After leaving Fu Junlin's company, Lu Yan first went to the shopping mall in Xinjiekou to figure out what birthday gift to buy for his girlfriend.
After he turned 30, he rarely bought gifts for women and usually gave them red envelopes.
But that's not possible now. He has to choose one carefully to show his sincerity.
The most important thing is that this is the first birthday he has celebrated for Ruan Xiaoxiao, which is very memorable.
Ruan Xiaoxiao's birthday is on September 5th, which is always celebrated according to the solar calendar. But at this time last year, the two had not established a relationship, and the girl did not say anything about her birthday. Now that they are together, it will be an important holiday.
However, Lu Yan has never had any talent in buying gifts for women. He only knows a "cure for all diseases". He went to the mall for a few times and didn't see anything he liked. Instead, he thought about women's bags and clothes.
The style is very strange, but it’s still simple and elegant like the men’s style.
It was almost noon, so I had a quick bite at a nearby food court and then walked to school.
When passing by an underground passage, a sad melody came. A wandering singer with long hair was playing the guitar. People around him were walking in a hurry and did not stop to listen.
Lu Yan didn't pay attention at first, but when he passed by, he couldn't help but stop.
The singer's voice is good, and the lyrics are also good. It feels a bit like "the rest of my life", but there are many differences. But the meaning expressed is similar, full of regrets about love.
Lu Yan stopped there, listening to others singing, thinking about his own emotional experience.
Too many regrets and too many missed moments have already made him numb.
Although he has a body in his early twenties, he pretends to be a man who is nearly forty years old. Although he admires Gao Jingwen and likes Mu Yunrong, he chose Ruan Xiaoxiao, who is the simplest and most worry-free.
Without him, I don’t want to bother, don’t want all kinds of heartbeats, noisy...
But this also makes him less and less like a young man.
There is no nervousness and apprehension when I first fell in love with Gao Jingwen, nor was there any worry about gains and losses before confessing to another girl in college in another time and space, let alone doing some "crazy" things...
If you are not romantic, you will waste your youth, and if you are not frivolous, you will waste your youth... Thinking of these, I felt a little sad for a moment.
He is too mature and steady. Two girls once said that he is a person who can give people a sense of security, but he is a little boring.
Although Ruan Xiaoxiao has never mentioned it, she should have thought about it!
Lu Yan suddenly felt that this birthday should be a surprise. Instead of just eating, sending flowers, and buying gifts as originally planned.
Thinking of this, he turned around and walked out of the passage to Gulou East Street, where he wanted to buy a guitar.
But before I left, I remembered that I didn’t know anything about guitar, and there was a high probability that I would be cheated.
Then I thought about the classmates I knew. It seems that there is a boy named Li in the class who can play the guitar. He is usually a low-key and artistic kind of boy.
Although Lu Yan is the squad leader, he doesn't have much contact with this person and can only be regarded as an acquaintance.
Considering that learning to play would be a problem in the future, I still called Li. He had just finished eating at noon and was about to go to the library to read.
Lu Yan was not polite and directly made a request, asking Li when he had time and wanted him to accompany him to pick out a guitar.
Li was stunned for a moment, then said: "As long as it's not in class, it can be done anytime!"
Lu Yan said: "Then I'll find you at the school gate, and we'll take a taxi in a while!"
"Okay!"
Li is of average height, has a tepid personality, and does things in a leisurely manner. Lu Yan waited for a while at the school gate before seeing this man slowly coming over.
"Why does the monitor suddenly want to buy a guitar?"
"I want to learn and practice a song!"
"What song?"
"This needs to be kept secret for the time being. Come with me to buy a guitar first!" After saying this, he waved down a taxi and hurriedly got in and headed to Gulou East Street.
"There's no need to be in such a hurry, right?" Li said calmly.
"Time is tight and the task is heavy, please bear with me! By the way, do you want to accept a disciple? I can pay the tuition!"
Li smiled, with a gentle expression, "That's not necessary, just treat me to a meal!"
"If you can't express your sincerity in one meal, just one meal a day!" Lu Yan was so anxious that he couldn't find a more suitable candidate.
Although I don’t know what Li’s teaching level is, his playing is still pretty good. Last year at a series of evening parties, he went on stage to play and sing a song, which was well received.
The taxi soon arrived at the musical instrument street, and the two of them entered a large piano store first. Before entering, Li asked Lu Yan what his budget was.
"Less than five thousand, not too low, just mid-range!" Lu Yan didn't know much about it, but he knew that Li's guitar was very good.
The man nodded slightly and said: "For around five thousand, you can still find a mid-range single piano, but you have to negotiate the price carefully!"
After entering the piano store, Li started his own "performance" without asking Lu Yan's opinion. He asked about the price, tried the piano, and bargained for it. He even visited several stores before helping Lu Yan settle on a full piano for 4,900 yuan.
Single piano.
After swiping the card, Lu Yan put the guitar in a bag and carried it on his back, then asked: "How long will it take to get the guitar ready?"
Li stood there, thought about it seriously and said, "If you have no basic knowledge at all, it will take at least a month to play some songs with complex melodies. How long do you have?"
"Five days!"
Li turned to look at the boss and asked: "Boss, I want to quit now...!"
Unexpectedly, the fat boss said hurriedly: "Hey, once sold, it cannot be returned or exchanged. You have already tuned it!"
Lu Yan said: "Don't retreat!" Then he said to Li: "It's okay, it just depends on how far you practice!"
Li Bai glanced at Lu Yan, "If you want to play around with it, just buy a plywood piano worth a few hundred yuan!"
Lu Yan smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, good things can't be contained! Later, tell me the music theory and technique practice!"
Li had no choice but to take the bus back to school with Lu Yan.
The campus of Yangda University is very large and has many green areas. After the two entered the campus, they found a pavilion. Li first gave a lecture on music theory, and then asked Lu Yan how much he had remembered.
"I remember it all!"
Li Yi was stunned and asked a few questions casually. Seeing that Lu Yan answered them all, he was surprised and said: "No wonder you can skip classes and get the first place in the department. You have such a good memory. Why don't you study physics, chemistry, biology and other studies?"
If you study a similar subject, you might become a great scientist, but what's the point of winning a Nobel?"
Lu Yan smiled and said, "Everyone has his own ambitions! Teach me the techniques first. I have a tight time schedule and a heavy workload!"
Li Meinaihe carefully explained, demonstrated and practiced to Lu Yan.
The latter, with his super memory, is like Zhang Wuji who has practiced the "Nine Sun Magic Skills". He can learn everything very quickly, and he can practice it in a short time.
Li said with an expression of half envy and half surprise: "Did you really have no foundation before?"
Lu Yan smiled: "Of course it's a zero-level foundation!"
"I'm looking forward to seeing how far you can practice in a few days!"