He Xiao's age is not a secret compared to other things about him.
He was 17 years old when he first formed the band. Now the band has been formed for 6 years and he is already 23 years old.
The 23-year-old He Xiao prefers girls who are three years older than him. Tang Miao, whose age was just exposed while playing a game at the table, happens to be 26 years old this year.
After He Xiao finished speaking, there was silence in the booth for a moment. Everyone's gaze was stunned and seemed to fall on Tang Miao who was beside He Xiao.
Tang Miao sat there and didn't look at He Xiao after he finished speaking.
"Ah Xiao!"
After He Xiao said he wanted to say hello to his friends, Qi Yuan went downstairs with him. After coming down, He Xiao came to Tang Miao's side, while Qi Yuan went to the front of the stage to chat with the engineering guy who had just finished his performance.
They had almost finished chatting and Huang Zhi was still waiting upstairs, so Qi Yuan called He Xiao to remind him that they still had things to do.
Qi Yuan's voice came, He Xiao heard it, turned around and waved at him.
"I have something else to do, so I have to leave first." After responding to Qi Yuan, He Xiao turned around and said this to everyone in the booth.
After he finished speaking, the people in the booths came back to their senses, saying that they had a great time and told him to go and do something first.
While everyone was talking, He Xiao nodded slightly and stood up from his seat.
He originally stood up and was about to leave, but before leaving, He Xiao seemed to remember something and turned back to say something to Tang Miao.
"I might finish a little late, you wait here and we'll go back together."
It's too late to hang out at the bar at night. Even if you take a taxi, it's not as safe as having someone accompany you back home. After He Xiao finished speaking, Tang Miao looked back at him, smiled, nodded and said, "Okay."
After He Xiao and Tang Miao finished talking, they nodded slightly to the people in the booth, and then met Qi Yuan who had rushed over. The two went to the second floor while talking about something.
He Xiao's coming and leaving were like a heavy wind with sharp edges. When he came, he seemed to be unable to blend into their atmosphere, and when he left, he did not take anything with him. But his existence did leave something behind.
After He Xiao left, the people in the booth looked at each other with different expressions, and no one spoke for a while.
During the silence, Tang Miao looked up at everyone, smiled and asked.
"Do you want to continue playing?"
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After He Xiao left the booth where Tang Miao and the others were, he and Qi Yuan went to Huang Zhi's office on the second floor. In the office, the director and Huang Zhi were chatting. After the two came over, they greeted each other and got to know each other. After getting to know each other, they sat together and talked about the documentary promotion song.
This documentary director is an old friend of Huang Zhi. When he debuted, he used the songs of Huang Zhi's band. Since then, the relationship between the director and Huang Zhi has been good. Even after Huang Zhi's band disbanded, they still kept in touch occasionally.
Some time ago, the director of a documentary wanted to find a band to write a promotional song. Huang Zhi thought about it and recommended "Whispering Past" to him. After listening to the song of the band, the director immediately agreed and invited He Xiao.
He Xiao has been busy recently, performing all the time. But he writes songs based on his inspiration, and he works fast. Although he has been busy recently, he has almost finished thinking about the promotional song. He recorded a few interludes and wrote the lyrics. The director was very satisfied with this.
In fact, it wasn't necessary for He Xiao to come up with something today. This year, they just wanted to meet and chat. After chatting in Huang Zhi's office for an hour, the director had to leave because of something, so He Xiao and Qi Yuan also said goodbye to Huang Zhi.
After leaving Huang Zhi's office, He Xiao returned to the first floor.
An hour had passed since he went to the second floor, but the atmosphere in the bar had not diminished at all. Only Tang Miao and his friends had almost dispersed just now because they had classes the next day.
Everyone dispersed, and Tang Miao stayed in the booth waiting for He Xiao. After a while, seeing He Xiao coming over, Tang Miao smiled at him.
"Are you done with your work?" Tang Miao asked.
"Yeah." He Xiao responded and glanced at the messy table: "Where is your colleague?"
"Let's go." Tang Miao said, "I have to go to work tomorrow, so I can't play too late."
After Tang Miao finished speaking, He Xiao did not say anything else. Seeing him coming over, Tang Miao also stood up from the booth and asked, "Shall we leave?"
"Yeah." He Xiao responded.
As they talked, the two of them left together and returned home.
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After leaving for home, He Xiao and Tang Miao said goodbye to Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan's home was far away, so he drove here. After confirming that He Xiao and Tang Miao didn't need him to send them off, Qi Yuan drove away. After Qi Yuan left, He Xiao and Tang Miao crossed the road along the zebra crossing and walked towards the community where their home was.
