MTMIO Chapter 101
by Volare## Chapter 101: The Rumbling Lunar Phase
The river flowing through the ancient city meandered slowly, as if time had solidified on its surface. Everything in Lu You’s vision was blurred, except for Yue Yunxi, who was clear and radiant.
Her face, like snow piled on flowering trees, her eyes like dew-kissed obsidian, her gentle and calm voice, even the hand that moved from the golden pig’s nose to hold hers, the lines of the bones and veins on the back of her hand, and the cream-white kidskin boots that stepped in sync with her…
“What did you wish for?”
It wasn’t until Yue Yunxi spoke again that Lu You recovered from the aftershocks of her heart’s tremors.
“Wishes don’t come true if you say them out loud.”
Yue Yunxi chuckled softly, “Is that so? People really shouldn’t be mischievous.”
It sounded like a shallow disappointment, or a slight self-mockery.
“Mischievous?” Lu You narrowed her eyes suspiciously. “What mischief did you get up to? Confess now!”
Yue Yunxi confessed, “I tried to be opportunistic and take advantage of your saying that there’s no ‘what if’ in this world, using that to ignore your hypothetical premise and sneakily toss a coin, touch the golden pig’s nose, and make a wish.”
Only then did Lu You realize. She stuttered, “You, you, you…” but Yue Yunxi had already said it all herself, and she didn’t know how to respond.
“You what?” Yue Yunxi deliberately teased her.
Lu You’s shoulders, which had been raised by several “you”s, slowly relaxed. “You know wishes don’t come true if you say them out loud, so you said it on purpose. You made yourself sound so bad, but you were just touching the golden pig’s nose for good luck.”
Yue Yunxi chuckled, not denying it. “After all, this wish can’t be guaranteed by the golden pig or the wishing well. Only you and I can make it happen.”
Only if we both have this thought and work hard for it is it possible to achieve it.
Lu You lowered her eyes, watching their shoes.
Each step landed steadily in Yue Yunxi’s words.
As the words ended, her steps also stopped. She tugged on Yue Yunxi’s hand, pulling her to a halt as well.
Yue Yunxi was puzzled and turned to look at her. “What’s wrong?”
Lu You crooked a finger. “Lean your ear over.”
Yue Yunxi tilted her head closer, offering her ear.
“My wish is—” Lu You whispered in her ear, “Golden Pig, Golden Pig, please take a good look at the person beside me. Please bless this little moon beside me, bless her with all her heart’s desires and everything going smoothly.”
Yue Yunxi was stunned. Her heart skipped a beat, and a sense of emptiness swelled within her, instantly filling with a multitude of emotions.
Lifting her heart, gently weighing it.
Even the faintest pulse could feel that soft vibration.
After speaking, Lu You stepped back, walking forward briskly for a couple of steps.
Then she slowed down again, her gaze fixed on a couple walking towards them.
It was strange. They weren’t doing anything particularly intimate, but she just felt that they were a couple.
One of them, like Yue Yunxi, had a stylish head of curly hair, seemingly permed, with curls more defined than Yue Yunxi’s natural waves.
Lu You thought she looked familiar, but couldn’t remember where she had seen her before.
The woman holding hands with the curly-haired one said with a stern and pretty face, “Eating cold things in the dead of winter? I won’t rub your stomach this month when it hurts.”
“Why didn’t you say you wouldn’t rub it when I ate ‘cold’ things yesterday~” The curly-haired woman’s speech, like her hair, had a curve to it.
After speaking, she reached out to tuck a strand of long, straight hair behind the other woman’s ear, revealing an ear so red that you couldn’t see its original color.
“Our Shuǐshuǐ’s ears are red again~”
“…” The stern-faced woman pursed her lips, hooking her arm around the curly-haired woman’s neck. “Watch where you’re going.”
The curly-haired woman’s unrestrained laughter floated on the melody of the street musician’s accordion.
In the lively tango, Yue Yunxi’s soft reminder sounded, “Your eyes are going to get stuck on them, you won’t be able to get them back.”
Before she finished speaking, Lu You stumbled, lightly bumping into a fluffy embrace. Yue Yunxi put an arm around her shoulder, guiding her forward, and glanced back at the couple. “Didn’t you say that wishes don’t come true if you say them out loud?”
“You only have one wish, and it can’t be fulfilled by the golden pig anyway, so saying it out loud won’t affect anything.” Lu You changed the subject. “You were looking too! Don’t talk about me.”
