Chapter 28 Chapter Twenty Eight

It may be that Zhou Yulou's meticulous care of his father-in-law moved Jiang Dan, or it was really like what Jiang Siye said, a small farewell is better than a newlywed.In short, when Zhou Yulou saw Jiang Dan in the ward that afternoon, he felt that his wife's anger had dissipated a lot. When Jiang Dan got off the plane that day, he went directly to the orthopedic hospital.In the evening, she finally didn't go back to Xie Lanna, and went home with Zhou Yulou. Until he went to bed, Jiang Dan was surprisingly normal, as if nothing had happened, doing what a wife usually does when she comes back from a trip, tidying up the room, getting the washing machine to work, and placing her everywhere. Bringing back the accessories, taking out new clothes for Zhou Yulou to try on... Zhou Yulou wanted to interrupt his wife to talk to her several times, at least to explain that things were not as dire as she imagined.But Jiang Dan didn't give him a chance at all. As soon as Zhou Yulou opened his mouth, she changed the topic and continued to be busy.After Jiang Dan took a bath and lay next to Zhou Yulou in the dark, after a while, Zhou Yulou heard her sobbing and crying.Zhou Yulou embraced his wife, and Jiang Dan obediently snuggled into his arms.Zhou Yulou helped her wipe away the tears on her face, and just said "Dandan", Jiang Dan covered his mouth.

They cuddled together in the dark for a long time that night in silence, and then, after making a long love affair, fell asleep embracing. At noon the next day, Zhou Yulou saw another person whom he had not seen for a long time, Huang Dasheng. As expected, Huang Dasheng was invited by Xie Lan to edit the school newspaper of the Conservatory of Music.After going through some formalities at the personnel office in the morning, he wandered around the conservatory in a leisurely manner. "Look, I accidentally wandered into the Vocal Music Department." This was the first sentence Huang Dasheng said after seeing Zhou Yulou.In fact, Zhou Yulou knew in his heart that if he was not careful, he would not be able to go shopping no matter what.

On the way from the vocal music department to the playground, they were a bit cautious, but when they stood down on the playground and lit a cigarette each, they regained their former feeling.They walked around the 400-meter track of the Conservatory of Music several times.Are you all right?After exchanging information, what surprised Zhou Yulou was the way Huang Dasheng and Lu Qing got married.The trip to Heyun Mountain that Zhou Yulou heard on the phone was actually a wedding trip carefully planned by Huang Dasheng and Lu Qing.They stayed in Heyun Mountain for a full week. They lived in a family deep in the mountain. The ancient trees were towering and green, and they lived by the water. fiery fusion.

When asked about his honeymoon feelings, Zhou Yulou continued Huang Dasheng's joke: "I'm so tired, I don't even bother to turn on my mobile phone." Huang Dasheng said, "Yeah, I'm almost forty, and I don't do anything all day long. Others, I really can't bear it." After saying that, the two of them clasped their hands together and laughed. Huang Dasheng also asked about Zhou Yulou's recent situation, and Zhou Yulou told him all about it.After this chat, Zhou Yulou suddenly felt that many things really happened during this period.The death of Fang Lili, the failure of the head of the department, Jiang Siye's illness, the exposure of Feng Tai's family affairs and the resulting earthquake in Zhou Yuting, and that day, his enlightenment to Zhou Yuting for more than three hours, finally made Zhou Yuting feel pain and Feng Tai. The determination to break up...Of course, Zhou Yulou didn't mention the meeting with "Hairou" to Huang Dasheng, and both of them also carefully avoided the topic of Fu'an's murder and Xia Churong.

In the next few days, Zhou Yulou spent completely on the go.He spent four nights in a row, full of ideas, writing hard, and finally completed the dissertation for declaring his qualification as a professor.The next day Xie Lan asked him to print out the paper and send it to her.Perhaps it was because Xie Lan had always felt guilty towards Zhou Yulou about the dean of the department, so this time she wanted to help Zhou Yulou revise the thesis in person, which was obviously a push for her son-in-law as if she was determined to win. Feng Tai didn't know what he was doing, he kept asking for leave and didn't come to work.Zhou Yulou went to see it, and the ward 307 of the Orthopedic Hospital has already been replaced by someone else.Without Feng Tai's vocal music department, it would be safe and sound, and all work is still presided over by Zhou Yulou.The school celebration performance is getting closer and closer. The Vocal Music Department is the backbone of this performance. Zhou Yulou is responsible for the selection and rehearsal of the program.Xie Lan also specially appointed Zhou Yulou as the artistic supervisor of this performance, and he and the dean's assistant Wang Yue will screen and control all the programs together.

