The lights in the lobby are overflowing, shining like diamonds, and the surrounding lights are dim, only the dance floor is covered by a circle of light.
After Mayor Zhou and Mrs. Zhou took the lead to enter the dance floor, more and more men invited the ladies around them to enter the dance floor, dancing to the melodious music.
Ye Zhen was almost hanging on Lu Beichuan's body, and was hugged tightly by his waist. She leaned towards Lu Beichuan without touching her feet. The forefoot of her high-heeled shoes stepped on his feet, and the fingers of her right hand were clasped tightly. Being able to hug Lu Beichuan's shoulders, the tension was carried by his movements one by one, and he spun around.
"Don't be nervous, follow my rhythm, trust me." Lu Beichuan leaned close to Ye Zhen's ear, his deep words came into her ear, the warm air lingered at the tip of her ear, Ye Zhen's ear was slightly itchy, and his face suddenly turned red.
Ye Zhen could feel everyone's eyes on her, which made her nervous and shy.
The right hand clasped Lu Beichuan's hand involuntarily, and the two hugged even tighter.
A satisfied smile flashed across the corner of Lu Beichuan's mouth, and he led Ye Zhen to dance in the crowd step by step calmly.
"change!"
Ye Zhen is a half-dancer at dancing, she only learned the first half of the waltz, and now she is brought into the dance floor by Lu Beichuan, driving ducks to the shelves, her dance steps are jerky, her muscles are tense from the eyes around her, and all her energy is focused on Lu Beichuan On the steps, how could he be distracted to hear what Lu Beichuan said, caught off guard, Lu Beichuan let go of her arm.
Ye Zhen was subconsciously grabbed by the loose hand but was in vain. An unprecedented sense of crisis came to her heart at that moment. Ye Zhen trembled violently, looking at Lu Beichuan who pushed her away in disbelief, and spun around a few times. a circle.
Because of Ye Zhen's rotation, the long skirt was in full bloom under the light and shadow.
After going around three times, Ye Zhen was pulled back by Lu Beichuan's clasped right hand.
This was a stronger force than before, Ye Zhen almost smashed back into Lu Beichuan's chest, she looked up at Lu Beichuan, her heart was beating like thunder, and she couldn't calm down for a while.
Looking at each other, Lu Beichuan stared at Ye Zhen, and said, "I won't let go."
Ye Zhen's palms were full of sweat.
At the moment when Lu Beichuan pushed her out just now, Ye Zhen really thought that Lu Beichuan was going to push her out and let her go.
But now...
She raised her head and looked at herself reflected in Lu Beichuan's eyes. It was also strange. With the music so melodious and the audience full of emotions, she could hear her own heartbeat, a very powerful heartbeat.
Ye Zhen was in chaos.
More and more people joined the dance floor, but Ye Zhen walked around the dance floor with ease under Lu Beichuan's dance steps, and a pair of eyes outside the circle were fixed on Lu Beichuan and Ye Zhen in the field.
That was Shen Weiyin.
However, after Shen Weiyin, a playful look shifted from Lu Beichuan and Ye Zhen to Shen Weiyin, looking at those eyes that were extremely restrained but deliberately pretending to be calm, shaking the wine glass in his hand, there was such an ambiguity at the corner of his mouth With a mocking smile, he drank the wine in his hand, casually placed the wine glass on the tray of the passing waiter, and walked in front of Shen Weiyin.
"Miss Shen, would you mind dancing together?"
Shen Weiyin looked up at the sudden guest in front of her, "Are you...?"
"Please allow me to introduce myself, my name is Lu Shaoyan." Lu Shaoyan smiled lightly, with flirtatious brows and eyes, looking at Shen Weiyin's incomparable gentleman and reaching out to her, "How can a beautiful woman like you not have a partner?"
Shen Weiyin didn't remember who he was for a while, but after introducing herself, she suddenly realized that this is Lu Beichuan's second uncle who has been abroad for many years.
It's not that no one invites her here, it's just that she has a high vision and no one can match her dance steps.
But... She looked up and down at this handsome, tall and humorous man, and stretched out her hand.
"My honor." Lu Shaoyan kissed the back of her hand politely, and then spun to the rhythm of the music and stepped onto the dance floor.
