back edge

The commercial district in Nancheng is the busiest at night, and the warm yellow lights in the windows illuminate the entire commercial street.

Xie Jingnian was holding the electric guitar, his fingertips were shaking with nervousness.Yu Ning was so excited that he jumped up and down, and started to show off his solo skills before the show started, attracting some people to watch.

The speakers and microphones borrowed from the store are all good configurations, and Zhou Yantong praised them after watching them.

Chen Kui adjusted the electric guitar for Xie Jingnian, tried the microphone again, and after confirming that there was no problem, he signaled him to play the prelude.

Xie Jingnian was completely out of the situation.He couldn't keep up with the brain circuits of these four people, and he just stood here in a daze.

He only remembered that Zhou Yantong kept urging Chen Xi and Yu Ning there: "Let's play, let's play."

Xie Jingnian covered his face with the disposable mask he bought just now.The breath climbed up along the gap of the mask, and condensed into water droplets on his eyelashes.

The eyes of the people around were like thin needles hanging above his head. Xie Jingnian was uncomfortable being watched, and his fingers pressed the strings stiffly.

He couldn't lose face of brother Jiu—even though they were wearing masks, no one would recognize who they were.

Thinking of this, Xie Jingnian immediately relaxed.

A few people had agreed earlier, whichever prelude Xie Jingnian plays, they will play whichever one, and they will look at him for everything they play.

This is the first time that Xie Jingnian has completed a song with a whole band. There is no rehearsal or running-in. There are frequent mistakes, and the whole band is accommodating him. In fact, the effect of the performance is not good. It is all due to the lead singer Chen Yu being there. Hold on.

But there was applause for them all the way to the end.Xie Jingnian looked at Chen Xi and the others, everyone was smiling.

The wind on winter nights is hard and cold, but it also picks up the temperature when it blows through the lively places.

Xie Jingnian's heart was blown hot by the wind, just like when he first met Chen Xi.

Chen Kui was still wearing the peaked cap and sunglasses kindly sponsored by Yu Ning, with a cigarette in his mouth, and his leather boots creaked on the snow.

Xie Jingnian couldn't resist taking out his phone to take a sneak shot. Unexpectedly, the system automatically turned on the flash, which made the other three turn their heads.

In the end, I asked a passerby to take a group photo for them, and kept it in Xie Jingnian's cell phone.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, Yu Ning knocked on the door of the hotel room.Chen Kui was taking a shower, and Xie Jingnian was dragged out by Yu Ning as soon as he opened the door.

At first, he wanted to struggle to hold the door that was about to close - he didn't have the room card.

The door was still closed.

The two of them stood in the corridor, and Yu Ning handed Xie Jingnian a few packs of potato chips in his hand, apologizing to him dryly and without knowing how many times he had practiced, so smooth that he didn't get stuck at all.

"It's okay." Xie Jingnian glanced at the completely closed door, pinched the hem of his jacket and loosened it again, "You can keep these for yourself."

Yu Ning is a rebellious flower peacock with personality, how could he hear the words "keep it for himself to eat".Immediately stuffed the plastic bag into Xie Jingnian's arms, turned around and left, leaving Xie Jingnian who was locked outside holding a bag of snacks in a daze.

He was only wearing pajamas and hotel slippers.Except for this bag of snacks, I didn't bring anything with me.

Chen Xi had just entered the bathroom not long ago, so he couldn't finish his work in a short time.Xie Jingnian squatted in front of the hotel, unpacked a bag of potato chips and ate there.

Fortunately, Chen Xi washed quickly. When he opened the door and walked out, he was wearing black short-sleeved clothes. The clothes were wet and stuck to his muscular body, outlining an undulating silhouette. He didn't even wear shoes on his feet. Half a footprint of a darker color was left on the dark red carpet in the corridor.He was still holding the phone in his hand, he probably missed Xie Jingnian's call and was about to go out to look for him.

As soon as Xie Jingnian raised his head, the two met their eyes.He also held up the potato chips in a daze, brought them to Chen Xi, and asked him if he wanted to eat them.

