Li Qian's senior three life has begun.

  A new Chinese teacher came to our class in the third year of high school, who was an old friend of Li's father. He was also around 40 years old, not very tall and quite thin, but his lectures were very interesting and he had a kind of old-fashioned literary elegance. The classmates quickly accepted his style.

  Wang Jinglu transferred and left, Ruan Xiaoli got married during the summer vacation and is said to not plan on coming back to take the university entrance exam. Suddenly, two seats in the class were empty, but the vacant seats they left behind were occupied by two new students on the first day.

  Some people leave, some people arrive.

  The third year of high school has begun with a loud and clear start.

  According to the teachers, in the new academic year, a whole year's new curriculum will be finished in half a semester, and then the second half of the year will be used for review for students, so the course arrangement becomes much tighter.

  People's hearts also seem to tense up along with it.

  But Li Qian did not change his plan to alter his own life trajectory.

  He still gets up early every day to exercise, then has breakfast, goes to school for classes, returns to Shengshi Garden for lunch and takes a half-hour nap there. After school is dismissed, he returns to his rented house without eating dinner, picks up his guitar and heads directly to the restaurant. Only after finishing singing does he find a small store by the roadside to grab something to fill his stomach, be it noodles, dumplings, wontons, rice noodles or rice flour... anything will do as long as it fills him up.

  Such a rhythm of life, busy but fulfilling.

  They got out of school at 5:40, went home to grab a guitar, and then rode their bikes to the "Non-Love Western Restaurant", probably around 6:20 or 6:30. After catching their breath for a bit, it was already 7 o'clock, time to start performing.

  He arrived at the restaurant at six twenty-four today.

  The girl playing the piano is playing "Girl with Flaxen Hair".

  Seeing him come in with a guitar on his back, Chu Bingbing smiled and walked up to greet him.

  A few days ago, Li Qian got to know Cao Yun after they found that many of their views were highly consistent and they also had a good temperament match, so their relationship quickly became close. She was Cao Yun's third wife, so she naturally knew about this matter from Cao Yun at the first time, so in these few days, she treated Li Qian with increasing warmth, not treating him as an ordinary singer at all.

  Even if Li Qian and Cao Teng didn't have much of a relationship, someone who could be praised by her husband as having extremely high talent at the age of 17 or 18, someone who could easily make Liao Liao an overnight sensation, is also someone who absolutely cannot be underestimated.

  Although the other party's attitude was friendly and familiar, Li Qian didn't think that being familiar with the restaurant owner gave him any special privileges. Seeing Chu Bingbing, he still slightly bowed his head and called out, "Manager Chu, hello!"

  Chu Bingbing couldn't help but roll her eyes, with a charming expression, she gazed at him with narrowed eyes, "Am I not worthy? Is it so hard to call me 'sister-in-law'? Do you look down on someone who's been a concubine?"

  At first, I just thought she was a passionate and astute manager. But after getting to know her better over the past few days, I realized that not only is she astute, but also as sharp-tongued as Cao Yun, always speaking quickly and accurately, with words that cut like knives.

  Everyone said so, Li Qian had no choice but to obediently shout "Sister-in-law".

  Chu Bingbing smiled and nodded in agreement, then pointed to the corner of the dining room by the window and said: "Look, our family's Old Cao is looking for you, he's waiting for you over there!"

  Li Qian turned his head and looked over, and indeed saw Cao Ting raise his hand and wave.

  He went over and sat down across from Cao Tian, who casually asked a question and found out that Li Qian hadn't eaten yet. He beckoned the waiter to come over and ordered a steak for him.

  Li Qian put the guitar aside and smiled as he watched him slowly cutting the steak, savoring each bite, and couldn't help but say: "I'm telling you, Cao Ge, this hobby of yours is really unique... do you like eating alone? What about those two sisters-in-law?"

  Cao Teng slowly swallowed the steak in his mouth, then said: "I like to eat steak at this store, my son and daughter both like to eat 'Lao San Fried Chicken', so everyone eats their own."

  Li Qian smiled: Cao Yun is this kind of person.

  Li Qian was puzzled why he wore T-shirts with the same portrait every time they met, but later realized that the person in the portrait, who was slightly raising his head and holding a pipe to smoke, was actually himself.

  The big boss ordered food and should have had priority in queuing. Anyway, Li Qian had just sat down and said a couple of words when the steak was served.

  Li Qian eats steak much faster than Cao Yun.

  When his dish was served, Cao Ting had already eaten more than half of it, but in the end Li Qian finished eating before him.

  As a result, he finished eating and wiped his mouth. Just as he was drinking water, Cao Yun also finished eating. Li Qian was about to go prepare for the performance when Cao Yun suddenly blurted out, "This is your salary for today!"

  Li Qian almost spat out a mouthful of water, "I'm telling you, must you?!"

  Cao Teng ignored him, slowly and calmly took a sip of water, then beckoned the waiter to come over again, saying: "Go get what I gave to Bingbing earlier." After the waiter left, he said: "I'll give you something."

