Follow the sound and follow the way

It was not a big blow for the object of his crush to be cut off by the annoying ghost. Sushil turned grief and anger into strength, worked hard to practice vocal resonance for more than half a month, and received the admission offer jointly issued by Evan and the annoying ghost.

Guan Xiaoxiao has a teaching position in J Academy, and Sushil will start her arduous professional singing career from the Middle School Attached to Mukang Alma Mater.The dark-skinned Ellen Douglas, who was born and raised in the slums of Southeast Asia, has no title and territory, but unyieldingly hopes to break out of the predicament and rebuild her home.

One day, she will be able to fulfill her wish.

Because music is supernatural and omnipotent.

After Lin Mu sent out the offer, they waved their hands and flew to Singapore without taking a cloud, and decisively handed over a series of tedious matters such as the admission process and visa procedures to Guan Xiaoxiao and Xia Shu. LEEFOUNDATION's P country charity project has a new instructor, and the person in charge is overjoyed. The two sides met in the most developed country in Southeast Asia, without the trouble of floods and robberies, and without being forced to eat fruit mixed with rice.

The four teachers have already discussed the number of scholarships through emails. This time, Lin Yan is in charge of confirming the final candidate with the foundation, and Mu Kang is in charge of signing a contract with the foundation. It is not a complicated matter, and it was settled in one morning.The two had no schedule for the next few days, so they decided to stay in Singapore after the New Year before returning home.

Under the chaotic Southeast Asian jungle curtain, Singapore is like a three-good student who strayed into the camp of poor students. The outside is clean and tidy like a tropical city, and the air-conditioning that "is about to freeze to death but not really freezes to death" is kept indoors all the time. temperature.The two were hanging out in the Shoppingmall downstairs of the hotel in T-shirts and shorts, and got goosebumps from the cold in the hot weather.

Mu Kang rubbed his arms and complained, "It's so fucking cold."

Lin Yan nodded: "It's colder than Hong Kong."

Mu Kang clicked his tongue: "Why is the temperature so low?"

Lin Yan: "It is said that it is to remove the smell."

Mu Kang: "...Huh?"

"The outdoor temperature is high, and people tend to sweat." Lin Yan said clearly, "The low temperature can prevent the smell from spreading."

Hearing this, Mu Kang felt disgusted: "Really, I heard it."

Lin Yan was taken aback: "What?"

Mu Kang looked to both sides, without saying a word, he dragged Lin Yan into the hidden passage between Lin Lang's shop, sniffed for a long time on Lin Yan's neck like a dog, and said, "It's still the same smell."

Lin Yan: "..."

Mu Kang: "Your smell."

Lin Yan's voice softened: "Mu Kang..."

Mu Kang: "It doesn't work very well, it has spread to me anyway."

A provocative smile appeared in the corner of Lin Yan's eyes: "If you do this again, I will be hard."

Mu Kang sighed, relying on no one hugging Lin Yan around: "It's too cold, I want to hug you to keep warm."

Lin Yan: "Go eat first, and go for a walk after dinner."

The two hot-blooded good boys were forced outside by the air-conditioning very spinelessly.As soon as I walked out of the air-conditioned room, the comfortable evening breeze of Marina Bay came oncoming with laughter and laughter. The air was filled with the intoxicating taste of heat, wine, and sea tide.The fragrance distilled from love makes people more easily infected by the joyful atmosphere, and the two couldn't help smiling at each other in the night breeze.

Although Mu Kang often took Lin Yan for a walk when he was in Switzerland, he seldom went out for a walk at night.This area is regarded as a landmark of Singapore, with a beautiful night view. Outside the exit, there is a pool of blooming lotus flowers. Behind the pool stands a seaside building that is also in the shape of a lotus flower.Mu Gardener sat by the pool and looked at the flowers for a while, then smiled and said, "The design is quite interesting, what is that big lotus?"

"ArtScienceMuseum." Lin Yan said.

"It seems that I am very familiar with this place." Mu Kang said.

"I've been here many times." Lin Yan said, "Because of the Foundation and SSO."

"Are you referring to SSO?" Mukang asked.

"I've pointed it out many times, it's on the opposite Esplanade." Lin Yan said, "It's a very good band."

"I've seen a few of their performances." Mu Kang stood up, "The resident conductor is a character, and he doesn't even read the score when he plays Mahler."

"Very powerful." Lin Yan said, "Carlos appreciates him very much."

Walking through the lotus pond, the splendid architectural complex along the coast of Marina Bay slowly reveals the whole picture.This area is planned as the CBD of Singapore. Different groups have different styles, including the towering urban skyline and the classical and elegant historical colonial area.

The equatorial cyclone crossed the South China Sea, dissipated its intensity, and turned into a pleasant breeze on the seashore, quietly lifting the soft hair on Lin Yan's forehead.The two walked between two rows of tall palm trees, and Mu Kang asked while helping Lin Yan tidy his hair, "Have you ever played Mahler?"

