Chapter 58
Throughout November, Lu Si was busy organizing the songs he wrote in high school, picking out the ones he thought were decent, re-recording them, and compiling them into his first instrumental album.
Manager Huo attached great importance to his first album and asked Lu Si to accompany him to visit the leaders of major orchestras and members of major veteran bands, inviting them to record for this new album.
Manager Huo's intention was simply to leverage the fame of these industry figures to promote the new artist's album. Lu Si, dragged along by Manager Huo and forced to accompany him, gained a lot of insights.
Especially when the fans heard that he was going to visit the "Flying Bird" band, they were so jealous that their eyes instantly turned red, and they wished they could immediately go to Lu Si and shake hands with the old senior on his behalf.
-Yaoyaozi: Flying Bird! I got into rock music by listening to their songs!
-Ji (fourth tone) brother: Wow, I can watch their band perform live! And even visit their practice room!
-Chen Xiaoyi: Sign, sign, sign! Brother Lu, don’t forget your brothers still need four signatures!
-Brother Yuanzi: Isn’t the most outrageous thing that they actually agreed to record a song for Sier?
-Lu Sier:.
-Lu Sier: Don’t be too jealous of me.
When visiting the practice room of the "Flying Bird" band, Lu Si started a multi-person video, added the footage from his side with the narration of the veteran, and broadcast it to the group in real time.
When the senior asked him what he was doing, Lu Si said that his brothers who played in a band with him in high school were also loyal fans of their band, and were admiring the scenic spot behind the camera.
The senior member became interested as soon as he heard this and leaned over to the screen to watch: "You guys were in a band before?"
The four children on the other side of the camera saw their idol and screamed as if they had returned to prehistoric times.
Alive! Alive "flying bird"!
Aww! I can actually talk to them!
Brother Yuanzi was relatively restrained, pulling himself back into the room and asking the seniors a few questions up close. The remaining few also managed to contain their excitement and sought advice from the seniors.
These seniors, already considered uncles, were known for their patience with younger musicians. After answering each question, one of the handsome uncles crossed his arms and smiled at Lu Si, "So, are you still interested in continuing to play in a band?"
Manager Huo had been checking with Flying Bird's agent to clear some time for recording. Overhearing something, he immediately jumped to Lu Si's aid. "That's my newly signed composer, a rising star and a future pillar of our company! Stop trying to get him into your rock world!"
The word "again" proves that Manager Huo has learned a lesson through blood and tears.
"Old Huo," the handsome uncles began to laugh, "you are no longer interesting."
On the other side of the video, everyone in the eating group fell silent.
Xie Ziyao laughed dryly, as if to liven up the atmosphere. "Nowadays, everyone is scattered all over the world and not even in the same city. How can we all get together?"
Mo Ji nodded: "That's right. We can get together again during the winter vacation."
In the Ganfan group, only Mo Ji and Xie Ziyao are in the same music school.
Lu Si lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment. He answered the uncle's question and also answered the brothers in the group, "Actually, I prefer to stay behind the scenes rather than perform on stage myself."
When he was a teenager, he had too much depression that was difficult to vent.
Rather than enjoying the performance, he enjoys the catharsis of the moment and the time he spends with friends during rehearsals.
With a smile in his eyes, he lowered his eyelids and looked at Xie Ziyao and the others, "If you form a band again one day, I hope I can have the honor of composing music for you."
The most emotional Xie Ziyao's eyes immediately turned red, and the most rational Xiao Yuanshan also moved the camera away in silence and controlled his emotions alone.
TS, the band that was engraved into their youth, was originally formed because the teenagers in Shiquan Town who were tired of studying wanted to find a place to go after school.
When he was in junior high school, Lu Si was extremely withdrawn and rebellious. He dyed his hair white, came to school late and left early, and did not return home at night.
As Xiao Yuanshan carried his schoolbag to and from school, he often saw Lu Si and the town's bad boys squatting on the curb. The bad boys smoked, while he squatted there, quietly watching the junior high school students go back to their homes.
Although Xiao Yuanshan, Xie Ziyao and others also hated studying at that time, it was not to the point where no one cared about them at all.
Lu Si was Xiao Yuanshan’s playmate in kindergarten. They were close friends and they would hold hands even when going to the bathroom.
Later, when Lu Si was in elementary school, his parents took him to the city and they never contacted each other again.
When Xiao Yuanshan saw Lu Si again in town when he was in junior high school, he remembered that he had vaguely heard parents talk about Lu Si, saying that his parents were divorced and owed a lot of debts, and they couldn't afford to raise the child so they left him to his grandmother.
