Trainee

Li Qi knocked on the door of Xia Le's room, pretending to be sick and asking him to help him go out. The two of them cooperated like this before when they were studying, but Li Qi used to go out to work, but now he went out to meet people.

Asked for leave with the life assistant, Xia Le helped Li Qi out, and when he got into the car outside, Li Qi straightened up and said, "Thank you."

Xia Le was wearing a large sweater, and his hair was curled up while sleeping, looking at him hesitantly said: "Where are you going?"

Li Qi waved at him, whispered something in his ear, Xia Le's eyes widened, and said: "Isn't it?! Really, big brother is back..."

Li Qi made a hissing gesture at him, then turned to the taxi driver in front and said, "Master, please turn the corner ahead, instead of going to the hospital, go to apartment X."

Xia Le leaned over and asked him in a low voice, "Where does eldest brother live?"

Li Qi nodded, "Yes, I'll go and see him."

Xia Le followed up and said: "Sure, do you think I should go up to see my brother? I'll go buy some fruit. There should be a fruit shop open now..." As he spoke, he opened the car window and looked all the way.

Li Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and hurriedly stopped him: "Take it as a patient, you don't need to buy fruit, I'll just go up and talk to him, and I have to go back to the dormitory at night." He thought for a while, and then said: "Maybe not Go back, if I don't come down for a while, you can go back by yourself, don't delay the rest, you have to rehearse tomorrow."

Xia Le agreed, and was still looking out of the car window, obviously not giving up on finding a fruit shop that opened early in the morning.

The apartment arrived soon, Li Qi got out of the car, watched Xia Le staring at him eagerly through the car window, and then turned around and told him: "If you see that I don't come down later, you can go back by yourself, you know?" ?”

Xia Le nodded and said, "Hey, I got it!"

Only then did Li Qi go up, he said his name downstairs, the manager of the apartment sent him all the way up, and when he got there, he opened the door for him.

The people in the room were playing the piano, and there was no sofa for entertaining guests in the empty living room, only a piano and a young man in a white shirt and suit pants.The iron door with a terrace is wide open, and the white translucent gauze flutters in the wind, undulating and beating with the music in the room.

Li Fang was playing with his head down, his fingers were nimble and graceful, and he was very focused.After the song was over, he raised his head to look at Li Qi, raised his eyebrows and said, "Here you come? Sit here."

Li Qi walked over, but saw that the other party gave up half of the piano bench.

Li Fang played a few keys on his own, his fingers gliding over the black and white keys like flowing water, his face still had the same arrogance that Li Qigang saw him when he first saw him, his brows were handsome but sharp, " I often hear her praise you, and I have been playing the piano by her side all these years, but she praises you the most."

Li Qi scoffed, "Me?"

Li Fang turned to look at him, and said, "Yes, it's you."

Li Qi said coldly, "Impossible, if so, she wouldn't have left me in the first place, oh, and Dad, did she forget what she did back then?"

Li Fang was a little displeased: "It's just that the pursuit of music is different. If you pursue it wholeheartedly, you must make some sacrifices."

Li Qi raised his thin lips slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes. Seeing his voice raised, he asked, "Do we deserve to sacrifice?"

Li Fang was a little impatient: "I don't mean that. Everyone is an independent individual, and there must be some pursuits of their own. No one is taken for granted to stay and sacrifice for others. Especially music, it is not good to persevere for so many years." It was so easy, and there was an opportunity in front of you back then..."

Li Qi said with a sullen face, "You promised me to stay."

Li Fang was stunned for a moment, and looked at him with a complicated expression: "I was just a child at that time, and I didn't have the right to interfere with adults' decisions. Forget it, it's rare for us to meet, so let's not talk about it, okay?"

Li Qi said to him in a blunt tone: "You mentioned it first, I didn't intend to tell you this, and I didn't expect that we have changed so much over the years. I thought you would write and call me, and you would Come back to me." It was the first time he took it for granted to accuse another person, with anger, but also with a trace of trust that he hadn't noticed, it's just how much he trusted, and how disappointed he was at the beginning.

Li Fang pressed his fingers on the keys a few times, but he didn't know what to say, so both of them fell silent.

In the end, it was Li Fang who spoke first, and said to him, "I haven't heard you play the piano for a long time, play a piece for me."

Li Qi was a little stunned, looked at the piano, then at him: "You let me play the piano?"

Li Fang said: "Why, can't you play it for me?"

Li Qi watched him for a while, but the other party didn't respond, just waiting for him to move.He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and rested his wrists on the black and white keys, as if he had made a great struggle, and then slowly pressed the keys and played a jerky "Serenade".

He hasn't touched the piano for a long time, and he is unfamiliar with the keys. He also has a latent fear of the piano, and it is very difficult to play.It was as if he was fighting against himself in his heart while trying to force himself to play clumsily. The sound of the piano was like a human being.After playing a piece, Li Qi's little finger on his right hand was trembling, and his wrist was not very flexible. After he retracted his hand, he stared at the keys for a long time without recovering, nor did he talk to his brother.

Li Fang's gaze rested on his wrist, his brows furrowed.

