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When Xia Jiong was still called Xia Ge, he was five years old.

In the piano classroom, a cute boy with baby fat was sitting on a piano chair about his height, jingling the keys like he was having fun.

Due to the length of his fingers and his comprehension ability, the notes he played were very simple, with occasional pauses. However, under the music, this classroom with poor lighting conditions, drawn curtains, and only incandescent lights seemed to be Dyeing the color of the sun, the light spots and notes dance together, flowing naturally on the black and white keys.

The young female teacher's eyes sparkled, and when the boy stopped to catch his breath, she walked over, bent down and asked, "Student Xia Ge, what song did you play just now?"

"That's it," the little Xia Jiong said happily, with blushing cheeks, "A friend told me the song~"

"Friend?" The young female teacher was taken aback.

"Mmm! Teacher!" Xia Jiong held his face together, "It's a friend who plays the piano in my ear every day! Although everyone can't hear it...say I'm lying...my mother thinks so too..."

Oh, it's an imaginary friend, the young female teacher smiled, but the next moment her face became serious.

"You played well just now, but it doesn't seem like the basic exercises I asked you to do?"

"...hehehe."

"Don't smirk, drink some water, and keep practicing!"

"Oh……"

This one-on-one piano lesson ended after an hour. The little boy who heard the word "school is over" ran to the toilet, and the young female teacher stopped the woman who came to pick up the child.

"Mom Xia Ge, there is something I want to tell you."

The woman who was checking the boy's schoolbag to make sure the boy hadn't sneaked out to buy snacks or toys after class looked up.

Xia Jiong's mother, Hua Ningshu, who is 34 years old, wears casual long clothes and trousers, and has short hair dyed red chestnut that is only more than an inch long.She has a very serious face, a serious demeanor, obvious nasolabial folds at the corners of her mouth, no blood on her cheeks, and she seems a little sick.

Hearing the young female teacher call to stop her, Hua Ningshu frowned and asked, "Teacher, what's the matter? Is my child lazy in class, or did something bad?"

This...it sounds like classmate Xia Ge is very naughty in normal times?

The young female teacher smiled awkwardly, looked sideways at the direction of the toilet, and said, "Mom Xia Ge, your child has already studied with us for four hours. I would like to ask, what are your plans for the future of Xia Ge's classmate?" of?"

I have been No.1 every time since I was in kindergarten. After graduating from university, I entered a large company and resigned to start a business at the age of 30. Since I am a man, I should give full play to my skills. How can I be worthy of not being famous...

The serious face of the short-haired woman's eyes flickered slightly, and she didn't say what was in her heart directly, but said: "He's still so young... What's the problem?"

"No, I mean, Mother Xia Ge, have you ever thought about finding a better piano teacher for this child? I have a few recommended candidates here. Here is the phone number. I will send it to you. Classmate Xia Ge is very helpful. Talent, he can be said to be the most talented child I have seen in the past few years, but if you want to go on this road, you must start working hard now. This is for his own good, Xia Ge mother, you must Think carefully."

Saying so, the young female teacher saw the little boy rushing out of the toilet and throwing himself on his mother's lap.

"Mom, let's go home!"

cried the little boy.

Hua Ningshu patted his head.

"Thank you teacher, I will seriously consider it, Tiange, say goodbye to the teacher."

"Goodbye, teacher! I'm going home!"

Holding hands by their mother, the two went home and had lunch together.

The five-year-old Xia Jiong was already able to eat quickly by himself, but today his movements were a little slow.

Xia Xing works in a certain desert in the northwest, and rarely returns home once a year. Although Hua Ningshu has a husband, she has almost become a single mother.During Xia Jiong's pregnancy, she was very unstable. She almost had a miscarriage. During the cesarean section, she suffered a lot of bleeding. In the end, she had to have her uterus removed.

After finally taking care of her body, Hua Ningshu wanted to go back to work as soon as possible, but Xia Xing's parents died early, and her own family didn't want to see her at all, and the hired nanny always resigned because she was too picky. In the end, she had no choice but to go home. Take care of your own children until elementary school.