This kind of kindergarten friendship, born from the days of wearing open-crotch pants, often fades into the past as we grow older. Even if the two parties' eyes meet, they turn away as if they don't recognize each other.
But that day, Xiao Yuanshan, carrying his schoolbag, crossed the road among the crowd and walked to Lu Si who was squatting there quietly.
The smoking bad youths all looked over.
He blocked Lu Si's light, and Lu Si narrowed his eyes slightly and raised his head impatiently.
Seeing it was him, I was stunned.
"What?" he said.
"We've formed a band, but we're still short of a guitarist," Xiao Yuanshan asked calmly, seemingly unconcerned with his impatience. "Are you coming? I remember you learned guitar."
“…”
That afternoon changed the trajectories of the two teenagers. Starting from this thin trajectory, it changed the many people involved in this line.
Later, Lu Xueba and Xiao Yuanshan brought two poor students, Xie Ziyao and Mo Ji, into the No. 12 Middle School.
When he was in his first year of high school, Chen Yilai heard their performance and instantly turned into a fanboy, chasing after Lu Si and asking, "Brother Lu, Brother Lu, does your band need a manager?"
"No shortage." Lu Si answered indifferently.
"What about the errand boy?"
“No shortage.”
"What about my little brother?"
"...What on earth are you doing here?"
Chen Yi burst into tears and hugged his arm tightly, "You can just hang me like a pendant on your thigh and ignore me!"
Lu Si asked him, "Are you serious? Don't you have anywhere else to go after school?"
Class 2 is a key class. Who wouldn't go there to study hard after school?
Chen Yi nodded emphatically: "It's fine for me to come to your rehearsal room to study! I won't disturb you! I can even serve as an audience member and test out your performance!"
Unexpectedly, before he could argue any further, Lu Si actually nodded.
"Since there's nowhere to go, come if you want. As long as you're not bored."
Chen Yi hurriedly shook his head like a rattle: "Definitely not boring!"
So, the group of people who were eating together became five people.
The memory returned to the present, Xiao Yuanshan calmed down his emotions and moved the camera back.
"Okay," Xiao Yuanshan said calmly, "Buy one, get one free? Buy one and get one free?"
Xie Ziyao also realized: "Brother Lu, we are poor students, can we also give a discount on the first song?"
Lu Si raised his lips and said, "Okay, buy one and get two free, it's a lifetime price."
When December arrived, Gu Fang finally submitted the painting he had been working on for so long.
He anxiously observed the expression on Teacher Lin's face, but unfortunately, Teacher Lin had already cultivated to such a level that not a single trace of emotion could be seen on his face. He simply smiled and said, "Okay, leave it here. I'll be the first to let you know when the results come out."
Gu Fang finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I'll be leaving now. Goodbye, Teacher Lin."
Teacher Lin caught a glimpse of Gu Fang walking out of the office. He slowly put down his thermos and immediately shouted, "Teacher Wang, Teacher Zhang, Teacher Xie! Come and see this work!"
The sun was shining brightly outside the window, casting a shadow on the painting frame. In the painting, a handsome young man tilted his head in front of a computer filled with soundtracks, gently rubbing the back of his head with his palm.
He seemed exhausted from work, his eyelids drooping with cold laziness, but as he gazed out the window, his eyes were filled with fragments of sunlight, giving him a relaxed demeanor yet, paradoxically, a youthful energy.
He uses abstract lines and bold colors to bring his works to life on paper.
His eyes even passed through the paper and looked out the window of the office, which was now filled with sunlight.
Teacher Zhang said, "I feel like... he's looking at me."
Teacher Xie said, "What a coincidence! I think he's looking at me too."
Teacher Wang asked anxiously, "Aren't you teaching freshmen this year?"
Teacher Lin once again put on the profound smile of a sage and took another sip of tea. "Guess who they admitted as a freshman this year."
Teacher Wang looked puzzled for a moment, then suddenly understood.
But after Gu Fang returned, he no longer took the exhibition to heart.
As the saying goes, do your best and leave the rest to fate.
He has done his best, so there is no need to be unnecessarily nervous.
In the last few days of December, on the eve of New Year's Eve, Lu Si finally finished the finishing work on his first instrumental album.
On the morning of New Year's Eve, he woke up early and went to the flower shop with the best reviews near the school to pick out a bunch of violets. At the strong recommendation of the saleswoman, he chose a mix of light purple, champagne, and white, wrapped it up, and tied it with a light purple ribbon.
