There is no need to be sensitive all the time, and sluggishness is sometimes a virtue. Especially when interacting with people, even if you see through the motives of the other person's behavior or thoughts, you need to pretend to be sluggish. This is the secret of social interaction and compassion for people. - Nietzsche

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When Cheng Mo arrived at the Mingyue Residence at No. 9 Yuelu Mansion, it had been more than ten twenty minutes, and the reason why he was so late for so long was because the interior of Yuelu Mansion was larger than Cheng Mo expected, for a person like Cheng Mo who had never seen the real upper class, it was really hard to imagine that there could be such a place hidden in a city where every inch of land was valuable.

The second reason is that some of the old trees he passed by made Cheng Mo linger, especially in the center of the Yuelu Mansion, where a mountain clove tree was planted, which was at least a hundred years old.

The mountain clove tree is a deciduous tree in the north, which generally grows in the grassland of the dam, which is not particularly precious, but this kind of tree grows very beautifully, the trunk is erect, and the thick branches are twisted like twisted flowers, and like the claws of a dragon, resolute and vigorous, and the crown is lush like a big umbrella covering the sky.

And this tree in front of me is not only old, but also strange is that a wild tree grows naturally in the tree, Cheng Mo is difficult to identify, hundreds of years of ancient trees are rare, and there are trees growing in the tree, which is a unique spectacle.

Therefore, Cheng Mo took a few more looks, and took a few photos with his mobile phone, such a sacred tree must be taken as a souvenir.

For such a divine tree to be late, Cheng Mo felt that it was worth it, anyway, he knew very well that he was not a distinguished guest, so he went through the motions and acted at the opportunity to deal with it in a few clicks.

When Cheng Mo rang the doorbell at the door of Mingyue Residence, the housekeeper wearing a tuxedo and combing his oily and slippery back looked at Cheng Mo, who was still decorated with beads of sweat on his face, and was quite surprised, except that he was dressed casually and was a little unexpected, Cheng Mo was the first person he walked in after he had been a housekeeper in the Du family for so many years.

Cheng Mo saw a trace of doubt in the housekeeper's eyes, so he glanced at the golden words "Mingyueju" hanging on the marble pillar, took out the invitation card from his backpack and said, "Is this Senior Du Leng's home?"

The housekeeper took the invitation and opened it for a glance, then put it away, bowed down and made a gesture of invitation: "I am Zhang Weide, the housekeeper of the Du Mansion, classmate Cheng Mo, I am very happy that you can come to the Du Family Mansion, please ..... inside."

Cheng Mo entered through the half-opened black carved iron door, and more than a dozen luxury cars of various colors were parked on both sides of the asphalt road around the dragon-shaped fountain carved in white jade, including Xie Minyun's Rolls-Royce, and the dragon-shaped fountain was a tall villa with a luxurious combination of Chinese and Western styles, and the buildings were mainly black and white, which were a little different from the general traditional Chinese buildings or Western-style buildings, showing their majesty.

If you change to a person with an ordinary identity like Cheng Mo, it is inevitable that you will have inferiority complex, because the class gap is too big, especially when you are a teenager, it is the most sensitive age for people, but Cheng Mo naturally won't, his mentality is very flat, he is here to make money.

Zhang Weide walked towards the door with Cheng Mo, and said with a smile on his face as he walked: "Our young master has been waiting for you on the steps, all the guests have arrived, and you are the last ......"

Cheng Mo said: "I'm really sorry, I didn't estimate the time....."

Zhang Weide explained with a smile: "I didn't mean that, it's just that our young master rarely waits for someone so persistently, he must value you very much!"

Cheng Mo said in his heart: This housekeeper is really good at mentioning the master to win people's hearts, but it's a pity that you completely misunderstood Du Leng's thoughts. But he wouldn't say anything, he just said, "Then I'll really apologize to Senior Du Leng later....."

When Cheng Mo walked to the other side of the fountain, Zhang Weide made a gesture of invitation and bowed to leave.

Du Leng stood on the steps with his hands behind his back and looked at him condescendingly, the meeting of the eyes of the two people was only a short moment, Du Leng looked at Cheng Mo, who was dressed a little ordinarily and even simply, so he smiled and opened his mouth, and said meaningfully: "You are finally here..... I thought you had walked around the Yuelu Mansion and didn't want to come in!"

Du Leng didn't have Cheng Mo's contact information, he called and asked the doorman to know that Cheng Mo had already come in.

Cheng Mo said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "There is Lao Du who has been studying for a long time.... Your trees here are very interesting, so I took a few more looks, and it took a lot of time, and an inconsequential person like me, I really didn't expect you to stand here and wait....." Cheng Mo felt that he had to explain, after all, he was a paid service, not a real guest.

Du Leng said noncommittally: "Oh?

Cheng Mo hesitated, in order to prove that he was not looking for excuses, so he said: "There is no research, but everything has a history, trees seem to have nothing to do with human civilization, but in fact the relationship is very deep, speaking of the evolution of trees is earlier than human beings, from the beginning of human history, trees have provided shelter for human beings, ancient apes lived on trees, got food from trees, and were the homes of human beings, which is why many myths have spiritualized trees..... Then the apes came down from the trees for unknown reasons and began to hunt civilization...... After the Industrial Revolution, the relationship between humans and trees has changed from felling to nurturing, from our ancient times to modern times, the relationship between humans and trees is complex and friendly, and the trees themselves are both natural and civilized..... To study the system of human civilization, trees are indispensable to observe....."

