I slammed on the brakes, and the car began to struggle against inertia, while I resisted the suffocation caused by the lack of blood supply. At the moment, I was like an out-of-control plane, desperately trying to make a forced landing, and the corner where she was standing was the only place in the world where I could land.

The car finally came to a stop next to a plane tree, and I quickly unbuckled my seatbelt, then opened the door and ran towards the spot where she stood...... Her appearance became clearer and clearer in my sight, her temperament did not change, but she was a little thinner and looked a little lonely...... But even so, the lights on the entire tulip road seemed to be lit for her, so that I would not miss her every changing expression and her beauty as always...... At this moment, I felt that I was alive, and I could feel that I was not too far away from the various buildings on the street, and neither was she.

I stopped beside her, she didn't avoid me, and we looked at each other with the same gaze...... For a split second, I wanted to keep the closest distance I could from her and tell her what had happened since she left...... We lost that kind grandmother, so far, the world is full of too late to change the regret, but I did not give up my efforts, I tried to keep myself alive, waiting for the day when I could return to the happiest time before......

Yes, in my heart, there is nothing happier than when we founded "Aiqiao Piano Shop" together, we are busy but fulfilling, and it is easy to be satisfied, so even if it is just a corn or a cigarette in front of the convenience store, we will feel relaxed and comfortable.

At this moment, even if I can hide the thousands of emotions in my heart, I can't make my heartbeat normal, so I looked expressionless but gasped and said to her, "Long time no see, it's been two years......"

She looked at me, and then looked away, as if to the farthest reaches of the sky, where there were no clouds, only stars, twinkling unrealistically. And I kept looking at her, and all I saw was what I thought of her in my mind ten thousand times when she left that day...... I didn't feel that she was too strange at the moment, and I didn't dare to get too close to her, although my name is still Jiang Qiao, and she is still Xiao Ai, but our identities have changed.

She smiled faintly, and then replied, "I'm sorry, I don't know you......"

When she said this, I didn't know what my heart was like, I just took another step in front of her, and said for a long time: "If you are not Xiao Ai, why did you come here?" …… If you look around, although the old alley and the abandoned textile factory are gone, the convenience store behind you is still there, and you used to wait for me here...... Same as tonight, it was cold! ”

She still replied coldly: "My name is Xiao Ai, but I don't know you......"

"Then why are you here? If you look at the 45 degrees on the left, the piano shop we used to run is there. ”

"I walked all the way and didn't find any piano shops on this street...... You recognize the wrong person, I'm not the Xiao Ai you're looking for. ”

I felt a pang of disappointment, a pang of cramping, and I really didn't know why I was saying these words to the ruthless one who thought I would close the distance. Even if she can empathize with it at this moment, what can she do? What's more, she looks so cold.

I lowered my head, stepped on the cigarette butt thrown by others with my foot, and returned her smile for a long time, and said: "I have imagined ten thousand pictures of our reunion, but I can't imagine appearing in this scene, but this is not my negligence, the reason why I am not calm is because my heart is not dead, but your heart looks dead...... Hehe, that's good, it's really good...... But I can't say what's good! It stinks! ”

This time, she didn't look at me, and was silent for a long time before replying, "So you can treat me as a stranger, and then you won't feel anything." ”

I forced a smile, then gritted my teeth and said, "Okay, then I'll not have this night!" ”

As if she had gotten the answer she wanted, she then turned and walked across the street, where a nondescript Toyota Corolla was parked. It wasn't until she completely disappeared from my sight that I remembered that she had just debuted and had not yet become famous, so her financial situation was probably not as good as I subconsciously thought, and I was a little sad because of this, but I didn't know what else to do......

After she left, I sat alone in front of the convenience store, not smoking, just trying my best to look at everything in front of me, but whenever I wanted to look at the farthest place, my view would be blocked by the tulip hotel rising from the ground, as if this road was my fate, I couldn't get out, and I couldn't forget it!

……

It wasn't until late at night that I returned to Lane 24, and then unsurprisingly lost sleep, so I witnessed the transition between night and day.

Early in the morning, I finally gave up my intention to sleep, got up and washed up, and went to the Tulip Hotel.

At this time, although the morning is cold, there is also a faint smell of spring, because many plants on the roadside have begun to rejuvenate themselves, and if it is a sunny day, it is possible that the temperature will exceed 15 degrees Celsius at noon.

By the time I arrived, the site was ready, and the opening of a five-star hotel was different from the ordinary small façade, and I saw a lot of media vehicles in the parking lot in front of the hotel, and I guess there might be a media conference later......

As far as I know, on the day of the opening of the hotel, several pairs of celebrities in Nanjing also chose to hold a wedding here, this kind of happy scene, so that the once ordinary Tulip Road seems extraordinarily busy, and even affected the traffic, because the enthusiastic people from all walks of life who came to attend the wedding and the opening have exceeded the normal load of the Tulip Road, and I also saw the power of connections again in this busyness, even if the "Tulip" hotel opened with the name of a five-star star. But the parking lot was also paralyzed by the overwhelm at the moment, and I had to park my car on another spare parking lot under the guidance of the security guard, and then walked into the parking lot.

At nine o'clock, the hotel's opening ceremony was held on time, but Yang Jin was still low-key, so she did not make any speeches, and it was the president of the hotel who has been active in her place......

I subconsciously glanced at Jin Qiu, who was standing beside me, the position of president originally belonged to her, but because of some changes, she and I fell to Shanghai together. Perhaps, the word "fallen" is not accurate for her now, but compared to the high-spirited female hotel president at the moment, she is still a little disappointed, although she still looks the same expression.