Lin Yan shook his head: "No."

Mu Kang's finger lingered in Lin Yan's ear: "I guess...you don't want to point."

Lin Yan: "Yes."

Mu Kang continued: "But many people want to ask you to point out."

"Yes." Lin Yan said with a smile, "I'm not sure."

Mu Kang led Lin Yan to the sunken square near the sea, and joked, "Didn't memorize it?"

Lin Yan leaned on the railing and looked at the other side, quietly took Mu Kang's hand, without saying a word.

The west bank of Marina Bay is covered with bright and colorful lights. Mukang pointed to the Merlion in the distance and said, "Why is it so small?"

Lin Yan: "It's not small at a close distance."

Mu Kang: "Go and see."

From the east bank to the west bank, you have to go around the bay. The two of them passed through the crowded area and walked into a sparsely populated coastal landscape belt. Several bars with abstract decorations stood by the roadside. Do whatever you want, with an attitude that is not very friendly or not.

Passing the fourth bar, Lin Yan stopped suddenly.

Although this bar looks unremarkable, it couldn't resist a cute name: Elves.The English letters on the signboard flashed a strange blue-violet light, and a stick figure elf was laid out with green neon tubes.In the window next to the door, there are a few ugly and outrageous elf dolls that are suitable as props in horror movies. They can definitely compete fiercely with the chicken dolls from the roast chicken restaurant in L City.

Mu Kang: "It's ugly."

Lin Yan: "It's so cute."

Mu Kang: "..."

Lin Yan looked at Mu Kang with clear eyes: "I want to buy it."

Mu Kang: "...buy buy buy."

He couldn't understand why Lin Yan, who has such a high level of aesthetics, has such a weird taste in dolls like a lack of understanding. Who knows that this is not the only thing. When the two went into the bar and asked, they were told that they were ugly. Such a tragic doll is not for sale.

The clerk with rainbow highlights, rainbow colored lenses and rainbow hair said: "This is our prize."

Lin Yan: "What prize?"

The rainbow clerk pointed to the poorly equipped and empty stage and said, "The prize for singing on stage."

The resident actors are chosen so casually that it makes people want to turn around and leave.

Lin Yan, who was caught by the doll, naturally wouldn't turn around and leave. He looked at Mu Kang for a while, and asked politely, "Master Mu, can you do it?"

Mu Kang said modestly, "No, where is Lin Zhi?"

Lin Yan said honestly, "I can't either."

Mu Kang: "..."

Lin Yan: "..."

Famous musicians who are omnipotent can write songs, change songs, compose songs, teach songs, just can't... sing.

The Rainbow clerk added: "The person who gets the most applause every night will get ten dolls."

One shot is ten!

The anticipation in Lin Sansui's eyes almost surpassed the neon lights!

never mind.Mu Kang thought: I am willing to die for him, but singing a song... still won't work.

Even if I sing, I will never win a prize, right?

Lin Yan said enthusiastically: "I want to make these ten dolls..."

Mukang: "To the ten children who received scholarships from the Proust Wind Orchestra, right?"

Lin Yan: "Yes."

Mu Kang wiped his face, turned his head and discussed with the Rainbow clerk: "Is it okay to play the piano instead of singing?"

Rainbow clerk: "Do you only play the piano?"

Mukang: "Yes."

The Rainbow clerk hesitated and asked, "Will it be too monotonous (boring)?"

monotonous? ? ?

The great talent Mu has been in the world for decades, and it was the first time he encountered a scene where he offered to play the piano but was questioned. He was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to proceed.

Lin Yan said confidently: "He plays very well, not monotonous."

The Rainbow clerk first glanced at Lin Yan, then looked at Mu Kang for a while like a dean checking student uniforms, nodded and said, "Okay, please."

Classmate Lin, in his thirties, sat in the seat closest to the stage, ordered a small glass of brandy in violation of school rules, and watched his lover win prizes for him wholeheartedly.

Classmate Mu, in his thirties, rubbed his hands and sat down in front of the piano, feeling a little dazed in his mind.

Even if Mu Dacai has a deep pocket in his chest, he can come up with a hundred thousand songs at his fingertips, but none of them are suitable for performance here.

Under the stage sat a group of young men and women with colorful hair and strange costumes. Some looked at the stage critically and impatiently, and some stared at the wine glasses with fascination. They looked like a group of artists who neither liked listening to Debussy nor looked down on pop music. Things are forcing.

Mu Kang thought to himself: It's not easy to fool.

It is still a game that can only be won but not lost.

He looked at Lin Yan questioningly, Lin Yan understood, smiled slightly at Mu Kang, and gently pushed the wine glass in front of him with his right hand.

Mu Kang understood immediately.

Lin Yan asked him to play "Tea for Two".

One of the most frequently performed tracks in the jazz world, there is a band version in the Shostankovich jazz album that the two listened to not long ago.

Mu Kang looked at the keys, took a breath, and picked out a simple but ambiguous chord with his fingertips.

