Chapter 4 Chapter 2-2

9. Life often leads to some accidents, but not necessarily because of illusions. When the last note with her finger resting on the piano finally fell, and Yinqi stood up from her seat after singing, and when she saluted slightly, someone was already booing and shouting in the seat below: "Sing a song "Sweet Baby" How about it?" "The lead singer of the band is unable to sing for everyone today, I'm really sorry..." Seeing that the atmosphere of the guests was too enthusiastic, Zexiu's SD doll immediately came out to smooth things over: "We don't want a lead singer, we want to hear her sing."

The young man who just yelled stood on the table from the sofa where he was seated, and he seemed to have drunk too much. "I'm sorry, sir, today's song is for birthday guests, and I will continue to play the piano for you." Yinqi added politely. "Sing for the birthday...? Not for... me?" "I'm sorry, sir, the song just now is also for you... Thank you for coming to the ILL MORE bar." "No, that song... doesn't count, I want to listen to "Sweet Baby", you... come and sing, no... let's sing together." "Sorry, I'll play the piano for you. You'd better come to listen to the lead singer next time."

"I want...to sing with you, come on." The drunk guy stretched out his hand and ambiguously grabbed Yinqi's hand and walked forward.Yinqi, who was being dragged by her arm, felt a pain in her arm, and kept saying, "Let me go, let me go!" But this guy ignored it completely and put his arm on Yinqi's shoulder. Zexiu was so angry that she threw away the SD doll and wanted to come up to beat that guy, but was stopped by the manager. "It's just singing "Sweet Baby". That's an important guest." "Manager! You..." Zexiu shook off the manager's hand, and was about to rush over, but saw——

Grabbing the drunk guy with one hand, he quickly pulled him away from Yinqi's side, and then firmly held Yinqi in his arms with the other hand. "Ah, so handsome!" The women in the bar even fainted suddenly when they saw the handsome man. Zexiu looked at Yinqi and stood where she was. The man who appeared next to her was a whole head taller than herself.Who is he?It's no surprise that his red tights, dark trousers, and perfect height make all those he's close to jealous. Yinqi looked up at Ming Jun in front of her, and was stunned.But in just a few seconds, she realized her embarrassment in front of everyone, and tried to break free from his embrace.

His hands tightened even more tightly, as if she was a treasure that someone would come to take away. "Go back and sober yourself up!" Ming Jun swung his other hand, and the guy fell to the ground. As soon as the drunk guy fell, several people in the back seat suddenly stood up and surrounded them, enclosing Ming Jun and Yin Qi in the middle. "Stinky boy, do you know what you did just now? How dare you let me fall to the ground?" The drunk guy got up from the ground, as if he was sober all of a sudden, and rushed towards Ming Jun. Ming Jun instinctively He blocked Yinqi behind him. "And her, I said I want her to sing with me, she has to sing with me, you'd better get out of my way."

"Get out of the way?" Ming Jun asked back with a sneer, he dragged a stool beside him and pressed Yinqi's shoulder to let her sit down, while he leaned on the back of the chair with a relaxed face and asked him, "If you don't let me What? What should I do?" "You..." The guy stretched out his hand to lift the clothes on Ming Jun's chest, but Ming Jun grabbed it and threw it away.At this time, the three or five people behind this guy rushed forward, and the drunk guy himself came to grab Yinqi's hand. Ming Jun gave him a hard fist. He covered his chin and found that the above There is blood.

"Blood?! What are you doing in a daze?" The entire first floor of the bar was in chaos, and the people upstairs were still drinking and having fun.Seeing Ming Jun rushing out of the encirclement with Yin Qi, Zhi Zhi screamed in fright.Only then did everyone see Ming Jun downstairs who was busy dodging, punching, and kicking, and they all looked downstairs and ran. It was not the first time to fight for a girl, but it was Ming Jun's first time to fight with a girl.He has always felt that fighting is a very personal behavior, even if it is for other people, it is up to him to decide whether to advance, retreat, attack or defend.

Now, he felt as if he had handed over his soul, and here he also stored her soul.Is there such a consciousness?He could hardly be sure.Maybe earlier.When she lay on her back to avoid the roar of the wolf, her soul was already contaminated with the breath of Mingjun, so she met one after another.Because meeting is originally the induction exchange of two souls. The hand holding her hand never let go.Ming Jun took her outside the bar, and the guys chased her out. Ming Jun took Yinqi into the car and started the car. Yanzhi, who was getting out of her car before rushing to the bar, didn't see Yinqi's face, but only saw Mingjun leaving with a girl.

"Why did you come here?" Everyone ran to the door of the bar, Zhi Zhi asked Yan Zhi who was standing there staring at the direction they left in a daze. "Who is that person?" Yanji asked. "Who?" Zhi Zhi questioned. "That girl..." "Oh, I don't know, I seem to have seen it somewhere... I can't remember." "Ah, Ming Jun's woman... Hey, tell me, which one has more clothes in his closet?" asked the blond-haired boy in the middle. "Stinky boy, are you looking for death for all your sarcastic remarks?" The blond got hit on the head.

"What now? The person who paid the bill has left." "Stinky boy, no one will think you are dumb if you don't speak." Another click. "I paid the bill when I made the reservation." Yanzhi said slowly in a frustrated voice. "..." 10. "Actually, I can sing "Sweet Baby"..." Yinqi sat beside the driver's seat in front, feeling sad and blaming herself for what happened just now. "Well...then let's sing it now, I just want to hear it very much." Ming Jun's tone was calm and casual, she felt surprised and glanced at him.He is concentrating on driving.