Hua Ningshu seems to be very good at teaching children. Although the five-year-old Xia Jiong obviously wanted to say something, he still waited until after the meal.

"Mom," said the little boy who heard the teacher talking to his mother in the bathroom, "I don't want to change the piano teacher. I think the current teacher's sister is very good."

"Go take a nap," Hua Ningshu said, "You still have English in the afternoon.

"……Oh."

Xia Jiong was 14 years old when he was still called Xia Song.

Eight years ago, when he was five and a half years old, he really changed his piano teacher. The new piano teacher was very strict and never allowed him to play the piano in class. Fortunately, the teacher would not know if he was playing at home.At the age of six, he was taken by a friend of his piano teacher to join a children's choir. At the age of ten, as the lead singer of the choir, he appeared in a large-scale celebration broadcast live across the country.

Xia Jiong began to participate in competitions, both in piano and vocals. He has indeed won many trophies, and his talent has made him quite eye-catching internationally.

Reports of the award kept coming back, and his popularity grew.

He is obviously at an age where he has not experienced many things, but his emotional appeal is better than that of many adult singers. That is a wide vocal range that can only be possessed by extraordinary talents. As long as this child is not destroyed by the voice change period, he will definitely be the top of the domestic music scene. The next rising star.

But some people think that he can become the brightest star right now.

"What do you think, Ms. Hua?"

After a full meal, the atmosphere in the hotel box gradually changed from chatting to business. The 14-year-old Xia Jiong is already 1.7 meters tall. Wearing a black suit like a small adult, with his back to the crowd, he is playing with the ukulele given to him by the group of strange men and women on the sofa in the hotel box.

Although he had never used a ukulele before, after playing the drums for a while, the small instrument still produced beautiful strings under his hands.

The boy, no, the boy, the boy was much more silent than nine years ago. He turned his head and saw that his mother and the man in the gray suit were discussing things seriously.

While playing ranking, he also pricked up his ears, listening to the conversation between his mother and those smiling and attentive men and women.

"Another child has already been chosen."

"Yes, his parents are... and the resources are also..."

"If you study, it will definitely have an impact, but isn't it to make money after studying to find a job? Xiao Tiange is now popular among the people. He looks very good. It would be too wasteful to take the path of pure art."

"Of course, of course, these things must be subject to your consent."

"There is no problem with the manager's position, but this is a two-person group, and they are underage, and they have found contacts on the other side... Yes, that's right, Ms. Hua, you will be one of the managers."

"Hahahahaha, who would do that, a child."

"It's for their own good too."

"Okay, that's it. Ms. Hua, the rest will be discussed at our company tomorrow."

In the midst of a fierce team battle, a hand suddenly reached out and pressed the home button of Xia Jiong's phone.

He quit the game in an instant, cheating his teammates.

Xia Jiong raised his head annoyed, and then shivered.

His mother and those men and women he didn't know stood in front of him, and he didn't know how long they had been watching him play games.

Xia Jiong froze, but a man in a gray suit who was the main force talking to his mother just now smiled and said: "Sure enough, boys of this age like these, and the entertainment industry is also very fun, Ms. Hua, I think God He must be able to adapt to the song."

Hua Ningshu didn't say anything, took Xia Jiong to leave and walked out of the hotel.

She bought a car, got a driver's license, and took care of Xia Jiong until she was in elementary school. She didn't go back to work as originally planned.Instead, more of the focus, no, the entire focus, was shifted to Xia Jiong. All the affairs were arranged by herself. As long as it was in China, no matter where she went, she would personally drive her to pick her up.

Hua Ningshu opened the co-pilot's door first and let Xia Jiong sit in, then stood outside the door and stretched out his hand.

Xia Jiong was in a stalemate with her for a moment, then handed over the phone and put it in her hand.

With a bang, the phone was thrown into the trash can on the street.

Xia Jiong was 15 years old when he was still called Xia Song.

A year ago, he and another teenager made their debut in the entertainment industry. A few months ago, due to various disagreements, Hua Ningshu, who thought his child was being mistreated, tore up with the other party. Jump to another company and successfully fly solo.

