Professor Gong's History of Forced Evolution

Gong Ming's defenses, which sounded reasonable and well-founded, obviously could not be accepted by Zhang Yunchao.When Gong Ming's voice fell, Zhang Yunchao snorted softly, and said to him: "You are quite mature in thinking, and you have considered every aspect for him. But is it useful? No matter what reason you have, it is in Xiaochen's hands. The eyes are the same, and the result is that you pushed him away."

Gong Ming: "I am..."

Before Gong Ming could finish speaking, Zhang Yunchao raised his hand to stop him, and said abruptly, "Don't say you are doing it for his own good. No one can decide for him what is good for him and what is bad for him." .He is already an adult and knows what he wants. On the contrary, you often seem to be unable to understand yourself. Are you trying to avoid something by taking the opportunity of sending him abroad?"

Gong Ming's hand holding the red wine glass trembled unnaturally.Today he finally realized the saying, "The bystander is clear, the authority is lost".As soon as he thought that Zhang Yunchao, who was too nervous, had discovered it, he immediately realized, how could Xiao Chen, who has always been sensitive, not notice it?

At that time, he blindly attributed sending Xiaochen abroad to thinking about his future, but now that he thinks about it, he was actually so busy with his affairs that time that he was exhausted physically and mentally.He also often felt unable to respond to He Chen's devoted feelings towards him, unable to do what he wanted.So again and again, he subconsciously chose to escape and shrink back.He Chen must have seen through him a long time ago, and was so disappointed in him that he finally reluctantly proposed to break up.

Yes, even his client was desperate for what he, an adult, had done.Gong Ming frowned, carefully analyzing what kind of role he had been playing in this relationship.When He Chen confessed to him, he used "the age gap between the two of them" as an excuse to escape; when He Chen took the initiative to have a closer relationship with him, he used "he wants to take the college entrance examination" as an excuse to escape; When he was by his side, he pushed him away with his own hands under the pretext of "considering his future".Now that he thinks about it carefully, Gong Ming finally realizes clearly that in this relationship, this person whom he has always regarded as a child has always been an active and brave suitor.And he, a self-righteous adult, is the coward who can only shrink back and run away blindly.Not only is he not worthy of Xiaochen's love, but he is even more unworthy of him.

He regretted why he didn't see clearly earlier, but it's not too late for him to understand these things.This time, he, an unqualified "adult", decided to throw everything away and, like He Chen, act bravely regardless of the consequences.

Thinking of this, Gong Ming put down his wine glass and stood up abruptly.Zhang Yunchao couldn't figure it out, stared at Gong Ming, and asked in surprise, "What are you doing?"

Gong Ming casually picked up the coat on the sofa and said without looking back, "I'm going to France."

"Hey, you're not here for real—are you?" Zhang Yunchao's last word "bar" was overwhelmed by Gong Ming's closing door.Looking at the closed door, Zhang Yunchao was dumbfounded, "That's amazing, my brother! It's really capricious to leave me here alone."

But I remembered that when he finally left, he said he was going to France.Are you going to see Xiaochen?Thinking of this, Zhang Yunchao forgave him.He often complained about Gong Ming in his heart: Don't you get tired of living soberly and rationally?It would be nice to take the initiative to attack like this earlier, maybe Xiaochen won't leave you.But it's not too late to figure it out now, Zhang Yunchao is here to help Gong Ming silently.He just pities himself, and the good Christmas is released again o(╯□╰)o********

Crossing nearly half of the earth, after more than ten hours of flying, Gong Ming finally arrived at the city where Xiao Chen was located.After getting off the plane, Gong Ming opened the memo on his mobile phone and found the address of Xiao Chen's apartment that he had asked for from the school before.Then, he took a taxi outside the airport and gave the driver the address in the memo.

Speaking of which, this is his first time in France.When Gong Ming got off the taxi and stood in front of Xiaochen's apartment, it was strange that he had a feeling of déjà vu.Perhaps it was because he had asked his colleagues on a business trip to take photos of the apartment after he got the address from the school; or it might be because the apartment He Chen lived in was very similar to the apartment he lived in when he was studying in the United States. .In short, this apartment gave him a very familiar feeling.

Gong Ming took two steps forward to ring the doorbell of the apartment door.He first pressed twice politely, and then let go.While waiting for someone to answer back and forth, Gong Ming looked around the apartment.Christmas tree decorations are indispensable at the door of every household, and the branches on both sides of the street are also covered with colorful lights, which is very festive.

