Cappuccino Rhapsody

The third meeting came quickly.

Qi Xu handed in the first draft of the second song, Fang Ziyun called and asked him where he is now.

Qi Xu looked at the surrounding environment, pushed the red wine in his hand forward, gave a dull "hmm", and said, "Cappuccino."

"What?" Fang Ziyun obviously didn't understand what he meant, "Do you want a drink?"

"—No." Qi Xu said, "This is the name of a bar."

This is an old pub.

When the row upon row of dilapidated buildings were all demolished and replaced by modern high-rise buildings, only this "cappuccino" remained. It was hidden at the end of an alley and was empty during the day. , Every night in the middle of the night, noise and loneliness are intertwined, constructing another world for all dream chasers.

There were still a lot of people in the first few years, but as time went on, it became less and less known, and a few scattered people came here just to kill time.

But the people performing on stage continued.

"Brother Qi isn't going to show off." The bartender smiled and turned the other party's red wine glass in the other direction, and said, "The number of people coming has become less and less recently. Lao Niu said that he won't be able to hold on for a while. Already, let you seize the last time to perform a few more performances."

Qi Xu said "Oh" and asked, "How much is the demolition fee?"

"I didn't mention it." He smiled and said, "But it should be quite a lot. Such a place affects the appearance of the city."

Qi Xu rubbed his eyes, stood up and stretched, and said, "Where do you put things?"

Xiaoxiao was a little excited: "I'll find someone to help you lift it up."

The place that wasn't very bright suddenly went dark, and the only remaining beam of light illuminated the center of the stage. The lead singer standing at the front was smoking a cigarette, shaved his head, and the guitar on his body looked a bit too worn-out .The bass player standing behind him on the right has simple hair, but occasionally when he turns around, he can see a large tattoo gradually disappearing under the cover of his clothes.The keyboard player on the left rear is very well-behaved, and there are two dimples at the corners of his mouth when he smiles.

Qi Xu, who was standing at the back, was blocked by the crowd, but he was an existence that the few audience members wanted to find out.

"Are you really here?" The keyboard player's voice did not match his appearance when he spoke, hoarse, "I haven't seen you play for several years."

"Come on." Qi Xu said, throwing the cigarette out of his mouth.

The keyboard player made a sound.

Qi Xu threw the drum stick up, caught it again, and knocked it down hard.

"Boom -" sound.

But the rhythm did not continue.

Qi Xu was stunned for a moment, then opened his eyes, and unexpectedly came into contact with a pair of deep eyes.

"...Am I not mistaken?" Keyboardist Liu Jiajia spat out the chewing gum in his mouth and said, "Is that Ling Jiangyuan?"

This upcoming performance was cut short because of an acquaintance who turned out to be an acquaintance. Others wanted to continue playing, but Qi Xu gave up.

He put down the drumsticks, stepped off the stage expressionlessly, bumped into Ling Jiangyuan lightly, and said indifferently, "What are you doing here?"

"...Xiao Fang asked me to talk to you about the song." Ling Jiangyuan said.

The lead singer is called Li Lang, which is his nickname. No one knows his real name. He seldom speaks, but when he saw Ling Jiangyuan, he squinted his eyes and said expressionlessly: "It's time for the alternates to end."

The alternate player they were talking about was Qi Xu.

Qi Xu rolled his eyes: "Ling Jiangyuan hasn't touched this thing for several years, maybe I can't do it."

"Anyway, it's your master." Bassist Xie Congjia took a puff of his cigarette and said with a smile, "Even if the master hasn't touched it for ten years, he will always be better than the apprentice."

Liu Jiajia said: "Ling Jiangyuan, come on?"

"No." Ling Jiangyuan shook his head restrainedly, "It's true that I haven't touched a drum set in six or seven years, and I've completely forgotten the rhythm, so I don't feel ashamed to go up, I mainly want to chat with Qi Xu It’s just a matter of cooperation.”

Li Lang's face was a bit ugly: "Go out and talk, don't stay here."

After he finished speaking, he threw away his guitar and went out with a cigarette in his mouth.

Qi Xu also went out together.

Liu Jiajia sighed, and said: "Li Lang has such a temper, everyone knows it. Ling Jiangyuan, don't think too much."

"It's okay." Ling Jiangyuan said, "Actually, Qi Xu is very good at it, very talented."

"Yeah." Liu Jiajia laughed, "He's really talented, but no matter how talented he is, he's just an amateur. His ambition isn't here. What about you? What are you doing now?"

"Teaching." Ling Jiangyuan said, "Eating for a living."

"Very good." Xie Congjia squinted his eyes, looking like he was remembering, "I said back then that if you quit our business, you would definitely be able to find food. The few of us are different. I really don't know what to do in this line of work. It's just a pity...we won't even be able to do this line of work in half a month."

Ling Jiangyuan was stunned: "What?"

Liu Jiajia's expression also looked a little heavy: "It will be demolished in half a month, and the demolition fee is seven figures. If the boss hadn't been a loyal person, he would have demolished this place long ago. But now the business is not getting better every day. How many of us I can't wait any longer."

