TLC: Rin
Cao Feng hesitatingly stretched out his arm, slowly and slowly used his arm to hold his younger brother and with his other hand, he covered the school uniform coat that he had just taken off over the place in his embrace that was unable to warm.
Duan Yuche automatically looked for a comfortable position in his chest. The laundry detergent on Cao Feng’s body was bought by the family uniformly. The lavender smell was very nice, and his warm chest exuded a reassuring fragrance. He slept very deeply.
Cao Feng was afraid of waking him up. He didn’t dare to move in the slightest and didn’t dare to flip over the book. His mind was empty, not even daring to lower his head. After being so stiff for a long time, only then did he lower his head to look at Duan Yuche’s sleeping face leaning on him.
The distance was very, very close, close enough to see clearly his clean, white face. As if shrouded in shimmering fur and could count the number of his long, thick eyelashes clearly.
The tip of his heart felt like it had been scratched. He only wished that this moment could stay still forever.
But the clock moved very fast, and the timer alarm in his watch beeped. Cao Feng saw Duan Yuche’s eyelashes flutter in shock. He was so frantic that he didn’t dare to hold him anymore. He immediately let go of his hand and hastily reached out to turn off the alarm on his watch.
Duan Yuche made a few “mn” noises showing that he hadn’t woken up, not even opening his eyes. Vaguely, he asked him, “What time is it?”
Cao Feng’s Adam’s apple moved up and down. He said in a hoarse voice, “It’s two o’clock.”
Duan Yuche opened his eyes a little, saw Cao Feng’s firm jaw, yawned, and sat up: “I slept on your shoulder. Why didn’t you wake me up? Didn’t your shoulder get numb?”
“It’s okay,” Cao Feng lowered his voice and looked at him, “It’s not numb, are you still sleepy?”
“Sleepy… The first period in the afternoon seems to be the PE class, right?” He wasn’t irritated when he didn’t get up on the wrong side of the bed. However, when he had just woken up, he would be more dispirited than usual.
Cao Feng gave an “mn”, Duan Yuche stood up holding his school uniform, his voice was still a bit obscure: “Why don’t you go with me to the snack counter and buy a bottle of water first, and then go to the sports field later.”
Cao Feng borrowed a book of Stray Birds and another computer book. He went with Duan Yuche to buy snacks and fruits. Duan Yuche didn’t bring his meal card. He swiped his card, and then the two of them went to the sports field together to find the class for assembly.
The PE teacher was a female teacher who wasn’t strict. After the usual counting of the number of the students, she let the students finish the radio calisthenics and then one more loop around the sports field before dismissal. Sometimes they were given sports equipment for them to exercise, such as basketball, badminton, volleyball and so on.
After running 400 meters, the PE teacher mentioned about the sports competition next month: “Students, the autumn sports competition will be in the following week after your monthly examination. Students who want to participate in the event can start practicing now. Tell the sports committee what equipment you need and go to the equipment room to borrow it.”
After this matter was said, they were dismissed.
Feiji leaned up and asked Duan Yuche, “Are you going to play soccer or not?”
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He yawned and said, “No, you guys go ahead.” He wasn’t bad at playing soccer. He specially used to practice scoring goals at home before. He had trained for a long time and had a high accuracy rate, but he was still out of energy at this moment. He was a little sleepy and wanted to go home to sleep.
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The gymnasium was only completed last year. It was very empty and smelled brand new. The badminton net was set up on the court, and there were scattered students practicing volleyball and badminton.
Finding a high place to sit down, Duan Yuche put on the earphones and continued to listen to the song in a listless manner. Not talking and didn’t pay attention to Cao Feng. He supported his chin as if he was trying to think about life.
Cao Feng kept turning his head to look at his side profile, and many times, he wanted to try to speak. Seeing his eyes closed, he didn’t dare to disturb him.
At this moment, the sound of a piano suddenly came from below the gymnasium.