After waiting for a full 5 minutes, Gong Ming didn't see anyone come to open the door.Considering it was morning in France, the students in the apartment were probably still in bed and didn't hear.So, Gong Ming stretched out his hand again and rang the doorbell again.This time, he didn't stop, but kept pressing it intermittently.

Gong Ming stood at the door of the apartment and rang the doorbell for a long time.Until he was about to give up, the door of the apartment was finally opened to him.A tall Chinese boy appeared in front of Gong Ming, yawning.

Chen Peng was wearing a comfortable t-shirt and shorts. After rubbing his eyes a few times, he barely opened them and glanced at Gong Ming.One must know that he and He Chen drank and chatted all night last night, and fell asleep lying on the dining table in the living room before returning to their room.He hadn't slept for an hour before he was woken up by the doorbell ringing early in the morning.

Chen Peng looked at Gong Ming intently, and found that he was someone he had never seen before, and then asked, "Sir, what do you want?"

Gong Ming asked him back: "Is this the student apartment of Sheng Difan?"

Chen Peng nodded.

"Is there a Chinese student named He Chen living here?" Before Chen Peng could respond, Gong Ming said directly, "I'm here to find Xiaochen."

Chen Peng has already sobered up quite a bit now, and when he heard someone saying he was looking for Xiaochen, and he was someone he had never met before, he asked vigilantly, "Are you..."

Gong Ming answered him affirmatively: "I am his family."

Gong Ming's answer was so decisive that Chen Peng had no doubts.He turned his head to the direction of the dining table at the right rear, and shouted: "Xiao Chen, your family is looking for you."

There was no response from inside the room, Gong Ming followed behind Chen Peng, walking slowly inward.As he walked in, he scanned everything in the room anxiously.He expected that He Chen would appear in his line of sight from a corner of the room immediately.He imagined the surprised expression on He Chen's face when he saw him.He loves to cry so much, would he be so shocked and happy that he would cry on the spot.

Just as Gong Ming was thinking secretly in his heart, a small head slowly raised suddenly appeared in his line of sight.In the next second, he saw He Chen opened his eyes, sitting at the dining table and looking at him dreamily.

However, the subsequent development is completely beyond the scope of Gong Ming's prediction.He Chen blinked twice, saw that it was Gong Ming, and immediately stood up, without saying a word, turned around and ran up the stairs in a hurry.

Seeing this, Gong Ming instinctively chased after him, and shouted at his back, "Xiaochen, stop!"

He Chen continued to run up without looking back, with no intention of stopping at all.While running, he shouted to Gong Ming: "You go, I don't want to see you!"

——I can't let you see it yet, and I won't let myself appear in front of you until I become a better person.

When Gong Ming heard He Chen say such decisive words to himself, his feet lost strength for an instant.If he didn't want to see him, it would be pointless for him to chase after him.When he stood still and thought, He Chen had already disappeared.Immediately afterwards, he heard the sound of the door closing upstairs.

He Chen went back to his room, his meaning was already obvious.Gong Ming stood at the stairs, looked up in the direction of the voice upstairs.

Seeing Gong Ming's lost back, Chen Peng walked over embarrassingly, smoothed things over and said, "Xiaochen drank with me all night last night, and his head is probably not clear yet. I will go up and talk to him later, he is not like this usually Yes, have always been very polite to people."

Chen Peng was also in a daze during the flash and flint just now.He didn't understand what was going on at all, he only knew that Xiaochen avoided seeing his Chinese family members who came from afar, and this person looked lost now as if he was about to lose his soul.He also didn't know what Xiaochen was up to today, he was usually polite to others, why was he suddenly so rude to his family members who came from afar today?

Chen Peng saw that Gong Ming was still standing on the stairs, looking upstairs motionless.He braced himself and greeted him: "Why don't you sit down and rest for a while. If you want to drink, I'll get it for you."

"Thank you, but no need." Gong Ming came back to his senses, turned to look at Chen Peng and asked, "Are you his roommate?"

"Yes." Chen Peng told Gong Ming truthfully, "There were originally six people living in this apartment, but now except for me and Xiaochen, the other four have returned to China to visit relatives."

Speaking of this, Chen Peng took advantage of the situation and asked Gong Ming: "Who are you Xiaochen?"

