Atypical Cafe Love

Chen Songmao asked for leave on Tuesday because he was going to the provincial theater to re-tune the piano for the piano master, and the class on Tuesday morning was temporarily transferred to Monday night.When he was still in the piano shop, he received a text message from Ning Siqin: [I'm a little tired today, I'm going to bed first. 】

Chen Songmao frowned slightly worriedly, and looked at the time, it was only eight o'clock: [Are you feeling unwell?Have you had dinner yet? 】

[It's okay, just a little tired.Don't worry. 】

[Then you have a good rest, good night. 】

【Good night. 】

When Chen Songmao came home that night, he opened the door and deliberately lowered his voice, but as soon as he stepped into the house, he realized that Ning Siqin didn't sleep here, but went back to live in his own home.

This made him even more worried.The next morning, Chen Songmao deliberately got up early, made porridge and went to the eighth floor.As soon as he entered the door, he was startled by the scene of a robbery scene: the door was full of broken glass, and the keys and fountain pens that were originally placed on the table were swept away, lying here and there among the glass shards.Ning Siqin's piano case was casually thrown at the door, and his coat was scattered on the sofa.Chen Songmao was so frightened that his heart stopped for a second: "Siqin? Siqin!"

He rushed into the bedroom - Ning Siqin was leaning on the bed and looking at his mobile phone. When he looked up and saw him, he was stunned and put the mobile phone on the bed: "Ziyun?"

Chen Songmao breathed a sigh of relief, his legs went limp: "It's nothing. As soon as I entered the door, I saw broken glass all over the place that hadn't been cleaned up. I was shocked. Just as long as you are fine."

"Oh, it was broken when I came back last night. I was too sleepy at that time, so I didn't clean it up." Ning Siqin smiled slightly, "I made you worry."

Although he seems to behave as usual, but there is always a vague feeling of being in a trance and absent-minded.Especially since he used to go to morning exercises every morning, but today he was lying here and swiping his phone.Chen Songmao walked to the bed and pressed his forehead to him: "Is there really nothing wrong?"

"It's okay." Ning Siqin tilted his head slightly, "I can smell the aroma, did you cook porridge?"

"Yes." Chen Songmao brought the porridge over, put it on the bedside table, and took two spoons to drink with him.Ning Siqin took a spoonful of porridge, struggled for a moment, seemed to have made a big decision, and suddenly asked: "Do you still remember, I told you once, if you take the initiative to inquire about my past, we will break up .”

"I remember." Chen Songmao was at a loss and didn't understand why he suddenly said this, but he answered truthfully, "I've been waiting for you to take the initiative to explain to me."

"If the things I explain are... special. The content of my explanation is different from the general rumors," Ning Siqin asked again, "Do you also believe it?"

"Of course I believe it." Chen Songmao became even more confused, "Why do you ask that? When did I not believe you?"

"Then you haven't checked my affairs at the university yourself?" Ning Siqin suddenly sat up straight, and he was almost cheek to cheek with him, "Never checked?"

"I never took the initiative to check your past in college, I promise you anything." Chen Songmao frowned, "Don't you believe me?"

"...No." Ning Siqin said, the strange thing is that after receiving such an answer, his eyes suddenly dimmed, his eyes dropped, the sense of oppression just now disappeared completely, and his whole body revealed an almost disheartened feeling. taste, "No."

"What did I say wrong?" Chen Songmao asked anxiously, no matter how slow he was at this moment, he could still sense something was wrong, "Did I do something wrong?"

——He has completely forgotten the conversation with Zhao Su at this moment.Firstly, strictly speaking, this is not his active inquiry. He once stopped Zhao Su when he started talking; I never took it to heart.At this moment, in a hurry, he really put that matter behind him: "What's the matter with you today, Siqin?"

"It's okay, just ask casually." Ning Siqin shook his head, "Don't you have arrangements for tuning the piano in the morning? Don't be late. I have already asked the head of the group for leave."

