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Xie Jingnian hugged the electric guitar and dared not touch it any more, and muttered something childish in a low voice.

Chen Xi had seen enough of his embarrassment before he took the pick and put it in his hand, and his fingertips landed on the different parts of the piano board and the acoustic guitar to explain to him.

"This is a pickup, an accessory used to amplify the sound. This is a gear switch, which controls and adjusts the pickup. There are three gears in total."

Perhaps because he felt that the explanation alone was not enough, Chen Xi took the electric guitar, shifted the gear switch to the second gear, and played a melody at will: "In the second gear, the bottom two gears are turned on, the first gear and the third gear are on." Control the bottom and the top."

The difference between an acoustic guitar and an electric guitar is very different for Xie Jingnian. Just the pickup, gear shifter, tone button and so on just make him feel confused.

Chen Kui turned the electric guitar to the back again, and there was still a column on the neck: "This is a reinforcing bar..."

It is said that people are most attractive when they are serious.Chen Xie has always been a very attractive person - that's what Xie Jingnian thought since he first met him.

It was rare to hear Chen Xi say so many words.Xie Jingnian listened silently, tracing his profile over and over again with his eyes where Chen Xi couldn't see out of the corner of his eye.

Chen Kui's appearance is the tough one with sharp edges and corners.Especially the bridge of the nose and the jawline, the lines drawn are all sunk in shadows, leading to infinitely obscure and ambiguous unspeakable.

"Remember?"

"Ah?" Xie Jingnian's ears were warming up again when asked, and he quickly responded, "I heard it."

Chen Xi clicked his tongue and said, "I asked you if you understood."

Xie Jingnian saw that he was a little impatient, so he poked his neck and said honestly that he didn't understand.

In fact, all his attention was on Chen Xi just now, and what he said didn't go through his mind at all, and he didn't remember anything.

After hearing this, Chen Xi went out with his cigarette case, and after a while, Zhou Yantong came to teach him.

For Xie Jingnian, these theories were simpler than mathematical formulas. In addition, without the interference of old age, Xie Jingnian had already started playing the melody when he came back.

It was the first song that Back Blade released shortly after its formation a few years ago.

This song is simple, the chords are not fancy, and the lyrics are only three lines in total, all of which are repeated.But Xie Jingnian's level is still not enough, and the pop-ups are intermittent and can't be tuned.

"Don't stand your hands up." Chen Xi stepped forward and pressed down Xie Jingnian's bent knuckles, "Pay attention to protecting the strings."

Because Xie Jingnian's basic skills were really weak, Chen Xi pulled the stool and pushed him to the corner to climb the scales.

Zhou Yantong stared at Xie Jingnian, then grinned suddenly, and elbowed Chen Xi, with nostalgia in his tone: "Hey, I suddenly remembered when we were just playing music."

Not long after the two of them entered junior high school, it was the heyday of rock music. Various bands emerged one after another, and their performance styles also had their own merits.

Because of the differences in personalities, Chen Yu and Zhou Yantong are unlikely to like the same thing at the same time, and the Tita band is one in a million.

At that time, Chen Xi was far less mature than he is now. In the middle of the night, he secretly got up to play the guitar. If he couldn't learn it, he would hide in the bed and wipe his tears.

Later they heard the news that the Tita band was about to disband. After the college entrance examination, they went to Russia non-stop to listen to the last farewell concert.

Zhou Yantong was very wicked, before boarding the plane, he urged Chen Xi to bring several guitars, and he also brought a thick white paper notebook.The two of them lined up for a whole day, and the signatures they wanted to come back and forth several times were finally sold at a good price.

They used the money to recruit several members to form the band Anti-Blade.

The band was never a main source of income because it was so unprofitable.Especially for a little-known band like theirs, there is no way out.

No matter how much suffering you suffer, no matter how many songs you post, in the final analysis, it is just for the word ideal.

But when the enthusiasm fades away, the true face of real life is undoubtedly revealed, like a basin of cold water poured down, drenching several people into embarrassing dogs in the water.

At this moment, Chen Xi watched Xie Jingnian's figure gradually overlap with them before, and his thoughts drifted far away.

"He's a quick learner." Chen Kui leaned against the wall, and couldn't take his eyes off Xie Jingnian.

After a while, he asked in a low voice, "Do you still remember why we played in a band?"

Zhou Yantong was quite surprised after hearing this.As a child, he rarely sees Chen Xi being so emotional.To be exaggerated, it doesn't seem like it can come out of Chen Shi's mouth: "I don't remember, how many years have passed since then."

Chen Xi stopped answering the call.He lowered his eyes, took out the cigarette case from his pocket and found it was empty, so he asked Zhou Yan for it.

Zhou Yantong spread out his hands: "Mine is gone too."

If it was normal, the two of them would definitely not say anything, and immediately went out to take a taxi to the nearest supermarket to buy cigarettes, and they would have to smoke it even if they paid a dozen yuan for travel expenses.Zhou Yantong used to always say that it would be boring to play the piano without smoking a cigarette.

Chen Xi also felt bored.But he looked at Zhou Yantong who had already got up, and suddenly said it was over.