"Aren't you... not scared?" Yinqi squinted at Ming Jun who was driving. "Sweet baby...is it a good love song?" Ming Jun turned his head and smiled childishly at Yin Qi. Looking at the stained clothes behind Ming Jun and the bruises on the corners of his mouth, Yinqi still felt that the consequences of the fight were serious, so she said anxiously to herself, "What should I do?" "What's wrong?" Ming Jun looked into her eyes and stayed for a while longer. "You...the corners of your mouth are bleeding..." It was all because of himself that he would fight, and Yinqi blamed herself deeply. "Oh, those guys, they missed the point. Really... I'm so hungry, let's go eat something." Ming Jun, who had nothing to do, thought, if he eats now, at least he can continue to eat. Let's stay together for an extra hour.Thinking of this, he secretly glanced at her.Today, she was wearing a short bright yellow dress, brown pants and short boots, and her clothes together, it was really a kind of enthusiasm that fit well. "Do you often fight?" Yinqi asked him cautiously. "What do you think?" He smiled again. This should be the first smiling face without shadows after his mother left him, like a flower awakened by the sun in an unexpected morning, although his companions have already caught up with the seasons. Now, it still enjoys it leisurely. The car stopped at a neatly decorated restaurant, and Yinqi followed him in. Almost everyone in traditional clothes knew him, leading them to a quiet compartment inside. Two people sat opposite each other on both sides of the short, long wooden table. The meat that had been cut into small pieces squeaked on the iron plate. Ming Jun picked up the chopsticks and turned all the meat over. bigger. He put a small piece of meat that was almost roasted on both sides into the bowl in front of Yinqi, then put a piece into his mouth, and began to chew. "So this car really belongs to him!" Yin Qi murmured looking at the red Lexus outside the window. She thought of the woman's hands again, and her mood suddenly sank a lot. "What are you muttering all by yourself?" Ming Jun asked with concern when he saw Yin Qi's face suddenly changed color. Yin Qi shook her head lightly, she regained her lack of focus just now. "It is said that sitting face to face and eating in silence with someone is already a kind of heart-to-heart exchange." Ming Jun said as if talking to himself, as if he was treating someone who has been with him for many years. "You speak like an uncle." Yinqi looked at him, picked up a piece of meat from the plate and put it into her mouth. "Uncle? Hehe, that's good, now uncle wants to hear that...'Sweet Memories', let's sing it." "It's baby, sweet baby." "Okay, let's sing." "no." "why?" "Now...inappropriate...that's for..." "I said it's appropriate, let's sing." "..." "We have already exchanged our hearts, can't we still sing?" Can people who have even exchanged their souls still sing?Ming Jun had already thought so in his heart.He recalled the situation when he ran away holding Yinqi's hand just now. He held that hand tightly, not daring to relax for a moment. He was afraid that when he turned around and saw that she was not by his side, he was worried that she would be in danger. Scared like never before.It stands to reason that those three or five people would not be his opponent if they really went together, and there was never the word escape in his dictionary. my last night here for you, samg old songs, just once more. my last night here with you? maybe yes, maybe no. I kind of liked it your way. how you shyly placed our eyes on me. oh, did you ever know? that I had mine on you. Yinqi looked out the window, humming softly intermittently.Ming Jun looked at her profile, looking blankly like a statue.Are those cheeks warm?Or the dry coolness of an air-conditioned room?What do the eyes seem to say?Are you talking about those two people on the outlying island who have nothing to do with this world?The collar of her bright yellow coat, probably from a run with him, had been turned over, exposing the seam underneath. Ming Jun watched without moving, keeping his gaze on every part of her face. Ming Jun, who wanted to turn the collar over again, stretched out his hand. Looking at Yinqi, who was humming a song outside the window, she shrank a little as if she was shocked, but this small movement made her look away from the window and put her eyes on the person in front of her. Eyes on me?Isn't that what the name of the song says? Yes, just watch me.His eyes told her: This is my original intention. The two people who looked at each other sat there for a moment.Yinqi felt that those eyes were like two deep whirlpools, and she was about to be sucked into it. "Your collar..." Ming Jun leaned forward and sat down at one end of the table, smoothing the corner of the collar that was turned upside down. Yinqi felt that the oppressive feeling in her heart finally disappeared, and she relaxed. She raised her hand to touch the collar, while adjusting the sitting posture that made her tense just now. Sudden.When Yinqi was unprepared, her lips were surrounded by softness. It was cold at