Chapter 17 sleeping Beauty

The night wind was like a scissors, Ah Tong played the piano under the moonlight. This song has been practiced hundreds of thousands of times, but the teacher always said that there is no emotion in her piano sound.The National Piano Competition will be held next month, but her practice is more than enough, and she has stagnated. The professor earnestly inspired her: "You have to play it with your heart, you have to play the emotion of love, the flowers are red and the willows are green, the birds are singing and the warblers are flying, you have to have a lingering feeling. This is not only a piece of music, but also a letter at the same time. A love letter, he shows the composer's strong longing for his lover, and also shows his longing and beautiful description of love life, it is a colorful and beautiful new world..."

When it came to "colorful", the teacher stopped and coughed twice instead.Ah Tong knew that it was the teacher who was guilty, and felt that his words had hurt her.Actually, why would she care?She has been blind since she was a child, and she is used to being called "blind man blind", and she has long since stopped being stabbed by one or two sensitive words.Her distress lies only in her inability to improve her piano skills. It has been two years. Two years ago, she was already a well-known talented luthier, but in the past two years, her skills have been stagnant and never improved.The teacher said it was because of the lack of emotion in her playing.It doesn't matter if she can't see it, if she has the experience of love, the feeling of love, and understands the true meaning of love, it will open a pair of eyes for her, and her piano skills will improve by leaps and bounds.But where did she come to understand the feeling of love?

The teacher piled up a lot of adjectives, saying "Love is beautiful, as beautiful as spring, as bright as the sun, as light as white clouds, as fleeting as the face of flowers..." However, she didn't know that spring is more beautiful than spring. What beauty is there except that summer is cooler than winter, and how bright the sun is, how light the white clouds are, not to mention the beauty of flowers.Her world is just darkness, without color or light. It's not that she doesn't understand feelings. The kindness of the director of the orphanage, the friendship between teachers and classmates, and her love for piano music are all her treasures.As for love, however, she had no way of guessing.She has never been in love, nor has much experience in dealing with men. In any case, she can't imagine what is "lingering", what is "strong longing", and what is "beautiful description of love life".

She can only play the piano over and over again mechanically, helplessly, and in vain, trying hard to find an answer to love.The autumn wind is soft, and the astrology is like a song. While she is playing, she prays to the sky: If, if you can understand what love is, I am willing to give everything in exchange. Suddenly, a swan chirping was vaguely heard, which suddenly appeared in the sky.She couldn't help raising her head and listening intently, as if some long-standing memory in her heart was gently touched, a little bit bitter, a bit bitter, a bit pathetic, a bit lingering.Yes, lingering, is that what lingering feels like?Is this what the professor calls lingering?

Under the vast starry sky, the blind girl's eyes are a dim star, and she swears to the night sky: "If possible, I am willing to hand over my soul in exchange for an experience of love." She couldn't see that just as she finished speaking, a comet dragged its long tail and flew across the sky leisurely. In the blink of an eye, the free Dan Binghun just flew past the window and entered the blind woman's body ... Grandma opened the door and saw a blind girl standing in front of the door. She couldn't help being stunned: "Girl, who are you looking for?" "My name is A Tong." Dan Bing said through A Tong's mouth, resisting the urge to throw herself into grandma's arms and cry.How excited she was when she heard grandma's voice again, but she couldn't "see" her.How should she tell her own identity?Said that he is Ruan Danbing who has come back from the soul, come to find his body?So don't you scare the old man?The soul leaves the body, this is an adventure that only happens in Liaozhai stories, how can it be told to the world?

She tried her best to maintain calm, and recited the lines as if she had thought of an excuse in advance: "Grandma, hello. My name is A Tong, and I am a piano teacher. One of my students is good friends with Ruan Danbing. She told me that Dan Bing likes to listen to people playing the piano. So, I want to come to do volunteer work.” So, she "sees" herself.When she walked upstairs step by step, walked into her room, and walked towards her real self, her heart beat so wildly that it almost burst out. How abrupt, one self walks towards another, and her two selves are about to shake hands.At this moment, she was glad that she had borrowed her soul from a blind man, otherwise, seeing her face to face with her own eyes, it was hard to guarantee that she would not be so stimulated that she passed out.

When she finally touched her body, the excitement and pain made her dizzy for a while, and she had to hold on to the top of the vanity mirror so as not to fall down. She "looked" at herself, feeling a kind of pity that was connected by flesh and blood, like a flower and a beautiful family, like a fleeting year, did she just throw it away and sleep forever? Saying goodbye to my body for so long it's almost rusty.Although she couldn't see it, she knew that this was her, her body that lost her soul.She held her hand and wept bitterly. Grandma also cried and said: "Girl, you are so kind. If Bingbing can wake up, I will definitely become good friends with you."

