My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Chapter 126 You are beautiful again, I don’t know myself

"Forget it. It would be more convenient to ask mom directly instead of asking you." Su Meng smiled faintly, and then asked the maid beside her to get the poetry board.

The maid quickly brought up the poem board and handed it to Su Meng. She quickly finished reading the quatrain and laughed again.

"Good...it's a good poem indeed." Su Meng said with a smile, but her brows slightly frowned as she smiled, "This line is about the beauty who has returned after seventy years, but the joy left is too great to know myself. It should be called a famous line...it should be called a famous line..."

Gu Li, who had not spoken for a long time, was also very worried about Su Meng, so he asked tentatively: "Sister, what's wrong?"

Su Meng shook her head and said, "It's okay, it's okay."

Gu Li obviously didn't believe that Su Meng was fine, so she looked at Chang An nervously, but the other party closed his eyes. She didn't know what Chang An wrote on the poem board, so she turned her eyes back to Su Meng: but she only saw her smiling and quietly looking at the poem written by Chang An.

After a long while, Su Meng raised her head and saw Gu Li looking at her. She asked, "Li'er, do you want to see it? You have the right to see the poem written by Chang An."

"Is it okay?" Gu Li asked nervously, and looked at Chang An who was sitting next to him.

"Look, I'm here. How dare he not show it to you?" Su Meng said, and handed the poetry board directly to Gu Li.

Helplessly, Gu Li had to take the poem board and read the poem on it. After reading it, she seemed a little surprised, raised her head and looked at Su Meng who was sitting opposite, and found that she was leaning on the railing, holding a wine glass, and looking downstairs.

She didn't want to disturb Su Meng, so she handed the poem board to the maid beside her and said, "Take it to Mother Su."

"No need. I still have to play one more song downstairs. I'll just take it down with me." Su Meng also retracted his gaze at this time, drank the wine in the glass, took the poetry board from Gu Li and the pipa on the ground, then turned around and went downstairs with Gao Shi.

It was just past the hour of You, and the sky was getting dark. Business at the Xinluan Restaurant was just beginning. Su Meng came to the stage, holding the pipa, bowed to the audience, and then sat on the stool, brushing the pipa strings with her fingers, making a tremolo sound.

The noise from the audience also came to an abrupt end with this tremolo. Su Meng took a deep breath, then stretched out her hand to pluck the strings of the pipa. A burst of hurried tones came out, which seemed to express some tension.

After the anxious melody, the tune slowed down a little. But this relaxation did not last long, and soon it switched back to the rapid melody. In an instant, the melody became increasingly hurried, the tone was strong and powerful, the jumping sound continued to increase and become faster, and the changes became more intense.

When the pitch reached its highest point, the sound suddenly stopped, replaced by an almost inaudible melody, mute and faint. After a while, the melody became more rapid and louder, sweeping over like lightning and thunder. Su Meng closed his eyes, and his fingers quickly plucked the strings, as if he was completely immersed in the music.

With the last twitch of the strings, the tone reached its climax and the lingering sound lingered for a long time.

No one may have noticed that when Su Meng plucked the strings for the last time, blood appeared on her fingertips, and the blood dripped slowly along the strings of the pipa. But she stood up holding the pipa as if nothing had happened, bowed to the guests in the audience, and then left.

At this time, the guests in the audience finally came to their senses, and then burst into warm applause, and took out their own money bags and threw them at Su Meng. Su Meng was fine, but Gao Shi, who was standing in front of her, suffered - he was hit by large and small money bags, and could barely catch one or two, and then handed them to the maid beside him.

She held the pipa and followed Gao Shi. How could she not know that her finger was broken? She raised the finger that was bleeding and gently wiped it on her red lips.

After returning to her original position, Su Meng sat down as if nothing had happened, put the pipa aside, and at the same time, she did not forget to turn the string side of the pipa away from Chang An and the others. Then she picked up the wine glass and drank lightly.

"What did you think of the song 'Ten Sides of Ambush' just now?" Su Meng asked with a smile.

"Not bad." Chang An nodded and said, "There is a sense of tension and urgency. Your skills are still improving."

Su Meng shook her head and said, "Thank you."

At this time, she saw Gao Shi sitting next to her and found that he was rubbing the place where he was hit just now, so she asked: "What's wrong? Were you hurt by those money bags?"

"I'm not injured, just a little painful." Gao Shi shook his head and replied.

"That's the best place." Su Meng also poured a glass of wine for Gao Shi, pushed it in front of her, and said, "Drink some. You have been blocking them for me just now. It's hard work."

