Chapter 23 second quarter

But Mengsan waits anxiously outside a door leading to the backstage of the karaoke bar.He was mature, thin and pale, handsome but sentimental, with a barely bearded face.He saw a dark figure gradually approaching, becoming clearer and clearer, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Where have you been? It's almost time for you to appear," he said softly to her. A smile suddenly appeared on Lan Yue'er's face, and said, "I'm going for a walk in the city." Then she stuffed a package of things into his hand and said, "Here for you." He opened it to see that it was a pair of beautiful lambskin gloves.

"It's getting cold." She said as she walked through the long corridor to the dressing room backstage, which was noisy. But Meng San treasured one of the gloves and tried it out. There was an old scar on the palm of that hand, which was still there until the time of his death. "You spent money again?" he said. "Money is for spending." Lan Yue'er replied.She took off her hood, put her face in front of the mirror, and used a brush made of fox hair to sweep the rouge on her face.Her hair was cut short and permed into romantic waves.She rubbed bright red lipstick over both lips with her fingers, wiped away a drop of dried blood, and muttered, "This wine is not good."

There was a trace of drunkenness in her eyes.At this time, she saw in the mirror that the eldest mother was sitting on a chair in the make-up room, and those sharp eyes were looking at her.She was a little guilty, pretending not to see, half turned around, and took off her cloak.What she wore underneath was a blue silk song shirt, like the evening sky, with waves on her ankles, and a pair of white satin pointed high-heeled shoes under her feet.She wore a necklace of pearls which went round her neck and hung down to her waist, where was a belt of pearls.Then, with a fresh red rose stuck behind her ear, she hurried onto the stage.

She sang the finale, and when she got on the singing stage, the applause was like thunder.She stood on the stage, and the audience below was filled with darkness. Behind her was a small band to accompany her, and of course there was Dan Mengsan's lyre. Lecheng is a bustling ancient city with a gorgeous karaoke hall, and the eldest mother does not need to bring her tent. As she sang, blue butterflies fluttered above her head.They became her closest accomplices.She could summon them, she had to, she didn't want to turn them into evil butterflies like herself. All she needs is a little blood every few days, she doesn't want to hurt anyone, she doesn't drink like an alcoholic, she doesn't drink blood.However, she sometimes feels like a mouse living in the underworld, sneaky and humble, and only when she sings can she forget all of this.She has nowhere else to go.Do you want to lie down in the ancient tomb and sleep with the corpse?The so-called God King did not come to her either.The mother's ghost never appeared again.In the world of mortals, she only knows one place, which is the song and dance troupe.

In the past five years, people who have heard her singing said that she sang like a nightingale, and the name "Blue Nightingale" is endless.Therefore, the singing hall in Lecheng paid a lot of money to hire her and the song and dance troupe to perform.However, these false names mean nothing to her.She sings to forget.The money she earns is spent generously, giving gifts to the sisters in the song and dance troupe, and even helping Mynie hire a killer to kill the lion that ate her lover's head. She spent money to forget that, like today, when she was shopping in the row of shiny shops by the Lecheng River, for a moment, she felt that she was an ordinary woman, and she was also easily tempted by glitz and material things.

However, this weird fate seems to be playing tricks on her.What she ate was blood, and what she vomited was songs, and her songs got better and better, so good that even she was surprised.She also found that she was more beautiful than before, wherever she went, regardless of men and women, they would turn their heads to look at her obsessively.At that moment, she felt happy in her heart.Did she exchange souls with the devil? This night, she sang the last song, which was about a woman's longing for her lover far away.At the end of the song, the lights on the stage went out, and every time this moment came, she turned back into a lonely figure again, yearning for the simplicity and happiness of flesh and blood.