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As a perfect student, Lin Xiaoran has always had high demands on himself. He felt that his studies this semester were terribly bad, but in the eyes of others, it might not be so bad.At least when Professor Dong, who has always been strict, came to Xiao Ran's home to give him tutoring, the professor himself affirmed Xiao Ran's learning attitude and quality, saying that he was giving Xiao Ran a small lesson before the exam, but judging from the degree of satisfaction when the professor finally left , if nothing unexpected, Xiao Ran's test scores should be excellent.

As for Xiao Ran's more confident subject of polyphonic music...

Anyway, the underworld music blind led by Lin Xi couldn't figure out what kind of discipline it was. For a whole day, they watched the master and apprentice play the piano interactively in the living room of Lin's house. After playing the piano, they listened to records and Finished the record, watched opera... had a concert at home for a whole day, and then this professor did not abide by the principles like Professor Dong, and was very satisfied and blunt: he would give Xiao Ran a high score in the exam, and then left with a smile on his face .

Then, came exam week.

There is nothing to say about the examination of the history of Western music. It is a very regular examination, but polyphonic music is a special practical examination. That is to say, the examiner and the examinee are one-on-one and face-to-face. 10 minutes.The exam time was indeed not long, but there were more than sixty candidates, and Xiao Ran's lecturer and five teaching assistants shared the exams. The exam started at nine o'clock in the morning and continued until five o'clock in the afternoon.

The examiners have to work hard all day in the classroom, and the candidates also have a hard time outside the classroom—think about it, all the candidates come in the order of the seat numbers randomly arranged by the Academic Affairs Office. Before the exam starts, no one knows when it will be their turn. If Unfortunately, you are the last one in line, so just wait!

As a result, early this Thursday morning, when I went to the entrance of the audio-visual room to check the exam number, Xiao Ran was unfortunately placed in the afternoon.Before Xiao Ran mentioned to Lin Xi the special nature of this exam, now that the time was confirmed, he followed the driver and bodyguard to say hello, don't let them stand outside the building and wait foolishly.

Master Xiao Ran is soft-hearted and good-natured. He has only been together for more than two weeks, and all the bodyguards in the room know about it.For Master Xiao Ran's thoughtfulness, the driver turned around and reported to Lin Xi, but this kind of 'bad news' did not affect Lin Xi's good mood today, he kept the agreement and was hungry for almost two weeks, and now the ban is finally coming, of course not At this hour and three quarters away, Lin Xi waved his hand carelessly, and told them to wait in the parking lot at the school gate, waiting for Master Xiao Ran to come back with a victory in the exam at any time.

It must be admitted that the rules of the examination room that Xiao Ran reported to them did not lie, but the rules are dead, but people are alive.After the bodyguard and the driver finally disappeared from sight, Xiao Ran directly called to the brothers in the same class, "He Tao, can I discuss something with you..."

After discussing with classmates and passing a small word to the professor, Xiao Ran smoothly jumped into the queue and entered the first group to take the exam-let alone the teacher doesn't mind such trivial matters, even the students would be grateful.There is a perfect prince who is willing to be the first to test the method and take the lead in feeling the difficulty of the exam. What a rare opportunity for other students?How many students are eager to be ranked as far back as possible, who is willing to be the first round of test subjects?

So, at nine o'clock, Xiao Ran was the first to go in, and then at nine fifteen, he was the first to come out - the professor had already passed the test at Xiao Ran's home last week - within 15 minutes, Xiao Ran's The report card has been marked as excellent by the professor.After that, Xiao Ran spent more than half an hour carefully answering the students' inquiries about the examination process. Before ten o'clock in the morning, Xiao Ran's summer course could almost come to a successful conclusion.

In fact, this week is a very special week for a college - it has nothing to do with the summer course exams - don't forget that when the semester starts in September, the school will welcome a group of freshmen to become members of the Conservatory.That is to say, although the school will officially start next week, the administrative departments in the school, especially the administrative departments in charge of student status such as the admissions office and the archives office, resumed their daily work this week.

When Xiao Ran took the western music history test on Tuesday, he had already gone to the student office, and he went to submit the application for suspension of school.

Today, he went to do the final signing procedures.

Cases like Lin Xiaoran who are doing well in their studies and suddenly suspend their studies are very common in conservatories. After all, the trend of modern music is mainly from the West, and music is a major that burns money. In other words, many students' homes Those who are not short of money, almost no student can give up as long as they have the opportunity to enter the better music conservatories in Europe.

Lin Xiaoran, as the son of the famous Lin Mojian, many professors in the school knew that Lin Xiaoran would go abroad to study. To put it bluntly, if Lin Mojian and his wife were not reluctant to send their son to high school After graduating, they were sent away to Europe, and then the couple had an accident, which shocked Xiao Ran and left him silent for a long time. Lin Xiaoran should have been sitting in the concert hall of the Royal Academy of Music long ago.

