The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 284 Ex-Girlfriends - Khan Recruits Soldiers
"Jingle bells jingle bells
jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride In
a one horse open sleigh hey
…… "

The snow was falling heavily and songs celebrating Christmas were heard from the shops along the street. In fact, there were many other Christmas songs besides "Jingle bells", but in Gu Li's ears, this song was the only one that could enter her mind at this moment.

It had been a while since she came out of the Magic City Exhibition Center. The falling snow had already covered her head, eyebrows, nose tip, and mouth corners with a layer of white, but Gu Li still had no reaction.

I walked onto the street in a daze.

Passersby were all holding umbrellas, and they all looked at Gu Li with admiration for being so cold-resistant that she wore a black dress even on a snowy day.

Gu Li seemed unaware of all this and could only hear the sound of the Christmas song in his ears.

Because the child's voice in this Christmas song sounds very much like her favorite song "Little Girl" when she was a child.

Little girl
Get up early in the morning
Carrying flower baskets to the market

Walk through the streets and alleys
Selling flowers, selling flowers, singing

……

This song is of great significance to Gu Li. When she was in elementary school, she performed this song on stage, and her father Gu Yansheng also recorded it.

When she was a child, Gu Li did not have the queen-like personality she has now. At that time, she was just a cute little "Laozi".

Later, her personality changed more and more, which gave Gu Yansheng a headache, so whenever he had time, Old Man Gu would play the video he had recorded, especially in front of Gu Li.

Then Gu Yansheng would sigh that Gu Li was still the cutest when she was a child.

However, this video is completely a black history for Gu Li. Whenever she hears the voice of herself singing "Little Girl" when she was a child, she gets goose bumps.

I want to be a cold queen, how can I have such a cute side?!

Unfortunately, Gu Yansheng completely ignored her protests and dissatisfaction and still played this video from time to time.

Including a few months ago before Gu Li's birthday party, Gu Yansheng played this video again in front of Gu Li. At that time, Gu Li even complained that she would print out the photo of her father wearing open-crotch pants and put it on the wall in the future!
At the same time, Gu Li also said that day...if Dad was late for her birthday party, she would cut up all of his treasured cigars one by one!

Finally, in order to save his cigar, Gu Yansheng rear-ended his car on the elevated road...

From then on, Gu Li could calmly watch the video that she regarded as her dark history, and saved the song "Little Girl" in her mobile phone.

Perhaps this is also a way for her to miss her father. When she hears this song sung as a child, it seems as if her father is looking at her and giving her strength.

When the acquisition announcement conference was held a week ago, Gu Li listened to this song alone before entering the venue.

Now on the streets of Shanghai, Gu Li was walking in a daze in the heavy snow, and suddenly he recalled what happened on the night of his birthday party.

That night, she was also walking alone on the streets of the Magic City, but this time it was drizzling rain that fell on her body.

She broke up with Nan Xiang, her boyfriend Gu Yuan left her, and then she received news of her father's death.

That night, Gu Li's world collapsed. Everything that was once beautiful seemed like a shattered illusion, and beyond the illusion was a cruel and cold reality.

Gu Li always thought that after experiencing that night, his psychological endurance had become extremely strong, just like the queen's crown of thorns, he had to prick his hands with blood before he could wear it on his head.

But at this moment, Gu Li realized that this was also an illusion of hers, and the crown of thorns would still pierce her head and make her bleed.

At this moment, just as at that moment.

"Ding ding ding..."

The cell phone in his hand rang, and the upside-down city in Gu Li's eyes returned to its original state in an instant.

Glancing at the screen of his mobile phone, he saw that it was Lin Xiao calling. Gu Li didn't want to answer and let the phone ring.

She now didn't want to have anything to do with anyone or anything related to the engagement ceremony that just happened in the Magic City Exhibition Center.

But the ringing continued, so Gu Li hung up the phone.

Thinking back to what happened just now, the Monkey King stole the bride in the first half, and the clown left the stage in the second half...

Gu Li felt that this situation was very similar to the birthday party that night, which was full of vigor and enthusiasm before it started, but ended in disgrace.

Suddenly, the corners of his eyes felt sore, and Gu Li raised his head to let the snowflakes fall on his eyes. In this way, who would know that what was sliding down his face was not snow water?
She didn't know how long she had been walking, she only knew that the singing in her ears had disappeared. Inexplicably, Gu Li thought of Nan Xiang.

Gu Li no longer wanted to see anyone who had appeared at the engagement ceremony today. She was afraid that once she saw them, she would experience the torture she had endured again.

Only Nan Xiang was not here today, but what happened at the end had something to do with her.

What Yuan Yi said in front of everyone, "You stole my best friend's man," was like a bayonet stabbing into Gu Li's heart, evoking her guilt towards Nan Xiang that had always existed but seemed to be erased by time.