“I’ve seen the one on the left before.”
“Wow.” Lu You said, “I’ve seen the one on the right too.”
Yue Yunxi thought she was just teasing, and said seriously, “Remember the autistic little girl who gave you the clay?”
“Yeah.”
“That seems to be the girl’s aunt.”
Mentioning the little girl, Lu You suddenly remembered, “I know where I saw the one on the right, at the diving center!”
Lu You turned her head to look, but the couple had already walked away. “Hey, do you think that is?”
“Is what?”
“Are they a couple?” Lu You made horn shapes with her hands on her head and shook them. “My gaydar is going crazy.”
“…That’s called your deer antlers shaking.” Yue Yunxi said, amused.
Lu You, with her “deer antlers,” poked her face unhappily until Yue Yunxi laughed and begged for mercy before she let her go.
“You were staring so hard at whether other people are a couple that your eyes went straight?”
“It’s just that they looked like compatriots, both very beautiful. The one on the right also has curly hair like you, so I paid more attention. And then I got curious about whether they were a couple. In the end, I was interested in the food they were holding.”
It looked like coffee, but the bottom of the cup and the surrounding area were filled with something else, she didn’t know if it was cream or ice cream.
As she spoke, Lu You noticed a passerby holding a cup as well, and tugged on Yue Yunxi’s sleeve, whispering, “That’s it, what is that?”
“Affogato, ice cream coffee.”
Lu You looked around. “Where can I buy that ice cream coffee?”
“You’ve already had an ice cream.” Yue Yunxi reminded her gently.
“Only one!”
“No, you can’t eat too many cold things.” With the remaining sunset glow falling on them, Yue Yunxi added another reason for refusal, “Drinking coffee at this hour, will you be able to sleep tonight?”
Lu You mumbled, unusually slowly, “Which night do I go to sleep at a normal time?”
Hearing this, Yue Yunxi glanced at her, her gaze deep and meaningful, and then relented. “That’s true, go buy it then.”
She considerately raised her hand and pointed to the store in the right front. “It’s right there, the one with a lot of people lining up.”
Something wasn’t right, something was very wrong.
Lu You cleared her throat. “I… think you’re right, I’ve already had one today, I’ll save it for tomorrow.”
“Are you sure?”
“Sure, sure.” Lu You dragged her past the store quickly, afraid that Yue Yunxi would buy one for her if she slowed down, making her too excited to sleep.
The sound of the accordion drifted in the face-caressing wind, playing “By the Baikal Lake,” the melody melodious, like a wandering poet, the musical notes dancing on the aroma of Tuscan cuisine.
People strolled through the streets in the hustle and bustle, stepping on fragments of the setting sun, their steps becoming lighter and lighter.
At an old bakery, they bought a crispy bread, dipped in local olive oil, a flavor that Yue Yunxi wasn’t used to.
In Piazza della Signoria, watching the exquisite group of statues, Lu You tugged on Yue Yunxi’s sleeve and whispered in her ear: Look, David’s eyes are sparkling with little hearts.
In the Uffizi Gallery, walking through the ancient gallery to admire the works of famous artists, Yue Yunxi introduced her to the historical background of the paintings, listening to Lu You’s praise with sparkling eyes: You know so much.
Then she captured the moment when Yue Yunxi was praised into a slight pout.
Browsing through various artists’ small shops on the street, unique ceramic brooches, interesting fridge magnets… Each time they came out of a store, they had another bag in their hands.
They casually found a pleasing shop, black truffle spaghetti with a bowl of creamy mushroom soup, steak with lemon wine, to solve a dinner.
Passing through the colorful bubbles waved by the artist, they entered a century-old aromatherapy shop. Lu You picked out aromatherapy for Chen Feifei and the others. She liked the scent of Rosso Nobile, with a top note of sweet orange.
“Let’s use this, put it in your study, what do you think?” Lu You held the aromatherapy and handed it to her side.
Yue Yunxi sniffed it, raised her eyebrows and said, “It’s good, like orange soda.”
Smell triggered memories. The memory of that absurd afternoon, covered in orange soda, being licked clean inch by inch, instantly flooded back.
Lu You pretended to be calm and put down the aromatherapy in her hand, decisively changing it to a lily scent.
Seeing this, Yue Yunxi said with a smile, approaching her ear and asking, “Don’t want it anymore? The citrus scent…”
As if biting open a segment of orange, the juice flowed into her ear.
