Life is often more legendary than the interpretation of a story. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Half a month ago, Li Mingcheng never dreamed that he would come to the United States for a vacation by chance, and he would meet the future European and American pop divas when he went out for a walk, and he was so close to this tomorrow's diva that he could hold her little hand by stretching his arm slightly.

After all, this is not the star-studded Los Angeles, this is Nashville, a small city that is relatively backward compared to other famous metropolises in the United States, even if it has the name of "country music town", but it is more of a dreamer with a musical dream but a depressed ambition.

The girls around her are also one of those dream chasers, but Li Mingcheng knows that soon, she will become famous throughout the United States.

Since the two agreed that day, Li Mingcheng would ride his bicycle to Fifth Avenue in the center of the city every morning. And every time Li Mingcheng arrived, Taylor would always hold her guitar in the old place and sing songs he had heard or unheard.

She sings mostly country songs, but sometimes she also sings ballads. She sings other people's masterpieces and occasionally sings songs that she writes herself.

There was little communication between them, and they didn't even say a word a day many times, often when Li Mingcheng came, Taylor saw him and smiled and winked at him, and Li Mingcheng smiled and nodded at her when he left.

To be honest, before this, Li Mingcheng didn't like this "American sweetheart" very much, mainly because of her criticized emotional habits - magnifying the you did when you were in love, or adding material to the complaining version, which man can stand it? Thinking about it makes you chill.

However, after contact in the past few days, Li Mingcheng found that she was very different from what he imagined.

She is very quiet when she is not singing, she is very affectionate when she sings, there is no stiff smile under the spotlight of her previous life, and there is no exaggerated expression in the MV. It's like walking through a field and casually looking back at an unknown wildflower, so you suddenly find that it blooms so delicately, and its fragrance is so fragrant.

So Li Mingcheng suddenly had an inexplicable surge of excitement, probably the sense of accomplishment that "I have appreciated the scenery that no one in the world has appreciated".

On this day, Li Mingcheng sat in the old place as usual, and two or three meters away next to him was Taylor, who was singing "Downonthefarm". Li Mingcheng held two cups of iced cocoa in his hand, and he would send them to her when she finished singing the song and took a break halfway. It's also the only time of the day when communication can take place between them.

As soon as the song was finished, Taylor came over with his guitar.

Li Mingcheng raised his head and glanced at her, and handed over the ice cocoa in his hand.

"Thank you." After receiving the ice cocoa handed by Li Mingcheng, Taylor thanked him.

Li Mingcheng didn't speak, just smiled at her in response, and at the same time he gently moved his butt to the armrest of the bench to make room for someone to sit down.

Taylor naturally sat down in the empty seat, setting his guitar aside against the armrest of the bench.

Then there was a long silence as the two men concentrated on the cheap two-dollar cocoa drink in their hands.

No one meant to speak. Taylor is not good at words, while Li Mingcheng is filled with all kinds of things that don't have excess brain capacity.

"I'm contracted, new company." Taylor suddenly raised her head and whispered, fiddling with the thick straw in her cup as she said in a nonchalant tone, "I'm going to have a solo album soon, I should ...... Anyway, that's what they told me when they signed the contract. ”

Speaking of this, she grinned softly, and when Li Mingcheng turned his head, he happened to see this smile, just like when they first met that day, she talked about her music, and there was a faint fascination.

Li Mingcheng also smiled and said, "Congratulations, your dream has come true." ”

"Thank you."

The most she said to him after so many days was "thank you".

Then there was silence.

Li Mingcheng was a little embarrassed, with his usual style of acting, when boys and girls get along, boys must be responsible for opening the topic, if he faced such a young and beautiful blonde girl in his previous life, he would definitely have a hundred ways to tease the other party, but I don't know why, when facing the girl in front of him, Li Mingcheng suddenly felt that others' previous evaluation of his eloquence was actually a mockery.

However, she is different from other girls.

She's a diva! Any ordinary person will be a little cramped in the face of a popular diva who is popular all over the world! Li Mingcheng tried to convince himself in this way, as for whether it was useful or not, only he knew it.

"Sing me a song." Taylor said suddenly.

"What?" Li Mingcheng was stunned.

"You've listened to me sing for so many days, and I haven't heard you sing!" Taylor squinted his eyes like a cat and said, "Don't tell me you can't sing. ”

She had said everything about this, and Li Mingcheng couldn't say anything even if he wanted to refuse, so he had to nod and say, "Okay." ”

"But don't blame me for my ugly singing."

"Don't worry, it won't be!" Taylor waved his hand, "I believe in you!" ”

Li Mingcheng didn't know where her unwarranted sense of trust came from, and looked at her in surprise.

However, except for the familiar smile that once made him a little excited, the other Li Mingcheng couldn't see anything.

Li Mingcheng didn't continue to think about it, pointed to the guitar on the other end and said, "Lend me the guitar." ”

"Ah," Taylor leaned over and handed over his guitar resting on the armrest. ”

Li Mingcheng took the guitar and rested it on his lap, pressed a few chords with his left hand at random, and swept a few times with his right hand, making the sound so chaotic that he couldn't hear the melody at all.