first, but immediately rose to a burning temperature after touching it, with the sweetness of Jinro. At that moment, Yinqi's heart seemed to pass through a million volts of current when it was undefended. It felt like a buzzing sound in her mind and then it went blank, like a machine that was suddenly driven by an external force, making her heart beat fast. to the throat.It was dark in front of her eyes, and she fell back after not sitting well... Ming Jun stretched out his arms to wrap her around her, leaning back against the primary-colored closet door with her shoulders. It's only 1.5 seconds, but it's all messed up. Yinqi could feel the blood all over her body rushing to one place, she struggled to escape and sat back by the window, panting and looking at Ming Jun in front of her because she couldn't calm down. After confirming the location of the door in her consciousness, Yinqi stood up and rushed towards the door as fast as she could. The clerk who happened to bring in vegetable dishes was bumped by her, and the items on the plate were knocked to the ground.Yinqi stopped and looked at the food on the ground. The clerk stood there with a look of astonishment, and quickly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Ming Jun sat with his back to the door, and he could feel Yin Qi's eyes on him.What is she thinking about her actions like this?hate it?Even if there is a little bit of wishful thinking in the secret place of my heart, it doesn't matter if it's not disgust... With a thumping sound, Yinqi had already run downstairs, while the trembling clerk was still standing there. "It's okay, I'll treat it as if you delivered it." Ming Jun raised his hand backwards to imply "let's go", and the clerk closed the door and left. Ming Jun poured a whole bottle of Zhenlu into his stomach, put the money on the table, and ran downstairs to the street in one breath.Panting anxiously, Ming Jun looked around the street, hoping to see Yin Qi who hadn't left and was still waiting there, but the city was covered with colorful lights and shadows, and everything was strange. Ming Jun threw himself into the car and let it wander aimlessly with this body, recalling the short moments in the restaurant with the help of alcohol. she…… It's the first time. Her flustered eyes hit Ming Jun's heart violently, and she stopped the car on the side of the road because she felt weak all over.He leaned on the seat and lay on his back, even if he closed his eyes, her figure was still in his mind, if there was any unfilled space, it was all blank. A dull and heavy breath. Endless panic. 11. The annual animation art festival is held in Mandore in the summer, and the big owner this time is CBS. In addition to Chairman Cho and people from CBS, Myung Joon, Yeon Ji, Joong Chul's mother, and Yeon Ji's mother also came together on the trip to Mandol. At the dinner party held on the last day of the art festival, Chairman Zhao told his son not to leave the venue without authorization, and to stay until the end of the banquet. The red, yellow and blue festival logo and the banquet hall decorated in three colors are decorated with various traditional and latest cartoon characters, which are lively and friendly without losing style.After Mingjun sent Zhongzhe's mother, Yanji, and Yanji's mother to the shopping mall, he made sure that Mingchang was not picky about his clothes, and then appeared at the venue. "Professor Park, it's really rare to meet you here, and it's expected." Ming Changhe was accompanied by Secretary Zhang, and when he saw Professor Park from the Department of Animation Creation and Design of a domestic university at the dinner, he walked over to say hello. "Congratulations to President Zhao, the atmosphere of the art festival is very good." "Professor alone? Will stay in Mandordo for a while." "Hey, I'm getting older, so I need an assistant to accompany me. This is my assistant, Xu Zhengxun, who will graduate next year and is a rising star in style design. Then I have to ask Chairman Zhao to promote him a lot." "Oh? It seems that we are in the same grade as me and Ming Jun. What kind of photography did the brat want to learn at the time. Alas, the kids now. They are not as obedient as we were back then." Ming Changhe turned his head and looked at a long-nosed black Said Ming Jun who was in a daze in front of the ugly doll. "Ming Jun, come and see Professor Park." Ming Jun heard Chairman Zhao's voice and hurried over here. "Hi, professor." Ming Jun said while bending over. When he looked up, he saw Zheng Xun standing behind the professor. "It's so handsome." Professor Park said and looked at Ming Changhyuk: "You should feel the pressure, son... so outstanding." "I have chosen to listen to a few lectures given by the professor. I am very happy to meet you here." Ming Jun immediately replied. "..." Ming Changhe on the side looked at his son's decent behavior, and didn't understand why he was arguing with him in the past, but he was blindly angry when he saw that he didn't obey his wishes, that's all. "We'll meet again soon after returning home. By the way, when does the professor plan to return to Seoul?" "Thank