thousand strings

Li Boqing came to knock on the door the next day, and He Qianxian woke up with a start.Sit up and look at the bedroom, Qin An is still sleeping.Opening the door, Li Boqing said, "Good morning, it's time for breakfast."

He Qianxian opened his mouth and asked, "What time is it?"

"Ten o'clock."

"It's getting late, I'll pack up and go down." He Qianxian pinched the bridge of his nose, and Li Boqing saw a blanket on the sofa with his sharp eyes, and said in surprise, "What, the sofa you slept on last night?"

He Qianxian frowned and didn't answer. Li Baiqing suddenly lowered his voice and asked mysteriously, "You really don't have that kind of relationship?"

He Qianxian slanted at him, and Li Boqing smiled lazily, "Just ask," and then said, "He's probably not a straight man. If it's not that kind of relationship with you, I can chase him, right?"

He Qianxian sneered, "Ask me?"

Li Baiqing also recognized him, "Qianxian, just say something straightforward, whether it's okay or not. Although you are not in that kind of relationship, but the way you defended him yesterday, it can't be that you are more than a friend but not a lover?"

He Qianxian stopped talking nonsense with him, "Chasing after you if you want, I have nothing to do with him."

Li Baiqing seemed to be picking up a treasure, "I feel at ease with your words." After saying that, he left happily, took two steps, and then turned around and said, "Remember to come down for breakfast."

He Qianxian closed the door funny, he shook his head and turned around, Qin An stood at the door of the bedroom, staring at him intently.

The two were separated by the living room, and He Qianxian saw his displeasure on his face.He Qianxian turned his eyes away and was about to take a shower, but Qin An rushed to the bathroom door to stop him in two steps.

"He Qianxian." The voice was close to his ears, and He Qianxian couldn't help but turn a deaf ear to it. He raised his eyes to look, but before he could see Qin An's face clearly, a kiss was imprinted heavily on his lips. This kiss was cold and tender. Rude, he was forced to take a step back, Qin An suddenly grabbed his shoulder and pushed him against the wall.

There was a bang when his back hit the wall, and He Qianxian's entire back began to go numb. He was about to break free when Qin An's kiss came again.He hurriedly looked away, Qin An's lips fell on his eyelids.He Qianxian blocked it with his hands, and roared "Enough", but Qin An seemed deaf, and like a hungry wolf seeing its prey, only the desire to bite the prey deeply occupied the whole mind, regardless of He Qianxian Qianxian struggled, and kissed his nose, cheek, and neck fiercely.

"Enough is enough!" He Qianxian violently pushed Qin An away, and then punched Qin An in the stomach.Qin An was caught off guard and staggered from the beating, and took a few steps back. He Qianxian tightly held his left hand, stared at Qin An, watched him stand firm, raised his head, and then their eyes met.

He Qianxian could clearly see that in Qin An's eyes there was resentment, resentment, and maybe other emotions that he couldn't see clearly.

After a long time, He Qianxian's clenched fist loosened, and he turned to leave. Qin An stretched out his hand to pull it, but froze in midair. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

He Qianxian stopped, he turned his head, Qin An still looked at him, the burning desire and dissatisfaction in his eyes just now had been completely extinguished, he held He Qianxian, and apologized again: "I'm sorry, just now..." He wanted to say He was the one who lost his temper just now, but now he couldn't say it out. Qin An felt that he was more than just losing his composure. He was almost driven mad by the torture.

"Qin An," He Qianxian pulled out his grasped hand, "I said before, I only treat you as a younger brother."

Qin An's eyes were gloomy for a moment, and then the unwillingness that had been extinguished just now burned again.

At the airport that day, with He Qianxian in his arms, he finally said these words.Qin An replied to him at the time, he knew, he obviously didn't want to know, he obviously wanted to pretend to have amnesia, but He Qianxian reminded him again.

The remaining warmth of He Qianxian's body still remained on his lips, but it was extremely cold. At this moment, Qin An was longing for warmth, longing to hold He Qianxian into his arms, but He Qianxian was standing not far away, and with a light word, rejected him.