He knew that Xiaochen's parents had both passed away, and he had never heard him mention other family members.Thinking of this, the scene of him and Xiaochen going to the ATM to withdraw money yesterday immediately appeared in Chen Peng's mind.He slapped his thigh suddenly, pointed at Gong Ming and said, "I see, you are his uncle, right?"

Gong Ming took advantage of the situation with a "hmm" as an admission, and then said to Chen Peng: "He has been drinking with you all night, let him go back to the room to rest now. You don't have to wake him up for me, between us It's a bit contradictory, if he doesn't want to see me, don't force him."

"You are his uncle after all. How can there be such a big conflict in the family? You flew all the way to see him. He really shouldn't be like this." Chen Peng thought, if his family took a flight for more than ten hours If you come across half the world to see him, then he will be so happy that he will not be willing to sleep for two days and two nights, and promise to spend all his time with his family.Thinking of this, he patted his chest righteously and said to Gong Ming, "Wait for me to go up, and I will definitely take this kid down to see you."

77. Forget it and not the same

"It's really not necessary." Gong Ming stopped Chen Peng who wanted to go upstairs to persuade He Chen to come down, and then he said goodbye to Chen Peng calmly, "I only have three days off, and I have to go back to work the day after tomorrow, so I should go The plane is coming. You haven't slept all night, don't worry about me, go upstairs to rest earlier."

Before Chen Peng could speak again, Gong Ming quickly turned around and left after saying this.After walking out of the apartment, he happened to see a taxi parked at the door.He sat on it directly and told the driver to drive to the airport.

Along the way, Gong Ming's head was filled with various thoughts, but what came to mind the most was the astonished look in He Chen's eyes when he looked up and saw him, and the back view of him turning around and fleeing upstairs.Thinking back now, Gong Ming is still in a dazed state.On the plane before coming here, he had imagined countless scenarios when he would meet He Chen again, but he never expected that He Chen would turn around and leave as soon as he saw him, and clearly stated "I don't want to see him" .

Gong Ming didn't expect that He Chen would hate him so much. He traveled thousands of miles, crossed nearly half of the world, and took a plane for more than ten hours to come here just to see him, but he didn't even want to let him see him.If he hadn't happened to fall asleep on the dining table in the living room at that time, Gong Ming thought that he might not have even seen He Chen's half shadow.

A year ago, Gong Ming thought that He Chen left just to get angry with him.Now it seems that he feels too good about himself.He wasn't angry, he just wanted to run away from him.Now, a year later, He Chen still has this kind of reaction when he sees him. It can be seen that He Chen really hates him and loathes him.Only now did Gong Ming realize how much harm he had caused He Chen.So much so that today, a year after he left, he still can't let go of what he did, and he doesn't even want to see him.

Gong Ming closed his eyes and leaned back on the back seat of the car with a heartbroken heart.At this moment, his body and mind were exhausted to the extreme.The three words "forget it" popped up unconsciously in his mind, He Chen avoided him, what could he do in this foreign country if he didn't give up?

Realizing that he chose to give up again, Gong Ming suddenly opened his eyes.He retreated habitually again, isn't he still the same as himself a year ago?It's no wonder that Xiaochen is not disappointed in him, not to mention Xiaochen, even he is almost disgusted with himself.

Gong Ming took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and in the dialog box with He Chen, he silently typed a line and sent it to He Chen.

In the apartment on the other side, when Gong Ming turned to leave, Chen Peng didn't try to keep him, and went straight to the second floor.However, instead of going back to his room to sleep as Gong Ming said, he knocked on He Chen's door.

After He Chen opened the door for him, Chen Peng told him directly: "Your uncle is gone."

"Ah, I see." He Chen turned around, not wanting Chen Peng to see the disappointed expression on his face at the moment.

When he turned around and walked into the room, He Chen pretended to be indifferent, and asked Chen Peng in a relaxed tone: "Did he say anything when he left?"

Chen Peng truthfully broadcast the report: "I originally wanted to go up and call you, but he told me not to disturb your rest. He said there was a conflict between you, and you didn't want to see him, and he didn't want to force you."

He Chen snorted coldly in his heart, turned around and sat on the sofa in the room.He should have known that this was the result, it was not his style to give up his dignity and stalk him, and he would keep himself in a dignified manner at all times.He was just angry with himself, knowing that he was such a person, but still had expectations for him in his heart; obviously he chose to avoid him, but when he heard that he followed what he said and left thoughtfully, There was still a sense of loss in his heart.

