Chapter 13: The most perfect lineup in the world
The concert started at eight o'clock, and the Gu family and I waited in line at the entrance of the gymnasium early. It was cold, but everyone's faces were full of enthusiasm.
I took out my phone and texted Lu Li: "Are you coming?" β
I didn't have much hope for Lu Li's concert, but I still had the cheekiness to ask Zhang Long for the contact information of the whole class yesterday. After two minutes, the phone didn't move, and I stuffed it back into my jacket pocket in frustration.
Gu Zijin took me to the stall to choose light sticks, and we bought a few stickers with the word "MAYDAY" written on them and helped each other stick them on our cheeks.
At this time, the mobile phone vibrated violently in the pocket. The word "Lu Li" kept flashing on the screen, and I quickly picked it up.
Lu Li's flat voice floated into my ears, "Where?" β
"I'm in front of the gymnasium."
"There are so many people, I can't find you."
"Lu Li, are you here? I was in front of the flower bed on the right side of the door, and there were a lot of small vendors. I'm holding a blue glow stick, do you see that? β
In order to let Lu Li see me, I stepped on the stone bricks on the edge of the flower bed, opened the glow stick and waved it vigorously. The other end of the phone was suddenly hung up, and the next second, Lu Li, wearing a black down jacket, appeared in front of me.
"From a distance, you look like a psychotic who is going crazy about seeing an idol."
I jumped off the stone bricks, and my heart was excited, maybe it was really because I wanted to see the idol for many years, or maybe it was because Lu Li came unexpectedly.
Suddenly, an interesting idea popped up in my heart, and I held up the extra sticker in my hand in front of Lu Li, "Lu Li, you paste this." β
Lu Li avoided it in disgust, "Don't, it's very naΓ―ve." β
I glanced at Gu Zijin, she immediately understood, and helped me persuade Lu Li, "Lu Li, look at the fans around you who are doing this, you are gregarious." β
I continued to instigate, "Yes, yes, no one will look at you if you post it, and if you don't post it, you will be watched, do you want to be looked at by people with strange eyes?" β
Lu Lihu gave me a suspicious look, and finally compromised. I chose a comic sticker for Ashin's avatar, tore off the back of the sticker, and stood on tiptoe to bring the sticker close to Lu Li's face.
Lu Li bent down in amusement, leaned his face over, and my fingertips accidentally touched his cold skin, and my fingers immediately flicked away like an electric shock.
I was afraid that Lu Li would find out that it was unnatural, so I called Gu Zipei: "Zipei, you come to help him paste it, I can't reach it." β
Gu Zipei muttered, "It's very ambiguous for two big men like this", and reluctantly put a sticker on Lu Li.
The "Ashin" on Lu Li's face grinned exaggeratedly, in stark contrast to Lu Li's expressionless face at this time, the three of us burst into laughter at the same time, and finally under the deterrence of Lu Li's dissatisfied eyes, we had to hold back.
After entering the venue, Gu Zipei exchanged seats with others, so that the four of us sat together.
After the concert opened, the audience fell into a rock carnival, and Gu Zipei and I were like wild horses that had completely escaped, very happy. Even Gu Zijin, who usually thinks Mayday is noisy, stood up from his seat and swung the light stick in his hand to the rhythm.
Only Lu Li, like an immortal wandering outside the world, sat calmly on the chair, watching the crowd around him with teeth and claws. I sat down and shouted in Lu Li's ear, "Lu Li, you get up and jump so that you won't get cold." β
Lu Li shook his head, "Don't, it's stupid." β
"You see everyone is standing, how unsocial you are sitting alone," I grabbed Lu Li's clothes and pulled them up, "You're here to listen to a concert, not a movie." β
Lu Li was conquered by my violence, and stood up helplessly, I mouthed the glow stick Nunu in his hand, motioned for him to raise the light stick, and Lu Li did it one by one.
At this moment, Ashin on the stage is singing "Contentment", and at the end of the last sentence, Ashin's soft voice sounded in the center of the stage: "Look at the person on your left, and then look at the person on your right, is TA your best friend?" β
I turned my head to look at Lu Li, he also happened to turn his head to look at me, for a few seconds no one avoided each other's eyes, Lu Li's eyes were clean and clear, and I smiled at Lu Li.
"Yes!"
"Is it good to talk about it so that I am willing to accompany you to watch the singing?"
"Yes!"
"Is this person going to help you when you take exams?"
"Yes!"
"If you don't have any money, will you borrow from them?"
"Yes!"
"He doesn't have any money, will you borrow money?"
"Yes!"
"Do you want to be good friends with TA for life?"
"Yes!"
"Do you want TA to keep walking hand in hand?"
"Yes!"
"Then take their hand now."