It was itchy, along with her heart.
“Don’t want it!” Lu You stiffened her neck and walked to the cashier without looking back.
“Really don’t want it? It’s a very atmospheric scent, you’ll miss this village—” Yue Yunxi trailed off, pausing deliberately.
Lu You stopped in her tracks, moved back to her original position, and still picked up the bottle of aromatherapy.
A soft chuckle was mixed in with the noisy voices, like a restless feather, tickling her ears.
Coming out of the shop, Lu You threw the aromatherapy into her bag, and suddenly stopped. Her eyes swept over her injured area, looking into her eyes, and said with gritted teeth, “You better get better soon, when that time comes, I…”
She paused, pursing her lips, too embarrassed to say something explicit on the street.
“When that time comes, we’ll have to go back.” Yue Yunxi picked up the thread.
“…” Lu You was annoyed, turned around and bumped her shoulder against her.
Like a deer irritated enough to butt with its antlers.
Yue Yunxi laughed unrestrainedly, but the strength with which she rubbed Lu You’s head was restrained, and her tone was as gentle and indulgent as ever. “Okay, going back won’t stop you from settling accounts with me, when that time comes, I—”
When Lu You looked up at her, Yue Yunxi hugged her reassuringly, and whispered in her ear, using a voice only she could hear, “I’ll be waiting for you to make me feel good…”
!
Ginger is still spicier when it’s old.
Spicy enough to make her whole body hot, only two pinches of cumin away from becoming braised deer.
Lu You covered her face and stood there stunned.
Yue Yunxi pulled down her hand, took her hand and walked towards the Old Bridge, saying, “Looks like your skin is thicker, but not by much.”
“…” Lu You held it in for a while, “Hmph.”
Yue Yunxi also “Hmph”ed, but it came out as a soft chuckle.
“That’s not called thick-skinned, it’s called shameless, in broad daylight…”
“It’s more exciting that way.”
“Crazy woman!”
“Don’t you like it?”
“…”
Lu You didn’t speak, but the strange light flickering in her eyes and the faint blush spreading across her face were all signs of arousal.
Yue Yunxi smiled, stopped there, and didn’t tease her anymore with words, but put an arm around her shoulder and pushed her to turn a corner. “Let’s browse the jewelry store, the prices are higher in this area, let’s take a look first, then we can go to the old lady’s handmade shop.”
Opening the door, the couple they had just met happened to be coming out. The one with long straight hair said “Thank you.”
The curly-haired woman, with a bend in her voice, reminded, “Watch out for pickpockets, little sister~”
Lu You smiled and said, “Thank you, big sister.”
“You’re welcome~”
As they went in, the curly-haired woman raised her voice to the store before the door closed. “Watch your wallets and phones~”
The people in the store all looked towards the door. Those who understood Chinese immediately protected their bags in their arms vigilantly.
“Put your phone away properly. By the way, that big sister just now was kind of cool.” Lu You turned her head, capturing Yue Yunxi’s eyebrows raised slightly. “…Are you jealous?”
Yue Yunxi said casually, “No, big sister.”
“.”
Clearly she was!
Yue Yunxi: “Let’s look at the jewelry, big sister.”
The store displayed all kinds of jewelry, some using the most simple weaving and gold carving techniques to forge a Buccellati style piece by piece, bracelets and rings, and some with unique brooches and necklaces.
There were one or two bracelets, woven with gold and white gold, hollowed out like exquisite lace.
Yue Yunxi picked one up and asked her, “Is this pretty? Big sister.”
Lu You finally couldn’t stand it, grinding her back teeth. “…Big sister your sister!”
Yue Yunxi: “That makes sense too.”
Lu You: “…”
“Give me your hand—”
“If you dare call me big sister again.” Lu You said ahead of her, “I won’t wear couple bracelets with you.”
“If you don’t wear them with me, who do you want to wear them with?”
“I’ll wear them myself, one on my left hand, one on my right hand!”
Yue Yunxi laughed, and finally stopped being difficult.
Lu You also thought that this matter was over, and began to choose gifts for Chen Feifei and the others.
Browsing from one store to another, they found the old lady’s handmade shop and went in for a look.
After buying everything, the two slowly strolled along the Arno River to the station to call a taxi back.
Florence at night was even more charming, the quietly flowing Arno River reflecting the lights that adorned the ancient buildings.
Looking out from the terrace of the hotel villa, the night view was like a bold and delicate, richly colored and bright oil painting.
