87 It's First Love (2)

◎Call him brother◎

Shen Jin turned down and spoke to Shen Lie across Chen Jing'an: "Brother, what's the matter with you? You are usually so smart, but you are actually a black hole in the game!

" He feels more balanced. A person can't be good at everything, so how can he live?

Shen Lie only moved his lower lip and didn't say much.

"Come again, come again, try to draw more!"

Chen Jing'an lowered her eyelashes and didn't know what she was thinking.

Shen Jin touched her and encouraged her to come back with revenge this time. It would be best to draw a big flower arm for his brother today. Then he would take a picture of it as a souvenir and take it out next time he is being taught a lesson by his elder brother, full of ridicule. .

Chen Jing'an burst out laughing. She thought of the graffiti on Shen Lie's arms, which did have a contrasting smile with that face. However, it is important to be self-aware. Others may have made a mistake just now. If they want to continue playing, she and she will It is more likely that only one arm will be full.

"Try it." Shen Lie said.

The voice was loose and somewhat smiling.

Chen Jing'an didn't look back at him. A simple little game made her feel inexplicably stressed.

Fortunately, before the next round came around, the teacher opened the door, with his coat still on his arm, and looked at her with a warm smile: "Jing'an, it's time to go back."

"Okay, teacher."

Chen Jing'an felt relieved.

After the teacher finished speaking, he went out to wait for her.

Chen Jing'an first told Shen Jin that he would pick up his things and get up next time they met.

"Classmate, how about adding your contact information, so we can play together later." The person next to Shen Lie stretched out a mobile phone, the screen was on, and there was a QR code. It was so sudden that she didn't react. The other person held out a smiling face. : "Don't worry, your brother Shen Jin and I are friends. We are not bad people."

"..."

Chen Jing'an didn't want to add, but rejecting it would not refute Shen Jin's face. He treated her a little too well.

In the peripheral vision, there is another line of sight that is difficult to ignore.

Waiting for her reaction with interest.

Before Chen Jing'an could answer, Shen Jin laughed and scolded: "What are you adding? Can you talk to so many Yingying Yanyans in your address book? My sister is still young, so don't try to influence her."

"That's what I said. It seems like you have some intention. You don't need to be so nervous if you want to be a friend."

Shen Jin was younger and couldn't suppress the other party, so he had to say to Shen Lie, "Brother, you take care of me."

"Brother Lie still doesn't care about me. " Make friends?"

Shen Lie still held the marker in his hand, pinched it between his fingers, and said, "Okay, don't be embarrassed."

His tone was very calm, and the other party shut up. After getting the phone back, I almost asked Chen Jing'an to go out with a respectful attitude, which was completely opposite to the attitude just now.

Chen Jing'an smiled at Shen Jin: "Brother Shen Jin, goodbye."

"Let's go, let's go, I'll ask you to hang out next time." Shen Jin felt that his smile was actually kind. He was the youngest in the family and treated his brother very well. My sister has always been a younger brother. This time I recognized a younger sister, and I realized how good it feels to be an older brother.

She nodded to the others again, not daring to take a closer look at the figures in her peripheral vision. After saying hello, she walked out and went home with her teacher.

Master's wife is still awake, waiting for them to come back.

Since Chen Jing'an came here, there was a child to chat with to relieve her boredom, and the family became more popular. She was in a good mood, and her complexion also improved a lot.

"How is it? Is it fun?" asked the teacher's wife.

Chen Jing'an briefly told his wife what he had seen today. The birthday was a grand event, with many people coming and it was very lively. He also mentioned that Shen Jin, although he was a child from a wealthy family, had a good personality and was very good at taking care of him. people.

The teacher's wife nodded: "Shen Jin is a good boy. He has been here a few times since I fell ill. I feel relieved to have him as your brother."

It was getting late and it was time for the teacher's wife to rest. Chen Jing'an left the bedroom without talking much. Returning to her room, she took her pajamas to wash up, took off her clothes, and when she walked under the shower head, the abstract pipa still painted on her arm was still there.

She touched it.

He smiled inexplicably.

—Chen

Jing'an never expected to see Shen Lie again.

Although Shen Jin would send messages from time to time during this period, asking her to go out to play, she refused on the grounds that the training tasks were too heavy, and she couldn't be called sister, and they really thought they were brother and sister. After all, their family backgrounds were too different. There was no interaction after that.

Shen Jin is, Shen Lie is even more so.

After practice time, her master's mother always asked her to go out for more walks. At such an age and full of youthful energy, what would she do if she stayed at home with a patient lying in bed?

Chen Jing'an was persuaded and bought a ticket to see the art exhibition.

