Chapter 3 A-3

It seems that once you know each other, it will be easier to meet. On weekend nights, Sang Li has a performance at "You and Me Coffee", sometimes playing the violin, sometimes singing a song with a soothing melody, depending on the mood and fun.Because the guests who came and went were somewhat self-cultivated, no one made any impolite requests.Such an environment always reminds Sang Li of the text "Humble Room Inscription" he learned in middle school, in which there is a sentence "There are great scholars in talking and laughing, but there is no white man in communication".She was very satisfied with the atmosphere, so she went according to her own mood.

Sang Li always sits when she plays the violin or sings. Her long black velvet skirt with a large V-neck is spread out, revealing only her clear collarbone, very charming.In fact, Sang Li majored in vocal music when she was in college. Even the famous soprano teacher Ye Yuxia praised her for her hard work and excellence. At that time... ah, how long ago was that? Sang Li shook his head lightly, as if he wanted to forget those past events, those flowers, those applause, those incomparable glory and desolation to outsiders, since it is over, it is better to forget all of them.She sighed unnoticed on the small bandstand with warm lights, then lightly put on the bow, and slowly, the long and soothing notes of several bars rippling, gradually drawing a faint, lingering Melancholy line.

At the same time, Ma Yu was sitting behind a curtain in the corner of "You and Me Coffee" - he had made an appointment with a friend to chat, but the friend refused the appointment, so he sat there alone listening to music and drinking coffee.He had studied the violin for several years, and had seriously studied "History of Western Music" in college, so he soon heard that she was playing the first part of Ibsen's poetic play "Peer Gynt" by the Norwegian composer Grieg. The song "Song of Solveig" composed in four acts: When Peer Gynt, who was wandering all over the world and unscrupulous for prosperity, returned to his hometown after experiencing vicissitudes and having nothing, his mother had left in painful thoughts of her son world.However, his long-awaited fiancée, Solveig, is still spinning in front of her hut, and sings this song repeatedly: "Winter is gone, spring will never come back; summer will pass away, waiting year after year ;I always firmly believe that you will definitely come back; I have promised you that I will wait for you faithfully, waiting for your return; no matter where you are, may God bless you; I will always faithfully wait for your return, waiting for your return... ..."

Ma Yu could tell that Sang Li was not from a violin class: her technique was not skilled enough, and some of her handling was a little blunt.But Ma Yu had to admit that the smell of Gregor's longing and sadness had been deeply attached to the strings, making it easy for people to understand the loneliness, sadness, and longing in her heart.He even had a little curiosity: Isn't this beautiful and young woman happy?Who is she missing? A few days later, Ma Yu returned home from get off work very late, and when passing by "You and Me Coffee", through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, he saw Sang Li again.

Under the pale orange light, Sang Li was wearing a dark green wide-sleeved top, paired with a bohemian-style black wide-hem long skirt, with long soft curly hair hanging out, sitting quietly by the window on the seat.With her eyes closed, she leaned her head up on a soft cushion behind her, with earphones plugged in her ears, and remained motionless.Ma Yu couldn't help being curious: what song was she listening to that could be so engrossed? Ma Yu stood quietly under the street lamp like that, looking at the woman inside the glass window, feeling that she was like a mystery, a mystery that had an answer but refused to reveal it publicly.

Ma Yu has been watching so quietly, seeing the graceful line of her upturned chin, and the long eyelashes of her closed eyes.In the background of the night, she was sitting in a coffee shop with warm lights, and she looked like a soft luminous body from the outside of the glass.The song "Solveig's Song" immediately appeared in Ma Yu's mind. It was melodious, sad, and gentle, like a tranquil stream of water flowing through a heart that had been dry for too long. Ma Yu suffered from insomnia that night. He didn't know if he would admit that this was the legendary "love at first sight" at his age of 32. As a man who was married, divorced, and had children, his 32 years had experienced many things that ordinary people did not have. The love and hatred I have experienced, speaking of it, is more like a TV series.It's not like he didn't love someone before, and those innocent feelings at that time are as touching as they are today.But later he knew: the so-called love is actually just a glass of water when you are sick, a shoulder when you cry, and an embrace when you are lonely. In 32 years, he has loved and been disappointed.Now he can live well by himself, perhaps, he doesn't need any love either.