Chen Songmao was full of doubts and worries, wishing to pester him all morning and ask him to clarify, but the work had been arranged long ago, so he had no choice but to pretend that Ning Siqin was unwell and was emotionally disturbed, and planned to come back immediately after tuning the piano, and at the same time He made it clear: "Okay, then you have a good rest. Do you need me to bring anything back?"

"Need not."

Chen Songmao went to the Provincial Theater full of anxiety.The theater staff were already waiting for him, but it was not until Chen Songmao changed the numbers of the strings that Assistant Zhuo came late.The two shook hands, and Chen Songmao continued to tune the piano according to his instructions.

Ever since the last time, he felt that Assistant Zhuo's sense of pitch might not be reliable. This time, coupled with his bad mood, he felt that he was a blind conductor, and he didn't know what the piano master liked about him, so he accepted him. be an assistant.Chen Songmao was full of thoughts about Ning Siqin, and he didn't have the energy to argue with him, and he also knew that he should not try to persuade the other party, so he simply didn't talk much throughout the whole process, and he did what Assistant Zhuo instructed him to do-but he also took extra care , quietly turned on the phone recording.In this way, if the pianist is dissatisfied at that time, at least he has evidence to prove that it is not his fault of lack of skill.

Purely by virtue of professionalism, Chen Songmao spent an hour and a half with Assistant Zhuo.In the end, when Assistant Zhuo expressed his satisfaction, the sound of the piano actually sounded worse to Chen Songmao's ears, and it did not achieve the best effect.He tried a suggestion once - and it was rejected, as expected.Chen Songmao didn't bother anymore, he packed his things in a hurry, and then went to the backstage to develop/ticket.

Just as he was taking out a pen from his bag, his phone vibrated.Holding the briefcase in one hand, Chen Songmao took out his mobile phone with the hand holding the pen and glanced at it. A text message appeared on the screen of the mobile phone. It was so short that it didn’t need to be unlocked, and all its contents could be clearly displayed with just a short push. come out.

[Ning Siqin: Come to Yayun to see me. 】

Chen Songmao was so surprised that his hand slipped. He was holding a pen in his hand, but he couldn't hold it steady. The phone fell to the ground with a bang. The floor of the office was covered with smooth tiles, and the phone slid to the bottom of the cabinet next to the desk.Chen Songmao originally planned to put down his pen to pick it up, but after thinking about it, he decided to finish writing the invoice first.He was writing his final signature when the door creaked.Chen Songmao thought it was the staff of the Provincial Theater, turned around and handed over the ticket, but stopped halfway: it was Assistant Zhuo.

He was a little surprised, retracted his hand and smiled: "I thought it was a theater staff. Is there any problem with the piano?"

"Oh, that's not true. I just came to have a few words with Mr. Chen." Assistant Zhuo said with a smile, and closed the door behind him. "The last time I went out, I accidentally saw an old classmate that Mr. Chen seemed to know. Is the one who came to pick you up next time, Ning Siqin?"

Chen Songmao smiled politely: "It turns out that Mr. Zhuo is his classmate, and I haven't heard him mention it before."

"It's for sure that I didn't mention it. We still have a bit of personal grievances when we talk about it." Assistant Zhuo said frankly, "I know the truth of being close to each other, but I just kindly remind Mr. Chen. Does Mr. Chen know his reputation in the university? ?”

Chen Songmao withdrew his smile, and his face sank: "Do I know about my friend? Does it have anything to do with Mr. Zhuo?"

"He is gay, and he cheated on the girl I liked in college." Assistant Zhuo said, "He also cheated on several people at the same time. This is what we call personal grievances. Of course, he may say that these are all framed by me, but things do Just do it, you can’t hide it, there were dozens of students in our class, Mr. Chen just asked one of them—”

"Mr. Zhuo." Chen Songmao interrupted him coldly, "I have no intention of inquiring about Ning Siqin's past, and I don't need you to introduce me. If my work has been completed, please forgive me."