"Miss Shen, I haven't seen you for many years, and she is getting more and more beautiful."
Shen Weiyin smiled slightly, "Mr. Lu is getting more and more handsome."
"The genes of the Lu family have always been very good." Lu Shaoyan glanced at Lu Beichuan who was whispering to Ye Zhen through the gap between the crowd, "I thought you would be a couple with Beichuan, but I didn't expect it to be a joke."
Shen Weiyin remained silent.
"Although I was young before I went abroad, I also knew that there are three major enterprises in Haibin, Lu's and Shen's occupy the second place, but something seems to have happened to Shen's recently?"
Shen Weiyin's face was slightly stunned, and she turned to smile without leaving a trace: "Where did Mr. Lu hear the gossip?"
Lu Shaoyan raised his eyebrows, "What? Ms. Shen still doesn't know about Shen's investment failure?"
Some rumors are not groundless, and there may be exaggerations, but there are always some truths in them.
Shen Weiyin knew about this a year ago. Master Shen has no successors, and she knows that the Shen family can't last long. The current Shen family is just an empty shell under a gorgeous appearance, crumbling and precarious. The only one who can pour huge funds is the Lu family. .
But although the Lu family and the Shen family are family friends, they are only limited to the generation of Mr. Shen and Mr. Lu. After that, there will be no life-threatening friendship.
The Shen family wants the Lu family to help, and the huge amount of money to make up for it must be a life-threatening friendship.
What's more, Lu Beichuan is now in power in the Lu family. Unless it is a family, why should they help you
Although Lu Shaoyan said so, Shen Weiyin still said calmly: "Really? I have no involvement in the family business, I am not very clear about this."
Lu Shaoyan laughed in a low voice, not at all surprised by this woman pretending to be stupid.
"Miss Shen doesn't know? But I suggest that Miss Shen should pay more attention to her own affairs. After all, if the Shen family goes bankrupt, Miss Shen's life will not be easy."
Shen Weiyin's feet stagnated, and her dance steps were messy for a moment.
But it was only for a moment, and the dance was pulled back.
"Purpose."
"Shen's bankruptcy, how many people will lose their jobs, you know, I am a kind-hearted person, and I can't look down on these things the most, not to mention... Ms. Shen is such a beauty, she can't be swallowed up by the wolf den in the entertainment industry."
The smile on Shen Weiyin's face suddenly fell, "If you continue to talk nonsense like this, I have nothing to talk to you about."
"Miss Shen, look at my nephew and children, and the relationship between husband and wife is like glue, you can't help but find another target, what do you think of me?"
Intuition told Shen Weiyin that planning with this person in front of her was tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger.
The dance floor with light dance steps suddenly felt a little bit of exclamation and confusion. After several couples entered the dance floor, their dance steps were exaggerated, which affected the pace of the dancing men and women around them.
Those couples were obviously going for Ye Zhen and Lu Beichuan, looking for an opportunity to bump into Ye Zhen and make her lose her composure.
Lu Beichuan frowned, turned around a few times and pushed the person aside lightly, holding Ye Zhen in his arms, and turned to the vicinity of Mayor Zhou.
"Are you okay?" Lu Beichuan asked Ye Zhen in a low voice.
Ye Zhen shook her head, indicating that she was fine.
Such an intimacy in Shen Weiyin's eyes was like a raging fire, like a knife, like countless steel needles, burning her, cutting her, and stabbing her.
Let her reason collapse and calmly disappear.
She needed to use all her strength to force herself to restrain herself so that she would not lose her composure in this situation.
Shen Weiyin clenched her palms tightly, and the pain in her heart was as painful as a needle pricking fire, which also made the jealousy in her heart reach an immeasurable height.
Under various emotions, her eyes suddenly turned red.
"Miss Shen, in addition to my kindness, the biggest advantage of my whole person is that I hate evil like hatred. People like Ye Zhen and Lu Beichuan who show their affection in public should be burned alive!" Lu Shaoyan half-jokingly said, "I Do you think Ms. Shen doesn't want to see these two continue to show affection and hurt innocent people?"
Even under such circumstances, Shen Weiyin remained calm, "What exactly do you want?"