Qin An clenched his fists, as if he wanted to crush something unknown, finally he nodded, turned and left.He Qianxian looked at his back, tall and straight like a pine tree, he lowered his head and wiped the corner of his mouth vigorously, then sighed deeply.

He Qianxian received Ye Rui's invitation letter two days later.Seeing the letter, He Qianxian remembered that Ye Rui's birthday was approaching, and Ye Rui was not a lively person. When the two were together before, they would have a candlelight dinner together on their birthday, and then fell asleep.

After so many years, Ye Rui seems to have a big change in temperament. This time, she actually held a charity auction party.The list of the charity sale is basically Ye Rui's musical instruments. Ye Rui is now concentrating on her piano skills. She has donated her previous violins and cellos, as well as the musical instruments donated by her students. They are not many, but they are all big names.

After closing the invitation letter, He Qianxian remembered the piano that had been moved to the warehouse not long ago, picked up the phone and called Ye Rui.

On the morning of Ye Rui's birthday, He Qianxian opened the closet and found that he hadn't bought new clothes for a long time. He put on the suit that Xiao Yu wore, went downstairs and saw the housekeeper carrying a suit of clothes upstairs, met He Qianxian, and said: " Master He, I'm sorry, your clothes were ready last night, but it was too late, so I didn't send them to you, why don't you try it now?"

The butler held a three-piece suit in his left hand, a shirt in his right hand, and a tie belt on his wrist. He Qianxian frowned and said, "Why are you the only one taking it? What about the others?"

"Mr. Qin has something to do today, so he left early in the morning."

From that day on, Qin An went out early and returned late every day, even if the light in He Qianxian's room was on when he came back, he would not come to say good night as usual.

He Qianxian hadn't seen him for more than half a month.

"I'm asking other people, where is Mrs. Qu?" Mrs. Qu is in charge of washing the He family.She has always been doing laundry.

He Qianxian's expression was not very good-looking, and the butler was respectful, "Sister-in-law Qu's family has something to ask for leave. If you have anything to do, you can find me."

He Qianxian let out a muffled "Yeah" and said, "Put the clothes in my room."

"Master He, don't you wear it?"

"No." He Qianxian left after finishing speaking. When he got downstairs, the driver was already waiting at the door.

Ye Rui's birthday party was in a star-rated resort hotel, and He Qianxian went in and found that it was quite a big event.Ye Rui was dressed in a beige long dress, she was slim, and she was a match made in heaven with her little boyfriend beside her.

Seeing He Qianxian, Ye Rui walked towards him. He Qianxian gave the gift to the guests earlier, but at this moment, he took out a piece of chocolate that Ye Rui liked when he was young, "Happy birthday."

Ye Rui was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Thank you, but I have to keep fit, so..."

Before she could finish the rest of the sentence, He Qianxian peeled off the chocolate and ate it, "I passed by the supermarket to buy cigarettes, and saw this chocolate, um, the taste hasn't changed, it's still cloyingly sweet."

He Qianxian smiled, and looked around as he spoke. The hotel has a large venue, but there are also many people, "The ostentation is a bit big."

Ye Rui smiled, "At first I only invited friends, but later friends brought friends. Unexpectedly, the number of people doubled at once. Thanks to you, today is a lively day."

"Huh?" He Qianxian didn't quite understand at first, but soon he saw something surrounded by a group of people, and he understood instantly. He Qianxian lowered his head and smiled wryly, and heard Ye Rui say, "Thank you, Qianxian."

The whole birthday party, in addition to the charity auction, was also a grand concert, inviting a well-known foreign orchestra, and one of Ye Rui's students, who is also a master of classical music in China.

The performance and charity auction were interspersed, and everyone was very excited. The party came to an end, and no one left early.He Qianxian also had a lot of social activities in the evening. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he heard the person next to him ask, "Why don't you see Master He, why don't you take a picture and go home?"

Can He Qianxian say that he has no money?He shook his head, "No more music now."

The other party nodded in understanding with a smile, "When will we go out to play together, you are so indifferent now, it's too difficult to ask you out."

