You've passed the college entrance examination, but can't you make it in the entertainment

Leyan dealt with another wave of relatives before leaving with Li Yiran smoothly.

As soon as he went out, Li Yiran hugged him tightly and refused to let go regardless of Le Yan's words.

"I hugged her for so long tonight, but you still haven't had enough?" Le Yan hugged her back.

Do you think I don’t want to be close to you?

I'm just embarrassed.
Li Yiran patted him on the back, not wanting him to mention tonight's past.

If you say this, I can't let go.

Le Yan touched Li Yiran's hair and asked:
"where are we going?"

It’s a big festival, where are you going when you come out on your own?

Li Yiran left Le Yan's shoulders:

"Don't you want to know what I would do when faced with the urge to get married?"

"what?"

On New Year's Day, there were no cars or pedestrians on the streets, and there weren't even many shops open.

On this sunny afternoon, Le Yan and Li Yiran, dressed in couple's costumes, walked hand in hand on the slightly deserted streets of the small town. This was an experience they had never had before after being together.

Although the streets were deserted, Li Yiran's heart was filled with warmth as the imagined scene finally came true.

She jumped happily to the flower bed and walked along the flower bed like a child.

Leyan held her hand like a messenger:
"So your response is to hide?"

The places Li Yiran wanted to go were actually her elementary school, junior high school and high school.

She said that every year when she returns home during the Spring Festival, she has to visit the school.

See if the school has changed, and see if the surrounding buildings have changed.

If you don’t go there, it feels like this year has never happened.

Li Yiran tried to maintain balance while explaining to Leyan:

"I really hid in the first two years, trying to find a reason to go out, but there were not many places I could go during the Spring Festival, so I went to school on a whim. After that, the scenes I saw were different every year. I started to really want to go there. One glance, and I'm afraid that one day I won't be able to recognize him when I pass by him again."

The urban changes in small cities are not as good as those in big cities, but Li Yiran has also changed a lot in the years since he left home.

As the old house was demolished and renovated, the pictures in my memory gradually became blurry, and many details could not be remembered clearly.

The entire experience of her childhood and adolescence was closely related to her choice of music. She did not want to lose her original intention and wanted to do everything possible to capture it and remember it.

Li Yiran pointed to a row of red brick buildings not far away and said to Le Yan excitedly:
“This was my home when I was a kid and lived there until high school.”

Le Yan looked in the direction of Li Yiran's finger and found that many shops downstairs were still open:

"They didn't take a break?"

Along the way, nine out of ten shops on both sides of the street were closed.

Almost all the rows over there are open, which is a bit novel.

"Yeah." Li Yiran jumped down from the flower bed, holding on to Leyan's shoulders, "The bosses there are all neighbors who live upstairs, and they don't close every Spring Festival."

Le Yan asked her with a smile:

"You know this as well?"

Li Yiran took Le Yan's hand and ran over happily:
"Of course, I've been eating it for more than ten years! Let's go and buy some."

"Still eating?" Le Yan was dragged away by Li Yiran, "Aren't you full at lunch?"

When leaving Li Yiran's old community, Le Yan held all food in his hand.

Li Yiran only took a bite of each and gave the rest to Le Yan.

"I bought too much." Le Yan said slurred words with his mouth full.

Compared with Li Yiran, who is well-known among the people, Leyan's face is not considered popular, and there are basically no people passing by now. He dared to take off his mask and eat and walk around easily.

Li Yiran jumped ahead and walked:

"These are the things I loved to eat when I was a kid, and I want you to try them."

Le Yan had never seen such a cute Li Yiran, and he quickened his pace to catch up with her:
"Where to go now?"

"Let's go to my elementary school first."

Li Yiran's elementary school, junior high school and high school are all not far from his previous home, and the journey takes no more than 10 minutes.

On the way to the elementary school, Li Yiran pointed at things on the left and right and kept introducing them to Le Yan.

“That store used to rent video cassettes, and the first movie I watched was rented there.”

"There is a very fat stray cat nearby. It often sleeps under that roof. I have petted it many times."

"Well, this noodle shop is delicious. I'll take you to eat it next time, but you have to eat it in the store. Packing it will affect the taste."

"Here! This is it! One year I was standing here hiding from the rain and saw many snails crawling on the wall. I thought they were so tenacious. That picture has never been forgotten in my mind. It was because of this picture that I wrote The first song of my life.”