The saleswoman was very experienced. She handed the flowers over with a smile and asked, "Is it for your significant other?"
"Well," the handsome young man with a cool appearance said, a faint smile appearing on his originally cold face when he mentioned his girlfriend, "He likes flowers very much."
The saleswoman immediately tried to sell him the business: "If he's satisfied, please come back to our store next time!"
The place they agreed to meet was in the square opposite the restaurant.
Across the street and the crowd, Lu Si saw Gu Fang wearing a beige windbreaker and a beige wide-brimmed baseball cap on his head. He had his hands in his pockets and was kicking pebbles on the roadside out of boredom.
Lu Si had noticed early on that Fang Fang didn't like people looking at his face for too long. It was probably his social anxiety. The brim of his hat was too long, almost completely casting the upper half of his face, including his nose, into shadow.
Among the passers-by, he was visibly trying to reduce his presence.
Even so, he still insisted on standing at the most conspicuous traffic light with the most pedestrians.
The green light came on, Lu Si walked over quickly, took Gu Fang's hand, and called softly, "Fang Fang."
Gu Fang raised his face as his hand was held, and his soft and delicate face was like a block of color that was lit up little by little and became more vivid.
"Lu Si." He pursed his lips, barely restraining himself, and called out quickly and softly.
Lu Si asked him, "Are you hungry?"
Gu Fang touched his belly: "A little bit."
Lu Si smiled and said, "That's great, let's go over there."
"What is this?" Gu Fang tilted his head and pointed at the bouquet in Lu Si's other hand.
Lu Si said calmly, "Someone gave it to me for free on the road."
Gu Fang curled his lips, but didn't expose him, only saying: "How can such a bargain be picked up so easily?"
Lu Si handed him the flowers and said, "You. I got a great bargain."
Gu Fang took the flower, sniffed it, and said mysteriously, "Do you know the meaning of violets?"
"I don't believe this." Lu Si said very straightforwardly, but this did not affect his next sentence, "But I checked before going to the flower shop."
Gu Fang's tone was very surprised: "Brother, did you actually check before buying it?"
He thought it was just a casual recommendation from the clerk.
"Come on," Lu Si said, "it's not cheap."
Not only in terms of price, but also in terms of thought.
This was the first pot of gold he earned from his first album. He used it to buy violets on the last day of the year, giving him eternal beauty and love.
Gu Fang was sincerely considering this question: "Actually, I can buy some potted plants next time. This will be more cost-effective, and the flowers my brother gave me can also live for a long time."
The last sentence is the key point.
They entered the restaurant and were led by the waiter to their reserved seats by the window. But life was so coincidental that Gu Fang had booked a restaurant he often visited, and then forgot that this was also a restaurant Mr. Gu loved to go to. So this scene became the current one -
Mr. Gu and his partner came from the other end of the aisle and saw them. They paused slightly, took a step slower than the others, and approached them.
"Come and have dinner?" Mr. Gu, who had practiced for many years, asked them with a normal expression.
"Yeah." Gu Fang's expression remained normal. "Dad, did you guys just finish eating?"
Gu Jianbo also hummed, and Lu Si discovered that the father and son's "hmm" was exactly the same in tone. He quickly noticed Gu Jianbo's gaze shifting to him, but unlike the scrutiny he'd shown before, it was calm and emotionless.
"Xiao Si, you can try the flavors of this shop. Fang Fang has loved coming here since he was a kid."
The moment he called out "Xiao Si", Lu Si felt goose bumps on his arms due to stress.
He numbly glanced at Gu Fang, whose expression was normal, and then back at Mr. Gu, whose expression was normal. Both of their expressions were as if Mr. Gu had called him by that affectionate name since they first met, and it was very natural. Lu Si found that his jumpy behavior made him seem out of place among the father and son.
"Yeah." Lu Si imitated their tone and intonation, "Gu... Uncle, take care."
Unfortunately, my cultivation was not up to par and I accidentally told the truth.
Gu Fang quickly followed: "Dad, take care."
Gu Jianbo didn't intend to disturb the couple's meal any further, so he said, "Okay, take your time and have fun."
After that, he followed his partner who was waiting curiously in front of him. As they walked further and further away, his partner asked, "Isn't that Mr. Gu?"
"Yeah," Gu Jianbo said calmly, "and his boyfriend."
The partners then flattered him: "As expected of Mr. Gu's child, he's only a freshman in college, and he's already settled his lifelong affairs so early!"