During the tearing up period, the two parties who had been collaborators poured buckets of dirty water on each other, and black material was flying all over the sky.Xia Jiong spent half a year participating in various variety shows and interviews. According to the script written by his mother, he said things that would excite the adults whose eyes were like scanners.

In the past few months, whether it is piano or singing, they are very far away from him.

Until the new company wanted him to act in a movie, Xia Jiong, who became more silent and unable to laugh, refused.

"I want to keep singing," he said.

"I have read the script of this movie. It is not the kind of money laundering movie. The subject matter is a bit niche, but the script is very good, and the director is also a big name. I want you to play a very lovable role, which is very suitable for you to go on the big screen. The first step." Hua Ningshu said in the tone of a manager, "Also, if you refuse, they will definitely go to Yue Yan."

"...I don't want to act in a movie." Xia Jiong said.

"This producer helped us a lot when we changed jobs. Anyway, finish this one." Hua Ningshu put the script in front of him, "I want to sing, your vocal lessons, piano lessons, There are other courses, you can continue to take them, but first memorize the script."

"..."

"Baby, although you are still young, you should have learned something in the past six months, right?" Hua Ning said earnestly, hating that iron cannot be made into steel, "In this circle, only those who have reached the top can do whatever they want. You have the ability to go to the top, am I doing this for myself? It's clearly for you, baby, don't let me down."

Xia Jiong went to participate in the movie.

The role of the music prodigy in the script is taciturn and has a gloomy personality. For him at this time, he is completely acting in his true colors, and there are not many roles. After all, the film investors did not fancy his acting skills in the first place.

After his role was over, he came back and began to try to make his first self-composed album.

A small album with only three songs entered the announcement period together with the movie.

Both were instant hits.

It is clear that the album that was released before as a duo, the lyrics and composition were bought by another teenager's parents through contacts, but the evaluation and popularity were not high.

Hua Ningshu really didn't expect her child to have this talent, but although she was surprised, she quickly adjusted her future plans and refused the next TV series and movie invitations.

But the promotion of albums and movies cannot be left behind, and the current enthusiasm must also be maintained.

Participate in short-term or long-term variety shows to be known by more people, participate in piano competitions to maintain a higher status than other stars, and there are also magazines, interviews, and advertisements.

She is an obvious workaholic, and she does everything for Xia Jiong's career, but Xia Jiong is also obviously different from her.

Because of the new album, he finally gained a little bit of confidence. He began to learn all kinds of lies, trying to avoid work, and often called assistants and babysitters to find no one. Finally, he found out that he was hiding somewhere to play games.

The industry began to spread rumors that Xia Song was not good at cooperating, was always late, and looked down on people. At the same time, because he had been trying to maintain the high popularity on the Internet, the number of hackers spawned by this popularity had also been increasing.

Xia Jiong was 20 years old when he was still called Xia Song.

Following the adult concert, this is his second world tour.

He has become a superstar who has gone abroad. Because he started in the classical music circle, he is quite famous in Europe and America.This is the first concert of this global tour. In order to get the opening prize, countless staff are busy in the background.

The audience has already entered the venue, and the concert is about to begin.Xia Jiong had already put on his make-up, put on gorgeous costumes, and was surrounded by countless people for the final inspection.

"Okay," Hua Ningshu said with a gratified face, "It's time, let's go."

The countdown sounded outside. Xia Jiong, who was already 1.8 meters tall and clearly had a straight figure, had dull eyes, and the dark circles under his eyes were covered by thick foundation.

He looked at her, his lips moved.

Hua Ningshu didn't hear clearly, "What?"

Xia Jiong: "...I don't want to sing anymore."

He spoke in a low voice, but this time Hua Ningshu heard clearly.

The smile on the face of the woman who was over fifty froze for a moment, but the next moment she put on the smile again and pushed Xia Jiong to the stage elevator.

Holding the microphone, she lowered her voice and shouted in Xia Jiong's ear: "What are you thinking? Aren't you the one who said to continue singing a few years ago! How many people are working hard for your dream, how can I raise you It looks like you don't understand what responsibility is?