It was a rainy day and the sky was a little dark.

After watching the exhibition, it was already drizzling outside. After checking the route home, she took out an umbrella from her bag and walked towards the nearest bus stop holding it.

It was summer, and there were a lot of people on weekdays. A few junior high school students in school uniforms were crowded at the bus stop, chatting animatedly.

Chen Jing'an was waiting for her bus.

A Bentley drove by slowly.

Outside the car window, there was a light-colored shadow, and Shen Lie could clearly see the face under the umbrella. Her dark, apricot eyes were clear and cold.

"Stop the car ahead." He retracted his gaze and leaned back in his chair.

The driver asked puzzledly: "Are you going to buy something? It's raining outside, should you drive into the shopping mall parking lot?"

"Just be nearby."

The driver didn't understand, but he still did as he was told. The car stopped slowly, and Shen Lie pushed directly When he got out of the car, he was shocked and reminded him to bring an umbrella because it was raining, but the car door was already closed heavily, and he was just walking in the rain. Fortunately, it was not raining heavily and he would not get soaked.

As he got closer, Shen Lie began to think, what are you doing here?

Another bus came by. When Chen Jing'an saw the number, it was not the one she was waiting for. She exhaled subconsciously and inadvertently caught a glimpse of a familiar figure. She thought it was her imagination and fixed her eyes to see who was coming.

It's not an illusion.

Chen Jing'an was stunned and didn't know how to react.

Shen Lie was wearing a black formal suit today. In the suit trousers, his legs were straight and slender. The feeling of his shirt and trousers was very different from that day, less casual and more distant.

"Waiting for the bus?" He spoke first.

It's like two people have known each other for a long time. In fact, their intersection is just the graffiti painted on their arms.

Chen Jing'an replied: "Yeah."

She didn't know why he was here. People like him should have a car when traveling. I'm afraid he has never taken a bus, but it is really unreasonable to appear here now.

Shen Lie asked, "I came here to ask you what the song you played that day was called?"

"Huh?"

A completely unexpected question.

The memory suddenly jumped to that day in the pavilion. She turned around and he turned around. Was he listening all the time before?

Chen Jing'an was stunned for two seconds, then thought for a moment and said, "How many songs were played that day? Which one are you talking about?"

"The one that was interrupted."

""Spring River Flower Moonlight Night"" she said.

Shen Lie repeated it as if to remember.

There was rain falling on the bridge of his straight nose, and

on the shoulders of his coat, the raindrops smudged deeper marks, like dim haloes.

Chen Jing'an grasped the handle of the umbrella and moved it silently. Shen Lie raised his head unexpectedly. The umbrella covered the drizzle, and his Adam's apple hit her hard. He lowered his head and looked at her face, saying: "Your name is Shen Brother Jin, you can also call me like this.

"

Also call him brother?

That's true, but is it really possible? They have no relationship.

Chen Jing'an felt that his throat was blocked and he couldn't scream.

This is a bit weird.

Shen Lie added: "I heard Shen Jin tell you about your situation. He's new here and doesn't have many acquaintances here. He asked me to take more care of you."

Is that so? Shen Jin is indeed so enthusiastic, and such words seem to make sense.

Chen Jing'an nodded: "Thank you."

Another bus came by. She immediately turned around and saw that it was the one she had been waiting for. She pursed her lower lip and said, "The bus is here."

"Yes. "

You didn't bring an umbrella? Or... take this one with you?"

"No, the place I'm going to is very close to here."

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Chen Jing'an nodded. The bus stopped. She got on the bus and swiped her card. When she found a seat and sat down, and looked out the window, the person was gone.

She blinked her eyelashes, a little lost in thought.

So he came here just to ask about the music played that day?

A little strange.

Chen Jing'an didn't see that the other party was interested in folk music, and he also thought that people should not be judged by their appearance. There was no way to tell whether he liked someone or not based on their appearance.

Shen Lie opened the door and got in the car. The driver asked out

of curiosity: "Did Mr. Shen meet an acquaintance?

"

The driver couldn't help but take another look at Shen Lie, which seemed a bit abnormal.

Shen Lie could see what the driver wanted to say. Even he thought it was abnormal. He stopped the car just because he saw him on the roadside. He walked over and found an outrageous excuse just to chat. When had he done this? What kind of thing?

This feeling is very strange.

Ever since the last birthday of his second uncle, there was a place that had been vacant and something was always missing, but he couldn't tell what.

This feeling lasted until we met just now.

The place that had been empty for a long time was filled, but now it was even more empty.

Why?

He allowed this emotion to overflow and looked on with cold eyes, hoping for a reasonable explanation. At least for now, he didn't find it.

