Chapter 1: The Beginning of It All
Time: 20:00 p.m., August 8, 2008. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
On this day, all Chinese stayed in front of the television, watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, which may only be a chance to see once in this life and in this life.
This is a great moment in history, and all of us are passionate about it! Shang Liyan is no exception. As a participant in the songwriting of the opening ceremony, she was lucky to have a ticket because she was single and had always been strapped for cash, but when the fireworks in the sky reflected people's proud faces, a trace of bitterness slipped in her heart.
Although as a participant in the creation of the theme song of the opening ceremony, she did her best to make a perfect design for the soundtrack and final sound effects, but her dissatisfaction with the song itself made her unable to happily release that sense of achievement.
SHE IS A TYPICAL POST-80S GENERATION, WHO LIKES HIP-HOP MORE THAN ALLEGRO, AND PREFERS POP SONGS TO OPERA. In her opinion, a successful song does not lie in how sunny it is, but in whether it sings the hearts of most people, after all, the original role of the song is to express the most real feelings in people's hearts, so that people's innermost emotions can be exaggerated and cathartic to the greatest extent! A song that can really sing to people's hearts can resonate with people and reach the depth of people's hearts!
And a song with empty content and no emotion is the most unbearable, but these songs are a special existence, inevitably appearing in some important ceremonies, which makes her unbearable, but the most helpless thing is that she has to match the most perfect soundtrack for this song she doesn't like, trying to make it sound less sleepy.
Thinking of the song full of passion that I composed, but now sealed in the dust at the bottom of the work cabinet, the bitterness in my throat became more and more difficult to swallow, and even the gorgeous fireworks in front of me and the performance full of artistic beauty on the stage seemed to lose its appeal. With a self-deprecating smile, he sighed silently and cast his eyes on the night sky that slowly darkened after the brilliance. Perhaps, it's your own standards that are too strange!
When will you be able to sing the songs you want to sing in a place where you don't pay attention to qualifications! Dance your favorite dance! Let all the people in the world know that she is the most devout songwriter, singer, dancer...... Or just want to prove yourself and be recognized by everyone? Thinking of everything that he had endured as a child of a single parent, those weird things made him involuntarily doubt his own vision, sighed again, shook his head, didn't want to spoil his mood on this supposed happy day, withdrew his eyes from the night sky, and watched the actors' superb performances seriously.
Tomorrow, maybe - tomorrow, everything will be fine! Yes, everything will be fine! Didn't Scarlett Scarlett also say that?
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It's finally over! Exhaling a long breath, Shang Liyan looked at the empty bird's nest in front of him.
As staff members, they were the last to withdraw, there were no spectators in the stadium and there was silence in the stands. All the staff involved were busy packing up their things in the background, and she didn't have anything to pack, she was just in charge of the sound, and all her belongings were in a small bag that she carried around.
"Hey! Leaving Yan, Director Zhang asked everyone to go to the bar to drink and relax! Let's go together! A tall and long-legged man patted her on the shoulder, warmly invited her, we have worked together for so long, he also likes this little girl who doesn't talk much, although she is young, but she is very serious about doing things, as long as the work given to her, she always completes it perfectly, so that people can involuntarily trust her ability, although the usual communication is not too much, but she still attracts his attention, this is a good girl, isn't it?
"Okay!" Shang Liyan turned her head and looked at this man with a face full of hope, she didn't know what the man's name was, but everyone called him Brother Li, he was very popular in the creative team, he looked upright, and he was a decent person at first glance. She knows that he is a little interesting to her, but, sometimes, the fate of people is really bad, Brother Li is undoubtedly a good person, but Shang Liyan has no feeling of calling him, maybe she sometimes has reservations about love, but the feeling at first glance is still quite important, in her feelings, Brother Li is more like her brother than a backup husband. Therefore, many times, she chooses to avoid it, even if everyone acts together, she tries to keep her distance from him.
