The century performance of "Swan Lake" is scheduled for New Year's Eve at the end of December.
Jiang Yu got up at six o'clock in the morning, rehearsed makeup with the girls in an art hall on the outskirts of the city, and made intense preparations for the four-hour performance in the evening.
Although she is only a substitute for the Swan Queen, she will only be on top if Buxi makes a mistake. Generally speaking, Bu Xi doesn't make any mistakes. Whether it's training or rehearsal, she's in a very stable state.
But Jiang Yu didn't slack off at all. She kept the swan makeup that the makeup artist put on her all day long. Even when she was eating, she could only drink a little porridge with a straw, for fear of getting her makeup.
Qiu Li's postgraduate exam had just ended, and he bought a plane ticket back to Beicheng on the afternoon of the 31st.
He once thought that the ticket to Haicheng at the age of 18 was a one-way ticket, and he would never return to the city that broke his heart again.
And after three years of absence, when he stepped off the plane covered bridge and stepped on the soil of this city again, he had a strange feeling of returning home.
Perhaps because there is his beloved girl here, because of her, Qiu Li is willing to love this soil again.
But less than a minute after Qiu Li decided to like the city again, he stood outside the terminal in a suit and leather shoes, holding a bouquet of red roses in his hand, looking at the pouring rain outside, he felt deeply...
This city is incompatible with him.
He glanced at the time, it was 5:40 in the afternoon, and the performance was at 7:00. He didn't care about eating, so he recruited a taxi to go to the art hall on the outskirts of the city.
Unfortunately, this time coincided with the rush hour of getting off work, and Qiu Li's taxi was forced to jam on the main road in the city center.
He looked out the window at the traffic that had blocked an entire street, looked down at the time, and asked, "Can't you change to another route? I'm in a hurry"
"There's no way." The driver glanced at the rose in his hand and said helplessly: "At this point, any road will be blocked, not to mention, there is no way to advance or retreat here, and it is impossible to switch routes."
Qiu Li watched the time go by minute by minute. For twenty minutes, the car hadn't gone one kilometer.
He simply got out of the car and swept a bicycle on the side of the road.
The speed of the bicycles exceeded the traffic jams.
The heavy rain has no tendency to stop at all, and it is getting bigger and bigger, washing the streets of the city.
The suit that Qiu Li had specially prepared for himself was completely wet, and he was in a state of embarrassment as he walked in the rain.
In the wind and rain in the winter, the chill is piercing to the bone, and Qiu Li's hands are so frozen that he can no longer feel it. He took off his suit and wrapped the roses.
He originally planned to appear in front of Jiang Yu very decently and handsomely, with a bouquet of romantic flowers, to give her a little surprise.
Now it seems that, like a chicken in soup, in all likelihood, the surprise will turn into a shock.
This city is still so annoying!
Hate city buildings, hate street lights, hate underground manhole covers...
Qiu Li marched against the wind, silently scolding the scenery of this city all the way in his heart.
I was in a terrible mood.
The bicycle drove out of the most crowded section of the Third Ring Road. Qiu Li tried to recruit taxis on the side of the road, but it was raining too much at the moment, and there were passengers in the taxis.
He rode his bicycle and drove towards Science City in the rain, watching the empty cars passing by.
At this moment, a white Honda car slowed down beside him, and Liu Ye in the driver's seat shouted to Qiu Li, "Handsome guy, are you going to the art hall?"
The rainwater trickled down Qiu Li's high eyebrows, he glanced at Liu Ye, did not answer, and continued to ride his bike forward.
Just... I don't like talking to strangers very much, especially when I meet someone on the street who takes the initiative to chat up and call a handsome guy.
Most people saw that he ignored him, and most of them just drove away, but Liu Ye didn't. She stepped on the brakes and slid at a constant speed, and continued to say to him, "Are you going to the art hall?"
Qiu Li said with an expressionless face, "Follow this road, and you'll be there after another three kilometers."
"Ah, I'm not asking for directions, what I mean is, if you want to go to the art hall, I can take you for a ride. It's raining too much to ride a bike."
The woman's voice was very gentle and kind, and when it fell into his heart, there was a warm feeling.
