Whispering Poems

Chapter 1621 Chengbei Theater
"Rezia, do you think my taste is that bad?"

He looked away from the wall, frowned slightly and asked the girl sitting across from him. Of course, he also knew that Rezia was joking.

"Just kidding, but it's a nice place."

The red-haired girl looked around, and finally her eyes returned to the face of the handsome young man across the table:

"Sometimes, I really envy Dorothy, envy this kind of life."

Xia De looked at her:
"But you are different from her, maybe she is also envious of your life. Rezia, I love you and Dorothy as two people, rather than seeing you as a whole. The princess and the female writer, Calvin Dish's rose and the second daughter of Louisa's family. I'm interested in your individual souls, not because I like your bond with her abnormally, and I want to pursue certain aspects of stimulation, so I get close to you."

The lady of Tobesk looked at him:
"You don't have to stress that. I know I didn't choose the wrong person, just as Dorothy believed it. I've noticed that lately you seem to be emphasizing the difference between me and her. What happened? ?”

The words were very calm, but in fact, he was suppressing the emotions agitated by Xia De's "confession".

"I knew it. Sooner or later, you'll find out. You're all very smart girls."

Xia De wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, put down the knife and fork in his hand:
"I don't know if you have noticed that you are becoming more and more like her. It is not the appearance, but the demeanor, habits and certain momentary temperament. This is not a good sign."

The red-haired girl didn't change her expression, but asked in a sad tone:
"If Dorothy and I really merged into one person, would you still love us?"

"Of course it will, but it's different."

"Why is it different? Although I know it's not right, I have felt from a long time ago that we are destined to become one from two people. Maybe we are one person, but we were divided into two people."

Bi-color eyes looked at Xia De, and Xia De also looked at her, this time he really frowned:

"You never said such a thing, and those diaries that are not open to me contain these contents?"

"Because it was out of control and I knew it was crazy."

She laughed suddenly, and the smile that turned from sadness was more beautiful than any spring blooming flowers:
"Don't worry, these thoughts were born before I met you and before she and I could really contact each other. At that time, we knew each other's existence and knew every secret of each other, but we were still unable to approach or touch each other. The moment of exchange creates a feeling of closeness. This kind of unrequited desire, this long distance makes us more and more eager to become one."

Only Xia De is reflected in the green eyes:
"As you said to Dorothy last night - the furthest distance is that I'm right next to you, but we'll never be able to reach you. But that's all in the past, and I don't think so now. Xia De, you help me and Dorothy to meet and contact each other, and become the third person in the relationship between the two. It is your appearance that clearly draws the Clear boundaries. As long as you are still with us, we will not think about being alone."

Xia De knew a long time ago that the inexplicable entanglement between the two of them is definitely not a trivial matter. This kind of entanglement that transcends family, love and all relationships will definitely lead to serious consequences.But it wasn't until now that he heard these words that he finally settled his worries:
"I still want to emphasize that I like you two, not you as a whole."

Rezia pursed her lips and nodded with a smile:

"Understood, you confessed to two girls at once, and you still said that you are not a prodigal knight? But now I can feel your worry. Don't worry, we won't merge into one, after all, I am not willing to part with it"

She lowered her voice and motioned Shad to move closer.So Xia De got up from the stool and poked his head over. Rezia, whose face was reddish, also half got up and whispered in his ear:

"I'm not willing to part with the disappearance of the day of the red butterfly. Three people together are much more interesting than two people."

After finishing speaking, she saw Xia De looking at her without blinking.

"What are you looking at?"

Her Royal Highness felt a little shy.

"Recently Dorothy has learned how to turn pictures into pictures. I want to record your shyness in this dress, with your blushing face slightly protruding and whispering to me under the gas lamp of the Three Cats Inn, so that Dorothy turned it into a picture and put it in the house."

The red-haired girl pursed her lips and smiled, as if she let go of her worries about the future and entanglements about her ideals at this moment.She sat back down again, lowered her head and continued to eat with a knife and fork, thinking that it was really good to arrange such a date, and at the same time, thinking about the warm and strong hug that could only be felt a few hours later.

After dinner, Xia De and Leiziya stayed at the Three Cats Hotel for a while, listening to the long heroic poem sung by the bard in the green beret with a flower in his hat White lilies.

