【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Those two words: parents. Shui Rong listened carefully, and when he thought of what his grandmother said today, he felt happy.

Pin'er was shy, so she closed the glass door and walked inside.

"Have you eaten mooncakes today?" Shui Rong asked.

"Well, I ate half a piece of the egg yolk one. Tanchun also gave me a box of durian ones. I tried one and liked it very much. It's now frozen in the refrigerator. I'll bring it to you to try."

"Durian...I'd rather not have it. I'm full."

Pin'er suddenly felt awkward and didn't know what to do. Instead, Shui Rong woke up Aiwu, ordered a few songs, and sat down face to face with Pin'er in front of the window, listening to the songs and watching the rain.

After a while, Zijuan poured hot tea. Lin Pin'er suddenly had an idea: "How about taking the tea to the piano room? This weather is perfect for sudden inspiration."

Shui Rong stood up and helped Zijuan hold the teapot.

In the practice room was a folk guitar that was not used in class. Recently, he had learned some techniques on how to transcribe music from his teacher. He remembered a song he had heard Pin'er humming a few days ago, so he took out the music stand and found the score of that song on his iPad.

Tune the strings, sit down on the carpet, and try to play slowly.

Pin'er recognized that he was playing the song she had been humming recently, so she sat down next to him. She found the lyrics on her phone and hummed along:

Only if you are willing to close your eyes can you have endless sweet dreams.

Don't let regret cloud your past.

Maybe only fragments can make memories bloom,

Why not use porcelain flowers to piece together tomorrow,

Who will lead me to find the model of happiness?

But I am trapped in the mystery,

Who left me a lingering world?

The keepsake is the sunset glow...

After the song was finished, Li Shuirong paused and plucked the strings again: right hand, left hand: ring finger 4 string 14, index finger 3 string and 2 string 12. The melody played was very beautiful, it was new learned in the last class, but unfortunately there was only a small part of the melody.

After listening to him finish playing, Pin'er really got some inspiration. She got up and sat in front of the piano, playing some intermittent notes at random, and then used the pencil on the music stand to record on the blank page. After writing a paragraph, she played it again and changed the parts that she felt were not appropriate. In this way, within an hour, a melody with a rough outline was already completed.

Shui Rong leaned over to take a look, and Lin Pin'er quickly covered the contents of the paper with her hand:

"The teacher said that I can't show my music scores to others from now on." After saying this, he closed the music score.

Shui Rong knew she was shy and continued to tease her:

"I'm not someone else, so you can't even look at me?"

"No."

Shui Rong was not annoyed, and sat down next to her on the piano bench. She stretched out her fingers and tried to play, but she stuttered and played out.

Pin'er stood up to make room for him, went to the tea table to take a sip of tea, and listened to him playing quietly. When he finished playing, she asked, "You actually memorized it in such a short time?"

When I turned around again, I saw him, a grown man, playing the piano with pink and white keys, looking quite playful. I couldn't help but smile.

"Even if you don't show me, I will still memorize it."

As the two were talking, they heard a sudden commotion downstairs. It turned out that Xiangyun had returned.

Pin'er hurried downstairs and saw Xiangyun bringing a lot of takeout boxes. She was now chattering with Zijuan and Xueyan about what was inside and how to distribute them. When she saw the two of them coming downstairs, she hurriedly called them over.

"I heard you playing the piano as soon as I entered the yard. What new music did you get? I happened to catch it."

Pin'er was surprised to see Xiangyun: "Didn't you go home to celebrate the festival today? I thought you wouldn't be back tonight."

"I was not going to come back originally, but I broke up today and I had to have a drink. I just went to buy some barbecue, wine, meat, and good friends, so we'll have a good drink later."

Lin Pin'er only heard the word "broken heart" and asked hurriedly:

"What's the matter?"

"Nothing, I broke up with Wei Ruolan. My youth has come to an end. I want to focus on my career in the future. Let me be willful today and say goodbye to the past." After saying that, she laughed and told Zijuan to put the food on the tea table and put a layer of oil-proof tablecloth underneath to avoid dirtying the table. Then she took out the foreign wine in the bag, instructed which cup to use for drinking, and asked for a lot of ice cubes.

"Don't you know that minors are not allowed to drink alcohol?" Shui Rong said seriously beside him.

