Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 2005. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It's the middle of summer, and thanks to the humid subtropical climate, this city in the southeastern United States isn't too hot. The sunny weather and warm sunshine are warm but not dazzling, making it ideal for travel.

Li Mingcheng stopped, he didn't dare to go any further. In front of it is a street of music bars, and the layers of signboards are dazzling. It's a Nashville-specific feature, but it's a bit unfriendly to strangers who are new to the city, because they're so similar that it's easy for unfamiliar visitors to get lost in the bars and can't find their way home.

After walking for a while, Li Mingcheng felt a little hot, and ripped open the neckline of the T to let in the air, Li Mingcheng saw a mobile stall selling ice cream on the side of the road, and walked over to buy a strawberry cone.

casually found a public bench to sit down, Li Mingcheng took a bite of the pink ice cream ball, it tasted good, the most important thing was cool enough, and the heat in his heart before was diluted at once.

A few meters away from him was a female wandering singer, her long, silky blonde hair covering her face, but judging by her slender and beautiful figure, she did not look too bad. There was a childishness in the clear singing voice in the ears, and Li Mingcheng judged that the age of the girl should not exceed 18 years old.

In Nashville, itinerant singers are not uncommon, if not somewhat overflowing. The city is known as the home of country music, and you can see itinerant singers with guitars everywhere, some of them to make a living, but most of them have the mentality that they can be discovered by Bole and become a blockbuster. I don't know what kind of person the person in front of me belongs to.

Li Mingcheng turned these boring thoughts back in his mind, and while dealing with the cone in his hand, he carefully recognized the girl's singing voice in the noisy environment. She sang "ThereYou'llbe". This song is a few years old, and the original singer is Fezhill, the diva of the American countryside. Compared with the original version, the version performed by the girl with a somewhat sweet and glutinous voice also has a unique flavor.

At this time, Li Mingcheng wanted to smoke a cigarette, but he didn't have a cigarette, and even if he did, he didn't dare to smoke, because he was not yet 15 years old, and the regulations of the "Smoking Act" in the United States were very strict. And he's a Chinese-American, and he's sure the white officers in the police station won't be kind to him.

Li Mingcheng sighed, and the inexplicable heat in his heart surged up again.

He's been in the U.S. for half a month, two weeks since he was reborn, to be exact.

Two weeks is not long or short, but it is enough for him to face the current situation with a calm and indifferent attitude. He also imagined that this was just a dream, and when he woke up, he was still the man who had almost made a small career, but the cold reality ruthlessly woke up his naïve fantasy like the oncoming cold water.

So he could only accept the established reality in front of him.

Now he is a junior high school student who has just graduated, because he has achieved good results in the high school entrance examination, his father has fulfilled his long-squeezed long-cherished wish and came to the bustling United States for a vacation.

If Li Mingcheng were still that fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy now, he would definitely be excited because he would go abroad for the first time and live in the most prosperous country in the world. But now he has the soul of an old boy who is about to enter middle age, and maybe he still has an unquenchable passion, but he will definitely not awaken because of this kind of thing.

Before he was reborn, he was twenty-six years old, his career improved slightly, and he also had a girlfriend who reached the point of talking about marriage in love.

Because of his good family background, he was able to successfully go abroad after finishing his university and start a business with alumni who also studied in the UK after returning to China. With the connections brought by his family background and the advanced concepts he learned abroad, even if he and his partners are not hardworking and motivated, they still have a smooth journey along the way.

He thought that his life was like this, and he couldn't be famous for eternity, but fortunately, he was easy to get away.

However, after a god turn, before closing his eyes, he was still drunk with his good friends, and when he opened his eyes, he was on Simmons at his aunt's house in a foreign country.

The strawberry ice cream ball exposed to the sun melted, and the pink semi-liquid slid down the cone and fell between Li Mingcheng's fingers, Li Mingcheng frowned, and the slimy feeling on his hands made him very uncomfortable.

rummaged through the pockets of his body, but Li Mingcheng found that he didn't have anything called a tissue on his body, so he had to resist the urge to put his fingers in his mouth and threw the uneaten cone into the trash can on the side of the road.

The wandering singer has changed another song, and she is now singing "IfIShouldFallBehind", which is still the work of Faith Hill.

Li Mingcheng decided to go home. He has been out for a while, and if he doesn't go back, his confused cousin will probably call the police in a hurry.

When passing by the wandering singer, Li Mingcheng glanced at it with his peripheral vision. After a few steps, he stepped back and stopped in front of her.

Li Mingcheng stared at the empty piano bag in front of the wandering singer for a while, then he searched his pocket and turned out all the dollars on his body, hesitated slightly, squatted down and put all the banknotes into the empty black piano bag.

"Come on." He uttered a word out of nowhere.

As soon as the words came out, Li Mingcheng felt uncomfortable, as if the secret that had been buried in his heart for a long time had been dug up and displayed in the eyes of the world.

Li Mingcheng stood up crampedly, subconsciously inserted his hands into his trouser pockets, and hurriedly turned around and left.

"Hey!" Someone shouted behind him.

Are you calling me? Li Mingcheng was stunned.

As if seeing through Li Mingcheng's thoughts, the voice continued: "Yes, it's you, please wait a minute!" ”

Li Mingcheng turned his head suspiciously, and saw the wandering singer trotting over. She stood up, Li Mingcheng found that this girl was really tall enough, although she is now in the development period, and her height is more than 1.7 meters, but the girl is wearing flat shoes and is more than half a head taller.

"I accept your encouragement, but, sorry, I can't accept this." The girl stood in front of Li Mingcheng and stretched out her hand to him, holding the stack of banknotes that Li Mingcheng had put down before.

Li Mingcheng frowned. This man is a psychopath, isn't he?

