Chapter 65: Make a fire
"Drawing lots?" Hu Ying stared.
He's going to play the violin! He plays the violin so well, he wants to wow the crowd!
"Yeah, the draw, we're going to break up all eight of our guests' programs, and we're going to draw as we go along, and we're going to perform whatever we draw."
"Director, you guys are a bit short on creativity lately, but you're still drawing lots." Hu Ying said.
"So what if I draw an instrument?" Huo Cheng said. "I don't know any instruments."
Wen Nuo busily said, "I won't either."
He doesn't know how to play an instrument. He doesn't know how to dance.
He can't sing either. He gets nervous too easily.
Magic he knows even less.
He then knew martial arts, the only specialty he knew!
"We don't necessarily draw an instrument, so we'll draw first, and then we'll mix it up, and we have a lot of guests who play instruments." We have a lot of guests who play instruments," Guo Bing said.
"Then smoke it." Di Xingchen said, "Anyway, I can't twist my arm."
"Everyone learns from Star," Guo Bing said, "You have to trust us, we've done our audience research. We've done our own audience research. It's good for everyone if the program looks good, and the audience knows that you're drawing straws, so no one will say anything about whether it's good or bad, it's just more fun."
"I wanted to see what programs people were signing up for." Hu Ying said.
Guo Bing then showed them.
Di Xingchen's dance "Spring in the North" was the one that met everyone's expectations, Hu Ying's program was the violin "Fire", which was very exciting to listen to, and Duan Yihua's program was an accordion song called "Twilight Standing", which didn't know what style of song it was, and sounded rather cold, but the accordion inexplicably suited Duan Yihua's style. Yan Zhi is a guitar song called "Oceanside", which sounds like freedom and birds, Lin Qingning prepared a piano song called "Love Song", and Pei Xu prepared a piano song called "Lake Baikal", which I don't know if it's just a coincidence or a deliberate act.
What Huo Cheng prepared was a magic trick.
As Guo Bing said, what everyone prepared was within expectation and there were no surprises.
The most unexpected was Wen Nuo, who prepared a martial arts performance.
Overall, the rich kids really know how to play musical instruments mostly.
"Which one of you is first?" Guo Bing asked, holding the cardboard box.
"Qingning is not here." Di Xingchen said.
"Everyone draws first, and the last one left is his." Guo Bing said.
Tuan Yihua took the lead, "I'll go first."
He smiled and reached inside the cardboard box, fumbling with it for a few moments before finally pinching a slip of paper out and removing it, the corners of his lips grinning.
Guo Bing leaned in for a look, "Show the camera."
Tuan Yihua showed it to the camera, Hu Ying saw it and said with a smile, "Is it really okay to do this? Do you play the guitar?"
Tuan Yihua drew Yan Zhi's Oceanic.
Yan Zhi smiled and clapped.
Tuan Yihua smiles and says, "Haven't heard 'Oceanize,' but I'd love to try it."
Versailles made a statement!
Why, because it means that Tuan Yihua not only knows the accordion, but also plays the guitar!
Di Xingchen couldn't help but say, "This one looks good, these two tracks should be two completely different styles."
Yan Zhi glanced toward him at that and said, "Not a style indeed."
"Next, number two." Guo Bing said.
Yan Zhi then walked out and drew a note.
He drew Huo Cheng's magic trick.
Yan Zhi smiled and said, "It was okay."
Di Xingchen then stepped forward and drew one as well.
He let out a breath, opened the note to it, and smiled.
"What?" Hu Ying asked hurriedly.
Di Xingchen shows the camera, "Martial arts."
Wen Nuo, disappointed and pleased, clapped his hands together and whispered, "If Star dances, I'm sure martial arts is fine."
As he finished he then stepped forward and drew a slip of paper.
When I opened it, Wen Nuo was dumbfounded: "I won Brother Lin's piano music."
Huo Cheng looked at what everyone had already drawn and now there is one piano, one violin, one dance, and one accordion left.
None of which he played with.
That's when the gap between a poor kid like him and this group of rich kids became apparent.
It seems like everyone of them, the rich kids, know a musical instrument, it's one of the skills they had to learn as children.
He simply drew one, and when he opened it, he won a piano piece by Pei Xu.
"Let Brother Pei draw the dance." Hu Ying prayed beside him.
He's the coolest of the guests, and he's also the most interesting to watch dance.
The final draw was heavenly.
Pei Xu really won the dance.
Di Xingchen smiled and clapped his hands.