When He Qianxian agreed, he saw Ye Rui taking the stage.Everyone applauded thunderously, He Qianxian finished applauding, and heard Ye Rui say: "The last musical instrument sold for charity, I believe it has attracted a lot of guests. It can be said that 80.00% of the people here are here for this musical instrument." .”

Everyone present laughed, Ye Rui compared the piano that had been on the stage all the time, and continued, "Just now my student told me that he will not charge me for his performance today because he is lucky to play this piano. "

Everyone roared again.

Ye Rui smiled slightly, she was like a spring breeze on the stage, and she smiled sweetly, "This Shi family's custom-made piano, as you can see, is perfect. I don't know if you have seen Shi's other custom-made pianos, which are as perfect as this one Same. I am ashamed, although I was born as a piano student, I have only seen this one in half my life."

He Qianxian had never thought Ye Rui was so humorous before, and the audience laughed again.

"Everyone should have seen the introduction of the perfection of the piano, so I won't repeat it here, wasting everyone's precious time, but here, I really want to thank one person, that is, the owner of this piano..."

Ye Rui looked at He Qianxian, and everyone's eyes followed. He Qianxian's scalp was a little numb, and he put on a perfect smile, and read his words to Ye Rui. After the name, he stood up calmly and nodded slightly.

"This piano has been with him for more than 30 years. I didn't expect him to donate it. I asked him the reason, but he didn't tell me, but he insisted on donating it. I was very moved. You may not know how much love this piano can donate." Children of music, here, I would like to thank Mr. He Qianxian again."

The applause was like thunder, and He Qianxian's ears were numb, but what made him stiff was that Ye Rui said happily: "As I said just now, this piano has been with Mr. He for nearly 40 years. Mr. He's piano Of course, the performance is also very good, so I would like to invite Mr. He to play a piece, do you want to listen to it?"

This sudden invitation made He Qianxian feel a little bit at a loss. He heard the person next to him say: "Master He, I am honored to listen to you play the piano today. It is really a blessing."

He Qianxian smiled awkwardly, and Ye Rui urged: "Everyone applaud more enthusiastically, please invite Mr. He Qianxian."

The applause became louder and louder, flooding the entire auditorium. After He Qianxian walked onto the stage, he was a little dazed when he saw the people in the audience. He didn't remember how he got up just now.

Ye Rui smiled at him, her face was beautiful.He Qianxian stared at her for a long time, and said, "Let's forget it." Ye Rui handed him the microphone and gave him a gentle smile to show encouragement.

He Qianxian took the microphone numbly, his throat rolled for a moment, and he said in a hoarse voice: "I feel very guilty when I say it, I am ashamed of this perfect piano that Ye Rui said, I am sorry, I have abandoned the piano for more than ten years, and I can't play it today , but I am very grateful to Ye Rui for her evaluation of this piano, and I hope that it can continue to perform its perfection in the hands of masters who love piano."

His words silenced the audience for a second, and soon there was an uproar.Seeing Ye Rui's surprised expression, He Qianxian smiled apologetically, "I'm really sorry that I can't play a song for you at your birthday party."

Ye Rui couldn't laugh anymore, at this time someone shouted: "No matter how wasteful it is, the birthday song can still be played!"

As soon as the words fell, the audience turned up again, and everyone started booing: "Birthday song, birthday song..."

Ye Rui's voice was pleading, she called him in a low voice: "He Qianxian."

He Qianxian pursed his lower lip, and his fingers trembled slightly. He wanted to refuse, but Ye Rui's expression and the booing from the audience made his mind extremely clear.

"I don't really remember the score, so I can only play a section from memory, please don't mind." After He Qianxian finished speaking, he walked to the piano, and Ye Rui got off the stage and returned to his seat.

Sitting in front of the piano that he had touched for nearly 30 years, He Qianxian felt strange for the first time. He put his fingers on the black and white keys, and he glanced down the stage. , beside her, the man was sitting in his place.

The man looked at him expressionlessly, but He Qianxian could see the sullenness on his face.

