Li Mu tasted the aroma of oak in the whiskey, while Wei Lan drank a glass of Long Island ice tea with gusto.
At this moment, Wei Lan felt really happy.
In the past few days since I came to Shenzhen City, the depression I felt, both psychologically and spatially, was beyond description. The night before I left, I finally dissipated with a cup of Long Island ice tea.
She was particularly happy to be with Li Mu in private, and Li Mu's promise to write a song for her made her even more excited.
Moreover, the bar environment is just right, whether it is the environment, atmosphere, lighting, or music, everything is perfect in Weilan's opinion.
The bar the two chose is relatively quiet. It is a quiet bar with a light and casual style. The music is not loud, the guests are not noisy, and the lights are dim and hazy. It not only allows lovers to take off unnecessary precautions, but also adds a few points. mood.
Wei Lan didn't put on makeup when she went out, so she was always grateful for the light effect of this bar. If the lights were brighter, she would definitely feel timid when she faced Li Mu face to face, for fear that his impression of her would be compromised.
And under such light, even if her cheeks were hot with embarrassment sometimes, she didn't have to worry about being noticed by Li Mu. Sometimes, she didn't have to worry about being noticed by Li Mu when she couldn't help but express deep love in her eyes. This feeling is really relaxing and wonderful.
As the two chatted, it was time for the performance in the bar. A bar singer sat on the small and exquisite stage holding an electric guitar. He held the guitar and said in a low voice: "Thank you everyone for coming. I am very proud of you." The first song everyone brought was "Zebra, Zebra" by Makiko..."
The opening remarks were as precious as gold, but they attracted the attention of the whole bar. Wei Lan didn't look at the resident singer, but said to Li Mu with excitement: "He actually wants to sing your song!"
Li Mu shrugged his shoulders: "This song is almost sung to death by guitar enthusiasts now."
For most guitar lovers, folk songs are one of their eternal favorites. When Song Dongye first became popular, there were people playing and singing "Miss Dong" in every piano store. After Zhao Lei became popular, people in every bar All the resident singers will play "Chengdu"; and Li Zhi's "With You", together they are the three golden songs played and sung by literary and artistic young people.
Wei Lan said: "I have listened to many cover versions on the Internet, but none of them are as good as yours."
Li Mu smiled slightly: "The test of singing folk songs is never the singing skills, but the ability to show off."
Wei Lan didn't quite understand what Li Mu said. Just when he was about to ask, the resident singer had already finished playing the prelude and started singing.
The singer had a deep voice and sang pretty well, but it felt to Li Mu that the singer deliberately wanted to perform his voice in such a low way, so it sounded a bit deliberate.
After only listening to a few words, Wei Lan couldn't help but shake her head and said, "His singing is far worse than yours."
Li Mu smiled and said nothing. Wei Lan held the Long Island ice tea and said to Li Mu: "Here, cheers."
Li Mu looked at her half-empty cup and asked with a smile, "Can you finish it?"
Wei Lan pouted at Li Mu and said, "I want you to drain your cup."
Li Mu was helpless, nodded and said with a smile: "Then let's do it."
Li Mu raised his head and drank all the wine in his glass, and Wei Lan also drank most of his own wine in one gulp.
Although the Long Island Ice Tea tastes like a drink, the alcohol content is actually not low. It is a cocktail series that has no feeling when you drink it, but has a strong stamina. Li Mu was afraid that she would drink too much, so he told her: "Don't drink it so fast, you Just keep this drink tonight, lest you drink too much and miss your flight tomorrow morning."
Wei Lan smiled and said, "I have a pretty good drinking capacity. I've been in the business world for a while, so I've learned to drink well even if I don't have the capacity."
Li Mu nodded: "Control yourself and don't get drunk."
"Don't worry."
Wei Lan didn't want to get drunk, she just felt happy, and drinking made her feel even happier.