Until now, Xiao Ran was actually unwilling to leave home, but he had no choice.The original home was warm to him, it was a memory, it was a consolation for his peace of mind, but now it is a scourge. Thinking about the people in that house, thinking about the gangsters who occupied the magpie's nest, it was the first time that Xiao Ran When he was violated by Lin Xi, he knew that he should give up.Home, he can't stay there forever.Xiao Ran heard that the young eagle would be forced out of the house by his parents one day, but he regretted that his parents were gone, but he...

Perhaps, this is the fate of the young eagle.

The process of taking a leave of absence is simple.Xiao Ran signed several documents, several statements, and paid a fee at the same time. The school will temporarily retain his student status for a period of three years, and then his school transcripts will be translated into five languages ​​and kept in the school's archives In the system, if Xiao Ran applies for a foreign university, as long as he leaves a reference number for the other party, his alma mater will naturally email all of Xiao Ran's performance at school. This is done.

In short, the school is already familiar with these operations, and everyone is happy with the money.

After finishing all the chores, it was barely until noon.Xiao Ran walked out of the administration building with his bag on his back.He knew that the driver was waiting outside the school gate, and he also knew that if Lin Xi had ordered the driver to wait outside, then he could never expect the driver to neglect his duties and leave the gate, which cannot be left, but it is never possible to leave only one person on a university campus. Let's go!

Xiao Ran shuttles around the campus with ease. There is a small corner door on the west side of the third dining hall, which can directly lead to the family building area. Once in the family building area, it is equivalent to going out of the campus. The roads in the family building area extend in all directions, and there are at least three roads to Avoiding the parking lot at the main entrance of the Conservatory of Music, Xiao Ran took a shortcut that only 'insiders' knew: there is a place where the parapet railing suddenly becomes wider on a general university campus, you just need to lower your head and drill a little bit to get there. Less walking.This is an open secret on campus, but outsiders certainly don't know it.

After getting out of the guardrail and passing through a small road, Xiao Ran stood directly on another road, which happened to be one east and one west from the parking lot of the college gate, separated by a whole university!

There was a bus stop just outside the door, Lin Xiaoran stood under the bus license plate, and reached out to hail a taxi.After getting into the taxi and reporting his destination, Xiao Ran was still a little unwilling. Didn't Lin Xi say that he had never even taken a taxi before?

absurd!

The uncle driver was listening to the radio and humming a song while driving the car. From time to time, he glanced at Lin Xiaoran through the rearview mirror and murmured to himself, these children really don’t know how to save their parents’ worries. There are not a few stops, just take the No. 12 bus at the station, isn't it over?At the terminal station, there are seats and air-conditioning on the bus, and it only costs 2 yuan.To take a taxi, he has to go around the one-way lane. Without 40 yuan, he will definitely not be able to get it... But then again, without this kind of prodigal, where can he make money?

The Central Commercial Bank is the largest bank in Binshi, and Lin Mojian is a VIP customer here. Of course, this status has been inherited to Xiao Ran now.His family has a safe here, and Xiao Ran has always kept the number of the safe in his mind. The key to the safe has always been placed on the base of Xiao Ran's bedside lamp. A simplified notation scale.It's not that how many valuable antique jewelry the Lin family has should be hidden in the safe. The main reason is that it is more worry-free to lock some infrequently used but important things here.

Xiao Ran came here today to find something.

The customer service manager of the bank personally received the VIP Xiao Ran, and the whole process was quite smooth. When he opened the safe, most of it was filled with documents—several equity certificates, several real estate certificates, and a large number of music copyright documents, all of which were guaranteed For Xiao Ran's three lifetimes, he had no worries about food and clothing.In addition to the things left by my father, there is also a large box of jewelry belonging to Mrs. Lin. Although they are not handed down from the ancestors, they are all good things. It's just that my mother passed away, and no one can use these things anymore. , Xiao Ran is absolutely reluctant, so he can only pack up and live here.But these are not the purpose of Xiao Ran's visit today, his purpose is the door key in the safe.

two strings.

A bunch of keys should correspond to a small garden villa in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong. It has no commemorative significance. It was bought by Lin’s father and Lin’s mother for the convenience of work. Both of them are insiders, and the nature of their work determines that they often go to Hong Kong. Together, the couple can live in Hong Kong for three or four months a year, so it would be too inconvenient to live in a hotel, especially if the music godfather is not short of money, and Mrs. Lin is a fashionista and picky about aesthetics.

The property corresponding to the other bunch of keys is in Binshi.It is estimated that there are very few people who know that Lin Mojian owns this property—because no one would have thought that the godfather of popular music would actually keep a small one-bedroom apartment in the poor area of ​​the south of the city that belonged to the 70s.

But this property, makes sense.

Lin's father and Lin's mother rented a house, got married, and spent their honeymoon there.It is said that the two of them didn't even have the money to hold a banquet, let alone a house, and that small den was the best place Papa Lin could rent for his wife when he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet.The house is old and dilapidated, but every place there records Mrs. Lin's exquisite thoughts, and every decoration brings countless musical inspirations to Father Lin. There, Father Lin and Mother Lin know each other and love each other through hardships—— You can't forget your roots in life, this is what Father Lin told Xiao Ran solemnly when he took Xiao Ran to visit the hut of love later.

