no ambiguity

Tonight's moon is not round, a small piece is missing, and there are very few stars, sparsely dotting the entire sky.

The copper pot on the table is burning hot, steaming, and the whitish soup is bubbling and purring. Pick up a piece of mutton roll and rinse it in it, and the soup ripples on the wall of the pot, prickling .

Qinghe's appetite was poor, she didn't move her chopsticks after taking two mouthfuls, she sat at the table and listened to everyone chatting, probably because of her intuition, just after taking a sip of her drink, she suddenly felt that someone was looking at her, but she glanced around for a week , but no suspicious person was found.It may be that you are too tired, too tired, and your mental state is not right, so you have an illusion.

Thinking of this, she closed her eyes and didn't look around anymore, and put a chopstick of meat into the bowl again, and dipped the dish in oil.But the next moment, she accidentally caught a glimpse of the Maybach in the distance, and her mind went blank for a moment.

Due to the certain distance and the constant white smoke from the barbecue stall next to it, the line of sight here is not very clear, and it is difficult to see that place.

The black Maybach looks too eye-catching among a bunch of miscellaneous brand cars and small batteries. It is very different, and it is out of tune with the surrounding environment, but it seems to be someone's specific style.

Qinghe wasn't sure, her heart was in a mess, she couldn't figure out a clue for a while, she just felt her chest throbbing twice.

But before she could see clearly what was going on in the car diagonally opposite, Ye Xilin who was next to her patted her on the shoulder and dragged her out of the fugue.She froze for a moment, didn't pay much attention to what happened just now, and squeezed her chopsticks tightly, with a look of impatience.

Ye Xilin said: "I was distracted while eating, so I asked you something."

She slowly came back to her senses, took back all her thoughts, and stopped looking at the distance.

"I'm thinking about something, but I can't hear you clearly."

There were five people at the table, in addition to Qi Er, his wife, and Zhang Ming's brother, the guitarist they had invited to help earlier.Qi Er and this old acquaintance are friends, and tonight's meat-boiled meal is also his treat.

Qi Er resigned, intending to be a full-time band, and wanted to join Slow Train, and in the future he would also be the assistant guitarist of the original band and the guitarist of Slow Train.

This decision was not made on impulse, but after careful consideration.Qi Er and his wife are both typical social animals. They have been living their lives step by step over the years, graduating from college, getting married, having children, and working according to their duties. The daily life of the couple has become more and more depressing. life, ready to do whatever it takes to change the status quo.

There is no big problem with Qi Er's wife, the sister-in-law is capable, and the preparations are almost suitable for opening the store. The preparations have been completed a long time ago, and they will not cause trouble for the family at all. Ye Xilin ate.

In fact, he wanted to talk to Qing He and her last time in City G, but the situation was more complicated at that time, and then Qing He left directly, and the slow train even caught fire during the period.He was even more embarrassed, and felt that joining the band at this time was taking advantage of the two of them, so he hesitated for a long time before looking for it.

Taking into account life and hobbies, making money from music is the ideal of every band member. It is best to join the slow train. If not, find other ways.Qi Er's plan is like this, don't force them, it doesn't matter if they are rejected, we will still be friends in the future, just don't hurt your friendship.

Ye Xilin asked Qing He: "How are you?"

It's better to be frank about this kind of thing, you can say anything on the table, don't keep it in private, it's unnecessary.

Qinghe didn't think too much, and didn't like to make calculations with others. They were already recruiting people, and she appreciated Qi Er's level, otherwise she wouldn't ask people to help, so she didn't object to this, and said: "I No problem. Sister-in-law, what do you think?"

After all, he is a married person, his family comes first, and Qi Er's wife's thoughts are very important.

Qi Er's wife was very open-minded, she immediately frowned, and said with a smile: "I definitely support him, he is still young, it must be better to do something he likes. And in the future, when he is with you, he will always have more free time than dead work." , I can help take care of my daughter, and I can open the shop with confidence."

Working in a full-time band is indeed more leisurely than Qi Er's previous job. Although I occasionally fly all over the world, rushing to participate in competitions here and music festivals there, but when I am not busy, I am really idle.For musicians like Qing He who don’t include having children in their life plans, if they don’t work, in addition to writing new songs and eating, drinking and having fun in their spare time, they will just sleep in and be bored to the point of hair growth.

Now that the family agreed, the matter was settled smoothly, but Qing He still sounded the alarm to Qi Er. It was his decision to join the band, and how much he could earn was not in their consideration. Adults had to be responsible for their own choices.