In fact, the way home was closer to the residential area where their home was than the music store where Tang Miao worked, or He Xiao's rehearsal room. After crossing the zebra crossing and passing through another residential area, they arrived at the residential area where their home was.
Tang Miao drew the ace when playing Ace tonight, and then drank six glasses of fruit wine. Adding to what he drank before, he is slowly starting to get drunk.
It was already late, and it was past ten in the evening. Even in the hottest summer, there was always a breeze at night. Tang Miao walked on the road, and the cool breeze blew on her hot face, which was very cool and comfortable.
The two of them walked on the floor tiles, step by step towards home.
There are not many people on the street now, but there are still some shops on the street, especially some snack bars. This is near the bar circle, and people who go out to drink at night like to have some midnight snacks before going back, so the shops nearby will be open quite late.
Tang Miao walked beside He Xiao, and occasionally stepped on the raised floor tiles, which made a clacking sound. Amidst this subtle sound, Tang Miao asked He Xiao a question.
"What did you guys talk about upstairs?"
He Xiao came back today to discuss something. After the colleagues from the piano store left the booth, Tang Miao's eyes were on the stairs coming down from the second floor. When He Xiao came down, she saw another man wearing a baseball cap, chatting with He Xiao and the others, and they seemed to be getting along well.
They probably came back today just to see this person.
Tang Miao didn't know much about He Xiao's work, nor did he really need to know. It was just that the two of them were walking on the road, so they just happened to chat about what had just happened.
"About the promotional song." He Xiao said.
After saying this, He Xiao briefly told her about the documentary promotion song. After Tang Miao heard this, there was a little surprise in her eyes, and she looked at He Xiao with a smile.
“You also write songs for other people?”
Her eyes were soft and radiant under the streetlight. He Xiao glanced at her and said, "Occasionally."
"That's amazing." Tang Miao smiled and retracted her gaze from He Xiao. She thought for a moment and said, "When I play the piano, I think composers are amazing. How can they arrange notes into different songs? Each song has a different style and arrangement, but they all sound so good, and each is beautiful in its own way."
"I can't do it. I feel like I'm tied to the piano. I can only follow the arrangement but I can't compose any music on my own," said Tang Miao.
Tang Miao said this while looking at the road ahead, and after she finished speaking, she suddenly smiled.
After she finished speaking, He Xiao said, "It's not that difficult."
"Not easy." Tang Miao said, then turned back to look at He Xiao and said with a smile: "So you are still amazing."
As they walked, they had already reached the door of a shop. The shop was lit, and the light was projected through the glass door onto the ground outside.
The lights in the shops were much brighter than those in the street lamps, making Tang Miao's face and even skin much clearer.
She must have been getting drunk. Her face was red, white with a hint of red, opaque, without a single pore, and smooth as if it were stained with clouds in the sunset. When she was talking to him, she just looked at him like that, her eyes were no longer polite and cautious as before, but became straightforward, bold, even a little passionate and respectful.
But no matter how it changes, it is always gentle, like clouds filled with various colors, which finally become light, soft, pure and flawless.
After she finished saying this, she just stared at him and smiled. He Xiao stared at her gaze and the slightly red halo under her dark and clear eyes.
He didn't say anything else, just responded with a "hmm".
After answering, Tang Miao withdrew her gaze. She continued walking while looking at the road and asked He Xiao another question.
"Have you been performing recently?"
"Not necessary these days." He Xiao said.
"That's it." Tang Miao raised his head, looked ahead and nodded as if he understood.
While the two were talking, they had already reached the corner of their community. They turned a corner and walked towards the entrance of the community. As they were walking, Tang Miao looked at the shop in front of him with the lights on, turned around and said something to He Xiao.
"Ah Xiao."
"Sister, please have some ice cream."
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There is a Mixue Ice City at the entrance of the community where Tang Miao and his friends live.
After saying that he would treat He Xiao to ice cream, Tang Miao walked into the store and ordered two cones.
Tang Miao was really feeling a little hot. Walking, coupled with the alcohol in the fruit wine, she felt as if the blood under her skin was heating itself, with a slight scalding sensation, slowly burning.
After taking the cone, the ice cream let out some coolness through the crispy cone and stained the palm of his hand. Tang Miao felt a little more comfortable, and after handing a cone to He Xiao, he lowered his head and took a bite of the ice cream.
He Xiao did not refuse the ice cream she gave him. After she handed it to him, he took it directly. After taking the ice cream, they each had a cone, and while eating, they walked across the road and entered the community.
