Shen Qiaohan seemed to really feel Tao Xiao’s gaze, and tilted his head and looked at him: “What’s wrong?”
Tao Xiao’s complicated expression disappeared immediately, and he grinned: “No, it’s just that I suddenly found that I can still be so handsome… Hehe, it turns out that temperament is important, and I don’t have this kind of temperament.”
Looking at the unfamiliar vitality on “his” face, Shen Qiaohan’s mouth corners seemed to be hooked into a little smile: “Want to learn?” ”
Learn what?
Learn to play the piano?
Tao Xiao couldn’t help but be stunned.
Then he raised his hand and scratched his hair: “Isn’t it a little late to learn now, and I don’t have much musical talent… I have learned guitar with Brother Yamin and others before, but I always couldn’t remember the fingering, and I couldn’t hear anything wrong, so I gave up.”
Shen Qiaohan shook his head: “As long as you want to learn and are willing to work hard for it, there is no such thing as too late.”
After a pause, he saw that Tao Xiao didn’t answer, and said, “Of course, if you are not interested, forget it.”
Tao Xiao answered quickly this time: “It’s not that I am not interested, but I… When we switch back, I may not have much time and opportunity to practice the piano. Xiao Ke won’t let me use his keyboard. ”
Xiao Ke is the keyboard player in Zhou Yamin’s band. His real name is Zhang Ke. He didn’t live in the dormitory because he had a girlfriend.
After listening to this series of explanations, Shen Qiaohan knew that Tao Xiao was not interested in learning the piano, so he stopped persuading him.
Without saying much, he turned back to the piano and started playing again.
Tao Xiao’s eyes stayed on this familiar yet unfamiliar “self” for a long time before slowly moving away.
In fact, he was really not uninterested in learning the piano – it would be good to learn more anyway.
But at the same time, he also understood that the intersection between him and Shen Qiaohan was just this magical exchange of souls. When the two of them return to their respective places in the future, they may never meet again, or even keep in touch. In addition, Shen Qiaohan is an emerging musician. Even if his net worth is not as good as those internationally famous pianists, the tuition for his lessons will still not be low.
Tao Xiao is not so shameless, using this accident as an excuse, to rely on Shen Qiaohan to teach him how to play the piano.
Moreover, Shen Qiaohan is, after all, the white moonlight in Zhou Yamin’s heart that cannot be replaced by anyone.
Even if Tao Xiao knew that this was not Shen Qiaohan’s problem, and could accept living in peace with Shen Qiaohan temporarily, if he asked Shen Qiaohan to teach him how to play the piano, it would be as if he had received some favor from Shen Qiaohan, and he would inevitably feel awkward – this is different from using Shen Qiaohan’s bathtub and eating some of Shen Qiaohan’s house’s meals. Even if it is not mentioned verbally, a master-disciple relationship has been established after all.
Tao Xiao did not want to have any other close relationship with Shen Qiaohan other than the necessary contact to solve the soul exchange problem. Once the exchange problem is solved, he does not want to meet Shen Qiaohan again.
Thinking of this in his mind, he picked up his mobile phone, leaned on the sofa, his toes unconsciously tapping the rhythm with the sound of the piano, and aimlessly browsing Weibo hot searches to divert his attention.
…
In the cramped dormitory at the backyard of the bar, Zhou Yamin threw his phone heavily onto the bed and cursed.
Xu Lei on the upper bunk said, “Tsk, don’t be angry, Zhou Ge, it’s all because of the jungler’s stupidity in this game. He gave away so many heads!”
Zhou Yamin exhaled heavily, picked up his phone again, turned off the failure interface on the screen, and asked, “Did Taozi play with you guys this afternoon?”
Xu Lei didn’t say anything. Wang Jie and Wang Xiaobin next to him exchanged glances. Wang Jie said, “It was only for a while. He was so reckless today, and he left because we disliked him.”
“What time is it now, and he hasn’t come back yet!” Zhou Yamin cursed again in annoyance, “He’s really getting cocky…”
Xu Lei suddenly asked, “What did Li Yanrui say to him today? I know they ran into each other at the door, but I didn’t hear what they said clearly.”
Zhou Yamin snorted and laughed, “Xiaorui has a straightforward temper. He was unhappy when he saw me wearing the clothes Taozi gave me today. He is not a bad person by nature, and he can’t say anything too unpleasant.”
After a moment’s silence, Xu Lei sighed: “If you ask me, Zhou Ge, we can all see clearly what Taozi feels for you, don’t you really want to consider it? This child is simple, we have seen him for a few years, he is devoted to you, and he has absolutely no hidden thoughts, isn’t he much better than those little lovers who want you for this and that?”
Hearing such words again, Zhou Yamin smacked his lips: “I’ve said it before, he’s not my type… and I treat him as a brother, how can I do anything to him?”
“Besides, this time, he was injured, and I treated him better, and now he ran away from home for fun.” He said impatiently, “If I agree to him, I don’t know what tricks he can come up with… Let’s have some fun, okay, seriously, not coming?”
He has said this to the band members more than once behind Tao Xiao’s back. Wang Xiaobin was helpless and could only shake his head and sigh, not knowing what he was muttering in his heart.
Wang Jie glanced at Zhou Yamin: “Aren’t you worried that he won’t come back tonight and go out to hang out with others?”
Zhou Yamin watched the game start again and uttered a heavy “huh”: “Taozi is not the kind of person who takes it out on himself. Even if he is really angry with Xiaorui this time and wants to show his face to me, he will probably just find a small hotel for one night… You all know his temper, he will never mess around with others.”
