This seems to be the first time Xiao Ai and I have walked on this tulip road in the form of this stroll, and she asked me as she walked, "Jiangqiao, why is this road called Tulip Road, but there is not a single tulip?" ”

Her question really stumped me, and it took a while to reply: "There is a flower god avenue next door to Tulip Road, so according to your logic, does there have to be a flower god stationed there?" There are a lot of things that can't be taken literally. ”

"Well, that's right, just like your name is Jiangqiao, you can't really be a bridge across the Yangtze River to cross people's suffering, but I think you are sometimes quite lacking in morality!"

"Where am I lacking virtue?"

"Deceive me, ignorant girl."

"When did I cheat on you? Where are you ignorant? I don't think anyone is as shrewd as you! ”

Xiao Ai pursed his lips and replied: "It's obviously very lacking in morality, but I can't notice it at all, and there is nothing more terrible in this world!" ”

"Hehe......"

Xiao Ai glared at me, and then in this meaningless conversation, the two finally came to the piano shop called "Tulip", which was very small and mainly sold guitars and guzheng, so there was only one piano in it.

Xiao Ai peered through some old shop windows, and after a while asked me, "Do you know musical instruments?" ”

"I don't understand, I'm a person with no music cells at all, and occasionally I listen to pop music on the bad street."

"This is also normal, after all, pop music exists to please the public, at most, it only means that you don't have maverick genes in you."

"You're right, I want to have a little outstanding genes in my body, and I won't be as miserable as I am now, I can't find a girlfriend, I can't afford to buy the car I want, but most people in this world are not like me, and only a small number of people can be favored by God." As I spoke, I looked at Xiao Ai beside me, and it was obvious that she was one of the small groups of people who were favored by God, she was not only beautiful, but also very musically talented. Of course, the latter will need to be verified later, because I only heard about her musical talent from other people.

Xiao Ai ignored my words of complaining about the unfairness of fate, just glanced at me, pushed open the simple wooden door and walked into the piano shop, and her lack of communication patience was thus exposed, she did not even say hello to the owner of the piano shop, and sat down by the only piano.

I hurriedly took out a cigarette and handed it to the boss, who took it from my hand and signaled to use it casually, and then I stood beside Xiao Ai, only to see her slender fingers skillfully slashing across the keyboard of the piano, and a beautiful piece of music spread in this somewhat old piano shop.

I took out the piano sheet music prepared in the company from my purse and put it on the stand at the top of the piano, but she closed her eyes, and pressed the first note on the keyboard with her fingertips, and soon the song "Poetic Tranquility" was played completely from between her fingers, I carefully watched her use of various fingerings, and soon came to the conclusion: at least she can easily control this piece, only to see her wrist gently move her fingers, An ordinary piano seemed to turn into a work of art carved out of the drizzle in her hands, I had heard too many people play this piece, but her control of the rhythm was the most comfortable, and I gradually integrated into this soothing piece, everything became very slow and quiet...... It was as if a drizzle of rain fell softly on the shoulders, the seeds in the land grew slowly, the wind blew the green leaves, and the world was left with a pair of strange men and women who were silent and stared at each other......

The sound of the piano gradually stopped, I was still immersed in the artistic conception that Xiao Ai created for me, she reached out and waved in front of me, and asked, "Boss, are you still satisfied with this piece I played?" ”

"I've reached the level of playing...... Can you leave me a contact information, and I will send you the flow chart of the wedding event, and we will reach the first cooperation in terms of intention. ”

"No."

"Can you be serious, we're talking about cooperation!"

"Now you are begging me to cooperate, and you dare to put forward so many conditions with me? …… Don't you know that when you didn't trust me just now, I put up with you? ”

"It's not...... Leave a contact information so that we can communicate some details that may change at any time, what if I can't find you by then? ”

"Are you afraid that I will release your pigeons?"

I nodded and replied, "With your willful personality, it's not impossible. ”

"You see, you don't trust me again...... Since you are so distrustful, don't cooperate. ”

I'm a little anxious, my heart is full of a kind of unreasonable grievance, this girl seems to exist to challenge the rules, but then again, she is not a person in our circle, so the conventions in these circles are not binding on her at all, I have to ask aggrievedly: "Can you give me a reason why I don't want to leave contact information?" ”

Without thinking, she replied, "Because I don't want you to find me at any time...... There needs to be a proper sense of distance between us. ”

"Okay, anyway, you said that your coming to me is the beginning of a game, and since you are already the rule-maker of this game, then I won't force you to give me contact information, but there is one thing you must ensure ......"