Gu Jianbo: "..."
There is no need to shoot it like this.
Only then did he sigh softly, revealing a father's emotion: "It is indeed a matter of life and death."
After all, they are lifelong partners who cannot be separated no matter how soft or hard they are.
Unlike Mr. Gu who was sighing over there, the young couple here obviously quickly forgot about this little episode and immersed themselves in their date.
The restaurant is close to the lake, so in the afternoon we walked along the lake, fed the water birds, and took a duck boat ride on the lake.
The strange competitive spirit of the two A's made them whiz to first place in the lake-wide duck boat couple race, successfully reaching the other side first, attracting strange looks from other couples still on the lake.
—These two are good-looking, but are they crazy? Who is really here to ride a boat?
So they spent an afternoon experiencing all the rides in the park and arrived at the hotel across the square tired but fulfilled.
After swiping the room card and putting down his things, Lu Si went into the bathroom to wash his hands and called out to the door, "Fang Fang, think about what to eat for dinner when you go downstairs later."
But there was no movement for a long time.
After Lu Si wiped his hands and came out, he saw him lying on the edge of the bed without taking off his shoes, holding a pillow over his head with both hands.
"Don't hold it in." Lu Si reached out to pull the pillow, but failed.
"Tired?" Lu Si sat down beside him and slowly untied the hands that were pulling at the pillow.
Gu Fang's face was lying on the snow-white bed sheet, slowly appearing.
Lu Si immediately noticed that his face was abnormally red, and his forehead was covered with sweat, as if it had been pulled out of the water. But Lu Si remembered that he had just wiped the sweat off his face when he entered the room.
"What's wrong?" Lu Si became nervous.
"Nothing." Gu Fang pursed her lips tightly, her pupils shimmering with a hint of water as she looked at him pitifully: "It should be... the susceptible period has begun."
???
Lu Si: "Is this nothing?"
Gu Fang controlled his face from rubbing against Lu Si's palm, and said with great difficulty and reason: "I have inhibitors in my bag..."
Lu Si rummaged through his bag, took his arm swiftly, injected a syringe of Alpha inhibitor into him, and then pressed the needle hole on his arm where bleeding had occurred with a tampon.
Gu Fang wanted to raise his hand to touch the second one: "One tube is not enough..."
Lu Si pushed the inhibitor away from the bedside table, making sure Gu Fang couldn't reach it.
He was sure that Gu Fang had lost all his sanity. Yet, he still looked quite clear-headed. Although he didn't know how to stand up and take it, he still struggled stubbornly on the soft mattress.
Lu Si was amused.
After pressing for a sufficient amount of time, he pulled the tampon apart. After ensuring the tiny needle hole was no longer bleeding, Lu Si removed his shoes. Ignoring Gu Fang's struggles, he tossed him into the center of the large bed.
Gu Fang was stunned by that and opened his beautiful empty blue eyes wide.
In the burning pain of his susceptible period, he watched in a daze as Lu Si unbuttoned a few buttons on his shirt, revealing his cold white collarbone. He then took off his shoes, got on the bed, lay on his side beside him, and offered his slender neck to him.
"Bite." Lu Si spoke briefly, commanding Gu Fang, whose rationality had already gone offline.
Gu Fang placed his nose close to the gland, sniffing the alluring minty scent emanating from it—but it was pheromones from the Alpha, a fact Gu Fang, seduced by, belatedly realized. Instinct slowly ignited his blood, a surge of desire to suppress and destroy.
But at the same time, the alluring aroma made him want to cherish this Alpha.
Gu Fang felt that his brain, which was already not very sensitive, was divided again.
After Lu Si's command reached his dull cerebral cortex, Gu put aside his consciousness, obediently opened his lips, and bit the gland.
The logic says that it is offline, but the bite is very accurate.
Lu Si gasped, his instincts spurring him to punch someone, and he gripped the sheets tightly until veins popped. Gu Fang's eyelashes, thick as butterfly wings, brushed against the back of Lu Si's neck, and he blinked a few times. The moment he bit, Gu Fang realized he was enjoying the experience.
It feels so good, I want more.
"Pheromone..." Lu Si gritted his teeth and uttered broken syllables intermittently, "Inject..."
What I mean is, don’t just bite it for fun.
Gu Fang blinked his eyelashes again, and the force of his eyelashes brushing against Lu Si's skin was very gentle and comfortable.
