【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Lin Pin'er smiled and said, "Didn't you say that life is not just about love? Can't they be friends? Can't good friends take a photo together? Bring them out and let them keep a souvenir."

Li Shuirong nodded and said, "You are right." He then touched her head.

After entering, Shi Fan asked Zi Juan in a low voice while operating the machine: "Did Miss Lin hear what we just said?"

Zijuan was no longer shy now: "Ms. Lin is right, it's just a souvenir, I was just overthinking it." She moved closer to Shifan and smiled happily at the screen.

*

Five o'clock in the morning on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year: As soon as the alarm on Lin Pin'er's cell phone rang, she quickly turned off the alarm, got up quietly and went to wash up.

She and Li Shuirong chatted until very late last night, and then had a sudden appointment this morning: to go to the rooftop to watch the sunrise.

When she was about to go out, Zijuan woke up. She squinted her eyes and told Pin'er to put on her coat before letting her go out.

Li Shuirong was indeed waiting at the door, and their room was just opposite.

"You got up earlier than me." Lin Pin'er said in a low voice.

Li Shuirong took her hand and walked towards the elevator: "How did you sleep?"

"Very good. Maybe I was tired. I didn't dream much."

The two came to the rooftop, where there was a huge infinity pool. At this moment, a couple was already sitting in the corner, snuggling together, waiting for the sunrise.

Li Shuirong also heard from the front desk staff yesterday that he could go to the rooftop to watch the sunrise. He found a reclining chair in the middle, pulled Lin Pin'er to sit down, and then lay down.

"Are you cold?" He straightened her coat.

"It's not cold." Lin Pin'er answered in a low voice beside him.

In front of the swimming pool on the rooftop of the hotel, the two of them waited for the sunrise. Before dawn, the city was shrouded in the dark blue night, and the surface of the swimming pool was like a huge black silk, flat and peaceful. The occasional ripples were like its faint breathing in its sleep. The hustle and bustle of the city had not yet awakened, only the tall buildings in the distance emitted a little light, like stars on the curtain.

Gradually, the sky began to turn pale, and the whiteness was like a soft veil, carefully pulling open the curtain of night. The originally dark clouds began to be rimmed with a light golden edge, as if a skilled painter was carefully outlining the edge of the clouds. The water in the swimming pool also seemed to sense this subtle change, and the color began to change from deep blue to light gray-blue, reflecting the increasingly bright clouds in the sky.

As time went by, the sun finally showed half of its face, red but not dazzling at all. The soft light sprinkled on the swimming pool, and the water surface seemed to be covered with a layer of broken gold, sparkling and flickering. The golden light blended with the blue of the swimming pool, as if a gorgeous oil painting was slowly unfolding before our eyes. Everything around was awakened by the rising sun, the outline of the city gradually became clear, and the mountains in the distance were also dyed with a layer of golden color. Neither of them spoke, bathing in this warm and magnificent sunrise light, their hearts full of expectations and longings for a new day.

"Another new sun comes to work!" Lin Pin'er said with a little excitement.

"Then the new girl must be hungry too, right? Let's go downstairs and have breakfast."

"Okay." Lin Pin'er stood up and found that the lounge chairs around her were already full of people.

*

They took a flight back to Beijing at noon, and before leaving they bought some cookies and butterfly cakes to take with them.

Li Shuirong didn't let Sister Xi come to see them off. He agreed with her to meet in Beijing four months later. By that time, Sister Xi's contract with the previous star would expire, and by that time they would have just finished the college entrance examination.

On the plane, Lin Pin'er flipped through the English version of Jane Eyre for a while, then stared at the clouds outside the window in a daze. Suddenly, an inspiration came to her mind, and she quickly took out a notebook and pen from her bag, hurriedly wrote down some lyrics, hummed silently in her heart, and made changes to the parts that she felt were inappropriate.

Li Shuirong beside her watched her quietly. This was the first time he had seen her create. The little girl was completely absorbed in herself at the moment. She tapped her feet gently, clenched her hands into fists, danced her fingers on her knuckles, and sang the lyrics quietly. Occasionally she stopped to revise the first draft in her notebook.