Zhou Yulou and Jiang Dan bought a car.In fact, Jiang Dan wanted to buy a car before getting married. Money is not a problem, but Zhou Yulou always has a shadow in his heart.When he was studying in the United States, his two best friends died in car accidents within less than a week. Since then, he has had a deep-rooted resistance to driving.But Jiang Siye's hospitalization suddenly made the problem of the car imminent.The doctor said that Jiang Siye would stay in the hospital for another four weeks or longer.Jiang Dan and Zhou Yulou have to take turns to go to the hospital every day. Fortunately, Zhou Yulou is not too far away, but Jiang Dan spends a lot of time going back and forth between the publishing house, the hospital and home every day.So on the Saturday when Jiang Dan came back from Beijing, she and Zhou Yulou bought a new Buick.Jiang Dan had taken the driver's license test a long time ago, and now it finally came in handy.

After a period of preparation for the "Singing All the Way" Young Singers Competition, the finals finally kicked off.Xue Ge's performance in the first performance did not disappoint everyone. His aria "Don't Be a Lover Again" by Figaro won the highest score and longest applause on the spot.After the total score was counted, the host invited Zhou Yulou to the stage and asked him to give a speech.Under the colorful lights, Zhou Yulou is even more imposing. He said very humbly: "A person who learns vocal music is like a diamond. The teacher just cuts it a few times, which may make the diamond look like a diamond." They are more beautiful, but the real brilliance of diamonds is the result of their own practice..."

During this period, Zhou Yulou took the time to go to Zhou Yuting's school twice and had dinner with her.Zhou Yuting still couldn't completely get out of Feng Tai's shadow, and he lost a lot of weight.She always tried her best to smile in front of Zhou Yulou, but the fake smile couldn't hide her loneliness after all.Zhou Yulou always thought that when he had time, he and Jiang Dan should take his sister to Heyun Mountain or somewhere to relax. Jiang Siye's recovery was even more optimistic than the doctor estimated.The doctor has always used him as an example to educate other patients recently, explaining how important a good attitude and obedient rehabilitation training are.

The arrival of Huang Dasheng greatly enriched Zhou Yulou's life in the Baroque courtyard.In his spare time, Zhou Yulou would go to Huang Dasheng's office to sit, smoke a cigarette, and chat freely.Editing the school newspaper itself is not complicated, and it is a piece of cake in Huang Dasheng's hands. He can spend a lot of time with old friends.The unrestrained chatting and laughing made Zhou Yulou sigh from time to time, the fate of good friends seems to be destined by God, how can it disappear because of a Xia Churong incident? Zhou Yulou had another chance to get along with Bai Xiaoxi, one afternoon two weeks later.

That day, when he and Zhou Yulou looked at each other for a moment, a sly smile still flashed across Bai Xiaoxi's face, while Zhou Yulou was quite surprised. In fact, after Osenna said goodbye, Zhou Yulou and Bai Xiaoxi met face to face several times, all in the corridor of the Conservatory of Music, Zhou Yulou nodded and smiled at Bai Xiaoxi, and Bai Xiaoxi smiled slyly every time, saying Teacher Zhou, Then they passed by, and there seemed to be a veil faintly fluttering behind the smile.Another time, Zhou Yulou ran into Bai Xiaoxi in Huang Dasheng's office.At noon that day, Zhou Yulou went to chat with Huang Dasheng after eating, and after a while, Bai Xiaoxi knocked on the door and walked in. At that time, both of them couldn't help being taken aback, Zhou Yulou laughed immediately, and Bai Xiaoxi called Teacher Zhou generously.Huang Dasheng wondered, do you know each other?Ask Bai Xiaoxi, aren't you from the acting department?Bai Xiaoxi said yes, but who doesn't know the famous Mr. Zhou in the Conservatory of Music?Huang Dasheng made fun of Zhou Yulou, and asked him earnestly: Tell me, how many ignorant girls have been cheated?

