As the last rays of the sun were swallowed by the sea level, darkness enveloped the vast expanse of the ocean, and the beautiful cruise ship still radiated a little light in the dark environment.
In the soft music, the girls sat at the table placed on the deck, enjoying the food made by the chef and chatting with laughter. Everything was so comfortable, even if the sea breeze was cool.
However, Angela knew exactly what kind of undercurrent was under this harmonious picture - well, the word undercurrent may not be appropriate, but it must be admitted that there is indeed a slight separation between some people.
For example, Kate seems to have a pleasant chat with Scarlett, but it is obviously only a general discussion; and Kayla has not even touched Natalie physically since she started to get on the boat, and even the conversation is only simple A few words—in fact, she did the same to Angela, and it could be guessed that she was still uncomfortable.
But then again, from Angela's point of view, the current situation is not bad. She was already prepared to face a situation where a group of several people do not interfere with each other and do not communicate with each other. Lindsay helped a lot in the middle. It was because of her tireless efforts to adjust the atmosphere among the crowd that she became what she is now. She was thinking about Angela almost wholeheartedly. Angela hoped that she would stop targeting Natalie, she immediately changed her name and her attitude towards Kayla also changed. Angela was happy and sighed in her eyes.
Of course, mutual restraint is also one of the important reasons. Although they were not used to it when they first boarded the ship, after the cruise ship sailed at sea for a period of time, several people became more or less harmonious. Maybe Kate and the three of them set an example, after all they got along pretty well when they were in London... not bad.
Angela pinched the bridge of her nose, took back her jumping thoughts, and then heard Avril say this: "Speaking of which, this is my first overseas trip. Maybe I will find some special marine creatures?"
"What do you want to discover?" Lindsay raised her eyebrows, followed by a grimacing face, "The kind of big whale that can swallow a whole boat? Or a big octopus with countless long tentacles? Like In those plasma tablets?"
"Oh damn, can't you say something else!"
"Damn, Lindsay, we're having dinner!"
The complaints came one after another, and Scarlett even hurriedly put the fork-up squid back on the plate, but Liv put it in her mouth and chewed a few mouthfuls before she could react. Her face suddenly turned ugly, but she felt too embarrassed to spit it out, so she had to continue chewing and finally swallowed hard with a frown and a bitter face.
Everyone looked at her expression and laughed involuntarily. Jessica pursed her mouth, Kate raised her eyebrows, Natalie raised her mouth slightly, Scarlett bowed her head and covered her mouth and endured bitterly, Kayla turned her head away, and her eyes were full of schadenfreude. Shivering for a while, Lindsay simply laughed out loud.
Liv couldn't help biting her lip and looked very unhappy with her dark face, but she didn't know how to vent, so she put the squid in her mouth again in a fit of anger. Angela, who was sitting on top of her, grabbed her wrist in time: "Don't be like this, Liv, it's just a little joke. Lindsay, please look at the occasion when you're joking?"
"Okay, I see." Lindsay shrugged needlessly.
Liv looked at Angela gratefully, and immediately held her hand tightly: "Thank you, Angie."
Although she was moved, she turned her head and immediately revealed the contents - Liv raised her chin and glanced around, even though she tried her best to hide it, her azure blue eyes still revealed a hint of pride. Except for Lindsay, everyone else inevitably changed their faces slightly, including Avril, who sometimes helped Lindsay to liven up the atmosphere.
Angela smiled bitterly in her heart, when did Liv become like this... Or maybe it was just her sudden inspiration... Although countless thoughts were spinning in her head, Angela pretended to be calm on the surface, and she was calm. After withdrawing his hand, he immediately changed the subject: "Let's have some more champagne, it is rare for us to go on vacation together."
The atmosphere immediately resumed its liveliness, as if the silent awkwardness between them was just an illusion.
After dinner, everyone was in no hurry to leave. They were still drinking and chatting on the deck, talking about everything except certain topics, such as those famous actors and actresses in the golden age of Hollywood, or from Stewart and Billy. Joe started talking about pop music, literature, movies, music and more.
"Actually, in a sense, pop music has changed with the development of industry." Angela suddenly said when talking about pop music, "As long as you pay attention a little, you can see that rock, hiphop, etc. are all A kind of imitation and beautification of the sound of the machine. Now electronic music is even more so, even the human voice is starting to be electronic.”
