Text: Chapter 9
Christmas is here in the blink of an eye.
At night, in the bedroom, Ling Shan and Ling Zhen were both putting on makeup for the Christmas ball, and Ling Shan put on her earrings and said in a half-negotiating and half-affirmative tone:
"Sister, I must rush back before twelve o'clock!"
"The central hotel is only open until twelve o'clock," Lingzhen said, changing into a long pink gown and standing in front of Lingshan, asking her to help her zip up and tie the strap. "However, if you insist on coming back before twelve o'clock, you probably don't want to go back to Sili, but to go to Si A!" "Sister!" Ling Shan shouted, picked up the hairbrush on the table, and brushed her hair wildly. "You know, I'm going to the center tonight, and it's really a bit reluctant......"
"You don't have to say, I know perfectly!" Lingzhen interrupted her. "You're forced to do it! In your heart, you probably regret agreeing to this date so early! I'll keep you dancing later, and you'll be daunted too. If you are in the center, your heart will also be in the four A's! "Sister!" Ling Shan sighed lightly: "Think about it, when we were laughing and screaming in the singing and dancing, someone was sitting alone in the room......" She didn't continue, Wei Pengfei was already floating in front of her, and he was drinking his lonely demeanor alone. She sighed again: "Anyway, I have to rush back before twelve o'clock, and I promised him that I will rush back!" Lingzhen glanced at her. It's your business whether you rush back or not, I can't care so much! But, Ling Shan, you have to be clear, don't confuse sympathy with love! β
"We'd better not talk about it!" Ling Shan said irritably.
"There's no time to talk, Lisong and Broomstick Xingzhun are hairy in the living room." She walked to the door, and suddenly stopped again. "Ling Shan, you promised me that I wouldn't be serious about him, but you're already serious!" "I didn't promise you anything," Ling Shan said, "and when I didn't think about it, I was already serious." Sister, let me tell you the truth......" Her eyes widened, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes watery. "You don't have to bother to woo me and Broomstar, it's useless! It's really useless! I have long been ...... to Wei Pengfei There is no cure for a long time! "Lingshan!" Ling Zhen came over and held Ling Shan's hand, which was still covered with plaster, and the injury he had suffered a few days ago had not healed. "Don't get dizzy, you're only twenty-two years old!" "How? He was only twenty-nine years old! β
"It's not a matter of his age, think about it, isn't it too young to be a stepmother at the age of twenty-two!" "As long as Chu Chu can accept my ......"
Before Ling Shan's words were finished, there was a knock on the door, interrupting the conversation between their sisters, and Zhang Lisong shouted with his neck straight:
"Two young ladies, do you know how expensive the seats are tonight? If you slowly comb up like this, you will spend all your good time. Don't you know that every inch of time is an inch of gold? "It's coming! Here it comes! Lingzhen said, opened the door, and Zhang Lisong was standing outside the door with a smile on his face. Let's go! Zhang Lisong said: "If it's a little later, I won't even be able to call a taxi." β
Ling Shan stood up helplessly and walked into the living room. Liu Siqian and Mrs. Liu both stood there with a smile on their faces, looking at their daughters. Lingzhen is wearing a set of pink clothes today, but Lingshan is a set of goose yellow, neither of them is wearing a coat, Lingzhen is holding a white fox fur cloak, but Lingshan only uses a long black net-shaped shawl with gold threads, the two stand side by side, they are really more beautiful than flowers! Mrs. Liu smiled from ear to ear, and then looked at Zhang Lisong and Shao Zhuosheng, one was chic and free, the other was tall and handsome, if there was such a pair of sons-in-law, it would not be in vain to give birth to this pair of daughters! She kept coming to the gate, and she repeatedly told her understandingly:
"It's okay to play for a long time, I know that Christmas is just an excuse for you young people to play, if you want to play, you have to have fun, don't remember to worry about the family, mom is not old-fashioned, and she won't be punished for kneeling when she comes home late!" "Aunt," Zhang Lisong said with a smile, "Even if you will be punished for kneeling, it won't be early tonight, after we prepare for the ball, we will go to a friend's house to make an all-nighter!" β
Ling Shan glanced at Ling Zhen and pulled at her clothes.