Pei Xu dancing, the picture is unimaginable.
Hu Ying got excited.
Because only his violin and Tuan Yihua's accordion were left.
Fifty percent probability!
"I've been unlucky in the lottery so many times, I've lived in a broken house, it's about time I got lucky." He said and prayed a little, the variety pulling in full force.
Then he pursed his lips and stuck his hand into the cardboard box and felt around for a long time.
Pick it up and put it down.
Huo Cheng said, "The feeling of two notes being touched by you out of two hundred."
Hu Ying heartbeat is accelerated.
He can't wait to show off his talent.
He finally picked out one of the notes and slipped it to Di Xingchen: "You can read it for me."
Di Xingchen smiled and helped him remove it, raising an eyebrow.
Without waiting for him to say anything, Hu Ying himself couldn't help himself and slammed over to take a look, then jumped up, "YES!!!"
Hu Ying became the luckiest man in the room when he drew his own, violin.
"I'm kinda looking forward to Hu Ying's violin." Di Xingchen said.
It's not so much the violin as the instrument, but Hu Ying's choice of track, "Fire," which sounds like it'll be a blast to listen to.
"That leaves the accordion at the end, and 'Twilight Standing' is Lin Qingning's." Guo Bing said.
"Learning songs for a day might be okay, not piano, I guess." Huo Cheng opened his mouth.
Wen Nuo immediately said, "Yeah, I really don't know how to play the piano at all."
"I'll switch with Wen Nuo." Di Xingchen volunteered, "I think he should just perform martial arts, it's quite a contrast."
Hu Ying and Tuan Yihua They both agreed, saying, "I also think Wen Nuo should perform martial arts, I want to watch."
"Piano, are you okay?" Wen Nuo asked.
Di Xingchen says, "I know a little."
Tuan Yihua and Hu Ying glanced at Di Xingchen.
Does he even play the piano?
Xingxing, what other surprises do you have that I don't know about!
Huo Cheng immediately said, "I want to change too."
"Does Huo want to perform your magic tricks?" Yan Zhi suddenly spoke.
Huo Cheng glanced at Yan Zhi.
"Do you play the piano?" Huo Cheng asked.
Yan Zhi said, "A little."
Huo Cheng thought it sounded like he was learning from Di Xingchen.
He glanced at Yan Zhi and fantasized about Yan Zhi playing the piano in this ascetic getup.
No, it's too glamorous.
"I want to switch with Pei Xu, I drew Pei Xu's," Huo Cheng said. Huo Cheng said, "And I kinda want to try dancing."
Huo Cheng has his own calculations.
For one thing, if he had to choose between Pei Xu and Yan Zhi, he would definitely choose Pei Xu, he wouldn't even have to think about it. Secondly, even though he doesn't know anything about dancing, it fits his persona if he can't do it well, and it's good to be funny, and the most important thing is that this is the kind of dance that Di Xingchen is good at, so he can take this opportunity to learn it from Di Xingchen.
As for his magic, it wasn't very good in the first place, performed or not.
He then said to Pei Xu, "Castor, how about we switch too. You play the piano, I'll dance."
"I can do anything." Pei Xu said.
And Guo Bing asked, "Is the accordion okay?"
Pei Xu said, "A little."
A little bit, that's a lot.
Yihua said, "Wow," and said, "There aren't many people who can do that."
"Where's the violin?" Hu Ying chimed in.
Pei Xu said, "I'm not very good at violin."
Not really, that's a little bit.
Everyone all showed envy and jealousy.
Guo Bing said, "That's great, if Lin Qingning can't play the accordion, he can tune it with you."
Pei Xu says, "OK."
When people look at Pei Xu, they feel that his whole body is glowing.
Di Xingchen felt it was all too much of a persona.
Not to mention, in terms of talent alone, the Jinjiang male lead is definitely the one who beats Haitang and the Dot family, and all the skills related to romance, the Jinjiang male lead has almost all of them.
One word, Sue!
In the end, everyone finalized the items for tomorrow night's show.
Di Xingchen and Pei Xu are piano pieces.
Wen Nuo is a martial art.
Yan Zhi is magic.
Lin Qingning is the accordion and Tuan Yihua is the guitar piece.
Huo Cheng is dancing.
Hu Ying is a violin.
From the point of view of the audience, Hu Ying's violin, Wen Nuo's martial arts, and Tuan Yihua's guitar are the most promising, with Hu Ying's strong character and Wen Nuo's and Tuan Yihua's strong contrasts.