Li Yiran kept talking, hoping to tell Leyan all his childhood memories.

A few minutes later, they stopped at the entrance of a school whose exterior wall was severely peeled off.

Li Yiran's expression darkened when he saw the peeling walls:
“It didn’t feel this old last time I came here.”

She took out her phone and looked at the photos she had taken during her previous visits.

This was the last thing she wanted to see - the pictures in her memory had changed.

The food stall at the entrance of the school has been banned, the canteen is gone, and the stationery store has been demolished. Now even the school, which holds countless memories, has to change its character?
Leyan walked to Li Yiran and followed her to look at the old photos on her phone:
"People get older, and so do schools. If you look back at the photos from elementary school now, they must have changed a lot, and the same goes for schools."

Li Yiran touched the mottled exterior wall and said with emotion:

"I'm very conflicted sometimes."

Leyan turned his head and asked:
"What's the contradiction?"

"Sometimes I look forward, thinking that as long as I work hard, tomorrow will be better than today; but sometimes, I hope not to move forward, because the past is getting farther and farther away from us."

Li Yiran is a singer-songwriter.

People with strong creative abilities will have more sensitive emotional feedback to the things around them.

Only when you see joy and farewell, see the four seasons of the year, and even see every flower and grass, can you maintain your enthusiasm for creation.

Leyan gets close to Li Yiran and comforts:
"But you know we can't hold on to the past."

Li Yiran sighed:

"So I feel sad. I can't do anything but be sad about things that I can't do anything about. Maybe one day I will forget this place, forget the past, and forget many things that make my heart beat."

The trip to elementary school made Li Yiran feel depressed. She put her hands into her coat pockets:

"Let's go watch a movie."

"Watching a movie?" Le Yan followed her and asked, "Aren't you going to junior high school or high school?"

Li Yiran shook his head:

"We haven't watched the movie yet. There are several movies released during the Spring Festival."

Being depressed is one thing.

On the other hand, Li Yiran suddenly realized that all the things she talked about and the memory of the past had nothing to do with Leyan.

Memories are personal belongings that belong to you. No matter how brilliant you tell them, it will be difficult for the other party to empathize with them.

So bringing Leyan out to recall the past is not a good choice.

She may be full of emotions, but for Leyan, it's a bit boring.

Watching a movie with Leyan is also on her wish list.

Let's go and do something we're both interested in!

But Leyan suddenly stopped in front of her:

"I want to visit your middle school and high school."

"Why?" Li Yiran raised his head and asked in confusion.

"I already know your elementary school story, but you haven't told your middle school and high school stories yet."

"but--"

Li Yiran wanted to refute, but was interrupted by Le Yan.

He looked into Li Yiran's eyes and said seriously:
"I want to know everything about you."

Seeing Li Yiran's eyes turn red, Le Yan hooked her shoulders and raised the food in his hand like a good friend:

"And you need to walk more to finish all these things. We can't waste them."

Li Yiran burst into laughter, took his arm, and walked in a certain direction:
"You really want to know?"

Are you really interested in my past?
Aren't you bored listening to me talk about this?

Leyan took a bite of the rice cake in his hand:

"Of course, what was your junior high school like? And did you study well?"

Li Yiran bought Le Yan all her favorite food, and rarely told stories about her childhood, which was opening her heart to him.

How could Leyan have the heart to close the door to her heart?
He responded to Jiang Yanping and the relatives he met for the first time, and he did everything for the sake of the person in front of him.
Now Li Yiran has a little knot in his heart, why would Leyan ignore it?
He held Li Yiran's hand tightly:

"I will accompany you to the school every time you come home from now on. Please tell me more about your past. You know my memory is very good. I will help you remember them."

Tears swirled in Li Yiran's eyes for several times, and finally a drop fell. She turned away and wiped it away with a smile:

"it is good"

How lucky you are to meet your Majesty.

night.

Li Yiran's house.

The four members of the family spent a day running around, and after returning home, they exchanged a few words and then went back to their houses to rest.

Before Leyan closed the door, Li Yiran shouted at the door of the room:
"You take a shower first, and come find me after you're done."

Le Yan slapped her in the mouth and closed the door in displeasure.

Although the amount given tonight is not as much as usual, it can at least be carried for two days, right?

It's a bit too much!

And there aren't any firecrackers outside tonight.
After taking a shower, he came to the door of Li Yiran's room and knocked hard twice.