  Soon, Chu Bingbing walked over with a large box that looked like a guitar.

  Cao Tian handed it over to Li Qian and said, "I've been thinking of giving you something for the past few days. It just so happens that I have this item, which was handmade by a friend and given to me. But I already have dozens of guitars and don't usually use it, so I'll just borrow from the Buddha to give to you!"

  Li Qian thanked and took over the box, opened it to take a look, and immediately couldn't help but let out an "ah" of excitement. He took out the guitar, hugged it in his arms, tuned a few notes, and casually pressed down on two strings - really, this was a great guitar!

  But he couldn't help saying: "Why send me things?"

  Cao Ting's expressionless face remained unchanged, he turned his head to glance at the guitar beside Li Qian and said: "The guitar you used before was really not impressive!"

  Li Qian smiled slightly and looked at Chu Bingbing with some confusion.

  Chu Bingbing also smiled and looked at Cao Ting.

  Cao Yun said: "You're not short of money, but you still ride a bicycle, I think you're very stylish. Your songs are extremely popular, with just five songs, your price in the industry is higher than mine, but you still attend high school diligently, I think you're even more stylish. But guitar isn't something else, it's not a car, it's part of music, you love music, your music is so stylish, but you hold a broken guitar worth 100 yuan, I think you lack style!"

  Alright, you think about it carefully, what Cao Yun said isn't necessarily unreasonable. And Li Qian can completely understand and empathize with him. A person who loves music hopes that others will love music like he does, a person who loves guitar can't stand the feeling of someone hugging his broken guitar. However... this is absolutely a twisted argument!

  Li Qian just smiled and said, "Can't a hundred or so yuan guitar produce music? Can't something good be made for a hundred or so yuan? Cao Ge, this is called being infatuated with material things! The other day you said Yu Ge was a nouveau riche, let me tell you, you're a musical nouveau riche! Yu Ge thinks people should drive good cars, driving good cars has style, and you think musicians must pursue a good guitar, holding a good guitar has style, you're both nouveau riches!"

  Cao Ting thought for a moment, picked up the water cup and took a sip of water, put it down, thought again, looked at Li Qian and said: "Then give it back to me!"

  "Daydreaming!"

  Li Qian smiled and put the guitar back in its case, "You're still thinking of taking back something you've already given away, are you okay?"

  Then both of them laughed.

  Anyway, you say yours and I'll say mine, everyone is talking nonsense.

  After bringing the guitar over, Chu Bingbing didn't leave and stood beside Cao Yun, leaning on his shoulder, her eyes shining brightly as she watched the two of them bickering. At this time, she smiled and said to Li Qian: "Don't put it away, it's your turn now! Go try out the new guitar!"

  Cao Tian added, "Let's sing a Russian song!"

  Li Qian, however, didn't listen to them. He put away his guitar and picked up the original one beside him, handing it over to Cao Yun, "Has your hand gotten rusty? Want to try it out and see if a hundred-yuan guitar has any style?"

  Chu Bingbing looked at Li Qian with a surprised expression - this counterattack was a bit sharp.

  Cao Ting was also slightly surprised. However, he looked up at Li Qian and thought for a moment before nodding his head and taking the guitar to walk towards the performance area of the restaurant.

  After he walked away, Chu Bingbing sat down in his seat and looked at Li Qian with some surprise, saying: "Old Cao really gave you face, if it were someone else who dared to speak to him like that, dared to hand over a broken guitar and let him perform on stage, he would have stormed off long ago! But today...

  Before she finished, Li Qian directly spoke up: "I went back and specifically found Cao Ge's works to listen to them. I feel that in the past two years, he has become more and more artistic, so his songs are becoming harder and harder to make popular!"

  Chu Bingbing stared at him in astonishment.

  At this time, Cao Ting walked to the high stool where Li Qianping used to sing and sit, sat down, tried two strings, and then the guitar sounded - he actually played the prelude of "Determination".

  His singing voice and speaking voice are very similar, both being low and husky male voices with a hint of sexiness.

  "Every night when it comes, loneliness is always by my side, every dusk heartbeat lamp, is my infinite tenderness..."

  It's quite interesting when he sings this song, it has a unique flavor.

  When he finished singing, there was indeed a burst of applause in the restaurant that wasn't small.

  Then he nodded in the direction of the guests and walked back with a smile.

  Chu Bingbing stood up and gave her seat, while Li Qian smiled and asked: "How's the music played by Bro Ji?"

  Cao Teng sniffled and handed the guitar over to him, saying proudly: "A broken guitar is just a broken guitar, what can you do about it?"

  Li Qian couldn't help but laugh.

  Then he asked in surprise: "I'm a bit surprised too, you like this song so much? When did you come up with the chord progression yourself?"

  This time it was Cao Ting's turn to be surprised.

