Volume 8 The Gate of the Past Chapter 438 The Steel Forest
The soundtrack for this chapter is Wang Zheng's "The Simpler, the Happier".\\8.com\\
There is rarely such good weather in summer. There is no rain, the sun is shining in the sky, but it does not seem hot. The Southeast Asian monsoon blows the clouds from the sea, bringing rare shade and refreshing to the rivers and seas.
I woke up early and made a phone call with Dongfang Road in the early morning. Afterwards, I had breakfast and tidied my things in the room. I used my old things and brought them back from Vienna to prepare for the house over at Sacred Heart College.
Also tidy it up.
It had been four years, and things needed to be changed and washed, and the dust in the cupboards needed to be dusted off. She had not yet thought clearly about whether she would live there in the future, and she was not in the mood to think about these things. She felt the hysterical pain in the first two days.
It's still going on vaguely, but after meeting Sister Yahan, time and mood seemed to have been put on the brakes and slowed down. Today I saw Dongfang Road, and maybe this is the end of what I can pursue. It seemed like I was waiting.
The prisoner's mood became dull after the verdict.
There weren't many things she took to Vienna, so what she brought back was just a big box. Apart from a change of clothes and textbooks, there weren't many truly personal things, including the big photo album with their wedding photos.
Nature is one of them.
Relatively speaking, there were more things to sort out in her bedroom. She took out every little thing and indulged or was surprised by the state of mind she had as a girl in the past. When Teacher Julian came over, she was sitting by the bed and flipping through a book.
The document bag was the last thing Jiaming gave her to take to Vienna, some music scores, a bank card, and someone's contact information. This thing had been with her for four years. I heard about Jiaming a few days ago.
After the incident, she opened it for the first time, trying to find even a little bit of information that Jiaming wanted to leave her. However, the only thing she was familiar with was Jiaming's handwriting four years ago. It was only today that she took these things away.
Get up and start reading carefully.
"Debi has been in contact with some of his friends recently. I know you have been in a bad mood recently, so most of the arrangements for you have been extended. But last night he told me something. I think the opportunity is rare.
So let me ask you. I have probably noticed during the years in Vienna that you like to listen to Fang Yusi’s songs. She is now one of the most popular actresses in China. Her recent concert tour happened to be in Jianghai. Debi and her manager
People have contacted you, and if you are willing, they will invite you to make a guest appearance at the concert. I think this should be the most rare opportunity for your future stardom."
Hearing the name Fang Yusi, Lingjing, who was looking at the music score, raised her head in a daze: "Huh?"
Julian paused for a moment, letting her digest the information in her mind. After a while, Lingjing shook her head: "It's better... forget it..." She brushed away a strand of hair hanging in front of her eyes.
Si, "Thank you, teacher, but I haven't decided yet... what I will do in the future..." Julian smiled: "I understand your mood. But... believe me. Time will pass, and some things will gradually fade away."
Yes, although I don’t understand the specifics of your matter, I probably had a similar experience. During that time, my choice was to work day and night, composing and performing, so that my time was fully scheduled, a lot
If you don’t think about things, inspiration will flow endlessly... You don’t need to answer me right away, you might as well think about it in the next few days.”
In the past few days, I haven't said much in front of Lingjing. I just let it be and let her let the sadness pass. Now when I saw her looking at the music scores, she didn't seem to have the outward sadness that she had a few days ago. Julian
He took the opportunity to chat with her for a few more words. He didn't care about Lingjing's occasional absent-minded responses. He looked at the side face of the lonely girl. He could almost feel the silhouette-like light edge covering the beautiful outline.
A beauty that shocks the soul.
For musicians, this kind of beauty is more addictive than drugs. When I was in Vienna, I often saw her looking lonely, but it was not as profound as before. It is like a ray of tenacity that maintains the soul. If you don't pay attention, maybe you won't be there at all.
