Chapter 2: Life, Money, and Dreams
If music is Chen Yixu's lifelong pursuit on the earth in his previous life, then this time, Chen Yixu unexpectedly came to this strange parallel world, and music may not be as noble as "ideal pursuit". Living in reality, Chen Yixu thinks about how to use music as a cornerstone to improve his life.
After all, the original owner of this body left himself with a very bad living environment.
If this kind of badness can be measured in money, Chen Yixu calculated that it should be around one million yuan.
This million is not Chen Yixu's words. First of all, the 200,000 usury borrowed in her own name when his wife left him, and if he can't repay the 200,000 in time in the next six months, then half a year later it will be a "bottomless pit" that can no longer be plugged.
The second is her own daughter, whose name is Liu Kite, a beautiful name, worthy of the name given to her by a father who loves music. It's a pity that although her name is good, her fate is very unfortunate, leukemia, a disease that makes people uncomfortable when they hear it. If you get to the point of hospitalization, then you need a bone marrow transplant, which will be a huge financial expense.
Therefore, Chen Yixu is now very short of money.
Sometimes, life is not contradictory to money, dreams, and they are inextricably linked, which makes people unpredictable and confused.
With mixed feelings, Chen Yixu walked through one old alley after another, and after walking through a few old streets, he came to the community where he rented a house.
This is an old street community, built in the 80s of the last century, and it looks out of place with the surrounding high-rise buildings. But because this place has no development value, it has not been demolished and rebuilt until now, so it has become a place for many Beipiao people to rent cheaply, and Chen Yixu is one of them.
The rented house is on the fifth floor, it is a two-bedroom apartment, because it has been rented for more than ten years, and the relationship with the landlord is also good, so the rent has not risen, otherwise, with the rate of housing price increase over the years, even if this is a place with no development value, but with the three words "Kyoto City", it is too simple to increase the rent three or four times in more than ten years.
"Dad, you're back."
Chen Yixu was about to open the door with the key, when he heard his daughter's voice from the house, if it weren't for the fact that he had some memories of the original owner of this body in his mind, hearing such a pure and authentic voice, Chen Yixu must have thought it was from a fairy.
Pushing open the door, his daughter Liu Kite was standing in front of him.
Although he browsed his daughter's appearance many times in his mind when he was on the road, Chen Yixu still had a feeling of strangeness and shock when he saw the seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl in front of him.
Chen Yixu is Chinese New Year's Eve one year old today, and the age of alternating middle-aged and young people may be called uncles by young girls. But her daughter Liu Kite only came of age this summer, and the difference between the two is only thirteen years old. This is not surprising, because Liu Kite is not Chen Yixu's biological daughter.
Seven years ago, there was a massive earthquake in the southwest of China, and the original owner of this body and his wife's parents both died in the earthquake. At that time, Chen Yixu was only 24 years old, and he had just married his wife, and after the disaster, he learned that his parents were unfortunately killed, and the couple joined a volunteer rescue team to go to the disaster area.
Liu Kite is a girl rescued from the rubble by Chen Yixu's volunteer rescue team, Chen Yixu was the first person to hold Liu Kite's little hand on the ruins, when Liu Kite was eleven years old and still a little girl. After Liu Kite was rescued, she recovered quickly in the hospital, but unfortunately none of her family members were spared, and even more tragically, most of her relatives were killed in this disaster, Liu Kite became an orphan, it was Chen Yixu who adopted her, and it was precisely because of this incident that Chen Yixu and his wife had a gap.
Later, Chen Yixu basically achieved nothing in his career, and his love for music also made him often participate in various competitions, but the result was that he delayed his work and achieved nothing. Under such circumstances, three months ago, his wife left him, leaving only a divorce paper and a loan shark of 200,000 yuan, and a daughter by his side silently supporting him.
The 200,000 usury, in the words of Chen Yixu's wife, is compensation for her in the past few years.
Sometimes Chen Yixu feels that he can't cry or laugh, a few years, worth 200,000 yuan, is it too cheap?
The daughter, Liu Kite, was wearing pajamas, with her long hair scattered and crashed into her arms like a fawn. Every day after school, what she looks forward to most is her father coming home, every time Chen Yixu comes home, her daughter will give a hug, and today is no exception.
Looking at his daughter in his arms, Chen Yixu felt that there was a warm current flowing through his heart, and if he had the ability, he must cure his daughter's illness.