"Sister!" She whispered. "Don't worry!" Lingzhen whispered in her ear, "Feet on yourself!" β
Walking into the elevator, Ling Shan subconsciously looked up at the door of Four A, the door was closed, and the light came out of the crack in the door. For a while, she really wanted to step out of the elevator and stay like this, regardless of his Christmas Day or Central Hotel! It doesn't matter what reservation he has, he doesn't have a reservation! Whatever broom star he is! However, look at Lingzhen again, she knows that there are many face problems in life, and you can't ignore everything! If you don't go to the Central Hotel tonight, you will have to hurt the feelings of the sisters!
With 10 million kinds of helplessness, she followed Shao Zhuosheng and them into the central nightclub. A crowd and a bustle swallowed her like a wave. Every Christmas, she wonders how there are so many people in Taipei, and everyone crowds into nightclubs! There were countless more tables in the hall than usual, and there were still many people arguing at the reservation desk, and they squeezed through the crowd one by one, and finally found their seats, and sat down, Ling Shan was already sweating all over.
Shao Zhuosheng took a lot of paper hats, rolling paper, and countless colorful paper ribbons and distributed them to everyone. Ling Shan looked at the dance floor, there was a sea of people in the dark, the band was playing loud music, and a male singer was half-roaring and singing "Beautiful Sunday" on stage. The dance floor was full of people, everyone danced to the beat of the music, many non-dancing guests also clapped and beat the beat, the air was filled with a breath of youth and joy, and more people were singing "Beautiful Sunday" with the singer. At the end of the song, everyone cheered and threw paper hats and colored notes all over the sky. Ling Shan smiled. The carnival atmosphere was contagious, and Lingzhen and Zhang Lisong had squeezed onto the dance floor and danced with the reveling crowd. Shao Zhuosheng was unwilling to be lonely, wearing a top pointed hat, he pulled Ling Shan and squeezed into the dance floor, Ling Shan looked at him, he was tall, and then he wore a high hat, which made him look "stand out from the crowd", Ling Shan danced while secretly thinking, this broom star, put on a dress, and his appearance was really "bluffing"!
When one song is finished, another one starts again. As there are more and more people, the dance steps become more and more slippery. Shao Zhuosheng squeezed Lingshan, and could only "shake" with the crowd, which could be regarded as "dancing". Ling Shan looked around, and Ling Zhen had lost her trace in the crowd. Everywhere there are colorful clothes, everywhere there is laughter and noise, everywhere there are singing voices...... The whole of Taipei is laughing, the whole of Taipei is singing and dancing, at this moment, is there also someone - the people are alone and haggard? "Lingshan!" Shao Zhuosheng roared in her ear, and the sound of the band was so loud that she couldn't hear it. "What?" She asked, screaming.
"Your sister has met an acquaintance!"
"Where is it?" She was on her toes and couldn't see it.
"They went back to their seats."
"Let's go back too!" She screamed. "I'm sweating profusely. My legs are also sore. "I can't bear to go over." He called.
"Why?" "If you want to fight your way out of the encirclement, it's not easy to kill it later."
"I have to go back to my seat, my mouth is dry!"
"I'll order you a glass of champagne!" "What did you say?" She couldn't hear it.
"Champagne! Would you like champagne? Celebrating our third anniversary! β
"Third anniversary? Have we known each other for three years? β
"How not? Three years ago, I also met at the Christmas Ball. β
"Strange." She whispered. "What did you say?" He bent down to listen to her, while taking her with him, from the crowd of people worthy of the name "kill".
"I say strange." "What's weird?" "I've known each other for three years, why might I not know each other for three months? It can be seen that time alone is not enough to know each other, and sometimes, a moment of communication is better than decades of communication. She muttered to herself.
"What are you talking about? I couldn't hear a word. Shao Zhuosheng roared in her ear.
