Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 694 The Sound of Silence

As the last ray of sunlight was swallowed by the sea level, darkness shrouded the vast ocean, and the beautiful cruise ship was still emitting a little light in the dark environment.

In the sound of soft music, the girls sat at the dining table on the deck, enjoying the food made by the chef and chatting with laughter. Everything was so pleasant, even if the sea breeze was cool.

But Angela is aware of the undercurrent under this harmonious picture—well, the word undercurrent may not be appropriate, but it must be admitted that there is indeed a slight distance between some people.

For example, Kate seems to have a good chat with Scarlett, but it is obviously just talking in general; and Keira has not even touched Natalie physically since she boarded the boat, and even the conversation is simple. A few words—in fact, she did the same to Angela, and it could be guessed that she was still feeling awkward.

But then again, from Angela's point of view, the current situation is pretty good. She was already prepared to face a situation where a group of several people would not interfere with each other and would not communicate with each other.During this process, Lindsay helped a lot, and it was because of her spare no efforts in adjusting the atmosphere among the crowd that the present situation came about. She was almost thinking about Angela wholeheartedly.Angela hoped that she would stop targeting Natalie, so she immediately changed her name and her attitude towards Keira also changed. Seeing this, Angela was both happy and sighed.

Of course, mutual restraint is also one of the important reasons. Although they were not used to it when they first boarded the ship, they became more or less harmonious after the cruise ship sailed at sea for a period of time.Maybe Kate and the others set an example, after all, when they were in London, they got along pretty well... not bad.

Angela pinched the bridge of her nose, put back the jumping thoughts, and then heard Avril Lavigne say something like this: "Speaking of which, this is the first time for me to travel overseas, maybe I will find some special marine life?"

"What do you want to find?" Lindsay raised her eyebrows, and then made a funny face, "The kind of big whale that can swallow the whole boat? Or a big octopus with countless long tentacles? Like Those blood tablets?"

"Oh shit, can't you just say something else!"

"Damn it, Lindsay, we're having dinner!"

There were complaints one after another, and Scarlett even hurriedly put the forked squid back on the plate, but Liv put it in her mouth and chewed a few mouthfuls before she realized it.Her face suddenly became a little ugly, but she wanted to spit it out but felt too embarrassed, so she continued to chew, and finally swallowed forcefully with a frown and a bitter face.

Everyone saw her expression and laughed involuntarily.Jessica pursed her lips, Kate raised her eyebrows, Natalie's mouth curled up indistinctly, Scarlett lowered her head and covered her mouth, Kayla tilted her head and her eyes were full of gloating, Avril scratched the plate and couldn't stop trembling, Lindsay simply laughed out loud as she succeeded in a prank.

Liv couldn't help but bit her lip and looked very unhappy with her dark face, but she didn't know how to vent it, so she grabbed the squid and sent it to her mouth a little bit angrily.Angela, who was sitting above her, grabbed her wrist in time: "Don't do this, Liv, it's just a joke. Lindsay, please see the occasion first when you're joking?"

"Okay, I see." Lindsay shrugged meaninglessly.

Liv looked at Angela gratefully, and immediately held her hand tightly: "Thank you, Angie."

Although she was moved, she turned her head and immediately revealed her secrets - Liv then raised her chin and glanced around. Even though she tried her best to conceal it, there was still a hint of satisfaction in her blue eyes.Except for Lindsay, everyone else inevitably changed their expressions slightly, including Avril who sometimes helped Lindsay to liven up the atmosphere.

Angela smiled wryly in her heart. When did Liv become like this...or maybe it was just a sudden flash of light in her...Although there were countless thoughts in her head, Angela still pretended to be calm on the surface. Withdrew his hand sensually and then changed the subject: "Let's have some more champagne, it's rare for us to go on vacation together."

The atmosphere immediately returned to excitement, as if the silent embarrassment was just an illusion.

After the dinner, everyone was not in a hurry to leave, and they were still drinking and chatting on the deck, except for some topics, such as those famous actors and actresses in the golden age of Hollywood, or the stories from Stewart and Billy. Joe started talking about pop music, literature, movies, music, blah blah blah.

"Actually, in a sense, pop music has changed with the development of the industry." Angela said suddenly when talking about pop music, "As long as you pay attention, you can see that rock, hiphop, etc. A kind of imitation and beautification of the sound made by the machine. This is especially true of electronic music now, and even the human voice has begun to be electronic."

