the stars fell on his head

Chapter 43 Death of the Swan
"It means that you should study hard and order less takeaway."

"..."

Ever since she and Xi Xiu got a little closer, every time she took takeout, she always had various ways to get Xi Xiu to the fence to help her get it.

Shi Zhijiu wanted to chase after her, but Weiss City jumped out of the nearby haystack like a weasel to block her.

She had question marks all over her face, "What are you doing???"

"I have something to do with you."

"I'm going to take a test!"

"Aren't you taking an English test?"

In order to find Shi Zhijiu, Wei Sicheng had already memorized all her class schedule and exam time, so he didn't know what he thought.

"Yeah! So I have to go back to work quickly, don't stand in front of me."

"Didn't you be able to test [-] in English with your eyes closed when you were young?"

"Heh - I, Shi Zhijiu, want to take the one hundred and five elements test this time! Get out of the way!"

Wei Sicheng has been relentless. Seeing that the class bell is about to ring, Shi Zhijiu is about to explode. The invigilator of today's English test is not Zheng Bocheng but the head teacher. If she doesn't go back, she may die.

A plane flew by in the sky and made a loud noise, leaving a pale trail in the blue sky. Shi Zhijiu sighed, turned his head and said to Weiss City: "Okay, okay, I will teach you Study, okay?"

Weiss City's eyes lit up, looking at Shi Zhijiu, Shi Zhijiu was taken aback by his surprised look.

He immediately stretched out his little finger, pulled Shi Zhijiu's hand, and hooked it together: "It's a deal! The hook cannot be changed for 100 years!"

Seeing her childish behavior, Zhijiu laughed out loud: "Wescheng, are you sick?"

"Ah! The bell is ringing, I have to go!"

Looking at the back of Shi Zhijiu running back in a hurry, Weiss City waved his hand from behind, "Okay, I wish you a hundred and fifty ha!"

Shi Zhijiu still didn't forget to turn around and respond to her, "Go away!"

This scene fell in Xi Xiu's eyes, but the distance was too far, she couldn't hear what they were talking about, and only saw the smiling eyes of the two, Xi Xiu felt a little irritated in his heart.

As soon as Shi Zhijiu entered the door, the teacher came in with the paper on the back foot.

Shizhi Nine Kindergarten elementary school and even junior high school are all bilingual. English is not difficult for her, and it is more than enough to get a high score every time.

This time, Xi Xiu and she handed in the papers one after another. Usually there is an exam in the afternoon, and after the exam, you can make your own arrangements. You can go to the library or go home.

"Xi Xiu."

Xi Xiu stood on the last step and turned around, "Is there something wrong?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to take me somewhere?"

"Ah."

"Where are you going?"

As she asked, she jumped down, her movements were brisk, and when she jumped in front of Xi Xiu, he stretched out his hand to stop her, for fear that she would fall.

"Take the schoolbag, I may not come back later."

Shi Zhijiu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "I've taken it."

Xi Xiu hailed a taxi, and when Shi Zhijiu was standing at the door of the piano shop, she trembled when the wind blew.

The billboard of Tianmu Music Store is still the same as when it first opened ten years ago. At that time, a lot of manpower, material and financial resources were spent on the decoration. It was a big deal. Ten years have passed, and the piano store still looks the same from the outside. Black and white high-end style.

Xi Xiu has always been a careful person, and seeing Shi Zhijiu's strangeness, his voice was like warm wind blowing into his ears, "Why don't you leave?"

"Well, let's go in."

Xi Xiu pushed the door open, and a middle-aged woman with an elegant and calm posture greeted her.

He bowed and shouted, "Hello, teacher."

It was rare for Shi Zhijiu to see Xi Xiu treat others with such a respectful side, "I then said hello, teacher."

The teacher reached out and shook Shi Zhijiu's hand. Her Chinese is not very good, and she guessed that she had been living abroad before.

Sure enough, Xi Xiu introduced: "This is my piano teacher Wang Luo."

Wang... Luo... Shi Zhijiu seemed to have been hit on the head by something, and his smile gradually became stiff.

"The teacher has been living in England and just came back to visit not long ago."

"Teacher, this is my friend, Shi Zhijiu."

Shi Zhijiu didn't hear what was said later, it seemed that there was no sound in her world, and she wasn't sure if she was dreaming for a while.

She remembers that when she was ten years old, she participated in the International Piano Competition in London for the first time. It was the first time she met Wang Luo and stood on the judges' rostrum to applaud her, saying that she was the pride of her country. Years have passed, and many things have changed as before.