Qi Er patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, I know it well!"

There was a new member in the band, and everyone at the table raised their glasses and clinked twice, hoping for a smooth cooperation in the future.

Qing He had a drink with Qi Er, and when he turned his head to look over there, the Maybach had already driven away, and he didn't know when he left.

She stared blankly, looking around while drinking, but found nothing.

The lights along the street were gradually extinguished, the stalls were closed one by one, and the shops were closed one by one.It was almost one o'clock in the morning after eating the meat-boiled meat, Qi Er and his wife took a taxi back, the old acquaintance lived nearby, Qinghe and Ye Xilin went back to the old house together.

It's late at night, and the surroundings are clean.

Entering the room, going upstairs, and walking to the corner of the stairs, Ye Xilin called Qinghe in front of him to stop.

Qinghe stopped and looked back.

"Is something wrong?"

Ye Xilin pursed his lips unconsciously, "No."

I didn't shout anything, it was late at night, I thought something was wrong.

Qing He had a bad temper these two days, and immediately frowned, but nothing happened, she just looked at the other party in puzzlement, and replied: "Then go to bed early."

After saying that, he turned around and continued upstairs.

But before reaching the end of the stairs, the person behind suddenly asked: "Are you going back?"

The steps under her feet slowed down, and she couldn't help slowing down.

Going back naturally means going back to Jiangting, otherwise it could be somewhere else.

She has been away for too long this time, she has never been here before, the last time she stayed here for more than a week, she was still too poor to afford food, her eyes were darkened, so she came to Ye Xilin for help.But this time the situation is different, it has not reached the point of desperation, so it is not necessary to hang around here.

What Ye Xilin said was not to drive her away, she could stay as long as she wanted, but to test her thoughts.

Qinghe didn't answer, her little finger twitched uncontrollably, then raised her steps and continued to walk upwards.

Ye Xilin stood still and did not follow.

Tonight is not peaceful, everything is not going well, even sleep is not spared.

Perhaps affected by a series of bad things recently, Qing He had a dream, dreaming of that night.

It was sunny and cloudy that day, and the sky has been overcast, with the appearance of a storm.

At that time, they were still living in an old tube building, and there were three people in their family, she, Qing Zijun, and Meng Zhi, a troublemaker.

It was Meng Zhi's birthday today, she was cooking in the kitchen, Meng Zhi was helping, waiting for Qing Zijun to get off work at home while working.

The company had a temporary task, which delayed a lot of time. Qing Zijun called the two of them and said that he would be back later.

When she answered the phone, she was standing in front of the stove making soup, so she didn't care too much at that time, she just asked a few simple questions.Qing Zijun warned on the phone: "Don't fight with my sister, I'll be back soon, let her go."

She squinted at the little girl next to her, and said angrily in front of her, "I have no blood relationship with her, she is not my sister."

Meng Zhi jumped on the sidelines, annoyed to fight back: "Who cares about being your sister?"

Qing Zijun on the phone had a headache.

She turned on the loudspeaker and asked the kid next to him to talk to Qing Zijun.

It was raining outside, rustling softly.

Meng Zhi said to the phone: "Auntie, I want to eat stewed food."

Qing Zijun replied: "I'll buy it for you when I get off work."

Meng Zhi smiled, and turned his head to look at Qing He anxiously.Qinghe slapped her on the back, and she pouted.

Qing Zijun said: "Azhi, you must listen to your sister."

Meng Zhiman didn't care: "Got it!"

The soup in the pot is boiling and tumbling, the phone should be hung up.

Qinghe turned off the mute, put the phone to her ear, and said softly: "Mom, it's raining outside, be careful when you come back and ride your bike."

Qing Zijun replied: "There is still half an hour, I will buy stewed stew later and go home."

The phone was hung up, and the rain became heavier at this time.

I don’t know how long it has passed, Bang——

There was thunder, and the rain was pouring.

She was frightened by the thunder that pierced her ears, and she made an unsteady movement, and the soup bowl in her hand fell to the ground, smashing to pieces.

The scene in the dream is changing, like a picture that freezes frame by frame, the whole world is dumped in the heavy rain, the past is lost in front of my eyes, and I can't grasp it no matter what.

In an instant, Qinghe returned to the original rented house, and somehow saw Wenning again.

The two of them were on that mattress, covered with a thin quilt, Wen Ning was kissing her, from neck to chest...

It was still raining outside, but the windows were not closed, fine rain fell in and fell on Qinghe's white and shapely back, she felt a little cold, then shrank, and subconsciously hid in Wen Ning's arms.

