A Legacy Inherited by the Licking Dogs

"It's been a long time, let's have dinner together." Sun Yanqi took off his coat and put it on the stool, reaching out to greet the waiter, "How long has it been? The last time we had dinner was on your birthday?"

"Yes." Wen Yizhou sat down opposite him, both of them were a little cautious, "Is it just the two of us today?"

"Well, Shuangzi's family has something to do, so I was called back temporarily." Sun Yanqi joked, "Why, don't you think of me?"

Wen Yizhou smiled: "Don't dare."

The two chose a Japanese grocery store today, which was recommended by Sun Yanqi, and it is located on a slightly secluded side road in the city center.The front door is small, but the inside is full of the upper and lower floors of the old house.The two chose a tatami seat near the window corner, separated from the hall by a bamboo curtain, and sat down facing each other.

"Just order." Wen Yizhou handed over the menu.

After Sun Yanqi ordered the dishes, the two didn't chat for a while before the sushi and sashimi were served one after another.

Sun Yanqi asked casually, "By the way, do you still live there?"

"En." Wen Yizhou held a piece of eel in his hand, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and asked inexplicably, "Why do you have such an expression?"

Sun Yanqi looked at him with tears in his eyes, his mouth was full, and he said vaguely: "No, I just feel... You must have worked hard in the past few months."

"Are you my relative?" Wen Yizhou rolled his eyes, "Don't say such things in such a tone, it's creepy."

Sun Yanqi burst into tears: "I ate too much mustard in one bite!"

"Stupid or not!" Wen Yizhou was speechless, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly burst out laughing uncontrollably.

"You, don't make me laugh!" Sun Yanqi covered her mouth, "I'm about to squirt!"

Wen Yizhou managed to stop laughing, his heart felt light and heavy at the same time, he watched Sun Yanqi wrinkled his face and tried to pull the wasabi to the other side of the plate, only to mix it with the soy sauce more fully.The smile on Wen Yizhou's face slowly disappeared, gradually replaced by a serious look, and he said, "I was sorry before."

"What's the matter?" Sun Yanqi raised her head in confusion.

Wen Yizhou also raised his eyes: "You sent me so many messages and called me so many times and I didn't return it. This behavior...is pretty stupid. If I really treat you as a friend, I shouldn't treat you like this Yes. Although it is a bit late to say now, I have always cherished our friendship and cooperation. We can understand each other in music and work together very smoothly. Although there were occasional quarrels because of different ideas, they were resolved well in the end .”

Sun Yanqi was stunned by the straight ball, with a mouthful of rice still in his mouth, he didn't know whether to chew or swallow.He and Wen Yizhou had cooperated loosely and occasionally in the beginning, and later formed a stable group. There were a lot of big fights and small fights, because both of them had very tough attitudes and clear views when they encountered work problems.But fortunately, every time the content of the argument was only right about the matter and not about the person, they would forget about it after it passed, and they would never leave any barriers in each other's hearts——Sun Yanqi really missed him a lot these past few months.

"Wan disappeared for several months, and then suddenly said that he wanted to come back. It's very irresponsible. Obviously we have cooperated for so many years, I should at least contact you." Wen Yizhou said.

Sun Yanqi quickly waved his hands: "What nonsense are you talking about? No one will be able to accept that kind of thing for a while. Now it's too late for me to be happy that you want to come back."

"No, I'm serious, I'm not good at anything except music, although I can't even play the piano well now." Wen Yizhou looked at the new calluses on his fingertips and smiled wryly, "It's such a big man , I only know how to escape, and after evading once, I don’t even want to think about the fact of escaping, it’s really useless.”

Wen Yizhou put down his chopsticks, put his hands on his knees, and said sincerely, "I'm sorry."

Sun Yanqi opened his mouth halfway, was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, I forgive you."

To be able to admit that you are weak without changing your face, and to say such things in front of me, is... so handsome, Sun Yanqi thought unwillingly.Moreover, this seems to be different from the Wen Yizhou in my impression—he seems to be stronger and more independent than before.

"Have you... ever wavered?" Sun Yanqi asked hesitantly.

"About what?" Wen Yizhou asked back.

