Qin Li slept until the next morning, and the alarm clock set by his mobile phone successfully woke him up with a song "Nervous". He opened his eyes and looked at the screen, staring at the time, feeling a burst of pain in his eyes, thinking of the unexplained uneasiness of yesterday, he decided to get up.

On June 30, 2010, at 5:40 a.m., Qin Li got up.

It's a bit like a diary. Qin Li wore a plaid shirt and jeans, standing in front of the mirror in a refreshing body, his hair was short and still curled, it seemed that he still had a little young teeth, and his three-dimensional facial features and smoky eyes made him feel like a foreigner.

Changing into his old pair of Nike running shoes, tiptoeing to a very comfortable body, the boy took a little change and opened the door of the apartment.

At six o'clock, when the neighbor's aunt Lao Jian went out to buy breakfast, she was already hearing a voice in the next aisle.

"Auntie, morning." Qin Li greeted her with a smile, with a delicate face, with a clear breeze and bright moon all over his body, and the old and young in this building liked a good boy like him.

"Alas, I'm back from you! Yo, the turtle temperament of studying abroad is so good! That kid of mine is talking about you! Aunt Jian smiled all over her face and looked at Qin Li eagerly. By the way, do you receive a scholarship? Is there any news at home? ”

"Hey, don't you know what my family is like, my father is still in Russia, I don't know if I marry again, my sister makes money for me as much as possible, my mother ......" Qin Li naturally recited the cliché he had been saying for many years, and stopped at the right time.

Aunt Lao Jian patted him distressedly, "It's okay child, we all watched you grow up, and we also know your mother, who will help you." Aunt Jian looked at him and smiled.

Qin Li reciprocated with a bright smile again, bought breakfast, nibbled on fritters, walked past the convenience store, sat down near the location of the bookstall uncle who Lu Ming did not like to rub in the past, and watched people come and go, from time to time there were neighbors and neighbors who knew him, and those with children, laughed and laughed with this "Qin Li's big brother" who had not been seen for almost a year.

Some knew his "family situation", some didn't, and they all stopped to talk about it as acquaintances.

The busy morning passed little by little, all kinds of vehicles in the community came in and out, the first batch went to work, the proprietress of the breakfast shop was wiping the table with a fairly clean cloth, and many public school students put on school uniforms, some cycling, some walking, and some riding the bus together.

He sat on the stone bench by the green field and filled in the college check-in with his mobile phone, paying attention to the wind and grass around him, it was now 6:50, and every time he returned to this small place, he always remembered the time very clearly.

This is the time when the first generation of Qin Li has lived alone here for more than ten years, although he has always been lazy, it seems that this immutable life has not yet bored him, although a large part of the reason he does it is still utilitarian - to create a fairly ordinary person.

His story may become a conversation at the dinner table, but the neighbors' concern for him is genuine, no matter how mean people are, they don't innocently have a bad feeling for him, Qin Li just can't get bored when he looks at the small days of every family.

In fact...... Many years ago, there was a guy who was living this kind of life with him.

Qin Li walked through the gradually brightening streets, and was already close to Shilan Middle School, and had just rang the bell for morning reading.

A long, long time ago, when he was still Alexei and Martha was still around, Qin Li picked up the violin and stood in front of the tall and thin teacher, still a small child.

"It's still necessary to practice more, it's too indifferent." The teacher took his hand, there was a cold air unique to the snowy day, Qin left him to hold him, listening to him speak not very standard Russian.

A warmer, more delicate hand took him and touched his head, and by this time it was almost dusk, and the sunlight shining in the living room had changed.

"Practice here, don't go home until the teacher is satisfied." Obviously, his hands are warm, and his body is wrapped in a shawl, and the words he says are still that categorical feeling.

The boy reluctantly dragged his steps to find a place where the sun was shining, and set up the piano, and there were marks in some places on the fingerboard clip on the piano, but the sound he pulled out was still unsatisfactory.

He faced the scenery outside the window, and did not look to see if the teacher behind him was coming, but he heard the sound of the door opening, and thought that the person had left.