The second is Huo Cheng's dance. He is tall and bright, and his dancing is sure to be a great variety show.
As for the others, middle of the road.
"Actually, I think Yan Zhi is a bit talented in playing magic." Huo Cheng felt that of all the talents, his magic looked the least impressive, and he was a bit embarrassed: "Let Yan Zhi choose another one."
I didn't expect Yan Zhi to say, "It's good to play magic, no need to change."
The big boys don't rely on these for eyeballs.
"It's so happily decided ah. Everyone rest early today and help each other out tomorrow. We'll perform at night, and after the show we'll split the house."
"The rhythm is flying." Hu Ying said.
"It's just like riding a roller coaster to have fun," Guo Bing said with a smile. Guo Bing said with a smile.
"What's going to happen to the house this time?"
"I can't tell you yet, I'm afraid you'll be stressed, I'll tell you tomorrow."
"I want to be creative and not make us draw straws again." Hu Ying said.
"Definitely not a lottery." Guo Bing said, "It'll make you scream."
"Director you should stop talking about it, it's keeping us awake at night." Huo Cheng laughs.
Everyone is ready to go back to their own rest.
"Will your room number three hold up tonight?" Huo Cheng asked Hu Ying, "Do you want to spend the night in our houses? Take your pick, you can go anywhere you want."
"Really?" Hu Ying asked, "Then I'll come to your place."
Huo Cheng thought Hu Ying would choose Room 1, but he didn't realize he was going to them.
"Fine, our double bed, you and I can squeeze in, or you can share a bed with Wen Nuo."
Hu Ying then said, "I'm really going."
"I mean it too." Huo Cheng said and looked at Wen Nuo, "Wen Nuo is fine with it, right?"
Wen Nuo smiled and said, "No, I warmly welcome it."
He also wants more people, more people are lively, otherwise he is alone against Huo Cheng, he is still embarrassed.
Huo Cheng then looked at Pei Xu, "What about you? Why don't you come along?"
"I'll pass." Pei Xu said.
"I'll have to ask the program team and see if they're willing." Hu Ying said and looked at director Guo Bing.
"Today's special circumstances, the director should agree." Huo Cheng said.
Guo Bing said as he walked away, "Agreed, agreed, agreed, whatever you want to do today."
We chatted for a while in Room 1, and then went back to our respective rooms. Huo Cheng and Wen Nuo went to Room 3 first, and when they arrived at the intersection, Wen Nuo was surprised to see the snowmen Pei Xu had piled up and asked, "Who piled up the snowmen, and piled them up so high."
"Pei Xu heap." Huo Cheng smiled and said, "We Pei Xu childishness is not extinguished."
Hu Ying said, "It's a pity that they don't have eyes and noses, they're not delicate. Tomorrow I'll come over to mess with them and dress them up."
Room 3 is very cold now, and the window is still leaking a bit. Hu Ying hugs his blanket, packs his toiletries into his bag, and asks Pei Xu: "If you really don't want to go, you'll have to stay in the room alone today."
Pei Xu says, "You can sleep well today."
He sent Hu Ying and the others out, and then sat down alone in the silent, dilapidated house.
He turned his cell phone on and played a song by Liu Shuang.
The song he put on was fittingly "Desert Ballroom".
[If you have time, you'll come and see me, I guess.]
It's that time of year. No one should be visiting him.
As a result, he heard someone tapping on his door.
Then he heard Di Xingchen call out, "Brother Pei, are you asleep?"
Pei Xu immediately got up and went to open the door.
Di Xingchen came in through the snowflakes, closed the door, and said, "Why didn't you turn on the lights? I thought you'd gone with Huo and the others."
Pei Xu turned the light on and was busy patting the snowflakes on Di Xingchen's body, saying, "Why are you here. It's so cold."
"I'm afraid Huo and the others forgot to make a fire for you." He said and glanced at the firebed, "Look, sure enough they didn't, I'm here."
Pei Xu says, "I was just about to start a fire."
Di Xingchen squatted down and looked under the bed, and Pei Xu hurriedly brought over dry wood and coal.
Di Xingchen helped Pei Xu to build a fire, and while he was doing so, Di Xingchen realized that Pei Xu's hands were all red.
His hands were large and broad-boned, with long, slender fingers and jagged, well-defined knuckles, but at the moment they were red with frost.
"Why are you frozen like this?" Di Xingchen asked in astonishment.
"Froze while building a snowman, didn't care at first."