  He looked at Li Qian seriously, picked up the water cup and took a sip, his expression was extremely serious, saying: "It's not just me, now the entire domestic music circle, I don't know how many people are studying those few songs of yours, especially that three light rock!"

  Li Qian was slightly surprised to hear this, but soon he understood: just like any other circle, the music circle has always been inseparable from following trends. The three light rock songs he wrote for Liao Liao became popular, and of course, there would be people who would study them carefully, trying to find a way to replicate their success, trying to follow in Liao Liao's footsteps and make a name for themselves in the light rock trend that she had started.

  He nodded, picked up the guitar and stood up, smiling at Chu Bingbing: "Sister, Cao Ge gave me this guitar, I'll leave it here with you for now, and when I come over tomorrow, I won't bring a guitar!"

  He nodded at Cao Teng and began his own performance.

  After he left, Cao Ting picked up the water cup and took a sip, then said in a low voice: "It seems that you don't even know that your songs have brought a brand new era to the music scene!"

  …………

  It was still eight o'clock when Cao Yun left early, Li Qian said goodbye to Chu Bingbing, and then rode his bike back to the house he rented.

  When he arrived at the foot of his own building, Li Qian saw a figure standing at the entrance of the corridor from afar and thought it was someone waiting for someone else, so he didn't pay attention. But when he stopped the car, locked it up, and was about to go upstairs, he inadvertently turned his head back and took a glance, and was startled.

  "Jingxue sister?"

  In the shadow in front of the building, Wang Jingxue with long hair fluttering slightly nodded and said: "Li Qian, hello!"

  "Uh... at this late hour... how did you end up here? Looking for someone?" he asked.

  Wang Jingxue nodded again, "I've come to find you!"

  Li Qian was taken aback for a moment, "Looking for me? ... Is there something?"

  "Something's up!" Wang Jingxue nodded again.

  Li Qian was taken aback again, then said: "Th...then shall we...go up first? Go home and sit for a while?"

  Wang Jingxue nodded again without hesitation and said, "Good!"

  Li Qian suppressed the doubts in his heart and led the way forward.

  As soon as they entered the house, Li Qian asked Wang Jingxue to sit down on the sofa and then took out a thermos flask to pour her a cup of water, saying: "Sorry, I don't have any drinks here either..."

  Wang Jingxue nodded silently.

  It wasn't until she was under the lamplight that he noticed her complexion looked somewhat tired.

  Yes, upon closer inspection, it can be seen that her expression is somewhat tense, with her eyebrows furrowed from start to finish and her fists clenched tightly, seemingly a bit nervous - so Li Qian knew that she didn't just have something on her mind, but it was no small matter!

  Li Qian put down the thermos and moved a small stool to sit opposite the sofa, saying: "Jingxue sister, what's the matter that you're looking for me? You can say it now."

  Wang Jingxue nodded.

  Then she took a deep breath and finally lifted her head up.

  She's really nervous!

  It's really pitiful, everyone has known each other for over a decade, and in their impression, this is the first time they've seen Li Qian so nervous!

  Then she said: "Li Qian, I know your relationship with my sister is a bit special, but what I'm going to say next has nothing to do with Xiaolu, no matter how you decide, can I?"

  "Uh... of course!" Li Qian looked somewhat puzzled, but still nodded his head.

  Wang Jingxue nodded and then stood up.

  She stood up, and Li Qian had no choice but to stand up as well.

  Then Wang Jingxue said: "Is it okay for you to sit on this side of the sofa?"

  Her movements left Li Qian completely bewildered, and he just grunted a response as he sat down.

  Wang Jingxue stood on the opposite side of Li Qian.

  That's right, she is standing.

  Then, she lowered her head and said: "Li Qian, I know that when we were young, I hit you, and I also know that you've never had a good impression of me. To be honest, I didn't have a good impression of you either. However, today I still decided to come find you. Because the group I'm in is currently having some problems, the producer and the company have set a development path for us to take a sexy route, but several sisters in our group are very resistant to it. The producer said that as long as I can get songs from you, we don't have to take the sexy route... he even said that they can set the development direction based on the songs you write..."

  Her tone was always very calm, as if she were reciting a textbook, or reading from a speech manuscript, or reviewing an inspection report.

  It wasn't until then that she finally lifted her head, her eyes fixed on Li Qian, and continued: "I know you don't have an obligation to write songs for us, and I didn't have the right to ask you for a song either. I also don't want to drag Xiaolu into this matter, so I came to see you just to sing a few songs for you, just as a singer, can invite you to listen, okay?"

  "Hmm..." Li Qian looked at her with a hint of hesitation, and after figuring out what was going on, it was Wang Jingxue's attitude that made him feel somewhat unexpected. "Inviting a song as a singer?"

  Wang Jingxue nodded and said: "Teacher Li Qian, hello! I am singer Wang Jingxue! Can I sing a song for you?"

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  More than 4,500 words! This is today's first chapter!

  By the way, although it's already mid-month, I'd like to ask, does anyone still have a monthly ticket left? (.)