Just as they were about to arrive at the entrance of the residential area, Li Shuwen stopped again.

  The "Old Liu Audio Store" by the roadside had a big speaker placed at the entrance, inside was full of passion and love, shouting very excitedly - suddenly Li Dad remembered that song Li Qian sang that day.

  Of course, he wasn't running to appreciate the song, but to appreciate the lyrics.

  In his view, the songs that young people like these days are all about shouting out "you" and "me", "love" this and "love" that, but actually they're empty and boring, not even touching on the real issues! Not to mention those literary magazines, which publish works that are more and more superficial, with words that seem to be only about money or naked bodies - it's as if without these things, it wouldn't be considered literature. As the economy develops more and more, people's spirits become increasingly debased.

  Good literary works are hard to come by these days.

  In this era, it's rare that someone can still write lyrics with such care, which piqued Li Dad's interest.

  At the entrance of the store, Li's father parked the car and pushed open the door to go in.

  A young man was sitting at the counter, and when he saw Mr. Li come in, he looked up and asked, "What do you want to buy?"

  Mr. Li said: "Recently I heard from a friend that there is a song called 'An Xiang' which sounds good, do you have it here?"

  "What's 'Dark Fragrance'?" The young man was a bit dazed, paused for a moment, and asked: "Who sang it?"

  "Uh......I really don't know about this."

  The young man lowered his head, furrowed his brow and knocked on the door frame, shaking his head: "I didn't expect anyone to sing a song called 'Dark Fragrance', I've been staying in this store day after day, not bragging, all the songs on the tapes and CDs sold on the market, I've heard them all, but 'Dark Fragrance'... never heard of it."

  Li's father was stunned for a moment, "oh" sound, it took him half a day to come back to his senses, turned around and walked out the door.

  He walked out the door, pushed his bicycle for a few steps, and then stopped again, muttering to himself, "A song like this, isn't it sold in music stores? Doesn't anyone love listening to it? This is strange! It shouldn't be like this! Nowadays these young people, really...really can't understand!"

  He turned his head and saw another audio-visual store across the street not far away.

  Then he pushed the car and rushed straight to his destination.

  Go in and ask, do you know the song "An Xiang"? Is there a cassette?

  I don't know, I've never heard of it.

  He came out and was very puzzled.

  Is it possible that this song really has no listeners and no one likes it? So these record stores all tacitly agreed, not to stock it?

  But he obviously thinks this song is pretty good, whether it's the lyrics or the melody, it should be considered a good song, why doesn't anyone like to listen to it?

  He doesn't believe in evil spirits!

  As soon as he got off work, he didn't go home first, but instead rode his bike back.

  From school to the residential area, from the residential area to school, Comrade Lao Li has been riding his bike back and forth on this road for nearly twenty years, countless times. He knows what shops are on both sides of the road even with his eyes closed.

  Then he quickly found another store.

  Do you know the song "Dark Fragrance"? Is there a cassette tape?

  I don't know, I've never heard of it.

  This is really outrageous!

  Get on the bike and go to another house.

  Do you know the song "Dark Fragrance"? Is there a cassette tape?

  I don't know, I've never heard of it.

  This time Comrade Lao Li was a bit too confident.

  Can't help but feel frustrated, one family doesn't know, two families don't know, and the third family still doesn't know...

  It's okay, there is another one next door after leaving this house.

  Question: ……

  Answer: ……

  Mr. Li walked out of the Nth audio store, his face stern and his mind full of worries.

  He was helpless.

  At the same time, I am also very pleased.

  Because he was already certain that the song "Dark Fragrance" which he thought had great lyrics, really didn't have anyone listening to it or selling it! It was completely silent and unnoticed!

  This makes him feel that the young people of today are really frivolous: such a good song, such good lyrics, and yet there aren't any young people willing to calm down and listen carefully, to experience the atmosphere in those lyrics?

  Fortunately, fortunately... Fortunately, my son has been influenced by me since he was young. Although he is a bit mischievous, his aesthetic taste is still on track - look at all those songs that no audio store has ever heard of, this kid can actually dig them out and even plans to sing them to his girlfriend, you can see that his vision is quite unique.

  Unconsciously, Li Dad associated his own education with his son's, beginning to summarize the successful aspects and also bringing out the current educational system for deep reflection...

  Alright, this is purely an old educator's subconscious reaction.

  Riding his Changjiang brand bicycle all the way home, he was deeply immersed in thought. As soon as he entered the neighborhood, a car came towards him. Li Dad subconsciously dodged to the side of the road, but unexpectedly, the car slowed down and stopped.

  "Uncle Li, are you off work now?"

  Li's father was taken aback, looked up and saw Wang Jingxue in the red sports car. He came to his senses, got out of the car and smiled: "Xiao Xue, are you going out?"

  Wang Jingxue said: "I'm going back to Shuntian Prefecture. Uncle Li, recently my dad's business has been busy and he's often not at home. I've also been busy and can't stay at home. If there's anything that needs to be done on my mom's side, please help out. When I come back after the new year, let's have a drink together with you and Auntie Geng, okay?"

