Chapter.49.Sung Ning

"Stop talking about that, you two!" Old Man Gang Xin said.

The married couple finally calmed down after the old man Gang Xin spoke.

"Father-in-law ..." Sung Yunsoo murmured.

Old man gang Xin sighed.

"I know you must be tired of the problems we are facing right now ... But, don't you think that there is now Mr. Xi ... I think you should think more about not debating that again ... you have disturbed Mr. Xi ... " Old Man Gang Xin complained .

Then, Old Man Gang Xin stared at Xi's chair.

"I'm sorry for the impoliteness of my family, Mr. Xi ..." Old Man Gang Xin said as he lowered his head.

Xi just waved his hand.

"Don't worry, Old Man Gang Xin ..." Xi said.

***

During the dinner party Ning'er never went down to eat or do anything with them.

Though Xi's main goal to come to Old Man Gang Xin's house is to meet Sung Ning'er. So, when Xi realized that the girl didn't even go downstairs to have dinner with them, he had become rather disappointed.

Old Man Gang Xin has seen the disappointment of Xi's face immediately trying to comfort the young man.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Xi ... Even though you came here to apologize to Ning'er ... But, my granddaughter is ..." said Old Gang Gang.

Xi shook his head.

"I don't think it's like that, Old Man Gang Xin ... Well ... you know that some people think that forgiving and being forgiven by someone is a difficult thing ..." Xi said.

Old Man Gang Xin only watched the young man's expression.

Xi is a kind young man.

Old Man Gang Xin has seen people around his residence several times who often insulted and mentioned his granddaughter as a crazy girl.

But, there is no one like Xi. In fact, those people actually never even stopped to insult and curse his granddaughter.

Then, what has made this young man named Xi think differently than the others? Isn't it normal for ordinary people to mock and insult someone with a psychiatric disorder like his granddaughter?

"Mr. Xi, if Mr. Xi doesn't mind ... can you tell me a little about your family?" asked Old Man Gang Xin.

"Family huh ..." Xi muttered.

Xi just sat staring at the ceiling of the living room.

"I was born of a small family in a village in Shincuan ..."

" I really don't really remember much about things ... But, my childhood memories I think are quite interesting ... I remember my father taught me about many things ... He sometimes did a lot of things to give advice to me ... "

"For example, my father will always teach me that everyone has a way to see other people ... I don't know ... Maybe before my father died I could not understand what he had said to me ..."

"Has passed away? Has Mr. Xi's father died?" Asked Old Man Gang Xin.

Xi just nodded.

"Yes ... My father died a few months ago ..."

Xi's expression turned to recall the sad moment in his memory. He remembered it all again. About everything. About the lie he had told his father.

He now regretted everything because he had said all the pretense to his father.

"Maybe people say that they will understand about the things their parents have taught them so far after their parents died ..."

"I guess that's right ... Now I can't even deny that what my father has taught fully is indeed true ..."

"People see things from different ways ... They have seen lies in different ways ... they have seen falsehood and pretense in different ways ..."

" They also have and will regret all their lies after someone will leave and have left them alone ... They have and will realize that pretense after someone else has hurt and tortured him ... "

" Well ... I think also what dad meant was true ... "

Old Man Gang Xin looked at Xi using only his eyes. He will never understand what this young man has felt and has experienced.

Humans are basically good listeners even though they are not creatures who can understand everything well.

They have failed to understand what others have thought.

They also have failed to know everything contained in the heart and feelings of others.

In fact, also humans will be the most stupid creatures because they can't even read and hear about their own hearts and feelings.

"Father, I have brought beer and sake ..."

Sung Yunsoo arrived in the living room carrying a few bottles of liquor.

The three people finally enjoyed beer and the sake brought by Sung Yunsoo.

***

3 o'clock in the morning.

In a bedroom on the 2nd floor, Old Gang Xin's residence.

When Xi got up he was already in bed.

His head really hurt he had felt something like a rock hit his head.

He had thought that liquor was very unsuitable for him to enjoy, however, Xi for some reason could not stop enjoying and drinking sake or other liquor.

He just held his head then got up from the bed.

The bedroom really makes the body hot and sweaty. So he went out for some fresh air.

So, he walked out of the room and found that the door to the stairs led to the roof of the residence of Old Man Gang Xin had been opened.

He could see the moonlight visible from the door.

So, he had looked for fresh air to the roof floor.

***

On the roof has enough fresh air. So, Xi just ambled before he finally stopped because he found a woman standing and facing south while holding the edge of a wire fence.