Li Qi avoided his sight with his right hand, changed his position slightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "It's been a long time since I played..."

Li Fang still didn't relax his brows, his frown became tighter and tighter, he looked up at Li Qi and said bluntly, "Why are you playing so badly?"

Li Qi said calmly: "I haven't touched the piano for many years."

Li Fang is a little irritable. Li Qi's current performance is obviously completely different from what he expected, breaking his expectations all the time, but there is no way to blame him for such a submissive person. The imaginary opponent, when he stood in front of him, the opponent was a half useless person.He stood up and went to lean on the balcony to smoke a cigarette, took a deep puff, and made himself feel better in the smoke, then turned to Li Qi and asked him: "What are you going to do in the future, you must have some plans." , or do you want to sing and dance like this for the rest of your life?"

Li Qi said: "I think this is very good. I wanted to do this when I was young. There is nothing wrong with singing and dancing."

Li Fang sneered, he didn't open his mouth to refute, but the irony was still conveyed.

Li Qi suddenly felt that it was meaningless to stay here any longer, he stood up and said, "It's getting late, I should go back."

Li Fang nodded, then stopped him and said, "You didn't tell anyone about us, did you?"

Li Qi's eyes lit up like a fire, looked up at him, and said sarcastically: "No, no one knows except Xia Le, are you satisfied?"

Li Fang frowned, "Xia Le?"

Li Qi said: "Maybe you forget things a lot, you don't remember the person who played the piano with us back then."

"Of course I remember." Li Fang put out the cigarette, frowned and said, "It's just that I want to stay to teach the female students, and I will go to teach you after a while. I think I should avoid suspicion. Don't think too much about it."

Li Qi didn't say anything, and his mood was not very good.

He went downstairs alone, and took a deep breath after he got out of the high-end apartment. The corners of his lips were trembling, and his clenched right hand was trembling.

"Li Qi!"

Someone called him from behind, he turned around and saw Xia Le.

Xia Le was wearing that loose pullover, trotted towards him with a bunch of hair curled up, smiled and rolled his eyes when he saw him, "I was just thinking about it, I guessed that you were coming down soon, tomorrow's rehearsal is so important, You probably won't stay, so I waited for a while, and I didn't let the taxi go, waiting for us in front..."

Li Qi stepped forward and hugged him, buried his head in Xia Le's chest and didn't lift it up for a long time.

Xia Le was a little flattered, and tentatively reached out to hug him, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with you? Didn't you have a good talk with Big Brother? He said you?"

Li Qi buried in his chest and said in a muffled voice: "No, he seems to be a different person, I don't like him at all now."

Xia Le breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled at him: "It's been too many years since we met, it'll be fine if you take your time, you two are brothers, it'll be fine once you get to know each other."

Li Qi didn't say a word, Xia Le reached out and touched his head, and whispered a few words of comfort to him.

When he recovered, the two of them got into a taxi and returned to the training base. When they came back, it was past midnight and the night was quiet. Li Qi looked out of the car window and did not speak.Xia Le looked at him worriedly, holding his hand, only felt that the hand in the palm was cold and had no warmth.

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Sure enough, there was a pianist from the girl group who came back from abroad. Teacher Kris Li was personable. Although the lessons she taught were relatively professional, she couldn’t stand the handsome guy. After a few lessons, she won the hearts of a large number of female students. , there are a few who are particularly talented, and they played a four-handed combo with him. Everyone's face flushed with excitement. When looking at this young and handsome male teacher, I couldn't help thinking about some romantic plots .

Li Qi's side was still taught by Wen Lan. Song Chengjun showed extraordinary enthusiasm, but Wen Lan seemed to treat him no differently from other students. He called Park Yu to demonstrate or assist more than Song Chengjun.

Pu Yu was a little flattered, but he went up to help happily. Wen Lan was enthusiastic about him, and he also liked this young and beautiful female teacher.

Daniel's condition was up and down, but he still insisted on taking part in the competition with his illness.Several times when he was eating, he had to hold his forehead for a long time, but Li Qi couldn't stand it anymore, so he sent him back to the dormitory, took medicine for him, and said, "Your body is like this, it's best to go to the hospital for treatment. , don’t train any more.”

Daniel lay there and hummed: "It's so heartless, we have one company and one team, and you persuaded me to quit just by opening your mouth."

Li Qi said: "I didn't mean that, but your body is important, the competition will be held next year, but your body..."

Daniel waved his hand at him, and said: "It can last for a while, don't worry, it's your captain anyway, no matter what, I will send you to the next round."

Li Qi sighed, sat on the edge of his bed and looked at him and said, "If you're not feeling well, don't force yourself, you know?"

Daniel smiled, and his voice softened: "Got it."

Li Qi was completely out of temper by him, so he tucked in the quilt, "I'm going out for training, if you feel uncomfortable, you can use the phone in the dormitory to call the life teacher, or call Sister Lou Qing directly, don't force yourself... ...Forget it, I'll move the phone to your bedside."

"You're so wordy." Daniel watched him move, and said so with a smug expression on his face.

He watched Li Qi go out, first reached out to touch the corner of the quilt, then rolled on the bed, bent his eyes and smiled.