"You are already 20 years old, you are not a child anymore, do you understand what is good?!"

With one last push, she pushed Xia Jiong into the elevator, and moved out of the way to let the dance partners in.

"There must be no mistakes! Don't lose your temper!"

The elevator clangs up, bringing Xia Jiong into the starry ocean.

He raised the microphone wearily, to listen to the music that had already started playing, to listen to the voice that had been singing to him.

Then Xia Jiong was stunned.

After more than 30 seconds, the audience below also began to froze.

The music kept playing, but the master of the stage didn't speak.

Was it an accident?Is there something wrong with the sound?no?at such a time?

The backstage sensed that something was wrong, and the music started to play from the beginning, but the master of the stage stood there in a daze, neither coordinating with the partner's movements nor singing.

More people noticed something was wrong. A few minutes later, they saw in a daze that Xia Ge dropped the microphone, hugged her head, and slowly squatted down.

The news that the world tour ended in an unexplained accident dominated the headlines for a week.The figure of him squatting on the stage, to countless people, was the last impression Xia Ge left on them.

Xia Jiong was 27 years old when he changed his name to Xia Jiong.

For the first time, he cried out because of this incident.

"I can't sing," Xia Jiong cried, "I really can't sing."

"I'm sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn't have run away, but I can't…"

Abandoned music and singing, abandoned the concert that had already started, abandoned the negotiated contract, and finally abandoned the name Xia Song.

Abandoned, or to put it bluntly, ran away.

I saw countless psychiatrists and took countless medicines, but it was useless. Even my father, who hardly came home because of confidentiality work, called, and had a big fight with my mother, and the two divorced directly.

Everyone is scolding, even if you have psychological problems, it is not a reason for not fulfilling the contract. Over the years, you have bought so many albums, magazines, posters, and spent so much money on concert tickets. Are you doing this to us who have always supported you?

Don't let yourself down.

You are destroying your talent.

There are many others waiting for you.

But no one ever said to him——

"as long as you are happy."

"Now, even my talent for singing is fake," Xia Jiong choked up, "It was just given to me by someone else."

"Junior brother, you're over the top." Qu Wangsheng said softly but directly, and at the same time wiped away Xia Jiong's tears with the corner of his sleeve.

I have never seen Xia Jiong show such an expression, even though Qu Wangsheng has always been able to see that his junior brother is immersed in the pain that cannot be shaken off like him, but he has never touched the hearts of others so closely .

It was strange, there was a dull pain in the chest cavity, but the uncontrollable killing intent that had been surging in his heart had actually weakened.

It was sad to see my junior brother crying, but also very happy.

Ah, he really is a...

The tears on the corner of the sleeve suddenly ignited scorching temperature, Qu Wangsheng squeezed the corner of the sleeve tightly in the palm of his hand, as if he didn't realize it.

"If you don't want to sing, don't sing." He said, "I have heard that those who are talented in the wind and rain can connect the six senses in their practice, and perceive things that others cannot detect. The music you hear, Junior Brother, is probably the same. so-so.

"However, being able to hear the sound of music does not mean that you must use music to enter Taoism. Even if you continue to practice Fengfeng Dao, you can also learn other methods of entering Dao, junior brother, such as painting, poetry, chess and embroidery. A thousand ways, because there are more ways to enter the way of wind and rain than three thousand."

"Haha, ha," burst into tears, Xia Jiong finally hiccupped and stood firm, forced to laugh, "It's okay, can it still be like this?"

"Why not." Qu Wangsheng said.

Finally crying enough, Xia Jiong with red eye circles showed a thoughtful expression, not caring about the embarrassment.At the same time, Qu Wangsheng, who started to suffer from OCD, continued to wipe his tears for his junior brother.

After a while, Xia Jiong suddenly clapped his hands with his fists.

"Okay, since senior brother you said so, I've thought of it!"

Qu Wangsheng stared at his brighter smile than before, felt another jump in his chest, and asked, "What?"

"Since competitive chess is okay, then competitive games are also okay?" Xia Jiong, who was in tears again, raised his hand and said with a smile, "Senior brother, I want to enter Taoism through games!"