"I want the Lu family, but apart from money, I don't have the capital to compete with the Lu family. If I help the Chen family inject funds, can the Shen family help me get the Lu family?"
"You..." Shen Weiyin looked at him in surprise, in disbelief, "You are also from the Lu family!"
"Really? It wasn't a long time ago." Mingren didn't speak secretly, Lu Shaoyan laughed in a low voice: "I will visit Mr. Shen some other day, and I hope that Miss Shen will cooperate more."
After finishing speaking, he added, "If Miss Shen still wants to be a white lotus in the entertainment industry."
The music stops.
Lu Shaoyan let go, gestured to Mr. Shen Weiyin, then stepped back and left.
A woman like Shen Weiyin seems to be shrewd, but in fact, as long as she grasps her weaknesses, she can grasp them better than anyone else.
The music was melodious, and everyone laughed and dispersed with their dancing partners in twos and threes. Mayor Zhou looked at Mrs. Zhou, who had been absent-minded, and said with a smile, "What's wrong?"
"Charlie called to say something happened at the last minute, so I'm afraid I won't be able to come."
Charlie is Mrs. Zhou's favorite young pianist. He is well-known at a young age. He is known as a genius in the music industry. Especially the "Serenade" made Mrs. Zhou dream after hearing it once.
Charlie doesn't often hold concerts, let alone play private banquets. This time Mrs. Zhou accidentally found out that Charlie was at the seaside, so she came to invite him to her birthday party. Unexpectedly, Charlie agreed and said that he would be at the banquet Dedicate a song to Mrs. Zhou.
This news made Mrs. Zhou happy and had been looking forward to it for a long time, but until now, she received the news that Charlie was busy, which made Mrs. Zhou very sad and disappointed.
Ye Zhen, who was not far from Mrs. Zhou, naturally heard it, and looked towards Ye Qing with frivolous eyebrows.
This is the main event.
In the novel, Charlie didn’t come, but Ye Qing did. I heard that Mrs. Zhou wanted to listen to "Serenade", and she went on stage to play the piano piece she had practiced since she was a child. Playing in general.
But in fact, Ye Qing in the novel is just looking for what she likes. She learned about Madam Zhou's preferences early, practiced "Serenade" hard, and made Charlie unable to come to the birthday party for some reason, which made her behave in front of Madam Zhou. .
"Mr. Lu, can you play the piano?" Ye Zhen raised her head and asked him.
"know a little."
Growing up in a family like the Lu family, I naturally spent my childhood in the daily life of various tutors. Many of them are not good at it, but they know it. Things like piano must be learned.
Ye Zhen can almost imagine Lu Beichuan's suffocating childhood life.
"Then you certainly didn't have a happy and carefree childhood."
Lu Beichuan thought for a while, "I think I am very happy to learn those things, and there is no pain."
Ye Zhen looked at him.
"The most important thing is to try," Lu Beichuan said: "It's a good deal to be able to get in touch with some novel things that ordinary people may not be able to touch in this life. It is a good deal to exchange a childhood for a whole excellent life."
After hearing this, Ye Zhen couldn't help but look at him more.
She thought about it carefully, and she also felt the same way, "You're right, I think if I let other people choose, if they can become a person like you, they would have to sacrifice their childhood, and they would definitely be willing."
Lu Beichuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "The relationship between cause and effect is reversed. I sacrificed my childhood to get what I am today. What's more, not everyone can succeed."
The strong and confident words made Ye Zhen's mood fluctuate slightly, and there was an indescribable shock in her heart. She had seen Lu Beichuan's maverick side, and also seen his winning side. Such a man made her proud.
"Mr. Lu can play the piano?" While talking, Mrs. Zhou noticed this side at some point, and vaguely heard the conversation between Lu Beichuan and Ye Zhen.
"know a bit."
"That's really a coincidence. I originally invited the famous pianist Charlie today, but I didn't expect him to be unable to come due to something. Charlie's "Serenade" is still in my memory. Unfortunately, "Serenade" is too difficult. I can play Charlie's song. There are so few that have any charm..." Mrs. Zhou's tone was full of regret.
""Serenade"? Madam Lu, I will."