She seemed to know what I was going to say, and when she interrupted me, "I promise to show up on time for the wedding and complete all the performance tasks I need to be responsible for, because I don't like you very much, but I respect your profession." ”

"Okay, and the day before the wedding, you have to take the time to do a docking with me, because there may be some repertoire adjustments, and it is just right to familiarize yourself with the environment of the wedding scene with me in advance."

"That's no problem with that."

"Well, don't fool me, I've never broken my trust in my life, and I don't want to make this exception this time!"

"Look, it's grinding again!"

I sighed in my heart, sometimes the principles I adhere to may be grinding and pedantic in the eyes of another person, and after being silent for a while, I said to her: "By the way, if you have a classmate over there who is very proficient in the violin, you can also recommend one, but the treatment is slightly worse than playing the piano, but after a wedding, there is almost an income of 1000 yuan." ”

"Well, anything else to say? If not, I'll go back to school. ”

"Uh...... It's time for dinner, so why don't I treat you to dinner, as I thank you for helping me solve a tricky problem. ”

"No, I'm not in the mood today." She said and walked straight out of the piano shop, and I followed her footsteps at the same time, and expressed my gratitude to the piano shop boss, but the piano shop boss gave her a thumbs up at her back, I thought: This should be a high evaluation from professionals, so, the confidence in this girl is enough, but I haven't understood what kind of level she sings, just listen to her classmates praise is the sound of nature, if this also has a chance to be verified, then she is really a rare star embryo!

……

Xiao Ai had already left, and I was walking alone on the tulip road, and I was a little prostrate, but I drank a bowl of hot soy milk on the side of the road and returned to my residence.

I lay groggy in bed, once again immersed in the fragility of illness. At this time, I really crave some care from the outside world, but Chen Yi won't give it, Xiao Ai who I just met won't give it, and even the parents who should be closest to me won't give it.

I don't know how to describe this feeling of loneliness, I'm afraid that I don't have a sense of existence in other people's worlds, especially Chen Yi, so it's hard for me to look at the decision she made to make me not to contact her, her decision really hurt me completely, and it also made me feel inferior...... So this time I won't coax her again, let alone bow to her, I'd rather be so lonely with dignity.

My consciousness gradually blurred, the phone rang at an inopportune time, I half-squinted and took the phone from the bedside, this WeChat was sent by Zhao Mu in Beijing, no text, just a screenshot of the phone.

I enlarged the picture, only to find out that this is a picture taken from Chen Yi's WeChat circle of friends, in this picture: Chen Yi and I face a box of birthday cakes that have not been opened, but this picture has been processed and has become a somewhat sad black and white, which seems to be a kind of sacrifice after the extreme depression of emotion, and it seems to say: The conflict that broke out between us has been buried from the beginning of the previous birthday.

Zhao Mu finally sent me a text and asked, "Brother Qiao, what's wrong with you and Sister Chen Yi?" ”

"Nothing."

"I don't think she would have posted this picture for no reason, and it was taken on your birthday last year."

I didn't want him to be distracted by the matter between me and Chen Yi, so I replied: "It's really nothing, maybe it's because she didn't spend my birthday with me this year, so I sent a photo of last year to make up for it." ”

"Okay, count me too much...... By the way, it's about to be October 1st, this time I'm going to go back to Nanjing a week in advance, and you and Sister Chen Yi will have to take the time to play with me for a few days! ”

I was stunned for a moment before replying: "Not necessarily we are all free, every October 1st is my busiest time, and you don't know it." ”

"Didn't I say come back a week early, if you're really busy, I'll accompany you to the wedding and volunteer for free."

I gave Zhao Mu a smiling expression back, which was a kind of acquiescence, and then put the phone back on the original cabinet, thinking that I would soon calm down, but some uncontrollable emotions became stronger and stronger in my heart, and I was not sure what signal Chen Yifa's circle of friends was releasing in this circle of friends.

Perhaps, she still cherishes our feelings for so many years, and it may also be the final memorial after our friendship ends......