singer and bar owner

Life is like a play.

Before changing it, he would never have thought that the first job he found when he came to Xiping was actually soliciting customers at the entrance of a bar.

Xu Dengdeng changed into pajamas and lay on the bed, took out the business card from the pocket of his changed clothes and looked through it carefully.

The two words in gold on the business card, Li Chen.He was so annoyed by tossing and turning, he simply threw the business card on the bedside and fell asleep with his head covered.

After four or five days like this, Yan Xian asked him to play the erhu at the door every day. At first, everything was fine, but then Fangyuan Bar couldn't hold back anymore.

Fang Lian looked at Xu Dengdeng dangling the erhu in front of him, getting more and more upset.

"It's not over yet, is it?"

He took a puff of his cigarette, put the butt out on the steps and threw it away, waved his hands and called to the two brothers behind him, "Go, teach that kid a lesson."

Xu Dengdeng had an extra person in front of him, completely blocking the light in front of him.

"Hey, you still don't allow people to do business. You play the erhu here every day. It sounds ugly and disturbs the people, do you know that?"

The man named "Square Face" came over cursing, without further ado, lifted his piano case, pushed Xu Dengdeng hard, Xu Dengdeng didn't expect him to do it when he came up, he was unprepared, and fell to the ground .

A piece of music hasn't finished yet, so it's not comfortable to be interrupted suddenly, Xu Dengdeng frowned, and stood up with support, "Why are you here looking for trouble again, can you talk properly, What are you doing?"

He rolled up his sleeves, and rubbed his knuckles that were a little sore when he was pushed down just now. That "square face" came from somewhere, and he was the best at messing around, "Didn't I warn you last time?" , why do you still not know how to look at other people's eyes?"

Xu Dengdeng also became angry, "I'm at the entrance of Xianhe Bar, why should I look at your face at Fangyuan Bar?"

Fang Lian punched him on the chest, causing him to take several steps back with such force.Xu Dengdeng was arranged by Yan Xian to play the erhu at the door for several days in a row. He was in a bad mood, and the tunes he played were also sad. Seeing this, his brain became hot and he punched him back.

"I'm fuck..." Fang Lian didn't expect that this kid was skinny, and he wasn't merciless when he hit people. Seeing this, his group of brothers also surrounded him, and they huddled together, scaring the onlookers All ran away.

Hey, why did the fight start...don't fight, don't fight..." The remaining few brave people tried to fight but were pushed aside by someone's arm, Fang Mei turned around and cursed, "Get out! "The rest of the people also shook their heads and cursed in a low voice and hurried away.

Fang Lian's attack was not soft at all, and he punched him on the stomach and face.Xu Dengdeng's two fists were no match for four hands, and he was basically pressed and rubbed on the ground throughout the whole process.

Yan Xian was originally leaning against the bar with a drinking glass, watching He Mingyu and the others sing, Jasmine patted him on the shoulder with a panicked expression.

"what happened?"

"Boss! Something has happened! Go out and have a look, Deng Deng has been beaten!"

Yan Xian frowned, put down his glass and went out.

A group of people gathered at the door, so frightened that those who originally wanted to enter the store had to make a detour. Yan Xian was tall and said in a cold voice:

"Square face! What are you doing in front of my shop?"

Fang Lian raised his head and saw Yan Xian coming out to close his fists, showing a sly smile, "Oh, Boss Yan came out to protect the cub again, look at your little brother, you are too disobedient, I won't help you discipline Do you feel uneasy about your conscience?" After speaking, he casually kicked Xu Dengdeng's stomach.

"Ah..." Xu Dengdeng cried out in pain, bit his lip, and glared at each other.

Yan Xian's face darkened when he saw this, he walked over, put his hands in his trouser pockets, raised his foot and kicked Fang's face hard, his face was gloomy and he looked very scary, "Then I'll help you too How about teaching you a lesson?"

Fang stood up with a distorted expression. Seeing this, the two younger brothers rushed over and raised their fists to hit him, but Yan Xian grabbed an arm with one hand, turned around and grabbed his shoulder, and threw them on the ground with an over-the-shoulder fall. on the ground.