To her surprise, it was Avril Lavigne who refuted her: "It's a bit too general to say that. The types of music are not only rock and hipop, but also country, dance, new age, and even classical."
"Yes, I don't deny it, but I'm talking about music that can be popular all over the world," Angela raised her finger with a smile and emphasized, "It's all over the world, not just the United States and Europe."
Avril was stunned for a while, but she got stuck for a while, but when she reacted and wanted to continue to refute, Angela raised her hand: "Okay, let's not argue about this, anyway, as long as it's good music, you will get it no matter where you are. Something that resonates, like those old 1950s and 1960s songs we talked about earlier.”
Ignoring Vivi's "how can you do this" look that wanted to kill, Angela turned around and made a gesture to the waiter, who then handed over a guitar.
"Wow, Angie wants to sing? Great." Lindsay laughed and applauded first.
"Yeah, it's been a long time since I heard her sing live." Jessica said with a smile, a flash of memory flashing in her eyes.
"So, have you all heard her sing live?" Kayla suddenly asked, although her expression seemed calm, she still couldn't escape the eyes of those who were depressed, lonely and irritable.
Natalie said unexpectedly: "You can hear it right away, her... live singing is still very good."
But Keira didn't seem to appreciate it very much. She raised her chest and raised her chin slightly: "I don't doubt that."
The eyes of the two crossed each other, and although Natalie moved away immediately, the flash of lightning made Angela's forehead jump. She secretly smiled bitterly, and quickly adjusted the guitar: "Okay, guess what I'm going to sing."
"You've got the answer, Angie," Kate reminded. "A classic old song, isn't it?"
"There are so many classic old songs, can't you guess?" Angela waved her hand a little depressedly.
"Guess what? Are you going to let us guess from tonight to tomorrow morning?" Scarlett helped.
"Okay okay," Angela had to raise her hand, "it's an old song from the '60s, I personally like it very much, maybe... in some things I can feel... the mood in it."
Speaking of the latter, she was slightly lost, and her tone became a little desolate. The past events flashed in her mind quickly, which made her deeply feel the loneliness in the song. But Angela quickly recovered, she smiled at everyone and then plucked the strings, and the simple music flowed out like water, clear and pure, as if there were no impurities.
“hello darkness, my old friend, I”ve come to ralk with you again, Because a vision solftly creeping, Left it “s seeds while I was sleeping…”
There is no gorgeous technique or soft moaning, just a simple low-pitched singing, but it fits perfectly with this song. If the voices of Paul Simon and Garfunkel are fascinating because of their magnetic and low-pitched voices, then Angela's voices, which are light and ethereal, are even more puzzling.
She seemed to put herself in the perspective of a bystander, calmly examining herself walking alone on the cobblestone street. But here Angela made some changes to the lyrics, such as changing "people" to "they (them)", or changing "neon" to "heart", etc. Although it has only been modified in small places, the meaning is very different from the original song, but only those who understand the meaning can hear it, and the modified lyrics do not sound inconsistent at all. Obviously Angela has been preparing for a long time. .
In the light of the guitar, the performance of "The Sound of Silence" was finished, and the scene became quiet and no one spoke. Even Angela sat dazedly with the guitar in her seat, thinking about something, as if everyone was being The song brings back memories, as if everyone is learning something from it.
After a long time, the applause finally sounded, and it was Natalie who made it first. Although she still had a faint smile as before, her eyes on Angela became more complicated. Following the others, they also applauded, and in the same way, in the clatter of applause, everyone's eyes on Angela became somewhat different, even Liv, who was going to commit a little confusion from time to time, or to a large extent, had already Lindsay who gave up.
"Thank you." Angela, who recovered, let out a long breath, stood up and curtseyed gracefully to everyone in the applause.
"I want to go back to rest, because I want to see the sunrise tomorrow morning - the sunrise over the sea. If you want to come together, it's best to go back and rest now, or I will definitely not call you tomorrow." Angie La smiled and turned to the channel on the side of the ship.
The scene was silent again for a moment, and Kate stood up first: "Then I also went to rest, watching the sunrise at sea is also a rare experience."
"Then go to rest." Jessica also stood up and smiled at everyone.
A group of people got up one after another, said good night to each other and entered the passage one after another. Even though Lindsay kept chanting "What's so beautiful about the sunrise at sea", she refused to fall behind the crowd.
Another day is coming to an end, the waves are as calm as the calm sea, but this night is destined to be a lot of people will lose sleep.