Qiu Li looked at the woman and saw that she was not too young, she should be from his mother's generation.
He knew that riding a bicycle would definitely delay the performance, so he simply stopped and got into Liu Ye's car.
After getting in the car, Liu Ye immediately handed over a tissue and asked him to wipe the water droplets off his face.
"How do you ride a bicycle, how dangerous it is with such heavy rain."
Qiu Li put a tissue on his head and wiped his wet hair: "Coming from the city center, it's too crowded."
"It's better to go to the outer ring, it's not so congested."
"From the airport, you can't walk through the outer ring."
Liu Ye saw that he was only wearing a very thin shirt, so he turned on the heater in the car and asked him to slow down: "Did you come from out of town to watch the ballet in Beicheng?"
Qiu Li said without hesitation, "Look at your girlfriend."
Liu Ye heard the words and smiled lightly: "I said, even a super fan of ballet, it is impossible to ride a bicycle in the rain for a performance... Look at your girlfriend's words, don't say it's raining , even if you take a knife, you have to go."
Qiu Li didn't answer, and wiped his face and hair carefully and carefully.
Really embarrassed, just here... and see my girlfriend.
Heck almost.
He began to scold this little broken city again in his heart.
Liu Ye seems to be a cheerful and chatty woman, trying to chat with him all the way—
"Are you a University student?"
"What major are you studying?"
"Psychology? Then you can hypnotize, the kind that is played on TV... It can change people's memories."
"Is hypnosis really so magical?"
"I don't believe you can hypnotize me. As long as I keep my eyes open, you will definitely not let me down."
Qiu Li rubbed the corners of his eyes, really wanting to hypnotize her and tell her to shut up immediately.
The level of this woman's chatter is even worse than that of his second father-in-law, Cheng Ye.
However, sitting in someone's car, Qiu Li finally endured her chatter, closed her eyes and took a nap, and let her talk to herself here alone.
"I really envy you young people, falling in love at such a good age."
"At my aunt's age, I'm still single, so it's hard to find a partner."
"Little handsome guy, how long have you known each other? Are you still in college? Are you in a campus romance?"
Before Qiu Li could speak, Liu Ye asked and answered, "It must be a campus romance, an enviable youth!"
Julie: …
He felt that the aunt could chat with him all the time.
The car stopped in the underground garage of the art hall, and Liu Ye wiped Qiu Li's face with a tissue again: "When you meet your girlfriend, you have to look like you are seeing a girlfriend. You are definitely not qualified now. But it doesn't matter. , just rushing forward in the rain, your girlfriend will understand."
At first, Qiu Li really found her annoying, but when she leaned over and wiped his wet hair, Qiu Li suddenly felt a long-lost warmth.
That kind of feeling was like the tenderness in his heart when he thought of Ren Xian in the past. It was the tenderness only for his mother.
"Thank you ma'am," he said.
"What's your name, sister? I'm obviously a year older than you. You should call me Aunt Liu."
"You are very young."
Liu Ye took out a folding umbrella from the co-pilot's cabinet and handed it to Qiu Li. She smiled and said, "Go and meet your girlfriend."
"thanks."
…
The appearance of the art hall looks like an irregular huge six-diamond, standing on the empty plains of Science City, with great texture.
Although it rained heavily today, it did not stop the enthusiasm of the ballet lovers, and there was still a steady stream of vehicles entering the art center.
Twenty minutes to the start of the game.
Qiu Li hurriedly entered the hall and took out the prepared receipts from his suit pocket, but when he saw himself in a state of embarrassment in the floor-to-ceiling glass, he finally put the receipts back into his pockets.
The men and women present were dressed in fragrant and beautiful temples.
Only he was soaked all over, but the rose bouquet in his hand was well preserved, which attracted the attention of many people.
Qiu Li left the entrance hall and came to the side hall of the corridor, which was deserted. He sat on the horizontal chair by the floor-to-ceiling window and listened to the symphony ensemble before the opening of "Swan Lake" from the main hall.
Perhaps, the city really does not welcome him.
But so what, he never cared.
Jiang Yu is the only person he cares about in this world. He can travel far and wide to witness her glory.