"TeaforTwo" is a bold and presumptuous love song, and the whole song releases the single emotion of "I love you, come and hug me".In the past, this kind of jazz related to lust was similar to pornography for Mu Kang. He could listen to masturbation, but he would definitely not be able to play it.

However, today is different from the past. Once Mu Dacai had sex, there were so many ways to play that it was overwhelming.At this moment, he can mix all the erotic details that the human brain can conceive into the music, and throw his brains on the specific person in the audience.

Mu Kang disdained to show off his skills, and kept his speed within the most intimate scale. His breath caressed his skin, and his chords were sexy and seductive, as if he said in Lin Yan's ear: "I imagine you are touching me, soon you will shoot out."

This stuff got a little carried away.

As soon as he thought of A Yan hugging him naked, he wished he could open the most beautiful peacock screen in the world, and the music at his fingertips became more and more dissolute as he walked, disregarding the other audience sitting in the audience, even the prizes of ten elf dolls. Forgotten in the back of my mind.

Lin Yan, who was not hugged hard in the air-conditioned room, was forced hard by Mu Kang in public.

He sat helplessly under the stage, and before he could figure out how to make Mu Kang stop, a girl with smoky makeup and grandma dust on her head rushed onto the stage, stood in front of the microphone and said, "Can I join? "

Then she didn't wait for Mu Kang to answer, and sang along with the piano directly.

Lin Yan: "..."

All right, it's a relief.

Mu Kang: "..."

Who the hell are you?

Mu Kang did all his calculations, but he didn't think that the deliberate slowing down gave people an opportunity.Girls not only have a good sense of music, but also have a wide range of vocals, so you don't need to open your mouth to the KEY with the piano.The originally deserted place suddenly became heated, the audience whistled and screamed, the girl closed her eyes, swayed and held the microphone, and quickly entered the state.

The result of the competition was not surprising, the grandma Cinderella who broke out halfway received the most applause.Mu Peacock scratched his head and played for a long time, but he couldn't compare to the girl's 2-minute whim.

Talented Mu sits in the audience watching Rainbow's clerk handing out prizes to Grandma Cinderella. He can't laugh or cry, and deeply understands why Longyou is caught in shallow water by shrimps.

Lin Yan comforted: "I played it so well that I listened hard."

Mukang: "Really?"

Lin Yan lowered his voice and let out a "huh".

Only then did Mu Kang feel a little more comfortable, and asked, "What about the doll?"

Lin Yan: "Forget it."

The two bought the bill and planned to leave, but they were stopped by the grandmother Cinderella just as they walked to the door of the bar.The girl held two plastic bags stuffed with dolls and handed them directly to Mu Kang: "Here you are."

Mu Kang looked at her in surprise: "You don't want it anymore?"

"My level is far behind yours." Grandma Cinderella said shyly, "It should be yours."

Mu Kang was not polite at all, and quickly took the plastic bag as if he was afraid that she would regret it: "Thank you."

"Are you a professional?" The girl asked curiously, "Is there a place where you can perform regularly?"

"No, I'm a tourist." Mu Kang who got the prize paid no attention and said absent-mindedly, "Thank you, that's all, bye."

Girl: "...bye."

Mu Kang pulled Lin Yan away from the bar quickly, walked to the beach under a warm landscape light, held up the plastic bag and said, "I won."

Lin Yan stared at Mu Kang tenderly: "Yes."

"There are ten of them here." Mu Kang smiled, "Kiss for one."

"No." Lin Yan said frankly, "I want to exchange two kisses."

The bright night of the bay reflects a charming halo in Lin Yan's eyes full of love.He stepped forward, took a bag of dolls from Mu Kang, and kissed his lover's sexy lips at the same time.

Two middle school students in their 30s each held a large plastic bag stuffed with ugly dolls. They kissed as they walked, avoiding people's eyes, and they didn't finish kissing when they reached the Merlion.Mu Kang hugged Lin Yan and sat down on the steps by the sea, leaned into his lover's ear and said, "The last two, let me kiss you instead."

Lin Yan immediately rolled his eyes with a smile: "Okay."

Mu Kang kissed Lin Yan under the witness of the Merlion, and said, "We have to kiss all over the world."

"I've only kissed a few countries." Lin Yan clasped fingers with Mu Kang amidst the splendid lanterns in Marina Bay, "The road is long and we have to work hard."

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Note:

TeaforTwo: A song in the musical comedy "No, No, Nanette" in 1925, composed by Vincent Youmans, and played by many jazz masters.The Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich adapted this song into a band version in 1927, using the name Tahiti Trot, Op. 16 of the Russian version adapted by Boris Fomin.

There are two versions of symphony orchestra and jazz piano in the playlist, and the jazz piano chooses the classic ArtTatum interpretation.Teacher Mu's version is slower and more erotic, which belongs only to Lin Zhi.

SSO: Singapore Symphony Orchestra.