Chapter 22: Performance
The future is always confused, Xu Youwen thought so, he stood on the broken balcony, picked up a cigarette between his fingers and took a puff, because he smoked too hard, he choked, and sour tears came out of his eyes directly.
He smoked for the first time, so he was naturally a little unskilled.
Watching those old men smoking in the movie, they always squint their eyes, take a puff unhurriedly, look into the distance, and slowly spit out.
White smoke flew up, as if all the troubles and burdens had vanished.
The spark of the cigarette butt blown red by the breeze loomed in the air.
The wind was gently twisted between Xu Youwen's short hair, his hair fluttered slightly, he was wearing white long sleeves, a pair of washed white dark blue jeans, and the vicissitudes of old age hidden in his eyes made him feel like a child of that age.
He lifted the cigarette from his fingertip, took two more puffs, and spit it out into the air.
The taste of tobacco is really unpleasant, it tastes spicy and pungent, but it is unforgettable, which is really strange.
Tang Mingxuan rode to the downstairs of his house, raised his head and looked at Xu Youwen, a decadent young man: "Hey! What are you doing? ”
"Don't you see? Smoke. Xu Youwen lowered his eyelids and replied dejectedly.
"Don't call me when you smoke!" Tang Mingxuan threw away the bicycle in his hand, and the car was lying on the ground obliquely, the wheels rolling.
"Shhhh Smoking is not a good thing, you good student don't learn from me. Xu Youwen said disdainfully.
I don't know if Tang Mingxuan heard it or not, but he heard his brisk footsteps coming from the corridor, and soon, Tang Mingxuan came to Xu Youwen, leaning on the mottled old balcony, the breeze blowing the faces of the two people.
"Hey! Don't call me for smoking! Tang Mingxuan complained.
"Smoking is not a good thing! You good student, get out of here! Xu Youwen said.
"Shut up!" Tang Mingxuan snatched the cigarette in Xu Youwen's hand and stuffed it into his mouth, quickly took a puff, spit it out towards the sky, and the white smoke drifted around.
The first time he smoked, Tang Mingxuan coughed violently, mixed with sour tears.
Xu Youwen squinted at him and scolded: "Neuropathy! "I'm about to get it back.
Tang Mingxuan slapped away Xu Youwen's outstretched hand, looked sideways at Xu Youwen with a smile, and scolded: "Don't worry about it!" We are good brothers! We must share blessings and hardships. ”
"Get out of here!" Xu Youwen said in disgust, "What brother, aren't you going to study abroad in your third year of high school?" ”
Tang Mingxuan lowered his eyes, he picked up the cigarette, narrowed his eyes, took another puff, released it from his chest, and spit it out towards the sky.
After a short silence, Tang Mingxuan turned his back and leaned on the balcony to look sideways at Xu Youwen: "Xu Youwen, have you thought about the future?" ”
Xu Youwen raised his head and looked at the sky: "What do you want to do with such a distant thing?" ”
"My parents wanted me to go abroad to study economics and management and come back to inherit the company." Tang Mingxuan said.
"Sure enough, the children of rich families are really happy." Xu Youwen said.
"Xu Youwen, this is not a matter of happiness or unhappiness, I just want my life to be so short, now is the best time, it's time to find a goal for my future, I shouldn't be so muddy." Tang Mingxuan said, "Do you want to live such a plain and ordinary life?" ”
Xu Youwen shook his head and smiled: "Can a person like me have any extraordinary life?" I just want to eat and die. ”
"Xu Youwen, we shouldn't be like this, at least I think we can struggle and try to change." Tang Mingxuan said.
"For a person like me, who has nothing, no matter how hard he struggles, he has already lost at the starting line, unlike you who was born as a young master in the family, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and there are people to help plan in the future, I have to keep up with your pace or reincarnate once before there is hope!" Xu Youwen laughed dryly.
"Xu Youwen ......" Tang Mingxuan turned his head to look at Xu Youwen, the sun hit his face obliquely, clearly illuminating his angular curves, the cigarette on his fingertips hung down, and the soot fell down,
Xu Youwen hooked the corners of his lips and smiled, snatched back the cigarette in Tang Mingxuan's hand and took a hard breath: "After you leave, get away, I don't want to see you." ”
"Xu Youwen!" Tang Mingxuan raised his voice and shouted.
"Get out!" Xu Youwen scolded ruffianly, "When you become famous, forget me as cleanly as possible, I am not in the same circle as you." ”
"Neurotic!" Tang Mingxuan scolded.
"I, Xu Youwen, can't be a person in my life! What do you want me to do? Xu Youwen was a little angry.
"No matter what you look like, you are my good brother for life!" Tang Mingxuan said angrily, his face was a little red because of anger.
Xu Youwen raised his eyelids and tilted his head to look at him, burst out laughing, and casually twisted the cigarette he had smoked on the wall, leaving a black smoke mark on the white wall.
"Something's wrong!" Xu Youwen looked at him with a smile.
For Tang Mingxuan, Xu Youwen is the best person he has known since he was a child, whether he has money or not, downcast or rich.
In the second year of junior high school, Tang Mingxuan and Xu Youwen were in different classes, Xu Youwen was still the king and hegemon in the class as always, and everyone in the school stayed away when they saw him.
