The clouds on the horizon burned redder and redder, and finally, as the sun set, the red clouds in the sky faded like burned-out fireworks, and finally turned into darkness. In the darkness, a few stars would occasionally flicker, reflecting the lights of Pucheng that had been revived.
At night, Pucheng, which is quiet during the day, becomes lively. Especially along the river. In addition to the LED lights on the buildings on both sides, the riverside also lights up with light strips. The long Pujiang River stretches from one end of Pucheng to the other, like a galaxy across this prosperous and dazzling city.
In addition, there is a lot of traffic on the elevated road, and the endless stream of lights leaves speeding colors on the road like meteors.
Tang Miao stayed in the room for a while, overlooking the city at night through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Finally, she packed up and left the room.
In fact, Tang Miao has only been to several cities besides Pucheng.
She dropped out of school at the age of sixteen and went to South City. In the ten years between the ages of sixteen and twenty-six, her life trajectory basically revolved around South City, and she rarely left between the piano store and the house she rented.
It was not until this year, after she left Huaicheng, that the trajectory of her life became more colorful as she left Nancheng.
Every time this happened, Tang Miao would think of her life in South City, her feelings, and what she had lost. When people are immersed in everything they have gained from change, they will always think back to what they had when nothing changed.
In fact, after making a comparison, it seems that what I got after the change is not bad. At least it is something I have never experienced or had before.
After leaving the hotel, Tang Miao took a taxi to Pujiang Wharf.
Even though they are all cities, each city has a different style, different landmarks, and different scenery and attractions.
Pujiang Wharf is a famous scenic spot in Pucheng. Especially in summer nights, the wharf has become a gathering place for people. Not only local people come to the wharf to play, but even people from other places travel here to experience the night view.
The night view of Pujiang Wharf does have its outstanding features.
Pujiang Wharf is also a historical relic. In ancient times, this was one of the wharves that the canal had to pass through, and there was even a governor's office specifically in charge of water transport. However, with the development of technology, various forms of transportation replaced water transport, and this place was gradually abandoned. In recent years, the city has been protecting and renovating historical relics, and this place has also been reformed drastically. At night, the pavilions and towers are full of colorful light strips. The periphery of the wharf is surrounded by an ancient wall with various slides placed on it, which seems to have re-enclosed this circle of wharf in the torrent of history.
Inside the dock, the ground is paved with flat tiles, and the shops along the streets and the river also adopt ancient architectural styles, making it look like an ancient city.
In the ancient city, in addition to some river food restaurants, there are also many bars. Late at night, young men and women gather together, chatting and laughing as they walk into the bars surrounded by singing.
In addition to various shops, there are two large squares on both sides of the Pujiang Wharf. The squares stretch for miles and are bustling and lively. In the evening, people who come to enjoy the cool air, citizens who come out to play, and tourists from other places shuttle back and forth in the squares. The wind blows by the river, making this area lively and cool.
In addition to the square, there is another mountain not far from the ruins of the Admiral's Mansion on the pier. The mountain is not very high, but the forest is lush. The steps up the mountain are made of wood and connected with light strips, leading directly to the top of the mountain. There is a temple on the top of the mountain. According to locals, there are people practicing Buddhism here. You can visit it, but it is closed at night. Therefore, many tourists can only walk to the entrance of the temple, take a photo and then come down.
After Tang Miao arrived at the pier by taxi, he followed a tour group. The tour group followed the tour guide, and they went wherever the tour guide went. Tang Miao also listened to a historical explanation of the Admiral's Mansion.
After she followed the tour group around the pier to see the historical evolution of the Admiral's Mansion, she followed them into the street of shops and bars and took a quick look around. Then Tang Miao went to climb a mountain.
The mountain is not high and it only takes about ten minutes to reach the top.
After reaching the top, Tang Miao finally understood why the temple was closed at night and why so many people wanted to climb up.
The hilltop where this temple is located is the highest place nearby. Standing on the top of the hill and looking down from the top, you can see the entire Pujiang Wharf river view.
Surrounded by such modern light strips, the Pujiang Wharf has a sense of calmness, which makes people feel more comfortable and peaceful when looking into the distance.
Tang Miao stayed on the mountain for a while. The air in the forest was very fresh. She stood there and even took photos for several tourists.
After staying on the mountain for a while, Tang Miao walked down the mountain and went to the square by the river.
Although there are many people in other places, there are more people in the square. With the development of the square, a large night market has been formed here. In the night market, there are all kinds of things for sale, including food and toys.
In addition to these, there are also some other gaming venues.
These are still very common in the night market. For example, rolling dice to win gifts, catching small goldfish, fishing, or shooting to get gifts.
Tang Miao strolled along the night market, from one end to the other.
After walking around the night market, Tang Miao walked to the railing by the river and leaned on it to enjoy the breeze.
In such a busy city, it is quite comfortable to find a corner like this to enjoy the breeze. Tang Miao stood there for a while, and his eyes involuntarily looked across the river.
Compared to the bustling night market here, the other side is more like a place for gatherings. There are many food stalls across the river. You can see the open flames of the chefs frying and the smoke drifting over.
Tang Miao looked at it for a while and then fixed his eyes on one of the tables.
The two banks of the river were not actually too far apart. After all, there was a dock in the middle. If you walked a little further in, the river would gradually widen. If you were further away, Tang Miao would not be able to see the scenery on the other side. But from her current position, she could still see the other side clearly.
