The Pianist And The Lady[Republic Of China Gl] Chapter 69

Chapter 69

Seven years later, Lan Yuan and Zhao Wencheng have moved to Jinling to settle down. In fact, they came to Jinling a year after their marriage, when their child was just born (emphasis added, not biological).

Hunter also runs a cheongsam shop. He has become much older in the past few years, and the ridges and wrinkles on his face are more obvious than before. In particular, his eyesight has seriously declined, and his spectacle lenses are now so thick that they can almost crush the bridge of his nose.

After Lan Yuan stopped being a helper, he didn’t recruit anyone else, so he became even busier.

Three years ago, Hunter suffered a serious illness. It was Lan Yuan who sent him to the hospital in time, so Hunter has not allowed Lan Yuan to enter the store in recent years.

Since Lan Yuan was allowed to step in, she has often spoken to Hunter. Hunter’s attitude towards her was lukewarm, but she didn’t care, and she could understand Hunter’s attitude.

Qian Pei’s husband died and she moved into the villa sold to her by Shen Xian.

Lan Yuan bought the house where she and Shen Shen once lived.

At that time, Shen Xian asked Hunter to help sell the house. Feng Jia immediately informed Lan Yuan of the news, and Lan Yuan quickly asked someone to buy it on her behalf.

Lan Yuan would find someone to clean that house regularly. Occasionally she would go in and stay for a long time, and even planted lilies of the valley on the balcony.

At eleven o’clock today, Lan Yuan asked the driver to pick up Zhao Jing from school. This was Zhao Jing’s first day of school. She was worried that her child would cry at school, so she went there in advance and waited.

Lan Yuan was wearing a white cheongsam with a cape wrapped around it. She was used to putting her hair up and securing it with hairpins, but she still didn’t like wearing heavy makeup.

But in fact, Lan Yuan is pretty enough even if she wears a little makeup. She will always be the most conspicuous in the crowd. Even if she doesn’t want to be noticed, she can’t hide away. Seven years have made her more mature, steady, intellectual and elegant.

“Mom!” A boy in a small suit ran into Lan Yuan’s arms.

This child was her and Zhao Wencheng’s nominal child. Lan Yuan still remembered the way Zhao Jing was held in her arms as a small child.

“Did Xiaojing cry today? Are you getting used to the first day of school?” Lan Yuan spoke to the child gently, her voice no longer as cold as it was seven years ago.

Zhao Jing hugged Lan Yuan’s waist with a proud look on his face, “I miss my mom and dad so much, but I’m a man so I didn’t cry.”

“Dad is coming back for lunch today, let’s go back quickly.” Lan Yuan helped Zhao Jing carry his schoolbag.

“Awen, hurry up, your mother is waiting impatiently.”

There were many people picking up their children from school, and Lan Yuan suddenly heard a familiar voice calling Awen – it was very similar to Chen Xian’s voice.

Lan Yuan quickly looked around, but there was no sign of that person at all, so she regarded this as an hallucination caused by excessive longing.

“Godmother, I’m here.” Du Wenshu immediately ran to Shen Xian.

Shen Xian and Du Wenshu hugged each other, and then Shen Xian led Du Wenshu into the car and left the school gate, his eyes dimmed because he saw that person.

This is the seventh year of their marriage. Lan Yuan and Zhao Wencheng treat each other as if they were guests, and there is harmony at the dinner table.

Zhao Wencheng is a good father who has always cared about his son and accompanied him to grow step by step.

“There is a banquet on Saturday night. It is said that there will be a musical performance. It can also be regarded as a charity performance to raise funds for the Anti-Japanese War. You like listening to music, do you want to go with me?” Zhao Wencheng asked Lan Yuan with a piece of beef with public chopsticks.

“Okay, I will participate.” Lan Yuan agreed to the proposal, knowing that she would cooperate with Zhao Wencheng to play a loving couple.

