After the taxi left, Shi Jiaojiao stroked the broken hair that was blown to her ears by the wind and looked around. If Director Cai hadn't given the address, Shi Jiaojiao might never have known that there was such a literary street in City B. The entrance is tucked away between a row of ornate shops on the main street, and the narrow alleyway feels cramped when you walk in, but the alley is very long, with staggered lights, and it is either a music bar or a bookstore...... The whole alley was filled with muffled music, like someone playing the cello.

"Ah, Jiaojiao, here!" Director Cai's voice sounded in his ears, startling the stunned Shi Jiaojiao. Different from the formal wear on the day of the dinner, Director Cai was dressed casually, with an oversized army-green flight suit on the outside, the bangs were tied into a small tuck on the top of his head, and the contact lenses were replaced with round-framed lenses, completely changing a person. "I almost didn't recognize you!" Shi Jiaojiao bowed respectfully to say hello. "Ah, don't be so restrained, I'm not your teacher!" Director Cai grabbed Shi Jiaojiao's arm, pointed to a red door behind him, and said, "Let's go, go in and have a look." ”

It's a small theater, I don't know if it's old or deliberately designed, and it gives a feeling of the sixties and seventies as soon as you enter, and there is a ticket office with a small window. Shi Jiaojiao followed behind Director Cai, walking in the long and narrow crooked aisle, although the light was dim, you could still see the graffiti on the wall, there were some complex numbers in it, written on such a literary wall, there is a special structural beauty.

"I really didn't expect you to be a bold person, I've only met once, the first time you came here, it's not a bright place, just follow without saying a word, and I'm not afraid that I will sell you!" Director Cai walked back and smiled at Shi Jiaojiao, Shi Jiaojiao shrugged her shoulders and smiled shyly, bit her lip, and said a little hesitantly: "Actually...... I told Mr. Tang, and he was pleasantly surprised to hear it, so I just want to follow you. Director Cai stopped, looked at Shi Jiaojiao, and asked, "But you promised not to tell him?" Shi Jiaojiao puffed out her cheeks, "You are his colleague, I think about it, I can't hide it from him." Director Cai shook his head, raised his feet and continued walking, and said with a smile: "You are really ...... pair."

Behind a heavy wooden curtain draped from a curtain was a small new world of bright lights: a small theater in a retro style, behind which was a large, brightly colored velvet curtain, and at the end of the circular runway there was already a conductor frame and several chairs, one of which had an uninserted reed on it, and a band was about to perform. There were small round tables at random in the audience, and a few people were whispering in the sporadic seats. Diagonally across the stage was a very tall wooden drinking stand, and the bartender, with his short hair disheveled, his eyes half-closed, wiped his glass in boredom.

"Ah, here, is that the one?" As soon as the bartender saw Director Cai, he came to life, picked up his eyes from the table, and looked at Shi Jiaojiao unabashedly from top to bottom and asked, which made Shi Jiaojiao a little embarrassed and hid behind Director Cai. Director Cai put her hands on the bar, and when she was relaxed, she could hear her slight northern accent, "Who else can it be, you can just put it away, it scares everyone." How's the preparation, what about them? "Change clothes backstage, you go too!" Saying that, Chong Shi Jiaojiao smiled, "Let's have a martini?" ”

Shi Jiaojiao glanced at Director Cai suspiciously, Director Cai smiled and said, "He is our old bartender!" He is an expert in material mechanics at the Forestry University. "Huh?" Shi Jiaojiao's mouth was half open, and Director Cai stretched out his hand to sweep it, "Haha, don't be nervous, here are all our classmates and colleagues." Everyone has similar interests, and after teaching and research, they get together to sing and play the piano, and they often invite their partners to come over. We've been looking forward to you for a long time, and the low-key Professor Tang hid you too deeply, and I finally dug you out! ”

"That'...... Isn't it a room full of scientists? Shi Jiaojiao shrunk her neck, and glanced at the few people sitting in the round table area. Director Cai pursed his lips and smiled, "No, the gray lattice is a lawyer, but her wife is a biologist and is preparing in the background." Shi Jiaojiao's suspicion has not eased, Director Cai patted her arm and said with a smile: "I'm going to prepare too, wait to see the surprise we have prepared for you!" After speaking, he blinked his right eye and left lively.