Seeing that He Chen was silent, Chen Peng couldn't help asking him: "What is the conflict between you and your uncle? As for the one that made you react so fiercely, you avoided it. I've known you for so long, and it's the first time I've known you." This is the first time I've seen you like this."

Speaking of this, Chen Peng replied self-consciously: "But if there is any conflict, how could he sit on the plane alone for so long and come to see you on Christmas day. When he left, he told me that he still wanted to Hurry back to work, he only has three days off. And he sent you such a large sum of money before, no matter how I look at it, I can't see that you have conflicts..."

Chen Peng met He Chen's fierce gaze and dared not continue talking.At this moment, He Chen's cell phone rang suddenly.He glanced at the lit screen, and saw a WeChat message coming from his phone, and the sender was Gong Ming.He Chen didn't look at it right away, but looked up at Chen Peng, and asked him calmly: "Is there anything else you want?"

Chen Peng hadn't recovered from his fierce gaze just now, and when He Chen asked him this in a deep voice, he immediately shook his head like a rattle.After that, he didn't dare to say anything, and immediately walked out of He Chen's room in a sensible manner.

After he came out, he thoughtfully helped He Chen close the door.Seeing that He Chen didn't chase him out to attack him again, he breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and said with lingering fear: "I scared the baby to death!"

What happened to Xiaochen today, his mood is seriously abnormal.If he was in this state when he saw Xiaochen for the first time, then he wouldn't dare to be friends with him even if he was killed.You know, now that he thinks of Xiao Chen's stare at him just now, he still has lingering fear, he almost got internal injuries from his stare.

But after thinking about it carefully, Chen Peng felt that he was also at fault, as an outsider, he shouldn't talk about other people's family affairs.Besides, he has been friends with Xiaochen for so long, so he should have at least some understanding and trust in him.If the other party hadn't done something serious, it would be impossible for Xiao Chen to reject him so rudely.In short, no matter what the reason is, Xiaochen seems to be in a very bad mood now, Chen Peng thought that he should not bother him right now.

After Chen Peng left, He Chen picked up his phone and swiped open the screen, ready to read Gong Ming's WeChat.This time, when he turned on the screen, he didn't hope naively.He had already expected that the content of the WeChat message sent by Gong Ming would be nothing more than an elegant farewell message, with two words of advice at the end. He Chen had long been familiar with his routine.

After psychological construction, He Chen thought that no matter what this time, he would never be hurt by his words again.Then, he relaxed and opened Gong Ming's dialog box.He saw the latest WeChat message, which read: "I'm leaving, Xiaochen. I was in a hurry this time, and I didn't talk to you properly. I'm sorry. I don't know if you still have resentment towards me, or I've completely hated me, so tired that I don't even want to see me. This time, I won't force you to meet me and tell me the real reason. But I won't do it next time. Next time I will pick a sufficient time to come again , please be prepared to face me! At that time, I will not let you escape as easily as today."

Through the screen of the mobile phone, He Chen could also feel that the name of Gong when editing this WeChat seems to be a little different from before...

78. Concerts and Familiar Figures

After Gong Ming returned to China, the school's intense final exam work began.With great difficulty, he was busy with writing questions, invigilating exams, grading papers, etc., and finally it was time for vacation.Gong Ming found out the start date of Shengdifan's school, calculated the time, and now there is still a week before Xiaochen's school starts.He should be able to have a good talk with Xiao Chen without disturbing his studies.

So, Gong Ming started to book a flight ticket to France.But what he didn't expect was that at the moment the ticket was issued, he also received a call from the director of the research and development department of the consulting company where he was serving.The director told him on the phone that during the clinical trial stage of the new drug, [-]% of the test subjects had serious rejection problems, and Gong Ming was required to personally test and adjust the new drug.

This is a project that Gong Ming is in charge of. Now that there is a problem, he has to show up as the person in charge.After the phone call, he drove to the pharmaceutical company.Immediately afterwards, he began a series of inspections, identifications, and adjustments to the ingredients of the drug.I have been busy day and night, and a week has passed without knowing it.

By the time Gong Ming came out of the consulting company again, it was already past the start of school at He Chen's school, Sheng Di Fan.Although the composition of the new drug has been initially adjusted, everything is still in the drug testing stage. Once any problem is found, he, the researcher, still needs to rush to deal with it as soon as possible.Gong Ming had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​visiting He Chen during the winter vacation.

