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Xia Yuan hummed softly, "Ah Fang, don't get too carried away. In fact, anyone who has learned a little bit of music theory can quickly master the ability to read music. The main melody of pop music is not that complicated."
"Is that so? I thought I was very talented..."
Seeing that Mei Fang was a little discouraged, Xia Yuan immediately changed his tone and said, "The song we just sang was just a trial. Ah Fang, you can do better! If you get to know more instruments, you will be able to better distinguish the parts of a complete song."
"Speaking of which, if it's a complete song, Yuanyuan, can you write out the main melody and the music for each part? For example, a song may have a guitar, a piano, and drums."
"It depends on the genre. If it's a pop song like the one just now, or an ACG song, and there aren't many parts, I can write the melody after listening to it a few times. But if it's a classical piano solo, even though it's only played with two hands, the parts will be very complex, so it's a lot more troublesome."
"Although it's troublesome... According to what you said, Yuanyuan, you can actually figure it out, right?"
Xia Yuan pursed his lips and shook his head without commenting, "I haven't tried it for a long time, I have to try it! Of course, the most difficult one is the symphony."
"Indeed, there are so many parts in a whole choir, and I don't know what their music scores look like."
"The scores for each part are basically different, otherwise it would be hard to keep up."
"I see."
Mei Fang couldn't help but sigh as she chatted, "Now that I think about it, the music teachers in elementary school actually taught the most music theory knowledge. The teachers also taught us to read music scores and draw five-line scores. But in middle school, I feel that the music teachers are quite perfunctory, just teaching us to sing a pop song and that's it."
Xia Yuan smiled and said, "After all, there is no guarantee that there will be a next music class in middle school. We treat every class as the last one, so naturally we have one song per class! By the way... it seems that we have not had music class since the midterm exam."
"That doesn't matter. I still have time to go."
"Won't your class teacher steal the class? Why is he so good?"
Mei Fang shook his head. "That's not what I meant. I meant—"
Mei Fang reached out and gently touched Xia Yuan's cheek, "I have always had a free little childhood music teacher to teach me!"
Xia Yuan was immediately furious when he heard this, "Who wants to teach you for free! Give me the money! You borrowed 10 yuan from me when you were in kindergarten and never paid me back. You really didn't think I forgot it, did you?"
Mei Fang was shocked: "So you still remember this!"
"How could I not remember!" Xia Yuan pouted and hummed, "That time... It was the first time I went out without an adult, and I went with you, Fang. You took me to buy lottery tickets, to see cats, to see the small bridge, and I ate cotton candy for the first time. I also fell asleep on your shoulder... I remember everything that happened that day."
Xia Yuan became excited again as he spoke, "Ah Fang, Ah Fang, is there anything you regret not doing or doing when you were a kid?"
"Why are we suddenly talking about this?"
"Just chatting..."
Xia Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Because I always feel like I have nothing to regret. I am only glad that I did what I did at that time. For example, I listened to you and ran away from home. I tried my best with Youxi to persuade Aunt Xiang to let you stay..."
Xia Yuan's smile looks very sweet.
"Also... it's about what happened a while ago. I seem to always be very lucky and happy. Every time I encounter a crisis, there is always someone to protect me."
"So, Fang, if there is anything you want to try but have never done, please tell me. If it is still possible now, I will definitely help you achieve it."
I regret not doing something——
Are you upset?
Of course, "hard to let go" specifically refers to the fact that the CP you supported didn't end up together, but Mei Fang still likes to use "hard to let go" to explain the regrets he wants to make up for after his rebirth.
Mei Fang had many regrets in his previous life, but he has made up for a lot of them in the past few years, and now he is a bit more Buddhist.
Apart from not getting into a good university and Zhang Ming going to Wukonan, there doesn't seem to be anything particularly regretful at the moment.
Come to think of it... maybe there is?
For example--
Mei Fang raised his head and told Xia Yuan seriously, "Actually... I've always wanted to learn a musical instrument and then perform on stage, such as guitar, piano or something..."
Xia Yuan's eyes widened, "Ah Fang... are you serious?"
"Yuanyuan, if you want to laugh, just laugh. I know my singing is terrible, but I still envy those singers who shine on the stage."