"Gone! Let's go! A staff member at the exit waved his hand vigorously, "Director Zhang is waiting for us outside!" Hurry up, everyone, let's celebrate! ”
Shang Liyan picked up her backpack and rushed to help her carry her things to the door when Brother Li opened his mouth, she was a little uncomfortable with such enthusiasm.
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My head hurts! It hurts all over my body!
What's going on? It's dark in front of you, and you can't see anything! Who is it? What's talking? Why can't I see? Where am I?
Struggling in the dark, feeling that my hand touched something smooth, desperately holding on to it with my hand, my whole body was in a cold sweat, was this a dream? There's something hard underneath me, yes, it must be a dream, I'm sleeping in bed! But why does it hurt so much? It's like even a strand of hair has been ripped off, what's wrong with me?
There seems to be a glimmer of light in front of me, what is it? With a sudden force, Shang Liyan suddenly broke free from the darkness surrounding her, opened her eyes and sat up, covered in cold sweat, as if water had been dripping, and she could even feel beads of sweat sliding down her sideburns.
Slowly looking around the dimly lit room, his stiff neck seemed to be able to hear the "click" between the bone joints even when he turned his stiff neck.
This is a woman's room - this is the first reflection that catches the eye, there is a classical dresser by the window next to the door, there is no such big back mirror, only a small mirror seems to be poured on the table, the temples seem to be wooden, there are some colorful small boxes next to the small mirror, it seems to be cosmetics and other small things, the window is strangely propped open by a small wooden stick, reminiscent of the wooden window seen when watching the CCTV drama "Water Margin", and there is a small shelf next to the door on the other side, There is a small black basin on the shelf, I can't see what the material is, next to the shelf is a human-high screen, the screen is painted with exquisite pictures of the four seasons, plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum four gentlemen in the same season in full bloom, and under the body is a carved wooden bed with intricate entwined branches, a bed of bright red brocade covers her body. Raised his hand to touch his dizzy head in pain, and there was still a white cloth wrapped around his hairline! What the hell is going on here?
Looking at the antique atmosphere of this room, she was a little confused, and her mind went blank for a moment. What the hell is going on? Where is this?
Lifted the quilt and checked it, and fortunately found that I was still neatly dressed, but the style of this dress was really a bit weird, white cotton, folded in half, a little empty on her, as if I was thin again? Shang Liyan thought blankly.
Just as she was thinking wildly, there was a noise of footsteps outside the door, and before she could react, the carved wooden door with ancient meaning was pushed open with a "squeak".
The sunlight that suddenly poured into the room made her dizzy for a while, and she raised her hand to cover the dazzling light in front of her, and in the bright light and shadow, she only saw a group of people walking straight over.
"It's okay to wake up, if you really can't wake up, then we'll have a lot to do with it!" The woman in front breathed a sigh of relief, and gently stroked her chest with a hand holding a handkerchief.
Shang Liyan, who came back to her senses, saw the group of people in front of her clearly: a woman in front of her, wearing a light purple shirt, her breasts were half exposed, her neckline was embroidered with white moire, a dark purple floor-length skirt, and the large white hibiscus on the skirt made her fair round face more and more delicate, and her slender phoenix eyes revealed a trace of sophistication, a lipstick lipstick lipstick was slightly curled, as if there was something very happy, and the black hair on her head was tied in a simple bun on the top of her head, and a green jade hairpin was fixed on her head. Behind her, a group of people wore all kinds of short shirts and long skirts, purple and red, all as enchanting as blooming flowers. They all nodded in agreement. A pair of eyes that seemed to be inquiring about something scanned up and down her body. It seems to be about to dig out the deepest secrets.
Seeing the group of people in front of him, Shang Liyan gasped, what is the situation? There's nothing wrong with this group of people, right? What age is this, how can you wear such clothes? Look at that hair! And this house! It's all weird!
He raised his hand and grabbed his hair, trying to remember what was going on. It looks like everyone is having a celebration banquet together! To celebrate the successful conclusion of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Initiated by Director Zhang, everyone drank together at the hottest cappuccino bar in Chaoyang District, Beijing. Everyone was having a great time at the time, and later, later, yes! Later, my mother called me and asked me to go home early, so I left first......