He didn't know what song to sing, it stands to reason that he could casually pull out dozens or even hundreds of songs from his mind and sing them, but in the face of the girl in front of him, he felt that it was a kind of coping, he felt that he should sing a different song, not rock 'n' roll, not R&B, not even hih-pop.

Li Mingcheng thought for a while, and finally he finally found a melody from the depths of his memory.

It's an old song, and of course it's not that old now.

It was one of the few typical country music that Li Mingcheng had heard, and it was the only one he could sing.

Li Mingcheng likes its lyrics, loves its melody, and prefers its name.

He expertly pressed the chord with his left hand, and with his right hand began to gently sweep the strings.

After the prelude composed of a simple strumming string, Li Mingcheng's voice, which was still in the period of voice change, sounded.

“Well_I_was_doubling_over_the_load_on_my_shoulders，Was_a_weight_I_carried_with_me_everyday……”

After the first line of singing, Taylor's eyes changed, her narrow fox eyes seemed to be shining, and the smile on her face became more and more intoxicating.

“Crossing_miles_of_frustrations_and_rivers_a_raging，Picking_up_stones_Ifound_along_the_way。”

Li Mingcheng lied, in fact, he sings very well, and he doesn't even have to be a professional singer. Although his throat was a little dry and rusty at first, he soon regained his form.

“I_staggered_and_I_stumbled_down，Pathways_oftrouble。 I_was_hauling_those_souvenirs_of_misery，And_with_each_step_taken_my_back_was_breaking，Till_I_found_the_One_who_took_it_all_from_me。 ”

Li Mingcheng has always been a very casual person, in his previous life, he almost didn't make any decisions by himself, and wherever life pushed him, he was at ease wherever he went. The only time he did it was when he was in England and started a band with a few alumni.

It was the most colorful time he could remember, even though they had to rehearse in cramped basements all day long, even if they didn't have many listeners, even if they didn't see the future at all......

――But it's just beautiful and dreamy.

Because he can feel that his life belongs to him, that he is truly alive.

“Down_by_the_riverside……”

“Down_by_the_riverside――”

The girls' harmonies were added, but they were not abrupt at all, they had never rehearsed, but they had a tacit understanding as if they had practiced for a lifetime.

“My_spirit_lifted_high，I_found_my_freedom_now，And_I‘m_traveling_light。”

Li Mingcheng closed his eyes, and he seemed to have returned to that vivid time.

“Down_by_the_riverside，I_laid_my_burdens_down，Now_I’m_traveling_light。 My_spirit_lifted_high，I_found_my_freedom_now，And_I‘m_traveling_light……”

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"I'm not mistaken," Taylor looked at him steadily, "and you sing so well!" ”

"Thank you." Li Mingcheng was a little embarrassed, smirked and scratched his head.

Taylor didn't smile, still looking at him with those fox eyes.

When Li Mingcheng was gradually at a loss, she suddenly spoke.

"It's time for me to go." She whispered, "Later...... Won't come again. ”

Li Mingcheng suddenly "chuckled" in his heart.

"There's a lot going on in the company, and you have to prepare a single first, and then you have to make an album...... I don't have that much time when I'm busy......"

"The guitar is for you!" Taylor got up from his chair, "It's a pity I didn't bring a pen today, otherwise I'd have signed your name......"

"Maybe it'll be worth a lot of money in the future! Ha ha! She laughed to herself.

After a pause, she restrained her smile, tried to open her small but good-looking eyes, glanced at Li Mingcheng deeply, took a deep breath, and said, "Then, goodbye." ”

Taylor smiled lightly and waved his hand holding the empty cup at Li Mingcheng.

"Let's go!"

After she finished speaking, she stepped away from her long legs, which were of astonishing length, and walked away step by step, but she walked very slowly.

Li Mingcheng looked at the girl's departing back in a daze, as if something in his body was slowly walking away with the girl.

He looked down at the guitar in his arms again, at its unpainted fret and at the scratched board.

He slowly stretched out his right hand and plucked the set of strings, which were obviously new, from one string to six strings.

"Hey!" Li Mingcheng suddenly raised his head.

Taylor paused, turned around, and looked over suspiciously.

"I'll sing you a song." Li Mingcheng said with a smile.

Taylor was stunned for a few seconds, then directly stepped over with his long legs and a few steps, sat down beside Li Mingcheng, and looked at him with his chin in his hands.

Li Mingcheng just tilted his head to look at her, and his fingers began to gently sweep the strings.

Or the song just now, "Travelinglight", the Chinese translation is to travel lightly.

I used to carry too much on my shoulders,

It feels like you're carrying a weight every day.

Walking through the road of setbacks, crossing the river of pain,

constantly picking up pebbles on the side of the road;

I staggered, bumpy forward,

In front of us is a road full of troubles.

I'm dragging, and these loads,

Every step feels like my back is going to be crushed,

Until I met her,

Lifted all my loads.

Walking by the river,

I took off my load,

Now I'm traveling light.

My spirit is rising,

I finally found my freedom.

I traveled light.

……

After singing this song again, Li Mingcheng made a decision.