Lu You wrapped herself in a cashmere shawl, leaning on the terrace railing. She had just taken a bath, and her body was still covered in a layer of lingering heat.
The heating in the room was very strong, and the fireplace was burning firewood. Standing on the terrace, she didn’t feel cold at all, even a little hot.
Lu You couldn’t help but sigh, “It would be great to have a can of orange soda right now.”
Unfortunately, they bought a bunch of souvenirs, large and small bags, heavy enough, and couldn’t buy anything else, let alone a very heavy drink.
Yue Yunxi said, “There’s some in the kitchen downstairs, go get it.”
“Really?” Lu You was skeptical. “Where did it come from? Did the hotel send it again?”
“Dream on, the hotel sends you stuff every day.” Yue Yunxi reached out and flicked her forehead. “Ordered takeout while you were taking a bath.”
Lu You’s eyes lit up, and she quickly kissed her. “You’re too thoughtful!”
After kissing, she went to the stairs in three steps.
“Just take yours.” Yue Yunxi said behind her.
“Aren’t you drinking?” Lu You stopped and looked back, only to see Yue Yunxi also leaving the terrace.
Yue Yunxi shook her head. “I’m going back to the room to charge my phone.”
“Okay, I’m going downstairs then.”
“Yeah.”
Lu You skipped down the stairs, entered the kitchen, and took out a can of orange soda from a large bag of food, not in a hurry to drink it.
Holding the orange soda, she returned to the second floor. Yue Yunxi was leaning against the terrace railing, playing with something in her hand, reflecting a little starlight, but she couldn’t see what it was from a distance.
Hearing her footsteps, Yue Yunxi clenched her hand, and directly put the thing into her palm.
Lu You came closer, pulled open the tab, tilted her head and took a sip, feeling the cold bubbles jumping on her tongue, and squinted her eyes contentedly, casually asking, “What were you holding in your hand just now? Something buling buling.”
Yue Yunxi made fists with both hands, and reached them out in front of her. “Left or right?”
Lu You almost unthinkingly said, “Left.”
Yue Yunxi paused for a moment before turning her hand over and opening her palm to show her.
A silver iris pinky ring lay in her palm.
“When did you buy it?” Lu You asked in surprise.
“While you were hesitating whether to buy a bracelet for Auntie too.”
Lu You picked up the pinky ring and tried it on her little finger. It wasn’t too big or too small, just right.
The iris perfectly concealed the scar on her little finger.
“It’s so pretty, I like it.”
Yue Yunxi twisted the one in her right hand. “Good that you like it.”
Lu You asked curiously, “What does the one in that hand look like? Is it the old one?”
“No.” Yue Yunxi said, regretting it with a close of her eyes, and confessed, “The old one, I broke it.”
Lu You frowned. “How did you break it?”
Yue Yunxi put her hand in her pocket, not answering but asking, “How did it appear in my pocket?”
Lu You didn’t speak, her eyes glued to her pocket, noticing her hand moving inside. She simply changed the subject. “So what’s in that hand?”
“Nothing.” Yue Yunxi’s hand in her pocket loosened, something slid down, and Yue Yunxi said, “It’s empty.”
Lu You said “Oh,” and suddenly remembered, “That’s not right, you already had me pick one, how could it be empty?”
Yue Yunxi looked very unnatural, wanting to say something, but couldn’t think of how to deceive her.
Seeing her expression was wrong, Lu You involuntarily reached into her pocket. Yue Yunxi could only press down hard on her from outside the pocket, stopping her from taking the thing at the bottom of the bag.
“I touched it.” Lu You said.
After a moment of stalemate, Yue Yunxi gradually gave up and lowered her hand, letting her take the thing out.
Lu You took out the small, slightly cool, ceramic thing from her pocket.
By the light from the room, she saw clearly that it was a pink and blue ceramic ring.
It had little deer ears and little deer antlers.
“So cute.”
“Thinking that the old one was broken, I went to that ceramic shop in West City to make it.” Yue Yunxi said, “I burned several that cracked. This is the only survivor, it’s not made well.”
Because it wasn’t made well, she was worried about whether it would suit her, and didn’t dare to give it to her.
But because it was a ring made seriously with sincere emotions, even if it wasn’t made well, she still wanted to give it to her.
Contradictory and conflicted, guessing that she would most likely choose the left hand, she stuffed it in her right hand.