It cannot be noticed, but it makes the full of weakness and sadness sublimate into a brilliant light. Western women are too single. If they are strong and independent, they are often stronger than men. If they are weak and weak, it is really unbearable. But in front of me
This complexity may be the true meaning of oriental beauty, he thought.
"Speaking of which...it was originally said that I would be the landlord of Jianghai, but due to the events of the past few days, I haven't had time to take the teacher and everyone around..." Speaking of a certain moment, Lingjing thought of these things,
He raised his head and said.
Julian took the opportunity to say: "That's not easy. It can be done today. How about in the afternoon?"
"Sorry. I'm going to see an old friend this afternoon... I've already made an appointment."
"Oh...do you want me to accompany you?"
"No thanks."
Julian nodded. The two said a few more words. He said goodbye knowingly and left. Lingjing looked at the man's back. Then he returned his gaze to the music. The light spilled in from the window, hiding half of her body in it.
In the morning, I took a ground plane from Shenzhen Bao'an Airport and arrived at Jianghai at 11 o'clock. Along the way with Dongfang Road was my girlfriend Shi Nana. She led my girlfriend home. In a sense, I took my daughter-in-law to meet her parents-in-law.
Shi Nana was extremely nervous. She just had a light meal at noon. It was said that her younger sister was busy with matters related to the new company and did not come back. He couldn't help but joke: "My sister-in-law didn't come back to see her when she came.\\8.com
\\It should be beaten." Naturally, he said this in front of Shi Nana. After saying this, his girlfriend's face turned into a flower with a smile. Then she quickly defended her future sister-in-law.
At noon, the young couple had a light meal with Dongfang Linghai. At the same table was Xu Yiting, who came over to deliver information. During the meal, Nana, the master, called her "uncle" sweetly. I heard that Xu Yiting was the future sister-in-law's general, and she was very affectionate.
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After dinner, they asked the servants to prepare a room for Shi Nana. The two father and son took a short walk in the garden. They talked about yesterday's military dispatch, the situation they have been facing recently, and the spirit of the day.
Jingzhao came over. As for his girlfriend, he only mentioned one sentence at the end: "I think Xiaojiazi is a little angry..." Then he said, "I think Yiting is a pretty good kid..." Dongfang Lu also said
Just smiled heartlessly.
The appointment with Lingjing was at three o'clock in the afternoon. He drove out at 2:15 and arrived at the pedestrian street where he had made the appointment. At around 2:30, he found the cafe where he had agreed and walked among the people on the opposite street.
Looking over there, on the window seat on the side of the cafe, a woman wearing a white floral dress was sitting there quietly, with a cup of coffee in front of her, and she was quietly reading some information.
He looked at the figure and checked his watch. Then he sat down on a bench by the road and lit a cigarette. The warm sunlight poured down from the lattice eaves above and fell on him in spots.
.People were coming and going on the pedestrian street, the figures were noisy, and there were songs echoing in the air. He just looked at the demure silhouettes that kept flashing through the gaps in the crowd opposite, and sighed softly: "They have all grown up..."
He went to Vienna once two years ago, ostensibly to see her for some company matters, but in fact it was hard to say why. At that time, he built a tomb for Jiaming, and there was something in his mind.
I thought I wanted to do it, but after I arrived in Vienna and saw that girl who lived completely in a closed world, I found that I couldn't say anything. So I just chatted for a few words and then left. Now I look at the silence among the crowd.
The sitting figure suddenly realized that the silence two years ago was probably right. Some things come naturally. You can't even say it if you don't say it. When you should say it, you probably can't avoid it.
He sat there, watching the figure occasionally sipping a sip of coffee, lowering his head and flipping through the things in his hands, just waiting for time to pass by. At about two fifty, the woman looked at her watch, and then raised her head.
At first she looked casually at the pedestrians on the road, then lowered her head to read the information. Two seconds later, she raised her head again and looked here with doubt. Dongfang Lu smiled, put out the cigarette butt, and stood up from the bench.
stand up.