Li Yiran opened the door, frowned and asked:
"Why are you knocking so loudly?"

I'm not deaf!
Le Yan cleared his throat and shouted in the direction of Li Yiran's parents' room:
"It's too late. Everyone should go to bed early. I'm going back to sleep!"

Li Yiran still can't understand Le Yan's little thoughts?
Seeing that he was about to leave, he smiled and waved the red envelope in his hand.

Do you want?
Our rule here is that no one will be given after the first day of the new year.

Le Yan rushed into Li Yiran's room and gently closed the door like a thief.

Then he bowed deeply to her:
"wish--"

Li Yiran left without even looking back. Leyan chased after her and continued to worship:

"I wish you--"

Li Yiran sat on the edge of the bed.

Le Yan also chased him to the bedside and bowed down for the third time:

"Wish you a new—"

Li Yiran leaned back and lay on the bed.

Leyan suddenly jumped half a meter high:
"Too much!"

Li Yiran rolled on the bed laughing.

After laughing for a while, she handed the red envelope into Le Yan's hand:

“We performed well last year, let’s keep up the good work.”

"Thank you, boss." Le Yan happily opened it and saw that it was a key. He raised his head and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Li Yiran lay on the bed, supporting his head with his hands and tapping his feet up and down happily:

"key."

"What's the key?" Leyan sat beside the bed.

"house."

"Where's the house?"

"It's from our family."

"Which home?"

Li Yiran lay on Leyan's lap:

"Our new home in Kyoto."

Leyan was delighted:
"Did you buy a new house?"

Li Yiran raised his hand and touched his face:
"I bought it for you."

The progress of buying a bigger house in Kyoto went much faster than expected.

The original plan was to find the right one after the Chinese New Year, but Zhang Yan quickly identified several alternatives after searching around.

Li Yiran took a day to look at houses and quickly fell in love with one of them.

After the New Year, the first thing I do when I go back is to go through the transfer process with Leyan.

Although the key does not belong to that house and is just a symbol, Li Yiran's decision to buy a house for Leyan has not changed.

Leyan never asked her for anything.

She gave a sports car as a gift, but Leyan didn't drive it. Now she drives it by herself.

Except for the things he bought from Leyan's house without permission, Li Yiran spent almost no money on Leyan.

Moreover, many household expenses, shopping and daily necessities after being together were spent by Leyan.

Just like Li Zhongda didn't know how to treat Le Yan well, Li Yiran didn't know how to treat Le Yan well and wanted to give him everything.

Seeing Li Yiran's expression, Le Yan knew she wasn't joking.

He dared to accept red envelopes that were small favors, but he really couldn't accept such big items.

You and I are in free love
Do you really think you are a rich woman and a boy?

I am a mental worker, not a physical worker!

"No." Leyan stuffed the key back.

Li Yiran said what he had planned for a long time:
"Spring Festival red envelope, you can't give it up."

There is a reason why I chose to send it out today.

This is a 'big red envelope' to encourage you to continue to perform well next year. You can't refuse it.

Leyan retorted:

"We are equals, you don't need to send me red envelopes."

"If you are older than you, you can give it. This is our rule here." Li Yiran retorted with a straight face.

You know, do as the Romans do when you're in town?
"The money I gave you in the New Year is lucky money. This is no longer money for you." Le Yan shook his head firmly at Li Yiran.

You know best how good I am at talking.

You can't speak to me, so don't waste your time.

Li Yiran sat up and hugged him, saying shamelessly:
"This is my wish, just accept it!"

Le Yan understands Li Yiran's temper and temperament very well.

Hard steel won't work, and the result will only be a lose-lose situation.

The best way to deal with Li Yiran is to "spend a thousand pounds with four ounces".

So he hugged Li Yiran gently and said in a gentle tone:

"Of course I know this is your intention, but this intention is too precious, and I have also prepared a Spring Festival gift for you. If you take this out now, it will appear that my gift is particularly difficult to hold."

Li Yiran opened the distance between the two, looked into Le Yan's eyes and asked:

"Have you prepared a gift too?"

Le Yan nodded and said aggrievedly:
"But I don't want to give it to you now. My gift is too inferior to yours."

Li Yiran said flatteringly:
"Don't think too much"

What an excellent actor Le Yan is?

There are a thousand ways to make Li Yiran soften his heart.