you, President. Since I came to Mandor, I want to go back to see my family by the way, so I will go back to Toronto for the time being..." "It's time to get together too. Well, then professor, please feel free." "See you in Seoul." "See you in Seoul." When leaving, Ming Jun glanced at the professor's assistant, and found that the assistant's eyes were also staring at him. The pas de deux music played, and the figures of Mingjun and Yanzhi appeared among the crowd first as usual. Zhengxun looked at a couple with tacit understanding of dance steps... such a tacit understanding, who are they not couples?Siblings? "In the words of you young people, it should be called 'very good', right? When you have such a girl as your girlfriend, remember to treat me to a wedding drink." Professor Park came over, watching Zhengxun look into the eyes of the two dancing people Without blinking, he smiled and said. "They...are lovers." "Lover? This... I don't know. But, I will definitely get married." "Why? Professor." The more Zheng Xun listened, the more he couldn't understand. "That is to say, no matter whether you are in love with each other or not, getting married is a constant thing. Therefore, if they love each other or not, it is a blessing..." "Ah? Professor, what do you mean?" The more Zheng Xun heard, the more he couldn't understand. "I'm afraid it's 'the falling flowers are intentional, the flowing water is ruthless'." The professor became emotional while talking. Dancing with someone you love is romantic, isn't it? When Zheng Xun was thinking this way in his heart, the professor whispered in his ear, "I'll give you a day off tomorrow, and we'll have dinner at the restaurant tonight. It's time to go to Toronto the day after tomorrow." "En." Zhengxun replied vaguely, but his mind was on the two people on the dance floor.In Zhengxun's view, the originally harmonious and enthusiastic dance steps among the crowd seemed to be a little indifferent, like people who are drunk and have their own thoughts and are lonely in the music. 12. "The plane at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, the president asked you to pack your things tonight." In the evening, Secretary Zhang came to Ming Jun's room and told him. "I don't want to leave yet, you go back first." Ming Jun finished speaking in a cold tone without another word. The next day, when Ming Jun woke up, it was nearly twelve noon.After taking a shower, when I entered the restaurant on the top floor, the former student asked politely in Korean: Is this Mr. Zhao? After Ming Jun answered with his eyes, he followed the waiter to the dining area.From a distance, he saw Yan Zhi, who was dressed up, sitting on the seat and waiting. "You didn't go back?" "Uncle said, let me go back with you." Ming Jun, who was going to sit down, turned around to leave. "Sit down," Yanzhi looked around at the diners around, and at the same time flirted with Mingjun. He sat down reluctantly, and before Yanzhi could say anything, Ming Jun had already said: "I did that, just hoping that he would not object to my staying in Mandordo for a while, just so that he wouldn't lose his credit card and Account number... don't get me wrong." Ming Jun was referring to the fact that he was serious about accompanying him during this period of time. "So, you didn't intend to ignore us..." "I don't mean that." "Then what do you mean?" "I'm hungry, let's eat." The aperitifs were tasteless. The two silently moved their knives and forks to the steak on the plate in front of them. "I used to imagine that sitting in this restaurant would be different, and that's all." Yanzhi seemed to have something to say. "Oh, it seems that you also lack mental preparation. Haven't you always been a very calm person?" "Why are we like this?" "I'm sorry, I feel fine now, everything is fine. What? Are you dissatisfied? Because of a disappointing lunch with me at this restaurant?" "Ming Jun!" "Any questions?" "Where did the old you go?" "I sat here for dinner with you, and I just left." Ming Jun cut the beef on the plate unhurriedly, knowing to put the last small piece of beef into his mouth.As if he suddenly remembered something, he put the knife and fork on the side of the plate, wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, stood up, and said, "I will tell them to charge it to my account, and then order what you need. I have an appointment." Man, it's almost time." After speaking, he looked in the direction of the elevator. "Have you dated a woman?" When Yanzhi asked this question, she was taken aback too.Even though he knew what he was doing and what kind of woman he was with before, he would pretend that he didn't know anything.This was the first time she said it outright, because she couldn't bear it anymore. Ming Jun stared blankly at Yan Zhi who was still sitting there, smiled and said, "Oh, starting to become smarter? The Koreans I met in Mandore didn't take their girlfriends out for a trip. Anyone can do such a thing." I understand." "Such a thing? It's only been a few days, and you're dating Koreans here, are you crazy?" "It's very early, only you pretend not to know, so don't lie to yourself, you know?" After Ming Jun finished speaking, he walked out of the restaurant. 