That day, Bai Xiaoxi was arrested by the department and came to send Huang Dasheng the photo requested by the hospital.She handed the photo to Huang Dasheng, took a peek at Zhou Yulou, and left.There is a pulse of ripples, with a sweet fragrance, that is stirring layer by layer on the heart lake of Bai Xiaoxi. You see, there is nothing better in life than hope, and hope always comes at a distance.When that Teacher Zhou was only Teacher Zhou, even though Bai Xiaoxi secretly moved his heart for him, but because of the distance, he couldn't turn into hope, it was just a heartbeat.But now, Mr. Zhou has become Ye Luo Meng Kong, a person sitting face to face, an alliance keeping a common secret, and a character in the same story.It's like waking up in a princess's dream, and suddenly find yourself lying in a jeweled palace, full of mantles and carved beams to make you believe that it is not just an illusory dream, very likely, you are the real one Princess. Hope it happens right now. Bai Xiaoxi is like this.These days, she repeatedly asked herself, is that really what God meant?Could it be that my accumulated feelings finally alarmed the heavens?So he arranged that magical encounter?Let the story of Zhou Yulou and Bai Xiaoxi change from nothingness in the mirror to an expectation within reach? That kind of anticipation lurked in Bai Xiaoxi's heart, so happy. Go see poor Zhao Duo.The epilogue to "Oceanna Night" was interesting that night. After watching the taxi that saw Zhou Yulou leave, Bai Xiaoxi stood outside for a while before going upstairs.When she reached the corner of the stairs, she coughed twice as expected, and Zhao Duo, who was behind the door, rushed into the room with a stride, pressed the switch of the camera, flew into the room, and leaned on the door to listen... He was still puzzled , why so quiet?Why don't you talk?He didn't think at all that Bai Xiaoxi came back alone.He firmly believed that if Bai Xiaoxi fired at the man with blinking eyes, he would never return empty-handed.So when Bai Xiaoxi walked over and pulled open the door of the inner room, Zhao Duo was bowing his body like a knife mantis, holding the door frame with one hand, and holding the phone tightly with the other hand, as alert as if he was on fire. Zhao Duo looked at Bai Xiaoxi in astonishment, and then sat on the ground like a deflated ball. Bai Xiaoxi didn't lie, she told Zhao Duo: "I let him go." Zhao Duo was so depressed that he was depressed for most of the night.Of course, when Bai Xiaoxi explained to him, she completely omitted her affection for Zhou Yulou, and only emphasized her timidity and nervousness. The next day, Bai Xiaoxi found a solution for that outstanding debt.It just so happened that one of her high school classmates called her. It was nothing serious to call, just to chat casually and ask about Bai Xiaoxi's recent situation.That boy has pursued Bai Xiaoxi since the first day he met her, but he has been fruitless because of his aesthetic differences with Bai Xiaoxi.After graduating from high school, the boy did not go to college, but helped out in the Internet cafe opened by his brother.That day, Bai Xiaoxi chatted with the boy for a while, and then asked him cautiously, if it was not convenient, could he borrow 20,000 yuan for emergency.The boy immediately said no problem, he had earned quite a lot from his brother's Internet cafe in the past few years, and 20,000 yuan was a trivial matter, "Especially Xiaoxi, use it, don't worry about paying it back."In this way, the boy transferred 20,000 yuan to Bai Xiaoxi that day.Calculated in this way, if you add the 30,000 for selling the car, you will have 3,000 left after paying off all the debts.Although it is also a debt, it is much softer than the pressure of usury.Bai Xiaoxi then urged Zhao Duo to sell the car quickly. "Thirty thousand, don't miss a cent!" In fact, Zhao Duo still wanted to keep their small car, but he was helpless, he couldn't see any hope of winning from Bai Xiaoxi's attitude.It seems that Bai Xiaoxi does not plan to continue their "career" anymore, at least not for the time being, no matter to her teacher or anyone else.On the one hand, this is due to what Bai Xiaoxi called the "short and fat shadow", and there is also a very practical reason-the school celebration performance is about to begin, and Bai Xiaoxi and her classmates must devote themselves to the rehearsal.What's more, she was the most important character in that show. Esmeralda! A long time ago, Bai Xiaoxi's classmates wanted to perform the famous "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" on a decent occasion.They were originally majors in musical theater, and they were fascinated by the charming love story, beautiful songs and unique interpretation in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".They decided to perform five songs from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" in this school celebration performance. In those songs, Quasimodo, Frollo, Phoebes, Lily and others all appeared.Of course, the most crucial character is the beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda. Beauty is the first reason why Bai Xiaoxi got this role.In everyone's eyes, there is no other choice for a gypsy girl with an angelic face than Bai Xiaoxi.At