The car finally drove to the second uncle's house.

Shen Jin got into trouble a few days ago. In order to show off, he stayed at home for a few days and sent messages to Shen Lie all day long, hoping that he would come to save her.

When Shen Lie went over, Shen Xiaocheng was still angry with Shen Jin and asked him to educate him as well.

"Don't worry."

Shen Jin stayed at home and begged to play a few games of billiards when he saw him coming over. Although he didn't win a game, he was still happy. During the chat, he casually mentioned Chen Jing'an.

"Brother, do you still remember the girl who drew a little turtle for you that day?"

Shen Lie hit the ball, raised his long eyelashes, and replied coldly with the word "hmm".

Shen Jin said that she has a slow-moving personality and a solid eye. She practices every day. She can study so hard during the summer vacation, which is hard to find even if she is holding a lantern.

"You also know that I have always envied people having a sister. This time I thought I really picked one up. She is beautiful and has a good personality. She is the good sister every brother wants. But I am a little sad because I am I really want to treat her as my sister, but she doesn't seem to think of me as my brother."

Shen Jin held up the club, and it looked like he was not serious about playing ball, but just looking for someone to chat with to relieve his boredom.

"What do you say?" Shen Lie asked, without looking at him. He concentrated on hitting the ball without making many mistakes. There were fewer and fewer balls on the court.

"She was too polite to me. I even asked her to go out to play, but she refused. Do you think she is annoyed by me?"

This development is not good. Shen Jin finally found a sister he likes, so he doesn't want to just So disconnected.

The ball fell into the net bag. Shen Lie straightened up with no expression on his face. He only raised his eyelids to look at him and asked coldly: "You begged me to come over and listen to your boy's worries?"

"What boy's worries?" Shen Jin was shocked by this word. Choked.

"Do you like her?" Shen Lie asked.

"Of course I like her, she's a good girl." Shen Jin thought it was normal. It would be abnormal if he didn't like her.

Before he finished speaking, a club was thrown towards him. He quickly grabbed it. Shen Lie took out a wet wipe and wiped his hands and walked out. Shen Jin followed him confused and said, "Why don't you play?"

"What's the point of winning all the time?"

"..."

This sentence is very unhuman.

Shen Jin took a bottle of water. As soon as the bottle cap was unscrewed, Shen Lie took it over and drank most of it. He held the bottle cap and was speechless for a moment. Knowing that he couldn't beat it, he took the bottle of water again with self-knowledge.

There was no warmth in Shen Lie's eyes: "You shouldn't ask me about relationship matters."

"You are an old man and you are single in your later years. I will definitely not ask you about this kind of thing." Shen Jin felt baffled. It took a few seconds to realize, "No, you misunderstood. My love is my brother's love for my sister."

"It's not love, it's family affection. Can you understand?"

"..."

"I seem to have something wrong with my brain. Who is rushing to be someone else's brother?" Shen Jin also laughed after saying this.

Shen Lie drank the remaining half of the bottle of water before continuing: "Didn't you say that people are slow to warm up? Suddenly there is a new brother, and you have to give people time to adapt."

His voice was a little warmer than before.

"You're right." Shen Jin nodded.

Shen Jin took a break and looked at his phone. He received a reply to the message he sent to Chen Jing'an during the day. She said that her teacher was performing during this period, and she was also a student. She didn't usually have much rest time. If he was interested in music, , inviting him to listen to the performance.

"Then I'm not very interested in this kind of thing. Even if you pay me, I won't go." He said.

When he was still young, his father thought that he could inherit some noble aspirations, so he always took him to attend concerts. He would often go in high-spirited and sleep until he came out in a coma. After a few times, his father also wanted to understand and would no longer torture himself to take him there.

"Where?" Shen Lie asked casually.

"What?"

"Play."

Shen Jin said wait a moment and asked Chen Jing'an. After a few minutes, Chen Jing'an replied and sent the address. He raised his phone to show Shen Lie.

After reading it, I realized: "No, you didn't listen to these before. When did you become interested in these?"

Shen Lie replied simply: "Recently."

Shen Jin clicked his tongue, thinking that he was influenced by his father and persuaded him to stay less with his father in the future to avoid being too deeply poisoned.

—Zhou

Zhengqing is performing, and Shen Xiaocheng, as a fan and friend for many years, will not be absent. On the way, he lamented to Shen Lie that one of Mr. Zhou’s performances has been missed, and he doesn’t know how many more times he will be able to listen to it in the future.

When they went over, it was not the day of the performance, but the rehearsal.

When Zhou Zhengqing saw Shen Xiaocheng, he came over to shake hands with him and said with a smile: "It hasn't started yet, why are you here?"