Qin Li looked at the snow scene, his hands did not stop, he liked this scenery very much, quiet, white, he also liked the light of the sunset, gentle, quiet, these are more like flawless music than the sound of the piano. Thinking of this, he stopped playing the etude and played a piece of music that he liked very much, and no one listened to it, and no one would find out that he had secretly changed the tune anyway.

After the song was finished, he was a little tired, so he took his hand down, and heard the sound of a samovar behind him, so he turned his head and saw the teacher touching his stubble and nodding to him with a smile, the teacher's wife pouring tea for the girl sitting on the sofa, and Lyudmila and Andrei dangling their little feet on the small chair, looking at him with great interest.

The teacher spoke to Qin Li in Russian and French, Qin Li listened in confusion, and saw the girl in elegant gray clothes on the sofa smiling, drinking tea, and looking at him, "So you like this kind of music...... So you're pulling it so well! ”

The teacher was very satisfied, and the girl handed a piece of snack to Lyudmila, Qin Li really didn't expect her to be waiting for him here.

"Salisti's "Song of the Wanderer", but in your heart is not sad and obscure or free, but quiet and calm, because you are used to wandering? Or do you really like the pristine snow of Siberia? The girl looked at the snow dyed golden by the sun, the rare sunny day, and squinted and smiled, "Pure and beautiful wandering, in your heart, romantic, gorgeous, and the rhythm of the music inside...... I love it too. Any other favorite tunes? ”

That day, he played a lot of music that he had only heard but had not read, and the teacher's family and the girl sat quietly and listened to his piano, not commenting, just smiling.

is about to meet again, but Qin Li proposed to go back to China again, he was a little reluctant to those friendly neighbors, and he also wanted to sort out those things and people before.

If he leaves one day, will anyone miss him?

He turned to the Youth Palace, and today Wednesday, everyone was still in class, and there was no one outside. Qin Li was thinking about things and strolling around, when he suddenly heard the screeching sound of a ball bouncing to the ground and sneakers rubbing against him.

On the empty basketball court, the big boy in the jersey is playing basketball alone, turning around, dunking, the ball and the person fall to the ground at the same time, the ball frame makes the sound of metal vibration, and everything sounds lonely.

Qin Li stretched out his hand and applauded, and the basketball player turned his head to see him, and then walked over with the ball, "Senior brother, why is he playing here today?" Qin Li looked at Chu Zihang, who was sweating profusely and his face did not change, and asked.

"Come and see the teacher, and play ball by the way." Chu Zihang nodded, indicating that he still remembered Qin Li, Qin Li smiled, took the ball, and said, "Fight?" ”

Chu Zihang is worthy of being a "lone wolf", his life is much more monotonous than his own, but he is also so persistent, Qin Li feels that the mixed race, no, humans, is really very interesting, after all, they are all raised by great nature. What else can't you be comfortable with? Parting is parting, waiting until we meet again, I am really old, more and more afraid of separation, and afraid of reunion after a long absence.

From this point of view, he admires Chu Zihang's independence and tenacity!

Dribbling, bypassing, defending...... Under the scorching sun, the shadow of the ball flickered, and it became more rapid than when he was playing alone......

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In the principal's office of Shilan Middle School, the principal looked nervous, looking at a man and a woman sitting opposite with sunglasses, their dark green clothes looked expensive, they had no business cards, they only showed their documents, said what the bureau was, and asked to investigate the study abroad rate of Shilan Middle School. The principal asked the Academic Affairs Office to bring the list, which was not waiting, drinking tea or chatting, so he had to stare at it with wide eyes.

The list was finally delivered, and the two of them immediately began to flip through it, and the principal just wanted to take a big breath, when the man who suddenly raised his head glanced at him, and his breath was suddenly half left, "Is this Qin Li also from Kassel Academy?" ”

"Qin Li's student status is not here, he is the first middle school in the city, but it seems that he was admitted to the University of Chicago, and he didn't say anything about Kassel......"

Before the words fell, the two of them threw down the documents with a "snap", opened the door and left, and the principal swallowed the half of his breath instantly.