I didn't pay too much attention to the huge opening ceremony, I was still thinking about that little night yesterday. It's small because every emotion I have is so subtle and so real...... God knows, how much I wanted to hug her and use a special ability to bring everything back to the day we first met, but in the end it seemed to be crushed to death by her identity as Mrs. Yuan, so that it ended the first night after our reunion in such a desperate way.

At the same time, I still have a very strong question in my mind, why did she appear alone on Tulip Road, and why did Yuan Zhen, who is her husband and producer, never appear?

"Brother Qiao, what are you thinking?"

I looked back and saw that the person I was talking to was Zhao Mu, who was late, I forced a smile, and then replied: "I didn't think about anything, I just wasn't used to this occasion." ”

Zhao Mu smiled with me and said, "You are the future owner of this hotel, so it is better to have a little bit of the attitude of the host." ”

I didn't say anything, but turned to look at Yu Xin, who was standing beside him, and Yu Xin also smiled at me at the same time and said, "Long time no see, Brother Jiangqiao." ”

I took a step to her side and said, "You should know the news of Xiao Ai's return before all of us, right?" ”

Yu Xin didn't deny it, but she didn't explain why she didn't choose to tell me in the first place.

So, I said to her again: "Last night, I met her on Tulip Road, and I don't believe it was a coincidence, so I want to know from you why she returned to Nanjing this time." ”

After Yu Xin was silent for a while, she replied: "Actually, there is nothing special...... I heard that she came back to meet a more influential musician in Nanjing, and she hoped to borrow the musician's band and music equipment for her concert...... By the way, she also called me and asked me to help find a few harmonies and go to Shanghai to participate in rehearsals with her as soon as possible. ”

I didn't doubt Yu Xin's words, because before the concert started, these were indeed things to do, and Nanjing was the place where she had the most connections, so it was understandable that she would return to Nanjing.

At this time, Yu Xin said to me again: "Brother Jiangqiao, your dream tree has been developing around the theme of music in the past few years, and you are quite influential in the music circle in Shanghai, you can help with these things, right?" …… I feel that Xiao Ai is really struggling to do these things alone; Moreover, her company doesn't seem to support her very well this time! ”

Of course, I know the reason why her company does not support her, because she is not an obedient artist, and she has firmly refused to cooperate with Dream Tree before......

I didn't rush to answer Yu Xin, I asked her again, "What about Yuan Zhen, shouldn't you always be by her side?" ”

Yu Xin shook her head and replied: "She hasn't been back to the mainland for a long time, and I don't know a lot of things, you should go and ask Senior Brother Ji Xiaowei, he and Yuan Zhen have been the closest, and he should know more news than me...... But ......"

"But what? ……”

Yu Xin frowned and thought about it, and then said: "In the two years that Xiao Ai disappeared, Senior Brother Ji Xiaowei went abroad to meet Xiao Ai, but as he said, he only saw Xiao Ai that time, but he was not able to see Yuan Zhen...... But Xiao Ai didn't explain to him where Yuan Zhen went, and then lost contact with him again. ”

"You mean, Yuan Zhen hasn't been by her side all this time?"

Yu Xin shook her head again and said: "This possibility should not be very likely, after all, the producer of her new album is Yuan Zhen, if she is not by her side, there will be no such album, and the style in this album is very Yuan Zhen, it should not just be a name, but really involved in the production." ”

I nodded, and then put away the doubts in my heart, I only felt that Yuan Zhen was a person who didn't like to show his head, so he never appeared in everyone's sight.

After a moment of silence, I whispered to Xin: "Give me her contact information, I do have resources in Shanghai, and I may be able to help her." ”

Yu Xin took out her mobile phone, then reported a number to me, and said to me: "I only know this number, but she doesn't seem to use it often, and I called several times and turned it off, so I can only wait for her to take the initiative to contact ...... But you can send her a message first, explaining the situation. ”

I answered, and then while writing down the number, I said to Xin, "Do you think it's appropriate for me to take the initiative to help her?" ”

Yu Xin smiled and replied, "As long as I can put myself in the right position, I don't think there's anything inappropriate...... After all, they will all be in the same circle in the future, and they will deal with each other more or less. ”

I didn't speak again, so I ended the conversation with Yu Xin, but Zhao Mu, who was standing on the side, didn't speak from beginning to end. It wasn't until an acquaintance passed by that he exchanged a few words with that acquaintance.

……

The opening ceremony of the hotel was held at noon, and I didn't even eat lunch, so I left Yang Qu, who had come back with me, and drove to Shanghai alone.

I don't know why, although some things seem reasonable, but it doesn't feel as superficial as I see, I hope I can have the opportunity to meet Xiao Ai again, but last night, because of my emotions, I lost a chance to communicate with her.

To my surprise, half an hour after I returned to Shanghai, Jin Qiu also returned to Shanghai and called an emergency meeting of all shareholders and the company's management.

The content of the meeting is very simple, she still has not given up the right to hold Xiao Ai's first solo concert, she plans to start from Luopu Stadium, hoping that they can sell us "Dream Tree" a face, after all, "Dream Tree" has no direct competition with them, as for the loss caused by the breach of contract, it will be borne by Dream Tree double.

In this decision of Jin Qiu, I once again saw her strength, and I also better understood why the "Dream Tree" was so successful today, but as far as I am concerned, I really hope that this matter can be stopped, I don't want to see the original very united team crack again and again, and then lose the trust between members that has been accumulated in two years.

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