the same time, Bai Xiaoxi's singing skills and performance are also recognized by everyone.To be honest, Bai Xiaoxi is a hardworking student. Although she has been dealing with Zhao Duo secretly, she has always been meticulous when it comes to serious matters.So, she got that exciting role.It was also because of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" that Bai Xiaoxi and Zhou Yulou met that afternoon two weeks later. The lead person is Director Sun. Director Sun is the leader of the acting department.After checking two rehearsals, he always felt that the actors were not relaxed enough, and the performance was tight.In addition to the lack of understanding of the characters, Director Sun believes that the most important reason is that the psychology is not good enough. Under the reputation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", everyone cannot enter the pure performance state.So Director Sun decided to invite Zhou Yulou to give you a counseling session.In Director Sun's mind, Zhou Yulou is an undoubted expert in solving such problems, which can be seen from his disciple Xue Ge's free and easy performance every time on stage.Moreover, Director Sun has also read Zhou Yulou's masterpiece "Liberating Nature in Singing" a long time ago. It was he who introduced that book into the performance department as a supplementary teaching material for the students.What the book solves is the present problem. When Director Sun went to tell Zhou Yulou about this matter, Zhou Yulou didn't connect it with Bai Xiaoxi at all.He was a little excited at the time, because he himself has always loved "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". When he was studying in the United States in 2000, he went from New York to Las Vegas to watch the English version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". On the day of tutoring, Zhou Yulou arrived at the physical classroom a little earlier than the agreed time, sat on a chair and flipped through a newspaper.He knew the actors were coming when he heard chatter and laughter outside the door.The classroom door was quickly opened, Zhou Yulou raised his eyes and saw Bai Xiaoxi.Bai Xiaoxi was the first to walk in. She called Teacher Zhou, and then, as always, she smiled secretly, and two reddish patches jumped on her cheeks like a rabbit. Zhou Yulou was so surprised!Only then did he realize that what he was going to tutor were students from the acting department, and Bai Xiaoxi was in that department.Of course, Zhou Yulou thought about it...why not her?Among all the acting girls I have met, it seems that no one is more suitable for that role. The actors all came in and greeted Zhou Yulou one after another, and he responded one by one.When he turned his head to look at Bai Xiaoxi, he found that she was peeking at him.The moment they looked at each other, she quickly lowered her head and sorted out the script in her hand.Zhou Yulou could see that she was a little flustered, she tried to cover up her fluster with a smile, the corners of her upturned mouth shyly provoked gazes from a distance.Suddenly at that moment, Zhou Yulou felt that this girl was really attractive. Zhou Yulou used two afternoons to coach the actors in terms of role analysis, acting skills, and psychological grasp, which greatly improved their performances. During those two days, Bai Xiaoxi seemed to be in a dream. She no longer needed Zhao Duo to pick her up from school, anyway, the threat of the chunky man was no longer there, and Zhao Duo should really put all his energy on finding a buyer for the Xiali car.After rehearsals, Bai Xiaoxi always hides in a corner alone in a daze, letting her thoughts stay in the physical classroom, recalling every movement, every look, every word of Zhou Yulou... She has never felt so out of her mind.This is completely different from when she first fell in love with Zhao Duo.At that time, she ran into Zhao Duo outside the gate of the Conservatory of Music. Immediately, a tall and handsome boy caught her eye, and then they fell in love quickly, and then lived together.Thinking about it now, Bai Xiaoxi felt that he was naive back then.It is exciting to see the light in front of your eyes, but its shoulders are so fragile that it can't bear the time at all.It is undeniable that Zhao Duo is very handsome, even impeccably handsome, but he is so pale, so youthful, and tasteless.At this time, Bai Xiaoxi discovered that men need taste.From this point of view, maybe the feeling towards Zhao Duo all the time can only be called liking, but towards Zhou Yulou, it can be called love. Bai Xiaoxi told himself that God has created enough opportunities, now it's time to take the initiative to do something.So, after wandering for two days, she decided to ask Zhou Yulou to add another class for her. At noon that day, Bai Xiaoxi found Zhou Yulou.Her heart pounded when she made that request, but she tried to look as open as possible, like a normal student, an actor who really needs help.She politely told Zhou Yulou that she couldn't find the feeling of singing "Like the Sun", and the performance was very awkward, like something was separated. "Can you tutor me this afternoon?" she asked. Zhou Yulou readily agreed. It was a love song