Chapter 99 (1/2)
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The moment he saw the other man, Qi Mu wanted to turn around and walk away
He entertained this childish idea He knew the hed heavily and accepted his fate
Qi Mu waved his hand and sht?” His voice was cal happened
Min Chen's eyebrows cli the youth so calaze He shook his head ”Yes, quite the coincidence I just waited for three minutes”
Qi Mu: ””
Three minutes? That meantIf he had left four uy?
Guessing the younger hts, Min Chen's smile deepened He added another blow, ”I also wanted to visit Mr Farrell and Mrs Audrey this evening Let's go together?”
Qi Mu: ””
Cold h the sky, and the cool night breeze dispelled the suhly accepted the reality of his situation He no longer acted dumb, nor did he avoid Min Chen He held his violin case in front and leaned against the brick wall next to the otherMin Chen had to say was already said
Min Chen had never been good at expressing himself That simple ”I like you” already exhausted the restrained, introvertedat the ht overpowered the stars It was a rare sight, because the city's neon lights usually diht
Neither spoke, but the atmosphere was beautifully tranquil The breeze passed by, ruffling leaves on both sides of the road
Just when Min Chen thought the youngto speak, his pleasant voice rang out——
”Your recordI heard it” His tone was helpless ”I listened to the very last piece It was theof Min Chen or Auston Bertra for a while, Min Chen finally nodded ”En”
The whiteman's face His smile softened, and he said, ”ActuallyI'm not a person who tends to run away I justdon't knohat to say”
Min Chen looked at the younger man then asked, ”What is it?”
Instead of directly answering hian to recall ”When I first heard the nao, close to twenty years, probably I was surprised, thinking a Chinese won Xiao Sai with full marks?”
Qi Mu shook his head helplessly ”Since then, I began to pay attention to him The first piece I listened to was Bach's 《St Matthew Passion》, then his Chopin, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert and finallyLiszt”
After a pause, Qi Mu looked up at Min Chen With a teasing nod, he asked, ”Oh yes I discovered long agoYou seldom play Mendelssohn Why?”
In such a quiet and deserted street, they spoke softly, and the atmosphere was har as if the light of the moon was drawn into his pale eyes He s Conservatory, you know that, right?”
Qi Mu nodded ”Yes”
“Do you knoho founded the conservatory?”
Qi Mu i, he added, ”To be precise, this was Germany's first conservatory ofinto the night's shadows, Min Chen nodded ”When I first ca, I was invited to perform at the school festival The festival was the school's anniversary, and all the performances were related to the conservatory's celebrities or pieces by the founder; Mr Mendelssohn was the most popular But there's a tradition”
He paused for a moment then continued, ”Mendelssohn's style is classical ro by him, you need to find someone else to perform with you At the time, the concertmaster of the Spanish National Orchestra was head of the violin depart on his choice of words, Min Chen finally found suitable ones: ”That person liked irl”
Unable to keep fro out loud, Qi Mu finally understood what happened
Min Chen didn't seehter and continued with a blank expression, ”I didn't want to play with her, and many of the notable pianists and violinists at the time were like herThey were bad news But I couldn't exactly tell the truth either, so I could only say: I haven't practiced Mendelssohn much and I didn't think I could play it to its utmost potential”
The picture immediately played out in his mind, and Qi Mu siving such a reasondid they believe it?”
”Yes” Min Chen solemnly said, ”Because I'm the one who said it”
Qi Mu: ””
”Having skills doesn't equate being able to play well I said I couldn't perform Mendelssohn's romance, and it was the truth I am an honest and sincere h, and he turned to the person beside him, but when he did so, he froze
The man's profound face was serious, and his deep dark eyes stared right at him as he said in a solemn tone, ”I couldn't play a romantic piece with her because”
”Qi Mu, I didn't like her”
The topic suddenly came full circle, and Qi Mu's eyes widened a little After a while, he sighed ”Min Chenwe are both very busy I can't develop ive up Berlin Europe is small, but in some cases, it can be quite vast too As people separated all day and night, do you thinkit's possible for us?”
”Do you like me?”
The words stunned Qi Mu, and before he could respond, a shadow fell over hiht Hands on either side of Qi Mu, he looked down at hiressive and, more importantly, it made Qi Mu feel like he had no escape
It was at this moment Qi Mu found out——
He was half a head shorter than his opponent
This was the first time Qi Mu viewed the man from such a close distance From the moment he first heard the name ”Min Chen,” to the moment they met officially last year, this was the first tih they could feel each other's breath
Cheeks flushed, Qi Mu coughed a little and carefully looked away, ”Now isn't the tio to Berlin, and you can't leave it for another decade We won't have time for each other, we”
”Do you likeQi Mu in his words After so and could only laugh weakly in his mind He lifted his head to look into Min Chen's attentive eyes and said:
”I like you”
Of course, the ansas 'yes'
Otherwise, he wouldn't blush at his confession Nor would he avoid the man for half a month Qi Mu wasn't a hesitant person If he didn't like it, he would say so frankly It's precisely because he likes him
That he didn't dare to answer
Speaking those three short little words ihter, but he didn't notice the man, as usually calm, had held hih Min Chen looked down at the delicate face of the younger man and saw the helplessness and hesitation in his expression
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Min Chen said confidently, ”As long as you like methere will be no problems”
Shocked, Qi Mu automatically said, ”But I can't develop in Berlin, and Min Chen, I don't want to be a solo violinist I want to be in an orchestra, I want to”
”I can leave”
Qi Mu stopped abruptly, eyes wide in surprise, ”How can you? You've been conductor for ten years, and you're only 31 this year Bai Ai has the principle of 'no change until death' so you can easily stay for another three or four decades!”
”It doesn't matter,” Min Chen calmly replied
Qi Mu, on the other hand, was anxious, ”But that's Bai Ai!”