"Minors are not allowed to fall in love. Why didn't you restrain me in the first place? Besides, my ancestors have changed my age, and I am an adult now." Xiangyun refused. She was determined to have a drink today no matter what.

"It's okay, I'll watch her and not let her drink too much." Pin'er pulled Shuirong's sleeve and assured.

Several people moved to the long table in the tea room. Xiangyun was responsible for pouring the wine, and then put some ice cubes in it. She raised the cup beside her and shouted loudly: "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Happy heartbreak!"

Lin Pin'er and Shui Rong looked at each other, then raised their glasses as if being dominated.

"I've never seen anyone so happy after a breakup." Shui Rong muttered softly, but Xiangyun still heard it.

"Yes, I am happy. It is Wei Ruolan who is blind and unworthy. When I become famous in the future, let him regret it! Who cares about that blockhead of his?"

"I was also wondering at the beginning, why among all my brothers, you fell in love with him? Feng Ziying is funnier than him, and Jiang Yuhan is more handsome than him." Having said that, Lin Pin'er hurriedly pulled Shui Rong's sleeve, asking him to say less.

Xiangyun immediately continued, "I chose him because I wanted to give him another chance, but he was still useless. It seems that I am really not destined to be with him. I don't want to think about it anymore. I said that when I have a chance to become famous, I will stop dating and concentrate on my career. Now the opportunity has come."

After saying that, without waiting for the two to say anything, he picked up his glass, clinked glasses with theirs, and then drank it all in one gulp.

Shui Rong immediately became anxious and said to Pin'er, "She will get drunk if she drinks like this in a while, and you will be the one making trouble when she gets drunk." After saying that, he snatched the bottle away.

Xiangyun couldn't grab the bottle, so she gave up and stood up and started singing in the open space, spinning as she sang:

"Happy breakup, I wish you happiness, you can find a better one..."

Pin'er looked at her smile, but suddenly saw the bitterness behind it.

"Pour her a little more so she can say goodbye to the past." She said to Shui Rong.

But, a quarter of an hour later, Pin'er regretted it. Maybe people get drunk easily when they are in a bad mood. Pin'er remembered that Xiangyun had a good alcohol tolerance, so how could she get drunk?

At first she was fine, Shui Rong poured her another glass of wine and hid the bottle. Then Xiang Yun warmly invited them to have a barbecue, and Shui Rong said goodbye and went back because it was almost ten o'clock.

As soon as Shui Rong left, Xiangyun got drunk.

"Wei Ruolan is a bastard. He didn't even say goodbye to me properly. What kind of man is he? I went through so much hardship, but I still chose him in the end. He is so heartless."

Pin'er didn't understand a word, but she didn't dare to ask, for fear of bringing up sad things again.

She had no choice but to call Zijuan and Xueyan to coax her and help her go upstairs to wash up.

Xiangyun started crying again in the bathroom, and after she finished crying, she held the shower head and sang:

"Morning light and drizzle

Return to this earth

People are hiding alone

Turn around

On this familiar road

I noticed that the person behind me was you.

Like a play

Reunited in this old place

And we don’t know how to prepare for each other…”

It was a long time later that Lin Pin'er understood the meaning of the lyrics. It turned out that they were closely related to the story of Xiangyun and Wei Ruolan. It turned out that she was telling herself her story through singing that night.

After giving her a bath and coaxing her back to bed, Xiangyun pulled Pin'er to sleep with her, and Pin'er had no choice but to lie down with her.

Xiangyun, whose face was flushed from drinking, held Pin'er's hand tightly and rested her head on her arm, still mumbling: "You know what? He just said to me: We are not suitable for each other, so we should just be friends. I don't believe it at all. His reason is not enough. I hate him so much."

After a while, he turned over again and asked, "What's wrong with me?" Then he calmed down.

Lin Pin'er couldn't fall asleep after all this noise. She turned over and found her phone. She saw the call from Shui Rong. She was afraid that he was asleep, so she replied to him via WeChat:

"Xiangyun has already fallen asleep, and I am ready to sleep too, don't worry."

Shui Rong on the other side quickly asked: "Can't I make a phone call?"

"I'll sleep with her tonight and just coax her into submission. I'll call her tomorrow." Lin Pin'er replied.

Li Shuirong typed quickly on the screen.