Chapter 400: Middle School Years

Chapter 400: Middle School Years

Chapter 400: Middle School Years

True understanding is never just knowing superficial things like what he likes to eat or what color he likes.

Instead, it is about knowing his personality, what he would choose when faced with two different options, how he views a matter, and understanding his thoughts and values.

And on a deeper level, it includes understanding at the soul level about how he formed this character, what influences the environment and original family had on him, why he made the choices he made, etc.

Although these topics seem very abstract in reality, they are undoubtedly the foundation of everyone's inner emotional needs and the best way for opposite sexes to get closer to each other and become more intimate.

Life is too lonely. There is no one who does not long for someone who truly understands his or her heart, recognizes him or her, and can accept everything without aggression and without reservation.

Lin Qingyue leaned in Wu Mu's arms and stopped struggling. She just pressed tightly against his chest and sniffed his scent.

"It's really nothing. I couldn't accept it when I was young, but now looking back, it was just their own choice."

Wu Mu stroked her hair, "Yeah."

"I like you."

Ok?
Wu Mu smiled, "I can see that."

Lin Qingyue leaned back and lay in his arms, looking up at him from bottom to top. "When I was in junior high school, I was actually a little bit immature. At that time, my mind was full of the idea that I was abandoned by the world and no one could trust me. I was a little moved by myself."

Wu Mu looked down at her, touched her ear with his hand, felt her soft earlobe, and smiled, "I was like this in junior high school."

Lin Qingyue lowered her head and let his palm touch her face. "Sometimes I couldn't help but hide and cry. At that time, I occasionally fantasized that it would be great if there was someone who could understand me and I could tell him about these unhappy things. It's a bit of a pity that I didn't know you then."

"Haven't you already experienced it in the movies?" The previous movies were definitely largely based on Lin Qingyue's little thoughts.

"It still feels a little different, and I actually don't like the final ending very much. From a third-party perspective, I thought their separation was realistic, but now looking back, I don't think it's necessarily true." Lin Qingyue said thoughtfully.

You are really in love, so you put yourself in their shoes and don't like them breaking up.

Wu Mu laughed, "Then just assume we have known each other since junior high school."

He paused, "I'll sing you a song, the same love song I sang to you in junior high school."

Lin Qingyue was obviously stunned, "New song?"

"Yeah, new song."

Wu Mu narrowed his eyes and smiled:
"Imagine that when you were sad in junior high school, you were not alone. I was actually in the same school as you. I was secretly observing and worrying about you, but I was just secretly in love with you and didn't dare to approach you, a super second-generation kid. But you were never alone. There were people who understood and recognized you."

"Well, I even secretly wrote a song for you. Now that we are finally together after all these things, I dare to sing it for you."

Lin Qingyue was stunned, her mind seemed to be following his description and the more she thought about it, the more she smiled.

Wu Mu finished the settings and looked around, "I'll go find a guitar. Or maybe we can go to the lobby. I remember there's a piano in the lobby where you enter their store."

Ok?
piano?

Lin Qingyue caught the key words and stopped even imagining. She shook her head and said, "I don't want to listen to you playing the piano."

As the director of "Star Agency", she is not unfamiliar with Wu Mu's piano level. Wu Mu played the piano during the previous episode of traveling to Paris, and it can be said that it was extremely bad.

She didn't want such a romantic scene to make her recall it only remember Wu Mu's unpleasant piano sound.

Wu Mu was very dissatisfied with her immediate rejection. He snorted, "Do you think I am still the same person as before? My piano skills are no longer the same as before!"

Well, he has now enhanced his piano skills through a lottery. With 71 points of piano attribute, he is already a professional pianist.

Lin Qingyue was obviously surprised. Is this true?

Has Wu Mu's piano skills improved?

But why didn't she see Wu Mu practicing privately? And it seemed like there wasn't even a piano at home?
Wu Mu didn't even blink, "I have practiced, I have practiced. I have practiced occasionally on the keyboard at home."

Well, this is true. After learning to play the piano, he occasionally tried to play keyboard instruments at home.

But Lin Qingyue was even more stunned. Even if she had practiced before, if it was a frequency that she could not sense, then she must not have practiced for a long time. How much could she improve? It couldn't be like him learning a foreign language, just learning it for a little while and then learning it?
Lin Qingyue was very hesitant.