"Does it hurt?" Di Xingchen asked.
Pei Xu saw the worried look on his face and was very flattered, saying, "It hurts."
At that moment, they suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside, and then Huo Cheng pushed the door in.
"Look at my brain, I forgot to make you a fire." Huo wrapped himself in the wind and snow and smiled, "Eh, Star is here." .
"I just came to see if you guys had a fire." Di Xingchen laughs.
"Halfway to the road I remembered, so I rushed back." Huo Cheng said, squatting down, "I'll do it, I'll do it, make a fire or ask for Huo (Huo) Brother!"
Pei Xu and Di Xingchen both laugh. Pei Xu reaches out and gives Huo Cheng a pat on the snowflakes on his hat.
Huo Cheng quickly lit the firewood. Huo Cheng roasted the fire and said, "You shouldn't have stayed here, it's better to stay at my place, we both share the same bed."
"Do you see him as someone who would squeeze into a bed with someone." Di Xingchen trolled.
"Squeezing is possible, but I don't think it's necessary, just stay up all day."
"Don't talk too soon, and watch out next time you're still living here."
Pei Xu just laughed and said, "That's fate, accept it."
After the fire inside stabilized, Huo Cheng covered it with iron, clapped his hands and said, "It's done."
"Thank you." Pei Xu said.
"You're welcome, we're leaving, ah, alone." Huo Cheng said.
He and Di Xingchen went out together, and when they came to the intersection, Huo Cheng stopped to look at the two snowmen and said to Di Xingchen, "You said that Pei Xu is so withdrawn and cold, but he built two snowmen."
It means he's thirsty for love, too.
Di Xingchen said, "Tomorrow I'll bring a carrot, stick a nose on him, and get two eyes, and it'll be perfect."
The two of them were about to part here, and Huo Cheng said, "Let's go, Mr. Zhai, the students will depend on you tomorrow."
Di Xingchen smiled and waved her hand, "Good night."
"Good night." Huo Cheng put both hands in his pockets, scrunched his neck, walked two steps against the north wind, walked away, and then looked back, snowflakes were falling, Huo Cheng turned around and walked back, walked and ran.
He'd had such a happy day. He got to say goodnight to Di Xingchen alone before he went to bed, and he got to take dance lessons with him tomorrow.
His happiness was as grand as the snow that filled the sky.
Room 3 warmed up quickly. Because the conditions here are relatively simple, there is no bathroom, and because she is living with Hu Ying, Pei Xu has not taken a shower for two days. Yesterday, he was sweating in the middle of the night, but thanks to his thick clothes, he couldn't smell any sweaty odor. Taking advantage of the fact that he is the only one living here and the room is warming up, Pei Xu poured out the pot of hot water on the stove, undressed, and wiped his body with a towel.
It was after ten at night, and because of the song playing on his cell phone and the sound of rushing water, he hadn't heard any footsteps coming from outside at all.
Hu Ying was running back to get his cell phone, he saw that the room was still lit and tapped on the door with gusto: "Pei Xu."
Push hard and eh, it actually bolted.
Pei Xu froze and hastily took her pants and slid them up her legs, "Wait."
Hu Ying asked in a puzzled manner, "Are you asleep?"
With that, he glanced in through the doorway.
At this look, her eyes widened, Pei Xu had just put on her pants and was taking her jacket, her shoulders were broad, her shoulders were wide and her waist was narrow, or maybe it was the effect of the environment and the hazy lighting added together, it looked surprisingly pretty and unlike anything else.
Hu Ying snapped and turned his back.
In his absence, Pei Xu has become so bold.
Mingming sleeps with him wrapped up like Yan Zhi.
After a few minutes, Pei Xu, wrapped in a down jacket, came and opened the door for him.
"Why are you back?" Pei Xu asked.
Hu Ying didn't even have the heart to look at Pei Xu's face and only said, "I ...... forgot my cell phone."
"I just washed up, there was water on the floor." Pei Xu remained unperturbed, still treating him like a wooden man.
There was indeed a bit of water on the floor. He rushed to the bed and grabbed his cell phone, seeing that his rabbit was also laying on the bed, also in his hand, and panicked.
Outside the snow is very big, the road is under half a foot thick, step on it creaking, while running he also thought, my good boy ah, Pei Xu figure is too good, right.
He suddenly GETS Pei Xu's sex appeal while undressing in the dilapidated shack.
Hu Ying instantly felt uncompetitive.
Published at: 07/02/2024 07:00