But Lan Yuan picked out the piece of beef that Zhao Wencheng gave her and put it aside, never eating it.

Zhao Wencheng stared at the piece of meat that was left behind, his eyes dimmed for a moment. After all these years, Lan Yuan has never accepted him.

Lan Yuan is a decent wife, a competent mother, and a sensible daughter-in-law. She plays every role well, but like a professional actor, she has no emotion at all.

After sending Zhao Jing to school in the afternoon, Lan Yuan came to the tailor shop again and passed by a girl in black, but did not notice her appearance.

The little flower seller opposite greeted Lan Yuan happily, as if everything was the same as seven years ago.

“I bought you medicine to treat rheumatism. Remember to apply it.” Lan Yuan placed two bottles of medicine on the workbench.

“Thank you.” Hunter’s voice also became rough, and he went upstairs to pour coffee for Lan Yuan.

Lan Yuan saw Shen Xian’s graduation photo again on the cabinet——

In the photo, Shen Xian is wearing a bachelor’s uniform, holding flowers, hugging her mother Joe, and smiling brightly at the camera.

This photo was placed by Hunter five years ago. At that time, Lan Yuan almost cried with excitement when she saw Shen Xian’s appearance. Seeing Shen Xian so happy, she felt very happy and content. She felt that breaking up was the right choice.

Five years later, Lan Yuan would inadvertently glance up every time she drank coffee, and it had become a muscle memory.

“This coffee tastes different from before. Have you changed the beans?” Lan Yuan asked after taking a sip of coffee. She is now very knowledgeable about coffee and loves to drink it.

“My friend brought me new coffee when she returned home. This cup of yours was just made by her. She didn’t even have time to drink it and rushed to do some errands.” Hunter smiled, feeling very happy today because he saw Shen Xian.

“This variety of coffee beans is very good. Uncle, please ask this friend to buy some for me. I also want to change my family to coffee.” Lan Yuan really likes this coffee, with a familiar and intimate feeling, taking a sip as if meeting an old friend.

“She has a weird temper. I dare not ask her to buy it for you.” Hunter waved his hand.

As soon as Shen Xian left, Lan Yuan came with his back. Hunter was lucky that the two of them had not met each other, otherwise Shen Xian might have collapsed at the pier like he did seven years ago.

“I’m curious about who it is?” Lan Yuan smiled. She really wanted to know who sent the coffee beans.

“Curiosity killed the cat,” Hunter said coldly.

Dinner on Saturday night——

Lan Yuan took Zhao Wencheng’s arm and greeted his business friends, with just the right amount of control, making it impossible to find fault.

Tonight, Lan Yuan wore a blue cheongsam with a fluffy waistcoat. Her hair was specially permed and wavy, and her makeup was brighter than usual.

In terms of looks, posture, and temperament, Lan Yuan is the best among everyone, and everyone praises Zhao Wencheng as lucky.

At a quarter to eight o’clock, the music performance was about to begin. Everyone in the audience took their seats and kept quiet.

Occasionally someone speaks, and the tone is kept as low as possible.

Lan Yuan sat quietly next to Zhao Wencheng, like a beautiful sculpture.

Today, the audience for the performance group is mostly businessmen, so they try their best to select songs that are familiar to everyone. They are neither sunny nor snowy, nor are they lowly.

Although Lan Yuan is not good at studying and playing the piano, her level of appreciation has improved a lot over the years. When she listens to these songs, she can feel that although the music selection is average, the performer’s skills are very good.

Especially today, the pianist’s performance was very stable. He didn’t make any mistakes in playing a single note. He didn’t make any mistakes in a difficult piece like Carmen. Lan Yuan was in awe and listened quietly with her eyes closed.

But ten seconds later, Lan Yuan froze in her seat. As soon as the prelude of the song “Paper Kite” started playing, Lan Yuan knew that the pianist must be Chen Xian.

