"Playing the piano?" Xu Zhengchen's gaze followed the direction of her fingertips and fell to the dirty piano in the corner, "You want me to play the piano for you?" ”

"Hmm."

"No, bullet." Xu Zhengchen squeezed out the mouth shape of these two words, and there seemed to be no room for negotiation between the words.

"Why?" Su Yuxi, who was rejected, tilted his head slightly, as if his reply was beyond his understanding.

All the piano competitions Xu Zhengchen has participated in have almost all won the title of champion without exception, and of course they have also won many awards and reputations that year.

Normally, Xu Zhengchen's enthusiasm for the piano is definitely not inferior to anyone's, but his reaction to piano music is extremely repulsive, which is strange.

Looking back at the only electric piano in the house, it seems that it has spanned several years since the last time it was played.

"You don't do sign language, I should have told you I wasn't in the mood to do these things, right?"

Xu Zhengchen put his hands in his pockets and said lightly:

"You can't hear me even if I play, is there any need to play it?"

Sometimes, ruthless words will be more stinging than actions, and Xu Zhengchen here is already working hard to put on an indifferent face, but he can't get rid of her.

Removing the books and papers on the piano, Su Yuxi trotted to the kitchen again to find a rag and gently wiped off the dust on the surface of the piano.

"I really can't stand a girl like you, I'll say okay first, just play a short paragraph." Xu Zhengchen took the long rag from her hand, "I'll put the book back after playing, do you know?" ”

Xu Zhengchen thought that playing the piano was the only time this time, so he simply wiped the piano surface and the piano bench, and the rest of the place was still dirty.

Su Yuxi, who was beside him, put his hand behind his back in a daze and smiled gently.

But Xu Zhengchen didn't care, and continued to lean down to adjust the height of the piano bench.

How could anyone beg to play a piano piece to her even though they couldn't hear the sound?

Thinking about it, the villains in Xu Zhengchen's head began to pinch each other because of the choice of whether to play or not, and finally he emphasized again to the surrounding air:

"Just play one piece."

He then flipped open the cover of the keys and prepared to play.

This boy must be very handsome when he gets rid of the haze and plays the piano, and Su Yuxi is even more convinced of this after seeing the awards hidden in the closet.

Suddenly, the fingers of his raised right hand slid down the surface of the black and white keys, and he played the tune spiritually.

The tranquil and beautiful melody is used as a paintbrush to depict the natural night. The piano's tempo is loose to facilitate the singing of the main melody of the piece. After the soft music beauty is warm, the music ends abruptly in a quiet atmosphere.

Su Yuxi stood on the piano bench and watched this scene, she was a little fascinated by the whole process, the music drifted into her hearing aids through the air, in fact, what she could hear was better than nothing.

"It's over." Xu Zhengchen finished the performance and fulfilled his promise to only play a short paragraph.

"It's really good."

"......" Xu Zhengchen's action of withdrawing his hand was interrupted by applause, and he looked down at Su Yuxi under his eyes, and his expression of true feelings did not seem to be perfunctory.

In the past, he received countless victorious comments, whether it was boasting praise or belittling and mocking, he would not care, after all, his piano level would not be fake.

But now some people think that he plays beautiful piano music, and he is also a deaf and dumb girl.

Xu Zhengchen didn't speak, and left the piano bench as if he had completed his duty, as if he was leaving the arena after the performance, and what he did was so reasonable that he couldn't find fault with it.

He sat on the bench in the living room with the cold kettle he had brought from the kitchen.

"Cool and white." Xu Zhengchen slowly pushed the cup of cold boiled water in front of her hand.

"Thank you." Su Yuxi thanked him with his hand, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the scar on his wrist that was cut by a knife.

"What's the name of that song?" Su Yuxi said on the paper.

The living room of the apartment gradually became hot and dry because of the morning sun.

"I don't know, I just played whatever I wanted." Xu Zhengchen reached out and put it over the handle of the cup, picked it up and took a sip, and the cold water entered his throat to cool it down slightly.

His attitude is even more indifferent than when the two sides first met, and every time he speaks, he always relies on Su Yuxi to ask questions, otherwise he is autistic without saying a word.

When Zhang Yufeng escorted Su Yuxi to the apartment that day, she was told about Xu Zhengchen's mother's death.

A few years ago, Xu Zhengchen's mother gave Zhang Yufeng financial assistance when he fell to the bottom of his life, and now he can't be kind to him, so he has to ask Su Yuxi to help the other party's son.

"I hope you can cheer him up." This was the last sentence that Zhang Yufeng left for Su Yuxi before leaving.

On the other hand, looking at the mental trauma suffered by Xu Zhengchen during this time, the degree alone is indeed not light, and even his preferences can't arouse a trace of waves in his heart.

……

"Aren't you hungry?" Xu Zhengchen watched her learn to take three or four sips of cold white water, and his heart suddenly couldn't sit still.

"Huh? What the? Su Yuxi gestured back.

"Nothing, I'm nosy." Xu Zhengchen, who shook his head, handed the water cup to his mouth and drank most of the remaining half of the water.

Boom.

The empty glass cup was lightly placed on the table of the coffee table, and there was a small muffled sound.

"Nothing, right?" When Xu Zhengchen got up, he habitually stretched his waist, "I'll go back to my room to sleep if it's nothing, don't bother me." ”

Sensing that the situation was wrong, she immediately stood up in front of Xu Zhengchen, and spread her hands horizontally to block the way to the living room.

"What the hell do you want to do?" Xu Zhengchen asked with disgust, "Is there anything you can say at once?" Don't dangle around the house. ”

After Su Yuxi confirmed that he would not sneak away, he took the decorative bag on the bench with the contents of the bag, and then took out a fairy tale book from the pink bag.

"I don't listen to fairy tales, you can talk to others, Lao Zhe and He Xiao can be anyone, anyway, don't bother me."

Su Yuxi shook his head vigorously holding the book, refusing to let him go back to the room no matter what he said.

"I said, don't you understand people?"

Suddenly, a family photo falls out of the gap between the pages of the fairy tale book.

Xu Zhengchen bent down to pick up the photo, and his gaze rested on one of the girls below the photo.

His blurred eyes widened, and Su Yuxi, who was wearing a necklace in the photo, was the girl he met in the hospital fifteen years ago.

"This photo ...... Is it yours? ”

*The piano piece played by Xu Zhengchen in this chapter is Chopin's Nocturne in E-flat major.