Eight years ago, Wang Luo was much younger and more beautiful than she is now. Her mother said that a woman would age faster every day after 30 years old, but now Wang Luo, who is in her 60s, stands on the street, and her elegant temperament is still the same. Let the crowd catch up.

For Shi Zhijiu, the biggest difference is that Wang Luo was her father's teacher eight years ago, but she became Xi Xiu's teacher eight years later.

Wang Luo led the two of them into a separate piano room. On the way, Shi Zhijiu asked him, "Is she your piano teacher since childhood?"

"No, my first teacher was Wang Luo's mentor, but five years ago, the old man said he was going to retire, no longer taught piano, and was going to travel around the world, and he didn't contact us, so he transferred me to Wang Luo. In Teacher Network's hands."

"Is Teacher Wang Luo fierce?"

"Not fierce, very patient."

"Oh……"

The three of them stopped at the door of the piano room, and Xi Xiu stood still and asked her, "Afraid?"

"No."

After thinking about it, Shi Zhijiu said, "Why did you bring me to the piano store?"

"Let you see if I am worthy of the dance you are proud of."

As soon as these words came out, Shi Zhijiu blushed immediately, every time Xi Xiu talked too much, he could always tease her, obviously it was very common words, but it always felt like it had changed in his mouth.

There were only two grand pianos in the huge piano room, but it was not monotonous at all. Wang Luo went out after talking to Xi Xiu, leaving only the two of them.

Xi Xiu went straight to the piano by the window, just touching the black and white keys with his slender fingers, when Shi Zhijiu saw him slowly closing his eyes, there were many sycamore trees planted outside the window, and the sycamore leaves fell all over the ground, The faint autumn wind slipped in from the window, Xi Xiu seemed to be performing some kind of ritual, trying to blend in with everything around him.

At that time, before Xi Xiu could press down his fingers, the sound of the piano was already heard from the opposite side, it was a brisk sound, and he opened his eyes instantly.

Shi Zhijiu sat down on the piano opposite him a long time ago, and she played quickly and steadily. She played "The Unspeakable Secret", the classic four-handed piece played by Jay Chou and Gui Lunmei in the MV.

When Shi Zhijiu played the piano, she lost the presumptuous skin she had in school during the day, and became more soft and elegant.

Just when Xi Xiu thought she had forgotten everything, she raised her eyes to look at the person opposite, and raised her eyebrows, as if she was throwing an invitation to him.

In the world surrounded by music, Xi Xiu is gentle, he naturally complied with Shi Zhijiu's request, and connected well. The cooperation between the two is seamless. Smile.

In the piano room where the musical notes fluttered, the originally proud young man took off his cold coat, like the first rays of sunshine rising from the sea, hitting the girl's heart and wrapping up her sadness for the rest of her life.

Shi Zhijiu looked at Xi Xiu triumphantly, didn't speak, just smiled at him.

Xi Xiu: "It's pretty good."

Not only is it good, even he was addicted for a moment, every note flowing from her fingertips seemed to be tainted with charm, if he didn't stop himself, he would almost be hooked by her.

Shi Zhijiu was waiting for him to praise herself, so she stood up contentedly and went around to Xi Xiu's side.

"Of course it's not as good as you."

The boy was silent.

"At the school celebration, what are you going to play?"

Xi Xiu looked at her patiently, "Whatever you dance, I will play."

Shi Zhijiu smiled openly. Her appearance is not very gentle. Gu Xi said that her face is a world-weary face for models. When she is not smiling, she exudes a strong aura that no one should enter, but once she smiles When she wakes up, anyone who sees her radiant peach blossom appearance will be moved.

I just don't know if Xi Xiu will be moved after watching it.

"Then... if I danced a folk dance, would you still play it?"

Xi Xiu's demeanor is that of an international model, and Western music is his basic configuration. Shi Zhijiu said this on purpose to see how he would react.

"If you want to dance the Dai dance, I have no objection."

Dai dance is a test of stature, but it is still a piece of cake for Shi Zhijiu.

Shi Zhijiu can dance a lot, including ballet, Latin, folk, and classical, but the best dance must be ballet. He started practicing from the age of three until the day his mother passed away, without a day's interruption.

She stared at a sycamore leaf hanging in mid-air outside the window, just like her all these years, confused and at a loss, until the leaf fell leisurely, and the moment it touched the land, the childish ninety-nine half-hanging My heart is also settled.

She spoke slowly, her voice dreamlike: "Can you dance ballet?"