This is the second time Lan Yuan has heard “Paper Kite” in her life. The first time was when she proposed. At that time, Shen Xian promised her to play it once every year on the anniversary of the proposal, but unfortunately they never made it to the anniversary of the first proposal.

Lan Yuan immediately opened her eyes and looked towards the center of the stage, her eyes instantly shed two lines of tears——

Ten meters apart, even if he could only see a rough outline, Lan Yuan was sure it was Chen Xian.

The beam of light shone on Shen Xian, giving her a layer of nobility that could only be seen from a distance but not desecrated.

Zhao Wencheng noticed something strange about Lan Yuan and thought it was because the temperature in the banquet hall was low and Lan Yuan was afraid of the cold. He wanted to put a suit jacket on Lan Yuan, but Lan Yuan refused directly.

After playing “Paper Kite”, the orchestra took a call and left. Then Lan Yuan saw another familiar person – Li Fangqing.

Li Fangqing appeared on the stage and spoke impassionedly into the microphone, encouraging everyone to contribute to the anti-Japanese war and to provide financial assistance to the soldiers who were working desperately to protect the country on the front lines.

The businessmen were also very patriotic and generous in their donations. Zhao Wencheng was also willing to donate 50,000 yuan according to the amount of donations he promised.

Lan Yuan didn’t want to lose her composure in front of everyone and didn’t dare to leave the venue rashly. However, she was afraid that she would delay for too long and miss Shen Xian backstage. She just hoped that Li Fangqing could speak faster.

Finally, the fund-raising was over. Lan Yuan ignored Zhao Wencheng and came to the backstage. Standing outside the door, she looked inside through the crack. She saw Shen Xian and a bunch of other people——

Shen Xian’s hair is shorter than seven years ago, shoulder length, smooth and straight. He is more energetic than at the dock seven years ago, but he has also lost a lot of weight.

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“Congratulations to Godmother for a smooth performance!” A little girl sent flowers to Shen Xian.

The girl’s name is Du Wenshu, Xu Ziyu’s daughter, and she has a good relationship with Shen Xian.

“Thank you Awen.” Shen Xian hugged Du Wenshu.

“The performance was very good today. Welcome back to China.” Xu Ziyu held her daughter’s hand and said to Shen Xian.

Another seven years passed, and Xu Ziyu was already in her thirties. She was no longer arrogant and arrogant. After becoming a mother, her whole person became much gentler, and her eyebrows became a little less aggressive.

“Take Awen home and rest quickly. You have worked hard today to come see my performance.” Shen Xian said to Xu Ziyu with a smile.

“I don’t want to leave, Awen doesn’t want to leave, godmother, please go home with me.” Du Wenshu pestered Shen Xian.

“Godmother will visit you tomorrow, okay?” Shen Xian knelt down and coaxed Du Wenshu.

“Okay, then the godmother must come.” Du Wenshu kissed Shen Xian.

Xu Ziyu left with her daughter. Lan Yuan was afraid of being discovered and immediately hid in another dressing room backstage.

When she opened the door again, Lan Yuan accidentally bumped into Hunter, who was carrying a lunch box.

“When did she come back?” Lan Yuan asked Hunter in a low voice.

Hunter knew the meaning of Lan Yuan’s words, “I think he came back from England a few days ago.”

“Why did she come back?” Lan Yuan continued to ask.

“As you can see, it’s a charity show.” Hunter explained.

Lan Yuan had too many things she wanted to ask, but her language system was very confusing. Now her whole brain was at a loss.

“She’s back, so don’t mess with her. You said it yourself, bridges will lead back to bridges, roads will lead back to roads. When you dump her at that pier, you two will have no intersection at all.” Hunter warned Lan Yuan.

“I didn’t want to provoke her, I just… I just…” Lan Yuan didn’t know how to express herself.

“Uncle.” Shen Xian opened the door and greeted Hunter, and naturally saw Lan Yuan opposite Hunter.