Suddenly, her hair-grabbing hand froze there, the car! That damn car! I was going to hail the taxi I was going to sit in! Thinking of this, everything seems to have an answer: after answering the phone, because she drank a little too much, everyone was very excited, all of them didn't ask anyone to send her home, out of the bar, and saw a taxi driving towards her in the haze on the side of the road, so she subconsciously beckoned, and the car rushed straight towards her, at that moment, the bright headlights made her feel a little kind! , only a screeching brake sound was faintly heard! And then, and then I don't know anything......
A pretty woman wearing a pink dress and a plum hairpin on her head stretched out a slender index finger, timidly pointed at Shang Liyan, whose expression was constantly changing, and said hesitantly: "Sister Yun! She, she won't be looking for death, and she's crazy, right? ”
"Where is this? How did I end up here? After hesitating, Shang Liyan asked politely, staring straight at the woman standing at the front, known as "Sister Yun", and her intuition told her that everything here has to listen to this woman!
was stunned by her question, Sister Yun's incomparably delicate brows were deeply wrinkled into the word "Chuan", and her suspicious eyes looked up and down, as if she wanted to see through the heart of the little girl in front of her. After a while, seeing that there was no reaction under her gaze, he slowly spoke.
"Miss Lanxin, you don't have to pretend in front of me, I know that you have a lot of grievances from an official lady to a place like us, but you are not the first here, and you will not be the last, no matter how majestic your father Su Dingyuan was when he was an official, now that you have a broken family, you still have to live your life, and you still have to live peacefully, although you are now a lowly and a girl in my workshop, but your life, old age, sickness and death are recorded in the official government, and we are all responsible, If you still want to live a more comfortable life in the future, keep your duty, otherwise, I have a thousand ways to make you unable to survive and die! Think for yourself! After speaking, with a kind of self-righteous understanding, she waved her onion-like hand, signaling a little girl in green to look at this little girl who didn't know how to measure, and left without looking back, and a group of women who followed to see the joke also covered their mouths and laughed and followed her out of the door.
From beginning to end, Shang Liyan was confused, she was a little suspicious of what strange place she had arrived, why this extremely retro-dressed woman would call her a name that she had never heard of at all, and also said a lot of inexplicable things. It's just an ordinary little car accident, so you don't have to go to a mental hospital, right? And is there such a decoration in the current psychiatric hospital?
She raised her head and cast her hopeful gaze on the green-clothed girl who had been left behind to take care of her, she was not very old, she was only eleven or twelve years old, and she had a simple double bun, perhaps because of her young age, her face was not as heavy as the large group of women who had just entered the door, but it was very neat and clean.
"Girl, in fact, you don't have to be like this, although we are in the business of being an official prostitute here, but fortunately, Sister Yun has a wide range of people in the official face, and other idlers don't dare to give us anger, although the reputation is not good, in the end, it is also rich and beautiful, girl, you are also from an official eunuch family, how can you stand the poor life? It's better to stay here with peace of mind, and wait for the future to accumulate some money and then find a good person to follow, wouldn't it be a hundred times better than wandering? While talking, she was not idle in her hands, she helped Shang Liyan to sit down in front of the dressing table, picked up the horn comb on the table and combed her hair neatly, and combed the long hair that had been wrapped in the turban into a simple bun in three or two clicks.
Taking advantage of the time for her to comb her hair, Shang Liyan hurriedly looked out the window, and saw a red wall and green tiles, the appearance of a small bridge and flowing water, which was not like the modern weather, made her heart cold! I finally realized what I always felt was wrong! This is not the XXI century at all, this is antiquity! This is antiquity!
"Wear ...... Exceed......? He muttered vaguely.
After being hit too hard, she finally couldn't support her body and mind, and fell down again, only to hear a scream from the little girl before she passed out.