One of them was short of breath, took out a knife from his pocket and was about to stab Yan Xian, Xu Dengdeng was startled by the light reflected by the knife, he tremblingly took out his phone from his pocket and dialed a few numbers, He raised it up and yelled: "I'll see who the hell dares to use the knife! I've already called the police! I'll count one, two, three, whoever holds the knife, don't even try to run away today!"

Immediately, everyone's eyes fell on him, Fang's face was horrifying, his eyes seemed to stab him through, and after a while, he stood up from the ground holding his stomach.

"lay down!"

Hearing the sound, the man with the knife gave Xu Dengdeng a hard look.She put away the knife and retreated to Fang Mian's side to support him.

Gritting his teeth with a square face, he glanced at Yan Xian and said, "Okay, one or two of you... You're kidding me, you shameless gays!"

roll! "Yan Xian cursed in a low voice.

The square face "hummed" and stared at Yan Xian with dark eyes, "I will remember this kick."

"go!"

He limped and wiped the wound on his hand, gritted his teeth and gave Xu Dengdeng and Yan Xian a resentful look, then turned around and was helped away.

Yan Xian watched them walk away, turned around and helped Xu Dengdeng up from the ground, "You're fine..."

Xu Dengdeng took a fixed look at him, and swung his hand away with a "slap", hitting him so hard that his fingers hurt a little, "No, I can walk by myself."

"You..." Yan Xian froze for a moment, his face a little ugly.

Xu Dengdeng's hands were still shaking, and he limped to the side. The few people who just attacked were not light at all, and they didn't know what kind of hatred they had with him. He clutched his stomach and retched under the tree .

"Are you satisfied?" The corner of his mouth was bleeding, and the area around his eyes was swollen, he said in a low voice, his voice sounded like weeping.

"If you humiliate me... that's enough! I know I'm nothing in your eyes, so you think I'm overconfident, and you can't look down on me. Now I also know that I'm not qualified, I'm nothing... vomit…"

He choked up a little as he spoke.

He's always had a big nerve, but he can't accept that people look at his music like garbage.

Just now Fang Lian said that he disturbed the people, he said it casually, but he really listened to it.

Singing was disliked by others, and he played the erhu, which he was good at since he was a child, in a noisy and chaotic bar street, but some people said he was a nuisance to the people.

Yan Xian was stunned for a moment, pursed his lips and said, "I didn't mean that."

Xu Dengdeng retched for a long time, but couldn't spit out anything. He covered his mouth and stood up, wiped the wound on the corner of his mouth, let out a slight "hiss", and showed a somewhat lonely smile.

He straightened up, with messy hair sticking to his temples, "I know, you have your requirements, I don't meet your requirements, I admit defeat, but I also have my pursuit."

He walked over, bent down with difficulty, picked up the erhu and handed it to him, "The piano case is broken, and the bow doesn't work too well, get a new one..."

"Thank you...for your care these two days, I am very grateful, really...thank you."

Yan Xian frowned, "You..."

Xu Dengdeng took two steps back and bowed to him, just like the last part of a talent show when he was a child.

A perfect ninety-degree arc, the last move before exiting.

"Goodbye."

Xu Dengdeng's voice was a little hoarse, Yan Xian watched the child clutching his belly and turned his back to him and walked forward, couldn't help calling him to stop.

"Where are you going, do you have anywhere else to go?"

Xu Deng didn't turn back, he waved his hand, just took two steps and squatted on the ground, coughing in pain, clutching his stomach.

"Damn, the strike is so hard..." He leaned on the bridge, coughing, his cheeks flushed, and his facial injuries were involved, he grinned in pain.

It was getting colder and colder, so he went to the nearest pharmacy to have someone disinfect him, and put a band-aid on his forehead and lips. The sister in the pharmacy was pretty nice, and brought him water to warm his stomach. When I paid the bill, I found out that it was just some anti-inflammatory drugs and a Band-Aid, and it cost him almost two hundred.

"Sister, your medicine is a bit expensive here."

The young lady in her coat casually pointed to the price of the medicine behind her, "The price is clearly marked, I didn't lie to you."

"Hey, I see that your foot is also sprained. Would you like to get some medicine for bruises and sprains?"

"No need, no need." Xu Dengdeng hurriedly waved his hand to help, what a joke, the total of hundreds of dollars in cash on his body, can't all be handed over to this small pharmacy, otherwise there will be no money to find a hotel to sleep in.

