Second Piano Concerto

The meal was eaten lively and lively for a long time.After the meal, Qin Haiou led everyone to the piano room.The positions of the piano and the sofa have been adjusted, and seats have been added to the sides and back of the sofa to form a small "audience seat".Qin Haiou asked everyone to sit down, but except for Tan Shuo and Liu Yang, everyone was immediately attracted by the piano.This black grand piano is elegant and dignified. It is naturally much more beautiful than the pianos in Liuyang's store. In fact, before it appeared in Xiaopengmen, even Liuyang had never seen such a beautiful piano. At this time, everyone gathered around it. Tsk tut admiration, Cao Nan took a closer look at the lacquer surface of the piano board, and wanted to reach out to touch it.

Yu Doudou has been paying attention to everyone's actions, seeing that Cao Nan wanted to touch her, her heart tightened, but she couldn't stop her.This piano is Qin Haiou's most commonly used practice piano. It is in good condition and there is not even a scratch on the body. After Qin Haiou's continuous playing for many years, the sound of the piano is better than that of the new piano, and it has become a rare one. Good violin.When Doudou arranged to transport it, in order to ensure safety, a lot of thought was put into it. During the decoration, the temperature, humidity, light and other environmental factors of the room where it was stored were also carefully considered. Thinking about it, Yu Doudou subconsciously felt a little nervous when he saw everyone gathered around the piano.

But before Yu Doudou took any action, Liu Yang felt distressed, and couldn't help but slapped Cao Nan's hand away: "Don't touch it!"

"Whoever touched it randomly, I want to touch it properly!" Cao Nan objected.

Qin Haiou didn't mind, seeing that everyone was very interested, he opened the big top cover of the piano and explained the internal structure of the piano to them.Everyone asked questions in one go, and looked around for a long time before taking their seats.

Qin Haiou stood by the piano and said with a smile, "Thank you for taking care of me this year. To express my gratitude, I will perform a few shows for you." He walked to the piano and sat down, and everyone applauded. Cao Nan shouted hello twice at the top of his voice.Yu Doudou glanced displeasedly, but there was nothing he could do.As an audience, you should keep quiet at this time, but obviously most people here don't understand this.However, Qin Haiou was not affected by the chaotic voice, looked at the keyboard and smiled, raised his hand and played, and everyone fell silent.

Although Liu Yang knew in advance that there would be such an arrangement today, seeing Qin Haiou's relaxed posture and no nervous expression on his face, he still felt great comfort in his heart.The last time Qin Haiou performed in front of everyone, he had experienced quite difficult psychological preparations, but today this painful process has disappeared. His performance started smoothly, and he entered the state almost at the same time as he played the piano. The movements are also flowing like clouds and flowing water, without the slightest stagnation.It can be seen that he has indeed recovered well during this period of time.As Tan Shuo said, he has passed the most difficult hurdle, and it is only a matter of time before he returns to the stage.

Yu Doudou and Chen Ganning sat in the back row of the "audience seats". Since Qin Haiou bid farewell to the stage, this was the first time they saw him play in front of people. The joy and excitement in their hearts was even greater than that of Liu Yang.Over the years, Qin Haiou has gradually grown into the most active and dazzling professional pianist. His playing life is rich and exciting, and his public image is impeccable. Even after his sudden retirement, he is still a legend in the hearts of music fans.All of this is certainly due to his own talent and hard work, but it is also inseparable from Yu Doudou's careful management.As the person in charge of the brokerage company, facing Qin Haiou's sudden departure, Yu Doudou was probably the one who was hit the hardest besides his family and teachers.Now that she finally saw Qin Haiou sitting in front of the piano and playing happily, she felt so comforted, and it was hard to describe the feelings in her heart.And Chen Ganning, as a staff member who personally participated in Qin Haiou's last concert, the impact of the scene at that time on her was difficult to recover for a long time afterwards, and for a longer time before that, she was worried Qin Haiou's mental state prevented him from appreciating his performance attentively.Now she can finally relax, immerse herself in the sound of his piano like ordinary music fans, enjoy the happiness brought by this long-lost feeling, and she is full of emotions in her heart.

Qin Haiou carefully selected a set of repertoire for tonight's performance. During the pause between the repertoires, he sometimes added some concise and interesting introductions to let the audience understand the repertoire better while keeping the atmosphere relaxed.This form was very similar to the salon concert that Liu Yang had imagined before, but at that time Tan Shuo worried that it would put too much pressure on Qin Haiou, so he did not agree with her proposal.Now that Qin Haiou took the initiative to arrange such a performance, the timing, scale, and atmosphere were just right, which was a step forward from the last time. He was obviously working hard in this direction consciously, and gradually regained his performance status.

This performance lasted about 40 minutes, although the time is not long, the effect is very good.When it came to the last piece, Qin Haiou said with a smile: "The New Year is here, we need a little bell here." After speaking, he played Liszt's "The Bell".This is a gorgeous and beautiful virtuoso work that requires great skill to master it well.Ever since Qin Haiou got rid of his psychological troubles, his renewed desire to perform was at an all-time high, and he played this finale to the fullest.After playing the song, everyone was so shocked that they forgot to applaud, and they all stared at him dumbfounded.

"...This, this is too powerful!" In the silent piano room, it is unknown who broke the silence first.

"It's not human at all!" Cao Nan blurted out.

