Without a Trace

Tang Miao broke up with her boyfriend of ten years. Her boyfriend had fallen in love at first sight with the daughter of the corporation he worked for. After learning he had a girlfriend, the young...

Chapter 45 Chapter 45

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After leaving Qingcheng Ancient City, Tang Miao returned to the hotel.

After returning to the hotel room, Tang Miao simply packed her luggage. She didn't bring much with her when she came, and when she left, she didn't bring anything else except the silver jewelry she bought at the silversmith's shop.

After packing his luggage, Tang Miao went to the front desk to check out. After checking out, Tang Miao took a taxi to the high-speed rail station in Qingcheng and took the high-speed train back to Huaicheng.

It was morning when I came to Qingcheng yesterday, and it was afternoon when I left Qingcheng today. The scenery outside the window was the same in the morning and in the evening, and in the evening and in the evening, but I felt different.

Tang Miao was sitting on the high-speed train, and his vision changed from green to barren.

Two hours later, Tang Miao returned to Huaicheng.

When Tang Miao left Qingcheng, it was only 2pm, and he returned at 4pm. When he arrived at Huaicheng High-speed Railway Station, he took a half-hour ride home, and it was not yet 5pm.

After returning home from the high-speed rail station, Tang Miao put down his things and took a shower. After taking a shower and changing clothes, Tang Miao went to pack his luggage.

Although I didn't bring anything with me, I was going to be out for a whole day after all, so I changed my clothes and underwear every day, and also put my toiletries and other things back in their original places.

After finishing all this, it was almost five o'clock.

The sun was setting outside, and Tang Miao stood on the balcony of the second bedroom, looking at the sun outside the window. After watching for a while, Tang Miao walked out of the second bedroom and left home.

I was getting ready to leave for Qingcheng yesterday morning. After getting off work the night before, I didn’t even have time to cook a proper meal, and there was not much food left at home.

After Tang Miao left home, he went to the supermarket across the street and bought some food. After shopping, Tang Miao returned home with the shopping bag of food.

When I came back just now, the neighborhood was still a little deserted, but as dinner time approached, more people gradually came. Tang Miao walked through the bustling crowd and returned to the apartment building where he lived alone, and got on the elevator of the apartment building.

It's not that no one uses the elevator, but most of the people getting off are people who live on the same floor, so they often run into each other and know each other. When they meet in the elevator, they will occasionally exchange a few words.

Tang Miao had just moved in, and she wasn't the type to initiate small talk, nor was she that familiar with the residents of this building. So, Tang Miao watched the number on the elevator screen turn to 16 amid the small talk of others. Then the elevator door opened, and Tang Miao said "Excuse me" to a few people before getting off the elevator.

After getting off the elevator, the voices in the elevator continued unabated. Several people were chatting happily about their children's interest classes. Before long, the elevator door closed, blocking their voices inside the elevator, and the elevator continued to move upward.

As the sounds in the elevator gradually faded away, Tang Miao walked to his door, took out his key and opened the door.

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Everything at home is the same as always.

After Tang Miao walked into the house, she changed into slippers in the entrance hall. After doing all this, Tang Miao went to the kitchen to put the ingredients in the refrigerator. After putting down the ingredients, Tang Miao washed her hands, tied her hair, and changed her clothes.

After changing clothes, Tang Miao went to the kitchen to cook dinner.

Dinner was still simple, but Tang Miao cooked a little more today. After making dinner, Tang Miao divided it into two portions, one for himself and one for the thermos box.

After putting it away, Tang Miao finished her dinner in the restaurant. After dinner, Tang Miao washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen, and then she went to the piano store with another dinner in the thermos box.

Tang Miao went to the piano store at the right time, and Yu Yaya had just finished her last class in the afternoon. Yu Yaya said goodbye to the student happily, and the child happily said to Yu Yaya that he would see her in the next class. Then, the parents led the student out.

For example, students and parents who took classes at the piano store also knew some of the other teachers, especially Tang Miao and Yu Yaya, who had such a good relationship. So when the students saw Tang Miao on the way out, they politely called him "Teacher Tang".

"Hello." Tang Miao greeted her with a smile.

After saying hello, Tang Miao smiled and nodded to the child's parents. While she was saying goodbye to the students and their parents, Yu Yaya had already jumped up from the piano bench in the piano classroom and walked to the door.

When she reached the door, Yu Yaya saw Tang Miao standing outside the door holding an insulated box, her eyes wide open.

"Are you really back?" Yu Yaya asked in shock.

While Yu Yaya was asking this, Tang Miao had already walked into her piano classroom carrying the incubator. After entering the piano classroom, Tang Miao sat on her piano bench with ease, put down the incubator in her hand, and looked up at Yu Yaya with a smile.

