Chapter 94 What's going on?

Mu Qing had been on a roller coaster since he was woken up this morning, and sneezed twice after returning indoors. He glanced at the dark sky, swallowed two cold medicines, and fell asleep while taking advantage of the sleeping effect of the medicines.

The fatigue of his body was swept away. He was about to see if Gong Shichen was awake, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw his friend sitting cross-legged on the sofa, eating cookies and watching TV shows. Yun Si sat next to him and ate freeze-dried food. After two bites, she looked up at Gong Shichen's screen. Her little fluffy head dangled with the movement of the characters on the screen, which was ridiculous and cute.

Mu Qing took out his mobile phone and took a photo and sent it to Gong Shichen's mother. Then he came to sit down next to Gong Shichen: "You two are eating snacks here early in the morning, will you eat later?"

"It's me who eats snacks." Gong Shichen corrected him seriously, "Yunsi has already eaten, so this is a snack."

"You can't always give it extra food, its physique is much stronger than the average cat." Mu Qing stroked Yunsi, who had leaned against him smartly, and patted its round belly, "Tomorrow if you want to Get up early and take it to exercise."

"Wow, let the kitten exercise, you have no humanity!"

Gong Shichen complained casually, but he honestly put the freeze-dried bag back into the drawer, patted the crumbs on his hand, and said to Mu Qing, "Are you going to eat now?"

Mu Qing glanced at the cookies that were missing half a plate, and hesitated: "Can you eat them?"

"Of course! Snacks don't take up the stomach." Gong Shichen plausibly said.

The temperature outside St. Petersburg has been below zero recently, and Gong Shichen has a very strong opinion on this. No matter what he did, he was 10,000 reluctant before he went out. However, when he actually went out and saw the brightly colored streets, his mood would gradually rise again.

With a loving smile on Mu Qing's face, he looked at Gong Shichen who was about to trot in front of him, and said calmly, "Shichen, run slowly, I'll buy you some oranges later."

Gong Shichen couldn't hear his overtones, he frowned and turned to glared at him: "Don't take advantage of me!"

Mu Qing raised his eyebrows: "Yo? I thought you forgot about this long ago."

"It's just that my language is not good, it's not that my brain is not good!" Gong Shichen complained, "I thought you were more restrained in the first few days, why is it like before these days, your mocking skill CD Okay, right?"

"Maybe it's because our parent-child relationship needs to go further." After Mu Qing said this, he immediately took a step back and happened to avoid the snowball thrown by Gong Shichen.

He raised his hand to look at the time, and changed the topic openly: "It's almost time, we have to take a taxi to the museum, or else you won't be able to catch up with the exhibition you want to see."

Gong Shichen was just pretending to be angry, but in fact he was overjoyed when he saw Mu Qing gradually returning to normal. Therefore, he didn't bother with Mu Qing anymore, and even went to the roadside and waved to stop a taxi. He reported the location to the driver with the Russian words he had just learned: "Galaciguo is a wood thief!"

The driver hesitated for a moment, then said to Gong Shichen in blunt Chinese, "Shi-Bo-No-Gu'an?"

Gong Shichen: "Dada Dada! City Museum!"

Seeing him nodding, the driver raised his eyebrows proudly, and pointed his thumb to the position of the rear door: "Get in the car!"

Mu Qing was originally worried that Gong Shichen could not tell where he was and came over, but he didn't speak when he saw that the communication between him and the driver was going smoothly. It was only when he finally got off the bus and paid the money that he smiled and said to the driver, "Thank you very much for sending me here. I wish you a prosperous business today and a happy new year."

The driver frowned: "Do you speak Russian?"

Mu Qing smiled: "Well, but I think I should give my friends room to play."

driver:........

Under his complicated gaze, Mu Qing calmly turned and left, and walked towards the museum with Gong Shichen.

The special free-ticket exhibitions during the New Year make the museum more attractive than usual. Family tour groups and young couples lined up in groups. Gong Shichen followed Mu Qing in line. OK."

Mu Qing handed his passport and visit card to him: "If you are envious, can you find one here to take back?"

Gong Shichen shook his head decisively: "I will find a noose when I'm sick? The fragrance of a single dog is always the most charming!"

Mu Qing was noncommittal: "There are too many people, don't lose it."

Gong Shichen: "Oh, okay."

The area of ​​the city museum is not small, but because of the special exhibition, it looks a lot more crowded than usual. Gong Shichen followed Mu Qing, watching the exhibits while listening to his simultaneous interpretation. The visit was very comfortable, but Mu Qing, who acted as a free interpreter, was not so lucky.

Mu Qing originally only introduced the exhibits to Gong Shichen alone, but he gradually caught up with a group of domestic students and tourists who did not understand Russian. Some people were so fascinated by it that they raised their hands to ask a few questions from time to time while he was explaining. Mu Qing's sense of responsibility was not perfunctory, and he answered all of them seriously.

It was not until after visiting this exhibition area that Gong Shichen said that he wanted to take a break, and the surrounding crowd dispersed with a sigh of relief.

"As soon as you explain the explanation, you will form a temporary tour group, should it be you?" On the way to accompany Mu Qing to buy drinks, Gong Shichen sighed, "I have never experienced this kind of experience like taking students to class. show."

Mu Qing's throat couldn't do it, and he just whispered back to him: "It's just a job."

Gong Shichen smiled: "That's why you speak well, they are willing to listen."

The two chatted for a while, and when they came to the first floor, there were not many people lining up at the window selling drinks. Gong Shichen ran over to buy two cups of hot drinks, and handed a cup to Mu Qing: "I don't want too sweet, you will be thirstier now if you drink too sweet."