But his mouth movements were no longer gentle. He held Lu Si's fragile flesh in his mouth like a piece of meat and bone, turning it in a different direction. While injecting pheromones, he turned Lu Si over and laid him on the bed.
He sat on Lu Si's strong waist, which made it easier to inject pheromones.
Lu Si clenched the bed sheet so tightly that his veins bulged, and he even had the illusion that his soul was being marked and possessed at the same time.
This trembling feeling in the soul lasted for a long time.
Finally, the marking was over. Lu Si was stunned for a moment. Before his soul had even settled, he felt a kiss from behind, moving down his neck. When it touched the fabric of his shirt, he reached forward with dissatisfaction and roughly unbuttoned the remaining buttons.
So the fabric was peeled away and the kiss progressed smoothly.
When his tailbone was touched, Lu Si finally came back to his senses with a trembling voice.
His knuckles were cracking and he was about to turn over when a sharp "hmm" sound came out of his throat and his forehead was instantly hit into the pillow.
And then it was repeated.
Lu Si soon became unable to take care of himself and was caught up in the whirlpool of pleasure.
An unknown amount of time passed before he came to his senses and remembered that he wanted to turn over. As he thought, Gu Fang grabbed him by the waist and turned him over.
Lu Si saw his rosy face clearly at the moment, and his already long black hair hung down, making the white look even whiter and the red look even redder.
Her lips are red and her teeth are white, and she is stunningly beautiful in her lust.
Gu Fang was now lucid. Although he was socially anxious in front of others, he had no qualms about unleashing the devastating power of his face in front of Lu Si. Therefore, it was not ruled out that he had deliberately flipped his face after regaining consciousness.
Because Lu Si was really lost in the beauty, he had forgotten all about the broken buttons and torn shirt.
When the New Year's Eve fireworks sounded outside the window, Lu Si suddenly straightened up his sore upper body and bit Gu Fang's shoulder.
Gu Fang let out a soft "hmm".
Lu Si let go and only held the layer of fabric of the shirt on his face.
"elder brother……"
Gu Fang leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Happy New Year."
Lu Si replied hoarsely, "Happy New Year, Fang Fang."
No one remembers when the fireworks stopped.
They spent their second New Year's Eve together like this, and sincerely hoped that every year would be like this.
On the last day of the old year, they fell asleep in each other's arms. On the first day of the new year, they woke up peacefully in each other's arms.
However, the morning of this year was destined to be restless.
In the messy room, the first thing that woke them up was the constant buzzing sound of the mobile phone on the bedside table.
Lu Si: “Whose?”
Gu Fang: "I don't know."
"Get up and take a look." Lu Si urged in a tired voice.
"Hmm," Gu Fangkun raised his eyelids and took a look, "It's not from my side."
Lu Si sat up with marks all over his body. He was so sleepy that he wanted to curse and picked up the cell phone on his bedside table.
“Xiao Gu——!”
As soon as the call was connected, a high-pitched voice was heard.
Lu Si was woken up by the yelling, but Xiao Gu was still sleeping soundly from a distance.
It was Gu Fang's phone. Lu Si was about to speak when, remembering his throat, he coughed a few times. The person on the other end couldn't wait to continue, "Gu, Gu! Why didn't anyone answer my call last night? The winners of the art exhibition were announced last night!"
"Ahem." Lu Si cleared his throat and raised his eyebrows. "Teacher Lin?"
Teacher Lin: "Xiao Gu—Hey, did I call the wrong number? Who are you?"
Before Lu Si could answer, Teacher Lin suddenly realized something: "Oh, oh, oh, I remember now! You are Xiao Gu's boyfriend, right?"
"Yes," Lu Si answered, holding the phone, "I am."
Teacher Lin then found the target of his education: "Xiao Gu's partner! What's going on between you two? The gold medal from the National Youth Painting Exhibition! The gold medal! How did you sleep last night?!"
Lu Si was stunned: "Won a prize?"
Teacher Lin repeatedly emphasized: "Gold Award! Gold Award! This is not an ordinary award!"
Gu Fang was a little awakened at this time. He opened his eyelids and looked over here in a daze. Lu Si also looked at him.
After a few more words with Teacher Lin, Lu Si promised to call Gu Fang back when he regained consciousness. After hanging up, Lu Si leaned over, lying on the same pillow with Gu Fang and kissed him between the eyebrows.
Gu Fang asked with a thick nasal tone: "What's wrong?"
"Let go," Lu Si said with a smile on his face. He kissed his forehead and then the corner of his lips. "We are going to live together, boyfriend."
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