Xie Congjia said with a smile: "Xiao Jiajia's family conditions are good, but it's nothing. I've been delivering food for the past few years, and I almost broke my legs."

Ling Jiangyuan's lips moved, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Liu Jiajia looked at him and said suddenly: "Ling Jiangyuan, look, we only now realize how wise the decision you made back then is. Although you gave up on us and your dream...but the facts have proved that the best life now The good thing is you. I don’t know if it’s too late for us to wake up now?”

Ling Jiangyuan guessed that they would blame him.

But the moment they met, the gentle tone of the two people's words made him mistakenly think that they had let go of each other long ago.

But it doesn't.

In fact, it's normal to think about it. How could they not blame it? Back then, they were only one step away from success.But he gave up.

After coming out of the bar, the air outside is obviously much fresher.A few inconspicuous stars hang sparsely in the sky, and the neon lights in the distance illuminate the whole city, which seems to be separated from this alley and separated into two worlds.

Qi Xu squatted on the ground and smoked a whole cigarette, Li Lang asked him, "Is he doing well?"

"I don't know." Qi Xu said, "I'm not familiar with him."

Li Lang sneered and said, "You two were wearing the same pair of trousers at that time, aren't you familiar with each other?"

Qi Xu stood up, took a deep look at Li Lang, and said, "He's married."

Li Lang lowered his eyes and didn't speak for a long time.

Eight years have passed, and thinking back to that short period of more than half a year, Qi Xu thought that it should have been blurred in his memory, but he didn't want the past scenes to still be as vivid as yesterday in his thoughts, as if these eight years The time was just a dream he had. When he woke up, he returned to the years when several people squatted on the ground to write lyrics and sing together.

But the years have not turned back, and all this happened in the end.

"Why aren't you married yet?" Li Lang asked knowingly, "I bought a ticket for next week and left."

Qi Xu asked him: "Where are you going?"

"I don't know." Li Lang said, "Probably wandering around the world."

Qi Xu smiled and said, "You really haven't changed at all."

"Singing along the street can always make some money." Li Lang said, "What do you think?"

"I don't know." Qi Xu said.

"Do you still remember that once before, Ling Jiangyuan said, if we really can't be popular, we'll go sell and sing along the street." Li Lang said, "At that time you were very supportive, you said we would definitely be popular and make money, it was only a matter of time. Question, why did you say you didn’t know when it came to me?”

Qi Xu said again: "I don't remember."

In fact, how could you not remember.

Qi Xu stood up and said, "Then do you want to invest? I can transfer some money to you."

Li Lang gave a rare smile: "Forget it. If I make money in the future, I will get points for you."

Qi Xu also smiled.

When Ling Jiangyuan came out, Li Lang had already gone in. Qi Xu put out the cigarette, glanced at him, and asked, "How do you want to change it?"

Qi Xu thought that he would mention a few words about the band, but unexpectedly, Ling Jiangyuan took out the first draft very calmly, pointed to the places that he had modified and scratched, and put forward his own words in a straight-forward manner. All suggestions, as if nothing had happened.

Qi Xu felt it was ridiculous.

Ling Jiangyuan looked up at him: "What's wrong? Didn't you understand? I can repeat it again."

"...It's not that I don't understand." Qi Xu said, "I'm just wondering how you can be so heartless."

Ling Jiangyuan was startled, but did not speak.

Qi Xu said: "In your eyes, is everything you have worked so hard for a joke?"

Ling Jiangyuan lowered his eyes, folded the piece of paper squarely, put it back into his bag, and said, "Qi Xu, I've never thought about it this way."

Qi Xu lit another cigarette, his eyes darkened amidst the smog: "Don't you regret it? You betrayed them—you betrayed me too."

"I feel sorry." Ling Jiangyuan said, "Qi Xu, I'm sorry for you too."

"What kind of apology do you mean?" Qi Xu suddenly took a deep breath on his cigarette, and took a step forward. Ling Jiangyuan's body was leaning against the cold bricks, and he looked at him with some embarrassment.

Qi Xu blew a smoke ring towards Ling Jiangyuan, then suddenly lowered his head and kissed him.

Ling Jiangyuan's eyes widened, and he stretched out his hand to push the man away from his body, but Qi Xu grabbed his wrist tightly, with extreme force.Ling Jiangyuan shouted vaguely while struggling: "Xiaoxu, you..."

Qi Xu kissed him fiercely, biting his lower lip to see a smear of bright red blood.

Ling Jiangyuan gasped in pain, and finally seized the opportunity to push forward hard, resisting Qi Xu's next move.

Qi Xu looked at him with gloomy eyes, and asked, "Are you feeling sorry for your wife at this very second?"

Ling Jiangyuan wiped off the scarlet blood on his mouth, looked at him a little annoyed, and said word by word: "No. I'm divorced."

Qi Xu stiffened his body, and suddenly let go of all his strength.

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