He randomly stuffed the pen into the bag, picked up the bag and strode towards the door, but Assistant Zhuo took a step sideways and blocked the door: "Wait a minute, Mr. Chen. Ning Siqin's last boyfriend was because of his abuse You broke up with him because of cheating or derailment. You don’t need to believe me, you can check it yourself, there are many witnesses for the shameless things he did back then—”

"Mr. Zhuo is trying to restrict my personal freedom or something?" Chen Songmao raised his voice and asked without answering a word, "Are you willing to let me go out?"

"I'm too anxious. Mr. Chen can go back and think about it slowly, making 'friends'..." Assistant Zhuo intentionally bit the word "friends" meaningfully, "...It's better to be cautious. A man and a woman need to be married beforehand. Check the other party's family background, isn't it?"

He gave way to the door while talking, Chen Songmao said "Farewell" coldly, without even looking at him, he clutched his briefcase tightly and strode away.

He was so angry that he forgot to put his coat on his arms, and rushed all the way into the car without feeling cold at all.He supported the steering wheel with his elbows, took a few deep breaths, remembered Ning Siqin's text message, started the car, and headed for Yayun Cafe.

The waiter seemed to have been waiting for him. As soon as Chen Songmao entered, a girl immediately led him to a small cubicle—it was the girl who was in charge of ordering food when Chen Songmao had a gathering with Su Lanya and Jack last time.Ning Siqin was already sitting there with a cup of milk tea in front of her, and she must have waited for a long time.Chen Songmao was still angry, seeing that he was wearing sunglasses, which made his face even paler, but he felt soft-hearted: "What's the matter? What's the matter to ask to come to Yayun?"

"You said before that you never took the initiative to inquire about my past." Ning Siqin said coldly, "Do you still dare to make the same promise now?"

"What do you mean 'still dare'?" Chen Songmao frowned, "Of course I can make the same guarantee, I never took the initiative to inquire about your university affairs."

Ning Siqin bit her lip hard, "Never? Not now?"

"Of course not." Chen Songmao frowned even tighter, "You don't believe me?"

"Do you believe me?" Ning Siqin sneered, "If not, what are you planning to do with Zhao Su, my ex-boyfriend and my college classmate? Coincidence?"

"I don't understand what you're talking about." Chen Songmao was startled, angry, and a little confused, and it took a second to realize the hidden meaning of these words: "Are you following me?! Are you chasing who I met? ?Why?!"

"Why? Because I don't do this, I should be the one who asks why now." Ning Siqin almost gritted his teeth.His chest heaved violently a few times, and when he spoke again, he seemed to be trying to suppress his voice and tone, "Now let's talk about it, what are you looking for, what did you find? What are you going to do?"

"I should be the one to ask you this." Chen Songmao was already angry, but now he was even more angry, perhaps with a trace of suspicion - originally, he didn't believe a word of Assistant Zhuo's words.But if what he said is completely true, if everything is just nonsense, why is Ning Siqin so nervous?Why did Chen Songmao pretend to fight and break up before Chen Songmao said a word?His immediate reaction was a guilty conscience that he wanted to cover up. "I haven't checked you, I can swear. Why don't you believe me? What are you nervous about?"

"What I'm nervous about is that you've come to a conclusion now about what I'm nervous about." Ning Siqin said, his lips turned bloodless from being bitten by him, "I want to believe you, but this matter is different! If you If I want to believe you, how do you explain why you and Zhao Su went looking for my ex-boyfriend and classmates after hearing about the D sound?"

"...About why you follow who I've met, we can discuss this topic later." Chen Songmao took a deep breath, "First, I haven't heard the D sound from Zhao Su. Didn't believe a word, and if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it. Second, I have no idea who your ex-boyfriend is. Third, if you think I can't know this from any other source Why don't you tell me yourself?"

"You said you could wait!"

"I said you can wait!" Chen Songmao said, and his voice raised unconsciously, "But I am also human! I like you, I love you, but my sense of security and trust do not fall from the sky , this matter is obviously very important to you, I want to know! Am I not qualified to know now? Is there anything about my own past that I have not told you about?"