When the train left, Dylan Li sat on the rest chair, feeling like he was in a dream. When Ethan Lu called him, he realized what he was doing and asked with a blank expression: "Are we the only two left?"
Ethan Lu looked at him, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and said "hmm".
In fact, Dylan Li didn't feel anything in the past two days. He went to the piano store to take care of his students and went to class. He ate well and slept well. He didn't know that sometimes people's emotions would be late, so he repeated it to himself. : "Just...are we two left?"
"Let's go," Ethan Lu said, "go back."
Dylan Li lowered his head and wiped his face.
Ethan Lu looked up at the sky outside again and said the second half of his sentence: "By the way, I went to the air raid shelter for a walk."
Dylan Li: "???" Is that what he thinks?
Ethan Lu said quite naturally: "Introduce new people."
In addition to major bands gathering there to rehearse, the air-raid shelter is also the location for interviews for newcomers. Dylan Li's melancholy atmosphere was directly dispelled by Ethan Lu.
Dylan Li couldn't believe it: "You just told Felix Huang and Daming that you will always be a part of Vent. Those words were so Fcuking touching that I almost cried, and it turned out that it had only been less than two minutes since we got on the train. Are you going to accept new people?"
Ethan Lu: "Is there any problem?"
Dylan Li: ...
Ethan Lu was just joking. After Dylan Li's condition was adjusted, he said: "I'm just kidding you. Besides, there are no people in this air-raid shelter."
Dylan Li punched him and followed him: "Damn it, the point is, there's no one around right now. If there's someone, go there right away."
Ethan Lu walked in front of him and agreed seriously: "Yes, it's a pity."
Ethan Lu didn't comfort him with many words, but Dylan Li knew that he was telling him: Don't be downcast, just keep going.
Ethan Lu did mean the same thing.
The positions of bassist and guitarist are hard to fill for a while, and this gap is just two vacancies.
It is not easy to find the right people. Even if you squat in the air-raid shelter every day, you never know when you will find someone. Therefore, rather than recruiting new people to the band, Ethan Lu wants to fill in the financial gaps related to daily expenses first.
...People need to eat well.
"Hey," while waiting for the bus on the roadside, Ethan Lu nudged Dylan Li with his elbow, "I want to ask you something."
Dylan Li took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Ethan Lu: "What's the matter?"
Two people squatted on the curb and smoked.
Ethan Lu took a sip before saying, "Do you have any work there?"
Dylan Li began to search for information in his brain: "You said work? Let me think about it..."
Ethan Lu went straight to the topic without any politeness. His lips turned white when he smoked, but his words were not weak at all: "Aren't you teaching drums at a piano store? I think your job is not bad. You and I Did your boss recommend me?"
Dylan Li: "What do you teach, guitar?"
"Well," Ethan Lu said, tilting his head and thinking about it very seriously, "I can do bass, too."
Dylan Li: ...
Dylan Li took a deep breath of cigarette and stood up to say goodbye: "My car is here, I'll leave first."
Since his brother is unreliable, Ethan Lu can only fend for himself.
He sighed and planned to find a few short-term part-time jobs to bridge this gap.
The few part-time jobs in the same city that I had collected in my collection didn't have much updated information recently. After getting in the car, Ethan Lu looked all the way and couldn't find any part-time jobs, but he received a lot of greetings.
Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.
The first one to come was the band of brothers - the band Spades who always competed with them in the air-raid shelter to see who was louder. Bassist Kangaroo: Is your band disbanded?
Disbanded?
Really disbanded?
...
Ethan Lu replied: What is disbandment? This is called reorganization. Don't worry, your dad is still your dad.
Kangaroo: Haha.
After the kangaroo laughed, he couldn't bear it. After all, he was still a conscientious person, so he sent another sentence: Everything depends on fate, don't be too sad.
Ethan Lu glanced outside the car window, touched the screen of his phone with his fingers and typed casually: Kangaroo.
kangaroo:?
Ethan Lu: Are you interested in joining our band?
kangaroo:...
Ethan Lu: I think you and our V group are quite destined.
kangaroo:...
Ethan Lu had long fingers. He curled his knuckles when typing and his nails were neatly trimmed. His fingers were really long. Felix’s complaint before he left was really heartfelt. As a band guitarist, he envied this condition. He couldn't even envy him, but he really didn't know why Ethan Lu couldn't play the piano well. How many bars could he jump at this time?
Ethan Lu: We are short of people with dreams and strength like you. Your group hasn’t released a new song for a long time. I have a demo of a new song. Come to me and show off your talents.
['Kangaroo' has turned on friend verification, and you are not his (her) friend yet. ]
The second one to come was the captain of Spades.
When the captain came up, he sent a set of beating emoticons: Ethan Lu! What do you mean, if you can do this thing like breaking a corner, is there any lower limit for you?
Facing the anger of the leader of the Spade Band, Ethan Lu said: Then, how about... you come to my place?
team leader:...
Ethan Lu: I remember that your guitar playing is okay. Although your skills are not good enough, there is room for improvement with practice. Why don't you stop playing the drums and come to my place and we can make a career together.
Ethan Lu was greeted by another set of beating emoticons.
One stick figure was pulled into another stick figure's hand and spun around a few times before being swung out violently.
Captain: I'm Fcuking crazy to come to you!
Ethan Lu leaned against the car window and laughed for a long time. The last thing he sent was: It's really okay. Thanks, brother.
The bus turned out of the surging traffic, meandered southward, and headed towards the next stop under the scorching sun.