Wanting her to notice, but afraid that she would think it was childish and unsuitable to wear on her hand after seeing it.
But the boss of the West City ceramic shop had something right, she said: Things are made, if you don’t use them, you lose the meaning of making them.
“It’s clearly very good.” Lu You touched the deer ears and antlers with her fingertips. “This must be hard to pinch, it’s so small.”
“A little.” Yue Yunxi said, “But I have experience, so it’s okay.”
Lu You was touched in her heart, took off the iris ring, put on the ceramic pinky ring, and spread out her hand to admire it. “I like it very much, especially like it, it’s pretty.”
She really liked it, not as comfort.
Yue Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief, a smile spreading across her lips, and tentatively asked, “Do you want to wear one on your left hand and one on your right hand?”
Lu You “poof”ed and laughed. “Do you know the meaning of a pinky ring? It represents non-marriage and singleness.”
Yue Yunxi pursed her lips. “Wear one then.”
Lu You was amused by her reaction, looking at the one on her hand. “Is this easy to break?”
“I’ve tested it, it won’t break unless it’s a particularly violent collision or it falls to the ground.” Yue Yunxi said, “It’s okay if it breaks, I can make another one.”
“If I make it again and receive a new one, it won’t be the same feeling as when I received it this time.” Lu You thought seriously. “I want to save it to wear it every time I compete.”
She bowed her head and kissed the antlers on the ceramic ring.
“Let it witness my every growth.”
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At the same time in China, another person was experiencing the most difficult growth in their life.
On the computer desk in the hotel was a laptop, split screen, one half stopped on the comments section interface.
[Peach and the management company are not good birds, the management company not releasing the copyright now is also a boomerang, you can steal other people’s, others can also seize yours]
[Just looking at the song “Three People Walking” I can still empathize. In friendship of three people, there will always be one that will be neglected, the possessiveness in friendship is not less than love at all. But after reading the melon, I feel that it has deteriorated, it’s hard to say.]
[You believe that “Three People Walking” was written by her? [Smirk] Maybe it was stolen from somewhere else.]
[When she was in elementary school, she argued with us that Huang Zhixiang’s singing wasn’t good, she should look at herself.]
[I’m not sleeping, I’m going to spray her to death, our Huang Mi is old but not dead!]
[To do this on the show is purely sick, Xi Gua won the championship, the heat was originally all on our Xi Gua, but she exposed her own broken thing, isn’t that robbing our Xi Gua’s traffic. Rotten peach is disgusting!]
[When the entertainment industry promotes newcomers, can they do a review, don’t promote any trash to the throne.]
[I’ve seen Tao Tao, a very considerate and sincere little girl, and the money she earns from singing is all donated to charity, I don’t think you can deny everything she’s done because of one thing.]
[How much is one, take me to earn too.]
[Please, which celebrity in the entertainment industry hasn’t done charity?]
[The management company is really disgusting, what’s the difference between them and pimps?]
[It’s normal, the entertainment industry is a big dye vat, how easy is it to get ahead, she doesn’t have to go to the entertainment industry if she can’t go out.]
…
The other half of the screen stopped on the chat box.
Tao Mingyuan sent dozens of screenshots—
Netizens found the cooperative brand of his company, contacted customer service to threaten to terminate the cooperation with Tao Mingyuan’s company, otherwise they would give bad reviews.
The company’s stock was also affected by her scandal.
The comments sections of the brand’s cooperative and Tao Mingyuan’s company’s public accounts are now full of curses.
The following two are long voice messages of forty or fifty seconds, Tao Xin was too lazy to listen, and turned them into text.
Tao Mingyuan: [What did you tell me in the first place? Said that making you popular would also benefit the company, said it so well, I threw a lot of money at you, so you wouldn’t be taken to dinner parties by the manager to suffer, and you did this for me? Look at the good things you’ve done!]
Tao Mingyuan: [Always so willful, always doing things without thinking! Only got second place, not as good as that Chen Xiguan, you think you’re not embarrassing enough? Said those words on the show, stupid! Stupid to the extreme! Just like your mother! Your brain is full of water! You’re in your twenties and you haven’t accomplished anything! You’ll be like this for the rest of your life!]