It has been almost half a year since she last saw Nan Xiang, and there has been no news from her. For Gu Li, she has never been separated from a close friend for so long since middle school.

Even though Nan Xiang was the one who was most likely to argue with her among her best friends.

But now, it was her that Gu Li missed the most.

Standing on the street covered with a layer of white winter snow, Gu Li began to feel the cold and shivered with his arms folded for a long time before he called Nan Xiang.

It's not like she hadn't contacted Nan Xiang before, but she never replied to her messages or answered her calls, so she gave up the idea of ​​contacting Gu Li.

If Lin Xiao hadn't told her that Nan Xiang would occasionally reply to messages, she would have thought that something had happened to Nan Xiang.

But this is where Gu Li was sad. Nan Xiang was unwilling to answer her calls or reply to her messages, proving that she really wanted to break off relations with her.

Listening to the "beep" sound of the phone being dialed, Gu Li shivered while staring at the screen.

In fact, she hasn't figured out how to talk to Nan Xiang, and she doesn't know whether she should persuade Nan Xiang to come back. She just misses Nan Xiang very much now. This time, she is looking forward to it in her heart, but subconsciously feels that there is little hope.

"Hey."

Finally, in this icy and snowy place, Nan Xiang's voice came from the phone. When Gu Li heard her voice, the emotions that he had been suppressing finally burst out.

"Wow~Nan Xiang!" Gu Li, who seldom cried in front of her best friend, cried into the phone. All the strength in her body seemed to disappear with this cry.

Gu Li squatted down with her phone in hand, and the hem of her black skirt bloomed like ink-wash petals on the white snow.

"sorry!"

Gu Li said this while sobbing, which stunned Nan Xiang, who was also feeling guilty for a long time on the other end of the phone.

……

"Jian Xi, what should I do? Gu Li refused to answer my call!"

On the other side, at the Magic City Exhibition Center, Lin Xiao, who was about to leave, put away his phone and said anxiously to Jian Xi beside him. Jian Xi didn't care. After all, Gu Li was the protagonist of the original drama, and this little blow would definitely not cause any harm to her.

But seeing Lin Xiao's anxious face, he thought for a moment and said, "Gu Li's rejection of your call is also a reaction, which means that what she wants now is quietness, not listening to you comforting her on the phone."

After a pause, he continued, "Besides, didn't Tang Wanru go to see Gu Li first? You can call Tang Wanru first."

"Oh yes, let me ask Wanru first."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao hurriedly called Tang Wanru again.

Jian Xi shook her head and took Lin Xiao away from the engagement ceremony hall while she was on the phone.

The hall where the engagement ceremony was held was the Friendship Hall of the Magic City Exhibition Center, located on the north side of the central hall. Among the several halls, the Friendship Hall was relatively small. If it were used to hold a wedding, it would be more suitable for a small or medium-sized wedding of one or two hundred people. For the marriage of the children of the Yuan and Ye families, this hall was relatively small, but it was completely sufficient for an engagement.

However, this hall is rather small, and the daily rental price is at least one hundred thousand, not including the drinks and snacks that were just inside. It is naturally nothing to the Yuan and Ye families. If Gu Yuan and Yuan Yi really have the opportunity to get married in the future, they will probably hold a grand wedding.

But now, Jian Xi could only say what a pity.

Seeing that Lin Xiao was still waiting for Tang Wanru to answer the call, Jian Xi thought about it and did not go directly to the south gate exit, but walked towards the central hall.

Lin Xiao, who was holding Jian Xi's hand, was now fully focused on the phone waiting for a call. She would follow Jian Xi wherever he walked.

However, she waited until the customer service prompt sounded but Tang Wanru still didn't answer her call.

Lin Xiao frowned, and tried again without giving up, but the final result was the same.

So she had to put away her phone and said to Jian Xi in frustration: "Tang Wanru didn't answer my call either."

"Oh no, that's nothing we can do. Maybe her cell phone signal is bad?" The bastard said nonsense. Lin Xiao rolled his eyes at him. "What era is this? Where in the Magic City can Tang Wanru go to where the signal is bad?"

"That's right." Jian Xi thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Maybe she was so engrossed in looking for Gu Li that she didn't hear the ringing."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao nodded, and then asked worriedly: "Jian Xi, shall we go and look for them too?"

"Who to look for? Gu Li or Tang Wanru? Or Gu Yuan?"

Jian Xi chuckled and said, "These three living people are normal except for their mental abnormalities. It's snowing so heavily outside, so they definitely won't stay outside for too long. There's no point in us going out to look for them now."

He had no intention of going out to look for anyone in such a cold weather, and besides, these three people were not really missing.