Wen Ning suddenly called her name.

"Qinghe—"

This man's voice is depressing and pleasant, more attractive than the patter of rain outside the window.

She responded, and nonchalantly leaned forward to find Wen Ning's lips.

The other party asked in a low voice: "Have you always lived alone?"

She didn't take it to heart, pressed Wen Ning's shoulders, pressed him down, and said softly: "Don't mention irrelevant things, let's talk about it later."

She kissed Wen Ning, and retreated under the quilt.

Not long after, the scene changed again, returning to the previous few days.

In the old building, Ye Xilin was smoking, and later asked her: "Why don't you go to the hospital?"

Everything in the dream was slowly turning white, other colors began to fade little by little, turned into light gray, and continued to fade... White was everywhere, and something was overlapping.

The surrounding becomes a room, in a hospital.

Qing Zijun, Meng Zhi, and the doctor.

boom -

Qinghe woke up with sweat all over his back and forehead.

It is also raining in reality, just like in the dream.

The sound of the pattering rain made her unable to slow down for a while. She couldn't tell whether she was in a dream or woke up. After reacting slowly for a while, she found the switch in the dark and turned on the light.

He raised his hand to touch his neck, and looked down, his fingertips were wet.

It was just a dream, but when I woke up, I was in a trance, and I couldn't get back to my senses for a long time, as if I was trapped in a dream. Qinghe turned his head and looked around, and realized that he was still in the old building, and then gradually recovered .

She looked out the window and listened to the continuous voice. After a while, she opened the drawer and took out the cigarette case, took a cigarette from it, and found the lighter on the bedside table.

Press it once, twice, it won't light the fire.

It didn't ignite until the third stroke.

Taking a deep puff of the cigarette and suppressing those absurd dreams, she exhaled the misty white smoke with relief, no longer like just now.

She wore a vest to sleep, and now the vest is wet with sweat, making her whole body sticky and uncomfortable.After smoking this cigarette, she threw off the quilt and got out of bed. She didn't wear slippers, and went out with a change of clothes, and went into the bathroom to take a shower.

The recent weather has been hot and continuous, and a heavy rain came in time, which quenched the heat in a short time.The air is filled with coolness, and it will be much more comfortable to take a bath.

It was just five o'clock in the morning. At that time, some people on Xihe Street had already turned on their lights and got up early.A street lamp just stood outside the old building, and the dim light reflected the drizzle, illuminating dense lines.

The water heater was aging, and the temperature of the water released was not enough and low. Standing under the shower, Qinghe rushed head-on for a while, wiped her face, brushed her loose hair to her back, and took a deep breath.

The low-temperature water splashed onto her shoulders, a little bit down the collarbone, flowed through the concave and convex gullies and flat belly, and finally fell to the ground and splashed.

The bath water was obviously warm, but she felt a bit of coolness, and curled up her round toes unconsciously.

The long-lost rain fell from early morning to dawn without stopping, and it was about to fall until it was dark again. Xihe Street was already depressed, and now there were almost no people in sight.

Because of this annoying rain, Ye Xilin got up earlier than usual, dressed and went downstairs before 07:30, planning to get up early to make breakfast.Turning out of the stairs, before reaching the living room, she first saw Qing He slumped on the sofa, and thought she was hallucinating for a moment.

Qinghe usually doesn't get up before ten o'clock, and if she can get up early once, it must be after eight o'clock, and usually she won't get down at this time.

Qing He fell straight on the sofa, wearing a pair of half-sleeves and shorts, and her slippers disappeared.As if she didn't feel anything, she had a long thin white leg hanging limply, holding up her mobile phone, her eyes seemed to be sunken into the screen, she didn't know what she was doing.

Ye Xilin stepped forward and pushed her shoulder.

"what to do?"

She glanced sideways, then turned back and said casually: "I'm playing a game, don't bother me."

However, the game was not opened on the phone at all, and the interface stopped at WeChat chat messages.

Ye Xilin didn't expose her, and when he saw that something was wrong with her, he didn't ask too much. He gave her enough space to relax, and only asked, "Have you had breakfast?"

She said nothing.

Ye Xilin asked: "Noodles or porridge?"

She moved her eyeballs, dragged her voice and said, "Noodles."

"Do you want to add fried eggs?"

"..."

"Where's the ham?"

She didn't speak, and locked the phone screen.

The G City Music Festival started on July 7 and lasted for three days, starting at 26:[-] pm every day and ending around [-]:[-] pm.