Tao Xin typed with a trembling hand: [You think it’s all because of me? Didn’t you know that you cheated on your brother and had an affair? I’m stupid, always panicking when something happens, always handling things wrong. It’s all because of you, because you didn’t teach me when I was born, because you only wanted a son, because you treat yourself as an emperor and your broken company as a throne and always felt that if the one who died back then wasn’t my younger brother but me it would have been better! Because you don’t like me in every way, scold me, beat me, belittle me, making me extremely eager to be loved and recognized, making me afraid of losing even after I get it.
I’m not the same as my mother, I’m the same as you, just as disgusting!]
Even always blaming others when something happens, is exactly the same.
As the enter key was pressed, tears fell on her cheeks, soaking on the cold and dark table.
Tao Xin covered her face, her hands trembling, the tears in her palms turned into hot oil, burning her beyond recognition.
How could she, become the person she hated the most, become this ghostly appearance now.
After a long time, two new voice messages popped up in the chat box. This time, she unconsciously clicked on the voice message bar.
Tao Mingyuan’s roaring filled with anger came out from inside: “I’m telling you! I won’t help you with the basket you kicked over at all! I won’t give you a penny! Don’t even think about having a penny of my property! I’ve already told the nanny to throw away all your things! From today onwards, I’ll just pretend I don’t have you as a daughter!”
“I should have listened to the internet and hid the child, and got custody of your younger brother. I’m telling you! Even if your younger brother isn’t a boy, you’re not even as good as one hair of him! You should have died that year, died in that woman’s car, died with her!”
Tao Xin stared straight ahead at the screen, the peach earrings in morbid tones on her ears, as if nailing her whole person to an invisible wall.
Her vision became more and more blurred, the dark words on the screen were engraved on her soul, making that wisp of soul twist in the rigid body.
I don’t know how long it took, sunlight leaked into the room from the cracks in the curtains.
A slender beam climbed onto her pale face, blooming a golden flower on the corner of her mouth, and then immediately faded as she fell into the dimness.
Perhaps Tao Mingyuan was right, she should have died in the year when no one wanted her.
Rotten in that summer, she wouldn’t be eaten away in this winter.
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On the tenth day in Florence, Lu You woke up late in the afternoon, saw the Pinocchio stall owner’s ins, got up quickly, and dragged Yue Yunxi to buy Pinocchio wooden dolls.
A palm-sized wooden Pinocchio sculpture, wearing a small floral hat, wearing a small skirt made of the same fabric as the hat, with a vivid expression painted on his round face.
The head and hands can move, and the metal bar hands can hold a miniature book.
The stall owner also made long noses and asked them if they needed to change their noses.
The curse of the long nose from lying has troubled Lu You for most of her life, so she can’t be insincere to tease Yue Yunxi.
Lu You waved her hand quickly: “NO, NO!”
Yue Yunxi said: “OK, OK.”
In the end, the two each got a Pinocchio, one with a short nose, one with a long nose.
Yue Yunxi pinched Pinocchio’s long nose and said: “Pinocchio is not Pinocchio if his nose is not long.”
Lu You “tsk”ed unconvincingly, borrowed a pen from the stall owner, took Yue Yunxi’s long-nosed Pinocchio, and wrote two words on the cover of the miniature book in her Pinocchio’s hand
——Read me.
Yue Yunxi: “…”
It was rare to make Yue Yunxi blush, and Lu You’s mood improved instantly, holding her Pinocchio and swinging her ponytail.
Seeing the old lady playing music and twisting her waist to make beef tripe buns, Lu You tried again, handed it to Yue Yunxi, “Woo~ Still not used to it.”
Yue Yunxi dipped it in red chili sauce, “Try again.”
Lu You’s eyes widened: “This is delicious!”
The crispy bread crust, the Q-bomb beef tripe, and the strong chili sauce covered the fishy smell.
The only bad thing was that it was too spicy, and Lu You’s tears were about to come out from the spiciness, sticking out her tongue and fanning the wind, “I think I need a cup of coffee ice cream.”
Yue Yunxi was speechless and amused, condensing into a spoiled sentence: “I’ll go buy it, pull your tongue back.”
Lu You obediently pulled it back, grinning: “Thank you, big sister~”
Yue Yunxi didn’t speak, but curled up the corner of her mouth.
At noon, they ate the T-bone steak that Elena strongly recommended at Trattoria zaza next to the Central Market, and strolled through the streets of Florence that they could never get tired of.
They went to the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore to admire the sculptures and murals.
Stopping and going, they climbed to the top of Giotto’s Campanile.
They just happened to see the sunset dyeing the red roofs and yellow and white walls of Florence, dyeing the flowing Arno River, with brilliant gems inlaid in every flowing ripple.