He Qianxian withdrew his gaze and focused all his attention on the piano. He restrained the movement of his right hand, played a light and soft prelude with his left hand, followed by a main melody with his left hand, as if he had forgotten the score, he repeated it again, When playing with his right hand, his fingers were too hard, and his right hand seemed to be filled with lead, which made him struggle with every note. The piano sound that filled the auditorium was as numb and emotionless as his right hand.His fingers became heavier and heavier, and he only played four bars. He Qianxian saw it trembling badly, and he was a little panicked. He played it down and pressed the keys. He seemed to hear the sighs from the audience, but he didn't dare to look up. , could only play the main melody with his left hand again, just as he was about to finish hastily, someone sat beside him, he raised his eyes, a slender hand covered the keys, at the same time, his right hand was held, the palm was warm .

The finger covering the keys was nimble, playing along with He Qianxian's melody.

The birthday song was played incomparably vividly. When He Qianxian's left hand pressed the last key, there was scattered applause from the audience, and then the applause became warmer.

He didn't look at the people beside him, but stood up and bowed to take the curtain call. He looked up and saw Ye Rui standing in front of her seat with disbelief in her eyes.The people around her were whispering, He Qianxian couldn't hear them, but he could understand what they were talking about.

At this time, a man's voice sounded from behind, interrupting the whispers in the auditorium.The man's voice was very deep, and he said with a smile: "I'm sorry that I came on stage so rashly. In fact, I, like everyone here, didn't expect that the owner of this perfect piano couldn't even remember the score after drinking a few glasses of wine. , I really couldn’t bear it, so I took the birthday man one step ahead and helped my boss. Here, I beg everyone to forgive me.”

Everyone seemed to be relieved suddenly, and suddenly laughed.

"At the same time, I would like to wish our beautiful birthday star a happy birthday with our clumsy performance just now."

Ye Rui was very generous at this time, she nodded to the man and thanked him tenderly.

"Finally, I hope you all have a good time today." After speaking, he handed the microphone to the welcoming host, and Chaohe Qianxian gestured to step down.

He Qianxian returned to the table, and there was an extra seat beside him.He Qianxian didn't even look at the man until he sat down next to him.

The man had a tacit understanding and didn't have time to look at him. Someone came to strike up a conversation with him, and the chat was very happy.

When the person walked away, the man looked at the stage. Suddenly, he clung to He Qianxian and asked in a low voice, "Why aren't you wearing new clothes, don't you like it?"

When He Qianxian turned his head, the man still didn't look at him. After waiting for a long time to see that he didn't reply, his eyes met He Qianxian's.

The man didn't smile, and seemed stingy with expression.Just as He Qianxian was about to reply, someone came to toast the man again.

He Qianxian left the table in exchange for a slight glance at the man who was talking.

I found a quiet place to smoke, and just after I lit the fire, I saw Li Baiqing approaching from a distance, he was walking so fast that he was sweating when he came up to him, "I saw you coming out, I wanted to take a look, you ran too fast, in a blink of an eye It’s gone, I’ll find it easily.”

He Qianxian raised his eyebrows, took a deep breath, and exhaled a smoke ring, "What's the matter?"

Li Baiqing was taken aback by the question, he shook his head, and sat down beside He Qianxian, "It's fine."

He Qianxian smiled slightly, Li Boqing stared at him for a while, then lit a cigarette, the two of them sat quietly under the tree, the breeze was blowing, refreshing and pleasant.After He Qianxian finished smoking a cigarette, Li Baiqing said, "Is it the sequelae of that broken arm?"

He Qianxian held a cigarette butt that was about to burn out, stood up stiffly, and nodded.

Li Baiqing snorted, "I almost believed Qin An's words. If I hadn't seen the expression on his face before he came to the stage, I would have thought you had drunk too much. You have kept it a secret. You and Qin An are under the same roof. I don't even know."

"I told Dr. Tang not to talk about it. No one knows except him." He got up, "I'll go back first, and you play slowly." After speaking, he threw the cigarette butt and left.