Chapter 62: Like Smoke: Days of Drunkenness (Part II)
After the two finished breakfast, He Tianran took out his guitar and began to practice alone.
The directing department had one last class in the afternoon, and it was completely liberated after the class.
"Shall I accompany you to class in the afternoon? Lift your feet. โ
The mop swept across the ground, and He Tianran, who was sitting on the sofa and fiddling with his guitar, raised his feet and replied:
"Yes, by the way, Sheng Qidong went back to his hometown this morning, right? Their management department was the first to have no classes, and they accompanied Li Wang for so many days, and finally went back, Lao Li drank too much yesterday, and when you and Sheng Qidong fell asleep, he shouted that he was finally liberated, and he laughed happily at that time, but unfortunately I didn't take a picture. โ
As soon as the cool action stopped, he stood on the mop, folded his hands on the clubhead, his chin resting on it, and squinted.
"WellโI'll go back to my hometown in two days, and then you're going to shout for liberation?"
Brother Natural hurriedly showed his loyalty and said: "How can it, I'm not giving you a small report, you have to talk to your girlfriend, this boyfriend, this attitude is not correct, don't you say?" โ
"Heh~"
Wen Liang pushed the mop, He Tianran put down the guitar and hurriedly took over the task of mopping the floor.
The girl sat down on the sofa, took up the harp comfortably, played with it twice, and asked:
"Hey, where did you teach me to play the piano yesterday?"
He Tianran, who was mopping the floor, reported a string of numbers: "53231323......"
"Oh, yes, yes, yes."
In the past few days of living together, Wen Liang's whim is to ask He Tianran to teach her to play the guitar, she actually had this plan early on, but it was not very convenient to live together before, and now that they are living together, they are also on vacation, and this matter has gradually become a fixed daily routine between the two, one to two hours a day.
Originally, He Tianran wanted to teach Wen Liang to learn bass, in this way, everything in their band was complete, Wen Liang also felt that as the lead singer of a band, it would be a bit too much to know any instrument, but they didn't have a bass at hand, so they could only learn the guitar first, anyway, the basic skills of the two instruments were the same, and the girl was also happy to learn some simple repertoire first to increase her motivation to learn.
After a while, He Tianran finished mopping the ground, sat down beside Wen Liang, and began to guide her in practicing.
"You say, before I go home for the Chinese New Year, can I play and sing a complete song by myself?"
Wen Liang asked curiously.
"How many harmony have I taught you these days?"
โโฆโฆ C, G, Am, Em, Dm five. โ
Wen Liang replied as his left hand shifted back and forth on the string scale, helping to remember.
"That's enough, you can play some simple songs......" He Tianran was determined, took the piano, and said to his girlfriend: "If you still want to be richer, today I will teach you the method of F and spin big horizontal press and small horizontal press." โ
After speaking, he flipped his fingers, connected several harmony spins in series, and played a short beautiful rhythm, Wen Liang stared at the fingers of his left hand, and said hurriedly:
"You slow down, you slow down, I can't even see ......"
"Practice makes perfect, you have memorized the method of rotation and rotation, and the next thing is to practice the proficiency of the connection between rotation and rotation, many novices learn guitar, a song is not played smoothly, to a large extent, it is here, but in fact, as long as you keep practicing, it is good to form a muscle memory, remember what I told you yesterday about the 'finger reservation' technique?"
"Remember!"
He Tianran handed the guitar back, Wen Liang learned quickly, and believed that in a few days, she would be able to play some simple tracks.
Then the girl practiced for another fifteen minutes, and suddenly stopped, looked at the red fingertips of her left hand, rubbed her thumb against the other four fingers, shook her hand and continued to practice.
The main material of the guitar strings is steel wire, when I first started practicing, there will be a little pain when I hold my fingertips, and I can bear it at first, but the longer I practice, the more I press the strings with my fingertips, the pain will become more and more unbearable.
"It will be better to practice the cocoon, it will take about ten days and half a month."
He Tianran understood Wen Liang's actions and smiled empathetically.
"Well, it's actually okay, when I was a child, my dad helped me pull the ligaments, and that's what it hurts!"
