Chapter 5: The Encounter That Changed History (Edited)

Alan, who was planning the first step of his plan, which was music, saw that Alan liked music very much. Even with just a cup and spoon, he could produce the melody of any song he heard.

Seeing him ask her something for the second time, she said, "Mother, you know I like hearing music, so if possible, I would like if you could buy me a mini guitar."

Seeing her son ask her something for the second time, Alice replied, "Okay, Alan, let's wait for the weekend." After smiling, Alan began thinking about the second part of his plan, which was to write a book. He had already decided which book to write.

On the weekend, Alan went shopping with Ms. Alice, and there was no sign of being strapped for cash.

Just by seeing Alan and Alice, you could tell they were definitely not poor, especially after buying a lot of things, including his guitar. They decided to go to the park to relax a little.

After arriving at the park and relaxing for a bit, Alice noticed a little group of people gathering.

She was curious about what was happening, so she decided to go. Seeing her go, Alan had no choice but to go with her.

Then he saw something unforgettable: a little girl about the same age as him was singing the Carpenters' song "Top of the World." Without thinking and by reflex, he grabbed his new guitar and accompanied her.

As for the little girl, upon hearing the accompaniment, she continued singing but opened her grey eyes. Then she saw a boy who was the same age as her playing the guitar.

After a little hesitation, she finally decided to continue singing. All of this was recorded by Dave Wilson, who accompanied his girlfriend for a little picnic.

He didn't know he was recording an epic moment in history. After their performance, some people donated money to the girl. Finally, people dispersed.

Ama turned her head; after all, she was surprised that someone would help her because just by looking at her, you could tell she had some Asiatic blood.

She looked a little cute, finally turned a little dazed, and said, "Thank you for your help. It was really a good performance for me." After that, Alan, who was also a little dazzled, responded to her, "You are welcome; you really have a good voice and produce your own melody."

Ama was a little shy; after all, that was the first time she was complimented by a boy about her age.

She replied, "Thank you, you are also good." Hearing her answer and seeing his mother looking at him a little smug, he said, "Okay." Pointing to his mother, he said, "My mother is waiting for me. Would you like to come?"

She pointed at a Chinese middle-aged woman and said, "My mother is also waiting for me."

Seeing her like this, he said, "Would you like to come and perform next weekend, the same day next week?" She hesitated a little and then replied, "See you next week."

After they separated, Alan was always in a daze during the week, fearing whether she would come or not, to the point of not beginning to write the book he prepared for this week.

As for Ms. Alice, seeing Alan like this, she was very happy because it was the first time he showed such turmoil in his emotions to the point of watching TV in a daze.

As for our little Ama, she was also in a daze and a little worried but completely different from Alan, who kept playing it cool after all he was an adult, but she was still a child who couldn't help but tell her mother how she felt about whether her first friend would come play with her and how she would sing.

Will he not be there, or will he not play with her like other children? As for Ama's mother, Mei, or her English name May, she was also a little worried; after all, she was an immigrant from China, and her ex-husband, Ama's father, Adriel, was also an immigrant from India.

After coming here, they were discriminated against. They kept warm for each other in a strange country and finally had a daughter, Ama. When things were going alright, fate played a joke on her, and her husband was killed, leaving her with the four-year-old Ama.

In order to take care of her daughter, she was always working or on the way to work. Only on the weekends would she have time to accompany her daughter, so she felt a little guilty about her daughter, who had no friends and was suffering from discrimination every day.

Fortunately, the weekend finally came, and Alan and Ama were going to the park.

Seeing little Ama waiting for him with her mother, Alan was a little surprised; after all, he also came earlier with his mother, and after they separated, adults were talking, and naturally, children were playing, or mostly Alan was teaching Ama how to play the guitar.

As for Alan, he learned guitar and piano from his last life by playing his favorite songs.

After that, as days passed, Alan and Ama would come perform every weekend, and they gathered their little fan group. Sometimes, there would be some agents trying to recruit them, but Alan refused, and Ama trusted him, so she also refused.

Today, March 10, 1980, Alan and Ama were performing on their birthday for their tenth year. As Alan was an orphan, he decided his birthday was the same day as Ama's, and it was the day when Alan's book would be released.

Recalling the past two years when Alan started performing with Ama every weekend, invited her to his house from time to time, taught her piano, learned other musical instruments from professionals hired by his mother, and started writing his book without letting her read it, saying it was a surprise.

Seeing him become more cheerful, Alice smiled even more because she helped him with her own connections in publishing his first book with Random House, one of the best-selling book companies in America.