"You don't need to hear!" She shouted, "I'll tell myself!" β
They managed to squeeze back into their seats, and at a glance, another table was joined up with theirs. Lingzhen was happily chatting and laughing with two other pairs of young men and women, who were about to be late and really didn't have a seat, so they fought with them. Seeing Ling Shan and Shao Zhuosheng coming, Ling Zhen turned back to Ling Shan and said:
"Remember? This is Ajiang. β
Ling Shan looked over, a black and strong young man with a cigarette in his mouth, it was really Ah Jiang! I haven't seen him for many years, but he still has a little bit of anger, between his eyebrows, but he is much more mature than before, he holds a round face, a very beautiful girl in his arms, the girl wears false eyelashes, makeup is very bright, wearing a low neckline, at a glance, it is a half-dusty girl. Ajiang introduced:
"Lingshan, this is my fiancΓ©e, I call her Little Red Bean, you can also call her Little Red Bean!" "Ah Jiang," Lingzhen shouted with a smile, "Then there is such an introduction?" β
"Why not?" Ah Jiang smiled: "You are getting more and more academic!" We met tonight, introduce each other, tomorrow, you take your Yangguan Road, I cross my single-plank bridge, no one remembers anyone anymore. What do you want to introduce clearly? He pointed to a pair of young people beside him and said to Ling Shan, "This is Lu Chao and Ah Pei." β
Ling Shan smiled and sat down in her seat. I thought, Lingzhen can be lively this Christmas, and when the old lovers meet, I don't know how I feel in my heart! On the one hand, she nodded to Lu Chao and Ah Pei. Lu Chao? This name seems to have been heard, but this surname and this name are very ordinary! She glanced at Lu Chao again, and was suddenly stunned in her heart, this young man is so familiar, he is not beautiful, but he has a very attractive face. Lu Chao's thick and slightly curly hair, deep and thoughtful eyes under his thick black eyebrows, the contour of his chin, and the shape of his mouth are very, very familiar. Suddenly, she realized that he looked like the movie star Yomonton, not pretty, but with a temperament! Even his indifferent and melancholy look was like that of Ummonton. After she finished looking at Lu Chao, she turned her eyes to look at Ah Pei, and she was really stunned at this look.
If Lu Chao is a little familiar, this Ah Pei is even more familiar, but she can't think of what kind of movie star Ah Pei looks like. She leaned back in her chair, her eyes misty. Double eyelids, small mouth, fair and delicate skin, thin and attractive small pointed chin. Except for a faint touch of lipstick, she barely wore makeup, and her entire face was clean and clear. Compared with that little red bean, she is out of the group, like a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world! How? Ling Shan was a little in a trance, what time is it? There are so many outstanding characters, all gathered together. "Lingshan!" Shao Zhuosheng shouted in her ear: "Your champagne! β
She was shocked, this nerd really ordered champagne. More than one glass, he held a whole bottle. She took the cup, and the voices around her, the sound of music, the laughter, the smell of wine, the smell of perfume, the smell of sweat...... It made her dizzy, and she took a sip of wine and another sip. I vaguely felt that something was wrong, but I didn't know what was wrong. "Lu Chao, Ah Pei," Ah Jiang shouted: "If you don't dance, I'm going to dance!" β
Lu Chao didn't speak, only waved his hand impatiently. Ah Jiang pulled the little red bean and squeezed it into the dance floor. At the same time, Zhang Lisong also dragged Lingzhen to dance. Pei took out a cigarette from a small silver handbag in her hand, and a small silver lighter, lit the cigarette, she took a deep breath, and exhaled the smoke, her eyes were even more misty. She raised her eyes to look at Lu Chao, her eyes were soft, charming, and affectionate. Lu Chao glanced at her, and without saying anything, she handed the cigarette in her hand into his mouth. He took a cigarette and puffed it to himself, staring at the crowd on the dance floor. Pei lit another cigarette, and she smoked, her eyes fogging in the smoke. Ling Shan looked at her intently, as if she had fallen into an evil spirit, and only felt that her every move was extremely soft and charming. Other women smoke cigarettes, which always gives Ling Shan a feeling that she is not very noble, but Ah Pei's smoking is full of poetry, as if the cigarette itself is kneaded with her person, she is the wisp of light smoke, fluttering and curling, if there is nothing. "Lingshan! Dancing? Shao Zhuosheng roared.
"Nope." She said aloud, sipping champagne, her eyes still resting on Pei's face. "Ah Pei, do you want champagne?" She asked.
Ah Pei looked at her and smiled faintly at her. Shao Zhuosheng immediately handed a cup to Ah Pei, filled the cup, Shao Zhuosheng explained:
"Tonight is the third anniversary of my acquaintance with Ling Shan!"