However, he couldn't deny the special feeling he felt every time he saw her, faintly, it seemed to be a kind of pity.Yes, it is pity, that is, feeling lonely, lonely, and sad for her.So he was puzzled: With a woman like her, who has a transcendent aura in every gesture, how could she allow herself to be so lonely, so lonely, and so sad? In this way, Ma Yu began to stand in many corners of life that Sang Li hadn't realized, watching her. He gradually came to know that this woman named Sang Li would sit on the sofa next to the window of "You and Me Coffee" every day, listening to music, reading books, and occasionally a small white Apple laptop at hand.

I also know that she plays the violin at "You and Me Coffee" every weekend, and once played the piano.But what puzzled him was that she was extremely skilled in fingering, but when she stepped on the soft pedal, her whole body tilted a lot, which made her back look awkward. He didn't know why she had such a bad habit. Later, he also found out that her family lives upstairs from "You and Me Coffee", Room 201, Building B—it should be a house of about 100 square meters, not big, and suitable for two or three families. Room two halls.He became more and more curious: he didn't understand what this woman was doing for a living, and how could she have so much money, not only to buy a house in "Sakura Garden Lvjing", but also never see her go to work!

Ma Yu didn't realize at all that his concern for Sang Li had completely surpassed the feelings of neighbors. If it wasn't "love", it was at least "ambiguous".Unknowingly, he developed the habit of looking at the seat by the window intentionally or unintentionally when he passed by "You and Me Coffee". Occasionally, he would meet Sang Li's eyes and see her faint smile. That smile was as shallow as the ripples left by a little wind blowing on the surface of the water. If there were no ripples, they spread round and round until they filled the entire lake.

Ma Yu, 32, is the boss of a cultural communication company. The company is not big, but it is also well-known in the industry.It mainly undertakes some cultural exhibitions and performances, such as last year's "Forever Sunflowers-Van Gogh Works Exhibition", "Sephorn Small Theater Drama Week", and this year's "Women's Consumer Goods Centennial Exhibition" near the Spring Festival. On the fashion newspapers, it was very popular.In this modern and western-style city, cultural and leisure venues such as galleries, small theaters, and concert halls abound. Arty people mix with people who really love art, providing an incomparably huge opportunity for Ma Yu's career. stage.

It is worth mentioning that Ma Yu is also a "returnee" - a Ph.D. in cultural management who returned from studying in Germany, the real thing.In fact, this profession has only been emerging in China for about ten years, and it has cultivated a group of so-called "professionals" who can talk on paper. At the same time, it is facing an empty and chaotic market space.Many friends once said: If Ma Yu is willing to devote himself to the three-foot platform, elites like "Dr. But Ma Yu resolutely gave up all of this.He chose to start from scratch, run a small company, and worked hard from morning to night to "make it bigger and stronger".He didn't want to mention those days when he started—it actually made people give up even remembering bitterness and sweetness, one can imagine the hardships involved. He just cherishes the present days: he lives with his daughter in the duplex house of "Sakura Garden Green View", often has the opportunity to go to Japan or Hong Kong, and can bring back various styles of HELLO KITTY to enrich his daughter's toy room; His subordinates stay up late together, and the satisfied expressions on the audience's faces after the successful planning will give him a sense of accomplishment; occasionally he will go to the library of a university not far away to read, such peaceful time reminds him of his student days easily, And those youthful and sincere years. Ma Yu knows that he is a person who likes nostalgia, but does not indulge in nostalgia.So he became more and more curious about Sang Li: her smiles and sorrows all carried a strong old atmosphere, as if she was reminiscing about something and could never let it go.He gradually began to look forward to having a suitable opportunity to talk to her. He still remembered that from the beginning to the end, she only said "goodbye" to YOYO, and he just accepted her faint smile that could hardly be found. .