Zheng Xiuwen saw that Lin Yu's words were convincing, as if he had really seen death, and even told him that the ghost of the little wolf could still see him and hear his own voice. Although all this sounded a little unrealistic, Zheng Xiuwen still preferred to believe that what Lin Yu said was true, and he turned to look around him, imagining that the ghost of the little wolf might be behind him.
"If it hadn't gone yet, would the little wolf be next to me now?" This was a very wonderful feeling, although Zheng Xiuwen's eyes couldn't see anything, but because of Lin Yu's words, he suddenly felt that he was very close to the little wolf.
A shallow smile appeared on the corner of Lin Yu's mouth, and he pointed to the ground, "Little wolf, it's there." ”
In Lin Yu's field of vision, he did see the little wolf's revenant spirit walking down from the dirt pit and standing next to its owner, Zheng Xiuwen, with a pair of eyes still lingering in confusion about what happened today.
Zheng Xiuwen subconsciously glanced down, and saw nothing other than grass and soil, of course, he only thought that Lin Yu had made a joke on himself, even if people and animals really had souls after death, they would not be seen by ordinary humans like them.
At dusk, the park became quiet, and many old people who were resting in the park left one after another. Maybe it's time to start cooking dinner, or maybe it's picking up the grandchildren from school, but the park becomes empty when the scenery is at its most beautiful against the sunset.
Lin Yu and Zheng Xiuwen put the electronic piano on the stand, and they had no way to move the school's piano to this park, so they had to temporarily rent an electronic piano from an outside musical instrument store.
The keyboard was placed under a tree canopy, opposite a somewhat sloping hillside overgrown with wildflowers and grasses, and insects such as bees and butterflies flying up and down in the afterglow of the setting sun.
If you look closely, you will see that there is still a piece of freshly dug earth on the hillside. Its surface has been deliberately placed with a few flowers, making it look like a simple cemetery.
After everything was ready, Zheng Xiuwen took a deep breath, he imagined that the ghost of the little wolf was now watching him from the cemetery, and in order for the ghost of the little wolf to rest in peace, he had to play this last "Pathos" flawlessly.
Zheng Xiuwen's fingertips struck out the first note, even if it was just an ordinary electronic piano, the beautiful melody still flowed out like a clear spring in the mountains. "Pathétique" is not a piece that makes people feel happy, because it is more to express the composer Beethoven's indignation at his tragic fate, and reveal a challenge and struggle against the injustice of life, but it is this kind of emotion that can resonate with the little wolf, because its young life is also so turbulent, so when Zheng Xiuwen played "Pathétique" for the first time, the little wolf deeply liked this melody.
This piece is of great significance to both Zheng Xiuwen and the little wolf, because Zheng Xiuwen has experienced the feelings that should be integrated into the piano playing process, and the little wolf is because this piece gradually soothes his wounded heart and begins to accept getting along with humans again. For a long time, "Pathos" was the code code for the connection between Zheng Xiuwen and the little wolf, as long as this song sounded, the little wolf would appear in front of Zheng Xiuwen for the first time.
Lin Yu saw that the ghost of the little wolf naturally became quiet in the middle of the piano music, it silently walked directly opposite Zheng Xiuwen, and then lay on the ground on all fours as usual, quietly enjoying the song.
In fact, since discovering that the little wolf was missing, Zheng Xiuwen has not played "Pathos" again, because this piece contains too many memories of himself and the little wolf, and Zheng Xiuwen does not want to make himself sad. But today is different, "Pathos" is the only medium for himself to communicate with the little wolf, Zheng Xiuwen wants to tell the little wolf through the piano music, what he wants to say in the end.
After a fast-paced and exhilarating note, "Pathétique" is played to the second measure, from which the tempo becomes slow, like a whisper after an emotional catharsis, Beethoven composes this passage very softly and beautifully, giving people a feeling of rediscovering the beauty of life.
When Zheng Xiuwen was playing, a lot of pictures appeared in his head, such as the first time he saw the little wolf carefully feeding it, every afternoon of practice, the little wolf would appear on time to lie beside him and listen, and in the first week of his college, the little wolf did not eat or drink at the door of the house, looking at the street corner in front of him, and of course, when he accompanied him to run on the playground, every time he threw the bouncy ball, the little wolf would happily bite the bouncy ball and send it back...
Zheng Xiuwen integrates all the memories and feelings into the playing of the piano music, which can be regarded as a remembrance of their relationship between the owner and the pet, and when the picture gradually evolves to Zheng Xiuwen finds the corpse of the wolf cub in the grass, "Pathos" enters the third movement of uneasiness and sadness.
Zheng Xiuwen expressed the pain and remorse in his heart during the rapid playing, if he could have found out earlier that the little wolf was bitten by a poisonous snake, maybe the little wolf's life would have been saved. But the facts can't be changed after all, Zheng Xiuwen and Little Wolf are already separated from heaven and earth, and they all need to end this relationship and move towards the next stage of their lives.
At the end of the third movement, Zheng Xiuwen expresses a firm and positive emotion in a bright rhythm, which is also a sublimation of the composer Beethoven's sublimation of this piece, even if fate is unfair and life is difficult, he still has to face the future life with unwavering will.
This is what Zheng Xiuwen wants to say to himself, and what he wants to tell the little wolf, no matter what the fate is, life must go on. He will keep the little wolf in his heart forever, and at the same time hope that the little wolf can rest in heaven.
At the end of the last note of "Pathétique", the little wolf seemed to understand and stood up from the ground, and there was no longer a blank look in its eyes, only the last reluctance.