"For example, do you want to come back to the orchestra, do you want to continue to create music, etc. Didn't you always say that your mother hasn't given up and let you go back to your hometown to find a job?" Sun Yanqi scratched her hair, "Because you haven't contacted us, I was a little worried for a while, fearing that you don’t want to make music anymore. Isn’t it true that many people will be like this, because of the impact of life, because of the exhaustion of the tour, or because the creative inspiration is simply stuck, they temporarily leave the band and want to take a break Time. As a result, many years passed and never came back.”

"No," Wen Yizhou replied quickly this time, "After all, I don't know anything else."

Sun Yanqi laughed: "How low do you think of yourself, as if you have nothing but playing the piano."

"Besides...it's not like I can't make music anymore," he tapped lightly on the wooden table with his slender fingers, "I have to give up, wait until music and talent give up on me. Before that, my body and mind I can still keep up, because I flinched and said I would give up because I was cowardly, it would be too contemptuous of others."

"Who do you look down on?" Sun Yanqi asked in a daze.

"Those who don't have a chance." Wen Yizhou replied as if it should be taken for granted, "I haven't worked hard enough on the road of music, it's too early to say give up now."

Sun Yanqi was stunned when he heard this: "What, you are not thinking about the story of the deaf Beethoven biting a metal pipe to play the piano, are you?"

"That's not..." Wen Yizhou said, he just thought of a vague person who left the field due to injury, underwent countless surgeries but still lingered on the sidelines of the field.

Sun Yanqi was a little speechless, staring at the fat and tender salmon sashimi shaking gently on the chopsticks, thinking again: So he needs to be alone to digest and process these emotions?Or was it helped or inspired by others?

Sun Yanqi then thought of another thing: "By the way, did you see that song was played at the end of the TV series? I think it has tens of thousands of comments on Netease Cloud."

Wen Yizhou nodded: "Yes, Lin Yue'an showed it to me."

"Oh, the response is very good. I see a lot of cover songs on Douyin."

"Really?" Wen Yizhou's reaction to this was indifferent.

He seems to be like this all the time—the desire to create continuously flows through his body, and naturally, he composes music from his fingertips, and he doesn't care about the rest.When they used to do music projects for symphony orchestras and film crews, Wen Yizhou always understood the other party's requirements very quickly, and basically after the first feedback, they could perfectly fit the other party's needs.But he was very slow in creating his own stuff. The prototype of a song was born in his mind, and after repeated incubation, precipitation and rumination, he might not meet the second audience until several years later.

"Have you written any new songs recently?" Sun Yanqi asked.

"No."

"Oh." Sun Yanqi didn't pay much attention, "I wrote a song some time ago, and it feels pretty good, but the chord part is always weird, can you help me see it someday?"

"Okay." Wen Yizhou nodded, paused for a while, and then said, "Actually, I didn't write a new song. The main reason is that I didn't dare to write it. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to write it, and I was afraid... that it would be written."

It may be difficult for others to understand this, but Sun Yanqi understood it in an instant—the creative process can sometimes be very easy and pleasant. It only takes 20 minutes from the inspiration to the completion of the framework, and it only takes passion to complete the first song A lively night.But sometimes, this process can be called skin cramping. You need to constantly dig deep into your heart to find empathy, you need to face bloody memories and reality, and you need to stick your most vulnerable, real, and immature side to the music. combine together.During this period, your soul will be cut by the strings countless times, and your flesh and blood will be pierced by notes and lyrics, but you suffer from the fact that the lyrics and music can't convey all these accurately-either they are dull or artificial.Different from the previous creation, most of these works may not be supported by many people when they first come out, but you just have a special feeling for it, as if it supports a part of yourself and a part of yourself. Life.

Wen Yizhou had just faced life and death, and not everyone had the courage to face the pain so closely in such a short period of time.

The two ate in silence for a while, and Sun Yanqi suddenly thought: "Speaking of which, where is Xiao Yuan?"

"Are you talking about Lin Yue'an?" Wen Yizhou said, "I told him that I want to have dinner with you, so he can leave me alone today."

Sun Yanqi was surprised: "Ah? Why, ask him to eat together."

Wen Yizhou was also surprised: "Why?"

"Why, why, they sent you to and from work every day, didn't they keep visiting you before?" Sun Yanqi said angrily, and then sighed again: "Xiaoyuan is so kind, I am so busy with work, so I come to see you off every morning, Rain or shine. Because you kid refuses to learn how to drive, and you brazenly say that you don’t want to waste time doing unimportant and uninteresting things, so I say that you look stable, but you are actually very naive haha!"