After that, time soon came to the most important traditional festival in China - the Spring Festival.Gong's father and Gong's mother knew that their son was busy with work and couldn't leave, so they flew here from city h to spend the new year with him in city c.

Although Gong's mother would often ask about Xiaochen's situation when talking with Gong Ming on the phone, after meeting, Gong's mother still couldn't help asking her son in person: "Has Xiaochen contacted you recently? How is France doing?"

As usual, Gong Ming lied and told his mother: "Before school started, he contacted me once and said that he had a great time going to Italy with his friends during the holiday."

After hearing this, Gong's mother scolded: "This kid is playing crazy outside, and he doesn't want to come back to celebrate the New Year with us!"

Gong Ming emphasized to his mother again, dumbfounded: "Didn't I tell you just now? The school start time in France is different from ours. Xiaochen's music school has already started. You can't let him skip class and come back to accompany us Chinese New Year, right?"

"That's right." Gong's mother looked out the window and said thoughtfully, "We just need to know that he is healthy and safe, and that he is doing well."

At this moment, facing Gong Ming whose mother was bothering to explain to Xiaochen, another answer actually surfaced in his heart.Thinking of the last Christmas, when he saw He Chen in the apartment, the back view of He Chen who fled in a hurry, Gong Ming felt that even if he didn't start school now, he would not be willing to come back to celebrate the New Year with him.

In the new year, He Chen still didn't return Gong Ming's phone calls, nor did he reply to any WeChat text messages, and he didn't change his mind at all.During the summer vacation, Gong Ming flew to France again without giving up.Unfortunately, he also did not see He Chen's face this time.

After Gong Ming arrived at He Chen's apartment, he learned from his roommate Chen Peng that He Chen was selected by his mentor as his assistant, and he went to perform in Vienna with his mentor, and it would take a month at the earliest to return.At that time, Gong Ming's vacation was less than half a month left, so he had to go back again in dismay.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is another year of Christmas.This time, Gong Ming booked a flight to France a week ago.He calculated the time well, his lectures would all end in the afternoon of Christmas Eve, and he had finished the final exam papers as early as last weekend.Gong Ming asked the school for five days' leave, bought a plane ticket in the early hours of Christmas, and flew to Xiaochen's side by plane.The time over there is 7 hours later than here.Gong Ming thought, if he was lucky, he would be able to spend Christmas with Xiaochen.

In the afternoon of Christmas Eve, Gong Ming explained the work in hand and went home early from get off work.After returning home, he took a quick shower and ordered a takeaway for himself.While waiting for the takeaway, he started packing his luggage for the flight to France.Gong Ming opened the closet and just stuffed a shirt into the suitcase when he received a call from Du Jia.Gong Ming looked at the name displayed on the phone, and picked it up full of doubts. He didn't understand why Du Jia would look for him at this time.

After the call was connected, Duga told him excitedly on the other end: "Brother Ming, I have a ticket for tonight's concert in my hand, which belongs to the Paris Philharmonic Orchestra. Hurry up and pack it up, come over and talk to me." Let's watch it together!"

Paris Philharmonic?Gong Ming felt that he had heard of this symphony orchestra in a daze.But for a while, he couldn't remember it.But this is not important, the most important thing for him right now is to pack his luggage and prepare for the early morning flight to France to see Xiaochen.

So, while continuing to pack his things, Gong Ming refused to Du Jia on the phone: "Thank you for thinking of me, but I have something to do tonight, so I won't go, you and Da Chao will go and see together. "

"Don't, I even bought your ticket, what a waste if you don't watch it!" Du Jia asked Gong Ming persistently, "Brother Ming, where are you now?"

"I'm at home." Gong Ming blurted out subconsciously, and then suddenly realized that he had told Du Jia just now that he had something to do at night, for fear that he would mistake him for lying to him.Therefore, Gong Ming confessed to Du Jia, "I think it's good to spend Christmas Eve safely at home alone. Besides, I have to pack my luggage. I have to go to the airport to catch a plane in the early morning of tomorrow, so I won't go out now."

"Catch a plane?" Duga couldn't help repeating with a raised voice, and then asked him nervously, "Where are you going by plane?"

Having said this, Gong Ming felt that there was nothing to hide anymore, so he simply said, "Go to France to see Xiaochen."