On my right is Gu Zijin, and on my left is Lu Li. I took Gu Zijin's hand, and was hesitating to pull Lu Li's hand, but Lu Li had already taken a step ahead of me to hold my hand. Lu Li's hands were wide and warm, and my heart beat suddenly to the music.
I never thought that the 2007 New Year's Eve concert would become a gray fingerprint on the canvas of our seventeen-year-old youth. The four of us hand in hand, the most perfect lineup in the world. And those songs on the stage are no longer as thin as a song, but use them as background music to commemorate the youth we have experienced together.
By the end of the concert, it was almost twelve o'clock, and there were very few pedestrians on the road, so the four of us walked side by side on the way back. Everyone seemed to be still immersed in the afterglow of the concert, and no one spoke.
The weather was suddenly cold, Gu Zijin took my arm close to me, and took the lead in breaking the silence, "Zhenzhen, I am beginning to understand a little why you like Mayday." β
I looked proud, "How about it, does it make your blood boil and full of fighting spirit." β
"It's a fire in the winter. I don't feel cold now. Gu Zipei said in a hoarse voice.
He was the one who shouted the most just now, but fortunately I didn't stand next to him, otherwise I would definitely be tormented by his incomplete pentatonic sound.
"I like them because of their passion for their dreams and their dedication to rock 'n' roll."
Speaking of dreams, it seems that we have never mentioned our respective dreams, especially Lu Li, what is his dream?
I was immediately interested, "There is still a long way to go home, so let's talk about our dreams." Let me start by saying that I want to go back to Yangfan Middle School as a teacher. β
Although I have only been in Yangfan for less than half a year, I have made a lot of friends here, and I will meet more people and learn more things in the next two years. Sailing will witness my growth, my friendship, and the time I spent with Lu Li. I love sailing, and I look forward to being able to come back here when I grow up and regain my youth.
"I hope that I can become a designer in the future and open my own design exhibition all over the world."
"Then I want to be an armed police officer to protect my family and defend the country."
Gu Zijin and Gu Zipei took turns to finish speaking, and the three of us looked at Lu Li, who was always silent.
Lu Li was a little uncomfortable by us, and turned his face to look innocent, "What do you think I'm doing?" β
"Lu Li, tell me what you want to do in the future." I blinked in anticipation.
"I don't have dreams, and I can't eat them."
Lu Li's cold answer walked through the silent street, but I heard a little helplessness.
I looked up at Lu Li, his side face hidden in the night, but his eyes were exceptionally bright. Lu Li's grandmother said that Lu Li's dream when he was a child was to become a pianist, but Lu Li's father wanted Lu Li to study medicine. Lu Li plays the piano so well, it can be seen that he usually learns very hard, maybe now he still hasn't given up his childhood dream, but he is forced by his father's pressure to dare not do it, so he said that he has no dream.
"You are so talented at the piano, you will definitely achieve great things in the future, if you can become a world-famous pianist, then no matter where you are in the world, we will know about you, and I can proudly tell people that this person is my friend. Don't you think this dream is particularly great! β
Hearing me say this, Lu Li turned his head and looked at me in a daze.
Just as he was about to say something, a small car stopped in front of us. It was Gu's father who was worried about our safety and sent a driver to pick us up, and the driver first sent me and Lu Li to the gate of the community, and after getting out of the car, I said goodbye to the Gu family and my siblings, and then turned around and walked into the community.
After entering the elevator, Lu Li pressed the twelfth floor for me. I leaned on the elevator railing and secretly looked at Lu Li in front of me. Maybe it was because he had stood for too long at night, Lu Li's eyes looked a little tired, and there were still traces of stickers on his face. I never thought that Lu Li, a person who likes to be quiet, would stand with us in a rock concert waving glow sticks and standing in a crowd of demons dancing for more than three hours. I was so moved that I wanted to cry and sniffed softly.
"Lu Li, thank you for being able to go to the concert with me today."
"There's still something to be gained tonight."
"Harvest?"
"I saw a different side of you again." Lu Li leaned back and leaned against the handrail.
"Which side?" I asked curiously.
"People are going crazy."
"Hey, Lu Li."
I raised my hand and slapped Lu Li's arm.
Lu Li didn't dodge, but chuckled, and I laughed with him.
After a while, the elevator "ding" stopped on the sixth floor, and the door slowly opened.
Lu Li straightened up, turned his head and looked at me seriously, his eyes were exceptionally clear, like a quiet and deep pool of water in autumn.
"Ye Zhenzhen, let's spend New Year's Eve together in the future."
Lu Li didn't wait for me to answer, and walked straight out of the elevator.
The moment the elevator door was about to close, I gradually came back to my senses, nodded vigorously, and replied loudly, "Yes!"
Many years later, in my dreams, the young man often appeared standing beside me, his eyebrows and eyes clear, and he said, "Ye Zhenzhen, let's spend the New Year's Eve together in the future." β