When she was at the night market just now, she saw the table of a food stall opposite. The reason why that table attracted her attention so much was that there were seven or eight people around the table, which was more crowded than other tables.
Taking a closer look, Tang Miao saw Qi Yuan, Ji Bang, Lin Ye, and He Xiao.
He Xiao sat on a white plastic dining chair, leaning back in a relaxed and casual posture. While he was sitting, a few people next to him who she didn't know were talking about something, and then Qi Yuan smiled and said something, and everyone at the table laughed as well.
Although Tang Miao didn't know the other people at the table, it was clear that they were very familiar with each other. Everyone was eating, drinking, talking and laughing at the table. Even He Xiao, who didn't talk much and had a calm expression, would occasionally laugh with them or say something. After he finished speaking, the people at the table also laughed, as if he had made a joke.
There are food stalls in every city. Every food stall always has a place to express some emotions. Some people drink to relieve their work troubles, some people talk to friends about their life troubles, and some people gather together to have fun when they encounter something happy. There are also people like the one at the table now, who just have an ordinary meal, but because they have a good relationship, they can talk about anything and have common topics to talk about. They don't need to care about the emotions of others who don't understand their topic, nor do they need to worry about the unfamiliar people at the table and make harmless jokes.
This is how they eat together, relaxed, comfortable, joyful and free, which also fits the atmosphere of their band.
Tang Miao leaned on the railing, looked at the atmosphere at their table and thought, if she had agreed to go to eat with Qi Yuan at that time, they probably wouldn't be so comfortable.
Because not only other people felt comfortable, He Xiao felt comfortable as well.
While thinking this, Tang Miao's gaze fell on He Xiao again.
Unlike today during the day, He Xiao did not wear a mask. He did not wear a mask, maybe because others could not see the injury at the corner of his lip at night, or maybe he did not care if they saw it. They may have already talked about this topic. Anyway, no one talked about He Xiao's mouth corner. They probably talked more about music or tomorrow's music festival.
Tang Miao looked into the distance. She couldn't see He Xiao's expression clearly from such a distance, but the injury on He Xiao's lip came to her mind again.
She went to He Xiao to apologize today. She asked him if she did anything to him yesterday, and asked him if she was drunk yesterday. She was in a hurry and didn't seem to wait for He Xiao to answer these two questions. After listening to her apology, He Xiao forgot to answer the above two questions. He just told her that it was okay and closed the door and went back to his room.
Although it was said that it didn't matter, Tang Miao felt that He Xiao still seemed to matter because the relationship between them had not yet returned to the way it was before.
She didn't know how she wanted He Xiao to treat her, but Tang Miao just felt that something was wrong.
Then she must have done something to He Xiao yesterday.
In response to her apology, He Xiao did say it was okay, but he only said it was okay for what she did to him yesterday. As for the fact that she forgot what he did to her yesterday, He Xiao seemed to still be a little upset.
She really can't drink alcohol anymore.
No matter how well she holds her liquor, or how little she drinks, accidents can happen.
Tang Miao made up her mind again. She stood by the river and looked into the distance. After looking for a while, she retracted her gaze and returned to the night market.
Today, they invited Whistling Pass to have dinner with two bands that they have a good relationship with. The bands were founded at about the same time and participated in music festivals together. Because their music styles are similar and the music festivals overlap, they became familiar with each other. Over the years, whenever they meet at a music festival, the bands will get together when they have time.
When we get together, we chat about everything. No matter what we chat about, we all have the same topic, talk a lot, and chat easily. As we chat, the meal lasts from seven to ten o'clock.
Nearing eleven o'clock, several bands said goodbye and disbanded, and took a taxi back to the hotel.
Last night, I drank too much without realizing it, but today, I was too happy and drank too much consciously. Among the four people, only Lin Ye and He Xiao were still sober. They supported Qi Yuan and Ji Bang and sent them back to their rooms before returning to their own rooms.
After He Xiao sent Qi Yuan off, he left Qi Yuan's room. When he went out, he happened to meet Lin Ye who had put down Ji Bang. The two of them greeted each other briefly, Lin Ye returned to his room on this floor, and He Xiao went to the elevator and took the elevator upstairs.
After a day's rest today, He Xiao's throat felt better. He also drank some wine during dinner, but not much, and he didn't get drunk.
After He Xiao got on the elevator, he leaned his hands on the handrail and watched the numbers on the elevator screen change. After a while, he arrived at his floor, and He Xiao propped himself up and walked down from the elevator.
The hotel was still quiet at night.
There were not many people in the corridor. At this time, everyone was not necessarily asleep, but the doors of each room were tightly closed, and occasionally the sound of the TV could be heard from the room.
After He Xiao got off the elevator, he took the room card and walked towards his room. The carpet in the corridor was thick and there was almost no sound when walking on it. Not long after, He Xiao arrived at the door of his room.
When he reached the door of the room, He Xiao paused.
He Xiao stood at the door of the room, holding the room card in his hand, but he didn't swipe it on the room card sensing area of the door. He stood there with his eyes lowered, his gaze fell on the bottom of the room card sensing area.
Below the room card sensing area is the door handle of He Xiao's room. The door handle is thick and shiny, reflecting a faint light under the light of the corridor.
And on this door handle with a faint luster, there was something hanging.
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