Leyan lowered his head deeply, clasped his hands and said:

"It's okay, I know."

Seeing Leyan like this, Li Yi felt extremely regretful.

It's all her fault for not thinking carefully enough and choosing to talk about it today.

She had a thousand ways to force Leyan to take over the house. If it didn't work, she would steal his ID card and kill him first, but she couldn't bear to see Leyan unhappy.

In order to coax him into good health, Li Yiran suspended the high-pressure policy:
"Let's not talk about it for now. What gift did you prepare for me?"

Le Yan absentmindedly drew circles on the bed with his fingers:

"Nothing, just a small gift."

Seeing that Leyan was still unhappy, Li Yiran hugged him and said:

"I won't force you, I just want you to know that what's mine is yours, and the two of us are inseparable."

Le Yan tested it a few more times, and after confirming that Li Yiran had really let go of his thoughts for the time being, he pulled her up:
"Don't laugh when you see my gift."

Li Yiran stood up with him:

"Even if you make a ring out of dogtail grass, I will treat it like a treasure."

Leyan took Li Yiran to the piano on the first floor.

Last time Li Yiran said there was nothing to touch at home, Jiang Yanping immediately helped her clean out the piano.

Li Yiran didn't play, but Le Yan played several times.

It is not difficult for him to get started with electronic keyboard skills.

Le Yan sat down in front of the piano with a blushing face and said politely to Li Yiran:
"Then I'll show my shame."

Le Yan really prepared a gift for Li Yiran.

The word preparation may not be very accurate. To be precise, it is 'borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha'.

However, since it was a gift related to music, it inevitably made him feel guilty and his palms were all sweaty.

Taking a deep breath, he put his fingers on the black and white keys, and the melodious and soothing sound of the piano appeared.

Li Yiran was startled.

What are you doing?
Sing to me in the middle of the night?
You know I'm pretty strict about music.

Baby, if you use a song as a New Year's gift, I might praise you very perfunctorily. How about you change it?
If you change it, I will praise you to heaven!

After three eight beats, Leyan's magnetic voice appeared accompanied by the piano.

He only sang one sentence and Li Yiran's eyes widened.

"A faded photo seems to bring me a little nostalgia."

Li Yiran couldn't help clenching his pajamas.

She showed Le Yan her old elementary school photos in the afternoon.
"The hot noodle soup sold by the old man at the end of the alley, the smell permeates the old backyard."

Hot noodle soup.
On the way to the elementary school in the afternoon, Li Yiran said that he would take Leyan to eat at that noodle restaurant!
She looked at Le Yan dumbfounded.

isn't it?
It's not what I thought it would be.
"The stray cat is sleeping soundly under the eaves, and the setting sun shines through his eyes."

Li Yiran covered his mouth, tears streaming down uncontrollably.

Her memories that she didn’t want to forget were written into songs by Le Yan.
What Leyan is singing now is "Old Street" which was played by the system a long time ago.

Listening to Li Yiran talk about her past in the afternoon, Leyan's first reaction was that it matched the atmosphere of the song, so she kept pestering Li Yiran to tell her story.

But in order to be closer to Li Yiran's experience, Leyan modified some of the lyrics.

For example, he sang "The stray cat is sleeping soundly under the eaves", while the original lyrics were "The stray cat is soundly sleeping on the swing".

There are many such changes throughout the song.

It can be said that after this change, the song "Old Street" commemorating Li Ronghao's boyhood has completely become "Old Street" commemorating Li Yiran's boyhood.

We do lose a lot of memories of the past, but we’re not completely helpless about it.

You can record it in your own way
Li Yiran hugged Leyan from behind, pricked the back of his neck and cried until he burst into tears.

Compared with your gift, mine is worthless.

Because the gift you gave me is priceless
Leyan, thank you for helping me retain the memories of the past.

Because of you, I have another extremely precious memory in my mind that I never want to forget. That memory is all about you.

On the stairs.

The sound of Le Yan playing the piano and singing also alarmed Li Zhongda and Jiang Yanping.

Each scene in the lyrics is also a picture in their memory.

Li Yiran took Le Yan to school in the afternoon, so the origin of this song is self-evident.

Leyan is determined.

Seeing their daughter holding Le Yan and shedding excited tears, the two old men cried even harder than Li Yiran.

Their family has found a good home.
Happy words are in their hearts, and they pass the test with perfect score. (End of chapter)