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In November, Hu Ruoyun accompanied Liu Ru Yan back to Annan. Due to the hurried departure and the fact that it wasn't a Sunday, she didn't inform Mao Na. It was only when she brought some food from home that Mao Na found out. Although she had food in her mouth at the time and couldn't say anything, she couldn't shake off the feeling of being left out and mentioned it several times over the phone: "You've grown wings now, starting to keep big matters like Home from me!"
This led Hu Ruoyun to take the opportunity of "reporting on the Postcard Work" to soothe her, repeatedly admitting her mistake for neglecting "the leader's feelings" and "committing a liberalism error."
As their conversation flowed, they touched upon the topic of "cohabitation." Although Mao Na had become bolder due to the influence of her dorm mates, she was still unmarried and exclaimed, "Are they still students?"
She worried unnecessarily, saying, "What if someone gets pregnant?"
Both men and women have a habit of gossiping. Hu Ruoyun asked Mao Na, "What’s going on with Lu Meixin in your dorm?"
Mao Na's tone turned serious: "I don’t know. She moved out of the dorm. Some say she’s 'working' at a nightclub in Xijiao, while others say she went south to develop in Dongguan, Guangdong. Recently, her parents came to the school claiming they were there to see their daughter, but the school informed them that their daughter had withdrawn months ago and left that very day.
You should have seen those two old folks; her dad is probably just over fifty but hunched over like an old man. Her mom has a head full of white hair; if you didn’t know her age, you’d think she was a seventy-year-old woman.
Finding someone in Jiangcheng is tough enough, let alone thousands of miles away in Guangdong."
She continued to Hu Ruoyun: "Divorce isn’t a big deal, but if someone like Lu Meixin suddenly disappears without a trace, whose parents wouldn’t be heartbroken? In our dorm now, no one jokes around anymore; everyone is careful not to mention her."
That evening, there was a Gao Luhua Night Concert at the city center square, and Hu Ruoyun took Mao Na with him. He had always thought that kids like him from rural backgrounds couldn't appreciate pure music, but that night he found himself captivated.
The sound of an erhu on stage wailed softly; its mournful melody evoked deep sorrow and melancholy—it was the timeless lament "Erquan Yingyue." The saxophone rendition of "Home" tugged at their heartstrings with its lingering, clear, and profound notes, making them unconsciously reminisce about warm homes. After one piece ended, Mao Na leaned her head on Hu Ruoyun's shoulder: "I miss my mom and dad..."
Hearing the violin concerto "Liang Zhu," they were swept away by its beautiful sorrow and found themselves yearning for pure love.
Not long after, Hu Ruoyun published a poem titled "Listening to Liang Zhu" in the Jiangcheng Evening News supplement:
Truly
At that moment it wasn’t about hearing
The bow and strings rubbing against each other
But rather watching
Two butterflies
That have lived for thousands of years
Making vows for love
Many times
Many people
Are burdened by love
With tangled hearts
And endless twists
In truth
You and I
Need not confess or inquire
About who those nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine roses are planted for
As long as
We often think
Of those two butterflies
Flying
That night, Hu Ruoyun realized how music could empower people, bring joy, cultivate emotions, nourish and purify our souls. Music serves as a wonderful language of the heart that can dispel loneliness and heal emotional wounds.
Music is intertwined with the myriad emotions of people, and the little moments of life can strum our heartstrings. As long as you have a need and are willing to listen, there will always be a piece of music that exists just for you. When we fall in love with a certain melody, it is because the music has touched the softest part of our hearts.
Some say, "The most frightening thing in life is suddenly understanding the meaning of a song one day."
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