Wen Liang smiled and recalled, sharing her childhood past, she tried the F and spin taught by her boyfriend just now, because the finger strength was not enough, the index finger pressed the string was not stable, and the right hand made a muffled sound when plucking the string.
"Why is it difficult to press horizontally?"
"Because an index finger has to stabilize six strings, the strength is not easy to grasp at first, and if you make it hard in one place, then it will involve the strength of the other three fingers, resulting in various problems such as not playing the sound, this is the first hurdle for novices to learn the piano, the stupid ones may not be able to practice for a few weeks, and even the smarter ones need to take three or four days to master."
He Tianran stretched out his hand to adjust the shape of the hand that Wen Liang placed on the handle, and said:
"Here, bow down with your wrist, bend your index finger a little, and press the string with your side."
After saying that, he pressed the girl's index finger and gave her more force, and the girl swept the strings with her right hand, and this time, the case burst out without hindrance of the transparent sound.
"Na, remember this strength and hand shape, playing is only the first step, and the difficult thing is to change the back and rotation, if you want to ensure that every big horizontal press can be played perfectly, you have to work hard."
He Tianran withdrew his hand, and Wen Liang asked curiously, "How many days did it take you to master this?" โ
The boy showed off, "Ten days, two to three hours a day, I am not smart or stupid, mainly because I have small hands when I was a child, when I was 6 years old." โ
Wen Liang teased: "Remember it so clearly? I also deliberately emphasize my age! โ
He Tianran said: "Anyone who has learned the guitar will never forget how he learned to press the big horizontal in the first place, and even today, I still remember the angry face when my father taught me to practice." โ
"Really?"
"Of course it's true, let me tell you, he was fierce at the time, and I was scolded and cried by him several times."
"That'...... If I can't learn it all the time, you can't kill me! โ
"How can you, have you ever seen me murder you?"
"Not really...... Hehe, I'd better learn slowly. โ
He Tianran was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why do you say that?" Didn't you want to play some tunes earlier? โ
Wen Liang put down her left hand that pressed the strings, her hands couldn't help hugging the piano, she tilted her head slightly to the side, thought silently for a while, did not answer this question head-on, but said softly:
"Natural...... I don't know how lately, it seems that I always forget some very important things, but when I think about it, I feel that there is nothing wrong with it, and I am suspicious all day long. โ
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He Tianran hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "Maybe it's because the band has become popular recently, which is different from our original future direction, familiar things have changed, and it is indeed easy for people to have this kind of confusion, and sometimes I have this kind of situation......"
"There is indeed some truth to what you say."
After Wen Liang finished speaking, he pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "Natural...... Have you done all the ten love rules we agreed on before? โ
"The substantive content has been achieved, such as cohabitation, tattoos, meeting parents and so on."
The girl was surprised: "Huh? When you say that, I feel so fast, we have been together since the end of military training and now we are on vacation, it seems to be a blink of an eye...... I'm obviously planning for four years of college......"
He Tianran beat his spirit and deliberately teased: "Hurry, sister? The plan you made is not only four years, just take the tenth article that we will be together forever, just this one, you directly kidnapped my life, okay! โ
"Oh, it's really when you think about it, hahahaha~ You can't regret it!"
After hearing this, Wen Liang really laughed, and immediately made He Tianran reassure.
"I don't regret it, I don't regret it, I don't regret it......"
The boy had a smile on his face, and his mouth repeated reassuring words, and with each of his words, his voice was slightly low and firm......
"The fifth article of the love agreement, if you have something to discuss together, you can't hide it, and you can't make claims without permission, have you secretly hidden anything from me!"
Wen Liang suddenly pointed at He Tianran, his fingers scribbling back and forth in mid-air, with a playful little expression that saw through the other party's disguise.
The boy's expression froze, and he said in an instant: "How can I have it, wronged, we are together every day, what can I hide from you?" โ
"Hmm-"
The girl stared at He Tianran for a long time in a trademark nasal voice, and then her expression changed, and she became happy again, and she lay down on the sofa.
