Second Piano Concerto

When Qin Haiou arrived at the restaurant, everyone was already waiting for him there.The place was chosen by Qin Haiya himself, a friend's shop, reserved at night, but in fact, only two tables adjacent to the open-air garden were actually used, one table was for relatives and friends, and it was almost full at this time; the other table was for the brokerage team, half empty .With Qin Haiou's arrival, the last batch of team members who left the concert hall also arrived at the same time, and took their seats lively.

Qin Haiou first went to the table of the management team to thank everyone for their hard work, and then came to sit with relatives and friends.His seat was between Tan Shuo and Chen Xu. Lu Liqiu, Qin Haibei and Longjin were also there. Qin Haiya was the last to arrive because he had to send his parents home first.

The crowd gathered, toasted and celebrated, enjoying the rest of the evening.For tonight's performance, the newly formed management team has been preparing for a long time. Today, everyone has been busy working from morning to night, and they haven't eaten lunch and dinner. eat.

The situation at Qin Haiou's table was similar, all the people present were relatives and friends, there was no need to be polite, and the table was opened immediately after everyone arrived, but the ladies had to keep in shape, Qin Haiya and Lu Liqiu were not hungry, and the rest of the audience was still sitting. In the excitement, they were busy talking and exchanging ideas, but in the end, only Qin Haiou and Tan Shuo, two hungry people, were eating seriously.

The meal was procrastinated, with constant laughter, and everyone basically stopped chopsticks, and Yu Doudou asked people to refill some drinks, so that everyone could have a good time.Tan Shuo drank a lot tonight, even though he was not drunk, he was still dizzy. After drinking and eating, he took a break to breathe in the garden outside.He lived a full and long day with thrills and ups and downs. Although he was able to achieve consummation in the end, he was greatly stimulated in the process. He still feels a little unbelievable until now. At this time, he finally had the opportunity to be alone quietly, so he took out a cigarette and took it out. On the one hand, to calm down the mood, and on the other hand, you can also have a good recollection of what happened in the previous few hours.

He found a random chair in the garden and sat down. The night in early autumn was very cool, and the alcohol dissipated quickly, but his mind was still full of satisfied laziness, just like a person who has trekked through mountains and rivers and finally reached the end. I don't want to get up after I rest.Numerous pictures flashed in the smoke rising in front of his eyes, but he didn't capture them, and unexpectedly he didn't relive them again and again.He only felt that there was no place in his body that was not comfortable and appropriate from the inside to the outside. This was not so much caused by the joy of success, but rather that he had finally obtained the peace and liberation that he had longed for in his heart for a long time.If he hadn't finally had a personal experience today, he would not have known that he longed for this moment so much.

He was in a trance when he suddenly heard someone ask: "Why are you outside?" Looking back, he saw Qin Haiou walking over, "Here's some snacks, don't you want to eat?"

"I can't eat anymore," Tan Shuo patted his belly, "Are they still drinking?"

"Yeah." Qin Haiou sat down beside him, straightened his legs, leaned back on the back of the chair, was quiet for a while, and suddenly let out a long breath.

Tan Shuo understood his move very well. In fact, Qin Haiou was the one who was under the most pressure today, but he finally survived. This success was hard-won, and he really should relax.

But when Tan Shuo saw this scene, he thought of something: "Before the second half started, what happened?"

Someone also asked about this during the meeting before, and Yu Doudou said that it was because the backstage was not ready, but Tan Shuo knew that it might not be that simple.

Sure enough, Qin Haiou turned his head to the side and said, "I'm nervous." He then briefly described the situation at that time, and he even brought up the 3-minute inner struggle in one sentence, which he said lightly.

Seeing his relaxed face, Tan Shuo knew that the situation at that time must have been very dangerous. Qin Haiou must have overcome unimaginable pressure and overcome psychological obstacles to get on stage. The calm after the storm, on the other hand, is also because I don't want to worry about him anymore.

"It was a bit of an accident, but it won't happen in the future." Finally, Qin Haiou said lightly.

Tan Shuo couldn't help turning his head to look at him.Qin Haiou's expression was still so relaxed, and the last five words were spoken so lightly that it didn't even sound like a word of comfort, but Tan Shuo didn't get it wrong—this was Qin Haiou's words in an extremely calm way. It declared the end of the matter, and now that he has withstood the final test, from now on, this question will never pose any threat to him again.This sentence is a concluding remark and also a terminus, completely cutting off the troubles and pains of the past.Turning this page, tomorrow will be a new chapter.

"Were you dumbfounded at the time?" After Qin Haiou finished talking about himself, he remembered Tan Shuo's lingering fear when he came to the stage to call the curtain, so he laughed.