He went out with the medicine in his hand, and the cold outside couldn't wait to penetrate into his flesh through the gaps in his clothes, making him shiver from the cold.

where are you going...

The street was crowded with people, and there was a traffic light not far away. He squatted at the door of the pharmacy, and the breath he exhaled could be clearly seen under the street light. His ankle might have been stepped on by the square-faced people at some point. It hurts very much to move.He wrapped Hui's coat around him, sat at the door for 5 minutes, and suddenly thought of the business card.

That's right, didn't the uncle say that he could call him?

He took out the crumpled business card from his pocket, the phone still had 20.00% of battery left, he gritted his teeth, and called back the uncle at Luan Chen's side according to the number on the business card.

"Beep beep..."

After only three rings, the phone was connected, and he reported his home.

"You finally contacted me. I've been waiting for you for several days." The uncle over there said with a bright voice and a smile.

"Sorry..." Xu Dengdeng hesitated, and asked him, "Does what you said before still count?"

"Forget it, why don't you count it?"

He paused and asked: "But I used to sing rock and roll, does it not match the positioning of your bar?"

The uncle over there seemed very surprised, "I can't tell, the erhu is so good, I thought you were into folk music... But it doesn't matter, I'm not a folk music bar here, I just open a bar to socialize Friends, if you want, come here some time, I will listen to your singing, don't worry, I think you have great potential."

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Two more ducks today.

Chapter [-]

"Really?" Xu Dengdeng was surprised and stood up abruptly, "Then can I visit your place now?

"Okay, you can come here if you are free now, and I happen to be free too."

Xu Dengdeng hung up the phone and finally felt better.

He patted the folds on his clothes, turned on the front camera of his phone, and took a look at his face.

Fortunately, it's not to the extent that you can't see people.

He originally wanted to go back the same way, but when he turned around, he bumped into Yan Xian, and he was taken aback.

"What are you doing with me?"

He frowned, walked around him, "Mr. Yan, didn't I make it clear just now?"

Now even brother stopped calling, and looked really angry.

Yan Xian grabbed his wrist and asked him, "Who were you calling just now?"

He scratched his own wrist and it hurt a little, Xu Dengdeng frowned, his tone was a bit aggressive, "Why should I tell you?"

He didn't mean to blame Yan Xian. Yan Xian gave him a place to live and cooked for him, and he had fulfilled the duty of taking care of himself entrusted to him by Hulan. They hadn't realized that he could ask for more with a shy face much.It's just that he couldn't control his tone. He came to Xiping originally to find a better environment for development, but the result was not as good as in Tongcheng. The local ruffian beat him up, but he hasn't beaten him yet!No one can bear this sense of frustration.

This sense of frustration was too strong, he took a deep breath, and with this breath, this sense of frustration traveled through his internal organs, draining away the eagerness that scorched his throat when he first came.

He clutched his stomach and limped back, Duan Chen was just across from the crane, separated by a river.

He asked Molly, does this river have a name?

Jasmine shook her head and said, "Oh, you've overwhelmed me by asking, I don't know, you can ask Brother Yan, he should know, our boss knows a lot."

He originally wanted to go home and ask him again, but now it seems that their fate ends here.

He sighed, patted his face to refresh himself, and then pushed open the door of Luchen.

There are really not many people in the dust, and the warm light in the room will not make people dazzled.Seeing him coming in, the uncle squinted his eyes and smiled very kindly.

He walked over and saw the scar on Xu Dengdeng's face, he was surprised, "It came so soon, ouch... What's wrong with this face? Did someone beat you?"

He reached out and touched the corner of Xu Dengdeng's lips, "Oh, which bastard beat you?"

The uncle touched the corners of his lips and rubbed them repeatedly, Xu Dengdeng tugged at the corners of his lips, and said without saying what happened at the gate of the crane, "A little accident happened, it's okay."

The uncle nodded, "Okay, then can you sing? Your throat is fine. Would you like me to bring you some throat lozenges or something like that?"

Xu Dengdeng waved his hand and said no, the uncle knew him very well, so he took some throat lozenges for him and stuffed them into his hands.

"Can I try?"

He pointed to the small stage in the middle of the bar, with some earnest eyes.

The uncle waved his hand and said, "Yes, of course you can. After Xiaohui finishes playing this piece, you can go up and sing it. I'll ask him to accompany you."