As he said that, he suddenly paused: “Tsk, I don’t know where he learned this trick, he can even play this trick, sissy… I have to talk to him about reason when I come back tomorrow. ”
Wang Xiaobin gave Wang Jie another look, and Wang Jie silently signaled him not to interfere.
It’s not that they didn’t remind Tao Xiao, but Tao Xiao was still nice to Zhou Yamin and still liked him… As friends and buddies, Wang Jie and Wang Xiaobin didn’t have any more ways to persuade him.
…
Tao Xiao was awakened by a ringing cell phone – he didn’t know when he fell asleep.
He suddenly opened his eyes and got up, and he dug the ringing cell phone out from the gap in the sofa cushion.
The screen showed the caller, but it was not Zhou Yamin, but “Ms. Tao”.
Just as he was about to answer the phone as usual, Tao Xiao suddenly saw his hand holding the phone, which was white and slender, with distinct joints. He then realized that he couldn’t answer the phone like this!
After a second of stunned silence, Tao Xiao immediately looked up at the armchair beside him- Shen Qiaohan’s version of “himself” was sitting there quietly reading a book.
Catching Tao Xiao’s nervousness, Shen Qiaohan asked: “Who called?”
“My mom!” Tao Xiao said in shock, “Oh my god, what should I do!”
He quickly added: “She will definitely recognize my voice! If I dare not answer the phone, she will bombard me all night. If I turn off the phone, she might call the police tomorrow!”
Shen Qiaohan was not panicked at all, and said calmly: “I’ll turn on the hands-free mode, don’t talk.”
He returned to the coffee table, found a pen and paper and handed it to Tao Xiao, looking like he had made a plan in this regard.
Tao Xiao immediately understood what he meant, pressed the pen refill, and prepared to write a reminder.
As soon as the call was connected, a beautiful female voice rang out from the other end. It was hard to tell her age, and her accent was a little hard to distinguish. It seemed to be saying, “Xiaoxiao, why haven’t you posted on WeChat Moments these two days?”
Shen Qiaohan called “Mom” very calmly, and used his eyes to signal Tao Xiao to write a reminder.
Tao Xiao wrote furiously, writing a line of extremely messy words on the paper: choreographing a new dance, busy!
Shen Qiaohan immediately repeated, “I’m choreographing a new dance these days, a little busy…”
Mother Tao: “Hey, no matter how busy you are, you must pay attention to rest. When you have time, post a few more photos of you on WeChat Moments. It won’t disturb Mom, and Mom can also see where you go and what you eat every day.”
Tao Xiao raised a word: OK!
Shen Qiaohan: “Okay.”
“Hey, Xiaoxiao,” Mother Tao paused and suddenly asked, “Are you in a bad mood? You don’t like to talk anymore…”
Before Tao Xiao could write a few words, Shen Qiaohan responded improvisationally: “No, I’m just a little tired.”
Mother Tao didn’t ask any more questions and changed the subject: “You’re going to be twenty-four soon. Mom asked Aunt Wang to introduce you to a young man. He also likes boys. He’s a local and lives not far from our home. He just graduated from junior college and wants to develop in Yan City… I thought you’ve been there for several years and are familiar with it, so I asked him to find you and you can cultivate feelings with him…”
Tao Xiao:…
Shen Qiaohan:…
Tao Xiao felt powerless and held his forehead with his hand: he was young and ignorant at the time and accidentally came out, but how could he not escape the fate of being arranged to go on a blind date?!
And his dear mother even told Aunt Wang next door about it! Within a week, no, within three days, the whole village will know about it!
Mother Tao didn’t get a response. He didn’t know what she had imagined. She said to herself: “Alas, mom knows that you can’t get married in China, but you have to find a partner so that mom can feel at ease… Mom is not urging you, you just go first, just get along, and you will slowly know whether you are suitable for each other.”
Suddenly dhe remembered something and added: “The Niangniang Temple on our mountain is the most effective for praying for marriage, so you must take the talisman with you!”
Hearing this, Tao Xiao was stunned. he didn’t even have time to write a word. He asked Shen Qiaohan with his mouth: “What talisman?”
Shen Qiaohan repeated: “What talisman?”
Mother Tao: “Oh! This… Hey, when I took you to the Niangniang Temple to burn incense, I also asked the master to give you a talisman… Bless you to have a smooth life next year and a good marriage…”
Tao Xiao: … Mom, you are feudal and superstitious!
Shen Qiaohan frowned slightly, remembering that he seemed to have seen a small golden purse when he took clothes to take a shower in the dormitory. So it was for talisman paper?
Mother Tao continued to nag: “Mom knows you don’t believe these things, and was afraid that you wouldn’t want it, so I secretly stuffed it into your luggage, thinking that even if you don’t wear it, it would be good to keep it with you. Your Aunt Wang said that praying for marriage in the temple is really effective! Her Shun’er was able to marry such a good wife like Yanyan after praying for marriage…”
Tao Xiao took a deep breath, picked up the pen and wrote: Busy, hanging up!
Shen Qiaohan: “I’m still a little busy here…”
Tao Xiao wrote: Moments.
Shen Qiaohan: “…I will post on Moments often.”
Mother Tao nagged a few more sentences, and Shen Qiaohan responded with a few “hmm” and “ah” at Tao Xiao’s prompting, and finally hung up the phone successfully.
The apartment fell into an eerie silence again.
Tao Xiao and Shen Qiaohan sat on the sofa, looking at each other, speechless.
The author has something to say:
Tao Xiao: You calling mom is so natural!
Shen Qiaohan: …
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Taozi takes his mother’s surname~
Ivy: ZYM is just to disgusting! Scumbag!
Sam Williams On TYMIMA Chapter 152