The martini of the "big bartender" actually has two layers of color, and when it is pushed to Shi Jiaojiao, it seems to be showing off his skills, "This is a normal suspension stratification phenomenon, but it has nothing to do with my technique." Shi Jiaojiao held the handle of the cup, thanked her, and then cautiously inquired, "What kind of program is it?" The man with messy hair pouted, "Since it's a surprise, of course I can't tell you, wait patiently and see." "I'm probably the only one in the world who is afraid of surprises! Shi Jiaojiao muttered in her heart, looking at the stage uneasily.

A few people pushed the door in, found a round table and sat down to talk quietly, and some people ran straight to the bar, and after saying hello, they mixed their own drinks and returned to their friends. Shi Jiaojiao saw the huge curtain move, and the bartender put down the bottle in his hand, walked out and said to Shi Jiaojiao, "It's time to go on stage, let's sit down." Shi Jiaojiao followed him in a daze, and found a central position to sit down.

A beauty, wearing a black off-the-shoulder dress, took the lead in walking out from behind with a violin, and sat down in the applause of everyone, "It's actually Director Cai!" Shi Jiaojiao clapped her hands and was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth all the time. Viola and cello players are like a couple, followed by personable reed musicians! I looked sideways, only to find that there was a grand piano in the corner of the stage! I thought it was a string quartet, but when I looked at it this way, it turned out to be a small Western orchestra with "all kinds of organs". Shi Jiaojiao didn't understand classical music, so she looked at the side face of the "big bartender" in a panic, and became more and more nervous.

The conductor is a stocky man who looks like he is full of energy, and if he is also a scholar, it will make people think of a heavy profession such as chemistry at first glance. He saluted the audience, turned around and held his baton in a rather intonable manner, and the moment of his movement seemed to help the performer and the audience lead the way into a musical time that he was leading. The thin baton is briskly bounced a few times, the musicians are injected into the soul, and the instruments come to life, one after another, it is a light and beautiful waltz.

Although she has been in a state of confusion, Shi Jiaojiao is still driven by the jumping notes, and her mood is happy, the music is in the * part, the conductor is passionate, and the audience is also fully engaged. It ended so suddenly, like happy times always passing in a hurry, the ruthless conductor did not give the audience any buffer time, and the whole orchestra fell silent in an instant. Shi Jiaojiao, who didn't understand classical music, had a difficult face, and the "big bartender" smiled and pushed her arm, "It's just the beginning!" ”

It was apparently choreographed, and the lights of the small theater were extinguished, leaving only a grand piano and a lamp at the end of the stand, and the performers did not go down, but stood in a row with their instruments as if they were blocking something. I don't know when, a woman in a light-colored dress with a slender neck was made in front of the piano, and when the light shone down, she and the piano were shining. She bent down to the keys and raised her elbows in silence, silent notes streaming from her fingertips. The beautiful sound of the piano made the man in the gray plaid coat applaud, and he couldn't control his admiration for his wife.

Two bars after the piano sounds, the melodious and lingering violin sound follows, giving people the feeling that it is like a moon rising over the distant sea, and the clear light is shattered by the swaying waves. A pair of snuggled lovers sit on the edge of the reef, blowing the wind, watching the quiet and beautiful everything. Every cell of Shi Jiaojiao was entangled by the sound of the piano, and her eyes were tightly grasped: it was Tang Jianyu, who appeared from the middle of the orchestra, dressed in a black and white dress, pulling the strings, and slowly walking towards her in the dazzling light.