"can."

Shi Zhijiu sat down on the floor, took out his phone and began to search, "Do you prefer brisk or soft?"

Xi Xiu didn't expect that she would ask him for his opinion on everything, "Shi Zhijiu, I'm your accompanist, you can dance whatever you want, just tell me when you decide."

She looked at him with slightly suspicious eyes.

"Live accompaniment is the 'true soul' of ballet. Of course, we must refer to your opinion!"

Xi Xiu: "No need."

Shi Zhijiu sighed silently: "Let's dance the folk dance."

"Ok?"

"Forget it, let's dance ballet."

"..."

Hey——Shi Zhijiu hugged her legs and buried her head in her knees, how could Xi Xiu not see her struggle?
He sat quietly at the side, waiting for Shi Zhijiu to speak.

The clock ticked by, just when Xi Xiu thought she was asleep and was about to wake her up, Shi Zhijiu suddenly raised his head.

"Why don't you dance with someone else? I don't think I'm suitable. If it's what He Shanshan said, they arrange a group dance of modern dance, and your accompaniment is also good."

Her abrupt proposal sounded good, but it made Xi Xiu's face black instantly. It is undeniable that after the piano cooperation between the two just now, he is looking forward to the next cooperation with Shi Zhijiu, but now she says she won't dance.

Xi Xiu's voice was harsh: "What do you mean?"

"I... I really don't know what to dance."

Shi Zhijiu has always been a very assertive person, not to mention that in the field she is good at, she has a 100% spectrum in her heart. Now I don't know, Xi Xiu is only in a daze to believe her nonsense.

"You and I made it so difficult for you?"

"No, I just don't want to dance."

Xi Xiu stood up and looked down at Shi Zhijiu on the ground, "I'm not the kind of person who can be teased casually, you have to dance if you don't want to."

After finishing speaking, Xi Xiu took the things and left. He didn't expect that she would go back on her word.

In the piano room, only Shi Zhijiu was left.

It's over, she pissed off Xi Xiu.

I thought it was the happiness of finding a bosom friend, but because of her saying that she didn't want to dance, they broke up.

In the next few days, He Shanshan and their chorus had already started to rehearse, but Xi Xiu and Shi Zhijiu still didn't say a word, Xi Xiu didn't want to say it, Shi Zhijiu didn't dare to say it.

Every day in the self-study class, Shi Zhijiu was immersed in his homework, and even Luoyang in the back row felt that the atmosphere between the two of them was not right.

Taking advantage of Shi Zhijiu's time to go to the toilet after class, Luoyang's gossip went to the front, "Hey, Mr. Xi, are you guys in a cold war now?"

"roll!"

Luo Yang gritted his teeth and scolded: "You have a stinky face, it's good if someone pays attention to you!"

"Eh, what is this?"

Luo Yang found a blank piece of paper floating on Shi Zhijiu's stool, with random graffiti on it, and seeing that the handwriting was written by Shi Zhijiu himself, Luo Yang thought it was just a draft paper, so he wanted to pick it up for her and put it back on the table , and saw that there were still paintings on it.

A girl is dancing, the movement should be ballet, and there is a boy playing the cello sitting next to her, and four words are written under the painting.

Luo Yang read it accordingly, "Death of the Swan."

"What did you say?"

Xi Xiu heard the voice and turned to ask.

"Here, Shi Zhijiu drew it. The death of the swan should be a ballet solo. I don't know what it means." Luo Yang shook his head in confusion, and then handed the paper to Xi Xiu.

How smart Xi Xiu is, you can see it at a glance. What Shi Zhijiu wants to dance is "Death of the Swan", and the accompaniment needs a cello, not a piano.

His gloomy face finally cleared up a little.

When Shi Zhijiu came back, he didn't find anything unusual, but felt that Xi Xiu's face was not as dark as it was in the morning.

She came back and just sat down. She took a tissue from the table and wiped her wet hands. After a series of actions, she just rang the bell.

In the middle of the chemistry class, Shi Zhijiu was a little sleepy, with his hands on the left side of his face facing out the window, his head kept falling down.

When Xi Xiu's note was handed over, Shi Zhijiu thought the teacher was coming to arrest her, and was startled awake.

"Wait for me after school."

Originally seeing Xi Xiu say such words, Shi Zhijiu must have soared into the sky with joy, but recently because of the cooperation between the two of them, she felt a little guilty, but she was more excited.

Although I didn't think it would be a good thing, I wrote a "yes" and passed it back.

(End of this chapter)