"Thank you." Mu Qing took the drink that Gong Shichen handed over, took a sip to relieve the anxiety in his mouth, and was about to go shopping with Gong Shichen to other places, but suddenly there was a commotion in the middle of the museum. Voice.

Gong Shichen has always liked to be a fun person, so he immediately pulled Mu Qing there: "Walk around and see what it is - wow!"

The high platform in the middle of the first floor is not too low. When they came, the exhibits on the high platform had been covered with a velvet cover, but at this moment, the cover was carefully lifted by the people standing next to it, so the exhibits hidden inside were exposed. came out.

It was a very beautiful grand piano, with its beautiful black exterior gleaming under the central lighting, just an appearance that already underlined its high price tag.

The man standing in the middle picked up the microphone and started explaining with a smile on his face. Gong Shichen didn't quite understand it, so he asked Mu Qing, "What is he talking about?"

Mu Qing looked at the piano, and the fingers holding the drink moved subconsciously, but there was no extra expression on his face: "He is introducing this piano, saying that it is a treasure used by a Russian pianist before his death. ....now introducing the pianist's past."

The man in the center was talking endlessly, and Mu Qing translated to Gong Shichen in a low voice: "Now he is introducing the quality and tone of this piano... Ah, he is asking if there are people who can play the piano, You can play a song directly."

As soon as Mu Qing finished speaking, Gong Shichen suddenly dragged him forward and walked a few steps to the front of the stage, and said to the man in the center in fluent English: "My friend used to be a pianist, he gave up because of some things. I've learned the piano, but I still think he's the best, best piano master I've ever seen. So, can I give him a try?"

Mu Qing still had a drink in his hand, and was caught off guard by Gong Shichen, who pushed him forward, exposing him to everyone's sight: "Shichen! You—"

"Of course!" The man on the stage was very enthusiastic, he responded to Gong Shichen in English with a smile, and then raised his volume and said to the people around him in Russian, "A foreign friend wants to play a song for us. , are you looking forward to it?"

"Looking forward!" It's always human nature to watch the fun, especially if you are with your family or with your companions. In addition, there were some people around who had heard Mu Qing's explanation just now, and the atmosphere of watching the excitement was even stronger. The language of the response was different, but the atmosphere was really lively.

Mu Qing never thought that he would be pushed out by Gong Shichen. Now that so many people are watching, it is not easy to refuse directly, so he can only frown at Gong Shichen.

Gong Shichen was not shaken because of his eyes: "I know you haven't touched the piano much since last year... and the piano at home is also put on Aunt Tao's side. But I still think, You don't need his affirmation at all because you're already good."

I'm already excellent...?

Mu Qing lowered his eyes and did not immediately respond to Gong Shichen's words.

The men on the stage didn't quite understand what they were talking about, but they were excellent at reading air. He thought for a moment, then smiled and looked at Mu Qing: "Sir, although I don't know why you don't play the piano anymore, but I know a truth: there is no perfect thing in this world. Time is better than perfection."

"Really?" Mu Qing looked at Gong Shichen's obviously worried but unwilling expression, then looked at the people waiting quietly around him, and suddenly sighed softly, speaking to the stage in Russian. The man said, "Thank you for your encouragement, I'm willing to give it a try. But I haven't played the piano for nearly two years. If I don't play well, please don't blame me for the original owner of this piano."

"How come!" The man happily gave Mu Qing his place, "Please start playing!"

Mu Qing had played the piano many times before, but since high school, he had never played in front of so many people. One is because his hand needs a long recovery cycle, and the other is because of Mu Rui's rage and the disappointment and annoyance in his eyes every time he looks at himself.

after that........

Mu Qing cut off his memories in time, walked along the steps to the piano, and sat on the piano bench. He looked at the black and white keys in front of him, calmed his breath a little, and then gently stroked them.

Gong Shichen pushed Mu Qing out just now with an impulse, but now his heart is full of anxiety. When Mu Qing raised his hand, his heart was almost in his throat, but after a while, a smile gradually emerged from Gong Shichen's mouth.

At the beginning, the sound of the piano was a little rusty, but it didn't take long for it to quickly reach the level of Mu Qing, and even more intoxicating because of the time experience.

The melodious sound of the violin poured out like water. After the last syllable fell, the crowd watching the fun didn't react immediately. After a while, they realized that the song was over, so the cheers and applause exploded. stand up.

Gong Shichen looked at Mu Qing's smiling profile, and felt very happy for his friend. He was about to push through the crowd to the edge of the steps to wait for Mu Qing to come down, but before he could move, he saw a man with a flower in his arms come to the steps ahead of him, stepping on the steps to Mu Qing's side.

The man had a straight suit and a bright smile. Just by looking at the back, he could taste twelve points of handsomeness and elegance. The man politely put a bunch of red tulips into Mu Qing's arms, then took Mu Qing's hand, and gently placed a kiss on the back of his hand: "I like your piano very much, This bouquet expresses my admiration for you, and I hope you have a happy New Year."

The pleasant Russian flowed from his lips, and the expressions of the people around him changed from shock and confusion to understanding, and they applauded.

Gong Shichen stood in the crowd, looking at the dizzying profile of the man opposite Mu Qing, but the expression on his face was distorted to the extreme. He resisted the urge to rush up and beat someone in front of the crowd, gritted his teeth and squeezed the person's name out of his mouth: "Yu, Yi, Feng!"

The first sentence of Gong Shichen's words is a transliteration of "городской музей", which means: City Museum.

The "Da" mentioned by Gong Shichen is a transliteration of the Russian "Да", which means affirmation, which is equal to "yes" in Chinese and "yes" in English.

Note: The city museum in the text is purely fictitious, don't take it seriously, it is recommended to go to the Rijksmuseum when traveling to Petersburg, it is very worth seeing.