Chen Xi was immediately laughed out of anger.While scolding the little idiot, he took a potato chip and ate it, frowning, his face changed: "What the hell?"

He looked at the light green packaging bag with a rare expression of disgust.

Xie Jingnian turned it over and saw that it was the word "cucumber", and he was amused at once.He really has the same taste as his dead brother.

The next performance is at the end of the month, and the spare time in the middle returns to their respective lives. Occasionally, they squeeze out time in a week to rehearse a few performances together.

The only difference is that Xie Jingnian also joined the rehearsal team.Of course, Xie Jingnian was the one who was criticized the most by Chen Xiu.

The more Chen Jiu picked his faults, the harder he practiced, wishing he could hold the electric guitar while eating, sleeping and going to the toilet.

But the running-in between the bands is like the meshing of mechanical gears, and he still can't cooperate even after he has practiced for a long time.

Seeing that there was still a week to go, Xie Jingnian didn't even go to the provincial competition so much, and he got a few red pimples on the tip of his chin, which hurt when he touched it.

There is no speaker at home, and while Chen Xi is busy in the tattoo shop, he has been living in the practice room for the past few days. with.

At three o'clock in the morning, Xie Jingnian couldn't fall asleep after turning left and right, so he finally got up.

He put down the electric guitar, took a few sips of mineral water, his throat was so swollen from the fire that he could hardly swallow it, and it was burned by the water.

Chen Xi's arrival was caught off guard, Xie Jingnian slammed down the water bottle and shook off the water, which flowed down his chin and into his collar, wetting his entire body.

I only drank a few sips from a bottle of water, and this time only the bottom is left.

"I can't wait, I won't go home anymore." Chen Kui had no expression on his face, he didn't look like he was asking, but he threw his phone on the small bed casually like he was angry.

His hands were red from the cold, and he grabbed the clothes that Xie Jingnian had thrown on the bed and covered them to keep warm.

"My brother, I was wrong—" Xie Jingnian lowered his head, not caring about himself.The wet clothes were uncomfortable, cold and sticky.

Chen Xi put down his clothes, and his knuckles, which were cooler than water, penetrated into Xie Jingnian's neckline, and stuck to his collarbone for a short second, pinching the clothes and dragging him to him.

"Did I ask you to apologize?" Chen Jiu casually took out toilet paper from the pocket of his down jacket and wiped his wet clothes.

"No." Xie Jingnian and Chen Xi were very close, his heart couldn't control the loud beating.Afraid that Chen Xi would hear it, he said in a panic, "Brother Jiu, I'll do it myself."

Chen Xi hummed, then took out a few more pieces of paper and handed them to him, with both hands propped behind his back, his whole body was tilted at an angle, his wolf-like eyes were fixed on the person in front of him.

Xie Jingnian's scalp was numb from his gaze, so he took a few steps away and wiped his neck carelessly a few times to finish the matter.

"Brother Xiu, why are you here?" Xie Jingnian asked hesitantly.

"Come here." Chen Xi ignored him and waved to Xie Jingnian.

Xie Jingnian walked over obediently, stood between Chen Xi's two legs that were spread apart, and stretched out his hand to touch Chen Xi's still red palm: "Brother Yu, let me cover your hands for you."

"Why don't you go home." Chen Xie avoided Xie Jingnian's hand, and took off the toilet paper scraps stuck to his clothes bit by bit.

"I didn't go home." Xie Jingnian really didn't go home much in the past two weeks.One is because he wants to practice electric guitar more.The second is that Chen Xi basically doesn't go home, and stays directly in the tattoo parlor when he's busy, otherwise he wouldn't have the courage to stay out at night, "Brother Yu, isn't it very cold outside?"

"I look like a ghost? You lied to me." Chen Kui slapped Xie Jingnian's hand away, frowning, "The breakfast on the table hasn't been touched, how long have you been here?"

Xie Jingnian faltered, he didn't know that Chen Xi had come back before.My throat hurt even more when I was tense, and the words I spoke became breathless: "It's just a little over a week..."