Chapter 87
Shiyin Restaurant is a niche music restaurant in Jianghuai City. There will be live singing every night starting at 8 o'clock. Gu Cunxi looked at the time and it was almost 8 o'clock.
"Cunxi..." Jiang Rao took a sip of the cocktail in front of him, his eyes blurred.
"Um?"
"Can you sing a song for me?" She looked at her with eyes full of expectation.
"What song do you want to listen to?" Gu Cunxi was stunned.
"The words don't express my feelings well, Mr. Gu... can you?" Jiang Rao said with a smirk.
“!!”
[I only sing for you!]
The words from many years ago lingered in his ears, and Gu Cunxi hesitated. She once said that she would only sing love songs for her!
Forget it… The person is gone, what’s the point of clinging to a single word! Besides, Jiang Rao saved me before, and today is her birthday, so I’ll just treat it as a birthday gift and sing it for her…
"Yes!" Gu Cunxi looked up at her and agreed with a smile.
…
The lights on the central stage began to change, and then Gu Cunxi stood up and walked to the side of the stage and said a few words to the staff beside him.
Jiang Rao was always sitting by the side watching her. Her slender figure under the shining lights, she just stood there like a scenery, making people reluctant to take their eyes off her.
An electronic piano was set up in the center of the stage. Gu Cunxi lowered her head and said something to the audience before walking onto the stage. The warm yellow light illuminated her clearly. As the accompaniment gradually began to play, her slender fingers gently landed on the keys with extreme tenderness. Under her strokes, the black and white keys seemed to be given life, as if they were breathing, quickly, slowly...
I can't express myself
Where to start
How to translate "I love you"
[Lonely]
Jiang Rao watched her sing the whole song without blinking from the audience. This was the first time she saw Gu Cunxi singing since they met, and it was on her birthday!
I wonder if she will understand that the words I want to convey to her are not enough...
Applause broke out from the audience. When the song ended, Gu Cunxi walked down the stage under the lights.
"Mr. Gu...you look so charming when you sing." Jiang Rao smiled, his eyes moving.
"It's a birthday present for you. I didn't know your birthday and didn't prepare anything in advance."
"This is the best gift I've ever received." Jiang Rao raised his glass and took a big sip.
"Jiang Rao...you drink too fast." She reached out and pressed the glass in her hand.
"Don't worry...I won't get drunk."
"By the way... there's a message wall at the back. Would you like to leave something, Mr. Gu?" Jiang Rao pointed behind him and said
Gu Cunxi hadn't intended to do such a childish thing. She didn't have any words to leave behind. Who could she leave them to, and what could she leave behind...
But when she looked in the direction of Jiang Rao's finger, the words on the wall seemed to have a magical power, making her want to walk over and see if other people's regrets or pain were the same as hers.
"I'll go check it out..."
After that, she stood up and walked over. Seeing this, Jiang Rao followed her.
The whole wall is covered with words, but because the boss has divided the wall into sections, it doesn’t look messy.
"Cunxi... look at this..." Jiang Rao pointed to a small line of text in front of him.
[Time never speaks, but answers all questions]
“Very artistic, isn’t it?”
"Hmm..." Gu Cunxi nodded and read through the lines one by one. Some of the words were very childish, some were very explicit, and most of them were about love. She curled her lips, feeling bitter in her heart.
She only glanced at one of the messages and remembered it for no reason.
My love, I am not dead.
[From now on, my breathing and heartbeat are saying I miss you!]
There is also a line of date and a letter below
2016.8.7X
"Cunxi, what are you staring at so intently?" Jiang Rao came over and asked
She didn't answer, but pointed at the message in front of her, her eyes dark.
"This one... makes people feel sad..." Jiang Rao pursed his lips.
"Well... it's really sad!" Gu Cunxi nodded with a wry smile on his face.
From this text, she felt the longing in the heart of the person who left the message, which was so strong. The love vows and regrets written all over the white walls were not as shocking as the one in front of her!
"Let me write something too..." Jiang Rao picked up the watercolor pen beside him and turned his eyes.
"What to write?"
Jiang Rao looked at her and smiled. After thinking for a long time, he wrote two words on the wall...
"?"
Following the handwriting, those two words made Gu Cunxi purse his lips and smile silently: "You thought about it for a long time... and this is what you came up with?"