Lu You turned her head.
A kiss fell on Yue Yunxi’s cheeks, which were dyed red by the sunset.
Listening to the heartbeat, leaping in the timeless bells of Florence, knocking down the name of the sweetheart.
…
Coming down from the bell tower, the two went to the movie bookstore converted from a cinema.
As soon as they entered, they heard the sound of the piano.
Lu You looked over following the sound. The movie “Green Book” was playing on the hanging curtain. She stopped and watched for a while, and found that the subtitles were in Italian, so she didn’t continue watching.
She walked with Yue Yunxi between the bookshelves and found a few Italian translations of books.
When they were about to leave, the movie was playing the most classic scene, the doctor helping Tony write a letter to his wife.
They were in line and checking out while the doctor was reading that love letter, and stepped on the last note, pushed the door out, and stepped into the music played by the street performers on violins and cellos.
It was Bach’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G major.
Lu You took out the ticket Elena gave her and looked at it, good guy, it was the same as the program Elena was going to play, “I feel like you can’t hold a concert here without some strength, it’s a hidden dragon and crouching tiger.”
Yue Yunxi smiled and said, “Austria is the same, you can see street performers everywhere in Vienna, they are all very good.”
“Then were you nervous when you performed for the first time?”
“A little.”
“But not much, right? You’re so confident.” Lu You said to her with a smile, “I like it.”
People will grow flesh and blood in love, and Yue Yunxi is personally experiencing this sentence.
Seeing a flower shop ahead, Lu You suggested, “Should we prepare two bouquets of flowers?”
“We can have it.” Yue Yunxi said, “But we can’t give the same one.”
Lu You pouted, “I feel like you’re implying something about me.”
Yue Yunxi put an arm around her as she entered the store, and whispered in her ear, “Wronged.”
The breath went into her ear, it was very ear-catching, a little itchy.
Pulling away a little distance, Yue Yunxi returned to her normal volume: “Because they will quarrel, the flowers for the teacher should be more, the flowers should be bigger, the flowers for Elena should be more colorful, the flower types should be more.”
“Oh yo, you know it so well.” Lu You said strangely.
Yue Yunxi amusedly flicked her ponytail, “I also heard it from my senior sisters, someone gave the same one before, and heard them quarrel for half an hour.”
Lu You couldn’t imagine the speed at which the two foreigners were speaking a foreign language, it must be faster than da da da.
Following Yue Yunxi’s reminder, she wrapped two bouquets of flowers.
While chatting, they arrived at the theater and entered the hall to take their seats. Lu You hid the flowers under the seat.
It is rumored that this performance was held by a rich man for his daughter. It is open to the public and free of charge. Many street performers came to listen.
The world-renowned cellist and her outstanding violinist daughter performed together, which was one of the most shocking and serious concerts Lu You had heard since she was a child, and also the most unserious concert without one.
Because at the end of the concert, the artists with instruments on the stage all picked up their instruments at the same time, as if they had agreed, and came to a joint performance.
The auditory feast made people want to cry.
Lu You recorded a video and sent it to the Big Dipper group.
Li Can: [Wow, this is so cool! We will do this in the future!]
Yun Zhu: [We will do this in the future!]
Jian Yanzhi: [We will do this in the future!]
Zhong Mi: [We will do this in the future!]
Chen Feifei: [I will record a video for you!]
Lu You handed the phone to Yue Yunxi and watched, laughing until tears were in her eyes.
At the end of the concert, Lu You and Yue Yunxi slipped to the backstage to give flowers to the mother and daughter.
Facts have proved that even if you give different flowers according to your preferences, the mother and daughter will still quarrel, and can inexplicably pull from the flowers to the question of why the teacher did not fight for custody of her daughter after the divorce.
The teacher spoke in English, which Lu You could understand, and was therefore touched by what she said.
She said: “Listen Elena! Your deficient corpus cavernosum doesn’t store the memory of Mommy taking care of you, that doesn’t mean I never took care of you! I am me besides being your mother! I started learning the piano at the age of 3 not to be a competent wife and mother at home for the rest of my life, which is why your father and I divorced. And your father can give you a better life! My child move your little brain to think about it, if you followed me back then, what else could I give you besides how to play the cello well?”
Lu You fell into a brief thought, when deciding to give her up, did Zhang Wenyin also think that Lu Huai’an’s economic conditions could