Chapter 20: The sound of the piano at midnight
It's late autumn, and the leaves of the ginkgo trees on both sides of the street are golden and transparent, and the sun shines like gold.
Lu Tian's recent manuscripts have been piled up too much, and he has to work overtime at the newspaper office, which is so quiet that the air is almost solidified, only to hear Lu Tian's pen rustling on the manuscript paper, like the sound of silkworms on a tree eating mulberry leaves.
Lu Tian was so tired from writing that he fell asleep on the table unconsciously.
I don't know how long it took, it was already dark outside the window, Lu Tian hadn't been home for a few days, after surviving this night, after the pressure of work was relieved, he could ask the president for a few days off, and go home to sleep beautifully and sleep until he woke up naturally.
He had just taken a nap when he was awakened by the sound of a piano, which was intermittent, as if coming from downstairs.
Lu Tian was attracted by the melodious sound of the piano, which was like crying, like a woman pouring out her melancholy, and like the sea gently lapping on the beach.
Lu Tian looked at his watch, it was 12 o'clock at night, who was playing the piano downstairs at this time? There used to be a music classroom under this building, but since the newspaper moved over, the Children's Palace is no longer here, how can there be a piano sound?
Lu Tian didn't have the heart to write the manuscript, he wanted to see what was going on, so he tiptoed downstairs to find the location of the sound.
From the fourth floor to the third floor, and then to the second floor, the sound of the piano became louder and louder, and at the corner of the corridor on the first floor, Lu Tian stopped, and the sound of the piano came from this room.
This room is a utility room of the newspaper office, usually the cleaning staff put some cleaning tools, there is not even a piano in the house, how can there be the sound of the piano?
There was nothing valuable in the storage room, the door was hidden, Lu Tian didn't dare to rush in, he looked inside along the crack in the door, it didn't matter, but it scared him.
I saw a woman dressed in white, with black hair, sitting in front of a piano with her back to the door, playing the keys leisurely with both hands, and her body swaying gently with the sound of the piano, as if she had entered a no-man's land.
Who is this woman? Lu Tian knocked lightly on the door. The sound of the piano stopped abruptly. Lu Tian pushed open the door, it was dark inside, and he couldn't see anything, Lu Tian turned on the light in the storage room, except for a few brooms, a few buckets, and some sundries, there were no pianos and women at all.
It's really strange, Lu Tian couldn't figure it out, could it be that he was hallucinating again? When Lu Tian closed the door, the sound of the piano came out of the house again.
Lu Tian was so frightened that he ran upstairs, entered his office, locked the door, and never dared to come out again.
The piano sound stopped, and there was "dang...... While...... The footsteps of ......" heels came from downstairs, followed by a sharp knock on the door.
Lu Tian's heart jumped out in fright, his lips turned purple, and he thought: Don't come here......
"Is there anyone in the house?" A soft-voiced woman asked.
Lu Tian's body shrank into a ball at this moment, and he didn't dare to open the door.
With a "squeak", the locked door was opened, and then a tall woman dressed in white entered.
Lu Tian asked tremblingly, "Who are you, how did you get in, and what are you going to do?"
The woman smiled at Lu Tian and whispered: "I'm sorry, I'm bothering you, I'm the new cleaner of the newspaper, the faucet downstairs is loose, and it's always leaking drop by drop, I'm afraid that the water will run away, come and take a look, I just saw that the light in your house is still on, I know that you are working overtime, I want you to help me fix it, I have little strength, I can't twist it at all."
Lu Tian saw that the woman looked kind, his nervous nerves relaxed slightly, and his vigilant heart was also relaxed.
Since women have things to ask for themselves, why not help others.
Lu Tian answered, followed the woman downstairs, and in the water room next to the storage room on the first floor, there was indeed a faucet dripping with water. As soon as Lu Tian turned around, he saw that the woman was holding a long and large pipe pliers in her hand, raised high above her head.
He flashed subconsciously. The woman said with a smile on her face, "Do you think this can be used?" I found it in the locker, and it was too heavy for me to hold. ”
As soon as he mentioned the storage room, Lu Tian thought of the piano sound just now, and couldn't help but get goosebumps.
Lu Tian took the pipe pliers in the woman's hand. It was a long time when the faucet was rusty, so he unscrewed the faucet, wrapped a circle of tape, and screwed it on again, and the faucet stopped dripping.
The woman took the pipe pliers and said gratefully, "Thank you, the sound of the water is too noisy, and I play the piano." After speaking, he walked to the storage room.
"Playing the piano?" Lu Tian couldn't understand the woman's words. There was a crack in the door of the storage room, Lu Tian squinted his eyes and secretly glanced at it, this look scared him silly, he saw the cleaner sitting in front of a piano, and the melodious sound of the piano came out of the room again.
Lu Tian pushed open the door and wanted to find out, but suddenly there was nothing to see, no piano, no woman, only an old wooden table, a rusty pipe pliers......
What a hell of a thing. Lu Tian was shocked, and when he returned to the office, he had no intention of writing a manuscript, so he simply cleaned up, walked out of the newspaper office and took a car and went home.
When he returned home, Lu Tian fell asleep, he was so tired and sleepy, and he didn't know how many days and nights had passed......