Ah Pei raised her glass to Ling Shan, took the cup and touched Ling Shan's cup, she smiled lightly, and said softly: "Celebrate the third anniversary!" Her voice was not loud, but it was so soft and magnetic that it suppressed the sound of singing and music in the room. A light flashed in Ling Shan's mind, and she stared at Ah Pei. Pei wore a silver-gray soft silk dress with wide cuffs, and when she raised her glass, the cuffs slipped to her elbows, revealing a white arm. Ling Shan took another sip of champagne. "Ah Pei, I've seen you!" She said.
"Oh?" Ah Pei raised his eyebrows, not surprised at all. "Where did you see me?" "A few days ago, at Diss Point." Ling Shan said: "You are singing a song, a very nice and beautiful song. Pei puffed out a puff of smoke and smiled slightly.
"Yes, I sang there for a week."
"Aren't you singing tonight?" "Don't sing!" She said simply: "Lu Chao doesn't sing, and I don't sing either!" β
"Oh!" Ling Shan looked at Lu Chao in astonishment, it turned out that he was also a singer? Lu Chao didn't look at them, as if he hadn't heard their conversation at all, his eyes searched the dance floor, and his expression was a little blank.
"You don't know Lu Chao?" Pei was surprised, as if asking, "You don't know Nickerson?" "I don't know," Ling Shan was ashamed of her loneliness. I've never been very familiar with the entertainment industry. "He's the lead singer in the Wildfire Choir." "He also plays guitar, he plays drums, he can play the keyboard, he is a genius in many ways," Pei said. β
"Oh!" Ling Shan took another sip of wine and looked at the "genius", the genius didn't pay attention to Ah Pei's praise for him, the genius was full of impatience, the genius was absent-minded and didn't belong. Ling Shan held her chin with her hand, dazed, she didn't dare to tell Ah Pei that she hadn't even heard of the "Wildfire Choir".
Ah Pei took a sip of the wine in the glass, Shao Zhuosheng immediately helped her fill it again, she raised her eyes and glanced at Shao Zhuosheng, her eyes were also soft and charming, she said softly: "What's your name?" "Shao Zhuosheng." Shao Zhuosheng hurriedly said, remembering that they didn't seem to call names, but called nicknames, he added stupidly: "However, everyone calls me Broom Star!" "Broomstar?" Pei was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled, her teeth thin and white. For the first time, Ling Shan understood why there was an idiom "teeth are like braided shells". "Broomstar?" She shook her head slightly, her long silky hair hanging down her ears. "Do you know you're 'bright'?" She asked.
"Bright?" Shao Zhuosheng looked at her stunned.
"Cantonese people say bright, that is, beautiful," she extinguished the cigarette butt, took another sip of the wine in the glass, and Shao Zhuosheng helped her fill it again. "When I say bright, I mean that you are very eye-catching and attractive." "Oh?" Shao Zhuosheng opened his mouth stupidly, and he was so complimented that he was a little fluttering, he didn't drink anything, and he seemed to be drunk.
Ling Shan looked at Shao Zhuosheng, looked at Ah Pei, and then looked at the "genius", she also dried her own cup in one gulp. Shao Zhuosheng was looking at Ah Pei in a trance, completely ignoring Ling Shan's empty cup. Ling Shan touched the wine bottle in Shao Zhuosheng's hand with a cup, Shao Zhuosheng was like a dream, and hurriedly filled her up. She sipped in small gulps, but her eyes couldn't take away from the strange Ah Pei. "Who proposed this?" Suddenly, Lu Chao opened his mouth, he was actually able to speak, which startled Ling Shan, Ah Pei immediately looked at him, stretched out her hand, and she wrapped her white arm around his neck.
"It's Ajiang." She whispered.
"Don't you think it's messy, noisy, and boring here?" Lu Chao said, frowning. "Music doesn't make music, singing doesn't make singing, and the dancing people are all squeezing sardines, what's the point?" "yes, it's boring." Pei said softly, placing the wine glass on the table. Servant over, she gently stroked Lu Chao's eyebrows with her fingers, her eyes were as gentle as water and stopped on Lu Chao's face, as if the people in the entire hall did not exist, she used that magnetic voice, not high, not low, not hurried to say: "You frown again!" You're not happy again! If you don't like it here, you say go there, I'll go there! Lu Chao pulled her hand off, sat a little farther away, and said impatiently:
"Don't move your hands and feet."