Xu Dengdeng nodded, squinted and smiled, "Thank you boss."

The uncle also laughed, grabbed his shoulder and patted him, "Just call me Brother Li."

Finally going on stage, this strange feeling of being on stage alone surpassed the faint excitement.He looked back, thinking in a daze that the mouse was behind him, he was stunned for a few seconds before realizing that it was not a mouse, but Luanchen's Xiaohui.

His mind was blank, Xiao Hui quietly asked him what he was going to sing, his thoughts were pulled back to this small stage, and at that moment his mind was full of the song "Extreme Panic" by Obers.

The title of this song is really in line with his current state of mind. Is it true that the brothers I once loved will never come back? Can the five people who used to be come back...

He took a deep breath, "Is "Extreme Panic" okay?"

He asked Xiaohui, Xiaohui had obviously never heard of this song, and looked at him in confusion.

Xu Dengdeng sighed, "Then..."

A guest from the audience shouted: "Handsome guy! Can I order a song?"

Xu Dengdeng looked at Li Chen, Uncle Li Chen nodded slightly at him, and he smiled, "Of course."

He didn't expect that person to order an old song "Suicheng" from more than ten years ago, the rock style of the 90s, with a strong atmosphere of the times.

"it is good!"

After a song was sung, there were sparse applause from the corner.

He got off the stage and walked to sit next to Li Chen.

"Dengdeng, you can sing very well." The uncle patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "Hey, this is an old song. I didn't expect you to sing it. Coincidentally, when rock and roll was hot, The first CD I bought was theirs."

There was no lack of embarrassment in his tone, with the braids on the back of his head flicking back and forth, he asked the bar counter for a glass of wine, "Come on, Deng Deng, I see that you and I are destined, this drink is for you."

"Thank you, Brother Li." After Xu Dengdeng had a glass of wine, his stomach was hot, which made his face flush with redness.

Li Chen was able to talk, pulled him and talked a lot, he pulled his collar and fanned the wind, "It's a bit hot, Brother Li, I'll go outside to blow some air."

He pushed open the door and leaned against the railing, and the painted red boat wobbled out from under the bridge, carrying people laughing and looking up at the moon, sailing from one end to the other.

"Hey."

Suddenly someone patted him, and he was startled.

Immediately afterwards, there was another person beside him, and that person rested his arms on the railing leisurely for two days, raised his chin, and pointed at the signboard of Luanchen.

"Did you call here just now?"

It's Yan Xian.

Xu Dengdeng turned his head awkwardly, "This is my business, don't worry about it."

Yan Xian turned to look at him, "Why do you kids give up so easily?" He said something like this inexplicably.

Xu Dengdeng didn't understand, so Yan Xian patted his head and murmured: "If you persist a little longer, you might succeed..."

?

Xu Dengdeng glanced at him, "What did you say?"

Yan Xian didn't speak anymore.

After a while, he glanced at him, and the ink in his eyes was thicker than the river at night.

He paused, twitched the corners of his lips, and said, "I'm afraid you don't know. The owner of this bar doesn't care about men and women. Everyone around here knows it. A little boy who just went to college, that little boy doesn’t understand anything, just like you, he followed behind his buttocks, yelling at Brother Li. Within two days, I heard that Li Chen hated him for being ignorant, so I blew it. I Seeing that although you don't look very good, at least that person doesn't have very good taste and is not too picky. If you work hard, you might still be able to climb into his bed..."

"What are you talking about?" Xu Dengdeng frowned and interrupted him, "Brother Li is not that kind of person!"

Yan Xian straightened up, squinted his eyes, and approached him step by step.

"You...what are you..." He grabbed the railing with both hands, a little flustered.

Yan Xian's face stopped less than two centimeters away from his face.His eye sockets are relatively deep, and his eyes look deep. He moved his nose and asked, "Did he drink you?"

"No...that's..." Xu Dengdeng opened his mouth to explain, but after thinking about it, he couldn't argue.

She handed him a business card, and couldn't help but say that she insisted on recruiting herself into the group, and the glass of wine that he handed over did not know whether it was adulterated or not...

Xu Dengdeng's expression turned ugly for a moment.

Seeing his face change, Yan Xian curled his lips, "What is it?"

"Yes..." He opened his mouth, bit his lip at last, and said hesitantly, "But I think he is a good person..."