Hundreds of large and small music festivals are held across the country every year. The scale to which the slow train is invited is not large. The venue is indoors. The three-day arrangement is all kinds of chaos. The people who buy the tickets are all young people. group.

The order of appearance of the slow train was arranged until after four o'clock in the afternoon on the 27th, which was of little importance.These are all arranged in advance, and they have all been decided long before the last time I came to the game, and I will not make too many changes after I come here.

Since there is Qi Er this time, the band has a regular guitarist, and the slow train no longer needs to spend money to hire people, but the final remuneration will definitely be divided into three parts, 4:3:3, Qinghe as the core force will account for 4, if not In the event of an accident, they will be divided like this in the future. This is what the three of them agreed upon.

When I came to G City again this month, I still came early, and the organizer took care of all the food and lodging.

Qinghe met Qi Rui'an here, and saw the deity as soon as he came here.The other party sponsored this music festival and was looking for suitable bands everywhere for the purpose of poaching people. They even invited all the bands to dinner on the night they arrived in G City.

Qi Rui'an is quite an interesting person. He made no secret of his intention to poach someone at the dinner, and bluntly said that he has opened a music company and is short of people now. He hopes to cooperate with everyone in the future.

He has arrogant capital, and the backstage is strong enough, even if there is a Neon signed band present, he is ambitious and not afraid of being coveted, and even toasts the musicians in front of the music manager of that company.Neon's music manager's face turned green, and he was holding back his anger. If he hadn't signed the contract and couldn't break the contract, there would be a performance tomorrow, so he had to take the band away on the spot.

Qinghe stood on the sidelines watching the play, staring at the neon people deflated.

When the dinner was about to end, Qi Rui'an came over with a cup, and even toasted the three of them.

This time, Qi Rui'an didn't regard her as Wen Ning's secretary, but recognized her, and what he said was serious, not as if he was pretending to be polite.The man handed a business card to Qinghe, and said seriously: "If you are interested, you can contact me at any time, and we will talk about it in detail."

Other bands talk about it verbally, but the slow train is different, the meaning of handing over the business card is already obvious.

Unexpectedly, Qi Rui'an would come out like this, Qinghe was still a little surprised, after all, there were not a few powerful bands present, and the few unsigned independent bands at the next table were much more famous than them, so it shouldn't be their turn yes.

The current situation of the slow train is indeed embarrassing. She discussed it with Ye Xilin and also told Qi Er that she will definitely sign a contract with the company in the future, and may embark on the road of commercialization, but who would have thought that the opportunity would come so quickly.

After thinking about it, she still accepted the business card and said neither humble nor overbearing: "I will consider it."

Qi Rui'an poured her a glass of wine, approached, and whispered: "It has nothing to do with your boss, it has nothing to do with human relationships, it's just our cooperation."

This is the truth, signing the contract was only Qi Rui'an's personal idea, no one else intervened, he thought that Qing He would be more scrupulous about this, so he added this sentence specially.

Just now Qinghe was hesitating on this point, hearing this, she just nodded.

Qi Ryan quickly walked away to find someone at another table.

Ye Xilin and Qi Er looked at each other, but didn't ask any more questions, let Qinghe make a decision first, and discuss it together after returning, there is no rush at this moment.

The meal was over in less than an hour, Qi Ryan just came out to talk, and left after a while.

The accommodation arranged by the organizer was in the hotel, which was very close to the place to eat. The three of them had already been there during the day, and Qing He was assigned to a single room, which was not on the same floor as Ye Xilin and the others.

It was almost ten o'clock at night when I returned there, and I probably guessed what would happen next, and Qinghe was not too surprised when I found that the light was on inside before opening the door.

She calmly opened the door, went in, and then closed the door and locked it.

There are people in the room, who came early and have been waiting until now.

Without looking at the man, she took out disposable slippers and changed into them, then went into the bathroom to take a shower.

The people outside were not in a hurry, they waited patiently, waited for her to take a shower, wait for her to dry her hair, tidy up before coming out.

Sitting down by the bed, she asked in a low voice, "When did you come?"

Wen Ning sat on a chair, less than two meters away from the bed.

"It's past eight o'clock."

Qing He raised his head and fixedly looked at the other party.

Wen Ning didn't make any detours, and explained directly: "Come here to find you, come here to have a look."

"What are you looking for me for?"

"Talk."

Qing He pursed her lips, not sure if she had nothing to say or what.The scene was stalemate for a moment, and after a while, she suddenly hummed, changed her blunt attitude, and said softly: "Okay."