"It's been a while since I heard you live. Come here first to hear how you are doing before." It can't be compared. If the difference is too big, I won't buy it," Shen Xiaocheng joked.

"Okay, I'll let you make the decision."

"Then I won't be merciful, so don't think I'm too talkative."

The two elders chatted animatedly.

Chen Jing'an was a newcomer, and she was favored by the teacher, so she only had a few minutes of opportunity. It was precisely because of this that she practiced extra hard in order to be in the best condition on stage and not embarrass the teacher.

At this time, everyone else was on stage, and her part was dispensable. There was no need to waste time by following the rehearsal over and over again, so she practiced alone in the corner of the backstage. After playing a section, when she opened her eyes, she saw the door frame leaning against it. The figure is elegant and elegant, with deep eyes, and the gaze he looks over is even more so.

He seems to have been here for a long time.

"You..."

Chen Jing'an was just like that day, not knowing what to say.

Why is he here, and when did he come here?

Before she could ask the question, Shen Lie twitched his lips and answered the confusion in her eyes: "Second uncle and I came here, he was chatting with your teacher."

"Oh, that's it."

Chen Jing'an thought so, she I was still holding the pipa in my hand, and I didn’t know whether to put it down or continue practicing.

"You play very well."

The last time I heard her play, I saw her from behind. This is the first time, face to face, watching her play.

The fingers are slender and very dexterous.

"Thank you."

Chen Jing'an felt that she was lacking in words.

The backstage was a bit messy, with everyone's clothes and bags lying around. She put down her pipa, gave up her stool with some restraint, and said, "Would you like to sit down for a while, I'll get you a glass of water."

She and the teacher had heard and heard that when people came to their place, they should always treat guests with some hospitality.

Shen Lie walked in with his legs raised.

"Okay, please."

There were only disposable paper cups here. She took out one and asked Shen Lie whether he wanted tea or water. When the answer was "water," she took another glass of cold water and handed it over. On weekdays, her parents would teach her how to entertain guests, and she had always done a good job, but right now, it was not enough.

She appeared somewhat embarrassed.

But Shen Lie's face was calm. In comparison, he looked like a master.

"Thank you."

Shen Lie took the water glass and inevitably touched her fingertips. Unlike ordinary girls, they had thin calluses accumulated from years of playing the piano.

Chen Jing'an didn't know when the teacher would be able to finish talking, and she felt that the meeting would definitely not end for a while. They came here specially to probably listen to a rehearsal, which meant that she would have to be alone with him for a while, or Just for an excuse, why should she also go to the stage?

What reason should be given? She knew that she wasn't very good at lying, and it would be embarrassing if she found out.

She didn't make up a reason. Shen Lie spoke leisurely and asked, "Will you be on stage this time too?"

"Yes, but only for a few minutes." She remembered three minutes and 53 seconds clearly.

"I wish you success."

"Then I wish you good luck."

"..."

Looking at each other, they both realized that this conversation was pretentious, and both of them found it a bit funny.

After laughing, the atmosphere relaxed a lot.

Chen Jing'an pointed to the front and said, "It seems that the rehearsal has started. Do you want to listen to it?"

After all, the teacher is a master in the industry, and his technique and emotion when playing are impeccable.

"Okay." Shen Lie put down the glass of water.

The two people walked towards the stage and first had to walk through a narrow corridor.

The space was a bit cramped, and the distance between the two people was a bit too close. It seemed awkward not to speak. Chen Jing'an had no choice but to ask: "Are you also interested in folk music?"

This question was based on his question on the rainy day last time and his willingness to come over now. Watching their rehearsal, she invited Shen Jin, but Shen Jin thanked her and said he was not interested at all.

"General." Shen Lie answered quickly.

"Then you..." Chen Jing'an wanted to ask why you came here.

Shen Lie said: "I came here not only to accompany my second uncle, but also to find the answer to a question." Chen Jing'an

nodded, but she seemed to understand. She knew what distance meant, so she didn't ask what the question was, but asked: "Then Have you found the answer?"

She was a little curious, what answer to the question should she come here to find?

It’s the same as last time. Don’t you know what the song is?

"No."

Not only did he not, but he was even more confused.

For example, he thought that when he met someone, the vacant position would be filled.

But now, the distance was very close, so close that he could smell her faint breath. That position made it even more uncomfortable.

"Not found." Shen Lie said.

Chen Jing'an pursed her lower lip and avoided her eyes for a moment, "It doesn't matter, there is still time, you can find her slowly."

Shen Lie took in all her expressions, lightly closed his eyelids, and let out a hum from his throat.

It is indeed still early.