Yan Xian sneered, "Don't say I didn't remind you when he abducts you to the bed."

After he finished speaking, he shrugged, "Let's go—"

"Wait a moment!"

Xu Dengdeng held his hand, Yan Xian looked back at him, Xu Dengdeng lowered his head, looking extraordinarily thin in the night.

"What you said is true?" He asked with some difficulty.

Yan Xian's frowning brows parted, "What did I lie to you for?" He said softly.

Xu Dengdeng shivered with the night wind blowing, Yan Xian took off his coat and put it on him, put his hand in his pocket, and rubbed his head.

"Are you afraid? Didn't you just feel confident just now? Come on, it's getting late, what's your temper, come home with me, I won't hurt you."

Xu Dengdeng raised his head and glanced at the signboard of Huanchen. He really couldn't think of that kind uncle, who is actually such a promiscuous person in private life, but he raised his eyes and glanced at Yan Xian, and the other party had no reason to lie to him. Since Hulan Being friends with him, it was good intentions for him to take care of him in many ways. In that case, that Li Chen would not really have that kind of idea... Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Yan Xian twitched his mouth, "What, are you stupid?"

Xu Dengdeng's cell phone rang just in time.

"Hey...Brother Li...I'm sorry, I'll go first, um...let's talk about it later...bye."

Hearing this, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Yan Xian's mouth.

Xu Dengdeng walked very slowly, he turned his head occasionally, and found that the other party was limping and following him from a distance.

He stopped where he was, and when Xu Dengdeng came over, he squatted down and patted himself on the back.

"Come up, I'll carry you."

Xu Dengdeng was stunned, "No need."

"You walk so slowly, when will you get home."

Xu Dengdeng hesitated for a moment. He had walked a lot tonight, and his ankle was already in pain. After thinking about it, he obediently lay on his back.People on the road looked at him occasionally, and looked at them with strange eyes.Feeling ashamed, Xu Dengdeng leaned into his ear and said, "Hey, why don't you put me down."

Yan Xian lifted him up, "Shut up and go home."

After opening the door, Yan Xian helped him sit on the sofa, patted the folds of his clothes, and told him, "You stay here for a while, I'll be back in a while."

In the blink of an eye, Xu Dengdeng, the other party went out again.I rang the doorbell again, and when I came back with the humidity outside, there was an extra bottle of spray on my phone, the kind used to treat bruises and sprains.

Yan Xian took off his heavy overcoat, and took off the black scarf he casually wore when he was leaving. He brushed back his somewhat long hair, went to the bathroom, wet the towel with cold water, and motioned to Xu Dengdeng.

"Let your feet stick out."

Xu Dengdeng was stunned, Yan Xian sighed, sat beside him, lifted his injured leg, and put his foot on his own.

He took off Xu Dengdeng's socks, and put a towel on his ankles. The cold temperature made Xu Dengdeng snort uncontrollably.

Yan Xian's eyes dimmed, and he held him down, "Don't move, the doctor said to apply ice."

He lowered his eyes, pinched his ankle and rubbed it gently.

, Xu Dengdeng's frozen white toes curled up together, he patted, "Relax."

Xu Dengdeng curled up even more.

Yan Xian raised his head and asked him, "Is it cold?"

Xu Dengdeng faltered twice, "It's okay, I, I, I..."

Yan Xian: "Speak well, don't stutter."

"Who stuttered!" Xu Dengdeng's eyes widened.Yan Xian laughed, and took a blanket to cover him.

Xu Dengdeng smelled the slight smell of tobacco on his body the moment he lowered his head to cover himself with the quilt.

Did you smoke?

Miraculously, he didn't think it smelled that bad.

He tucked his hands in the blanket, revealing a little furry golden head, and said, "Thank you."

Yan Xian didn't speak, picked up the spray and sprayed it on his ankles.

The strong smell of Chinese herbal medicine spread out, and the whole room was filled with the smell of that kind of medicine.Yan Xian packed up his things, put those bottles and cans on the tray, clapped his hands, and looked at him with a half-smile, "I don't do business at loss. Since you are willing to sing, I will make an exception and give you a chance."

"Take it as an apology for this innocent disaster."

Xu Dengdeng's downcast eyes shined again, "Really?"

Yan Xian glanced at him, "Of course, can I still lie to you?"