Chapter 7: Playing in the Bar
Not far from the French restaurant is a sparkling river, where the occasional few herons with snow-white feathers splash in the water. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the shore is a small park with lots of empty benches and a large green lawn in the center.
Qi Luoling and Xu Xiaoya sat on the lawn, and the warm afternoon sun was very comfortable on people's bodies.
"Who are they?" Xu Xiaoya stared at her intently.
"Who?"
"The Korean woman and the Jewish man in the picture?"
"Why do you ask?"
"From the photo, you look a lot like the Korean woman, and you have the same birthmark as the Jewish man."
"Uh-huh."
"Also, the old lady was surprised to look at you. What do you really have to do with them? ”
"I'm not sure if they're my great-grandparents?"
"I'm not sure, what do you mean?"
"Because my current parents are adoptive parents, I have been adopted by them since I was a child, and I don't even know who my biological mother is, let alone my great-grandfather."
Xu Xiaoya looked at her in surprise and didn't speak.
Qi Luoling calmly recounted a lot of things that happened to her.
"I'm sorry to remind you of these sad things again." Xu Xiaoya said apologetically.
"It's okay, it's all over, at least in my heart, it's yesterday's scenery."
Xu Xiaoya was amazed that her tone was so calm and indifferent, without the slightest emotion, as if she was telling someone else's story.
"What are you going to do in the future?" Xu Xiaoya asked.
There are small blue flowers that are faintly open on the lawn, and there are wild grasses tightly clustered next to it, and the breeze is mixed with a faint fragrance of flowers.
Qi Luoling sat there, picked a few small flowers, and then played with her hands for a long time, and finally said, "I don't know how long it will take to find the answer?" I can't stay with you forever, so I decided to find a new place to settle down and then slowly find the answer. ”
"I can stay there for as long as you want. You don't have to look for a place to live. ”
"No, you know my personality is that I don't like to trouble people."
"It costs money to find a place to live, and if you don't have a job now, it means you don't have an income."
"I decided to find a nearby bar or a place where there was a musical performance to be a pianist and play some classical songs, and then charge a fee. I searched on the Internet, and the industry standard is 100 yuan/hour, plus the tips given by the guests, there should be no problem in maintaining a living. ”
"Okay, you have your own plan, and I respect your decision. But you are new to Shanghai, so let me help you arrange a place to live. Also I was able to inquire by inquiring that I have a friend's relative who works at the Red House Hospital in Shanghai. He can borrow medical records in the name of scientific research. That's all I can do for you. ”
Qi Luoling breathed a long sigh of relief in her heart and held Xu Xiaoya's hand tightly.
It's a small bar hidden in a narrow street.
Outside the bar, there is a moss, a few coffee-colored wooden tables and chairs, and a few large white parasols on the moss.
Choi Jae-sun pushed open the retro door of the café and saw a black piano in the center of the bar, and a girl in a white dress was playing in front of the piano.
Qi Luoling's hair was tied in a crisp ponyhair braid, and she wore a white knee-length gauze dress that gently brushed her bare calves as her body swayed. He wears a pair of black leather shoes with flat heels.
Choi Jae-sun found a window seat and sat down, looking at her very intently.
She played "Castle in the Sky", and the ethereal and clear sound floated over the bar, penetrating all the hustle and bustle, penetrating all the brilliant colors, and everything around her disappeared in a blur.
The world seems to be attached to the beautiful sound of her piano, which turns into a flowing and silky spring that flows into people's bodies. It wasn't until the last wonderful note disappeared that people realized the existence of the real world.
When it was over, the bar erupted in sparse applause. She stood up from the stool, smiled, placed her left hand on her right chest, and bowed to the audience.
When she stood up, she had already seen Choi Jae-sun in the crowd.
Qi Luoling walked in the direction where Choi Jae-sun was, and he had already ordered a drink and drank it. She stood in front of him smiling, her long white dress looking pure in the dim light.