Li Shuirong, who was sitting next to her, didn't dare to breathe heavily or make any sound, and just kept the same posture, for fear that if he spoke, he would disturb her inspiration.

After a long time, the little girl seemed very satisfied, and copied the messy draft on the front page to the back page. After finishing, she closed the notebook with satisfaction.

"Have you finished writing?" Li Shuirong watched her close the pen cap before he dared to speak.

"Well, I suddenly got an inspiration."

"Can you show it to me?"

Lin Pin'er was very generous this time and happily handed the notebook to Li Shuirong. When Li Shuirong opened it, the corners of his mouth gradually rose slightly, and he couldn't help but read softly:

"A Journey in a Dream"

Two people reclining on a lounge chair

Looking at the sky in the distance

The first rays of sunlight reflected on the exterior wall of the building

The wind gradually blows away my thoughts

Want to see the horizon?

I want to go to the distant horizon

Become the cloud floating in the sky

I like your days

I quietly learn to grow

The dream journey has begun

If I like you

Turned into thin words

Like that quiet courtyard

Every time the seasons change

When the flowers bloom

The heart blooms

It is because we are young that we have troubles

This is what I have learned along the way.

Happiness will come in the night of deep sleep

Keep craving but one day you will have it

Time with you

The dream journey has begun

Want to see the horizon?

I want to go to the distant horizon

Become the cloud floating in the sky

Love your days

I quietly learn to grow

The dream journey has begun

……

*

On the day when all the things sent from Hong Kong City arrived, Lin Pin'er specially cleared out the dining table to distribute the gifts.

"This is for grandma, that is for Baoyu, and this is for Madam Li..." Lin Pin'er was busy but not confused at all. Looking at the table full of neatly sorted gifts, her heart was also filled with happiness.

She was no longer the girl who depended on Wu Qing for her life when she was reborn. She had left the rental house and now had so many people she cared about.

Zijuan, Xueyan and Shifan all came to help. Zijuan and Xueyan were responsible for delivering the gifts in the garden. They knew the door well and could explain clearly.

Shi Fan helped deliver the gifts to the teachers outside and Wu Qing. Lin Pin'er packed everyone's things one by one and put them into gift bags before watching them leave.

She and Li Shuirong still have to rehearse at home today. Valentine's Day is coming soon, and they will both sing on the stage on the opening day of the live house.

They will be the second warm-up band to perform. Although they are called a band, they are actually just two people: Li Shuirong on guitar and keyboard, and Lin Pin'er on vocals. Lin Pin'er chose two songs with gentle melodies:

—"Like a Swallow" and "Oxygen".

They had played and sang these two songs before, but they still needed to rehearse them seriously to be on the safe side. The program would be reviewed tomorrow afternoon, and the bands and singers who would perform were all experienced bands and singers, and they were the only two who were performing on stage for the first time.

They sang it over and over again, and each time they sang it, they achieved new breakthroughs. Lin Pin'er had already begun to secretly adapt the song, not copying it completely, but adjusting it according to her own vocal style. Li Shuirong was responsible for cooperating with her and making changes to complete her adaptation.

"Can you add harmony for me during the chorus? I want something with layers. For example, here: Longing is like a swallow dancing on the tip of the tongue. When I sing the word tongue, you add: dancing on the tip of the tongue. It's like me singing into a cave and the cave gives me an echo with time delay. Let's try it out and see how it works... three two one: Longing is like a swallow dancing on the tip of the tongue."

"Flying tongue." Li Shuirong tried his best to match her tone.

"Yes, that's what I mean. But you don't have to follow my key, just stay in your key, so that there will be layers. We are not parallel, it sounds better when we are staggered." Lin Pin'er gestured with her hands, and Li Shuirong understood it after listening for a moment.

"Also, the chorus of Oxygen is a bit high. Let's not do the staggered harmony. You can help me with my voice. Because I want to sing it softly. If I sing too hard, I will lose the feeling of lack of oxygen."