Gao Shi nodded slightly, took the wine glass, and said, "Thank you very much."

They ate and drank briefly, and then a maid came forward and replaced a new pot of wine. At this time, Su Meng poured herself a full cup and drank it all in one gulp.

After drinking, she refilled her glass, and then filled Chang An's glass as well, saying, "Thank you for the poem you wrote. Although it was not written for me, thank you very much."

Chang An picked up the wine glass and said, "No need to thank me."

His answer was short, and Su Meng roughly guessed what he would say, so she didn't pay much attention to it. She also raised her glass and said to Chang An, "I'm treating you to a drink today, don't you, Chang Yonghe, plan to toast me?"

"Of course I have to." Chang An raised his glass and extended it towards Su Meng.

The two clinked their glasses together and drank them all in one gulp.

"Eat something? Otherwise you'll say I didn't treat you well enough." Su Meng saw the dishes on the table that had hardly been touched, put down the wine glass and urged.

As she spoke, she picked up her chopsticks and picked up some vegetables and meat for Gu Li, saying, "Especially you, Li'er. You are in poor health. You need to eat more to replenish your body."

Gu Li smiled at Su Meng and said, "Thank you, sister."

The whole table was silent for a long time, even Su Meng and Gao Shi ate some dishes together. After eating almost everything, Su Meng looked at the sky outside the window and said:

"It's getting late. You two have been here for quite some time. It's time to go back."

As she spoke, Su Meng stood up and picked up the pipa. Chang An and Gu Li also looked out the window. There were stars outside and the moon was hanging overhead. It was indeed time to go back.

The two followed Su Meng to the street outside the Xinluan Restaurant, and then heard her say:

"Your carriage is still parked outside my house. Chang'an, you know the way to my house. Hurry and take Li'er back."

There seemed to be some urging in his tone, but his eyes were blurred, looking vaguely at Chang An standing in the darkness.

Chang An and Gu Li nodded slightly to Su Meng and said, "We will take our leave first."

"Okay, it's dark outside, so pay attention to the road." Su Meng also smiled, with her eyelids slightly closed, so that no one could see her emotions.

After giving instructions, Chang An took Gu Li away. Su Meng and Gao Shi stood there, quietly watching them leave until they completely disappeared in the crowd in the dark night.

"Miss!"

Someone shouted from behind. Su Meng and Gao Shi also turned around and saw Yuqi standing at the door, shouting at them, "Madam! Another guest wants to listen to music!"

Su Meng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let them wait, I'll be there later."

After saying that, she turned her head again and looked in the direction where Chang An left, seeming to be in a trance. But as she looked, she smiled, and as she smiled, she shook her head again, and walked towards the Xinluan Restaurant with Gao Shi.

"Seven years have passed and I am no longer beautiful, I am so happy that I don't know myself...I wish you could always be safe..."

"I am a beauty, but you don't know yourself..."

When Su Meng stepped into the Xinluan Restaurant again, the expression on her face was full of charm, and every move she made moved the hearts of the customers. Although she was smiling, none of the customers around her could catch her eye.

She walked all the way to the stage, quietly sat on the stool used for performances, and pressed her fingers on the strings. At this time, the somewhat red string was under the light, reflecting some light, and it seemed to be shining with golden light...

Chang An and Gu Li returned to Su Meng's house. Their carriage was still parked at the door, and the servant was drowsy in the carriage. Chang An gently called the driver, then picked up Gu Li and put him in the carriage, and then got on the carriage himself.

After instructing the destination, the driver drove the carriage away.

Sitting in the carriage, Gu Li called out, "Chang Lang?"

"uh-huh?"

"Do you think the poem you wrote can help my sister keep away those drinkers?" asked Gu Li.

Chang An nodded and said, "Even if they don't give me face, they should give face to Mother Su. On the surface, it seems that I was the only one who came up with this idea, but it was Mother Su of Xinluan Restaurant who finally implemented it. After all, she also wants to protect her own cash cow, right?"

Gu Li nodded, and then asked, "Chang Lang, when will my sister be able to redeem herself?"

"I don't know, it may take a long time." Chang An shook his head and said.

Gu Li was also a little depressed at this time, and said: "I hope my sister can redeem herself earlier, so that she doesn't have to work hard every day to deal with those drinkers like now."

Chang An listened to Gu Li's innocent words, smiled and touched her head, not knowing whether she was really naive or pretending to be ignorant.

But none of this mattered to him. In the dim carriage, he leaned close to Gu Li's cheek and kissed her on the face.