And there is another problem. Although the lobby of Xin Rong Ji is not a place for customers to eat, it is just the front entrance like a hotel, and there are not many people there.

But there weren't many, but there were still some, with customers waiting for seats and the restaurant's front desk staff all there.

They went there to sing and would definitely be discovered soon.

If a video of singing in such an occasion is released, everyone is not stupid, so it is basically the same as an official announcement.

However, Lin Qingyue didn't care about the official announcement. After hesitating for an afternoon about her piano skills, she smiled and said, "Let's go. If you don't sing well, we can find a guitar."

The two walked outside and soon arrived at the restaurant lobby.

There were some customers waiting for their seats in the hall, and there was a grand piano near the left side.

Wu Mu sat down and took off his mask as he was going to sing.

Well, he took off his hat, which was unnecessary. As soon as he opened his mouth, his bag was recognized.

In fact, as soon as he sat down at the piano, some of the customers waiting for a seat noticed him.

At first it was just a casual glance, but after noticing his appearance, I couldn't take my eyes off him.

As more and more people were unable to move away, some soon began to show hesitation.

"Noonwood?"

"Is that person Wu Mu?"

"He looks like Wu Mu"

There were already whispers around.

In fact, celebrities are not so easy to recognize in real life. Many celebrities look very different on TV and in real life.

Even if the difference is small, such as changing the clothes or hairstyle, many people still can't recognize it.

But for someone like Wu Mu, the only option is to not show his face at all, or no one knows him, otherwise his identity will be locked in an instant.

It’s too recognizable.

After locking in Wu Mu's identity and seeing his movements as he sat down in front of the piano, someone immediately excitedly took out their cell phones and prepared to record the video.

Play the piano?
Is he going to sing?

Can I listen to Wu Mu singing live! ?
Wu Mu looked at the people around him who had already taken out their phones to record the video, but he didn't care. He just smiled at Lin Qingyue standing next to him and said, "I'll sing 'Middle School Years' to Qingyue, the one I've had a crush on since junior high school."

Well, it was the song “Middle School Years” that he had drawn a long time ago, a song by Shuimu Nianhua, the group led by Li Jian.

Compared with Shuimu Nianhua's "You in My Life" and "In a Foreign Land", Li Jian's "Wind Blowing Wheat Waves" and "On the Banks of Lake Baikal", this song is less well-known, but it is a memory of youth in many people's hearts.

Qingyue, the one I had a crush on in junior high school?

Lin Qingyue's eyes curved, but she also felt a little regretful, "I didn't bring a camera." Wu Mu laughed, "Let's watch it online later."

“The angle of the shot might not be good.”

Well, it seems that Director Lin really likes being a director. At this time, he is still considering leaving a video and taking photos from bad angles by others.

Wu Mu placed his hands on the piano, and soft piano sounds rang out.

Can you really play the piano?
Although Lin Qingyue couldn't tell the specific piano level, she could still tell that the level was completely different from before.

But at this moment, she no longer had the mind to think about these things, and just looked at Wu Mu.

Wu Mu was also looking at her, meeting her gaze. After a soft piano prelude, he, with all his skills activated, began to speak along with the prelude.

“Cross the playing field and let the rain get you wet.”

"My shy you, when will you become lonely."

"Hide in the corner, cry secretly."

"Who will understand you when you are melancholy?"

Lin Qingyue's eyes were like amber soaked by rain, looking at Wu Mu with a soft light.

Sometimes, it is difficult to convey one's inner emotions and thoughts to the other person even though one says that one understands and agrees with the other person.

But when Wu Mu activated his skills, Lin Qingyue pursed her lips and suppressed the desire to touch him and hug him.

And there are lyrics.

She had previously thought that Wu Mu had written this song a long time ago, but it just happened to be suitable to be sung now.

But the lyrics were so relevant to her situation that she began to doubt whether Wu Mu had written them on the spot.

The carefree and shy little girl before she found out about her father's condition became worried and always had a stern face.

For her now, this may not cause any disturbance, but for her who was only in her teens at that time, it was undoubtedly a big thing that made her lose her appetite.