"How can I send you a loving dinner if I don't come back?"

"Wow! You made me dinner! And I didn't order takeout yet! I love you so much! Ah, how did you know I wanted to eat your cooking!"

Yu Yaya, who was originally asking Tang Miao questions, was attracted to the dinner Tang Miao brought after Tang Miao said this. Yu Yaya knew Tang Miao's cooking skills. Sometimes, if the afternoon classes were not so full and there was no need to rush, Tang Miao would go home at noon.

And if I made lunch, I would definitely bring some for Yu Yaya.

Yu Yaya is not picky about food, and in Tang Miao's words, she is easy to feed. But Yu Yaya said that it was Tang Miao's cooking that was delicious.

Tang Miao’s food is not particularly delicious, but just like her, you will always think about it after eating it.

While we were talking, Yu Yaya had already sat down at her seat and opened her lunch box. Smelling the aroma of the food, Yu Yaya squinted her eyes in satisfaction.

"Wash your hands." Tang Miao reminded her when he saw her about to eat it.

After being reminded by Tang Miao, Yu Yaya came back to her senses, quickly responded, and immediately ran to wash her hands.

The piano store had a separate restroom, so Yu Yaya ran downstairs to wash her hands. After washing, Yu Yaya returned to the piano classroom and recalled the question she had asked Tang Miao just now.

"You really came back? You didn't hang out there for another day? How's your finger? You don't have to go to work tomorrow, do you?"

In addition to the first question, Yu Yaya asked three more questions.

After she finished asking, her eyes were already fixed on Tang Miao's fingers. No matter how many questions she had, the most important thing was her fingers.

When Yu Yaya was looking at her finger, Tang Miao lifted it up and showed it to her carefully, saying, "The swelling has gone down, and there is no discomfort now."

When Tang Miao left the day before yesterday, her index finger was swollen. After resting for more than a day, in less than two days, her finger had returned to its previous thickness. In addition, she pinched her finger and showed it to Yu Yaya.

After pinching, Tang Miao smiled at Yu Yaya and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

"Don't pinch it even if it doesn't hurt." Yu Yaya stopped her, and then she took the chopsticks and ate while saying, "You just felt better and then you did it again. Can't you wait until it feels better before pinching it?"

After Yu Yaya said this, Tang Miao smiled.

"Although the pain is gone, it might relapse. You should consolidate your strength tomorrow," said Yu Yaya.

"Yeah." Tang Miao responded.

Although she has returned, she has no plans to return to work tomorrow.

"Did you do the hot compress well?" After Tang Miao answered, Yu Yaya asked Tang Miao like a class teacher checking homework.

"I did a good job." Tang Miao replied with a smile.

"That's good enough." Yu Yaya stuffed a mouthful of rice with satisfaction.

After Yu Yaya finished speaking, Tang Miao did not say anything else, wanting Yu Yaya to eat in peace. Yu Yaya had not seen her for a day, and although the two had been chatting on WeChat, after meeting Tang Miao, they still had a lot to say.

Anyway, there were only two of them in the piano classroom, so there was no need to worry about politeness. Yu Yaya was talking to Tang Miao like a bean, mostly talking about the same old things that happened in the piano store yesterday.

Even if it's the same old story, when Yu Yaya says it again, it seems a little different.

In fact, people’s lives are all the same.

However, people still enjoy living a monotonous life, probably because of this feeling.

When Yu Yaya was talking, Tang Miao just listened with a smile, and occasionally agreed with her, which made Yu Yaya very happy.

Not long after, Yu Yaya finished her dinner in this happy atmosphere.

After she finished her dinner, Tang Miao gave her the silver jewelry he bought for her during his trip to Qingcheng.

The silver jewelry Tang Miao bought for her was a silver bracelet and a silver ring. Tang Miao wore these two items on his hands and took photos of her in the morning.

But when Yu Yaya saw the real thing now, she found that it looked better than in the photo.

After Tang Miao took out the silver jewelry, Yu Yaya looked at it and exclaimed.

"Wow! This is so beautiful!"

After hearing what Yu Yaya said, Tang Miao smiled again. She pulled the bracelet open and handed her the ring, saying, "They are all alive. It just so happens that I don't know the dimensions of your wrist and the size of your ring."

This kind of movable jewelry is quite good. The size can be adjusted and can be worn in any size.

While talking, Yu Yaya had already put on the bracelet and ring.

The originally beautiful bracelet and ring seemed to look even better after being worn on Yu Yaya's hand. After Yu Yaya put them on, she raised her hand. Tang Miao looked at Yu Yaya's hand and said with a smile.

"It's really beautiful."