"Have you been here for a long time?" Dongfang Lu said as he sat down in front of Lingjing.
The woman smiled like an elf: "Just arrived."
"Then I've been sitting opposite for half an hour."
There was leisurely music in the coffee shop, and the waitress came over. He ordered a cup of coffee casually, and the two chatted for a while. Lingjing didn't mince words at all: "I met Sister Yahan, and I probably know about Wu He.
What happened to Ling, I want to know about him..."
Dongfang Lu nodded: "I actually gave him the land for his tomb, but..."
As soon as the words came out, a figure came into view. He frowned slightly, and the woman's voice sounded: "Alu, I actually met you."
Walking from the front of the coffee shop was my girlfriend who had been separated from home for less than an hour. With a bright smile, she sat directly next to him and held her boyfriend's arm: "I ran out to play.
, Uncle said that there are many places to visit in this pedestrian street, and I was still wondering if I would meet you..." She squeezed towards Dongfang Road affectionately, and then smiled and extended her hand to Lingjing: "Hello
, my name is Shi Nana."
"Ye Lingjing."
The two shook hands, Dongfang Lu sighed, and then pointed to Shi Nana: "My girlfriend." Lingjing nodded lightly. Hearing Dongfang Lu introduce herself so frankly, Shi Nana suddenly felt excited
Happy, for a moment: "I just arrived in Jianghai." "No one is with me." "I won't disturb you." "Lingjing, you are so beautiful." "How do you maintain it?" and other words kept saying this.
Mainly she wanted to show her closeness to her boyfriend and at the same time quietly attack her imaginary "love rival." Lingjing replied a few words, but Dongfang Lu couldn't finish her words, so she had to express her apology with her eyes.
In fact, Shi Nana didn't intend to run in at first, she just decided to take a look and leave. When Dongfang Lu called Lingjing to arrange a time and place in the morning, she heard it nearby. As soon as her boyfriend went out in the afternoon, she
Then she left Dongfang Road. When she asked the servant for directions to the cafe, Dongfang Linghai, who was nearby, was very enthusiastic in giving directions. When she got here, she asked all the way again. When she found it, she happened to see it.
The boyfriend entered the coffee shop and met the woman named Ye Lingjing.
She was originally a very outstanding girl, with good looks, a good figure and full of energy. She was quite confident in herself. When Liya told her in Shenzhen earlier about the girl Xiaolu liked before, she was a little disapproving, but
Seeing her boyfriend abandoning a big project and rushing back to Jianghai to meet people, she felt a sense of crisis in her heart. When she saw Lingjing's appearance and temperament, she suddenly felt a little ashamed of herself. Seeing that the two of them had not seen each other for several years.
We met. They looked very harmonious as soon as they sat down. Her head was hot and she ran in. At this time, she was chatting with Lingjing. She was not very interested in seeing the other party, but she was happy in her heart: This woman is probably right.
Routing ideas, now that I see myself, I lose my arrogance.
After a while, the female waitress came over again. She was just about to order coffee when the boyfriend next to her coughed lightly: "Nana, can you go out and wait for a while?" Shi Nana was startled, and she heard Dongfang Road talking again.
He said, "The kebab shop diagonally opposite is good. You go and grab a seat first. I'll go out to find you after I finish talking to Lingjing."
"Uh...ok."
Shi Nana's face was not angry, but she had already appeared anyway, and the woman in front of her should adjust her position. The goal was achieved. She pinched the inside of her boyfriend's arm, said hello to Lingjing, got up and left.
After his girlfriend's figure disappeared into the crowd, Dongfang Lu shook his head: "Sorry, I'm just kidding."
"A very nice girl."
