275. [Overworld] Clouds and smoke become rain
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Lan Kwai Fong Bar Street, the street that never sleeps in Rongcheng. There are people everywhere and bars down the street. Colorful neon lights, huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and a variety of singers chanting and singing.
A group of people walked down the street, more excited. Someone asked, "Nanxiao, where are we going?" โ
Nan Xiao thought for a while: "Forget about the nightclub, it's noisy to death, let's find a room." โ
There is a "Ivy House" not far in front, which is in the old European retro style, elegantly decorated, and there are no dazzling rotating lights. Nan Xiao stretched out his hand and pointed: "That's it." โ
After entering the bar, Nan Xiao instinctively glanced around to confirm everyone's situation.
Well, they all seem to be normal drinkers, there are no strange people, and there are no people who are overly excited or depressed, so it seems that no one should come to find fault.
A young man leaning against the bar was a little depressed, holding a bottle of Heineken, but not in the mood for a drink.
Nan Xiao paid a little attention to Xiao Xiaoqing, and felt that this should not be a local. It seems that something difficult to deal with, which is why I am so frustrated.
He paid a little attention to this person and let it go, as long as it was harmless. It looks like a weak scholar and no threat.
It's not a very big bar, and you can enter the door with a long bar counter and an entire wall behind it filled with alcohol. There are about a dozen tables in the middle, and a small dance floor to the left. There was a stage at the end where unknown bands were playing. Drum kit, electric guitar, electric bass, plus a lead singer.
The lead singer is a young girl, wearing clean and unripped light blue jeans, blue and white horizontal checkered short sleeves, and a simple ** head, giving people a refreshing feeling. She is not tall, white as a small porcelain doll, only wearing a little light makeup, and she looks good in the light.
The drums are well beaten, solid, calm, and rhythmically powerful. The bass is clear and steady, smart and transparent. The lead guitar is gorgeous and very showy, and the lead vocal's voice is also very clear.
However off track.
I don't know why, the lead singer girl is in a very low state today. No matter what song is sung, the first few lines are always out of tune first, and then slowly back in tune.
If you play like this, the atmosphere of the scene will naturally not be hot. A lot of people in the bar were chatting and chatting, and they didn't listen to her much.
The sofas in this bar are comfortable and soft enough to make you feel like you are stuck in it and don't want to get up when you sit down.
Nan Xiao sat down on the sofa, pricked up his ears, and heard someone in the position next to him whispering about the lead singer.
"It's a money scam."
"Jiang Li is really not good, her voice is so floating."
"It's so bad, it's like I'm going to die......"
"My grandmother is better than her."
"De-powdering, de-powdering, I don't love it anymore."
finally finished singing a song, and a few people applauded below. Everyone is like she is air, completely ignoring.
The lead singer girl was very uncomfortable, biting her lip, but still planning to continue to persevere.
None of Nan Xiao's classmates noticed the embarrassment of the band on stage, and they discussed enthusiastically, and they were the loudest in the whole bar.
The lead singer girl approached the microphone and said, "The next song is "Clouds of Smoke""
It's that song!
Nan Xiao suddenly remembered the night when the college entrance examination ended, the night when it rained heavily. At the casual dinner, everyone clinked glasses with each other, longing for a free and easy life, spending the money they earned, and bragging to each other, hoping to be leaders and rich people in the future. However, when I actually left school, I found that everything was different from what I imagined. Annoyed by all kinds of trivial things to the point of exploding, there is no way to brush up the all-night dungeon, the guild in the game is disbanded, and the friend list is bleak one by one. I feel so busy every day, I feel so busy, and occasionally I want to get together, and people are already from all over the world.
This song is like singing about the youth that I can never go back to.
On the night of the end of the college entrance examination, I sat on the steps of the teaching building with Meizi and played this song on my mobile phone. The two didn't say a word, and just kept the single loop quietly.
Nan Xiao remembered himself at that time, and once yearned for the future infinitely. But now, everyone has changed a lot, and they are no longer the young high school graduates they were back then.
On a whim, he suddenly stood up, found the barist, and asked if he could go on stage to accompany the girl.
The bar owner was surprised, but agreed to discuss it.
The lead guitar was very unhappy, squinted his eyes, and snorted contemptuously: "Okay, if he dares to play, I will dare to let him." โ
Hostility, undisguised hostility.
Nan Xiao smiled, he didn't care about this level of hostility for a long time, and he didn't bother to respond.
"Guitar." He only said two words.
The lead guitar grimaced and handed the guitar over.
Nan Xiao casually played a piece of solo, which was one of their songs just now.
Several members of the band looked at each other, their expressions a little confused.
This guitar ......
Seems to have suddenly become better?
There are no changes to the score, but each note seems to be different, as if it comes to life and exudes its own light. It's hard to describe the feeling, it's like a black and white picture dyed in color all of a sudden, and a blurry picture suddenly becomes high-definition.
Technique is hard power, and after a period of solo, the lead guitar has to give way even if it is not convinced.
The lights that enveloped the stage were dimmed, leaving only a warm white light.
The lead singer girl held the microphone and sat in the center of the stage nervously.
In the dark, Nan Xiao plucked the strings and played a large prelude first. Pure free play, a bit like the tune of "Clouds into Rain", but the magic has changed a lot.
The person who turned on the light reacted quickly, and immediately turned on another spotlight and stopped at Nan Xiao.
Nan Xiao appeared on the TV screen of the bar. He looked out the window at the street, plucking the strings, seemingly careless.
The notes slowly spread out, with a quiet and peaceful atmosphere. It was as if the heartbeat had slowed down, and everyone was listening.
It was just a free passage, and the bar became incredibly quiet. Chatting and playing with mobile phones have all forgotten what they were doing. For them, there is only one thing left to listen to the song.
The piano gently surrounds the lead singer girl, encouraging her, waiting for her, and circling patiently.
Finally, the lead singer girl plucked up her courage and sang the first stanza:
Your good night is subconscious compassion
I stayed until late at night to treat insomnia dreams
The handwritten letter, left at the bottom of the suitcase
It's too lateใGive it the meaning of the journey
Nan Xiao's guitar immediately followed the singing. Compared with the previous lead guitar, he played very plainly, not showing off his skills at all, gently setting off her singing, looming, quietly blooming.
"Oh......"
Many people let out a sigh of joy in unison, and a feeling of open pores rose from the bottom of their hearts.
It's so good, it's clean, it's simple, and it's not overwhelming at all.
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