Everyone followed the prestige, Ye Qing was standing on one side holding a wine glass, full of interest.
Ye Zhen raised her eyebrows and looked at Lu Beichuan, here she comes!
Lu Beichuan looked down at her with frowned eyebrows, saw her eyebrows and eyes twinkling with stars, she was extremely excited, his mind moved slightly, and asked in a low voice: "Want to listen to "Serenade" so much?"
Ye Zhen nodded.
Lu Beichuan was silent for a moment, and whispered in Ye Zhen's ear: "Okay, today I will make your wishes come true."
The intimacy between Lu Beichuan and Ye Zhen was not noticed by others, Madam Zhou looked at Ye Qing in surprise, "You will?"
In fact, Ye Qing was a little guilty when Mrs. Zhou asked this question, but she, who was used to being praised by others, recalled the praises from her relatives, friends and classmates when she practiced the piano, and a burst of courage from her heart supported her.
"Yes ma'am, I also like Master Charlie very much. I have practiced his "Serenade" many times. If you want to listen, I can play a piece for you live."
"But..." Serenade" has a complicated score, you..." The tone was full of distrust.
No wonder Mrs. Zhou is like this, she really doesn't want to hear that one of her favorite music scores has been destroyed.
Mrs. Zhou's skeptical tone made Ye Qing unable to come down to the stage. She was so conceited and vowed, "Mrs. Zhou, don't worry, I have practiced this score many times. Master Charlie can't compare it to it, but it can still be done without ruining the reputation of the master's score. "
But this is actually just Ye Qing trying to be brave.
It's true that she likes Charlie, but recently, Ye Qing has been busy in the entertainment industry, so she naturally cares less about foreign things, and she doesn't practice the piano even more. The reason why Ye Qing is full of confidence is her solid basic skills. She believed that she could play Charlie's "Serenade", which would surprise everyone present.
It's hard for Madam Zhou to say more with such a swearing tone, after all, Ye Qing is Ye Zhen's older sister, she personally thinks that Ye Zhen is a good girl, she loves the house as well as Wu, so naturally she trusts Ye Qing a little more by the way.
"Then I will trouble you."
"it's my honour."
Ye Qing was overjoyed, she looked at Ye Zhen proudly, she really wanted to tell her to open her eyes and look carefully, no matter what time, Ye Qing is the one who is outstanding, not Ye Zhen!
But under the gaze of everyone, she had to suppress her emotions. She calmed down a little bit, with a decent smile on her face, and walked towards the expensive piano on the stage step by step.
She couldn't remember when it was the last time she performed in the public. Ye's downfall, Ye Zhen's success, and the praise gradually faded away, which made Ye Qing, who was extremely vanity, even more depressed.
She thinks that she has to restrain her talents and succumb to the trivial things that no one appreciates, so she can only be unknown.
So she entered the entertainment circle and accepted everyone's praise and pursuit.
That feeling was really the happiest thing in the world for her.
The polished piano was spotless. Ye Qing sat on the piano bench, straightened her back, and scanned the gazes of everyone in the lobby with a smile.
Ye Qing could feel that these eyes were also watching her for a moment.
She greeted with a smile, then raised her hand and put her fingertips on the black and white keys, thinking of the score that she had memorized in her mind, took a deep breath, and hadn't played it yet, she could almost imagine that everyone was full of praise for her after the end exclamation and warm applause.
Ye Qing played the first note, and the quiet lobby was surrounded by this wonderful music, and everyone looked in Ye Qing's direction.
The prelude was slow, and the music sounded from Ye Qing's fingertips. It poured down from Ye Qing's fingertips like flowing clouds and flowing water. The jumping notes were lingling. This wonderful piece of music made everyone completely quiet.
The reason why Master Charlie is called a musical genius is not only because of his superb piano skills, but also because of his genius-like ability to compose music.
The first half of "Serenade" is long and mellow, depicting a peaceful night, but the second half turns in vain, either passionate or sad or sad. Many people speculate whether this score was written after Charlie was abandoned by his lover.
After half a minute, at the turning point, Ye Qing, who was playing the piano, suddenly felt her heart skip a beat, and her back was sweating profusely.
