The sweetest in the entertainment industry

Chapter 64 How is it possible?
After a series of witty remarks, Gu Lanxi couldn't help but sigh:

“I haven’t played the suona in the park for a long time. My friends have been asking me why I haven’t been going these past few days. I told them I’ve been busy lately and I’m moving soon. They all feel so sorry for me.”

Gu Lanxi lived here for several years. When she was feeling irritable, besides practicing martial arts, her favorite thing to do was to find a corner in the park and play the suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument) to her heart's content.

The suona is a very powerful instrument; no matter how remote the corner it is in, it can always attract passersby to stop and listen.

After a few more times, other folk music enthusiasts invited her to play together.

She has a good temper, is beautiful, is a big star, and plays the suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument) very well. Everyone likes to hang out with her.

When she was suddenly moved, everyone was reluctant to see her go, and she was reluctant to leave too.

Not only will I miss these like-minded friends, but I will also miss the familiar environment and this house that suits my taste.

Her ancestral home was sold off by her scumbag father. In those years, she either slept under the stairs or rented an attic from an elder in the clan. Since she packed up all her belongings and went north at the age of fourteen, she has only returned home for the Qingming Festival to pay respects to her ancestors, and each time she goes back, she stays in a hotel.

Even after he became successful, he never considered going back to buy property.

Because of that city, most of her memories of it are gray, and she can't reconcile with the past for the time being, so she just wants to escape.

On the contrary, this house is the first and only house she bought in full.

She oversaw the entire renovation process, and every single detail met her expectations.

This was her first home in the true sense.

With Lu Nanting now a part of her life, she is about to enter a new phase and needs to move to a more suitable place to live.

If the marriage fails, she may return to live here again.

If I'm happy for the rest of my life, this house will remain vacant forever.

Perhaps, for the sake of cash flow, they will sell it...

This place is full of stability, but the future seems like a maze, and no one can see it clearly.

Despite her extremely decisiveness when making decisions, she still experiences sadness and anxiety deep down.

Tomorrow I'm going to take possession of the apartment, and the day after tomorrow I'm moving. As the day I leave this place gets closer and closer, this feeling has suddenly become exceptionally strong.

She was just used to keeping it to herself and not telling anyone.

But Lu Nanting could always sense her emotional changes.

"It's just moving, don't be so sad. As long as we're together, home is wherever we are. If you like it here, we can continue to live here. Anyway, the total area is not small, and apart from not having a big private garden, which makes it less convenient to live here, there's nothing wrong with it."

Gu Lanxi shook her head: "No need. People always have to look forward, don't they?"

That's very true.

Lu Nanting nodded: "A thousand sails pass by the sunken ship, and ten thousand trees bloom before the withered tree. You will always meet someone better. Think about it, I can get up at three in the morning to play the suona with you. Can your friends do that? I have basically played every kind of instrument, and I am good at many of them. I can also compose music for you on the spot and play with you in different ways. Can others do that?"

For Lu Nanting, playing music is like playing a game. To be honest, playing with him is definitely more interesting than playing a fixed piece with someone else.

After his words of encouragement, Gu Lanxi felt much better.

"I'm not very good at anything except the suona, but you can teach me."

Thinking of this, Gu Lanxi suddenly had a brilliant idea:
"We can buy a piano and put it at home. Once we learn to play a duet, we can perform for our family during the Chinese New Year!"

Seeing how excited she got, as if she couldn't wait to move house! Then she moved the piano into the house as fast as she could!
Lu Nanting couldn't help but laugh.

Gu Lanxi completely ignored him and kept rambling on:

"By the way, what do you think about building a stage in the yard? Would a circular one be better, or a semi-circular one next to the wall? Or a rectangular one? Should we pave it with wooden planks or bricks?"

Lu Nanting hurriedly called out, "Stop, stop, stop! Stop it! If you keep fantasizing like this, I'll be staying up all night."

Why stay up all night?

"I wonder what gifts my children will give me when I turn 70."

"I thought you'd only think about things like the child's name."

"Oh, I've thought about those things countless times already. I want to think of something new."

"Stop! Don't say anything! I've decided to raise the price temporarily, five hundred per sentence."

"I just paid five yuan for a sentence, and now it's five hundred! What a heartless capitalist!"

"There's nothing I can do, your mental attacks are just too powerful!"

Gu Lanxi said she was finding it hard to cope.

“I think you still like hearing that. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have said something like that. After all, you know perfectly well how much money I have.” Gu Lanxi silently turned away, not looking at him.