If it was as early as a few hours ago, Tan Shuo would not have given him a good face, but now he can only sigh: "The first half went so smoothly, who would have imagined it? Also, you are going to play the original third movement." That version, does Yu Song know? Why didn’t he say hello to me in advance! I just breathed a sigh of relief, and before I recovered, I turned my head and was scared to death again.”

Qin Haiou laughed: "I also made the decision when I was on stage. I didn't think too much about it at the time. I thought that version was the best. It would be a pity if I didn't play it. I want to surprise you." He looked at Tan Shuo's Look, "Do you feel bad?"

"Very good, very good." Tan Shuo said honestly.

"It's all thanks to you!" Qin Haiou said again.

"To each other." Tan Shuo also smiled.Qin Haiou's words made him suddenly think that for more than a year, from the beginning to the end, none of them thanked each other for this matter, obviously it was enough to change the life trajectory of both of them.This seems a little unreasonable, but it is so logical that he couldn't help but wonder if he and Qin Haiou had known each other many years ago if "Xinghai" won the award ten years ago instead of "Song of the Long Night" ?They have gone through such big ups and downs, each went in a big circle, and finally met in a small town. It seems that they have their own arrangements in the dark. In front of and behind the scenes, they are destined to complete their love for themselves and behind the scenes in this way. redemption for each other.

Tan Shuo looked at the night which became somewhat blurred in the slowly rising smoke, and suddenly felt completely relieved about everything.

"What are your plans next?" After a moment of silence, Tan Shuo asked again.

"Take a break first," Qin Haiou sat up straighter, with a tone of inquiry, "Then, I want to arrange a tour, and I will perform this work."

Tan Shuo nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Aren't you coming together?" Qin Haiou couldn't help being surprised to see that he was so calm, as if he didn't seem to be going to a tour.

"You play your role, what should I do?" Tan Shuo wondered.

Qin Haiou was taken aback by his question.Although it is true that there is no need for Tan Shuo to follow him on his tour, but seeing Tan Shuo's reaction tonight, he should be very satisfied with his performance.Qin Haiou thought that under such circumstances, Tan Shuo would definitely want to listen to more performances, because in his impression, composers always enjoy the process of listening to their own works live, and Tan Shuo managed to do so with great difficulty. Coming out of the shadows of the past, of course, should be enjoyed more.Besides, even if Tan Shuo himself hadn't thought about it, he still wanted to introduce Tan Shuo to more audiences, and wanted him to come on stage to thank him a few more times!

Qin Haiou didn't expect that Tan Shuo didn't care about this matter, so he hurriedly said: "You come to the concert! You can arrange your time outside of the concert freely, and you can go wherever you want, just treat it as a trip , take it easy!"

Hearing what he said, Tan Shuo was indeed a little tempted, he laughed and said, "That's fine. But this time I'm exhausted, let's sleep on it for a few days before we talk about it!"

Qin Haiou was very happy to see that he agreed.The two chatted for a while, and when Tan Shuo finished smoking, he got up and walked back together.When they walked to the entrance of the restaurant, it happened that Qin Haiya and Yu Doudou came out of it. Qin Haiya saw them and stopped Qin Haiou. Tan Shuo knew that they might have something to talk about, so he went back to the private room first.

When the three of them came to the garden, Qin Haiya stopped by a small fountain without going deep, turned to look at Qin Haiou, and said directly: "Haiou, I can tell you about Tan Shuo now, sister Yu." right?"

Although he was asking for Qin Haiou's opinion, he knew that Qin Haiou would not object at this time, and that's why he called Yu Doudou out just now.

Qin Haiou froze for a moment, then nodded briskly: "Of course." In fact, he had long planned to find time to tell Yu Doudou about Tan Shuo after the concert, because he wanted Yu Doudou to also be Tan Shuo's manager in the future People, but this matter can be discussed slowly in a few days. He didn't understand why Qin Haiya had to tell the truth tonight.

Qin Haiya saw Qin Haiou's doubts, but he didn't immediately explain his reasons, but first explained the part of the whole thing that Doudou didn't know in a few words.His narration was concise and accurate. After listening to it, Yu Doudou was speechless for a while. On the one hand, he was shocked, and on the other hand, he was digesting the huge amount of information in it.From the time she met Tan Shuo in Longjin Town to the successful conclusion of the comeback concert tonight, many questions arose in the past few months—especially those about Tan Shuo's background and Qin Haiou's attitude towards Tan Shuo, all because of The truth just heard was answered one by one.