"Yes." She spoke softly, her voice so low that she could barely hear it, her body shrunk back, her eyes covered with a faint layer of tears, and she raised the wine glass on the table, and she leaned back. Shao Zhuosheng is like a wine pouring machine, and he pours wine immediately. Ling Shan stared at her, not ignoring the two tears that came out of the corners of her eyes.
"I'd rather go to Huaguo!" Lu Chao said.
"Then, let's go to Huaguo!" Pei said.
"Forget it!" Lu Chao knocked on the table with his hand irritably. "The situation in Huaguo will not be better than here!" "Or......" Pei said cautiously, "We can go to Ah Qiu's house, their house, and the all-night dance party tonight!" β
Lu Chao's eyes immediately flashed, he glanced at Ah Pei excitedly, and immediately frowned again. "You don't really want to go to Aqiu's house!" He bit his lip. "You're in a daze! I hate your temptation! β
"I mean it!" Ah Pei said hurriedly, quickly and urgently. "If it's not sincere, I'll be thundered by the sky! As long as you like, you go there, I'll go there......" She suddenly stopped and looked at him in a daze, tears streaming down her eyelashes. "Or......" she said more carefully, "you don't like me to go with you?" Are you going alone? β
Lu Chao seemed to shake, he glared at her, and said in a rough voice:
"Don't be stupid! If you want to go, go together! β
Ah Pei let out a long breath, and immediately her face was full of joy, as if Lu Chao had given her a great favor, she said with a smile:
"As soon as Ajiang and the others come back, we will leave! It's only twelve o'clock here, and Ah Jiang and they will be happy to go to Ah Qiu's house! β
"Hmm!" Lu Chao snorted and looked at the crowd on the dance floor again.
On the dance floor, there was a sea of people, and everyone was still dancing crazy, crazy and happy. On stage, a singer was singing "Christmas bells".
Ling Shan drank vigorously, she felt that she was already enchanted, and she was enchanted by this Ah Pei. She has never seen a woman who can be so whispered and infatuated with her boyfriend, and she has never seen a woman more feminine than Ah Pei. Her dizziness, even though it was champagne, made her whole body light and groggy. She held the cup, raised it to Ah Pei, and then to Lu Chao, and muttered: "Send a message to lovers, cherish the flowers when they bloom!" β
Pei looked up like an electric shock and glared at her. Ling Shan looked at her, and then, Ah Pei smiled, smiling desolately and beautifully. Sky! Ling Shan thought to herself; How can there be such a charming character!
"You actually remember my song," Pei said with a sigh of emotion: "I, Pei Xintong, made you a friend!" Let's go to Aqiu's house together! β
Pei Xintong? Ling Shan was taking a sip of wine, and suddenly, the whole sip of wine choked into her throat, and she coughed loudly. Coughing breathlessly, coughing with tears in her eyes, she looked at Ah Pei, no, no, I'm drunk. She thought. So drunk that I can't even hear clearly, so drunk that I don't even know where I am! She stopped coughing, raised her eyes to stare at Pei, and asked, "What's your name Pei?" "Pei Xintong!" Pei smiled. "What, is that weird name? This is my real name, and when I sing, my name is Pei Pei. β
Ling Shan shook her head and fell her head again, no! Really drunk, she thought, really drunk, there were already many Ah Pei's faces floating in front of her eyes, like reflections in the water, swaying. is also like the superimposed shots on TV, the same face, four or five images, appeared in one picture, she screamed, muttered, and slurred words: "Your name is Pei Xintong, happy Xin, Wutong Tong." β
"How do you know?" Pei said: "Most people think that my name is Xintong, the heart of the heart, the Tong of Tongyun? β
"Oh," Ling Shan said in a trance, "your name is the heart of the heart?" Tongyun's Tong? β
"No, it's the joy of joy, the tung of the sycamore."
Ling Shan fell into Shao Zhuosheng's arms and smirked.
"Broomstar, you hold me up," she said, burying her head in his clothes, laughing all the time. "I'm drunk. Drunk enough to be dead, you can come back to life! I'm drunk, reallyβdrunk. β
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