"Huh? Compared to me, Lin Yue'an is more childish!" Wen Yizhou raised his eyebrows, "And why are you also called Xiao Yuan, you don't know him at all, right?"

"What's the matter, Xiaoyuan is very mature, polite, and good-looking." Sun Yanqi commented "tsk tsk", "he has a good personality... anyway, he's better than you."

"You're quite strange, you can forget about complimenting him and still bully me." Wen Yizhou suddenly showed vigilance, "Why do you keep saying good things for him, you won't accept his bribe to lobby me."

"Ah? I just think this kid...wait a minute," Sun Yanqi moved closer with a look of recollection on his face: "What do you mean, what do you mean, is it possible... is he chasing you?"

"No, yes." Wen Yizhou said dryly.

"Impossible, there is obviously something in your words!" Sun Yanqi was excited, "Really, haven't you two known each other for a long time? When did you start chasing you? No wonder... I think he treats you so well , makes sense!"

"No...and, can you keep your voice down?"

Sun Yanqi didn't listen to him at all: "You are very courageous, young man! Oh... I didn't think about that before, but now it seems that Xiao Yuan likes you at first sight."

"Not chasing me!" Wen Yizhou said angrily, "Nor..."

"Didn't like you either?"

Wen Yizhou was silent, and Sun Yan was all happy.

Wen Yizhou scratched the ends of his hair irritably: "In the past, he used to like me, probably..."

He pronounced "before" very lightly, and added the word "should" to conceal it.

Sun Yanqi was just making a fuss, but he was startled when he said this, and his gossip spirit was burning: "What is the past? How long ago?"

"It's been a long time." Wen Yizhou looked unwilling to say more.

"Oh, I see, you are single now, and you find Xiao Yuan is fine, but you're not sure if he still likes you, so you're having trouble here."

Wen Yizhou: "..."

Sun Yanqi: "?"

"I have to say, you..." Wen Yizhou faced the expectation on his face very indifferently: "It can be said that you didn't hit the mark at all."

"Tch, what's the matter." Sun Yanqi shook her head and said, "Hey, I think it's okay. You see, you can't do anything except play the piano and write songs. It just so happens that there is such a young man who is energetic and has a good personality. Take care of you, yes, go!"

"Fuck it," Wen Yizhou said angrily, "You are really my relative, talk about the old lady in the park, let's eat your meal!"

After bidding farewell to Sun Yanqi, Wen Yizhou embarked on the way home alone—a bit overwhelmed, the journey wasn't too far, and it was rare for him to take a walk.

It's been a long time since I've wandered outside, the night air is cool to the heart and lungs, but there's an inexplicable sense of refreshment.The snow had melted a little, forming a thin layer of ice, and one had to be very careful when walking. Wen Yizhou stepped on the soft part carefully, and couldn't help but think of what Sun Yanqi said during the dinner.

Lin Yue'an was not chasing him, at least after being scolded by him last time, that person never mentioned it again.

It's normal. After being treated like that, who can still be good-tempered and let go of past suspicions. Lin Yue'an is willing to come and pick him up and drop him off work every day. It's unexpected—although he didn't know what he was thinking when he made this request. of.

He didn't curse on purpose either, Wen Yizhou thought awkwardly, he was just too shocked at the time and couldn't control it.

So he recalled the sudden kiss again, the kiss that made him hard to guard against and made a mess.

Why didn't I escape at that time?Obviously it should be dodgeable.

That superficial kiss with a slight aroma of red wine was as light as a friendly intimacy, and it was not at all the kind of evil intentions and shameless aggression that he said.

The moment he was touched, he felt unacceptable.Why did the other party want to do this kind of thing to break the existing tranquility, why he was disobedient after telling that person to stop talking, why can't he continue to pretend after seven years... More importantly, why can he avoid it? himself, but remained motionless.

Yes, what he felt at that time was "betrayal". The other party betrayed him, and he also betrayed He Qian.

The self at that time was probably also aware of all this, and his anger instantly overwhelmed all other complex and contradictory emotions. He subconsciously pushed people away vigorously, and vicious words poured out uncontrollably.

Wen Yizhou vaguely felt that since that time, he had missed something important, and watched it getting farther and farther away.