The coolness of spring is still there, and in the early morning, the chill is even more obvious.
Chen Ming stood on the street, his face completely gone from the previous joy.
He holds a mobile phone in his hand.
The call from Guan Zi has been hung up.
Chen Ming also understood what Guan Zi meant when he said something happened.
Mr. Cai Yiqing... passed away.
Not sick!
It’s not a man-made disaster!
But a normal end of life.
The old man lived to be over seventy years old, which is actually considered a relatively old person.
People like Tang Zhongguo and Zhou Congjian who are still in good health in their eighties or nineties are, after all, in the minority.
Chen Ming stayed there in silence for a long time.
He couldn't express his feelings.
Guan Zi told Chen Ming that Mr. Cai Yiqing fell asleep while basking in the sun one afternoon and never woke up.
It snows all year round in Beizhou.
There are very few days when the sun shines.
But in mid-to-late April, Utokulchi in North China experienced a few hours of sunny weather. The sun was shining, there were no snowflakes in the sky, and there was no chill in the air.
Strictly speaking, it has been more than a week since Mr. Cai Yiqing passed away.
The reason why Guan Zi called Chen Ming now was actually the last words of Mr. Cai Yiqing.
He hopes that he will die in peace and quiet.
If Chen Ming and others found out, there would probably be another fuss.
Cai Yiqing doesn't like making noise.
It's better to be quiet!
Not only that, Chen Ming also learned from Guan Zi that only the people in Beizhou Caijiazhuang knew about the death of Mr. Cai Yiqing, and no one else knew about it.
In other words, neither Mr. Cai Yiqing's good friend Guo Dalei nor Mr. Cai Yiqing's apprentice Zhou Yike knew that Cai Yiqing had passed away.
Chen Ming hesitated.
He hesitated whether to inform these two people.
Just because he was thinking about this problem, Chen Ming wandered the streets of Kyoto in the middle of the night, unable to come up with a result.
After thinking about it, Chen Ming decided to inform these two people.
I just don’t know how Guo Dalei and Zhou Yike will react.
Just in case, Chen Ming decided to talk to the two of them in person tomorrow.
A night without words!
Chen Ming didn't sleep. After he returned to the hotel, he sat against the window all night, his mind filled with every detail about Mr. Cai Yiqing.
From their acquaintance during the audition of "The Voice" to their deep friendship step by step, Chen Ming has always respected Mr. Cai Yiqing as his teacher.
Although Mr. Cai Yiqing did not teach Chen Ming many things, in Chen Ming's heart, he, like Guo Dalei, was one of Chen Ming's teachers.
He spent the night suppressing his grief.
When the sun rises in the east, Chen Ming no longer dares to be sad anymore.
Because there are two people who will be sadder than him.
Chen Ming simply washed his face and went straight to the Song family without even eating breakfast.
During this time, Zhou Yike and Song Meng had moved back home from the hospital.
Zhou Yike is very happy to accompany Song Meng and tease his children every day.
When Chen Ming rushed to Song's house, it was Song Meng's mother who opened the door.
"Auntie, I can find Zhou Yi."
Chen Ming smiled and bowed slightly.
Song Meng's mother naturally knew Chen Ming.
When she saw Chen Ming, she was very enthusiastic and pulled Chen Ming home.
"Okay, Chen Ming is here to see you."
Song Meng's mother is a very gentle woman. Her voice is not high, which gives people a very intellectual feeling.
From this point of view, Song Meng has inherited her mother's excellent genes.
Chen Ming sat down on the sofa in the living room. This was his first time to visit the Song family. Before, he had visited Song Meng in the hospital.
Not long after, Zhou Yike and Song Meng both walked down from the second floor.
In Song Meng's arms, she was still holding their child.
"Why are you here?"
Zhou Yike was very happy.
He watched "China in the Classics" last night and was excited all night.
This show is really good.
I just regret that I didn’t study history well when I was in school. I didn’t even hear about great men like Sima Qian and Sima Tan. I feel very ashamed.
Chen Ming first looked at Song Meng: "You and your wife still pretend to be musicians in my company. I, the music director, come to visit you. It's not too much."
Hearing this, Zhou Yike and Song Meng both smiled awkwardly.
The two signed a contract with Chen Ming a long time ago and became musicians of the Xingyu Entertainment branch.
But because a lot of things happened in the meantime, Zhou Yike and Song Meng rarely went to the company, or even to Yuncheng.
Chen Ming smiled slightly.
He glanced at the child in Song Meng's arms.
Very cute!
The sound of sleeping made Chen Ming imagine what his child would look like after he was born.
It should also be loved by others.
Chen Ming originally wanted to talk to Zhou Yike alone about Mr. Cai Yiqing, but after thinking about it carefully, Song Meng also received a lot of care from the old man and was considered half a disciple.
Song Meng should also have the right to know.
Thinking of this, Chen Ming was silent for a few seconds and said in a calm tone: "Okay, I want to tell you something."
"Let's talk! Do we still have to be so secretive about our relationship?"
Zhou Yike didn't realize that he was there. He and Chen Ming were very good friends and there was nothing inconvenient to say.
Song Meng, who had a keen mind, poked Zhou Yike's waist and told him to listen attentively.
Seeing this, Chen Ming lowered his head, rubbed his hands, and said in a low but clear voice: "The old man is gone."
For a moment, Zhou Yike didn't react.
He didn't know who Chen Ming was talking about.
Chen Ming added: "Mr. Cai Yiqing passed away in Beizhou more than a week ago."
.........
The entire Song family fell into silence.
Zhou Yike's happy expression froze on his face, and he couldn't even control himself to make a suitable expression.
For actors, facial expression control is fundamental.
But at this moment, Zhou Yike's face showed no qualities of an actor at all.
His expression was only stiff.
Song Meng's face was full of shock, she couldn't believe the news.
But from Chen Ming's mouth, the credibility of this news is as high as 100%.
Because Chen Ming would not joke about this aspect.
The living room was eerily quiet.
Chen Ming did not dare to look into Zhou Yike's eyes. He could imagine Zhou Yike's mood at this time.
When he first learned of the death of the old dean, Chen Ming tried his best to suppress his inner grief and make himself look like a normal person.
But only he himself knows how much pain he feels inside.
After a long time,
Zhou Yike trembled with his lips, wanting to say something but couldn't. He subconsciously wanted to take a sip of water to calm his mood, but he lost his grip and dropped the water glass to the floor, making a harsh cracking sound.
The child in Song Meng's arms suddenly woke up and started crying.
Song Meng coaxed the child while preventing her tears from falling.
Cai Yiqing is also Song Meng's teacher.
When she first joined Guofengtang, Mr. Cai Yiqing had been teaching her and guiding her.
Listening to the child's cry,
Zhou Yike opened his mouth wide and was slightly lost in thought.
After an unknown amount of time, the child's cries gradually became quieter, and Zhou Yike's hoarse voice rang out: "Well, I understand."
Zhou Yike's performance was much calmer than Chen Ming expected.
But seeing Zhou Yike's lonely look, Chen Ming knew that Zhou Yike actually didn't want his negative emotions to affect others.