from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Esmeralda fell in love with Phoebus, the handsome captain of the royal guard. "Phoebes" means the sun, and that man is like the sun, lighting up the whole chest of the gypsy girl, so she stood on the stage and sang affectionately—— He is as bright as the sun, is he a prince?I feel love welling up from the depths of my heart, stronger than my life.He was as bright as the sun, a true prince.I believe so... He shines like the sun, my miracle.He held me in his arms and loved me forever.He is as bright as the sun, my beloved man.He shines like the sun, shines like the sun. afternoon.Physical classroom.Zhou Yulou and Bai Xiaoxi. Zhou Yulou asked Bai Xiaoxi to try singing this song first, and then he asked Bai Xiaoxi to stand in the middle of the classroom, facing the direction of the window, raised his head slightly, closed his eyes, and listened to him quietly—— "Do you know? You are a happy girl, living in a place with sunshine, flowers, meadows and small rivers, that is your world alone, where you have been living carefree, without any worries. Happy , is the only feeling you have. But then one day, you suddenly saw a person. Just looking at him, you suddenly felt a tremor in your heart. That tremor had never happened before, it was a brand new feeling , is something other than happiness, occupying your body in an instant, making you inexplicably flustered. It's so wonderful, that feeling... All your previous happiness pales in comparison to it. It's like you A string in your body was plucked suddenly. In fact, that string has always been there, but it has been silent, and at this moment you realize that it is actually the most beautiful sound in your body. You look into his eyes, I feel that everything is no longer important, and you have to hold his hand to make life regain meaning. From then on, the sun, flowers, grass and river no longer belong to you alone, but to you and him. With him, You can have the whole world again, because he is your... the whole world. Now you open your eyes and sing this song." Bai Xiaoxi opened his eyes, with longing, touch and obsession in his eyes, and slowly sang the heart-warming melody of "Like the Sun". When Bai Xiaoxi started singing, Zhou Yulou showed a gratified smile.At that time, he had no distracting thoughts, and he was also moved by his inspiration just now.He admired Bai Xiaoxi's singing after his epiphany. His voice was so clear, and his performance was precise and vivid, which made him completely satisfied with the spring breeze turning into rain. However, when Bai Xiaoxi sang the second stanza, "He is as brilliant as the sun, my miracle...", she turned her face, looked at Zhou Yulou, and looked at him deeply, as if What Zhou Yulou said just now "you look into his eyes and feel that everything is no longer important".The singing voice floated out with the rhythm of Bai Xiaoxi's heartbeat: "He hugged me into his arms and loved me forever..." She slowly walked towards Zhou Yulou and stood in front of him, although her eyes never left Through his eyes, but so accurately found his hand. "He is as bright as the sun, my beloved man..." She pulled his hand up.That movement was so calm, gentle and firm, that people couldn't think of any reason to refuse, and it was a brilliant footnote for Zhou Yulou's words, "You have to hold his hand to make life regain meaning..." In fact, Bai Xiaoxi's affectionate singing voice does not need any guidance. When she sings the following two lines, she has the most perfect voice, the most blazing emotion and the most intoxicating gaze in the world - "He is as brilliant as the sun, as brilliant as sun……" There was no sound in the physical classroom. The afternoon sun floods into the wide windows, warm and ambiguous.Zhou Yulou and Bai Xiaoxi stood in the center of the 200-square-meter space, holding hands and looking at each other.Bai Xiaoxi closed his eyes, raised his head slowly, turned into hot breath, and burned all the rationality of Zhou Yulou. That afternoon, Zhou Yulou kissed Bai Xiaoxi. When recalling that kiss afterwards, Zhou Yulou was not sure whether it was Bai Xiaoxi, Esmeralda, or Hairou who was kissing.He was shocked by Bai Xiaoxi's singing at that time, he was completely melted by the girl's fiery enthusiasm, and couldn't help but plunge into the space of ecstasy.When his lips touched Bai Xiaoxi, Bai Xiaoxi's tongue lingered for an instant, leaving him without the slightest chance of waking up. It was Jiang Dan's phone call that interrupted their passionate kiss, and also pulled Zhou Yulou out of the both real and illusory fascination.He didn't remember what Jiang Dan said on the phone, nor how he answered it, only the trembling when the phone rang that he could not forget for a long time. After hanging up the phone, they were all silent for a while, and then Zhou Yulou walked up to Bai Xiaoxi and patted her on the shoulder - like a real teacher.He said: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't be like this, we shouldn't be like this." Then, he picked up the script scattered on the ground, put it in Bai Xiaoxi's hand, turned around and walked out of the physical classroom, leaving Bai Xiaoxi behind him like a branch of disappointment The lotus blooms lonely in the middle of the pond.