13. With his shoes off beside the rocks on the beach, and his jacket draped over his shoulders, Mingjun walked along the long coastline of Mandore. He didn't return to the hotel with his shoes until the sun sank to the sea level and a red light appeared at the place where the sea meets the sky. When alone, Ming Jun would think about his life in the past 22 years, and the days to come.Working hard, marrying a woman who loves each other, becoming a husband and father are all like dreams.But every time, he gave up such thoughts with anger, annoyed with a tree, a door, a wall or something in front of him.He didn't understand why Ming Jun couldn't live a normal life like others?But to do it according to the overall plan of some people, to be a blank hand like a pawn! Why do you want such a life? A wave came, and the tide wrapped his feet, making him feel a little cool, and then ran away like a frightened child.Ming Jun threw all the shoes in his hands and the clothes on his shoulders on the beach, and walked slowly, looking at the sea that brought the tide up. The wind had picked up, and the sea was rushing to the shore one wave after another. When the water reached his chest, his mind was stimulated by the coolness of the sea water. Some things and some people seemed to be filtered clearly. When he saw his mother's figure, he stopped and stood still. "Ming Jun, I called you in the yard, where have you been, go home quickly." It was his mother's voice. Didn't his mother always call him that? Ming Jun stood like this for a long time, the already cool sea water rippling slowly shaking his body, slowly waking him up. "Hey Hey hey!" He heard Yinqi's voice getting more and more anxious. "Let me go, let me go!" Reluctantly lying on his back, she slapped his shoulders in fear, yelling to come down in Korean with obvious Chinese pronunciation. She struggled and retreated to sit by the window, wiping the corners of her mouth, panting and looking at Ming Jun in front of her because she couldn't calm down. Ming Jun reached out and touched the corner of his mouth, as if the soft warmth still existed. The sound of the waves is getting louder. A big wave came, Ming Jun suddenly loosened the force on his feet, he felt his body was lifted by a force, and he was about to float in a certain direction.It was such a good feeling that I had never felt before, like a complete relief, no longer any burdens, either physically or mentally. Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the sea and grabbed his arm.Ming Jun was indeed frightened at the time, but he immediately relaxed again. If he could be relieved this way, he would definitely not struggle.But Ming Jun vaguely felt that the hand was dragging him to swim to the shore like desperately, so he tried his best to break free, but his two hands were not only behind his back, but the man even grabbed him with his hands. his neck. He couldn't move at all. The man threw him heavily on the beach, and while sitting down, he brushed his hair back with his hands and said, "Stinky boy, you are looking for death on such a dark beach." Ming Jun said in his heart that he chose such a dark day because he wanted to die. The wind at the beach was getting stronger and stronger, a wave came over, and it hit Ming Jun's chest before retreating.If it wasn't for this person, maybe I really... He sat up, coughed and turned his head to look at the people around him. With the faint light on the shore in the distance, he found that it was the professor assistant whom he had seen at the banquet yesterday. Zhengxun also saw Mingjun's face clearly. Neither of them spoke, as if they could see each other's thoughts. "I'm going to Toronto tomorrow, so I have to go back. How about you? Do you want to send it?" Zhengxun said, getting up and standing. "No, thank you." Ming Jun said lightly, looking at the black sea. Zheng Xun grabbed the clothes on the beach, turned and left. "Just now... don't get me wrong..." Ming Jun immediately added. "I know. However, the wind and waves are strong at night, and it is very dangerous. You must pay attention in the future." After speaking, Zheng Xun had already walked away. Ming Jun suddenly felt that he was very funny. Ming Jun, you actually want to do such a thing?He thought about picking up the shoes on the ground, and shouted loudly to the raging sea: Ming Jun, are you crazy? The sea seems to be asking: Are you crazy?are you crazy?are you crazy…… again and again. Then, after a burst of laughter, he ran to the road as fast as he could and stopped a taxi. When entering the hotel, Ming Jun, who attracted the attention of others, suddenly realized that he had only one thought, to go back to Seoul immediately, right now, right now. Yan Zhi, who was coming out of her room, saw Ming Jun who was dripping wet, and ran over anxiously and asked, "What's wrong with you? Ah? What happened?" "Go back, back to Seoul." "Tomorrow?" "Now, immediately." Ming Jun entered his room after finishing speaking, leaving Yan Zhi standing there with a puzzled expression. Is it because of