"I helped build Jiaming's tomb. But it's actually a lie." Knowing that Lingjing didn't like to beat around the bush, he took a sip of coffee and said it directly, "You have met Teacher Zhang, so you probably know
As for those things, he left on February 5th. We had been watching him before that. But in fact, we didn’t know much more than others. After February 5th, he left Jianghai and was responsible for tracking local people.
He will never be found again."
"That tomb..."
"He once confessed to me that he told the outside world that he was dead, but as long as you check the funeral parlor, you will know that this person's body has not been cremated at all. He has some enemies, and he is also afraid that someone will come later.
To cause trouble for you is a kind of compromise on his part. Tell everyone that I am dead, so that they can have a step to go down. But the problem is that if they can't find him, he will always maintain a certain threat."
Lingjing looked at him and slowly leaned back on the chair.
"I understand how you feel. You don't want to believe it, but he does have a tumor..." Dongfang Lu lowered his voice and looked at Lingjing's current state, "Of course...his disease is actually the first in the world.
, that place should not have had tumors... Anyway, there is no evidence to prove that he is indeed dead, and of course there is no evidence to prove that he can... survive..."
Originally, he wanted to say a few words of comfort, but when he said it, he felt that he was a little redundant. The world's first tumor was ultimately a terminal disease. Lingjing's feelings towards Jiaming now did not come from objective evidence, but from uncertainty.
After a moment of this, Lingjing took a breath: "I will... wait for him to come back..."
Dongfang Lu nodded.
There was silence between each other for about a minute. Lingjing stood up and said lightly: "Then I'll go first..." Dongfang Lu wanted to say something casually, but suddenly said: "I think...
We can spend time together."
Lingjing turned around and looked at him doubtfully. After being slightly stunned, he spread his hands frankly: "I didn't want to say this at first. To be honest, I haven't thought about it this way for four or five years, but just now
Sitting outside and watching you here, I suddenly felt that maybe we could be together... Of course, not now, I mean, if you can never forget him, there are some things you need... such as identity, etc.
Maybe we can be together."
"Thank you." Lingjing nodded, turned and left. He sat in his seat and thought about the meeting, then drank all the coffee and walked out. The sun was bright and warm, with white clouds falling. Among the crowd, people could still see
Seeing Lingjing's leaving figure, Fang Yusi's singing voice rang out in the surrounding audio stores. This song was said to have been written by Jiaming for her. For some reason, against the scene in front of him, he thought of that person four years ago.
At dusk, beside the seawall with the setting sun like fire, Jiaming sings softly.
"You talk about the way home,
There are trees full of flowers on the road,
In autumn, the wind blows and the flowers dance lightly,
The sunshine will break into a lake.
Strange cities make people want to cry,
Once again, love has been let down,
Can you see the future clearly?
Looking for the direction of the meteor,
Can you find happiness..."
He listened to the song, lit a cigarette slowly, sat down on a chair outside the door, and looked at the bus stop diagonally opposite the pedestrian street, where the weak but tenacious woman who was waiting for her lover to come home occasionally appeared in the crowd.
Wearing a long white dress, he sighed slightly, his girlfriend was walking over from the opposite side angrily, and threw away his cigarette.
"You said you should come and find me!"
He sat there, reached out and took out another cigarette. After his girlfriend threw it away, he took out another cigarette and lit it. Shi Nana had a bad feeling in her heart. In the past, she was also strong when she was flirted with on Dongfang Road.
After driving away the other girls, Dongfang Lu just smiled happily at that time, but vaguely felt that something was different today. After a moment, the man raised his head and glanced at her, his eyes still calm and warm: "Nana, let's break up."
It sounded as casual as talking about what to eat tonight.
"You...you can't be like this! That woman..."
"It's not her problem. If she doesn't love me, I'm afraid she will never fall in love with me in this life. You don't understand..." Dongfang Lu smiled calmly, "Don't be willful, Nana, I will take you back."
"You can't be like this!"
