Chapter 3 Night, Ancient School, First Encounter
Xingchen's pastries are indeed unique, colorful colors, small squares can be placed on a plate and can be used as a dinner, with juice, and some European flavor, similar to the western pastries in the city where Yin Tingxi lived before.
Eliminated the soft pastries on the plate, his eyes shifted from the boys, and fell on a non-focused sky outside the window, the sunset had returned, the sunset converged into a gorgeous golden yellow, and the ancient star city gradually sank into the deep twilight, covered with a layer of light gray mist, and gradually fell into a state of sleep.
The corners of her mouth opened a shallow arc, stretched out her tongue and playfully rolled away the pastry crumbs on the side of her mouth, Yin Tingxi tidied up her long curly hair, smiled at the clerk who bent down slightly to her and said "walk slowly", and then left the lingering "smell of the piano", ready to start her own "night time".
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It was late at night, and the antique buildings in Star City had fallen asleep, but the usually quiet Bluestone Lane was lit up at this time. The doors of the shops are open, and the brilliant street lamps fall into the bustling crowd, little by little, dyeing a bustling and bright night market.
Blocking out some noisy conversations from the crowd, the girl in the white hoodie walked the street with the flow of people in a transparent light, with two cute cat-eared hats on the cute face fell a dark shadow, from time to time raised her eyes to look at the exquisite ornaments in the jewelry store, the five-pointed star under the eyes was scorching and shining, and the small face had a moving joy.
For Yin Tianxi, a "wild cat" who doesn't like to be controlled, freedom is the biggest hobby. It's a waste of time at night if you don't cherish it.
There's not much to do around here...... It's boring. Yin Tingxi leaned on a brightly decorated clothing store on the side of the road, took out his mobile phone, and as soon as the screen lit up, he was greeted by the opening notice of the Phantom Star Music School that had not yet been deleted.
Anyway, being idle is also idle, so it's better to ...... Visiting the school first?
The eyes jumped like a deer, and the agile points of light drew an arc in the pupils like stars. After finding the address of the Phantom Star Music School, which was very far away from the inn, Yin Tingxi put down his mobile phone, walked through the crowd and found a slightly open intersection, just as a taxi with an empty seat was slowly coming, and immediately stretched out his hand to signal to take it.
"I'm sorry, I stopped this car first."
thought that the taxi would stop in front of him according to his wishes, but he was stopped by a word on the side of the road not far from Yin Tingxi. She looked sideways, and the owner of the voice looked at her as well.
The shadow of the light hit the boy's face, and he could be seen smiling.
There was nothing strong in his voice, but a rare taxi on the ancient street was snatched away by others, and there was inevitably a trace of unhappiness in his heart. Yin Tianxi clasped his hands in front of his chest and raised his chin slightly: "Are you sure I didn't stop this car first?" ”
"That's right, I've been standing here for the train for a long time." The boy took a few steps forward, the light above his head brightened little by little, and the shadow covering his face climbed over the eaves of the black tiles opposite, and the light of the street lamp lit up his vision, and Yin Tianxi saw his face clearly.
It's a boy who looks about his age. The eyebrows and eyes are handsome, the complexion is as fair as the soft light shrouded in the bright moon, and the pale pink lips are stretched into a friendly smile. The appearance can be described as "beautiful", and there is also a faint childishness that can even be called "cute".
Although it was a little Zhengtai in front of him, Yin Tianxi was not to be outdone, "Then, when I stopped the car just now, I didn't notice you." ”
"Which of you two is going to ride? If it goes on like this, it will be a waste of time. The driver looked at Yin Tingxi's strong expression, rolled down the window a little impatiently, frowned, and glanced at the boy on the other side with dissatisfaction.
Seeing that Yin Tianxi had no intention of backing down, the boy was not annoyed, but just asked indifferently: "Where are you going?" ”
"Phantom Star Music School." Yin Tianxi's answer was crisp and neat.
"Phantasmal Star?" The boy's eyes looked at her with a little interest. The arc at the corner of his lips stayed for a long time before he slowly spit out a sentence "...... What a coincidence, I'm going there too. ”
The brim of the hat rose upwards in the cold wind of early winter, revealing Yin Tianxi's surprised face.
“…… You...... Also a student of Phantom Star? ”
The natural smile attached to the clean face gently passed by the flickering lights across the street, and the boy stretched out his hand and put it on the handle of the taxi, looked back, and the words of inquiry floated like a breeze: "Or, let's carpool?" ”
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The atmosphere of silence gradually spread between the two, and Yin Tianxi stood in place for a while without answering. Seeing that the two of them were silent, the driver couldn't help but honk the horn, and the sharp whistle instantly broke the deadlock. The driver urged with an already serious face: "Do you take it or not, if you don't take it, I'll leave." ”
"Okay." Anyway, standing is also standing, it is better to agree directly. Yin Tianxi shook his hand, and the star pendant collided with a crisp bell sound, and just wanted to open the car door, but he still stood next to the car and hesitated for a moment.