On weekdays, the school organizes some literary and artistic activities, such as a welcome party, graduation party, New Year’s Eve party, or summer song party… The piano was often used, so the piano was simply placed inside the gymnasium. Occasionally, students would go there to touch on it. The school didn’t restrict it. In any case, there was surveillance, and whoever broke it would have to pay for the damages.
It was an ordinary black upright piano and not as beautiful as the white grand piano in Duan Yuche’s room. It was played by a long-haired girl in a school uniform.
The sound of the piano was very melodious. Some of the students who were playing badminton couldn’t refrain from looking back. Duan Yuche also glanced at it, but his reaction was different from others. He seemed to think that it was a kind of noise pollution. He turned up the volume of the music in his earphones.
At this time, he, however, suddenly caught a glimpse of Cao Feng’s admiring gaze, staring in a searing manner in the direction of the piano, and said sincerely: “It sounds great!”
He was right next to Duan Yuche. Even if Duan Yuche was wearing earphones, he heard him. He frowned slightly: “What did you just say?”
Cao Feng said, “She plays really well.” The only knowledge he had about piano came from the movie called 《The Legend of 1900》 that he had seen in the video hall before. This kind of movie wasn’t popular in remote counties as it wasn’t as exciting as Hong Kong movies. Later, cinemas were popularized and video halls closed down. Cao Feng never watched a movie again.
His only impression of the piano was that it was a very elegant instrument, and he always remembered the pleasant interludes in it, but he didn’t know what those interludes were called.
Duan Yuche let out an oh meaningfully: “You think she plays well?”
“Yes ah.” Cao Feng turned his gaze back a little, only to find that Duan Yuche took off one side of his earphone, still not looking very energetic, and his expression was still a bit bad, exuding an aura that strangers shouldn’t come close.
“She played 《MARIAGE D\’AMOUR》, which I already knew how to play at six years old.”
Cao Feng: “…”
No matter how slow-witted he was, this time, he understood why his younger brother had a stinky face. He knew that Duan Yuche had a piano in his room, but he had never heard him play it, so he always thought it was a decoration.
“Actually, I-I…” At this point, Cao Feng couldn’t help but be annoyed at his own clumsy mouth.
He didn’t know what to say to make Duan Yuche a little happy: “Actually, I haven’t heard much piano music… much less have I ever heard anyone play live. I don’t know anything about music, but I know that didi plays the piano, and is definitely better than her.”
Duan Yuche glanced at him, the corners of his mouth rose slightly: “You haven’t heard of it, how do you know?”
“Although…although I haven’t heard of it,” Cao Feng stammered a little, and his sluggish appearance looked like he was organizing his language. He lowered his head and stared at his younger brother’s hand that was casually resting on his knee. It was slender and white, with an ivory luster, and his nails were neatly trimmed. He said, “But your fingers are very long and beautiful, therefore you must be very good at playing the piano. Generally, those who are outstanding don’t like to show off at all.”
When he said this, his gaze was very sincere, as if he really thought so in his heart.
Duan Yuche knew that Cao Feng was a bootlicker, otherwise how could he write letters to Duan Shumin every year? Despite knowing that, he still felt inexplicably in a good mood. He took off his earphones and said, looking reluctant: “Well, then. I’ll go play it for you.”
Cao Feng was very happy.
The two went down the stairs and walked towards the corner where the piano was placed.
The girl could probably only play a small part of it. After playing it twice, she was a little embarrassed when she saw someone coming, so she stood up and pulled her friend away.
Just in time to make way for Duan Yuche.
The piano in the school was an ordinary Yamaha. He guessed that not many have used it. There were no traces of use, and the black paint was still shining.
He hadn’t played this in a long time. He put his fingers on it, and after half a minute, as if he was thinking about what to play, he touched the keys and let out a very soft sound. After a few seconds, he seemed to have finally figured it out, and simply dropped his fingers.
He didn’t know what music it was, it was very hurried and falling like raindrops. His slender fingers were also tapping very quickly.
Cao Feng, who was standing next to him, slowly widened his eyes.
Even if he didn’t understand, he knew which of the two was better. He blankly looked at Duan Yuche. The top of the gymnasium was translucent, and the afternoon sun illuminated on him. His white face, which was a little lazy and seemed to have not woken up, shone brightly in the neat rays of light.