That woman is Sung Ning'er. She wore the same clothes Xi had seen yesterday. Only the girl is not put the footwear. Her bright white skin appears to reflect light from the full moon.

The girl was humming a song that Xi had never heard of at all. The song sounds beautiful and melodious.

" Trees ... Singing trees ... "

"Sing about a story about a tree and a crow ..."

"When the tree is singing, the crow will sing ..."

"One time the crow sang along ... He sang and interrupted the beautiful hum of the tree ..."

"The tree is disturbed ... The Tree has been disturbed because the strains of the song have been aggravated by the sound of the crow ..."

"The tree then finally decided to drive the crow from the branch ..."

"The crow doesn't know the reason why he has to be kicked out by the tree ..."

"Because the Tree never said anything ..."

"He never said that the crow had ruined the strains of the song ..."

"Oh ... poor crow ... poor crow ... When will you realize that your voice is the worst and despicable voice ..."

The girl hummed the song like the girl was the crow. So, I could feel that this girl for some reason considered herself bad and despicable.

Then, Xi just ambled towards Sung Ning'er.

He walked.

But, the girl suddenly turned towards Xi. The girl looked at Xi with empty and blank eyes like yesterday.

There is no light and life in her beautiful eyes.

"Yo ..." Xi said.

Xi just greets while waving his right hand towards Sung Ning'er.

"..."

"You ... What are you doing here?" Sung Ning asked.

"I feel kind of hot so I go out looking for fresh air ... Sorry to disturb you ..." Xi said.

Xi can see that the direction of the position is towards the old cinema where this girl has tried to jump suicide.

Ning'er turned from Xi then looked back in the same direction as Xi.

"What are you doing here?" Xi asked.

Ning was just silent and did not answer Xi's question.

She just kept staring at the south of Shanghai. Even though, the old cinema building can't be seen clearly but Xi already knew that this girl was staring at the place.

A skyscraper might have blocked the view of the cinema. But, there was no denying that Ning'er had looked towards the old cinema building.

A place where there is a memory between her and her lover.

"Isn't the air here fresh enough?" Xi said pleasantly.

Xi didn't care that Ning'er didn't pay attention to him.

"Hum ... From here we can get a good view at night in the city of Shanghai ..."

- Come on, don't just stay quiet.

-I just need you to say and answer something. I want to make the atmosphere feel friendly between us here.

-Come on ... Please, just say one thing, please.

"I think so too ..." Ning'er said.

-Thank you.

"What are you really doing here?" Xi asked.

"I just want to enjoy the full moon in the sky right now ..."s he replied, then she looked up at the sky.

In the sky it's so bright, the full moon illuminates the entire city of Shanghai, a city that never sleeps.

"A song ... about the song you just sang ... What is the title of the song? I never heard the song before ..." Xi asked.

"..."

Sung Ning shook her head.

" It's not a song that you can know ... It's just a song I've created before ... "Ning'er muttered.

"You created it?" Xi asked.

Sung Ning just nodded.

"I haven't given a title for the song either ... So, naturally you don't know the song ..." Ning'er muttered.

"Really? I thought you should give the title to the song ... No ... More precisely, I think you should give the name to that beautiful song ..."

The girl turned to Xi while staring at Xi with a blank stare and flat expression.

"Do you think that song is beautiful?"Sung Ning asked.

Xi nodded.

"Beautiful..."

"Ya, the song is really beautiful ... the lyrics are really meaningful ..."

Ning'er still looked at Xi with the same gaze.

"Do you think like that ...?"

Xi nodded once again.

"En ..."

The girl turned around from Xi's view.

"Do you have a name ...?" Sung Ning asked.

Xi just tilts his head in confusion.

"Name...?"

"..."

"I mean the name for the song ..." Ning'er said.

Xi put his index finger on his chin.

"Let me think for a moment ..."

"..."

However, Xi could not give a suitable name.

"I can't find the name for the song yet ..." Xi said.

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" That song ... I wrote that song before for a student of mine at the school where I taught as a volunteer teacher. His parents had abandoned the student because he had a genetic disorder and congenital disease. So, his family threw him away because they did not have enough money to care for the child ... "

" I met the boy accidentally when he was ... he was looking at something on a tree. He just stared at the tree branch and a crow that perched on one of the branches of the tree. "

"I asked the boy, What makes you want to linger staring at the tree and the crow?"

"The boy only replied that the tree where the crow had built the nest differed from where he had lived before ... He said that the tree was better than his parents who had abandoned him ..."

Xi just stares at the girl.

"... So, I immediately thought of writing the song after hearing the boy's story all about his life ..."

"Do you still think that the song is beautiful?"Sung Ning asked.