that woman?Did you have an appointment but didn't show up?Or something else happened? Yan Zhi was thinking about this, although she didn't know the real reason of the matter, at least, she wanted to go back with him. Yeonjito Hotel booked the earliest flight ticket to Seoul. Eight hours of time difference.It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon when the plane landed at Seoul Airport. Yanzhi walked out of the airport, Mingjun pushed the luggage trolley behind, walked outside the airport, Mingjun took his luggage from the luggage trolley, turned around and said to Yanzhi behind him: "Do you want me to call Secretary Zhang for you and ask him to send a car to take you back?" "Why?" Yanzhi looked disappointed. "Sorry, I have some urgent things to do." "Is this why you came back in a hurry?" "That's right." "No, I can take a taxi back by myself." As Yanzhi said, she reached out to stop the taxi, and the driver helped put the luggage into the trunk, and Yanzhi got into the car and left first. Ming Jun asked the taxi driver to drive the car directly to the entrance of the ILL MORE bar. Maybe because it was too early, the bar door was closed. "Are you looking for someone? It's still early, and the bar won't open until dinnertime." "Oh..." Ming Jun, who was sitting in the car, wanted to come here quickly so that he could see her.He ran back from the sea in Mandore, even with the sand from the unwashed beach on his feet.However, the closed bar made him suddenly at a loss as to what to do.No phone, no address, not even getting used to the pronunciation of her name. "If you are looking for a friend who works in a bar, you can wait at the back door, and the staff have to go in there when the business starts." "Then go to the back door." The driver sent him to the back door of ILL MORE. He took off the simple luggage from the seat, sat down on the long stool facing the back door, and began to stare at the quiet back door of the bar. "I'm sorry, I was wrong to kiss you last time..." How can you mention something that makes her unhappy as soon as we meet?Ming Jun sighed. "The photos of the island are out, do you want to show them to you?" Hey, it's not like the usual Ming Jun. "What a coincidence, I ran into you here." He glanced at the luggage on the seat himself. He was obviously a person who came straight from the airport and went straight here. Why did he say hypocritical words? A young man in a plaid shirt and jeans walked past Ming Jun. He looked up at the man's clothes, and suddenly remembered that his clothes were still with her.Yes, just ask her about the clothes. 14. "Brother, do you know who I saw just now?" In a bar that was not open yet, a young man in a plaid shirt put his head in the middle of a group of people playing cards and whispered. "Three, six, twenty-eight, twenty-one...well, bring the money!" One of them threw the cigarette dangling from his mouth on the ground, and turned to ask the young man, "Who did you see?" "Last time at ILL MORE, that kid... was sitting at the back door, as if he was waiting for someone." "Oh?" "I can see clearly, it's really that kid." "Let's go, stop playing, go meet our old friends." "Who is it? Brother." When he said this, everyone stood up. "You'll know when you get out." A group of about ten people rushed out of the bar and walked towards the back door of ILL MORE.Ming Jun saw the person in the front clearly and recognized the guy who harassed Yin Qi on her birthday, so he stood up and went to meet her without getting angry. "Stinky boy, do you still dare to go this way? If you apologize properly today, I will let you go." "asshole!" "It's still scolding, is this your attitude of apologizing? Boss, that girl seems to owe you a song, why don't we go and listen to it today?" "Okay. But what if someone comes out to make trouble halfway?" "It's not easy to handle? Leave it to us." "Okay, don't practice here, change to a clean place, it's not easy for her to sing when she sees a fight." After finishing speaking, the leader turned around and left. Ming Jun rushed over and grabbed him by the collar to prevent him from leaving. "Stinky boy, you are really caring. Let's go, I will open your eyes today." After he finished speaking, he waved his hands and asked his subordinates to carry Ming Jun to a secluded place.This should be near the cemetery, because I saw the church in front of me. "What are you going to do?" Ming Jun looked around and got up from the ground. He had never been to this place before. "Last time, you were very good. Everyone went back and practiced hard, why don't you come and see if they have improved?" The head guy had an evil look and a smirk. Ming Jun stood among the surrounding people, raised his head and got ready. "Show his colors!" Those people gathered together, and Ming Jun kicked them beautifully. At the beginning, he kicked them one by one, and seemed to have the upper hand.But after all, there were so many people, when fists and feet rained down on Ming Jun, all he had in his mind was to wrap his hands around his head to prevent them from touching his face. I don't know when they stopped. It was already night