"Forget it! I don't want to pursue even a little secret, after all, I'm not the kind of girlfriend who doesn't understand, leave you some privacy, anyway, it's not just to go out and mess with flowers. โ
"I ...... I really don't. โ
Wen Liang glanced at him lightly, "Your expression now is exactly the same as when you bought the phone, if you say no, the nature will change, I don't have to ask, but you said you wouldn't lie to me." โ
She suddenly mentioned this, which made He Tianran instantly at a loss......
There was a few seconds of silence between the two.
"I ......"
"Okay, let's not talk about this, here you go~"
He Tianran, who didn't have time to raise words, ran into a sentence that Wen Liang said at the same time.
The girl handed the guitar over again, she stood up, took out a mobile phone holder from the bedroom, and placed it in front of the two of them at an angle.
"Fans have been urging us to update our VLOG, the material has been almost filmed in the past few days, you can sing a song with me again, I feel like I can upload another issue!"
Sitting back beside He Tianran, his cool and high-spirited appearance contrasted sharply with the boy's panicked silence.
A smile spread across her face, as if she didn't care about the conversation she had just had.
He Tianran lowered his head and smiled to himself, and after looking up again, he had already adjusted his state and asked:
"Okay, what do you want to sing?"
"Wang Xinling's "The Great Sleep"."
"Ah...... I'm not very familiar with this song, you sing a paragraph first, and I'll recall the melody. โ
The two looked at each other, Wen Liang gently hummed a melody, He Tianran's head moved slowly to follow the rhythm, his fingers lightly tapped the black guard plate of the guitar, after finding the right rhythm, he lowered his head and slowly plucked the strings, and the sound of the guitar gushed out like a spring water......
Wen Liang quietly watched him play the piano seriously, her eyes were tender like water, she completely believed in He Tianran's openness and loyalty to herself.
She turned her head to look out of the floor-to-ceiling windows, the pale blue and gloomy sky made the bustling city seem cold and strange, the winter houses and streets were stained with a layer of gloomy tones, and people's emotions, in such an environment, seemed a little more transparent.
Thank you for taking me for being a fool and coaxing me once a day
It's like that for a lifetime, I don't mind using love to get drunk and dream of death
It turns out that being hypnotized is really interesting, and I am happy to be a dedicated hostage
I don't have time to explain to anyone, it's me holding myself hostage, it's none of your business......
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Wen Liang closed his eyes and sang the lyrics in his mouth.
She doesn't mind using love to get drunk and dream to death......
He Tianran's heart was moved, for a moment, he thought that she actually knew everything, but after thinking about it carefully, she didn't know, she just noticed that something was wrong early on......
"Because I feel like you're being too good to me right now...... It's so good that it's unreal...... It's like our terminally ill relationship suddenly comes back to light, and it makes me think, you're going to leave me someday......
When the two first got together, Wen Liang had already said such a sentence prophetically.
And at this moment, every word in the lyrics is like Wen Liang saying his heart tactfully.
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If you don't lose your mind, where does love begin?
Foolish liars and fools who deceive people can last a lifetime
I have almost forgotten how to fall in love, and my wasted youth may still be able to live
If you say that you feel sorry for me, you should understand that of course I will be drunk, so let me accompany you to finish this love
I just hope that the heart flower will finally bloom, and there is no other expectation, and when I wake up from the dream, I will go to clean up the wreckage......
The girl once left everything behind and took herself in exchange for the life and love she has now.
Even if He Tianran had something to hide from her, she didn't mind being deceived, she didn't believe it, and He Tianran, who also left everything and walked towards her desperately, would do anything to hurt her......
What's more, she herself is pretending to be confused, enjoying such hard-won beauty, isn't she?
She is willing to cooperate with He Tianran to play this love scene of her dreams, and she is also willing to devote herself to it, although she will not know what it means......
After all, it has always been her long-cherished wish to fall in love with He Tianran......
They are so tacit, a director, an actor, just like that, weaving a sweet dream in hell.
However, if it's a dream, someone has to wake up first......
How long can they stay together like this......
One year and eight months, exactly six hundred and eight days later.
It's the end of September again.
In the first semester of his junior year, at the age of twenty, Wen Liang had forgotten all the memories of the future and rebirth.
Now, in her mind, she only remembers to love him, the only thing......
(End of chapter)