To her surprise, it was Avril Lavigne who refuted her: "It's a bit of a generalization to say this. The types of music are not limited to rock and hip-pop, but also country, dance, newage, and even classical."

"Yes, yes, I don't deny it, but what I'm talking about is music that can be popular all over the world." Angela raised her fingers with a smile and emphasized, "It's the whole world, not just the United States and Europe."

Avril was stunned for a while, and she got stuck for a while, but when she realized that she wanted to continue to refute, Angela raised her hand: "Okay, let's not argue about this, no matter what, as long as it is good music, you will get it no matter where you are." Resonant, such as the classic old songs of the 60s and [-]s we talked about before."

Ignoring Vivi's murderous "how could you do this" look in her eyes, Angela turned around and gestured to the waiter, who then handed over a guitar.

"Wow, Angie is going to sing? It's great." Lindsay applauded first with a smile.

"Yeah, it's been a long time since I heard her sing live." Jessica said with a smile, a flash of memory flashed in her eyes.

"So, have you all heard her live singing?" Kayla asked suddenly. Although her expression looked calm, her depression, loneliness and irritability still couldn't escape the eyes of caring people.

Natalie said unexpectedly: "You can hear it right away, her... live singing is still very good."

But Keira didn't seem to appreciate it very much, she puffed her chest out and raised her chin slightly: "I don't doubt that."

The eyes of the two were intertwined, and although Natalie moved away immediately, Angela's forehead twitched at that moment of confrontation.She smiled bitterly inwardly, and quickly adjusted the guitar: "Okay, guess what I'm going to sing."

"You already had the answer, Angie," Kate reminded. "An old classic, no?"

"There are so many classic old songs, can't you guess them?" Angela waved her hands a little depressed.

"Guess what? Are you going to let us guess from this evening to tomorrow morning?" Scarlett chimed in.

"Okay, okay," Angela had to raise her hand, "This is an old song from the 60s, I personally like it very much, maybe... I can feel... the state of mind in certain things."

After speaking, she was slightly lost in thought, and her tone became a little sad. The past flashed through her mind quickly, which made her deeply feel the loneliness in the song.But Angela quickly came back to her senses. She smiled at everyone and then plucked the strings. The simple music flowed out like flowing water, clear and pure, as if there were no impurities.

"hellodarkness, my old friend, I" vecomotoralkwithyouagain,Becauseavisionsolftlycreeping,Leftit"sseedswhileIwassleeping..."

There are no gorgeous techniques, no soft and contrived moans, just simple crooning, but it fits perfectly with this song.If the voices of Paul Simon and Garfunkel are fascinating because they are magnetic and deep, then Angela's voice is light and ethereal, which makes people wonder.

She seemed to put herself in the perspective of a bystander, calmly observing herself walking alone on the cobbled street.But here Angela made some changes to the lyrics, such as changing "people" to "they (they)", or changing "neon" to "heart" and so on.Although it has only been modified in small places, the meaning is quite different from the original song, but only those who understand the meaning can understand it, and the revised lyrics do not sound inconsistent at all. Obviously, Angela has been preparing for a long time. .

Amidst the brisk guitar sound, the performance of "The Sound of Silence" was over, and the scene fell silent, and no one spoke. Even Angela was sitting on her seat in a daze holding the guitar, thinking about something, as if everyone was being held The song brings back memories, as if everyone is learning something from it.

After a long time, the applause finally rang out, and it was Natalie who uttered it first. Although she still had the same faint smile as before, her gaze at Angela became more complicated.Followed by the others, they also applauded. Similarly, in the clattering applause, everyone looked at Angela differently. Lindsay who gave up.

"Thank you." Angela, who came back to her senses, let out a long breath, stood up and gracefully curtseyed to everyone in the applause.

"I want to go back to rest, because I want to watch the sunrise tomorrow morning - the sunrise on the sea. If you want to come together, you'd better go back to rest now, otherwise I will definitely not come to call you tomorrow." Angela smiled and turned to walk towards the passage on the ship's side.

The scene was silent again for a moment, and Kate stood up first: "Then I will go to rest too. Watching the sunrise at sea is also a rare experience."

"Then go and rest." Jessica also stood up and smiled at everyone.

A group of people got up one after another, said good night to each other, and entered the passage one by one. Even though Lindsay had been chanting "what's so beautiful about a sunrise over the sea", she refused to fall behind them.

Another day is coming to an end, and the waves are as calm as a calm sea, but this night, many people are destined to suffer from insomnia.