…
Before the opening, Jiang Yu called Qiu Li: "Where is it?"
Qiu Li looked at the banana tree that was blown away by the wind outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and said, "Library, prepare for the final exam."
"Tonight's performance is about to start, so nervous."
Qiu Li could tell that when the little girl spoke, there was a rare trembling in her voice, and she was really nervous.
"You don't play anyway." He said casually: "It's just a substitute, don't be too nervous."
"What if! There are so many people outside!"
He smiled lightly: "Now the heroine should be more nervous than you."
"She is very calm and won't be nervous."
Jiang Yu walked out of the dressing room and walked to the side hall: "Fortunately, it's just a substitute, don't let anything unexpected happen. I'm not ready at all. If you really let me go, I guess I'll run away."
"Don't worry, in all the ballet performances I've seen, there have been almost no accidents where a substitute is on the court." Qiu Li calmly soothed the girl's nervousness: "Just stay in the background and play mobile games for a while. , it's over in one night."
"How can it be so easy, I have to follow the progress of the stage at any time and get ready." Jiang Yu came to the side hall and said with a heart: "Oh, so you knew from the beginning that I would not be on the stage, and it took so long after the exam. , I didn't say I would come back to watch the game."
"The main reason is that I don't have the money to buy a plane ticket."
"Liar, you just don't want to go back to Beicheng."
"Well, Xiaoyu understands me."
Jiang Yu leaned on the side of the column in the side hall, and pointed his toes on the ground to draw circles, and suddenly saw a familiar black figure standing by the floor-to-ceiling window in the distance.
With light and silent steps, she quietly walked behind the man and looked at his back.
Heart beating, jumping faster.
Breathing also became rapid.
"Ali?"
Qiu Li heard the girl's soft voice outside the phone. He turned around and saw the girl's bright face.
Bright red lips, fair skin, clear eyebrows and eyes, swan feathers clinging to her temples, she was so beautiful that she seemed to be in a dream and saw the most beautiful psychedelic scenery.
Qiu Li turned his eyes slightly, and his eyes showed a little panic.
A little shy.
He pretended to look around calmly, and then with extremely clumsy acting skills, said: "Hey, I've crossed?"
"..."
The two held their phones and stared at each other for a long time without a word.
The gloom and helplessness in the girl's eyes disappeared instantly. Gradually, an incomparable surprise and smile appeared on her face: "Nerve! Boyfriend!"
"I was in the library just now." Qiu Li continued to act calmly: "Strange, where did this rose come from?"
Jiang Yu looked at him and finally laughed.
Qiu Li looked at the two small dimples on the girl's cheeks, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
"Boyfriend, come and give me a hug."
Jiang Yu hung up the phone and opened her arms to hug him, Qiu Li immediately took two steps back, not letting her wet clothes get on her stage outfit.
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"Keep your distance," he said sensibly. "Wait until your show is over."
"I didn't perform."
"What if."
Jiang Yu knew the man's temper, helplessly kept a distance of two meters from him and looked at him from a distance.
The eyes of the two people are intertwined, both with impatient desire and urgency.
Jiang Yu tried to take another step towards him, stood in front of him, tiptoed gently, and delivered the beautiful face to his eyes.
The man's breathing became significantly heavier, and he turned his eyes away.
Qiu Lian was afraid of spoiling her delicate makeup, so she could only stick to her ear temples like this, gently smelling the fragrance that belonged to her.
He didn't even dare to drop a light kiss on her forehead.
"The game has started?"
"Seems... "
"How long will it take?"
"It's more than ten o'clock."
The girl was lightly attached to his neck, snuggled, and her soft breath fell on the skin of his neck, which was itchy.
The pouring rain outside the floor-to-ceiling windows covered up his confusion, and every minute and second of the passage of time was a long torture.
"Boyfriend, do you miss me?"
Like a snake, the girl's coquettish little love words slowly got into his ears, spitting out letters and teasing the sensitive ends of his nerves: "I miss you so much anyway."
His Adam's apple rolled, and he made a slight swallowing sound: "Shut up, don't say such things."
"why."
"No why."
Jiang Yu's eyes slowly moved down—
"Ah!"
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