After the two of them finished breakfast, He Tianran took out his guitar and started practicing alone. After Wen Liang finished reading, he took the time to mop the floor and clean the house.
The directing department has the last class in the afternoon, and after finishing it, I feel completely liberated.
"Shall I accompany you to class this afternoon? Put your feet up."
The mop wiped across the floor. He Tianran, who was sitting on the sofa playing guitar, raised his feet and replied:
"Okay, by the way, Sheng Qidong went back to his hometown this morning, right? Their management department was the first to have no classes. They stayed with Li Wang for so many days and finally went back. Lao Li drank too much yesterday, so while you and Sheng When Qidong fell asleep, he shouted that he was finally liberated. He was laughing so happily, but it was a pity that I didn't take a photo."
As soon as Wen Liang stopped, he stood up with the mop, folded his hands on the head of the mop, rested his chin on it, and squinted his eyes.
"Well - I will return to my hometown in two days. Will you also shout for liberation then?"
Brother Tianran quickly expressed his loyalty and said: "How can I? I'm just snitching on you. You have to talk to your best friend. This is not the right attitude for a boyfriend. What do you mean? Yes or no?"
"Ha~"
Wen Liang pushed the mop, and He Tianran put down his guitar and quickly took over the task of mopping the floor.
The girl sat down on the sofa, picked up the piano comfortably, played with it twice, and asked:
"Hey, where did you teach me how to play the piano yesterday?"
He Tianran, who was mopping the floor, reported a series of numbers: "53231323..."
"Oh, yes, yes."
During the past few days of living together, Wen Liang asked He Tianran to teach her how to play the guitar on a whim. She actually had this plan early on, but it was not convenient at school before. Now that they are living together and on vacation, this matter has gradually become a matter of two people. A fixed daily routine between people, one to two hours a day.
Originally, He Tianran wanted to teach Wen Liang how to play bass. In this case, their band would have everything. Wen Liang also felt that as the lead singer of a band, it would be a bit too much to not know how to play any instrument. However, they did not have a bass on hand, so they just If you can learn the guitar first, since the basic skills of both instruments are the same, the girl is also happy to learn some simple songs first to increase her motivation for learning.
After a while, He Tianran finished mopping the floor, sat down next to Wen Liang, and began to guide her in practice.
"Do you think I can play and sing a complete song by myself before I go home for the New Year?"
Wen Liang asked curiously.
"How many chords have I taught you in the past few days?"
"...C, G, Am, Em, Dm five."
Wen Liang answered while switching back and forth on the string frets with his left hand to help his memory.
"That's enough, you can play some simple songs..." He Tianran said firmly, took the piano, and said to his girlfriend: "If you want to enrich it, today I will teach you F and the major horizontal keys and the small horizontal keys. Press the right way."
After speaking, he turned his fingers, connected several chords in series, and played a short piece of beautiful rhythm. Wen Liang stared at the changes in the fingers of his left hand and said anxiously:
"Slow down, please slow down, I didn't even see clearly..."
"Practice makes perfect. Now that you have memorized the chords and chords, the next step is to practice the proficiency in the connection between chords and chords. Many novices learn guitar, and if they don't play a song smoothly, this is largely due to this. , but in fact, as long as you keep practicing and form a muscle memory, do you still remember the 'finger retention' technique I told you yesterday?"
"Remember!"
He Tianran handed the guitar back. Wen Liang learned quickly. I believe she will be able to play some simple songs in a few days.
Then, the girl practiced for another fifteen minutes, and suddenly stopped. She looked at the red fingertips of her left hand, rubbed the remaining four fingers with her thumb, shook her hand without saying anything, and continued practicing.
The main material of guitar strings is steel wire. When you first start practicing, you will feel a little pain when you press your fingertips. It is bearable at first, but as you practice longer and your fingertips repeatedly press the strings, the pain will become more and more painful. It was unbearable. He Tianran had cut his nails several times before, and the pain made him throb.
"It will be better after you practice the cocoon. It will take about ten days and a half."
He Tianran understood Wen Liang's behavior just now and smiled empathetically.
"Well, it's actually okay. When I was a kid, my dad helped me pull my ligaments, and that's what it hurts!"