The singer sang a few more folk songs, then ended this stage of the performance, and said into the microphone: "If any friend wants to request songs or needs guitar accompaniment, just come to me and we will pay for the songs and accompaniment." They’re all twenty yuan a piece.”
When Wei Lan heard this, she couldn't help but ask Li Mu: "What if there is a song that he can't play?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Bar singers play a lot, sing a lot, and memorize a lot. As long as they can sing and have heard it, they can basically accompany it."
"So powerful?" Wei Lan said in surprise: "Doesn't that mean you have to memorize a lot of music scores?"
Li Mu explained: "Bar singers memorize functional music, such as Beyond's "Really Love You". They only need to remember seven numbers in their minds."
"Ah?" Wei Lan looked at Li Mu in disbelief and asked him: "What seven numbers need to be remembered?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "1564151."
"1564151?" Wei Lan frowned: "This is more like a phone number. What does it have to do with the music score?"
Li Mu laughed: "You can think of it as a shorthand method. In fact, this number is used to remember chords. Each number represents the corresponding chord. If it is a song in the key of C, 1 corresponds to the C chord. , if the C chord is a first-level chord, the fifth-level chord is G, the sixth-level chord is Am, and the fourth-level chord is F, so just play the corresponding chord according to the numbers just now, and the accompaniment of this song will come out.”
"So amazing!" Wei Lan looked at Li Mu with admiration and couldn't help but ask, "Why do you seem to know everything?"
Li Mu smiled and said, "There is a word called Live for a long time. Do you understand what it means?"
Wei Lan shook her head, her face full of confusion.
In this day and age, even if Li Mu wrote the words "live for a long time", few people would be able to understand it.
Li Mu then smiled and said, "It probably means that the longer you live, the more you will see."
Wei Lan couldn't help pouting: "You are several years younger than me, but you still have the nerve to say you will live a long time."
Li Mu raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said happily: "Let's express our emotions."
After that, Li Mu picked up the wine glass and said, "Come, come, let's drink."
Wei Lan nodded and drank all the wine in his glass. Then he called the waiter and said, "Bring me another Long Island, thank you."
Li Mu advised her: "It's almost okay, I won't feel well at night after drinking too much."
Wei Lan smiled and said, "No, I know my own drinking capacity. It's definitely okay to have another drink. I won't drink more."
Li Mu believed that for someone as old as Wei Lan, he must still have some self-control, so he nodded and said nothing more.
The waiter brought new drinks, and the two of them chatted and drank. At this time, several guests came on stage one after another to let the singer sing accompaniment. Most of the songs were a bit unpleasant to listen to.
Wei Lan drank half of her second cup of ice tea, and her state was obviously much happier than before. After listening to a female guest ruining the classic "Yesterday-Once-More", Wei Lan stood up and Said to Li Mu: "I want to sing a song."
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, I haven't heard you open your voice yet."
Wei Lan blinked and said, "I'll ask him first if he can play."
Wei Lan went to the singer and exchanged a few words with him. Li Mu watched from a distance and saw the singer nodded to her. Then Wei Lan sat on the high stool next to him with an excited look and made a sign to Li Mu. Victory gesture.
Li Mu knew that she must have received a clear answer from the singer, so she put down her glass and prepared to listen.
The guitarist first gave a simple chord set as a prelude, and after Wei Lan found the key, he started singing in the second measure.
She was a rare beauty. Sitting in the bar and singing attracted the attention of the guests in the bar. When everyone was paying attention to Wei Lan, Wei Lan suddenly opened her voice, a clear and affectionate voice, and she was immediately caught. It has captured the hearts of all male customers.
Li Mu also didn't expect that Wei Lan's singing would be so emotional, and the song she chose was actually one of Li Mu's favorites.
What Wei Lan sang was "Linger", a classic love song by The-Cranberries.
Even ten years later, The Cranberries should be considered a relatively unpopular band in China, and among their relatively well-known songs in China, they do not have "Linger" with a less obvious style. In comparison, "Dreams", which was covered by Wang Fei, "Zombie" and "Dying-In-The-Sun", which was covered by Brother Chun, are more famous.