when Ming Jun regained consciousness. He was lying in the bushes, in a panic. There was light in the steeple-roofed house in front, Ming Jun clutched his aching chest, and walked there slowly half-crawling and half-way. This should be the entrance of the chapel at the back of the church. Ming Jun faintly heard the intermittent sound of the piano. He rubbed against the wall and moved to the wooden door. The door opened as soon as he pushed it. He climbed in and found a small room with a narrow and thick curtain behind it, bright and warm. The bright light poured in from the cracks in the curtains, and Ming Jun, who was lying crookedly on the ground, felt that it was the light of heaven. He felt as if he was dead, but he was still awake, and he heard the voice of someone talking. 15. "That's right. You have made great progress today. Mom must be very happy." On the other side of the curtain is the altar of the church, and upstairs next to the altar, Yinqi is talking to a little boy who is practicing the piano. "Sister, did you hear something?" The little boy raised his head and asked Yinqi. Yinqi stopped pressing the keys and listened for a while, the church was very quiet.Yinqi looked at the victim on the cross, and said seriously: "Remember to listen to the class carefully, and practice after returning home, you know?" "Oh." "Okay, it's getting late, mom must be here soon, let's go down." Ming Jun heard the sound of the piano lid closing, and the sound of footsteps going downstairs. Then, the door was closed, and the bright light suddenly disappeared, leaving only some faint light coming in, looking very warm. Yinqi led Zhenyu to the small square in front of the church, and Zhenyu's mother had already run over from the other side of the road. "Son, are you obedient today?" asked the mother of the little boy who was stroking the hair on his forehead while running over. "He was very good today." "Okay, say goodbye to my sister." "Goodbye, sister." "goodbye……" Looking at the backs of the little boy and his mother, Yinqi smiled contentedly and walked towards the bus stop.However, after walking a few steps, he suddenly found that his hand was empty, and then he remembered that he was too impatient just now, and his bag was still by the piano in the church. Yinqi turned around and walked back. When she got to the church, she ran upstairs and saw her little cloth bag lying beside the piano, and the moonlight coming in from the arched window fell on it.Yinqi looked at it and smiled, picked up the bag and turned around, seeing the new moon in the night sky outside the window.For a very short moment, the moon turned into the curved moon she saw through her broad shoulders, shaking up and down with his footsteps. She stood in front of the window for about a minute, went to sit in front of the piano, opened the piano cover, and put the bag down again. With the faint moonlight, her fingertips gently caressed the black and white keys—— Thoughts wandered around for no reason, the sound of the piano at night suddenly became the magic drawer that Yasuo longed for, and Yinqi's memory went back to the past unscrupulously.She saw the little black-faced spoonbill running away in panic again, slipped and fell accidentally, and his unfriendly words, kind and gentle eyes appeared before her eyes again, and he walked a long mountain road with her on his back. Standing in the moonlight with a dazed look, then hastily said good night, and then that warm kiss that has not faded from her feelings so far... When the sound of the piano ended, she returned to reality, closed the lid of the piano, picked up her bag, and walked downstairs slowly through the moonlight by the window to the door. Suddenly, there was a bang behind the altar, as if something had fallen. "Who?" Yinqi was very alert and asked. Yinqi stood and listened for a while, and everything became quiet again.She thought that she was alone in the church at night without turning on the lights, maybe she was too sensitive.Just as he was about to open the door and go out, there was another squeaking sound from behind the altar. 躺在后面的明浚感觉教堂又便得通明透亮的了。 音琪回头望了望十字架，用力咽了咽口水，往圣坛走去。一边走，心里一边默念着：“主会赐福为善的人。主会赐福为善的人。主会赐福为善的人。主会赐福为善的人……” 那细碎的声音好象真的是从圣坛后面传来的。音琪轻轻走到厚布帘那里，想着可能是老鼠，不过，教堂的老鼠应该叫圣鼠吧。这样想着，音琪用力猛地掀开那块布，没有听到圣鼠的脚步声，桌边的阴影里好箱横躺着一个人。 “谁？”音琪下意识捏紧包，脑海里想着该不该将脚上的一只鞋举过头顶。 "Sorry……" 听到对方的声音很虚弱，音琪才放松一些，抬手拉了一下墙边的线，小礼拜堂的灯亮了。 在明亮光线下看清彼此的两个人，有一瞬间都忘记自己应该作出什么反应才好。过了那一秒，望着音琪那张吃惊的脸的明浚突然意识到自己现在躺在地上的模样，连忙转身过去。 “你这是怎么了？”音琪着急的扔下手中的包，弯腰俯身下来用手去试探着碰触他额头上、嘴角的伤。 因为疼痛，他本能地躲开，避开温和焦急的目光。 “发生什么事了？怎么会这样子？有人追杀你？”音琪说着望望后面教堂的大门。 “你走吧。”明浚的声音冷冷的。 “在上帝面前叫我扔下有难的人不管不顾，你到底存什么心？” “关你什么事？即使打架又怎么样？跟你没关系！” “你到底在胡说些什么？那天，他看见你那样做了……当我在岛上遇到危险的时候，是你背我回去，他全看见了。”望着眼前满身沾有血迹的明浚，音琪望着教堂穹顶上的壁画，眼里浸满了亮亮的泪花。 “……”不愿意让她看见自己狼狈样子的明浚将身体侧过去，将背对着音琪。 “白痴，笨蛋。”音琪一边从包里取纸绢，一边小声用汉语对着他的后背说话。 “你在岛上也是说这句，是什么？说我吗？” “你和人打架？为什么？” 音琪俯身用纸绢去擦他额头上的伤口，她将纸绢换了一面擦颧骨边上的小口子。一会又将手中脏了的纸绢扔到边上，重新抽出一张新的，用来拭他嘴角的污血…… 那么近，她说话时微弱的吐吸，也许上次洗衣服时残留在衣服纱隙间的木瓜皂香，如清晨的潮汐推禳着他的整个意识。 将原本望着她的眼睛闭上，明浚试着躲开这温情脉脉的海浪。 嘴角的血迹因为太干，纸绢无法擦去，音琪将包里平时用来湿润脸上皮肤的纯净水拿出来喷了一点在纸绢上，这样，就很好擦拭了。 凉凉的纸绢一碰到嘴角，他愣了一下，眼睛猛的睁开。看见音琪正望着自己笑，“怎么？有点疼吧，以后别再跟人打架了，你那么会说故事，什么事用说都可以的，不是吗？”她说着又在纸绢上喷了点水，接着为他擦拭嘴角的血迹。 "what is this?" “这个？”音琪摇了摇手中的瓶子，又看看眼前的明浚，神秘的说：“平安水啊。” 明浚望着眼前的音琪，看看身上的伤，若不是现在这样，又怎么可以与她这样接近？想到这里，他苦涩的笑了笑。 可一笑，脸上的肌肉牵动伤口，又是一阵疼痛。 “好了，我送你回去吧。”音琪站起身来，伸出一只手来牵他。站到一半的明浚又栽了下去，用手捂着腰旁边的地方。 “让我看看。”音琪将他的手拿开，发现里面的衬衣红了一块，解开纽扣，发现一道斜斜的口子，可能是让又硬又利的东西给划开的。 “天哪。”音琪望着眼前的伤口失声叫了出来。 "fine……" 一时不知怎么办的音琪一边用打湿的纸绢擦拭，一边想着该用什么东西先将它包起来，她想到自己的衬裙，斜斜的一圈正好长够度，拿它将明浚腰上的伤口包起来。 “不行，你得去医院。”音琪小心翼翼地试图将明浚搀扶起来，在马路边招了一辆出租车。 “去郊外的小农庄。”还没等音琪开口，明浚已经对司机下达了指令。 明浚紧握住音琪的双手，似在安抚音琪的慌乱，又似在寻找一种支撑的力量，“相信我，没事的。” 黑暗中，出租车借着朦胧的月光，向郊外的农庄驶去。 16. 明浚喜欢农庄的悠闲与安静，以前妈妈常带他来。自从妈妈去世后，偶尔一个来的他，不是因为和人打架想躲避暴跳如雷的爸爸，就是因为自己觉得太孤单、太想念妈妈。 时间在这里不管用。许多年来，屋里的陈设一直没有变，木地板，结实的粗麻包着木头桩子做的凳子，壁炉，墙壁上的麻绳和渔杆，小圆桌上还放着一只棕色的小木桶…… 妈妈或者外婆都曾用它装过刚煨好的木薯吧。 “这是你家？就你一个人？没有别的人吗？” 像是到了农场主家里，扶着明浚进门的音琪觉得很奇怪，前后看了看后问他。 “大婶，我这里很痛，你能不能少问房子的事多关心我一些？”明浚有些吃力的半躺在沙发上。音琪看到他额上的冷汗都冒了出来，嘴唇干涩。 “你等一下，我去替你倒水。” “楼上小房间的药箱，里面有清理伤口的药。麻烦你……” 音琪帮明浚倒了一杯水，把一个灰色的小箱子拿了下来放在木桌上。她望着明浚自己动手把上衣脱掉，熟练的清洗伤口，擦药，然后拿出纱布。 “能帮我一下吗？”明浚这才抬头问一直站在旁边看着的音琪。 “哦……好。”音琪将纱布轻轻绕过他的腰，一圈，两圈，三圈，他腹部的肌肉硬硬的凸出来两块，音琪看见，慌忙望着伤口的纱布上，用说话来消除这种尴尬：“你好象很懂得护理……很熟练的样子……” “经常这样，就用不着去医院了。”从他嘴里说出来，好象这并没什么大不了的。 “经常……打架吗？”音琪替他把衣服穿上。 “越是这样，越是很难死掉。”明浚别过音琪望着自己的眼神，望着窗的方向。 那里有架老的木钢琴。 “你晚上弹的是什么曲子？” 明浚望着窗前的钢琴，神情恍惚的问音琪。 “什么？”仍然想着他的心事的音琪，还没有回过神来。 “教堂里，只有月亮照着的时候。” 看着他坐在沙发上的侧面，音琪觉得眼前这个人似乎很孤单，自己心里突然有种想要去温暖的感觉。于是，她慢慢走到钢琴面前坐了下来。 舒缓而忧伤的乐音回荡在夜里，是刚才在教堂弹奏的曲子，明浚靠在沙发上听着。 “这是第一次我自己写的曲子，也是第一次弹自己的曲子给别人听……还没写完，所以……听上去有些奇怪，是吧？” 音琪停下，转过头望着窗外远处零星的灯火说着。 见明浚没有说话，音琪走到沙发跟前，才发现他已经睡着了。 已经悄悄来临的秋天，郊外的晚上已有些寒意。音琪将壁炉里的火生着，又从里面房间的壁橱里取出盖的东西替他盖上，整理好药箱，将脏的碎布和药棉扔进垃圾筒。收拾好后，拧灭了电灯，她自己才慢慢上楼。 听到上楼的脚步声，明浚睁开眼睛，壁炉内的光亮将屋子里照得朦朦胧胧。 “知道人们为什么会在点燃篝火的时候围坐在一起吗？” 以为明浚已经睡着的音琪听到他忽然说的话，站在盘旋上去的木楼梯中间，转身望着壁炉内的火苗扑闪扑闪的亮着。 “因为火的亮光可以让时间停止，那样，快乐就会一直快乐，悲伤就会一直悲伤……” 明浚像是自言自语的说着，音琪依然站在那里望着，一动不动。 “为什么？点燃火后自己却要离开呢？” 明浚将头埋进自己的臂弯里，声音有些哀伤。音琪慢慢从楼梯上下来，脚步很轻很轻的走到明浚眼前坐下，将头枕在明浚躺着的沙发边上。两个人藉着壁炉的温暖光亮一个躺着一个靠着相互依偎，都想起了离岛上的时光。 “岛上，也可以生火的吧？”音琪的声音很小，明浚还是听到了。他坐起来望着趴在沙发沿上慢慢睡着的音琪，像在暗房里替照片上的她拂弄额前凌乱的发丝，伸手捋了捋遮住脸的头发。 可能太累了，音琪一下子就沉睡过去，应该是趴着的姿势让她有些不舒服，便慢慢顺着沙发沿倒到地毯上。明浚站起来，将自己身上的毯子替她盖好，望着她睡着的样子，心旌乱了阵脚。 对音琪而言，这是一场又深又长的好梦。 可是在明浚的梦里，他却看到自己撞死了音琪。 明浚开着红色凌志经过路口，车的音乐很吵，他看见穿过马路的音琪，早早就踩了刹车。但不管用的刹车致使失去控制的车子冲向她。被撞到汽车前窗的音琪从他的眼前摔出很远，最后摔在路中间，明浚跑出车来，看见地上的音琪浑身全是血。他抱头站在马路中间，觉得天旋地转…… 从梦里挣扎着想醒过来的明浚甩开枕头，挣脱沙发的靠垫，重重的摔到地上。来自腰间的剧烈疼痛让他醒了过来。他终于切身体会到那种自己无法控制的力量导致了心情的巨大变化，因为那个人，音琪她正在改变一直按照自己的意愿过日子的浪荡子。 全身已经汗得湿透的明浚站起来，看到桌上仍冒着热气的白米浓粥，还有留在桌上的纸条： 这是早起做好的， 可能有中国早晨的味道。 拿着纸条走进厨房，想到音琪大清早开始忙碌的画面，他倚在门口笑了笑。 “音琪，音琪！” 他转身对着楼上叫着音琪的名字，却没有人应。 以为音琪在屋外的明浚，捂着伤口屋前屋后叫着她的名字，也没有发现音琪的身影。紧紧的捏着手里的纸条，明浚靠着门口台阶边的柱子慢慢坐在了地上。 "Yinqi..." 晴朗的天空像巨大的蓝色水晶罩，他感到了自己身处其中的孤寂感。 妈妈，我遇见一个自己一心想要和她在一起的人。妈妈，请您帮我找到她，让她知道吧。 接着又想到爸爸和妍智父母家的约定，还有妈妈去世后自己的所作所为…… 早已经不能这样去想吧，明浚低头苦笑着，一边展开手中早已被捏成团的纸条，望着上面的字迹，视线渐渐模糊起来。他埋起头来，有两片叶子在一阵风过去的时候落到了他的脚边。 如果自己就是那个强而有力的根须上面的一处枝桠，如果枝桠不能自己离开根须，他只能接受现实吗？ 做这样一枚落叶吧，自由的落下，和那个人在泥土上相见。 17. 抱着大牛皮纸袋的音琪出现在农庄前面的木桥上，像是刚从市集回来。远远看见坐在木廊上的明浚，她甜甜一笑，慢慢走到他旁边。 “在等我吗？还光着脚呢。” 依然沉浸在刚才的想法里的明浚被音琪的声音惊了一下，抬头看着站在自己面前的女孩，一时语塞起来。 “我……哪有？”真是个脸上还死杠着的家伙。 “别光脚坐在这里了，快进去吧。”音琪冲一副孩子模样的明浚笑笑，自己先推门进了屋里。 他站起来，望着音琪的背影，她刚才笑着的那一瞬间，真像是妈妈回来了。 音琪将牛皮纸袋里的东西一件一件拿出来，食物放进厨房，日用品放在屋里合适的地方。 “你出去就是为了买这些？” “即使一个人生活，也该懂得照顾自己不是吗？这里……什么都没有，像很久没有人住过一样。” "..." “不饿吗？为什么不吃我做的早餐？味道不好？” 明浚望了一眼音琪，当着她的面走过去将那碗白米浓粥吃了个精光后问她：“味道很不错，再来一碗吧。” "what?" "What's wrong?" “只有一碗。” “不会吧，刚好一碗？” “……”音琪点点头。 “你……你自己吃过了吗？” 音琪摇摇头。 "Then let's go." "what?" 明浚上楼换了件亚麻色的上衣，一边下楼一边打电话。 “在农庄附近的马路上等我。”只说了这一句话，明浚便将电话挂了。穿上鞋子，拉着音琪的手便出门。 “可是，我买了……还没……”音琪的意思是刚刚去农庄买的食物就是为了做吃的，应该再忍耐一下，很快就做好了。 “出去吃吧，别做了。” 去了农庄，明浚走在前面，先上了木桥，他回头站着，注视在后面慢吞吞迈步子的音琪。 两个人沿着土路像散步一样走着，能够感觉秋天的脚步慢慢近了。路两边的小灌木丛里挂着红色的小果子，应该是不能食用的山荞子。平坦的田野一直延伸到远处的山峦脚下吧，墨绿色之后应该就会出现深褐，然后再逐渐变浅，浅褐和黄色，有山槭的地方还会便成火红呢。 “我喜欢走在土路上的感觉，尽管下雨天会弄脏了鞋子。”明浚边走边将目光放在不确定的远方，这样说道。 “看过《大路》吗？还有，还有在读完小说《The Bridges of Madison County》的时候，我就想以后要有一辆像Roboart或者温奇爷爷那样被刷成许多种颜色的车子，开车游遍自己想去的地方。最重要的一点，只走土路，不走公路。” “你？”明浚停了下来，扭头望着音琪笑着。 “怎么了？你笑得好奇怪。”音琪沉浸在自己的理想里，对明浚的反映不屑一顾。 “哎呀，想法还真酷啊。” “不是想法，是成为旅行家时要做的第一件事情。” “也不是不可行，从首尔到光州的土路就够你走很久了。” “是中国。身为旅行家，不多多的了解自己的家乡怎么能行呢？” “你不是钢琴家吗？” “谁说成为钢琴家就不能再成为旅行家了？” “你还真知道说！知道走土路的代价吗？不知道最近的加油站还有多远，不知道前面的路是否行得通，被路上的不明物体扎坏轮胎的情况也常有，更重要的是没有同伴的话，还会有遭遇路匪劫持的可能……” “他们为什么要劫持我？除了车子，我可什么都没有。”音琪理直气壮的说。 “真的什么也没有吗？”明浚斜着眼睛看着音琪。看到他一脸的坏笑，音琪想到上次在料理店发生的事情，脸一下子又红到耳根。 原本一直望着音琪的明浚，看到她突然一下子变得红扑扑的脸时马上将目光移开后四处张望，以此来掩饰心里的无所适从。 有一时间，两个人都不说话。 土路尽头的公路上停着一辆红色轿车，明浚和音琪的身影走近时，车门打开，出来一个穿深色西装的男子。他打开后面的车门，让明浚和音琪进去，自己再坐进驾驶座上。 车子慢慢往市区行驶，快到利川道的时候，明浚突然开口说：“好了，停下吧。我来。” 穿深色西服的男子出来后，站在了路边。明浚坐到驾驶座上，将车开到河上的桥屋前。 “为什么来这里？”音琪一脸迷惑。 “你不饿吗？都赶上人家的午餐时间了。”明浚走在前面，向那些一一向他鞠身的人点头。 听明浚这样一说，音琪才感到自己早已饿过头了。 从窗户往外看，除了水就是岸，景色没什么奇特。音琪张望了一下，将目光放在眼前的水杯上。 “有什么不一样吗？”明浚问她。 “什么？”音琪抬起头来，眼睛圆圆的瞪着眼前的人。 “眼睛别睁那么大，周围的皮肤过度紧张失去弹性，容易产生皱纹的。”明浚不紧不慢的说着，喝光杯子里的水。 “……”音琪白他一眼，将目光别过去，望着窗外单调的景色。 “下次，晚上再带你来吧。” “谁说要再来？！”音琪气嘟嘟的说着。 “其实……那么大的眼睛……很美。”有些人就是这样，说出心底的话永远比说敷衍的假话要难，但若说了，却比谁都认真。明浚说这话的时候，眼睛也望着窗户外，那里有艘船，船上的人好象在打捞什么东西。 食物上来了，全是中式菜。 看到菜色，明浚拿起筷子，银质的筷子与碗之间轻轻擦了一下，发出很脆的声音。他夹住一块蒸盘里的白芋片，放进音琪的碗内，笑着对她说：“离岛上的照片，想看吗？” “你的照片？”音琪轻轻咬了一口白芋片，随口问道。 “嗯，不过照片上是你。”一边说，明浚将手里的小碗递到音琪面前：“替我盛碗米饭。” “你什么时候拍的？” “你摔倒的时候。” “怎么可以偷拍别人？” “偷拍？突然撞进镜头里的人，害我白白等了一下午时间的人，那照片上就不是讨厌的金鱼眼，而是可爱的琵鹭。” “金鱼眼？你……”她接过小碗，将糖醋鱼的大脑袋全塞了进去，将整盘鱼也放在了他面前。“这么不喜欢鱼吗？那就吃完它吧！” 音琪守着他。明浚望着盘子里的鱼，说不出话来，将整条鱼全吃完后，望着桌上一堆零碎的骨头，直觉得胃里一阵翻涌。 “不行，我的肚子。”明浚捂着独自向卫生间冲去。 音琪忍不住发出了一串欢快的笑声。 等明浚回来的时候，音琪将勺子放下说：“我得先回去了。” "Wait a moment." 明浚看看桌上，每个盘子都差不多了。 “怎么了？我早晨买了东西……放你家里了，我可没有钱……” “跟我走吧。”明浚说着将钱放在桌上，拉着她便走。 “去哪里啊？” “先上车再说。” “我要回家。” “现在还早，先上车再说。” 将音琪硬塞进车里，