Wen Liang recalled with a smile and shared her childhood memories. She tried the F chord taught by her boyfriend just now. Because her finger strength was not enough, her index finger did not press the string firmly, and she made a muffled sound when she plucked the string with her right hand.
"Why is it so difficult to press the big horizontal button?"
"Because one index finger has to press six strings stably, the strength is difficult to control at first. And if the strength is exerted in one place, it will affect the strength of the other three fingers, which will lead to various problems such as no sound. This It’s the first hurdle for novices to learn the piano. The stupid ones may not be able to master it in a few weeks, but even the smart ones will need three or four days to master it.”
He Tianran stretched out his hand to adjust Wen Liang's hand on the piano handle and said:
"Here, arch your wrist downward, bend your index finger a little, and use your side to press the string."
After saying that, he pressed the girl's index finger and gave her more strength. The girl strummed the strings with her right hand. This time, a transparent sound burst out from the piano box without any hindrance.
"Now, remember this strength and hand shape. Playing the piano is only the first step. What's more difficult is the subsequent harmony and rotation. If you want to ensure that every big horizontal press can be played perfectly, you have to work hard."
He Tianran took back his hand and Wen Liang asked curiously: "How many days did it take you to master this?"
The boy showed off, "About ten days, two to three hours a day. I am neither smart nor stupid. Mainly because I had small hands when I was a child. I was 6 years old at the time."
Wen Liang joked: "How can you remember it so clearly? You even emphasized your age!"
He Tianran said boldly: "Anyone who has learned guitar will never forget how he learned to play the big horizontal button. Even to this day, I still remember my father's angry look when he taught me how to practice the piano. Face."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. Let me tell you, he was very cruel at the time. I was scolded by him and cried several times."
"Then...then if I never learn, you can't be cruel to me!"
"No way, have you ever seen me being cruel to you?"
"That's not true... Hehe, I'd better learn more slowly."
He Tianran was stunned and asked, "Why do you say that? Don't you want to play some music earlier?"
Wen Liang put down her left hand that was pressing the strings, and couldn't help but hug the piano with both hands. She raised her head slightly and tilted it to one side. She thought silently for a while, and did not answer the question directly. Instead, she whispered:
"Naturally...I don't know why, but I always seem to forget some very important things, but when I think about it carefully, I feel like there's nothing wrong. I've been making myself suspicious all day long."
"..."
He Tianran hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "Perhaps the recent popularity of the band is different from our original future direction. Familiar things have changed, and it is indeed easy for people to have this kind of confusion. Sometimes I also have this kind of situation …”
"What you said does make some sense."
After Wen Liang finished speaking, he thought for a while and suddenly asked: "Of course...have we completed the ten love rules we agreed on before?"
"All the substantive content has been reached, such as living together, getting a tattoo, meeting parents, etc."
The girl was surprised: "Huh? When you say that, I feel so fast. From the time we were together after the military training to the vacation now, it seems like a blink of an eye... I am obviously doing a four-year plan for college... "
He Tianran braced himself and deliberately teased: "Are you quick, sister? The plan you made lasted for more than four years. Take the tenth item, we must be together forever. Just based on this one item, you directly kidnapped me. My whole life, okay!”
"Oh, it's true when I think about it, hahahaha~ You can't regret it!"
After hearing this, Wen Liang laughed, which immediately made He Tianran reassured.
"I don't regret it, I don't regret it, I don't regret it..."
The boy had a smile on his face and repeatedly spoke reassuring words. Every time he spoke, his voice became slightly lower and firmer...
"The fifth clause of the love agreement is that we must discuss things together. We can't hide anything, and we can't make arbitrary decisions. Are you hiding anything from me?"
Wen Liang suddenly pointed at He Tianran and moved his fingers back and forth in circles in the air, with a playful expression that he had seen through the other person's disguise.
The boy's expression condensed, and he said in an instant: "How can I not be wronged? We are together every day, what can I hide from you?"
"Um--"
The girl made a signature nasal sound and stared at He Tianran for a long time. Then her expression changed and she became happy again. She lay down on the sofa.