"I must take a picture and post it on WeChat Moments!" While Yu Yaya was talking, she took out her cell phone and started taking various pictures of her hands.

When girls take photos, they always try to take photos from every angle, and it takes forever to finish.

Seeing Yu Yaya happily taking pictures with her mobile phone, Tang Miao also smiled with her. Yu Yaya couldn't finish it for a while, so Tang Miao took out his own mobile phone.

Since yesterday's autograph session, Tang Miao's old-fashioned phone has suddenly become active. Every time she turns on her phone, there are always WeChat notifications.

These messages are usually sent by music fans.

She initially did not intend to reply to the messages sent by fans. Later, she felt that it was not a good idea to reply briefly, saying that she had returned and was no longer with Wheeling Passing. After receiving this reply from her, most fans stopped chatting with her.

But Jiaojiao was still enthusiastic after reading her message. Knowing that she didn't go to the Pucheng Music Festival, she even said she would take a straight shot of her whizzing by and send it to her.

She also said that she would come to Huaicheng to watch the live performance of Whistling Passing in the future, and she would contact her then.

In response to these, Tang Miao only gave a few polite replies.

When she opened her phone, she saw some questions from fans. Tang Miao picked a few to reply to. While she was replying, another message came in.

But this time it wasn’t music fans, but a group message.

Yesterday, when they were eating at a food stall, Ji Bang joked that Tang Miao should go to the music festival to perform with them. After she refused, Qi Yuan said that she could perform in a livehouse, so Tang Miao agreed.

After she agreed, Jibang said he would add her to their band group and said she would also be a member of the band.

But Tang Miao didn't give in.

However, she did not reject Jibang's kindness. After refusing to join their group chat, she created another group chat and pulled in the four people who had whizzed past.

In fact, this approach is a safer one.

Because they have a good relationship now, she was even pulled into their group chat. But if her relationship with He Xiao is not so good in the future, then if she still stays in their group, they will feel uncomfortable talking to each other.

Besides, originally, the band group was supposed to only have the four of them, a place where they could talk freely, so what was the point of adding her in?

Ji Bang felt that her behavior was the same, but Qi Yuan liked it very much and felt that she was approachable but not out of place.

Anyway, no matter what, Tang Miao and the four of them are in the same group.

As the five of them have always been together in their group, not many people have been talking since it was created last night.

Now, four people rushed to Pucheng, and Tang Miao returned to Huaicheng, and there was news to be sent in the group.

This message was sent by Jibang.

It is a video he shot himself. The cover of the video seems to be in a music restaurant. The style of the restaurant is low-key and elegant, very tasteful.

Tang Miao looked at the video cover, put his finger on the play button, and pressed play.

The video was shot by Ji Banggang.

After they arrived in Pucheng in the morning, they rested in the hotel for half a day and just came out in the afternoon.

Pucheng's music festival is tomorrow, so they have no work to do. However, not having work does not mean that they will stay idle in the hotel all the time, they also need to go out to eat, drink and socialize.

Today's event is a band gathering.

In addition to Howling Passing, the bands that will perform at the Pucheng Music Festival tomorrow have also arrived in Pucheng today. Earlier, several other bands that did not participate in the Qingcheng Music Festival but had a good relationship with Howling Passing made an appointment with Howling Passing in advance to have a meal together.

Now we are having this meal.

Since it is a band dinner, it is natural to have it in a place that everyone is familiar with. This music restaurant is opened by the lead singer of one of the bands. The music restaurant has a pretty good business. Usually the owner does not charge the bands for dinner. But the bands will not say that they eat for free at the owner's expense. While eating in the restaurant, they will also go on stage to sing a few songs.

It was a live performance of moderate size.

But the atmosphere of this restaurant is different from that of a bar. The bar is more subdued and ambiguous, while the restaurant is bright and relaxed. The musicians of the band gathered around a table, eating, drinking and chatting casually. They were all a group of young people with the same hobbies and beliefs. The atmosphere was really great.

This short video shot by Jibang shows the scene of them eating now.

The reason why he took such a short video is because he likes the current atmosphere. After taking the video, he will post it to the group.

After Ji Bang finished taking the photo, He Xiao, who was sitting opposite him, glanced at him.

"What are you doing?" He Xiao asked Ji Bang who lowered his head.

"Ah? I'll post the video. I'll post it in the group for you to see." Ji Bang said. It can also be regarded as a souvenir.

"We are all here and can see it with our eyes. Who would watch the video you shot?" Qi Yuan said.

"There are things you can't see." He Xiao said.

After He Xiao finished speaking, Qi Yuan and Ji Bang looked at him.

He Xiao leaned back in his chair, and when they looked over, he raised his eyes and glanced at them, saying.

"Post it to the group I created yesterday."