Second Piano Concerto

Nalan Jin was silent.Qin Haiou's reaction made her feel very complicated.Nalan Jin was not one of those people who would rather get a white lie than be sad in this situation, so she was confused.If Qin Haiou cared about her, why didn't he tell her the reason?He didn't even hide his embarrassment, obviously in his heart, concealing the truth was more important than taking into account her feelings.But if Qin Haiou didn't care about her, why didn't he just find a reason to prevaricate her?Is it because he doesn't even bother to prevaricate, or is he rather embarrassing the atmosphere than lying to her?

She couldn't figure out what Qin Haiou was thinking, and she couldn't get a response, so disappointment was inevitable.Seeing her depressed mood, Qin Haiou felt even more guilty.He could have comforted her or tried to make up for her. If it was in the past, he would have done it immediately without hesitation, but Ah Si's words made him give up this idea.Now that he knew what she was thinking, since he couldn't respond to her thoughts, he could only keep a distance from her.

He has never been good at dealing with such things, and facing the increasingly awkward atmosphere, he had no choice but to say: "You are busy, I'm going back."

Nalan Jin raised his eyes in surprise.Qin Haiou said again: "I'm really sorry." After speaking, he turned and opened the store door and went out.

Before Nalan Jin could react, Qin Haiou's figure had disappeared from sight.She stared blankly at the green vines outside the window for a long time, and suddenly felt an unbearable grievance in her heart.

Even though she was waiting in Xiaonanqiaokong yesterday, she couldn't bear to blame the person she likes.Today he refused to say the reason for breaking the appointment, and she was willing to accept his apology.But when Qin Haiou left just now, she felt obvious avoidance and alienation from his words and deeds.He came here on a special trip, but he left just to apologize, and he didn't want to stay here any longer.Nalan Jin didn't understand what went wrong that caused such a change in his attitude.Now that he hastily left, she has no chance to ask, and there is no one to confide in. Although she does not doubt the sincerity of his apology, such an apology not only did not make her feel any better, but made her even more at a loss , the grievances that had been simmering in my heart since last night also erupted, and I was eager to find an outlet to vent.

Her gaze returned to the book in her hand from the window, and before she could continue reading, the circles of her eyes turned red, and after a while, she finally fell down on the tea table and began to cry.

***

Tan Shuo's nose hurt all night. In the afternoon of the next day, although 24 hours had passed and no cold compress was needed, the bruise had not disappeared.He rummaged through the rice noodle store and couldn't find the medicine, so he came to the inn to borrow safflower oil, and was pouring it into his hand with the bottle, when he saw two strange women coming to the gate of the yard, looked up at the signboard of Longxi Inn, and left. Come in.

"Are you staying in a hotel?" Just as Zhuzhu was out on business, and there was no waiter in the yard, Tan Shuo stepped forward to greet her.

The two stopped in tandem.The one in front is a woman wearing sunglasses, a windbreaker, a short skirt and high heels, holding a small silver-gray four-wheeled trolley case in her hand. She doesn't look like a tourist, but her capable appearance is more like a white-collar worker on a business trip.Compared with her, the one in the back is much more rustic, with a ponytail, jeans and sneakers, and a backpack on her shoulders, looking like a college student on a trip.

These two people have very different styles, but they came together. Tan Shuo turned his eyes around them and then fixed on the one in front. Obviously, she was the one who made up his mind among the two.

Sure enough, the woman stopped and took off her sunglasses, slowly looked around the small courtyard, then looked at the small building of the inn, and raised her eyebrows: "How many stars is this place?"

"No star, hehe." Tan Shuo smiled very honestly.

The woman frowned, turned her eyes back to his face, stared at his swollen nose, and asked, "Is the boss's name Zhuzhu?"

"Yes!" Tan Shuo nodded, thinking that since he knew Zhuzhu, he might have booked a room, so he let the two of them go to the main room, "Registration over there."

The woman didn't move, she took out her mobile phone from her bag, and just pressed it twice, when she heard a voice shouting: "Sister Yu!"

The voice was very familiar to the three of them. Qin Haiou walked quickly with a watermelon in his arms, and first greeted the visitor in surprise: "Sister Yu, Gan Ning, you are so fast, don't tell me why you are here!" Then he said Turning to Tan Shuo, he pointed to the woman holding sunglasses, "Let me introduce, this is Sister Yu, my manager," and then pointed to the girl who looked like a student, "This is Gan Ning, Sister Yu's assistant. "

The woman called "Sister Yu" saw Qin Haiou's introduction to both parties as a matter of course, and a look of shock flashed in her eyes, but she quickly calmed down and heard Tan Shuo hurriedly responding, "Hello, hello, nice to meet you" , and stretched out his hand neatly: "Hi, I'm Yu Doudou."

Tan Shuo grabbed her hand and shook it: "Tan Shuo." When he withdrew his hand, he realized that his hand was full of safflower oil, and hurriedly rubbed it on his clothes twice, then turned to Chen Ganning.

"Hello, I'm Chen Ganning, you can just call me Xiao Chen..." Chen Ganning saw Tan Shuo rubbing his hands on his clothes, not knowing what was on his hands, but he could only bite the bullet and give him a handshake.

Qin Haiou on the side was still introducing: "This is Tan Shuo, a friend I met here, he is—"

"It sells rice noodles!" Tan Shuo took the conversation, and pouted towards the rice noodle shop with a smile, "My shop is next door, come and try my signature sauerkraut noodles when you are free!"

Yu Doudou was even more surprised when he heard what he said, but Tan Shuo didn't say anything more, just smiled and said, "You guys are busy, I'll go back to look at the shop", and then they left and walked towards the rice noodle shop.

Qin Haiou looked at Tan Shuo's back, feeling a little lost.Although he was eager to tell his agent the truth about Tan Shuo, he did not intend to do so when the two sides met for the first time.Tan Shuo's reaction just now seemed to be enthusiastic, but in fact it was full of tension and resistance.Qin Haiou could feel that Tan Shuo still didn't want others to know about his composition, and he didn't want to have too much contact with a manager like Yu Doudou.

Seeing Tan Shuo walking away, Yu Doudou immediately asked Qin Haiou with a serious expression: "Haiou, what's the matter with this man?"

For more than half a year, Qin Haiou's situation has been kept secret from the outside world, and Yu Doudou has been bothered about it, but just now Qin Haiou directly introduced her identity as a manager to this rice noodle shop owner named Tan Shuo, which shows that Tan Shuo Shuo already knew about Qin Haiou.This immediately made Yu Doudou vigilant.

"Don't worry," Qin Haiou said, "I'll tell you more about this matter later. Are you tired? Have you been in the car for a long time? Come in and eat watermelon!"

As he spoke, he took over Doudou's trolley case, hugged the watermelon with one hand, and dragged the case into the main room with the other.Yu Doudou walked side by side with him on high heels. Only then did she finally have the opportunity to take a good look at this person whom she hadn't seen in several months.

"It's tanned," Yu Doudou smiled, "but I've become more energetic."

Qin Haiou smiled when he heard the words: "I insist on exercising every day, but unfortunately I can't swim!" Seeing Yu Doudou here is like meeting family members, which made him feel very happy and relaxed.

At this time, the three of them had already entered the main room. Qin Haiou put the watermelon on the table, but he didn't dare to cut it himself in front of Yu Doudou - even if he dared, Yu Doudou would not agree - so he had to ask the inn staff .

Yu Doudou entered the house, looked around, and frowned again: "Have you always lived here?"

"Yes." Qin Haiou nodded.

Yu Doudou frowned even tighter, looking quite dissatisfied with the answer.

"Hibei is too messy," she said.