"Well, I mean," noticing that she was a little unclear and her tone was a little inappropriate, the girl quickly explained, "I don't sing for money, I just, well...... That's why I came here because I love music. ”

Although the girl's expression was still vague, Li Mingcheng was already able to understand what she meant. It seems that she is the second kind of person.

"Well, I'm sorry." Li Mingcheng thought for a while and said, and at the same time took the beautiful knife in the girl's hand.

"No, no, no, it's me who should say sorry." The girl waved her hand again and again and said urgently, "No matter what, you have a good intention." ”

The girl's cramped appearance was slightly cute, and Li Mingcheng unconsciously showed a kind smile and did not continue to answer.

The momentary silence made the girl a little uneasy, and she stood in place with her head down.

It turned out to be an unsociable child! Li Mingcheng felt a touch of familiarity from the girl, he also had many such friends in his previous life, focusing on his own preferences and being isolated from the world.

"Are you an American? Well, I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to say ...... Well...... You're supposed to be Asian, right? At least it looks like this...... "The girl should not be able to stand this atmosphere, and she opened her mouth crappily to resolve the embarrassment."

However, the effect was not satisfactory, the atmosphere was even more awkward, and the girls began to become at a loss.

Whether it was out of unbearability or gentlemanly demeanor, Li Mingcheng sighed lightly and answered: "I am from Huaxia, and I came here to visit relatives or take a vacation." ”

"Oh," the girl looked relieved, "but you don't look like a Chinese at all,...... I mean, your English pronunciation is very pure, completely different from the Chinese people I have in my impression. It's like an Englishman. ”

"I understand what you mean," Li Mingcheng smiled, and he switched accents, "Are all the Chinese people in your impression like this?" ”

The latter sentence was uttered by Li Mingcheng in a colloquial Chinese way and after exaggerating the accent. The girl was visibly stunned for a second, and then laughed exaggeratedly.

Although her laughter is unflattering and even a little magical, it is undeniable that the girl looks particularly good when she laughs.

In fact, judging from her facial features alone, she is not very beautiful, because her eyes are a little small, which belongs to the type of open and closed eyes, and the eye shape is slightly narrow, which makes her eyes appear smaller.

But when she laughed, she completely changed, and the pair of smiling eyes were bent into a beautiful crescent, which could be said to have played a kind of finishing touch, and the whole face became vivid, like a shrewd and charming little fox.

"You look so good when you smile!" Li Mingcheng blurted out, and as soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help but want to give himself a mouthful.

How does this sound like it's used to flirt with girls, hey!

"Thank you." Fortunately, the American imperialist people are naturally cheerful, and the girl did not read the deep meaning of the words, but just took it as a simple compliment, "No one has ever said such things to me before." ”

"Oh, that's my pleasure." Hey, it seems that there is no going back on the road of flirting with girls!

"Ahem," Li Mingcheng coughed twice and decided to change the topic, he didn't want to go abroad and get off the list honorably, "You like Fishill very much?" ”

The topic shifted a little stiffly, but fortunately, it worked well.

"You hear that?" The girl's eyes lit up, and the small eyes brightened as a result, "She's my idol!" Do you like her too? ”

"Sort of, but I like her lover more than anything else." Li Mingcheng said.

"McGraw? I like him very much, and I even wrote a song with the same name as him! The girl playfully stuck out her tongue, "Although it has nothing to do with him." ”

"But I guess it must be a good song." Li Mingcheng felt that he had vaguely captured some key information, but when he deliberately thought about it, he had no clue.

"Hey...... If you want to hear it, I can sing it to you next time. ”

"It's an honor."

The topic suddenly broke off at this point, and the girl sighed faintly after a few seconds, "It's a pity that RCA won't be willing to help me release a record until two years later......."

She was fascinated: "When will I become a singer like her?" ”

Li Mingcheng was stunned, and the girl's eyes aroused the memories that he squeezed in the depths of his heart.

He pondered for a while, smiled and said slowly, "That day shouldn't be too far away. ”。

"Thank you!" This time, her tone was much stronger than before, and an irrepressible smile overflowed from her crescent-like eyes.

The girl's expression gave Li Mingcheng the illusion that he would immediately receive a prompt of "the strategy is successful". It even made him think cranky: What is this? A fateful encounter? OMG！ What the hell! I don't have that much energy right now.

Anyway, Li Mingcheng felt that it was time to end this small talk.

"I ...... Well, I should go back, or my family will have to worry about me......" Li Mingcheng pondered his words.

"Oh, my mistake, sorry...... I mean...... Good bye! There was a subtle loss in the girl's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by panic.

"Goodbye."

"Wait!"

As soon as Li Mingcheng took a step, the girl stopped him again.

Under Li Mingcheng's puzzled gaze, the girl cautiously said, "Will you come over tomorrow...... I mean...... I come here every morning to sing, if you like it, you can come and listen......" Her voice grew quieter, "and that song......

Does this mean...... About?

Li Mingcheng wanted to say that I was not on an appointment, but the expectation in the girl's eyes gently plucked a certain string in Li Mingcheng's heart, and the girl's eyes were shining with a lovely look of longing.

So he subconsciously spoke: "Of course." I like it very much," realizing the ambiguity in his words, Li Mingcheng quickly added, "I mean...... The song you sing. ”

"Then it's settled," the girl smiled again, "see you tomorrow!" ”

"Yes, I'll see you tomorrow."

Li Mingcheng left for the third time.

"Hey!"

Behind him, the girl stopped him for the third time.

Li Mingcheng turned his head for the third time, and his good-looking smile broke into sight, just like the sunshine in Nashville today, warm, but not dazzling.

"My name is Taylor, Taylor Swift." The girl said, "Nice to meet you." ”