Lin Xiao pursed her lips when she heard that. She was very worried about her best friend's condition when she left just now. But what Jian Xi said made sense. Gu Li refused to answer her call. Maybe he just wanted to be alone?
Lin Xiao, feeling a little annoyed, walked into the central hall. What caught his eye was a building layout that combined Baroque and Northern architectural elements.

The dome ceiling is 5 meters high, with gilded wheat ears and five-pointed star patterns in the center. A giant crystal chandelier with a diameter of meters hangs in the center of the dome, and thousands of crystal prisms refract a golden halo.

Twelve Corinthian marble columns with acanthus leaf patterns carved on their capitals and strong lines on the column bodies, and the light beige marble walls, amber floors and gilded decorations form warm tones, creating a luxurious feel like a royal palace.

Lin Xiao had never been here before when she came to attend the engagement ceremony, so when she saw everything in front of her, the strong visual impact made her forget her depressed mood.

When Jian Xi arrived, he found that the central hall was open. It seemed that because of Christmas, there was a large exhibition here.

However, perhaps because the layout here does not quite match the Christmas atmosphere, the decoration is not as colorful as those Christmas-themed shopping malls and stores, and the Christmas elements here are just used as embellishments.

Jian Xi took a look and found that what was going on here was probably a sculpture art annual exhibition.

There were groups of people chatting around these sculptures in the hall. There was a piano on the stage in the distance. A woman in an elegant white tassel dress was sitting in front of the piano and playing it, which served as the background music for the exhibition.

"Jian Xi, do you know anything about sculpture art?"

"I know a little bit." Jian Xi said modestly, "They are all art. I have also dabbled in it."

"Oh."

Lin Xiao nodded. After the initial shock, she gradually calmed down, and her concern for Gu Li began to resurface. However, since she and Jian Xi had just come in not long ago, she didn't say anything to ruin the atmosphere.

After watching for a while, Jian Xi noticed Lin Xiao's expression and said with a smile, "Do you still want to look for Gu Li? Then let's just go. I'm not that interested in these things anyway."

Just now, when he looked at these sculptures, some memories emerged in his mind and he felt inexplicably emotional. After taking a look around, he didn't have much interest in continuing to walk around.

Moreover, the bad man remembered that Little Green Tea was still waiting for him at home, and asked him mysteriously to go back today. Now that things here were done, he could go back directly.

"Ah? Really? But I was thinking about going to Gu Li's villa to see if she has returned, or waiting for her, but now I still want to watch with you for a while."

It's a rare occasion today that I'm alone with Jian Xi. But a few times before, we ended up drinking and ended up going to bed together. Now it feels more like a date between lovers!

If it weren't for this incident with her best friend, she really wouldn't want to go back early.

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, Jian Xi smiled and nodded. He patted Lin Xiao's hand which was around his arm, and then slowed down his pace.

At this moment, the piano sound that had been stopped for a while sounded again. Perhaps because today is Christmas, the song this time is "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence".

The piece slowly unfolds with a single-note melody. The treble range plays a motive with oriental modal colors, like snowflakes falling on a winter night, light but lonely. The blank space between the notes allows the sense of space to spread. The resonance of the bass range with the broken chord texture is like an undercurrent, creating a sense of restrained sadness and memories.

Standing not far from the stage, Lin Xiao, who knew nothing about sculpture art, was only focused on listening to the sound of the piano. He saw the woman playing on the stage swaying her body slightly to the rhythm of her fingertips, as if she had turned into a silver fish embellished with musical notes.

Lin Xiao couldn't help but reveal envy in his eyes. It was a pity that he was studying Chinese, and the charm of words could not be displayed on him so directly. But the woman on the stage seemed to glow when the piano played.

Turning her head, Lin Xiao saw Jian Xi, who was looking at the sculpture just now, was now looking at the woman on the stage like her. She immediately felt a little jealous: "Does it sound good or look good?"

"It sounds good and looks good." The dog man came to his senses and answered truthfully.

"Then tell me why it looks good first?" Although she also thought it looked good, she felt a little jealous when this guy said it.

Jian Xi smiled, looked at the woman who was still playing on the stage and said to Lin Xiao: "It's not like you can't see it, what should I say?"

Lin Xiao curled his lips when he heard this, and then said: "If I ask you something nice, will you answer me the same way?"

"That won't happen."

The dog man paused for a moment, and after listening to the piano for a few seconds, he said to Lin Xiao: "When I heard her play this song, I thought of my ex-girlfriends."

"..."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao was immediately angry and amused. He pinched him and said, "Ex-girlfriends? Why don't you just say you're thinking about me and...Lin Quan?"

"More than that." The dog man turned his head to look at the stage, smiled and said softly, "When I heard the piano music, in addition to you and Lin Quan, I also thought of Wang Zi, Ke'er, Dingdian, Xiao Ai, Xiaoyue, Xueqiong, Xiaohe and Jiayi."

"..."

(End of this chapter)