Yang Jingxing stopped in front of a hot pot restaurant at a fork in the road, took out a hundred yuan and handed it to the person who came to welcome the diners: "Just stop for a while, please help me take a look."

The man in his twenties looked at the two girls who got out of the car, pushed Yang Jingxing's money back, and said sternly: "What are you doing? How long will it take?"

Yang Jingxing said: "Half an hour."

The man said: "Come back quickly, it's going to be open for business."

Qi Qingnuo politely said: "Thank you."

Although the girl was expressionless or even cold, she was a beauty after all, so the man smiled: "You're welcome..."

Yang Jingxing looked back at Yu Xinting, who was doing nothing on the right side of the car, and then turned to Qi Qingnuo behind him and said, "We ate here once, and there are Xinting's exam buddies."

Qi Qingnuo's mouth moved slightly, as if she heard her boyfriend speak, but she still had no expression.

Yang Jingxing suggested: "Let's go and take a look inside."

The man walked in front, Qi Qingnuo followed closely on the left, and Yu Xinting opened a meter or two on the right behind. The road turned was quite narrow, almost like an old alley, so it was wise not to drive in.

However, some signs on the roadside indicate that the business of candidates here is quite prosperous, with soundproof piano rooms, tutoring by famous teachers...

Yang Jingxing was really nostalgic, pointing to a small shop: "Dongguan rice, do you remember?"

Yu Xinting took a look and nodded.

Yang Jingxing stopped, turned his head and asked the two girls, "Did you hear that?"

The sound of the violin was playing Kretzer etudes. Qi Qingnuo listened carefully to find the direction of the sound, but Yu Xinting seemed too lazy to pay attention.

Yang Jingxing turned towards Qi Qingnuo, and the person he was talking about was mainly Yu Xinting: "How was the pull?"

Yu Xinting declined to comment.

Yang Jingxing himself said: "Looking at it now, we probably think that this candidate has little hope...but he certainly would not think so himself, just like Cheng Zi and others, everyone was the same at that time."

Yu Xinting nodded slightly.

Yang Jingxing added: "We don't need to tell him that if you can't pass the exam, give up and go home to celebrate the New Year... If you don't try, you will really fail."

Yu Xinting, who was observing the surroundings casually, nodded again.

Qi Qingnuo glanced at Yu Xinting and changed the posture of his backpack to be more relaxed.

Yang Jingxing seemed to be sighing that he couldn't express anything well: "... Let's go, we're almost there."

The two women and one man moved strangely, and walked another hundred and eighty meters inward. The road became narrower and narrower, but it was quieter. Various instrumental music and even vocal exercises, both near and far, made this old alley

Full of musical atmosphere.

Opposite a small convenience store where you can also buy groceries is the "Yuanmeng Qinfang", which is said to be the largest and most professional. The signboard shows that there are vacancies and the air conditioning is newly installed.

Yang Jingxing smiled at Qi Qingnuo: "That's it."

The right corner of Qi Qingnuo's mouth moved, not sure if this was considered a response.

Seeing someone coming, the wife of the piano room owner, wearing thick pajamas as a coat, came out of her room on the first floor and looked at the people: "Want a piano room? How many rooms? The one that was just vacated..."

Yang Jingxing also knew her: "Hello, boss lady, let's take a look."

The boss lady understood: "I'll take you up there... It's newly renovated this year, it's air-conditioned, it's a good piano, one hundred and fifty a day including water and electricity, the exam is only over half a month away, I count you two thousand!"

Yang Jingxing laughed: "It was still one hundred the year before last, and it has increased so much."

"Air conditioning electricity bill..." The landlady looked at Yang Jingxing, looked carefully, then at Qi Qingnuo, then at Yu Xinting, stared at it for two seconds, and then smiled brightly: "Yeah, right, right... Xiaoyu? It's Xiaoyu,

You passed the exam. I remember it very clearly!"

Yu Xinting smiled tentatively.

Yang Jingxing and Qi Qingnuo laughed at themselves: "The boss lady doesn't remember me."

The corners of Qi Qingnuo's mouth seemed to be a little wider.

The landlady looked at Yang Jingxing again: "You are... impressed, impressed! What about you?"

Yang Jingxing said: "She is going abroad. Come and have a look. Thank you to the landlady for taking care of her."

The boss lady chuckled a little sheepishly, and then congratulated her vigorously: "Studying abroad? Good thing, good thing... Congratulations!"

Yu Xinting pursed her lips, almost smiling.

Yang Jingxing asked the old border lady: "Can we go up and have a look?"

"Okay, okay...welcome." The landlady agreed repeatedly, "Let them feel happy, haha!"

There was a very narrow staircase. Yang Jingxing motioned Yu Xinting to come forward: "Let's see if there's a beauty in your room. If you're lucky, I'll take in a new student."

Yu Xinting followed the proprietress, and Yang Jingxing asked Qi Qingnuo to follow Yu Xinting, while he took the rear position.

Halfway up the floor, at the corner of the stairs, Qi Qingnuo remembered it and turned to look at Yang Jingxing sarcastically: "You like beautiful women so much?"

Yang Jingxing Hey.

Qi Qingnuo added one more thing: "Does anyone know you!?"