Xie Jingnian couldn't hear what they were talking about, but when he saw Zhou Yantong standing up, his hands stopped moving: "Brother Yan, are you two leaving?"

"No, no." Zhou Yantong looked at Chen Xi, who was exceptionally abnormal today, and saw that he didn't intend to move, so he had to sit back again, "You continue to practice, don't worry about us."

Xie Jingnian was holding the electric guitar, and his fingertips were so painful that he felt his heart pounding.

Chen Xi told him that this is a necessary process for practicing guitar, and it will be fine when the cocoons are worn out.

So Xie Jingnian asked him when he would be able to grind out the cocoon.

Chen Xi locked the door, his expression disappeared into the darkness as the lights went out, and he didn't answer Xie Jingnian's question until the end.

"Damn it! At the same table!" Jia Feichen woke up and found that there was someone else beside him. After seeing clearly that it was Xie Jing, let alone how surprised he was, "I thought you were expelled—"

The voice turned abruptly: "What happened to me?"

Behind him, Zhuang Jie punched Jia Feichen hard, and the person who hit him staggered and threw himself on the desk: "What are you farting, can you talk?"

"I was wrong wrong."

Zhuang Jie seemed to be in a hurry with this punch, and he used ten percent of his strength.

Jia Feichen rubbed his back, grinned and took his things back from Xie Jingnian's desk, stuffing them all into his schoolbag.

The three words "Xie Jingnian" are very loud in the second grade of high school, and can be regarded as a small half of the man of the hour.

Of course, apart from his grades, his greater fame comes from his face.He was once rated as a school girl in the school post bar, but because there were few people playing post bar, this matter did not cause much trouble in the end.

"Xie Jingnian? Just the one who cheated in the top ten in the sophomore year?"

"I just said how can someone be good-looking and study well, so it's all because of cheating to get such a high score!"

"No, it's true, Xie Jingnian cheated? Is this a new joke recently?"

"He didn't come to class yesterday, and someone saw him being taken away by his parents. You're telling the truth."

"There's a cheating dog, and he always puts on an air of dignity. Ask him any questions and say he's not free, so he can't!"

Jia Feichen was about to bury his head in the table, not only to guard against the teacher, but also to guard against Xie Jingnian.

The post titled Xie Jingnian had dozens of replies piled up in the post bar, all of which were true and not pleasant, and at the end of the page, no one could say anything good for him.

Jia Feichen went into battle wearing a vest, scolded everyone who said bad things about Xie Jingnian, and privately sent Zhuang Jie a message to ask him to join.The post was posted on the front page within half a class, and the number of replies doubled several times.

Xie Jingnian didn't know about the chaos in the post bar. After class, he received strange looks from many people in the corridor, as if he was a virus, and everyone wanted to stay ten meters away from him.

When he met Chen Hanlin, he was talking with a few people together, and when he saw Xie Jingnian, he left them and ran over: "Mr. Xie, Mr. Xie, wait for me later."

"Don't call me that." Xie Jingnian stopped helplessly, thinking in his heart how he should refuse if Chen Hanlin wanted to cheat on him.

"Then what's my name? Xie Xueba?" Chen Hanlin thought for a while, but there were less than one title that popped up.

Xie Jingnian interrupted him and said, "Just call me by name."

Chen Hanlin leaned on the window sill of the corridor, kept clasping the edge of the marble with his fingers, brewed for a long time, and explained the purpose of coming: "I, I just want to do something with you...I apologize to you...I'm sorry, brother .”

At that time, Ji Heyi asked Xie Jingnian if he had cheated, and he chose to take care of everything by himself. After all, he did help others cheat.

But if Chen Hanlin came to apologize to him, Xie Jingnian couldn't figure it out.This matter is yours, I am willing, he is the one who collects the money, and it is not Chen Hanlin's turn to say sorry to him.

Perhaps Xie Jingnian's doubts were too obvious, Chen Hanlin thought for a while, and said, "Actually, this happened because of me."

"There was an idiot in my class who didn't deal with me. He saw me gesturing, so I went to report to the teacher—" Chen Hanlin paused, gritted his teeth and cursed a few more words, "Fucking stupid!" Force one! He doesn't dare to mess with me, so he'll find fault with you, damn it!"

The thing has already happened, Xie Jingnian didn't care about the reason, he just nodded: "I see."

Chen Hanlin was puzzled by his attitude as if it had nothing to do with him. He was so anxious that he almost ran all the way into the class and asked, "No, aren't you angry?"

Xie Jingnian hummed, stepped on the class bell and sat back in his seat.When he looked outside the door again, Chen Hanlin was nowhere to be seen.

Zhuang Jie was well-informed, and he knew of anyone who was a little bit famous in the school.Throughout the class, I chased after Xie Jingnian and asked him how he met Chen Hanlin.

Xie Jingnian kept silent, being disturbed by him, he couldn't listen to the class, so he perfunctorily blocked Zhuang Jie's mouth with unfamiliarity.

For a long time after that, Xie Jingnian was immersed in everyone's eyes and whispers.

In fact, some people hate it for no reason.They are mediocre and have no talent, so all the excellence and talent have become the so-called original sin.

Xie Jingnian has always understood.