The neighborhood was much quieter at night. There were occasionally a few windows with lights on in the rows of residential buildings. After eating the ice cream, Tang Miao's heat was suppressed a little. She lowered her head to eat the ice cream and exhaled slightly. The breath was a mixture of cold and hot, with some sweetness of the ice cream.
While eating, the two walked through the path in the center of the community, came to their apartment building, and walked into the elevator.
There were not many people out at this time, and the elevators in the apartment building were all directly on the first floor, so the two of them didn't wait for long. After He Xiao went over and pressed the elevator button, the elevator door opened, and the two of them walked in together.
The elevator door closed, trapping the two people in the enclosed space again.
Above his head, the hair dryer was still humming. After the elevator door closed, the outer pulley of the elevator began to slowly rise. Tang Miao stood in the elevator, eating ice cream, looking up at the numbers on the elevator screen changing.
When the number on the elevator screen changed to 7, Tang Miao suddenly spoke.
"Thanks."
He Xiao glanced at her.
When He Xiao looked over, Tang Miao stopped eating ice cream and looked at him with a smile.
"It was when we were playing games at the bar. Thank you for saying that."
He Xiao's eyelashes twitched.
Although she just said thank you to He Xiao now, Tang Miao was really grateful to him today.
On the way back, everyone played truth or dare. Qiu Yu challenged her, and when the awkward situation could not be adjusted, He Xiao rescued her with a word.
Actually, the situation was quite wonderful at that time.
Before Qiu Yu asked her her age, she had never thought that age could push the atmosphere at the dinner table to such an awkward situation.
Tang Miao is 26 years old this year.
Not young, but not old either. Before this, she never thought that her age was something that needed to be singled out.
But in that situation, Qiu Yu cut off her retreat, threw out the question, and after getting the answer, defined her age. Even if she didn't care, the others at the table still felt embarrassed for her. Even Xiao Jiang and Qian Cheng spoke up for her, trying to ease the embarrassment.
And at that time, the more I talked, the more I explained, and the more I spoke for her, the more embarrassed and concerned she seemed.
Just like that, the atmosphere was catalyzed to a state of near solidification at that time, and even after the subsequent games, everyone tried hard to restore the previous atmosphere.
It wasn't until Xiao Jiang asked He Xiao a question that He Xiao answered it.
Xiao Jiang asked He Xiao what kind of girls he liked.
He Xiao said he likes girls who are three years older than him.
Just now Tang Miao mentioned her age of 26, and He Xiao dug a carrot hole and put her into the hole of the girl he liked.
At this moment, it seemed as if everything disappeared.
He Xiao was on his way home today to do some work. He only ran into her occasionally, and after saying hello, he was invited to play a few rounds of games. During the games, his performance was mediocre and nothing special, but in the last round, he was like a sword, neatly cutting through her dilemma, and even carved a flower on the opening of the dilemma he had cut for her.
It would be a lie for Tang Miao not to be moved when she heard He Xiao's answer. No one could remain calm in such a situation. While she was moved, she also knew that He Xiao was just helping her, and it was not his original intention to confess his love to her.
So before going home, before they parted, she thanked him.
Tang Miao looked at He Xiao and smiled gently at him, with frankness and calmness in his eyes.
When she looked at him like this, He Xiao lowered his eyes and looked at her for a while, then He Xiao said.
"You're welcome."
Tang Miao smiled.
This charming and ambiguous night seemed to disappear with the words "thank you" and "you're welcome".
Tang Miao retracted his gaze and continued to look at the elevator screen.
She stood beside him, looking up at the rising numbers on the elevator screen. In the narrow and enclosed space, the ice cream exuded a cool and sweet fragrance. The woman's eyelashes occasionally blinked as the numbers on the screen changed.
Her face was even redder than before. The color did not fade because of the coldness of the ice cream. Instead, as her lips continued to rest on the ice cream, they became even redder and fuller than before.
From the entrance to the elevator, she had almost finished her ice cream. She held the cone in her hand, opened her teeth, and nibbled it bit by bit. The subtle sound of her teeth biting was like a hamster eating. Because she was staring at the elevator screen, she forgot that she had nibbled too hard on the cone. By the time she realized what was happening, she had already nibbled off one side of the cone, and her upper lip was immersed in the melted creamy ice cream.
Tang Miao's upper lip was covered with melted cream. When she noticed that her upper lip was covered with a thick layer of cream, she frowned and looked down at her lower lip. When she saw the white trace in her vision, Tang Miao stretched out her tongue and licked the cream off her upper lip bit by bit.
He Xiao stood aside, watching the tip of her tongue stained with milky white ice cream disappear slowly at her lips.
After looking for a while, He Xiao withdrew his gaze and his Adam's apple moved slightly.
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