Du Leng was a little surprised by this insight and insight far beyond his peers, and he looked at Cheng Mo's non-aggressive, harmless baby face and smiled: "Everything has a way, but in the final analysis, it is the meaning given to them by human beings, if human beings do not exist, they will not have the meaning of existence..... The younger brother is erudite and talented, no wonder Min Yun looks at you differently, and she must come to her. ”

Seeing that Du Leng bluntly stated the reason for inviting him, Cheng Mo shook his head and said, "I just read a few idle books and understand a little bit of heresy..... She wanted me to come just because she had a little conflict with me and wanted to see my jokes. ”

Du Leng saw that Cheng Mo took the initiative to clear up the relationship with Xie Minyun, so he walked down the steps and said with a smile: "Then you still underestimate Min Yun, I believe she is not so stingy..... Let's go, let's go to the lawn. ”

Cheng Mo didn't speak, just followed Du Leng's footsteps, and said in his heart: I hope she is not so stingy, but no matter what, she must speak as little as possible, if she can, she won't speak, and if she can, she won't attract the attention of others.

From a distance, he saw a group of people standing on the lawn, all brightly dressed, all of them were in high spirits, the ratio of men and women was also appropriate, the band, the flower decoration, it was a lot of expenses, and the battle of a barbecue party was very scary, and this meal would cost at least tens of thousands of yuan.

Although Du Leng stood at the door and waited for Cheng Mo, he did not introduce Cheng Mo to everyone as ceremoniously as Xie Minyun, but only introduced Cheng Mo to the circle with the largest number of people, and said in a flat tone: "This is Cheng Mo in the first year of high school..... It's a very interesting junior, let's get to know ......"

Everyone cast their eyes on Cheng Mo, who was not amazing, dressed in simple clothes and carrying a bag, but they looked away in an instant, and basically didn't even have the desire to say hello, because most people thought that the person in front of them had nothing to pay attention to.

There were also people who looked at Cheng Mo a few more times, that was Shen Mengjie, she really didn't expect Du Leng to invite Cheng Mo, and snorted slightly..... In addition, Cheng Mo's arrival did not cause a ripple, he was insignificant and not even a small pebble, but this was just as he wished.

Du Leng didn't care about everyone's indifference to Cheng Mo, he never thought that a nerd who could be late for such an important party in order to study trees could fit into their circle, and asked again: "What are you talking about, chatting so happily?"

Yu Junshan, who was standing next to Cheng Xiao, said: "We are talking about music, why K-pop music has improved so fast over the years.....

Du Leng said: "Then this matter must be Xiao Xiao'..... have the most right to speak."

Cheng Xiao, who was in the position of the stars and the moon, showed a sweet smile and said: "Where can I have any right to speak, I have been a trainee before, and it has only been two years since my debut, I just like music and dance very much....."

Cheng Mo turned his head to look at Cheng Xiao who was talking, wearing a Huaxia red dragon cheongsam, with a slender figure, a thick beauty, and a very healing smile.

Xie Minyun is not in this circle, she is the only one who is outstanding, and she is overwhelming.

Cheng Mo naturally doesn't know who Cheng Xiao is, he doesn't have much love for pop music, and he doesn't know much about the baseball girl group, if there is any intersection between Cheng Mo and pop music, it can barely be counted as jazz music and modern symphony.

These two types of music have a lower threshold for appreciation than classical music.

In Cheng Mo's view, listening to music and reading are the same thing, ordinary people read books and read stories, and people who have a little love for literature not only read stories, but also read the writing, while professional readers will try to deconstruct the book, the plot is the skeleton, the words are the flesh and skin, and the thought is the brain, they can understand the author's story structure, writing techniques and what they want to express at a deep level.

However, there are thresholds for reading and comprehension of books that are worth deconstructing, and the more difficult the book, the greater the pleasure of reading.

The same is true for listening to music, and people with a certain knowledge of music, listening to jazz and symphony, will be able to appreciate these techniques that ordinary people cannot appreciate. It turns out that this harmony is used here, it turns out that this is the key, and it turns out that this chord can be improvised with this note.

To put it more simply, you don't understand the skills of the blind monk, and even if you haven't played League of Legends, how do you know how good the other party is?

The reason why pop music is popular is because there is no threshold for appreciating pop music, just like today's literary works, Xiaobaishu is the mainstream, and it is also because Xiaobaishu has no threshold for reading.

All of Cheng Mo's knowledge reserves are higher than ordinary people, lower than professionals, and he doesn't say it well, that is, he understands everything, and he doesn't have anything to the top level, but compared to the current young people, Cheng Mo is a well-deserved scholar and a jack of all trades.

However, even if Cheng Mo is erudite and talented, most people in this society still either look at their faces or look at money, and in the era of knowledge explosion, knowledge does not seem to be so valuable.

But for Cheng Mo, this knowledge is his understanding of the world.

Cheng Mo did not participate in the discussion, although he didn't know much about Korean pop music, but when it came to classical music and music history, it was estimated that there were few people present who could compete with him, he quietly withdrew from the crowd, planning to get something to eat at the table, and then find a corner where no one was paying attention, and start his own big business.