Mei Fang's eyes showed infinite yearning, "I want to be as cool as them."
Seeing Mei Fang say this, Xia Yuan stopped smiling. "I'm sorry... Ah Fang! I really didn't mean to laugh at you. I was just a little surprised. Let me listen to you carefully. Do you want to be a big star in the future? But I see that you seem to prefer writing code."
"Writing code and making games is more like a career for me. When I said I wanted to learn a musical instrument, it was purely a personal hobby. You see, I definitely can't be a star with my appearance and temperament, but if I can go on stage once, even once, then I will be satisfied."
"That's not the case!"
Xia Yuan shook his head and denied it. "Our Ah Fang is obviously very handsome! I think you can definitely be a star! You are good at roller skating, you are gentle to people, you can write code to make games to make money, you are also very mature and reliable, and you have super, super powerful Ah Fang energy. Well, in short... it's amazing!"
"Hehe... I feel embarrassed when you say that."
When Mei Fang talked to Xia Yuan this time, he was not trying to encourage Xia Yuan to embark on the path of music, but rather spoke from the bottom of his heart.
In fact, it was mentioned before that besides playing games, Mei Fang’s favorite hobby since childhood is music. He likes classical music, light music and pop music.
However, he always just liked it, and he never had the idea of going deeper because he didn't think he had the talent and time to do so.
His change of perspective came from a performance he watched when he was a sophomore in high school.
The only performances he had access to during his student days were the class's New Year's Eve party and the campus singing competition. However, during the singing competition in his second year of high school, when he saw a classmate who he got along well with was selected as one of the top ten singers, and when she changed her usual image and sang passionately on the stage under the shining spotlight, he suddenly had a wonderful, as if-in-a-world-again feeling.
It's not just a longing for her to stand on the stage, it's a more complex feeling. It turns out that the people around me can also shine like that. If I had worked hard to pursue this dream in my early years, would I also be able to stand on such a stage and sing?
In her previous life, Mei Fang did not have the financial resources to learn music since she was a child. Moreover, if she said something like she wanted to perform on stage, she would be laughed at by the male friends around her. Mei Fang had always buried this dream deep in her heart. Even though she liked to sing, she would only sing secretly at home and never go to KTV.
As for this life, Mei Fang has been thinking about how to make money and spend time with Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi to relive their childhood. Her passion for learning code is actually to make games and to take care of her dream of becoming a game producer. Xia Yuan and Mei Fang talked more and more, because it was the first time she knew that Mei Fang loved music more than she thought. She couldn't help but stand up and hold Mei Fang's hand.
"Now that we've come to this, let's go now!"
"Go...what are you going to do?"
Xia Yuan smiled at Mei Fang, "What else can we do? Of course, we should go buy a guitar!"
Chapter 100 Of course I will remember it for the rest of my life
Mei Fang is now experiencing an embarrassing situation.
Mei Fang, who was just talking casually, was dragged downstairs by Xia Yuan. She grabbed Mei Fang's arm and insisted on taking Mei Fang to the music store to buy a guitar.
"I'm just saying it, I'm not serious... I have to study hard now, so I don't have time to learn guitar!"
"Fang, don't act like a kid! You can always find time if you squeeze it. If you don't study now, you will have even less time to study when you go to high school..."
Xia Yuan and Mei Fang were walking on the road in the community, and they happened to see a few middle-aged women from familiar neighbors in the community smiling and chatting with them. The two subconsciously let go of each other's hands.
"Well, that! When I heard you talking about this just now, I really felt that there was light in your eyes, Fang."
Xia Yuan stroked his hair and said sincerely, "Actually, I've always thought you were talented at writing lyrics, and you learn music theory very quickly... If you work hard in this direction, you might be able to produce something, Fang."
"I say...Yuanyuan, tell me the truth."
Mei Fang frowned and said, "You dragged me along because you felt guilty about laughing at my poor singing in elementary school, right?"
When Xia Yuan was a child, she once asked Mei Fang to sing for her, but Mei Fang sang very badly and was laughed at by Xia Yuan. After that, Mei Fang never sang in front of Xia Yuan again, and he only sang for himself.