"If Bingbing can wake up"...Dan Bing smiled bitterly, if, if, one day, her real self could wake up and get along with Qu Feng with Ruan Danbing's original face, how wonderful it would be.But, will there be that day? Dan Bing on the hospital bed is like Sleeping Beauty in a dance drama, waiting for a prince's kiss.When would she get the love that revived her and dance again? Dan Bing is determined to stay and take care of herself.Although she couldn't "see", she could feel that everything in the house hadn't changed, it was deliberately kept the same, even the pot of gardenias exuded a faint floral fragrance.Without any familiarization process, she can walk freely in the room without support, and even pick up things accurately.

Grandma was surprised, but also emotional.For some reason, the presence of this blind girl comforted her lonely heart. When she walked around the room, she seemed to feel that Dan Bing had returned. Qu Feng did not expect that the first time he met Ah Tong was at Dan Bing's house. He has always been full of curiosity about this blind female luthier, and asked Xiao Lin several times to visit her, but it was delayed because of Shui'er's illness.Later, Shui'er died, and Xiao Lin lost interest in learning the piano, so he broke off contact with Ah Tong.Qu Feng thought he had no chance, but he still met her, not through Xiao Lin's introduction, but because of Dan Bing.

That day, he came to Dan Bing's house to play the piano on time, but as soon as he entered the door, he heard a smooth sound of the piano coming from upstairs.Grandma sat downstairs thinking, and when she saw him coming, she smiled and said, "Xiao Qu, you are late, someone took your place." "Really?" Qu Feng saw that grandma was joking with vigor and knew that she was in a good mood, so he immediately said, "Who is taking my job?" Grandma smiled mysteriously like a child: "It's a blind girl." "Oh?" Qu Feng's heart skipped a beat.