Really, a stranger, so generous, and let us carpool, I don't know him, it's just for Ben-sama who likes to walk alone. But...... Forget it, since they all went to Phantom Star Music School, let's go together...... At least it's better than standing here and blowing a cold breeze, after all, you don't know when the next train will come.
Yin Tingxi pursed his lips slightly, although he was reluctant, he still agreed to share a car with the boy.
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Phantom Star Music School is all dyed with the ink of the night, and the lights in the school seem to be covered with a layer of dark gray, so if you want to see the overall scenery of the school, you have to rely on mobile phone lighting. Yin Tingxi followed the beam of light and looked up, except for the old light brown wall tiles of the building that climbed up to a lush dark green, those vines spread all the way to the top of the building, and the slender second hand on the towering bell tower swirled around the note sign in the center.
A school that looks very old, with traces of time passing silently and slowly through.
"This school has been going on for a long time...... the boy walked a few steps behind Yin Tingxi, his childish face was obscured by the dim light, and his flickering eyes were as bright as the wick of a nightlight carved from wood hanging under the eaves of the inn.
"Hmm." Yin Tianxi replied casually.
This school, not at all as interesting as she imagined, but it seemed to be rambling big, maybe it was late at night without lights and no sense of direction, she felt that she was about to wander around like this for an hour, and those old buildings and chic alleys seemed to be forever strange, like spinning in a labyrinth of unknown size, boring and exhausting.
Just when Yin Tianxi was thinking about how to open his mouth and ask the boy behind him to leave first, the boy suddenly took the initiative to call her: "Hey, the girl in front." ”
She turned her head, "What?" ”
"You've already walked around this school twice, are you going to transfer to dawn?"
Yin Tianxi was stunned for a moment, and the two pure white cat ears on his hat swayed gently in the breeze brought in the middle of the night, embellishing some love for an expressionless face. The boy stopped and looked at her, she was like a very small child who didn't know anything, she struggled to build a tall building block castle, but suddenly found that she was not building the shape she wanted, and her dissatisfied expression after being pointed out was a little embarrassed. The cute appearance made the boy laugh when he saw it.
"What are you laughing at? Be all abroad. Yin Tianxi lowered his head slightly to hide the embarrassment on his face, took out his mobile phone, and the words "time 1:00" on the screen shone dazzlingly. He immediately raised his head and looked at the boy's smiling face, and said a little unnaturally: "Okay, then go back quickly." ”
"Where do you live?" A question that had nothing to do with Yin Tianxi's words was thrown over.
"Huh?" Regarding the boy's sudden and unjustified question, Yin Tianxi didn't react for a moment.
"You shouldn't be from Star City." The boy smiled lightly, "Otherwise, it wouldn't be the same as me, and I would come to visit Phantom Star Music School at this time." ”
"My residence, ......" Yin Tianxi's gaze turned to the colorful and flickering lights outside the school, and the stunning boy he saw in the sound of the qin suddenly flashed in his mind, and the words slowly flowed out, "Bluestone Inn." In the bluestone alley near the ancient street, there is a very beautiful inn. ”
Bluestone Inn? The boy was stunned, and a secret smile seemed to jump between his lips inadvertently, but he cleverly concealed it. Then, he raised his hand and pointed to the cars that came and went with the light and shadow outside the old wall of the school engraved with the words of music, and said, "I'll help you stop a taxi, you can go back first." It is not safe for a girl to go out alone at night. ”
Yin Tianxi's gaze returned to the boy's face, and his clear eyes jumped as lively as flashing stars. After a moment, he slowly spoke: "...... That, thank you. ”
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Back at the inn, it was close to dawn. There were only a few candlelight-like lights in the corridors and corridors of the inn, and the faint light could only make Yin Tingxi dissatisfied and rely on his mobile phone to light up again to return to his Huayu Pavilion.
This inn is so beautiful during the day that it looks like an ancient pavilion traveled to a thousand years ago, but it is quiet and weird at night, coupled with the faint lights that loom in the dark, Yin Tianxi, who is used to walking at night, can't help but shiver.
The road she chose to return to the inn was not the bluestone alley in the front yard, but the long corridor in the backyard that led to Dream Star City according to the shopkeeper. Yin Tianxi walked cautiously to the side, listening to his footsteps echoing in the empty corridor one by one, as if there was a fluffy cat's paw scratching in his heart.
In an instant, she stopped, her eyes dilated in horror for a moment, and a "Ah......" had already surged up from her throat, but she immediately realized that the other people in the inn were still asleep at this time, so she quickly covered her mouth.
Around the corner of the corridor, a boy in a white shirt fell to the ground. There was no one around but himself.