"Little kite, are you done with your homework?" After his daughter left his arms, Chen Yixu put away the guitar he was carrying and hung it on the wall nail at the door, and then walked to the somewhat narrow living room.
The space in the living room is indeed small, because the area of the whole house is not large, but the small living room space is cleaned up by the daughter, and it seems spacious. On the dining table to the left of the kitchen doorway, there are several plates of steaming home-cooked meals.
"Dad, I've already finished my homework, let's eat, I just did it." Liu Kite said "proudly": "Home-cooked tofu, your favorite food." ”
Chen Yixu tried to recall, it should be a month ago, his daughter learned to cook, and every day she came home late after getting off work and singing, and her daughter prepared a meal and waited for her.
came to the dinner table and sat down, picked up the chopsticks and ate a bite of the plate of home-cooked tofu, it was a little hot, but it tasted very good, Chen Yixu nodded and said to his daughter: "Well, I have grown again." ”
"Of course." Or that "proud" tone, maybe it's the confidence given by his father, Liu Kite has been smiling, came to his father, and took off his coat for his father: "Dad, after eating and taking a shower, you can sleep comfortably, huh?" Dad, why are you bruised and purple? ”
When taking off his father's coat, Liu Kite saw that there were bruises on his father's bare arms.
Chen Yixu couldn't sue his daughter that he still owed 200,000 usury, let alone that he was beaten by the debt collector today, so Chen Yixu lied and said: "When I was on the construction site today, I accidentally fell on the iron frame and pressed me, but it's nothing." ”
"Dad, why are you so careless." Liu Kite sobbed a little and leaned on Chen Yixu's shoulder and said, "Dad, when I graduate from the college entrance examination, I will look for a job, so that you don't have to work so hard." ”
The shoulders of fathers are always the best support for their children, which seems to be an eternal truth.
Gently stroking his daughter's head, Chen Yixu felt that he was lucky to have such a sensible daughter: "Little kite, don't worry, as long as you are well, Dad is nothing even if he is tired and tired, do you still learn composition today?" You've always wanted to be admitted to the Kyoto Conservatory, and you have that strength. ”
Maybe he owed a lot of guilt in his previous life, Chen Yixu felt that even if Liu Kite was not related to him, he wanted to treat her as his own daughter, she liked to sing, she had a very pure voice, like a lark, her daughter's voice was really pure, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a natural sound, just because she didn't have the opportunity to show it.
My daughter, like myself, has a musical dream. Daughter once said that she wants to learn to sing, she wants to stand on the stage and sing a song for her father, so since a year ago, the original owner of this body began to teach her how to read music, maybe talented, Liu Kite only studied non-professionally for a year, but Chen Yixu feels that now she sings the current pop music is comparable to those popular diva-level singers.
Maxima needs Bole, and talented and talented people need a chance to showcase.
Liu Kite's love seemed to be very low, and she walked straight to her bedroom: "Not today, Dad, you have to rest early." ”
Chen Yixu could see his daughter's thoughts, and after promising his daughter to rest early, he said goodnight, and then lowered his head and continued to eat.
Such an excellent daughter, but he can't give her a good living environment, Chen Yixu tried to recall, his daughter Liu Kite dreamed of a piano to play Chopin, but Chen Yixu was always shy, in addition to maintaining the normal living expenses of the family and the expenses of his daughter's schooling, Chen Yixu almost couldn't take out a penny.
When Chen Yixu was on earth in his previous life, his wife was alone after divorcing him, wandering around as a wandering singer, and the concept pursued was that one person could feed the whole family and not go hungry. But now it's different, with a daughter, you have to take on the responsibility of being a father.
"Maybe I've been a jerk, confused, and failed, but I must give her a different life." Holding the chopsticks tightly, Chen Yixu made a vow for his daughter in the depths of his heart, which was an oath that belonged to a man.
Knock knock! Knock knock!
"Dad, there's a knock on the door." A reminder came from her daughter's bedroom.
"Got it." I was so engrossed just now that I didn't hear anyone knocking on the door, but who would come to me at such a late hour?
Got up and walked to the door, Chen Yixu tried to look outside through the cat's eye to see who was looking for him, but he didn't know what was going on, the cat's eye was obviously blocked by thick dust, because the door was very old, the light blue door paint had fallen off more than a third, and even the iron door outside the door was already rusty.
Opening the door, Chen Yixu was stunned.
"Is that you?" Quickly skimming through the memories in his mind, Chen Yixu found information about the familiar woman in front of him.