That wasn't the only thing that surprised Li Mu.
What surprised him even more was that Wei Lan, a woman who had never studied singing professionally, could sing this song so well. Li Mu was amazed by her voice, pronunciation, and even the richness of her emotions.
Especially when singing the chorus, Li Mu was particularly addicted to it for a moment:
And-I'm-in-so-deep
You-know-I'm-such-a-fool-for-you
The main idea of the lyrics is: I have fallen into too deep, you know I am so stupid in front of you...
Not only Li Mu, but also the bar patrons who only paid attention to Weilan's appearance were attracted by her singing and became addicted to it.
Wei Lan regarded this song as a kind of emotional catharsis, and put all her unexplainable feelings for Li Mu into this song, which is why she sang so selflessly and emotionally.
When the song ended, Li Mu was the first to applaud. This song was indeed sung so well that it gave him a new understanding of Wei Lan.
Amidst the applause of a group of men, Wei Lan returned to the booth with a blushing face. As soon as she sat down, Li Mu praised her without hesitation: "The singing is really good. It is a double enjoyment of sight and hearing."
Wei Lan used the dim light to hide the shyness and nervousness on her face and said, "Your compliments are too false."
Li Mu said seriously: "Every sentence comes from the heart."
Wei Lan pursed her lips and smiled: "Okay, I believe you."
The two of them exchanged cups and drank until about eleven o'clock at night. Both Li Mu and Wei Lan were slightly tipsy.
However, Li Mu was in just the right state. In this state, going home and taking a shower and sleeping would definitely guarantee seven or eight hours of deep sleep.
Li Mu saw that it was getting late, so he asked Wei Lan, "By the way, has your best friend gone home?"
Wei Lan looked at her watch, nodded and said, "I'm back."
Li Mu said slightly curiously: "I didn't even make a call or send a text message. How did you know she was back?"
It is true that Wei Lan never took out her cell phone during the whole process. The broken cell phones these days have no functions other than making calls and text messages. The same is true for Li Mu. The cell phone is in his pocket. If it doesn't ring or vibrate, he can't think of looking at it.
Only then did Wei Lan realize that her answer was a little careless, so she said, "She told me she would go home at half past ten. It's almost half past eleven, so she must have returned."
Li Mu didn't think much, so he nodded and said, "I think it's almost time. How about I take you back? Don't make your best friend wait for you too long."
Wei Lan felt that she still had more to say, but seeing that it was indeed too late, she was not afraid of not being able to catch the plane tomorrow, but she was afraid that Li Mu would become suspicious, so she had no choice but to agree and said, "Then let's go back."
The two of them got up. Li Mu went to the bar to settle the bill, and then left the bar side by side with Wei Lan.
Li Mugang wanted to tell Wang Yuanlang to help him drive. Unexpectedly, Wang Yuanlang passed by him, followed the two young men out of the bar, and then quickly walked into an alley near the bar.
Li Mu was very surprised. Just as he was about to call him, one of his subordinates, Zhou Zhan, called Li Mu and said on the phone: "Mr. Li, you and Miss Wei just get in the car. I'll drive." I said that the two boys just stole Miss Wei's wallet, and he went to deal with it, and asked me to send you back first. After he solves the problem later, he will send Miss Wei's wallet over."
Li Mu frowned and looked at Wei Lan's shoulder bag hanging from the corner of his eye. Sure enough, there were signs that someone had opened it. Wang Yuanlang probably didn't want to affect himself and Wei Lan, so he didn't take action on the spot and decided to wait until the other party left the bar. Then follow up and solve it quietly.
After understanding Wang Yuanlang's motives, Li Mu didn't want to tell Wei Lan, but just said: "Let's get in the car."
Li Mu didn't want to affect Wei Lan's mood, so he might as well wait until Wang Yuanlang got his wallet back before telling her.
(End of chapter)