After hearing this, Du Jia blurted out subconsciously: "Then you should come..."

"What did you say?" Du Jia spoke too fast and suddenly, and Gong Ming couldn't catch it.

"It's nothing..." Du Jia thought that he couldn't break his merits now, so he found another reason and covered it up, "I mean the concert ends at 9 o'clock, so it doesn't affect your early morning flight. The luggage can be packed soon It's over, you can come out and listen to a concert with us first, and relax. When you arrive in France and meet Xiao Chen, you can have a musical topic with him, right?"

Gong Ming hesitated for a moment, Du Jia had already talked about this point, it was really hard for him to refuse him.But in his heart, he really didn't want to go outside to make a fuss now.

Just when he was hesitating, he suddenly heard Zhang Yunchao's voice coming from the microphone: "Why are you hesitating, don't smudge like a woman, okay? Put on your clothes and go downstairs to wait, Du and I Jia is about to drive downstairs to your house.

Gong Ming: "..." He felt that his ears were going to be deafened by Zhang Yunchao, so he quickly moved the receiver a little farther away.

"What's the matter? I really have to let me carry you there!" Zhang Yunchao insisted, and his astonishing roar came from the phone again.

Gong Ming sighed, closed the suitcase, stood up, and said helplessly, "Can't I go? Don't yell into the phone anymore, I'm almost deaf from your shock!"

"That's about the same!" Zhang Yunchao triumphantly winked at Du Jia who was sitting in the passenger seat, and then warned Gong Ming, "Hurry up and go downstairs, don't make the uncle wait too long."

Gong Ming snorted coldly: "You can do this!" If he hadn't seen Du Jia sitting next to Zhang Yunchao, when Gong Ming got into the car, he couldn't help but beat Zhang Yunchao violently.

After driving for half an hour, Gong Ming and his party finally arrived at the theater where the concert was performed.They arrived at just the right time, and they almost appeared and sat down with the members of the symphony orchestra on the stage.

After sitting down, Gong Mingcai looked around and found that they were in an excellent viewing seat.In the fan-shaped theater, they sat in a position facing the stage and relatively in front. Not only was the picture of watching the performance on the stage excellent, but the position to receive the sound effect was also excellent.This was the first time Gong Ming came to the theater to watch a symphony orchestra performance seriously.Such a good location was not in vain. He dropped the heavy responsibility of packing his luggage and ran out to take a look.

The members of the symphony orchestra gradually settled down, and the audience also sat up straight, watching the stage quietly.The members of the orchestra on the stage are all in black uniforms. Looking from a distance, the picture is not only solemn but also solemn.Gong Ming noticed that in front of the seats of the orchestra members, on the right side of the podium, there was a grand piano.It seems that today's first piece, the Paris Philharmonic Orchestra is going to play a piano concerto.

Looking at the empty chairs in front of the piano, Gong Ming suddenly thought, isn't this orchestra the one Xiao Chen admires and admires the most?At that time, when he heard Du Jia mention it, it sounded familiar to him, but now he realizes that the Paris Philharmonic Orchestra is the idol orchestra that Xiaochen often chanted in his ear when he was with him.Xiaochen's greatest dream is to become a pianist and play on stage with the band he admires.

Gong Ming looked at the stage, and began to imagine Xiaochen sitting in front of the piano and playing with the orchestra in his mind.Gong Ming firmly believes that as long as Xiaochen works hard, this dream will definitely come true.If Aunt Wen is lucky enough to see it, she will definitely be happy for him.

At this time, the voice on the stage suddenly interrupted Gong Ming's fantasy.The members of the orchestra suddenly stood on tiptoes and began to step on the floor rhythmically, looking to the left side of the stage.Gong Ming followed their gaze and saw a middle-aged man walking out from the left side of the stage holding a baton.Gong Ming saw something in the man's hand and guessed that he was probably the conductor of the orchestra.Seeing the conductor coming out, Gong Ming knew the performance was about to start.He changed into a comfortable posture and a relaxed mood, ready to embark on a musical journey with the people on stage.

However, when he changed his sitting position, a scene on the left side of the stage locked his heart and eyes firmly, making him so nervous that he even forgot to breathe.Gong Ming saw a Chinese boy in a black suit and a white tie coming out from behind the conductor.And the boy's face was something he thought about day and night, and he couldn't be more familiar with it.