Cao Feng was somewhat in a trance, as if other things and the noise around him had all withdrawn from his side, leaving only Duan Yuche sitting alone in front of him.
Duan Yuche didn’t have a musical score in front of him, and he didn’t look at the keys either, but he could always play the most wonderful and ethereal music without fail. His aunt, who was a pianist, said that he had the talent, but he didn’t have much interest in it. He liked to listen but didn’t play for a long time. His aunt felt that it was a pity. Later, she taught him a few of his favorite songs and asked him to play them until he was proficient so as not to lose face when he went out. Only then did she agree to let him go.
Of course, the consequence of rustiness was that he forgot the score, and the beat was messed up a few times, so Duan Yuche didn’t continue playing. He stopped when needed, slowly withdrawing his hand after an extended note.
He thought to himself that if his aunt was by his side, she would definitely scold him.
Fortunately, Cao Feng wasn’t familiar with this at all. As soon as he lifted his head and looked at his foolish appearance, Duan Yuche knew that his skills had awed him. He was quite content in his heart. He didn’t say anything and there was only a certain message in his eyes that asked him “how was it?”.
“It’s so nice.” Cao Feng’s eyes widened and couldn’t help applauding, “Xiao Che, you play so well! Wonderful! I have never, never heard such… such a nice song.”
“Hey, don’t clap!” Duan Yuche hurriedly yanked his hand.
Only then did Cao Feng realize that he wasn’t at home, and there were still people in the gym, so he stopped and asked, “What song is this?”
“It’s Beethoven,” Duan Yuche looked in other directions and found that it really attracted a lot of people’s attention. He guessed that it was probably because he played so well. The corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily, and he explained to him: “This is Sonata No. 117 in D minor. There is a name for it…” He paused again, thinking about how to translate it. The consequence of learning too many languages was that he often didn’t know what cultural thinking should be used to express his meaning, “Have you seen Shakespeare’s 《The Tempest》?”
“Eh? Is Shakespeare also a pianist?”
“No,” He realized that maybe Cao Feng didn’t really understand his words, so he explained patiently, “Shakespeare wrote a play called 《Tempest》, which was his last work in his later years. It is more like his testament, to put it mildly, a testament written in poetry. Beethoven’s 《Tempest》 was also composed in his later years. You got to know Beethoven, right?”
“Mn, I know.” He wasn’t so bad that he didn’t even know about it. He was still studying Beethoven in Chinese class——The only thing that he didn’t understand was that part where Duan Yuche was speaking in English earlier.
“In his later years, Beethoven’s hearing was weakened and he had mental problems too, so 《Tempest》 was his late life’s response to the injustice of fate…” He found himself unable to use good adjectives again, and various languages were switched in his mind.
Seeing him pause, Cao Feng continued: “I see, I know his 《Destiny》! I have heard of it.”
Duan Yuche smiled, and didn’t mock him even though he didn’t understand. He changed the topic and asked, “Is there anything you like to hear?”
“Me?” Cao Feng was stunned, “There’s nothing I…like to hear.”
Music was everywhere. Walking through the street, the shops in the streets and alleys were playing music, but he really hadn’t heard much piano music. He usually listened to folk songs, for fear of being laughed at by his younger brother.
Duan Yuche then said, “So you don’t usually listen to any songs?”
“Also… I will listen too, I have a tape.” It was a used one that he bought and used in the past to learn English, but the quality wasn’t good and the sound was terrible.
“So what do you ordinarily like to listen to? Pop music?” Duan Yuche’s amber eyes gazed at him without blinking.
“…mn, pop music.”
“Such as?”
This was really suffering a loss as he didn’t expose himself to the culture, and it stumped Cao Feng.
He didn’t know how to answer the question. He didn’t understand elegant things. He opened his mouth. After a while, under the gaze of his younger brother and too embarrassed to mention it, he replied with the lowest possible volume: “A...A Spray of Plum Blossoms.”
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