At 3 a.m., the landmines in front of the station

It was like stripping his clothes off.

Break through his defenses.

That feeling.

Gu Zhi was completely absorbed.

-

……

The two walked into the innermost part of the music store.

A rehearsal room of about 30 square meters.

The interior has been acoustically renovated and includes a TAMA drum kit, a Budweiser bass amp, a large Orange guitar amp, a Laney tube amplifier, a mixing console system, and two wireless dynamic microphones.

"You guys enjoy yourselves inside. Once the door is closed, you won't hear anything outside."

Teacher Yang winked at Su Che, then turned and slipped away like the wind.

I originally wanted to check Qin's problem first, and if it was serious, I would let him handle it. But he was worried about becoming a third wheel, so he left the battlefield in three seconds.

【All right. 】

Helpless, Su Che put down his own instrument and cables, as well as the small box he had prepared for Yuan Xiao.

He gestured for Gu Zhi to open the violin case.

"Brother Che".

"Ok?"

"Actually... I've wanted to ask this for a while now..."

"what?"

"You were clearly coming to the rehearsal room, so all you had to bring was your instrument... Why did you have to carry so much cable and pedals back from your dorm...?"

Gu Zhi pulled the zipper on the violin case while observing him out of the corner of her eye.

The perceptive girl had already figured out the pattern: Su Che only stored the equipment in his school dormitory when he didn't have room at home.

There are very few times when you need a lot of equipment to carry it back home from your dorm room.

This is quite obvious.

"what……"

Su Che thought for a moment and said briefly:

“I recently took on a new student. Her family didn’t have enough equipment, so I lent her some of it as essential tools for class.”

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhi's face hardened.

"Brother Che, is it really okay to leave things at a student's house?"

"Huh? This, is there no problem...?"

The voice has not fallen,

Then Gu Zhi's expression changed.

Ta-da!

Su Che narrowed his eyes, finally realizing what was happening.

Previously, Gu Zhi was his only disciple, or one could say his "closed-door disciple".

And now, with the addition of Yuan Xiao,

She was no longer the only one.

In fact, she never enjoyed the things she used, since her family was very wealthy and she had no shortage of any equipment, which she could obtain with her pocket money.

This, ironically, became the source of her concern and anxieties.

"Zhi, listen to me. If you need anything, I can lend it to you. There's really no need to worry about these things."

He wore a layer of armor.

I thought the defense would increase by 2.

However, Gu Zhi ignored her completely and simply said, "Okay, if that's the case, I do need some things right now."

"What is it?"

Su Che looked up at her.

Watching her smile subtly as she opened the irregularly shaped, bulging violin case.

1,

2,

3 seconds.

Su Che's pupils suddenly contracted.

An indescribable feeling of suffocation accompanied the widening of the violin case opening.

It welled up in my heart.

"Zhi, your zither... what... is this?"

A slanted, barbed incision;

Exploding, snapped strings;

The Gotoh knob, made of metal, was disassembled into six pieces;

as well as……

The broken neck of the violin was completely cracked, with only a thin strip of wood holding the capillaries together.

【…】

With a hiss,

I heard the echo of the zither, worth 30,000 yuan.

The cries of agony were incessant.

The divine artifact has fallen.

Su Che felt very sorry for him.

"How did this happen? Zhi, such a serious injury, basically..."

"It's impossible to save him. I know that, Brother Che."

Gu Zhi's smile remained on her lips.

They seemed to feel no heartache or sadness at such a death.

even,

The way she looked at it

All that remained was a strange and extreme sense of alienation, as if all previous ties with it had vanished.

The guitar was an instrument she had never encountered before.

This made Su Che's heart tremble.

I feel a bit lost.

"You...so you want to...?"

He carefully withdrew his gaze.

He asked in a protective tone, "Give it up?"

No, not at all.

Gu Zhi leaned down, whispered in his ear:

"I just want to start over in a way that my brother will 'like'."

……

……

Chapter 42 Go Home, Child (Three chapters today, 9000 words)

The prolonged contact made even the air difficult to breathe.

Time stands still when you're with Gu Zhi.

Because every second is taken very seriously,

I'm worried she might take something even more drastic.

To put yourself in a situation that is difficult to deal with.

The zither's life has come to an end.

Gu Zhi's demand is to change course and restart.

She said she wanted to learn bass, but I'm not a bass teacher. Even if I can play Tokyo Teddy Bear flawlessly, it doesn't mean I can teach her everything.

Squatting in front of the phone booth, Su Che's thoughts were clear.

The way she looked at me was far too dangerous, like a snake eyeing its prey, or a spider weaving its cocoon. If I rejected her, she would likely veer further and further off course.

It was past 8 o'clock, so we took Gu Zhi home.

The two didn't speak much more along the way.

She held him tightly, clinging to him, and wouldn't let go until they entered the stairwell.

It's quite obvious that her need for herself is increasing day by day and expanding infinitely, without even needing to guess.

"Just now in the rehearsal room, she said she had prepared the money to buy a new piano..."