Only then did the rest of the people come back to their senses, clapping vigorously while expressing their admiration incoherently.It wasn't until today that they saw Qin Haiou's true level, and finally realized that he was not just "able to play the piano" or "well played".As for Liu Yang, she was already intoxicated with tears in her eyes, she was so excited that she couldn't speak - this was clearly Qin Haiou's private New Year's concert, and she was lucky enough to be one of the audience!She only felt that 40 minutes was like 4 seconds, which passed in the blink of an eye, and she was far from listening enough.

The crowd applauded enthusiastically for a long time, their hands turned red, and they all followed Cao Nan in loud applause.Qin Haiou wiped the sweat from his forehead and hands, and stood up.Brother Long didn't say much when everyone looked at the piano, and finally smiled and said: "Xiao Qin, so you are really a pianist!"

Qin Haiou smiled and did not deny it.It was only then that everyone realized that Qin Haiou was not like an ordinary tourist, but he always avoided talking about it, and only said that he was here for tourism, which made it difficult for them to get to the bottom of it.Now that they finally know his occupation, everyone is even more curious.

"Then why haven't you told us all this time?" Xiao Hei spoke bluntly, expressing the biggest question in everyone's mind.

Qin Haiou glanced at Yu Doudou without any trace, and the latter's face was a little gloomy: "I came to the ancient town for tourism and rest, I hope to have a good rest here for a while, and I don't want to be disturbed by the outside world, so at the beginning, who Didn't tell either."

Zhao Fei patted his thigh: "It seems that you are not only a pianist, but also a very famous pianist! Aren't celebrities always so cautious when they go out on vacation, afraid of being discovered by fans and paparazzi!" He turned his head and asked Liu Yang, "I don't understand this, it's fine if I'm ignorant and can't recognize it, you play the piano every day, and you claim to understand it very well, why didn't you recognize it?"

Liu Yang couldn't laugh or cry, with complicated emotions, he refused to answer.Qin Haiou hurriedly said, "I asked Miss Liu to keep it secret for me."

Everyone was in an uproar.Cao Nan shouted: "So you guys have been in collusion for a long time! There is a traitor among us!"

Zhao Fei also pushed Liu Yang: "You are not his fan, are you? Are you? Are you?"

Xiao Hei pushed Zhao Fei aside: "Whether Miss Liu is or not, anyway, I am now! Brother Qin, please sign me!"

Qin Haiou said with a smile: "It's my fault that I kept it from everyone for so long. Don't blame Ms. Liu."

Brother Long waved his hand and said, "Going out, be careful what's wrong, let alone your special situation. Don't worry, even if we find out today, we won't say anything about it."

Zhuzhu watched them talk to each other, recalling the few months Qin Haiou lived in the inn, she wanted to hear what Tan Shuo had to say, but when she turned around, she found that Tan Shuo was already leaning on the sofa fell asleep.

"Old Tan?!"

Everyone noticed Zhuzhu's shout, and immediately expressed deep contempt for this impolite behavior.In fact, Qin Haiou discovered that Tan Shuo had fallen asleep long before the end of the performance. Seeing that they were about to wake him up, Qin Haiou hurried forward to stop him: "Don't call him, let him sleep."

Zhao Fei smiled and said, "No, no, he must be called up. This is too shameful!"

Qin Haiou said: "It's okay, he must be tired, let him sleep here, let's go out and play."

As he spoke, he called everyone to the main room, and everyone went out one after another.Cao Nan shook his head while walking, "Comrade Xiao Qin is so kind. To such a person, we should sweep him to the ground like the autumn wind sweeps fallen leaves!"

Zhao Fei also said: "That's right, such a nice piece of music can also fall asleep, I really should ask Miss Liu to give him extra lessons to improve his artistic accomplishment!"

Liu Yang had no choice but to look at Qin Haiou silently.Qin Haiou signaled her to go first, then he went to the bedroom, found a quilt and carried it back to the piano room.

Tan Shuo drooped his head motionless, sleeping deeply.He never gave the impression of being wilted when he was awake, but now he was exhausted and looked very haggard.Qin Haiou covered him with the quilt, then went to the piano, covered the piano, and finally came to the door, and dimmed the light in the piano room until the light in the courtyard outside seemed brighter. The small half-leaf glass window covered by the curtains turns into a thin and transparent layer of warm gold, which is plated on the surface of the quiet piano body.

Before leaving, Qin Haiou turned his head and stared quietly at the scene behind him.From escaping from the piano to getting to know Tan Shuo, and then getting to know the piano again, and getting to know Tan Shuo again, during this year, he encountered feelings that he had never experienced in the past 20 years, extreme pain and extreme joy. Psychological torment and repeated emotional shocks, subversion of existing cognition and re-choice and thinking about the future, all of which unfolded in his life in an unexpected time and place in an unexpected way.This was the most ups and downs year for him, but it was also the most fruitful year.Now that this year is coming to an end, facing the decision he made, he has no regrets at all, and his heart is unprecedentedly peaceful.

Qin Haiou exited the piano room and closed the door behind his back.There were bursts of laughter in the main room, and when Yu Doudou saw him coming, she glanced in the direction of the piano room calmly and did not speak.

For Tan Shuo, Yu Doudou has always been difficult to develop a good impression of him, and today he fell asleep while Qin Haiou was playing, which made her intolerable.But Qin Haiou really values ​​Tan Shuo very much, and is willing to defend him in big and small matters, not to mention that Tan Shuo is also a guest of Xiaopengmen today. Although Yu Doudou doesn't understand, he can only turn a blind eye to what happened just now .