"You don't understand!" Jiang Rao rolled his eyes at her.
“…”
At 11 o'clock in the evening, the two came out of the restaurant and went for a walk in a nearby park.
"Can you tell me what you hope for?" Gu Cunxi asked as he walked aside.
“!!”
Jiang Rao had just written the word "hope" on the wall, which contained many of her hopes.
These hopes are all related to Gu Cunxi, she can't talk about them...
"I hope to get rich!" Jiang Rao raised his head and raised his hands above his head, his tone full of playfulness.
“…”
"Aren't you rich enough..." Gu Cunxi curled his lips
“…”
"Compared to you, I'm not rich enough," Jiang Rao said with a smile
"What do you need so much money for..." When she said this, she changed her tone, as if she was asking Jiang Rao as well as herself.
Four years ago, when Xiao Peiyin was still by her side, she hoped that she could become stronger, but four years later, when she became stronger, she was gone!
How ridiculous…
"Ninety-nine percent of everything in this world can be bought with money. What do you need money for?"
"Then...what about the remaining one percent?" Gu Cunxi looked at her and asked
"Sincerely!" When Jiang Rao said these two words, his eyes brightened and he looked at the people beside him.
Gu Cunxi did not respond and remained silent.
In fact, she did not agree with Jiang Rao's words. Perhaps she would have thought so four years ago.
I believe that true love is more valuable than gold.
But four years later, she believes that except for health, everything else can be bought with money, including sincerity!
But no one can buy her sincerity with money, because she lost her heart four years ago!
…
It was almost midnight, and they walked in the park for a long time.
"Cunxi..." Jiang Rao stopped and held her hand
"!!" Gu Cunxi stood there in a daze
A hint of coldness came from my fingertips
"Can you hug me?" She said this with anticipation, without the usual joking tone she used to use when facing Gu Cunxi. This time she was very serious.
"Jiang Rao..." Gu Cunxi pulled his hand away, looking hesitant.
"you…"
Before he finished speaking, a pair of hands tightly embraced his waist, and his arms were warm.
"Let me hold you for a while!" Jiang Rao said in her ear
“!”
She accepted Jiang Rao's hug, neither pushing it away nor raising her hands, letting her hold her like she did last time in the bar.
"Today is my birthday. Thank you for being with me, Gu Cunxi!"
The warm embrace made Jiang Rao reluctant to leave, and the whole body was filled with fragrance.
Jiang Rao's low voice was in his ears, with a hoarse voice after drinking: "Are you... drunk?" Gu Cunxi turned his head and asked
The person in my arms nodded and shook his head...
“…”
It was already past midnight when Jiang Rao reluctantly let go of my hand.
"Boss Gu's mission... is accomplished!" With a barely perceptible wry smile on her lips, she paused and said, "I really like the song you sang. This hug is a thank you to Boss Gu."
She looked at Gu Cunxi with drunken eyes...
“…”
"Thank me for what?"
"Celebrate my birthday with me!"
“…”
The streets were empty and quiet at night. Jiang Rao fell asleep after getting in the car. Gu Cunxi drove to take her home, but she suddenly remembered that Jiang Rao lived in Mingjiang Garden!
“!”
The green light at the intersection came on, but the car didn't start. She stopped in front of the crosswalk and hesitated.
That street...she didn't want to step into
The person next to him was sleeping soundly, Gu Cunxi turned his head to look at her
“…”
Even if we wake Jiang Rao up, it is not realistic to let her go back alone.
Mingjiang Garden is just in front of us. There's nothing to be afraid of.
…
Gu Cunxi parked the car at the door, woke up Jiang Rao and helped her walk in...
The community was silent, but her mind was filled with sharp voices. She kept her head down, not daring to look up at anything that passed by.
"Jiang Rao...what's the password?" She helped Jiang Rao out of the elevator and leaned against the wall.
“…”
The person on top of him didn't respond, his eyes were closed...
"Jiang Rao?" she called again.
"Well...I..."
"What?" Gu Cunxi leaned closer and asked
"I... like it very much," Jiang Rao murmured.
“…”
"I'm asking for your password..."
She tightened her grip, almost unable to hold on...
"password…"
Gu Cunxi quickly put his ear close, afraid that he couldn't hear clearly: "Yes...what's the password?"
"The password...why is the password...hers?"
“???”