Of course the dating time is not over yet, and Rezia's planned activity for tonight is to go to the opera.It's just that tonight, instead of going to the three most famous opera houses in Tobesk, I went deep into the lower city in the north of the city to watch the drama of the common people.

It is worth mentioning that folk theater troupes are very popular in Tobeysk, the Pearl of the North, and are an important part of civic culture.Some folk troupes are as famous among the public as the official troupes that can perform in the Queen Maria Opera House.

Of course, folk troupes are also divided into two categories.One group really likes art. Although the content of the performance is not elegant, it is very suitable for the preferences of the bourgeoisie and actively explores new artistic methods; the other type is an illegal underground troupe, which usually relies on some sensitive performance content to maintain Livelihood, which has no shortage of color shows.As for the troupe that Leiziya chose tonight, of course it was a more formal one.

The two left the Three Cats Hotel at around seven o'clock, and then passed through the Piazza Santos. After walking less than a hundred steps on the brick-paved street due north, they saw the closed large building on the left. There is a kerosene lamp hanging in front of the door, under which a yawning man sits behind a table and watches passers-by.Although it was already evening, seven o'clock in the spring night was still relatively lively, and the nighttime security in Tobesk was relatively good.

"Two tickets."

Rezia skillfully said to the man at the gate, after the man quoted the price of "8 pence", Xia De paid for the ticket.Of course, it was a ticket, but there was no physical ticket. After Xia De paid the money, the man waved his hand to let the two of them in.

The 8p tickets for two people are very cheap, but in fact, even if it is a ticket for a regular opera house, it is not necessarily unaffordable for ordinary people.In the Queen Mary Opera House, in addition to the boxes for nobles and women, the auditorium is also divided into upper seats, middle seats and lower seats according to the position. The tickets for the cheapest position are only one shilling, although for the average weekly salary Workers with less than 10 shillings are still expensive, but the real reason that hinders them from going is actually the requirement to wear formal clothes.

The ticket prices of non-governmental and informal theater groups vary according to regions, performance types and repertoires, and are usually much cheaper than regular theater tickets.Small theater groups are involved in comedy, vaudeville, dance, music and drama, all at affordable prices. 4p a ticket is the average price.

Shad and Rezia entered the gate of the courtyard formed by the left and right doors behind the man. Shad then discovered that the courtyard was the theater.Rows of benches are placed in the open space, and the stage is built to the right of the entrance, but there is no one on the stage at this time.On the left hand side of the entrance is a small white building, and directly opposite the door is a low wall that was obviously built by oneself, which divides the courtyard into the auditorium and backstage of the theater.

Rezia said that the game started at 10:20, and there are still about ten minutes left, and at least half of the people on the bench are already seated.Roughly counting, there are about [-] people, which means that the income of this performance is far lower than Xia De thought.

When the last row was about to take a seat, Leiziya saw Xia De's doubts, and she said softly:
"Most of these folk art groups are composed of people who love art. And look over there, the source of income is not just tickets."

She stretched out her finger, and Xia De saw a very conspicuous donation box on the left side of the door.

"Are you familiar with this place?"

Xia De asked softly, and Rezia shook her head:
"Dorothy is very familiar. She has some folk artist friends, and she recommended this performance to me. Oh, thank you."

She took the cushion from Xia De and put it on the cool bench.

Before the performance officially started, some audiences came one after another.Since Xia De sat in the last row, it was convenient for him to observe other audiences.Most of these people were residents in the north of the city, and most of them were ordinary citizens, but there was also a bard that Shad had seen at the Three Cats Hotel, and two or three children who came with their parents.

Xia De and Rezia were not very conspicuous among them, the most conspicuous was a well-dressed old man with a cane accompanied by a servant.According to Rezia's introduction, Xia De also knew that this courtyard belonged to the old man sitting in the front row, and he was also one of the important patrons of the upcoming opera troupe.

"Dorothy is also one of the patrons here, and there are not many people who love art."

The red-haired girl continued to whisper in Xia De's ear, and the warm wind blew past Xia De's ear, which made Xia De feel restless.

The show started quickly, with a three-piece band flanking the auditorium.And as the monologue sounded, the first person who walked onto the stage was a young girl with not very delicate makeup, but clear words and deep feelings:

"My knight is about to travel far"

As soon as she opened her mouth, Xia De understood what kind of play it was:

""Lovers in the Clock Tower"?"

(End of this chapter)