Yu Doudou quickly sorted out in her mind, and after sorting out Xiao Cong's strange behavior in Longjin, she couldn't help looking at Qin Haiou: "It turns out that you deliberately arranged for Xiao Cong and Tan Shuo to meet."

"I just asked him to meet Tan Shuo," Qin Haiou said calmly. "When we talked later, I didn't even mention Tan Shuo's name."

"The more you don't mention it, the more terrifying it will be." Yu Doudou smiled, "This is more and more like your brother."

Qin Haiya looked at the two with raised eyebrows. He didn't know the details, but he was good at grasping the key points: "Xiao Cong's accident is related to the seagull?"

"He said he would come to Longjin to see me." Qin Haiou's answer was very short.When Qin Haiya heard that the other party was hitting the gun himself, he didn't care about the rest, and stopped asking after saying "oh".

At this time, Yu Doudou had basically thought about everything, so he said to Qin Haiou: "Sun Chen didn't come today."

Qin Haiou had specifically asked her to send an invitation to Sun Chen, and she had arranged to keep an eye on him tonight, but Sun Chen never showed up.

"Xiao Cong must have told him about seeing Tan Shuo, and he didn't dare to come." Qin Haiou's expression was not very good when he thought that Sun Chen was still occupying Tan Shuo's works.

Just as Yu Doudou was about to comfort her, Qin Haiya said, "I'm going on a business trip soon, and I won't be back until half a month later. I need to talk to you about some things."

The other two were stunned for a moment before realizing that he was explaining why he called them out at the celebration banquet to talk about things.But Qin Haiya went on to say: "Now let's get down to business."

The two couldn't help but look at each other again.They all thought that what they just said was the business, but they didn't expect that it was just a foreshadowing.

"After I came back from Longjin, I asked someone to investigate this Sun Chen."

As soon as he said this, even Yu Doudou's eyes widened in surprise, but she quickly came back to her senses: "What did you find?"

Qin Haiya said indifferently: "I don't care about my private life, and I don't know much about female students. Later, his wife found out and brought the matter to the composition department. The school didn't deal with it publicly for the sake of face, but he hasn't been promoted over the years."

Listening to what Qin Haiya said, Qin Haiou was first surprised that his elder brother would take action for Tan Shuo's matter, but then felt a little at a loss.He wholeheartedly wanted to help Tan Shuo get back the work, so that Sun Chen would be punished as he should, but he never thought of using his private life to attack him, so he didn't know how to respond to Qin Haiya's investigation results.

Qin Haiya has been observing Qin Haiou's expression, and seeing that he is silent, he couldn't help laughing: "In addition, he was found to have committed academic falsification. Although he did it relatively covertly, I have already obtained the evidence."

Qin Haiou frowned suddenly: "He copied Tan Shuo's work without paying any price, so he thought he could keep copying it forever!"

Qin Haiya said with some regret: "I originally wanted to find clues about Tan Shuo's works, but it took too long, and I didn't find them. Instead, I found something else." Then he looked at the two, "You were busy preparing for the concert earlier. , I didn’t tell you, now that the concert is over, it’s time to end this matter.”

Qin Haiou was silent for a moment with a cold face, and gradually calmed down: "There is no need to tell Tan Shuo about this, as long as he knows the result."

"It's natural." Qin Haiya nodded.

Yu Doudou knew that Qin Haiya must have arranged everything before he came to tell them, so he didn't ask him what he planned to do.Based on her understanding of this boss, Qin Haiya is definitely not a nosy person. The reason why she stood up for Tan Shuo this time is entirely because Qin Haiou is so worried about this matter.

The three of them finished talking and went back to the private room together.When Qin Haiou saw Tan Shuo, he felt very uncomfortable.It is good to be able to expose Sun Chen's plagiarism, but "Xinghai" is still irreparable.Although Tan Shuo thought so a long time ago, Qin Haiou always had a ray of hope in his heart.Now he knows that this matter cannot be done after all, even if he has other evidence about Sun Chen's plagiarism, he cannot feel comforted, but makes him even more angry and regretful.

Tan Shuo noticed that Qin Haiou's expression had changed slightly after he returned to the table, as if he was not as happy as when he was chatting in the garden just now, so he was a little strange.Qin Haiou noticed that he was looking over frequently, so he quickly adjusted his facial expression and said, "I'm a little sleepy."

Tan Shuo didn't think much, and nodded to greet him to eat something more.

The celebration banquet lasted until late at night, because Longjin and his party were going back to the town the next day, so everyone said goodbye to Qin Haiou reluctantly before leaving.Qin Haiou sent them to the car one by one, waved his hands and watched the car go away, and the surroundings quickly became quiet again.When he looked back, Tan Shuo was yawning behind him—this long day finally came to an end.