In the afternoon, Ms. Xu called to say that she had helped her find a place to live, where a Korean employee of the company had once lived, and that the house had been empty since he returned to South Korea. Originally, he planned to take Qi Luoling to see the house, but she had to work overtime tonight, and Cui Yishan happened to pass by the bar when he had something, so he proposed that he take Qi Luoling to see the house.
"Hello!" Choi Jae-sun stood up and looked at her and said.
"Hello!" She smiled and sat down across from him. At this time, the waiter came over and handed her a glass of juice.
"Are you in a hurry?" Cui Youshan asked.
She took a sip of the juice and said, "Don't hurry, my playing is over." ”
"Well, I'd like to stay at the bar a little longer," he paused for a few seconds, then added two words, "and you." ”
She looked up, her eyes a little confused, looking at him, but not as if she was not looking at him.
"Where have I really seen you. But I can't remember. After a long time, Choi Jae-sun said.
"There are so many people in the world who look alike, maybe I'm just like someone you've ever met." Qi Luoling smiled faintly.
Choi Jae-sun pondered and did not speak.
Thirty minutes later, the two got up and walked out of the bar.
They drove and took fifteen minutes to arrive at the secluded and secluded Dongping Road.
A three-storey old apartment with several shops downstairs, a grocery store, a bookstore, and an elegantly decorated coffee shop.
They went up the stairs, and the stairs passed by people in twos and threes. Finally, in front of the innermost room on the third floor, he took out the key and opened the door.
She walked in with him.
"This house was originally rented by a Korean employee of the company who went to Shanghai on a business trip. But a month ago, he was transferred back to the Korean headquarters. If you think the conditions are acceptable, then please stay. Besides, my company has already paid a year's rent, and even if the contract is terminated early, the landlord will not refund the rent. If you don't come, the house is just empty. Of course, you don't have to give me money, you come all the way to Shanghai, and we should know a friend. ”
She surveyed the room. The size of the room is indeed not large, but it is large enough for one person. The furnishings in the house are simple and neat.
She didn't shirk and thanked her with a few simple words.
He handed her the key and said, "The quilts are all in the closet, and the drawers in front of the bed are for simple daily necessities, you don't need to add anything else, and the house should be complete." ”
He walked to the window, pointed to the shop across the street, and said to her, "There is a restaurant opposite, which serves breakfast in the morning and lunch and dinner during the day, and you can go there to solve the problem of eating." There is a supermarket chain next to it which is well stocked and you can go there to buy the daily necessities you need. ”
Finally, he asked, "Do you have any other questions?" ”
Everything was said in detail, and nothing else seemed to matter, she thought for a moment, then shook her head.
He looked at his watch and said, "It's nothing, I'll go first, I still have some business, if you have any questions, feel free to call me." ”
With that, he took out his pen and wrote the phone on a yellowed piece of paper on his desk.
"Okay, thank you!" She smiled gratefully at him.
"You're welcome!"
Soon after Choi Jae-seon left, it began to rain in the sky.
At first, it was a drizzling rain, but it didn't take long for it to turn into a torrential rain, crackling on the window lattice, and the rain poured into the whole city in an instant, and the white world was white. Shanghai in the rain is like a charming lady, gorgeously dressed, but for love, she is unusually sad.
It wasn't long before the rainstorm turned back to a long drizzle, and she put her hand out the window, and the cold drops of water dripped down the edge of the window into her arm, and she felt an inexplicable pleasure as it flowed over the butterfly birthmark.
A familiar melody came from nowhere, and when she listened closely, it turned out to be "ForeverAtYourFeet" sung by Oh Susanna.
Alocketonachain
Abowthat'smadefromrain
Abriargrowsentwinedwithrose
I'vecometobeforeveratyourfeet
……
The sound of rain, piano, violin, coupled with the melodious female voice and the murmuring sound of running water, made her fall into a faint sadness.