I didn’t dare tell my friends or teachers about what I had discovered, and I couldn’t even tell my parents. No one understood, and I had a lot on my mind. Sometimes I would get inexplicably angry, and then hide away and cry.

It was like when she was a child, there really was someone secretly watching over her, worrying about her and understanding her when she was just a helpless little girl.

What would it be like if Wu Mu was really around when I was in junior high school?

Lin Qingyue squinted her eyes and smiled. Just imagining that scene would give her a sense of fulfillment and happiness.

From the confusion in junior high school to her growth after a conversation with her grandfather in high school, she has always been at ease.

Make friends and deal with problems in a generous and refreshing manner. Stop immersing yourself in various negative emotions and start reminding yourself to stay rational at all times to solve problems.

From high school to college, she has gradually become the person she is today who can handle all kinds of things with ease.

She is also very comfortable with relationships, although she does not want to follow her father's advice and find a boyfriend who is in politics so that they can support each other in their development.

But her long-standing personality and habits still allow her to remain rational and critical in screening the various conditions of her partner.

Wu Mu was undoubtedly not in line with her requirements.

It’s not that Wu Mu is a bad person, but his celebrity status.

She didn't want to find someone like her parents, and she didn't want her daughter to experience the confusion she had as a child one day.

Therefore, people in the circle were never considered as options by her.

When she first came into contact with Wu Mu, although she couldn't help but pay attention to Wu Mu's overly dazzling appearance, she only wanted to make friends.

But slowly, she began to find herself paying more and more attention to Wu Mu.

She discovered that this man looked like a star and had a financial scandal, but in real life he was actually an extremely clean and simple person.

Also, they have a fun and easy-going personality, unusual ways of dealing with problems, and outstanding talents.
It was not the condition she had imagined before. The condition she imagined was just an ordinary person who could understand each other and accompany each other.

But no matter how many conditions and imaginations there are, they become unimportant in front of the person who really appears.

After the French director stood up for her, she had already keenly realized that she might have feelings for Wu Mu and finally began to test him.

The rational thinking and problem-solving methods she has developed over a long period of time have made her accustomed to taking matters into her own hands.

She began to observe whether there were any points in Wu Mu that she could not tolerate, and began to take the initiative to test Wu Mu's attitude towards the issues she cared about, his views on feelings, his thoughts about herself, and so on.

The biggest thing she learned from her experience in junior high school was to work rationally and proactively to achieve the results she wanted, rather than just being immersed in her emotions.

It's just that sometimes emotions always seem to transcend her rationality.
"I don't know what love is."

"I don't understand forever, I don't understand myself."

"I don't know what love is yet."

“Who can understand eternity, who can understand himself.”

Wu Mu continued singing. "Middle School Years" is a song with simple melody and lyrics, but the poetic style of Li Jian's songs has already been revealed.

The simple melody and lyrics contain the innocent feelings of youth.

There is no showy arrangement or grand narrative, just some precise details and restrained expression, allowing everyone who has experienced youth to see his or her own reflection in it.

It has a resonance that transcends time and space, which becomes even more obvious with the bonus of Wu Mu's skills.

The people who were listening around also gradually changed from the initial excitement of meeting the star to various sour feelings about the memories of the past.

"The singing was so good. It was just a simple piano accompaniment and there was no microphone, but it felt more powerful than at a music festival."

"Well, I used to be a little confused when I saw people online liking his song "Childhood". I thought it was too exaggerated that the song could win a competition. But now I realize that sometimes simple melodies like this are all that are needed to touch people's hearts."

"Just like his songs "Legend" and "Wind in the Wheat Waves", just listening to them is beautiful, like listening to poetry."

Some audience members couldn't help but whisper to each other on the side.

Basically, none of the customers are poor and can dine in this restaurant where the average cost per person is over 2,000 yuan. Many of them have watched live concerts or even music concerts.

It was obvious that the conditions on site were completely different from those of a concert. Wu Mu only used piano accompaniment, and it was so simple that it was almost a cappella.

But even so, it carries an indescribable taste and feeling.

This song is so beautiful and poetic.

More and more people gathered in the hall. From time to time, customers who came in to eat stopped and were attracted by the food. Also, people in the restaurant began to notice the commotion here and came out to check.

(End of this chapter)