  Mr. Li laughed and waved his hand, saying: "We've been neighbors for many years, do you need to explain this? You can rest assured and go about your business! Come up with some good songs, our little Qian especially loves listening to your songs at home!"

  Wang Jingxue's face revealed a hint of strange expression upon hearing the words, but she quickly smiled and nodded, "Then I'll be off, Uncle Li, thanks for your trouble!" She raised her hand to hang up the gearshift and was about to start the car.

  Li's father suddenly remembered what had just happened and quickly said: "Xiao Xue, Uncle suddenly thought of something, ask you a question."

  Wang Jingxue stopped what she was doing and said, "What is it?"

  Mr. Li said, "Recently, there seems to be a song called something, it seems to be called 'An Xiang', I asked around the audio-visual stores, they all said they hadn't heard of it, you're in the music circle, familiar with this area, Uncle thinks you must have heard of it?"

  Wang Jingxue furrowed her brow and shook her head, saying: "Whose song? The name is actually 'Fragrance in the Dark'?"

  Li's father said: "Ah, just call it An Xiang, as for whose song... this, hehe, I really don't know."

  Wang Jingxue thought for a moment, very seriously, and then shook her head again: "The people at the music store should be right, I've never heard of this song either... Uncle Li, you don't know, we who do music, no matter what new songs are released on the street, whether we like them or not, will go listen to them, so for the past few years' songs, I can guarantee that I've basically all heard them, but the one you mentioned... I really haven't heard it."

  Li's father was taken aback for a moment, "You haven't even heard of it?"

  Wang Jingxue said seriously, "No." Then she said, "Maybe it's an old song from before? In that case, I wouldn't know either and that would be normal. Alright, Uncle, don't worry, I'll go back and help you look up the information. If there really is such a song, I'll find the tape and send it to you, okay?"

  Mr. Li was in a slightly dazed state and upon hearing the words, he subconsciously nodded, "Oh, oh, that's good, that's good, then trouble you to help Uncle find..."

  Wang Jingxue smiled and hung up the phone, "Then I'll go first, Uncle Li. If I find out any news, I'll call you back. See you later."

  "Oh, okay, okay, goodbye, goodbye."

  The little red sports car's engine roared and it sped away quickly.

  Mr. Li's eyebrows were furrowed like a terraced field, and he stood there holding onto the car for a long time without moving.

  At this moment, he suddenly remembered the conversation between his father and son that day. He vaguely recalled that it seemed... probably... possible... what did Xiaojian say at that time?

  Is that "Dark Fragrance" written by himself?

  …………

  Mr. Li was delayed outside for quite some time and when he returned home, Mrs. Li was already busy picking vegetables.

  Hearing the door sound, seeing Li Dad coming back, Li Mom started complaining, "Pork prices have risen again! This time it rose by 30 cents per catty! When I was buying vegetables, I heard many people discussing that our pork price has taken a step forward into the standard of developed countries."

  "Ah!" Mr. Li didn't have the heart to bother with this, Mrs. Li would say a sentence and he would respond with an "ah".

  Sitting in the living room, he lit a cigarette, looking somewhat distracted.

  "Again smoking in the living room, I'd let it go if you were just smoking yourself, but our son is only 17 and still growing, don't stunt his growth with your smoke!"

  Mr. Li retorted, "What's the relationship between smelling cigarette smoke and growing taller? What kind of logic is that? Besides, he's already 1.8 meters tall, it's fine even if he doesn't grow anymore!"

  "Whaddya mean? What's wrong with being short?"

  …………

  The two were happily quarreling when they heard the sound of someone unlocking the door from outside.

  Mr. Li suddenly regained his energy, extinguished the cigarette and stood up.

  Li Qian had just walked in with his guitar on his back when Li Dad said: "Xiao Qian, come to the study room, I have something to ask you."

  Li Ma glanced at Li Ba, who had just escaped, with disdain, with a victor's attitude, "Not worth arguing with you!" After finishing speaking, she turned around and went back into the kitchen.

  Li Qian entered the study with a bewildered expression.

  Li Dad asked: "Xiao Qian, I remember that day you said the song you sang... was it the one called 'An Xiang' (Fragrant Scent in the Dark)? Wasn't it written by yourself?"

  After that night's painful introspection, Li Qian's face had thickened a lot, and he nodded immediately without hesitation, "Ah, I wrote it!"

  "The lyrics and melody are..."

  "I wrote them all."

  "Oh..."

  Li's father let out a long "oh" and fell silent.

  "What's wrong with this? Why think of asking again?"

  Mr. Li took out another cigarette and deliberately glanced at the door - Li Qian understood and went to close it for him.

  Li's father lit a cigarette, took a deep drag and said: "I just asked several audio-visual stores outside, they all said they had never heard of this song called 'An Xiang'. On my way back, I ran into Xiao Xue from next door, isn't she a singer? So I casually asked her, and she also said...she had never heard of it. This song...is it really written by you?"

  Li Qian was speechless and nodded silently.

  "Are you singing along?"

  Li Qian nodded again and said affirmatively: "Including the lyrics and melody."

  Li's father suddenly fell silent again.