It's funny to say, at that time Xiao Ran was still in elementary school, and he didn't know much about the specious scandals in the entertainment industry. Seeing the seriousness in the tabloids, he really thought that his father had found his stepmother, and his mother had found his stepdad. Just as they were planning not to let him go, they quarreled with their parents for a long time, which made Lin Mojian and his wife confused. Later, they gradually realized the knot in their son's mind, so Father Lin took Xiao Ran to the small place. In the apartment, we had a deep and simple emotional conversation.

The hut was rented at the beginning, but Father Lin bought it after he got rich. Later, when he moved out, he left without touching the furnishings inside, and it became a kind of commemoration.This happened many years ago, Xiao Ran's memory of that place is a bit vague, but he is sure that if he walks to that area, he will be able to recognize that apartment building, and he wants to live there before going to England ——It’s not that I don’t have money to stay in a hotel——but compared with a hotel, no matter how broken it is, it’s still home!

After leaving the bank, having lunch, and then getting into a taxi, Xiao Ran went straight to Nancheng.In fact, Xiao Ran's impression of that house was very vague, he only vaguely remembered that it was a small gray and white four-story building, and there was a school next to the small building, which seemed to be called Red Star or New Star Primary School.If you only rely on this kind of memory to find a place, it is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, the real estate certificate has a specific address.

"Brother, don't blame me for talking about you. You can see for yourself what the south of the city has been dismantled into now? You just met me in Fenxiangli, Baihe Road you mentioned. I have lived in Nancheng for 20 years. Familiar, don't take you around, just change the driver, and I will give you more than 100 yuan..." The driver kept being poor by the side, and Xiao Ran couldn't find the slightest impression of the past when he looked out the window. "But it's no wonder that everyone can't find the way... Have you looked at the road? I walked from here last week, brother, and the road hasn't jumped out yet. Hey, look at it today, it's clear, Look, the police are in ambush to catch violators..."

This piece of Nancheng is called a poor area by the people of Bincheng. That is just a joke. Nancheng is a traditional old district of Zhengbajinger, a bustling area, but because there are so many old houses in the 70s and [-]s, it feels dilapidated.However, in the past few years, urban planning and real estate have been scrambled up and down. This large area of ​​dilapidated houses has become fat in the eyes of developers. This relocation, that relocation, has been demolished long ago It's gone, and even the roads have been drastically changed.There is no trace of the deep alleys and red brick buildings in Xiao Ran's hazy memory.

The driver brother finally put Xiao Ran at the intersection of a fifth-grade small road, and the small road is really not much wider than the alley. Go, you will see the elementary school at the end, and the fennel you mentioned is a fork in the road next to it."

"Thank you!" Xiao Ran smiled and paid the money readily.

It was here, Xiao Ran remembered that locust tree very clearly.The first time I came that year, the pagoda tree bloomed just right. Father Lin told Xiao Ran that the food was edible when he saw it, and then the father and son blamed the unsightly Lao Tzu for holding his son to pick up the pagoda tree from the tree. It was not clean, and the taste was mediocre, but Xiao Ran's memory was particularly deep. It was the first time he ate snacks that he picked by himself and did not cost money.

When Xiao Ran arrived at Hongxing Primary School, he recognized the small gray building next to him at a glance—it was thanks to this primary school that the two rows of gray concrete buildings where Xiao Ran's family lived were not moved, and they were just across the street. Another block of the building has now become a group of modern small high-rises with direct access to elevators.

The second building, the third floor, the one on the right.

Xiao Ran tried one of the keys and succeeded once.

No one has lived here for a long time, at least this is Xiao Ran's first set foot in the past ten years, but Xiao Ran can't be sure if someone is cleaning here regularly when his parents are here.The furniture was covered with dust-proof cloth, but the dust on it didn't look heavy, and it definitely didn't look like it hadn't been touched for several years.Xiao Ran walked around, his childhood memory was too vague, looking at it now, this room, living room, kitchen and bathroom combined is not even as big as Xiao Ran's bedroom.

Still, this is home.

Taking advantage of the fine weather, Xiao Ran opened the doors and windows, and carefully rolled up the dustproof cloth, revealing the original clean appearance of the furniture below - the cushion was obviously hand-woven, Xiao Ran felt it in his hand, the cushion was a bit hard, You can tell that the filling inside is not a good thing, but the outside is very carefully woven, and it must be his mother's work.There is also the woolen painting on the wall, which is abstract, he has never understood it, and will always be scolded by his mother.The lampshade is really nostalgic, it seems to be made of the coated paper of the beauty head calendar, although the paper has turned yellow and faded, it is still so delicate.There are also hanging curtains, wind chimes, hand-painted sliding doors, small ornaments... Xiao Ran touched everything, until he picked up the photo frame on the corner cabinet made of drafts of music scores. It was a photo of his parents when they were young, without him.Xiao Ran held it carefully, his vision was a little blurry... Many things, things that he couldn't understand when he was a child, now he understands, understands why parents keep this place all the time, understands why no one has lived here for so many years, but has always been Cleaned spotlessly...

He loves it here.