Ethan Lu now makes a habit of looking at 601 at the opposite door before opening the door. However, most of the time the woman in 601 is not at home. The door is closed and no one can be seen.
The argument before going out was too impressive.
Just thinking about the word "prostitute" still feels harsh.
Ethan Lu turned his head and didn't think about it anymore. He put the key into the keyhole.
The door opened.
When he got home and checked the part-time job website again, he saw a few new messages updated on the part-time job website in the same city.
The most eye-catching one is:
We are looking for a substitute teacher. My brother has not been to school for several days. In order to let him have fun and relax, I am looking for a suitable substitute teacher for him. University C majors in economics, and its main courses include international economics, business management, marketing, international finance, etc... The price is good.
This is a large part-time platform.
It covers a variety of businesses, including all kinds of outrageous jobs. He has seen students asking for help more than once: "XX middle school, the school grove, ten people dare to steal my girlfriend, I want to let him go" He knows who the real man is!"
The tasks posted on this part-time platform are basically casual jobs that are paid on a daily basis. Although the business scope is so wide that it is unimaginable, substitute teaching is indeed rare.
Overall, the job of substitute teaching is quite exciting.
You don’t have to be outside in the wind and sun, but you can also learn some useful and useless knowledge.
If you don't have time to take a break from class, rounding it off is equivalent to a paid vacation.
While taking off his clothes, Ethan Lu rewound the part-time job information and read it again, finally stopping at the words 'C major'.
LY: How to contact?
The other person responded quickly: Yes.
Ethan Lu was topless, but he didn't expect the other person to come back so quickly. He had just taken out his belt, and his jeans were hanging halfway around his waist. He didn't care too much and quickly typed to sell himself: I have many years of experience in campus classes, and I have a very part-time spirit...
But before I finished speaking, the other person sent me a direct message: Do you have any photos?
Want to see photos?
What kind of strange request is this?
Ethan Lu has been working part-time online for many years in the same city. He has never done any part-time job. He even went to the grove twice. This was the first time he met someone who asked for photos.
The other person also knew that this request was not normal, so he explained: It's like this, my brother is too handsome and ordinary people can't replace him.
LY:...
Opposite: Alas, being handsome is also a worry.
Opposite: So do you have photos? Can you take a photo to see?
It's better not to explain.
The more I explain, the worse it feels.
Ethan Lu felt that this person was abnormal, and he was about to evacuate slowly when his cell phone dinged, and another message came in from the other side: Two hundred per class, you can pay as little as you want.
LY: Photos, right?
LY: Yes.
LY: I’ll shoot it for you right away.
The slap in the face was too fast.
Ethan Lu didn't have time to feel whether his face hurt. After changing his clothes, he turned on the front camera and raised his hand to scratch his hair. He was glad that he had just cut it.
Otherwise, when taking pictures, you can only take a close-up of your face. People may also ask: Where is your hair? Take a look at your hairstyle. Isn’t it bald? Move the camera up.
The lighting in the room was not very good, so Ethan Lu's selfie was okay. Mainly because he was used to having a concave shape on stage. He found a good angle, clicked it, and then sent the photo directly to the other party.
The person opposite was probably chatting with several applicants at the same time. It took two minutes for Ethan Lu to receive a reply: Himself?
LY: Yeah.
Opposite: Okay!
Opposite: It’s you! We will contact you via Wechat and send you a class schedule.
Opposite: It’s not easy. I’ve been looking for it for several days!
For some reason, Ethan Lu felt that there was a feeling of tears of joy in the words written across from him.
After the two finalized, they added their contact information to discuss the details of the replacement lesson.
Although he sent the photo, Ethan Lu was still worried that there might be something wrong with this person, so he went to check his space and found that the first post he clicked on was: The fifth day that Brother Heng did not come to class.
It is positioned as the teaching building of University C.
Ethan Lu looked at the real-time positioning of C University and felt that this business should be fairly reliable.
Opposite: [Photo] This is the class schedule.
Opposite: The student number is 12xxx44.
Ethan Lu saved the class schedule and student ID number.
This guy...his grades are a bit bad.
It's the second semester of my senior year, and there are still so many retake courses.
This depends on what it means to fail a course.
The person on the other side said again: By the way, our campus is in the South Campus, don’t go wrong.
University C covers a large area, even if you take the subway, you have to take two stops, and it is divided into several campuses... South Campus.
South campus.
Ethan Lu recited it twice in his mind.
How could it go wrong.
This was a place he had visited countless times in his mind, and he could estimate the time it would take to get there from downtown without doing calculations.
Ethan Lu could even hear a voice from five years ago saying in his ear: "I want to take the entrance examination of C University, Department of Music."
That voice was too familiar, yet too unfamiliar.
Ethan Lu couldn't remember the time when he said this. Maybe his head teacher was trying to persuade him when he was filling out his application form? It’s a bit difficult for you to get admitted to a C university with your score, so I suggest you choose a stable school.
He really couldn't remember.
Ethan Lu didn't think about it for long. The person opposite pushed over another WeChat business card. The profile picture was black and the name was "Don't bother me if you're okay."
Opposite: You can add my brother so that we can contact you if anything happens.
Ethan Lu: OK, what’s his name?
Ethan Lu sent a friend request to Napianhei.
About ten seconds later, when the other party replied with his name, the black area also responded to him, because two messages popped up in Ethan Lu's message box, one of which was a system prompt: [The other party has rejected your friend verification request].
Ethan Lu: ...
The other person replied: My brother, Gabriel Xiao.
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