"No, no, that's not the case! When did I ever laugh at you for singing badly?!"
"Then please look at me carefully. Why don't you look at me carefully..."
Xia Yuan hesitated for a long time before she gritted her teeth and looked at Mei Fang. Mei Fang wanted to say something to Xia Yuan, but she found that tears were welling up in her eyes.
"I know I laughed at Ah Fang, but I really regret it now... I was just thinking that you still remembered this incident. Maybe it was because I laughed at your bad singing that you didn't continue to work hard in this direction. It's all my fault."
"This is none of your business! Okay, okay... You can cry about something like this, you little crybaby."
Mei Fang took out a tissue to wipe Xia Yuan's tears.
I really don't like to be soft...
Seeing Xia Yuan still sobbing, Mei Fang scratched his head and said, "I do want to try it, but I want to learn and practice it by myself."
Xia Yuan rubbed his eyes, "Why don't you let me accompany you? Are you afraid that I will laugh at you?"
"I just... um..."
As he grew older, Mei Fang found that the gap between himself and Xia Yuanlin Youxi was getting smaller and smaller.
When he was in kindergarten, Mei Fang could defeat all the kids in the class with his "third grade" intelligence level. When he was in elementary school, he could solve super difficult problems that troubled most students in the class just by shaking his head.
But it is foreseeable that he will become more mediocre after high school.
Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi are two charming girls. If the tragedy in Xia Yuan's family had not happened, they would have become outstanding even without Mei Fang by their side.
But Mei Fang had no special talents in his previous life except for playing games and roller skating. In this life,
Putting aside the financial freedom of BAK, his personal advantages and charm are no longer so obvious.
"So... what is it?"
Mei Fang hummed for a long time before making his thoughts clear: "I want to try to perform better in front of you, is that not okay?"
No matter how old his actual mental age is, Mei Fang is, after all, just a single man, and this innocent side of him is also the normal reaction of a boy of this age.
Although they have a deep bond with each other, it is impossible to say that he is not afraid of gradually losing his appeal in front of Xia Yuanlin Youxi.
Xia Yuan looked very surprised after hearing Mei Fang's words. She stepped forward with small skips, patted Mei Fang's arm on the left, patted Mei Fang's shoulder on the right, and looked at Mei Fang with a rather playful expression.
"What are you doing?"
"I didn't expect that our Ah Fang has really grown up!"
Xia Yuan put his hands behind his back and laughed, "You've even seen pornographic films, but you're still embarrassed... Fang, you're too polite, hahahaha!"
"You stupid girl, you're bringing up that time when I wet the bed and had to wash my butt in kindergarten again!"
An angry Mei Fang grabbed Xia Yuan from behind, grabbed her face and started to bully her, "How long do you plan to remember this?"
"Of course, I'll remember it for the rest of my life!"
After Mei Fang and Xia Yuan had finished their quarrel, they started talking about the business of buying a guitar. Mei Fang's thoughts had already been aroused by Xia Yuan, and now that things had come to this, Xia Yuan had pushed him to make up his mind.
"Since we have decided to learn, we should prepare seriously. By the way, is there anyone around you who knows about guitar?"
Xia Yuan nodded, "I remember Xiaoxue said her cousin is very good at playing guitar. We can ask her for some tips on how to get started with guitar. And it's better to take classes for this kind of instrument. Self-study will take a lot of time and it's easy to go astray. My former piano teacher, Ms. Liu, also teaches fingerstyle guitar at her piano store. I can help contact her and ask."
"Offline classes?" Mei Fang hesitated. "I see that those who learn musical instruments are all children. Do you want me to learn with them?"
"It should be possible to arrange lessons individually, which will give me more freedom, but I don't know if my pocket money is enough... However, since we are both together and we are old acquaintances, it should be much cheaper... Then, we can ask Youxi if she wants to learn with us."
"Ah? The two of us?"
Mei Fang was stunned for a moment, "You want to learn guitar too? You don't have to accompany me..."
After hearing this, Xia Yuan puffed up his cheeks with anger: "You are willing to run away from home with me, so why can't I learn guitar with you? What's more, I am also very interested in guitar. If we learn together, we can encourage each other and make progress together!"