Grandma went on to say: "She said that she grew up in an orphanage, so she wanted to serve the society. When she heard about Bingbing, she took the initiative to come to the door to do volunteer work. I think she is blind herself. I didn't want to trouble her. But her attitude is very sincere, and she said that even if she can't help anything else, at least she can play the piano for Bingbing..." "A Tong." Qu Feng was a little dazed, "Grandma, is her name A Tong?" "Yes, you know her?" "I don't know, but I've heard of a blind girl who can play the piano, so I guessed it casually. I didn't expect it to be her." Qu Feng sighed, "This world is really small." "It's not only small, but also clever. It's strange to say that I hit it off with this girl, and she treats me very well. She yells 'Grandma' sweetly, exactly the same as Bingbing's accent. If you can't hear it People, I thought it was Bingbing who came back..." Grandma paused, with a lonely and wry smile on her face, "Oh, I miss Bingbing so much, I wish I could treat all the girls as her. Actually, how could she be What about Bingbing? However, every time she came, she would chat with me, play the piano, and do things, which really helped me a lot... Xiaoqu, you haven't come for a while." A bleak smile flashed across Qu Feng's face: "One of my friends passed away, so..." He sighed, and changed the topic back, "Fortunately, Ah Tong came to take my place, but her eyes..." "Although she can't see with her eyes, she has a sharp mind, better than a discerning person." Grandma rushed over and said defensively, "Don't look down on her." Qu Feng couldn't help laughing: "How could it be, grandma? I have been famous for this girl A Tong for a long time, and I have always respected her." "Really? Then you go upstairs and talk to her." The style of the music went up and down, carefully not to disturb Ah Tong's playing. When he went upstairs, he suddenly had a strong premonition, as if what he was going to meet was not a stranger, but an old friend whom he had known for many years.The higher you go, the stronger this feeling becomes. At the top of the stairs, he had already seen a girl in white sitting with her back facing him in front of the piano in the small living room, playing obsessively. Her long hair swayed with the movement of playing the piano, her waist was slender, His back was straight, his figure was slim and beautiful, and he could not be seen as a blind person at all. It’s a song, the lover’s call spreads in the wind, one sound, over and over again, longing for a true answer, as if it came out after a thousand calls, still holding the pipa half-hidden, the wind can’t help but feel deeply Bewilderment, this situation, this person, this joy, all gave him a feeling of déjà vu. The grief brought to him by Shui'er's death suddenly became quiet at this moment, like the dust settled, and the water was still and the river was flying.Didn't Kobayashi and the professor both say that Ah Tong doesn't understand love?However, listening to this piece at the moment, the sound of the piano is clearly full of emotion. This Ah Tong not only understands love, but also understands it deeper and more clearly than ordinary people. At the end of the song, the girl turned around and asked softly, "The style of the song?" Her voice was deep and soft, slightly magnetic, with an indescribable charm. Qu Feng was stunned: "How do you know it's me?" The girl smiled: "Grandma said, every week this afternoon, you will come. Besides, who else knows how to respect other people's playing, and can bear to listen to the piano without saying a word?" Qu Feng was even more confused, and he remembered what his grandma said just now: "Although she can't see her eyes, she has a clear mind, which is better than a discerning person." Immediately, he was full of affection for this blind girl whom he met for the first time.Her piano playing, her speech, and her noble demeanor all left a deep impression on him.Moreover, the girl said: "Except for you, who would know how to respect other people's playing so much that they can bear to stay silent while listening to the piano?" This sentence also touched his heart. She seemed to know him quite well. He looked at Ah Tong in astonishment, the ever-changing expression on her face made him confused and shocked, the feeling of déjà vu became stronger and stronger, so strong that he could almost call out her name with his mouth open, but that name, But not "A Tong".Who is it?Dan Bing?swan?water? He was speechless, as if he suddenly forgot something when he remembered it, and it seemed that many of the forgotten things were picked up again at this moment, but what are those memories? The room was dead silent.Ah Tong and Qu Feng stood face to face, neither saying a word. Ruan Danbing, who became Ah Tong, inherited Ah Tong's body and piano skills while also inheriting her inherent inferiority and pride of a blind girl.During these days, she has been waiting, waiting to meet Qu Feng again. At this moment, he finally came, but she couldn't see him! Standing in front of him, she didn't know whether it was sadness or joy in her heart, and there was a vicissitudes of reunion in a lifetime.As if entering a time tunnel, there is only one day in the sky, and a year in the world.From Ruan Danbing to Swan to Shui'er to Ah Tong, to Qu Feng, it was just a summer story, but to her, it had already been reincarnated three times.Now, they meet again, this time, but what kind of fate? That day, she flew away from Shui'er's body and clearly saw Qu Feng's tearful eyes. She wanted to go up to him, hug him, and comfort him, but she couldn't help herself and drifted away with a gust of wind.Confused, ethereal, not knowing where I belong.In his ignorance, he vaguely heard the sound of a zither, and wandered away...just as Ah Tong was praying to the moon: "I am willing to hand over my soul in exchange for an experience of love." That desire is so strong, so strong that it can be compared with Dan Bing's unparalleled love for Qu Feng, so that their souls suddenly speculate at this moment and become one.So, she took Ah Tong's body, replaced Ah Tong's soul, and taught her a true love experience. However, how long can this deal last?She still wants to return this body to her, right?Will she tell Qu Feng her true identity before she reincarnates again?Do you want to tell him the secret of swan and water?Do you want to burn your heart like a fire in this rare reunion and fall in love with him passionately? Past experience tells her that no matter what form she uses to exist, she will not be her complete self, but will more or less possess some of the characteristics of the form itself.After all, she is just a passing visitor and not a returnee. No matter who's body is, it is impossible to keep her for a long time. In the end, she still has to leave. However, in this world, who is immortal?What is the difference between a day and a year?What is the difference between once in a lifetime and once?She just wanted to seize every opportunity to love him one more day, love him one more time, love him a little more. However, she also felt timid, which is the instinctive timidity of blind people towards sighted people. She found him and heard him, but she could no longer "see" him.This made her have to have a strong sense of inferiority.How can one love someone who cannot see? The two faced each other silently, only the curling sound of the piano just now still reverberated in the air, like a lover's call, over and over again, one after another, endlessly... It was grandma who went upstairs to break the silence. She saw two young people standing face to face without speaking. She was very funny and asked, "What? Excuse me? They are all young people, and they are easy to get acquainted with by talking and laughing. What happened?" Shyer than me?" Ah Tong woke up with a start, bowed his head and smiled: "I'll pour water for you." "Let me do it." Qu Feng was about to stop him, but saw Ah Tong go straight to the water dispenser in the corner of the room without any obstacles, took a paper cup from the cabinet and came out to catch the water. Not only was she secretly surprised: she was surprised by this The layout of the room was so familiar that it was like being at home. If you didn't look her in the eye, you couldn't tell that she was a blind person.However, the way she listened to the water, she was obviously blind. Ah Tong had already fetched water, held it in both hands and said, "Qu Feng, please drink some water." The tone of her calling "Qu Feng" is very familiar.Qu Feng couldn't help being in a trance again...