The wind started blowing, and the woman's cries gradually became louder. The man calmly led her through the crowd to the parking place. On the other side, Lingjing got into the car. Amidst the singing that gradually moved away, each of them was submerged in this huge building.
In the steel forest...
In the evening, Fang Yusi got off the plane at Jianghai Airport. The agent came to pick her up and reported to her some things that happened after arriving early yesterday.
"The situation about Miss Ye Lingjing you asked to investigate has been clarified. She has now returned to Jianghai. It is said that she also plans to develop in the entertainment industry. She belongs to Mr. Derby's company. To be honest, although they have strong financial resources,
However, in recent years, the Chinese market has not really opened up much. The cultural background and ideologies are different, and the accepted music forms are also different. Of course, Miss Lingjing’s performance is very oriental, but if it is just piano, of course it is just
The music is high-pitched and low-pitched, and it is still impossible for the pop music industry to become popular."
This manager has only followed her in the past two years. Although he is highly qualified and is considered a celebrity in the industry, he does not know much about her affairs with the concept band a few years ago. He only conducts a relatively professional analysis based on his own information.
"This is the address of her home that I checked. It's a coincidence. I just came here yesterday, and Debi invited me over. He said that he wanted Miss Ye to join a performance in your concert tour. I miss you so much.
Since he was so enthusiastic about her, he probably agreed, but...heh, it was quite interesting over there. He probably just mentioned it casually, but he didn't expect me to agree so simply. Later, he said vaguely that he would probably ask Ye
I have roughly inquired about the lady’s opinion, and it seems that Miss Ye has been in a bad mood recently due to some things, and has no intention of performing... It’s really funny, Yusi, how many people squeezed your performance opportunity, and how many people were crowded with your complimentary words.
My head wants to come in, but they are still acting so dignified. They are not big stars and have not debuted yet..."
The agent thought for a while: "But I think it's good to agree to this matter. Miss Ye's teacher Julian is a real master. If Miss Ye can't come, we can just let Mr. Julian serve as the teacher."
Guest appearance, this is a real win-win situation."
As soon as she finished speaking, Fang Yusi shook her head: "Not Julian...at least not this time, but Ye Lingjing."
"But that Miss Ye..."
Fang Yusi smiled: "I will go see her in person tomorrow."
The agent looked at her with some confusion, and then shook his head. Fang Yusi was thinking about what Jiaming said yesterday. At the beach yesterday evening, she roughly finished telling what she knew about Jiaming, Lingjing, and Shasha.
After the incident, he briefly asked what happened to them. Jia Ming seemed to remember it, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Maybe... something happened..."
This sentence is ambiguous, which only proves that Jia Ming seems to have an impression of them, but what exactly happened? Breaking up, encountering very complicated enemies or troubles, or other messy reasons, I can't figure out.
She is no longer worried about Jiaming's safety in Hong Kong. Although she is concerned about this matter, he does not have a passport and cannot follow her directly to Jianghai. She can only let Captain Mu arrange it later. In any case, since he has come
Well, let’s go see Lingjing first and then talk about anything else.
Discovering Hidden Killing can be written as a song recommendation article. The songs are the theme, and the content is just a background explanation for a few songs.
Anyway, Volume 8 mainly consists of two songs, not counting the previous song "Talking to You", there is another one at the end, um, which one it is... You can guess which one it is,
It's time for them to meet. In fact, I found that my ears are soft. If the previous plot is doubled, this chapter will definitely have more feeling. For example, like Heroes, I am still too fast, too fast.
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Okay, I know I've been slower lately, but I feel like I need to brew. I've been so lyrical lately, and everyone is always complaining that the plot advances too slowly, so I can only write out everything that's necessary, and nothing that's unnecessary.
It would be difficult to create this kind of feeling after removing it. In the previous chapters, the feeling of returning, heartache, pursuit, and all kinds of things, to the urban feeling, complexity, lingering, and time passing by in the first chapter, I don’t know if it was created well.