"Whose?"
She thought Jiang Rao would tell her the password, but he didn't, and what he said made her even more confused.
“…”
Just as Gu Cunxi was hesitating whether to take her back to the hotel, the door was opened from the inside.
“!!”
"Sister, you made a date..."
Their eyes met, and the woman's words stopped abruptly when she saw the person outside the door.
Where had she seen this woman before...
"Hello..." She nodded and smiled at the woman.
"You..." The woman opened her mouth in surprise
"She drank too much, I took her back"
"Are you her sister?" Gu Cunxi asked
"yes"
"She's my biological sister!" the woman added hurriedly, her tone like explaining.
“…”
"Hmm..." Gu Cunxi tightened his grip, nodded, and continued, "Then... you take care of her."
After that, she handed Jiang Rao to the woman and was about to leave, but was stopped when she turned around.
"Would you like to come in and sit down?" the woman said with a smile.
“???”
This kind of smile puzzled her...it was like she was secretly happy.
"No, thank you."
She turned and left...
…
Gu Cunxi stood still for a long time at the bottom of Building 8 of Mingjiang Garden. After coming out of Jiang Rao's house, she couldn't help but walk here...
There was always a voice in her heart telling her: Go and have a look... Go and have a look!
The elevator was getting closer, and her palms were aching from the pain she felt from holding the key tightly.
She carried this key with her for four years!
When she got out of the elevator, she saw that the gate was decorated with new couplets and blessing characters, which were related to rats.
Suddenly, it dawned on her… that this year was the Year of the Rat, and she hadn’t celebrated the Spring Festival for four years…
The door looked like it had just been cleaned, and there was a doormat with the words "Welcome Home" written on it.
These four words seemed to burn in her heart...
Is she still living here?
Suddenly, a flash of anticipation flashed through my heart, my heart seemed to be pounding out of my chest, and my body walked forward uncontrollably as if possessed.
She held her hand in mid-air, trembling uncontrollably...
After hesitating for a moment, I mustered up the courage to knock on the door.
The voice-activated light in the corridor, which had been extinguished briefly, lit up again, just like Gu Cunxi's heart, flickering.
There was no response...it was so quiet
She wanted to go in and see the bedroom where they had slept, the dining table where they had eaten, and the kitchen where they had washed dishes together...
The key was inserted into the lock, she turned it gently, and her breathing stopped.
At the moment of twisting, the door was opened from the inside
“!!”
The anti-theft chain on the door pulled it open a crack, revealing half of the woman's face...
"Who?" the woman asked cautiously.
“…”
Not her...
"Who are you looking for?" the woman asked again
"Excuse me..." He glanced inside through the gap.
"Xiao Peiyin...lives here?"
"There's no such person..." The woman looked unhappy and was about to close the door
"Wait..." Gu Cunxi stretched out his hand to block the door: "Did you rent this house?"
"What do you mean by rented? I bought this!" the woman raised her voice.
Bought it?
The woman pulled the door again, and seeing that Gu Cunxi was blocking the door, she said angrily: What's wrong with you? If you don't let go in the middle of the night, I will sue you for disturbing the public!
“This house…when did you buy it?”
"What's it to you?" The woman rolled her eyes.
"Tell me about this house...how long have you owned it?" Gu Cunxi took out a stack of red banknotes from his wallet and handed it to the woman.
“!!”
The woman's eyes lit up when she saw the stack of banknotes in front of her.
"Four years ago..." She took the money and her tone softened.
Four years ago...that is to say, not long after I left, she sold this place!
"Was it sold to you by a woman?" Gu Cunxi asked again
"yes…"
The hand by the door gradually slipped down... and fell limply to the side
"Do you... have anything else to do?" the woman asked
"How much?" Gu Cunxi lowered his head and asked coldly.
“???”
"How much?" the woman looked puzzled.
"I'm asking you, how much does it cost to buy your house?"
"You are sick, I won't sell this house!"
With a bang, the woman closed the door
“…”
You're right, I must be sick... that's why I came here! Gu Cunxi laughed at himself for such a ridiculous behavior...
The voice-activated light went out, and darkness swallowed her
Xiao Peiyin, you can always be so easy...
You left me so easily, threw away the ring so easily, and even sold this place! And I...
Even if I don't want to think about you, I have to try my best...
You...are so cruel!
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