Chapter 7 Playing Hard to Get

It's quiet at night.

The number of customers in the store reaches a peak between nine and ten o'clock, and then gradually decreases.

Resident singer Guo Hai took a look at the time, stood up and said hello to Pei Youwei, ready to go back, but Pei Youwei stopped him.

"Guo Hai, wait a moment."

Guo Hai stopped in surprise and asked puzzledly: "Is there anything else?"

Pei Youwei smiled and said: "This is the summer worker who just came to my store. His name is Xu Ye. He said he can also sing. Can you help me play the guitar to accompany him?"

Guo Hai was a little unhappy: "You want me to accompany him?"

The self-esteem of literary and artistic youth is at work again.

Xu Ye heard his dissatisfaction and stepped forward with a smile: "Brother Guo, can you lend me your guitar?"

Guo Hai glanced at Xu Ye up and down, and asked with some disdain: "Can you play?"

"Learned a little bit."

Although Guo Hai was very suspicious, Pei Youwei was the boss's wife after all, so it would be unreasonable if she refused to even lend him a guitar.

Guo Hai handed the guitar to Xu Ye.

Xu Ye reached out to take it and carried it on his body skillfully. He plucked the strings skillfully. After finding that there was no problem with the intonation, he walked over to where Guo Hai had been sitting just now.

Pei Youwei walked to the counter, held her cheek with one hand, and looked at Xu Ye with a smile.

Zhang Xiaonuan and Zhou Ying also looked at him curiously.

The fact that Xu Ye went out to work during the summer showed that his family conditions were not favorable. He probably did not attend art tutoring classes when he was a child, and he did not have time to learn guitar in high school.

Now they all want to know if Xu Ye is bragging.

After Xu Ye sat down, he was not in a hurry to play.

He was thinking about which song he should play and sing.

Most of the songs in his mind were from 15 years later, and he was thinking about which song he should sing more appropriately at this time.

After a while.

Xu Ye: "Madam boss, I'll just sing a song."

Pei Youwei nodded lazily: "Anything is fine."

Xu Ye let out a breath, slapped the top of the guitar alternately with his palms and fingers, and fiddled with the strings from time to time.

The intro melody came out quickly.

Guo Hai's eyes slowly opened wide and he looked at Xu Ye in disbelief.

Xu Ye leaned closer to the microphone in front and sang the song he hadn't sung for a long time... "Anhe Bridge".

"Let me see you again

from south to north

Like eyes blinded by the Fifth Ring Road

please say it again

About that day

…”

Xu Ye's voice when he sings is different from his voice when he speaks. His voice when he sings is particularly magnetic, and his voice is full of a maturity that is not for his age.

He had only sung a few words when a hint of surprise flashed through Pei Youwei's peach blossom eyes.

She had no idea that Xu Ye could actually play and sing.

But the key is...

How could he sing this song?

Aren't high school students like him listening to Xu Song, Wang Sulong and Xu Liang now?

The few tables of customers who had not left the restaurant were also attracted by the sound. Apart from Xu Ye's singing, there was no other sound in the restaurant. A light and sad atmosphere spread in the tavern.

"I know

this world

There are too many regrets every day

so hello

goodbye

…”

Xu Ye sang the last lyrics affectionately, and after playing the outro, he also looked up at the audience around him.

When he found that everyone in the store was looking at him, Xu Ye suddenly felt embarrassed: "You...why are you all looking at me?"

"Xu Ye, you sing so beautifully." Zhang Xiaonuan couldn't help but praise.

Xu Ye breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Oh, I just sing casually."

"Don't be so modest."

Pei Youwei smiled and said, "We, Xiao Nuan, were all moved after hearing this."

Zhang Xiaonuan quickly blushed: "Boss lady!"

"Look, she's even shy."

Xu Ye didn't answer. He returned the guitar to Guo Hai and said thank you casually, but Guo Hai left gloomily.

Guo Hai knew very well that after Xu Ye sang this song, his importance in this tavern dropped sharply.

For him, Xu Ye's existence is a big threat.

Seeing this, Xu Ye asked worriedly: "Boss lady, Brother Guo?"

Pei Youwei knew what Xu Ye was going to say. She shook her head and said, "You don't have to worry about him. He is my employee just like you."

After Pei Youwei finished speaking, she asked Xu Ye to take out his mobile phone.

"Do you have WeChat?"

"some."

Xu Ye was still not used to using QQ, so after getting the phone, he installed WeChat as soon as possible.

“We’ll add a WeChat account and send you a red envelope later.”

"ah?"

"I agreed to give you a hundred, and I won't default on it."

Xu Ye hurriedly said: "I just said that casually."

Pei Youwei said: "I am also a person who keeps my word. Stop talking nonsense. Show the QR code and I will scan it for you."

…

Ten past eleven.

Xu Ye ended his first day of summer work.

The nightlife in small cities is not that exciting. At this time, many people have already gone to bed.

But at this moment.

Gu Mengyao was still tossing and turning in bed.

She held her phone and kept waiting, waiting for Xu Ye to send her a message, but from yesterday to now, the chat history still stayed at the night before.

Why.

Why!

What on earth is he doing?

He won't really stop looking for me.

Gu Mengyao couldn't help it anymore and took the initiative to send Xu Ye a message on her mobile phone.

Rose Girl: "Are you going to the class reunion tomorrow night?"

Twenty minutes later.

After taking a shower, Xu Ye replied to this message: "We'll talk about it tomorrow."

Gu Mengyao said quickly: "Are you free tomorrow afternoon? Do you want to go shopping?"

Xu Ye: "No time."

It was still a cold word. Gu Mengyao felt aggrieved inexplicably. She even wanted to cry.

Seeing that Gu Mengyao didn't reply, Xu Ye guessed that she might be angry there. She was like this when she was in college. She could blame herself for a long time when she said something to other girls, but as for her, she talked to those seniors every day The junior students were hanging out together, and if she said something to her, she would blame herself for being narrow-minded.

The reason Xu Ye didn't rush to delete her was because he wanted her to experience this feeling.

Gu Mengyao naturally wanted to find someone to express her grievances to, and she quickly sent a message to her best friend Liu Qian.

Rose Girl: "Are you asleep?"

Yandere Loli: "No, I'm watching TV dramas."

Rose Girl: "Xu Ye has changed. His attitude towards me now is completely different from before."

Yandere Loli: "Did you take the initiative to find him?"

Rose Girl: "Yeah."

Yandere Loli: "Why can't you bear this?"

Rose Girl: "I just asked if you will go to the class reunion tomorrow?"

Yandere Loli: "I think he is playing hard to get."

Yandere Loli: "Do you want to provoke him?"

Rose Girl: "How to do it?"

Yandere Loli: "Didn't you say that Duan Qingjun also has a crush on you? If you go with him to the class reunion tomorrow, Xu Ye will definitely be jealous when he sees it."

Rose Girl: "Yes."

The two of them chatted about the specific arrangements for tomorrow.

And this time.

Xu Ye has already fallen asleep.

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