Yang Jingxing is optimistic: "There is a possibility..."

It is newly renovated. The small corridor after going upstairs is narrower than before, but it is much brighter and cleaner. The boss lady said that she spent a lot of money on soundproofing for the sake of students. It is effective, although the piano can still be heard in the corridor.

There is a lot of noise, but it is not as bombarding as before, so it should be easier to overcome.

Two pianos were practicing, and another was playing accompaniment for the violin. Yang Jingxing pointed out to Qi Qingnuo the room from which no sound was coming: "Xinting lived in the third room on the left, and she was in the second room diagonally opposite."

Qi Qingnuo looked calmly at the aisle ahead.

The landlady said to Yu Xinting: "You used to live in No. 6. I remember... he was a male student from Yunnan. May I knock on the door to see? He hasn't gone out today."

Yang Jingxing shook his head repeatedly: "No, don't disturb others...Thank you, boss lady, go and do your work. We will just chat and reminisce here for a while. We will leave in a few minutes."

The landlady hesitated for a moment: "...Okay, I'll go down and wait for you."

The middle-aged woman stumbled downstairs, and Yang Jingxing and the three of them stood in front of the aisle. This roundabout was definitely less than two square meters. There were no windows, and the dim white light coming from the cheap and simple lampshade on the ceiling made the surrounding white walls look a bit gray.

Yang Jingxing is facing the aisle, Qi Qingnuo is in front of him on the left, facing the aisle. Yu Xinting is in front of Yang Jingxing on the right, almost facing the wall of Room 1.

Yang Jingxing smiled and looked at Yu Xinting's profile: "Did you recall a lot of things?"

Yu Xinting took a breath and turned her neck slightly, so that Yang Jingxing couldn't even see the side of her face.

Yang Jingxing explained to Qi Qingnuo: "They lived here for three or four months at that time. I only stayed for a few days after school holidays and then went home to celebrate the New Year."

Qi Qingnuo's voice was bigger this time, and he also made a little sound, like humming or humming.

Yang Jingxing adjusted his attitude towards Yu Xinting more clearly: "Xinting, the main purpose of bringing you here is not nostalgia... I hope you can get back to the state you were in at that time, optimistic, positive and happy."

Except for the dull sound of the piano, the place was quiet for a few seconds. Yu Xinting turned her head slightly and glanced at Yang Jingxing quickly.

Qi Qingnuo breathed out clearly: "You guys chat, I'll go down and wait."

Yu Xinting also spoke: "No need..."

Qi Qingnuo asked, "What else?" He was quite curious.

Yu Xinting faced the wall again.

Qi Qingnuo suggested to Yang Jingxing: "You should be nostalgic first, and then talk about other things..."

Yang Jingxing nodded.

Qi Qingnuo looked at Yu Xinting again, turned around and went downstairs.

Yang Jingxing and Yu Xinting remained in the same position and stood for a few seconds before Yang Jingxing spoke again: "Think about it..."

These words were so lethal that Yu Xinting's tears fell down in big pieces, and they were sparkling under the dim light.

Yang Jingxing took advantage of the victory and pursued it: "You were then, you are now, which state do you like...forget it, these are all nonsense, you are not stupid."

Yu Xinting cried out, suppressing her cry.

Yang Jingxing didn't care: "People have to live for themselves, have ambition and arrogance, and a girl's family should do the same. Not only do you want people to like you, but you also need to respect you... Don't let people say things like Chen Yu again."

Yu Xinting whimpered while facing the wall. She clenched her fist with her right hand and stretched out her thumb to poke and clasp the wall. Two lines of tears accompanied her distorted crying face, as if the wall had some deep grudge against her.

Yang Jingxing continued: "If you're crying for yourself, that's fine, but if it's for someone else, I tell you, it's not worth it, very not worth it... The most precious thing in the world is life. It's very short, so you have to live a valuable life.

, except for your own life and family, there is nothing you can’t put aside.”

Yu Xinting became more and more sad. Although her voice was suppressed, her expression seemed to be selfless and not cute at all.

Yang Jingxing also said sincerely: "Live your own wonderful life, work hard to realize your self-worth, and make everyone proud of you, including yourself. You have the confidence and confidence. Think about it, I, Yang Jingxing, am nothing."

Yu Xinting became more and more violent. Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Jingxing pulled away Yu Xinting's right hand that was poking the wall with the tendency of self-mutilation.

Yu Xinting was pulled around and turned around. Her face filled with runny nose and tears looked a bit scary. The girl panicked and pressed her whole face to the clothes on Yang Jingxing's chest, and it was so tight that Yang Jingxing's body could have a sound insulation effect.

, so that the crying will not disturb the candidates.

Yang Jingxing gave up: "I won't say anything anymore... I know you understand what I mean."

Yu Xinting was like an ostrich using Yang Jingxing's chest as sand. She stood with her hands clenched and hanging down, but at a slight angle so that she could bury her head deeper.

Hearing that Yu Xinting was crying and out of breath, Yang Jingxing held her shoulders and pushed her back to help her stand up.

Yu Xinting raised her right hand and covered her eyes with her forearm while crying. However, the lower half of her face looked unsightly as she grinned and panted, so she kept this posture.
To be continued...