Everything went extremely smoothly, but the more she got to the turning point, the more restless she felt in her heart.
Those music scores that she was familiar with by heart, and the movements that she could easily grasp at her fingertips, at this moment, she started to make mistakes because she was thinking about this score, but the order that was conveyed to her fingertips was half a beat, half a slow The result of the shooting was that Ye Qing's mentality collapsed in an instant, and she became flustered.
This is impossible! I know this sheet music very well! How could it be wrong!
Ye Qing, calm down! Can't go wrong! you can!
Ye Qing was anxious in her heart, and all her thoughts were half a beat slow. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but move her hands a beat faster. The sad tune was so sad and angry, and the sad and angry tune was so excited, the whole rhythm was disrupted. Ye Qing shook her head. Layers of sweat broke out on her face, her eyes were fixed on the keys, unwilling to let herself make such a negligent mistake, her back was stiff, and she sat there like a sculpture, playing the music without emotion.
Everyone present had more or less learned piano, and couldn't help frowning at Ye Qing's performance level. As Ye Qing played, whispers came wave after wave.
If a musician is really immersed in the music he plays, he will turn a deaf ear to all the voices in the audience and only focus on music, but Ye Qing has heard it, and becomes more and more uneasy because of these discussions. Unknowingly, even herself She didn't even realize that she played several wrong keys during the playing process, but when she realized it, her fingertips had already been pressed, which could not be undone.
He played it wrong!
After studying the piano for more than ten years, I actually played the wrong key!
Ye Qing became more and more flustered and anxious. This kind of amateur mistake happened to her Ye Qing!
How can this be!
Looking at the black and white keys on the piano, Ye Qing's vision gradually blurred, and all the voices of ridicule swarmed in like a tide, and wherever they looked, there were disdainful and contemptuous gazes, and everyone clamored for her to get down, saying that she didn't deserve to play. piano!
She has become an existence that no one cares about again. No matter where she is, only the shadowed position in the corner is hers. She is only worthy of standing there, watching others shine and receiving applause and cheers.
No! I am better than anyone! Why!
Why is it not me who is being praised! Why Lu Beichuan doesn't like me! Why do I want to be Ye Zhen's older sister as others say!
It should all be mine!
The distraught Ye Qing suddenly raised her hand and slammed it heavily on the keys.
"Deng hum—" the piano made a sharp and piercing sound, causing everyone present to turn their heads and look displeased.
"What's going on? Can you play the piano?"
"This is the worst performance I've ever heard! It's an insult to Maestro Charlie's Serenade!"
But at this moment on the stage, Ye Qing put her hands tremblingly on the keys, her mind went blank, she couldn't hear anyone's voice, only the incomparably harsh and noisy sound of her raising her hand and hitting the keys remained in her mind.
"No... not..." Ye Qing looked at everyone present at a loss, and began to explain, "I didn't mean it just now, I just suddenly..."
No matter how she explained, all she saw was impatient eyes.
Ye Qing panicked and got up from the piano bench, looking around helplessly, trembling all over.
how so…
Mrs. Zhou's face was somber and ugly, but because she was the host of the banquet, she had to keep the scene steady.
In a low voice, he ordered the waiter to take Ye Qing down, and said with a smile to everyone: "I'm sorry everyone, it was just a small episode just now. The piano in the hotel seems to have played a little joke with us. I am very happy that everyone can attend my birthday party , here I offer a toast to everyone."
Mrs. Zhou warmed up the scene with a smile, and everyone also tacitly forgot what happened just now, and drank it with Mrs. Zhou with a smile.
Ye Zhen, who was standing in front of the champagne tower, was dumbfounded watching Ye Qing's performance, and didn't come back to her senses for a while.
What's the matter? The famous scene in the novel that moves the audience? What a joke!
And isn't Ye Qing a piano major? How could it be played wrong and ended in this way
It's just unbelievable.
Ye Zhen was about to raise her head to look at Lu Beichuan, but her gaze was lost. She searched for the crowd in the lobby and heard the first note of the piano.
Just when Ye Zhen was deeply suspicious of Ye Qing, Lu Beichuan had already stepped onto the stage, sat down in front of the piano, raised his hand, and played the first key.