Seeing that she ignored him, Lu Nanting was afraid of angering her, so he immediately changed the subject to a more serious one: "Actually, you are still looking forward to our new home."

Gu Lanxi washed the mud off the potatoes, turned around and placed them on the cutting board. With a few quick snips, she sliced ​​them into even pieces, picked them up with a knife, placed them on a small rectangular plate, paused for a moment, and then carefully chose her tone before speaking:
"They must be looking forward to the future."

Given Gu Lanxi's personality, she would never ask him such a foolish question as whether he would always be good to her. She would only try her best to maintain the relationship and would not let go until she could no longer hold on.

"No, I should say we are very much looking forward to our future."

Lu Nanting finally finished washing the romaine lettuce.

I stood it upright to shake off the water, put it in the drain basket, and then picked up the bean sprouts and pinched off the roots one by one.

While pinching, he watched Gu Lanxi peel a piece of white and tender lotus root.

"Actually, I don't know what the future holds for us, but I will try my best to live each day to the fullest. I hope that you can feel happy every day you are with me. I have also thought that when two people live together, there will definitely be various small frictions, but I hope that when we encounter problems, our first reaction is to work together to solve them, rather than arguing for no reason."

As long as Lu Nanting didn't deliberately tease her, Gu Lanxi's emotions were always stable, and she naturally agreed to this suggestion:
"I don't like arguing either. It only makes things worse and does nothing but vent my emotions."

"So, we've reached an agreement?"

"An agreement has been reached."

After scraping and washing the lotus root, Gu Lanxi placed it on the cutting board, picked up the knife, and skillfully sliced ​​the lotus root into pieces.

"Bring me the bean curd sheets and winter melon, I'll cut them up a bit more."

Lu Nanting immediately cooperated.

Once everything was ready, I checked the time and it was almost midnight.

There were no outsiders around, and I was too lazy to move the food to the restaurant.

Gu Lanxi opened the cabinet, took out an induction cooker, placed it on the island counter, and then took out a stainless steel double-compartment pot, washed it, added water, and put it on the induction cooker to heat it up.

While waiting for the water to boil, the two of them each dragged over a high stool and sat facing each other.

Gu Lanxi couldn't help but sigh, "I've always wanted to buy one of those charcoal-fired copper pots, the kind you use for hot pot with mutton in the winter. But I'm afraid of fire hazards, so I don't dare to buy one."

When we move again, there's a gazebo in the yard, so we can buy not only this kind of pot, but also a barbecue grill.

Lu Nanting said she was full of expectations for the future, which was indeed a very apt summary.

Seeing her sitting opposite him with her face cupped in her hands, her cheeks rosy and her eyes sparkling, Lu Nanting felt his whole being soften.

Because Gu Lanxi broke up with him at the hot pot restaurant years ago, he couldn't stand seeing this kind of food for a long time.

But his inherent upbringing prevented him from saying anything unpleasant.

So he said, "You can buy whatever you want in the future, so you don't have any regrets."

As steam gradually rose, the two people looked at each other across the pot, feeling somewhat like they were looking at flowers through a fog.

In fact, as soon as Gu Lanxi spoke, she also thought of what happened that day.

She thought Lu Nanting would say something harsh, or at the very least make sarcastic remarks about her, but he didn't mention it at all.

My heart suddenly felt a little sore.

Gu Lanxi lowered her head, sniffed, and spoke for the first time about the thing that made her feel incredibly ashamed:
“I ran into you on the street the Christmas before last. I almost rushed up to you to get back together, but then I saw you leave with another girl.”

My older sister came home from school and told me that the teacher taught them a few words that touched her deeply. I asked her what those words were.

She recounted the story with deep emotion:
"I saw the stars were very bright."
I hope there will be no war or casualties.

I want every child to wear beautiful new clothes.

We walked in the cold wind. My younger brother sat in his stroller, acting as a repeater, constantly repeating what his older sister said. After she finished speaking, she excitedly started sharing things that happened at school and led her younger brother in singing nursery rhymes.

Even after I got home, I didn't know what to say.

They say we live in a peaceful country, while children in war-torn countries are suffering?
Or is it economic development and progress in the textile industry?

Or perhaps we could discuss how words can record and convey beautiful emotions?

None of them seem quite suitable.

Perhaps this love is too great, and my heart is too small; I don't want to make a frivolous judgment about it.

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(End of this chapter)