79. Reunion and Alienation

Gong Ming's eyes were fixedly attracted by this familiar figure, followed his figure, and watched him sit on the empty stool in front of the piano.At this moment, the scene on the stage completely overlapped with the picture he imagined just now.

Then, the crisp sound of the piano sounded in the silent theater.The sound of the piano turned into tumbling notes, accompanied by the magnificent performance of the orchestra, attacking him like waves.Gong Ming stared intently at the person in front of the piano, afraid that he might lose sight of him in the blink of an eye.Gong Ming unconsciously clenched the armrest on the right side. He witnessed the moment when Xiaochen's dream came true.

The concert lasted for more than an hour, and finally ended with warm applause and cheers from the audience.After the performance, Gong Ming, Zhang Yunchao and Du Jia followed the crowd to the outside of the venue.

After arriving at a place with a little less traffic, Du Jia asked Gong Ming: "Brother Ming, do you want to go to the backstage to find Xiaochen?"

Gong Ming didn't make a sound, hesitated for a moment, then looked at Du Jia and asked, "Du Jia, you knew that Xiao Chen would perform at today's concert, didn't you?"

Du Jia nodded in acquiescence, and then frankly confessed to Gong Ming: "Xiaochen contacted me before returning to China, but he repeatedly told me not to tell him about your return. Now, seeing that you flew to France to make a fool of yourself. I came up with this method when I heard that he was going to perform here tonight. On the basis of not betraying Xiaochen, it can also let you know in time He has returned home."

Speaking of this, Du Jia said to Gong Ming a little apologetically: "Brother Ming, I didn't tell you the first time, so you won't blame me?"

"Of course not." Gong Ming looked at Du Jia and said, "I am already very grateful that you have tried your best to let me meet Xiaochen in this way."

"Yes." Seeing that Gong Ming didn't blame Du Jia, Zhang Yunchao breathed a sigh of relief for him, and smoothed things over, "Anyway, it's good that everyone is happy in the end."

He greeted the two of them, and said, "Let's go to the backstage to find Xiaochen now! Today is Christmas Eve, and we haven't seen each other for a long time, so we can just have dinner and get together."

Gong Ming nodded to him in agreement, and then followed the familiar Zhang Yunchao to the backstage of the theater.On both sides of the backstage, there are two rows of rooms, which are probably the lounge and dressing room for theater performers.They didn't know which room Xiaochen was in. Du Jia was asking a middle-aged foreigner who was walking towards him, asking where Xiaochen was in fluent English.

However, before he could ask the answer, Gong Ming found Xiaochen in a lounge with the door open.However, after discovering Xiao Chen, Gong Ming failed to take a step, and immediately stepped forward to enjoy the joy of reunion with Xiao Chen.Because when he saw Xiaochen, he also saw another unspeakable scene.

Standing in front of Xiaochen was a young man slightly taller than him. The man was lowering his head close to Xiaochen's chin, and while helping him untie his neck tie, he teased him affectionately: "I really admire you, It's made a knot here. You can make it a knot with a bow tie, and nobody but you!"

When the man helped He Chen untie his tie, he raised his head, and Gong Ming quickly glanced at his face, instantly feeling a little familiar.When the man turned his face to him and asked him "Who are you looking for", Gong Ming's mind suddenly flashed the scene when he went to He Chen's French apartment a year ago. At that time, a kid also asked him Same words.He finally recovered the memory about him, he was the boy Gong Ming saw in the apartment last time, he seemed to be called Chen Peng.

At this time, Gong Ming suddenly heard a loud voice from behind, "Xiaochen, you are back!"

Gong Ming didn't need to look to know that it was Zhang Yunchao who came.After hearing the sound, He Chen followed the sound source and turned his gaze to the door.However, he only stayed on Gong Ming's face for half a second, and then quickly shifted his gaze to Du Jia and Zhang Yunchao.

He Chen took two steps forward, and asked naturally, "Are you guys coming to tonight's performance?"

"Of course, how can I not come to your first performance after you return from your studies!" Du Jia praised with a thumbs up, "Your piano is really great!"

"Thank you!" He Chen replied politely.

Seeing Gong Ming standing there stupidly, Zhang Yunchao hasn't said a word to He Chen since he came in.During the conversation between Du Jia and He Chen, Zhang Yunchao poked Gong Ming with his elbow in a small area, and at the same time