Tang Mingxuan's temperament is not as arrogant and wanton as it is now, he is a little introverted and cowardly, the little bully in the class loves to bully such people, seeing Tang Mingxuan take the lead in bullying him, whether it is cold violence or punching and kicking, Tang Mingxuan will not resist, and the more time passes, the more it will intensify.
There was a heavenly toilet, Tang Mingxuan washed the nosebleed from the faucet, and coincidentally met Xu Youwen, who also came to the toilet, Xu Youwen recognized Tang Mingxuan at a glance, and when he saw his blue nose and swollen face, he immediately asked him what happened, Tang Mingxuan didn't dare to say, Xu Youwen pulled Tang Mingxuan to his class to question.
Unexpectedly, the group of people who bullied Tang Mingxuan came out, and seeing that Xu Youwen was a good bully, he surrounded him, Xu Youwen protected Tang Mingxuan, and fought with the gang on the spot, after smashing I don't know how many tables and chairs, the group was beaten down.
Xu Youwen stepped on the little overlord's head and forced him to apologize to Tang Mingxuan, since that incident, no one in the school dared to bully Tang Mingxuan, and Xu Youwen was also famous.
Tang Mingxuan admired and thanked Xu Youwen since then, and Xu Youwen hooked his neck: "Tell me if you have anything, you are my brother, what is there to be polite!" ”
Tang Mingxuan: That's a touch! No one has ever been so nice to him.
In his heart, Xu Youwen came to an incomparably sacred position, unparalleled.
He thought that even if this world was shattered, he Xu Youwen would be his good brother.
Soon at the end of the month, Gu Ran presented a ticket to Xu Youwen for the performance competition, and Xu Youwen took the ticket and drew a beautiful arc with his lips: "Do you really want me to watch you compete?" ”
Gu Ran nodded: "Seriously." ”
"Okay, I'll go anyway." Xu Youwen smiled and touched Gu Ran's head.
Xu Youwen held Gu Ran in her arms, she was used to Xu Youwen's hug, and Xu Youwen kissed Gu Ran in a secluded alley.
Xu Youwen's affectionate heat melted Gu Ran's whole person.
"Ah Ran, I really like you, I've never liked someone like this before, I really wish time stopped in this second." Xu Youwen took Gu Ran's hand and walked on the road.
Gu Ranwaner: "Stupid, I like you too." ”
Ten fingers are interlocked, like two hearts tightly connected.
"Xu Youwen, will we be together for the rest of our lives?" Gu Ran walked backwards in front of Xu Youwen and asked with a smile.
"Yes, if I like you, I'll keep you with me forever." Xu Youwen wanted to continue to hold Gu Ran's hand as he spoke, but Gu Ran turned around and ran forward quickly.
Xu Youwen strode behind him to chase after her, and before he ran far, Xu Youwen grabbed her from behind Gu Ran and lifted her up in a circle in the air, Gu Ran let out a silver bell-like laugh.
On the way back together, Gu Ran suddenly said: "Xu Youwen, take me away!" The voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible.
Xu Youwen didn't know why: "What's wrong?" ”
Gu Ran smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing!" She stopped and said, "Xu Youwen, my house has arrived, you can send it here!" ”
"Hmm." Xu Youwen nodded.
Gu Ran waved at Xu Youwen: "Go back!" Bye! ”
"Well, bye-bye!" Xu Youwen also waved goodbye.
Seeing Gu Ran walking home safely, Xu Youwen turned to leave, and on the way home, he remembered what Gu Ran said.
Take me away!
What a strange sentence.
Xu Youwen thought, did Gu Ran really say this? He even wondered if he had misheard.
But for a moment, he left it behind, and was more convinced that he had misheard.
How could Gu Ran want to take her away by himself?
On the day of the performance competition, Xu Youwen entered the arena with the admission ticket, and seeing that the competition site was full, Gu Ran picked a good position for him, in the middle of the audience.
There are violinists, cellos, and pianos, all of which are essential instruments for concerts.
Xu Youwen didn't know much about music, and there were many times when he almost fell asleep, but in order to wait for Gu Ran to appear, he pinched himself several times to wake himself up.
There were a total of thirty-five people in this competition, Gu Ran appeared on the twentieth, and Xu Youwen patiently counted them one after another, for fear that he would miss it.
waited for a long time to wait for Gu Ran to appear, Gu Ran wore a water-blue dress that day, her hair was coiled up, revealing a trace of curly hair, which matched the clothes she was wearing, and she had light makeup on her face, looking like a fairy, which stunned Xu Youwen.
Gu Ran closed his eyes, took a deep breath, calmed down his mood, and put his jade hand on the keys.
Gu Ran played Beethoven's Fourteenth Sonata, that is, "Moonlight", although Xu Youwen couldn't understand it, he felt familiar, and there were traces of this piece in his memory.
Memories and melodies are intertwined, and Xu Youwen's heart drifts far away.
The rhythm is somewhat mournful, like a man pouring out his loneliness, his heartbeat beating against the despair of counting down time.
In despair, they are looking forward to new hope.
The last second of time.
The last key fell, the melody stopped, and the audience erupted in thunderous applause.
Xu Youwen stood up and slapped his palms vigorously, and his palms became extremely hot.