"Forget it! Even if it's a little secret, I don't want to pursue it. After all, I'm not the kind of naive girlfriend. I'll give you some privacy. Anyway, it's not just about going out to get involved with women."
"I...I really don't have one."
Wen Liang glanced at him lightly, "Your expression now is exactly the same as when I bought you a mobile phone. If you say no again, the nature will change. I don't have to ask, but you said you wouldn't lie to me."
She suddenly mentioned this, leaving He Tianran at a loss...
There was silence between the two for a few seconds.
"I……"
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, here you go~"
He Tianran, who had no time to think of words, encountered Wen Liang's words at the same time.
The girl handed the guitar over again. She stood up, took out a mobile phone holder from the bedroom, found a good angle and placed it in front of the two of them.
"Fans have been urging us to update the VLOG. In the past few days, we have almost shot the material. If you sing a song with me again, I feel like I can upload another issue!"
Sitting back next to He Tianran, Wen Liang's high-spirited look was in sharp contrast to the boy's silence after panic.
There was a smile on her face, as if she didn't care about the conversation just now.
He Tianran lowered his head and smiled to himself. After raising his head again, he had already adjusted himself and asked:
"Okay, what do you want to sing?"
“The Big Sleep by Cyndi Wang.”
"Ah... I'm not very familiar with this song. You sing a section first and I'll recall the melody."
The two looked at each other, Wen Liang hummed a melody softly, He Tianran's head moved slowly to the rhythm, and his fingers gently tapped the black guard plate of the guitar. After finding the right rhythm, he lowered his head and slowly Pluck the strings, and the sound of the guitar comes out like the tinkling sound of spring water...
Wen Liang quietly watched him playing the piano seriously, with tenderness in his eyes. She completely believed in He Tianran's magnanimity and loyalty to her.
She turned to look out the floor-to-ceiling window. The light blue and gloomy sky made the bustling city look cold and unfamiliar. The houses and streets in winter were tainted with a gloomy tone, and human emotions seemed even more intense in such an environment. A little more transparent.
Thank you for treating me like a fool and tricking me once a day
I'll be like that for the rest of my sober life, and I don't mind using love to live in a state of intoxication.
It turns out that being hypnotized is really fun. I am happy to be a dedicated hostage.
I don’t have time to explain to anyone. I am holding myself hostage and it is none of your business...
…
Wen Liang closed her eyes and sang the lyrics in her mouth.
She doesn’t mind being drunk with love...
He Tianran was moved by this. For a moment, he thought she actually knew everything. But thinking about it carefully, she didn't know. She just noticed something was wrong early on...
"Because I feel like you are so good to me now... so good that it's unreal... It's like the sick relationship between us suddenly came back to light. It makes me feel that you will leave me one day. ..."
When the two first got together, Wen Liang had said this prophetically.
At this moment, every word in the lyrics is like Wen Liang speaking his heart out tactfully.
…
If you don't lose your mind, where does love start?
Only stupid liars and fools who deceive others can live a lifetime
I have almost forgotten how to fall in love. Maybe my wasted youth can still be revived.
Those who say they feel sorry for me should understand that of course I will be intoxicated to the fullest, so let me accompany you to the end of this love.
I just hope that the flower in my heart will finally bloom, and I have no other expectations. When I wake up from the dream, I can clean up the wreckage...
The girl once left everything and got along with herself, and then she got the life and love she has now.
Even if He Tianran was hiding something from her, she didn't mind being deceived. She didn't believe that He Tianran, who had also left everything behind and came to her with all his might, would do anything to hurt her...
What's more, she herself is pretending to be confused and enjoying such hard-won beauty, isn't she?
She was willing to cooperate with He Tianran in the love drama she had dreamed of, and she was willing to devote herself to it, although she would not know what it meant...
After all, falling in love with He Tianran has been her long-cherished wish...
They have such a tacit understanding, one director and one actor, just like that, weaving a beautiful dream in hell.
However, if it is a dream, someone has to wake up first...
How long can they stay together like this...
One year and eight months, exactly six hundred and eight days later.
It’s the end of September again.
In the first semester of her junior year, twenty-year-old Wen Liang has forgotten all memories about the future and rebirth.
Now, the only thing she remembers in her mind is loving him...
(End of chapter)
