MGCM- Chapter 8.2

Ch. 8.2 I only play piano with him

Youyang Piano Shop.

    It was the weekend, and students were on winter vacation, so for the music store, this was the busiest time. In order to boost its name and attract people, the piano store specially placed three pianos in the lobby. At this time, the lobby was also crowded with staff and customers.

    There are many students among the customers, especially elementary school students. Normally, this would be the noisiest time, as a few children can easily turn the small hall into a mess.

    But now everyone was extremely quiet.

    Quietly listening to the person performing.

    There was a boy sitting next to the piano at the far end of the hall. He was wearing white shirt and black trousers, his long hair looking just like a beautifully flowing waterfall. His appearance was particularly eye-catching, but at this moment, the most intoxicating thing about him was not his perfect appearance.

    But the melodious music, like the sound of the mother nature.

   Playing piano requires talent, so many parents will place their hope on hard work. In fact, talent can indeed be made up with hard work.

    But art is inherently gifted.

    The boy was just sitting there, sitting in the corner of a hall that should have been noisy and crowded, but instead he seemed to be in a place where all the lights gathered together on him. His indifferent face, with long eyelashes covering his eyes, and his cold white complexion shining brightly under the warm light, his fine jade like fingers, looking like the work of art, producing the most ethereal music

    Absolutely amazing.

    How on earth can one produce music that sounds just like a gift from heaven?

    The boy played “Memories of Don Juan” from the sheet of music he took from the corner of the hall. It was one of the “most difficult piano pieces in the world” that the students at the piano store printed out of curiosity. The students were attracted after reading two lines. But then, were dissuaded, lost interest and threw it aside.

    But they didn’t expect to actually see someone playing it.

    There was no showing off skills, no pretentiousness, no bragging, only indifference. He played this piece of music calmly and easily. As soon as the prelude started, the noisy crowd was instantly attracted by the sound of the piano and fell silent.

    Even the noisy children forgot what they were saying in the middle of the quarrel and stared at him blankly with their mouths half open.

    It wasn’t until the clock in the hall rang past the hour and the boy stopped playing and stood up that everyone came back to their senses.

    “This is…who is this?”

    “You are definitely not a student at this level. Hey, Xiao Liu, is this the teacher of your piano store?”

    “You don’t look too old? And this level is too qualified for a piano store, right? I went to the city-wide piano competition two days ago, and the person who got the first prize may not be able to play this piece this smoothly!”

    The crowd murmured, but the boy ignored it. He took out two banknotes from his side pocket and put them on the music stand together with the music scores, then turned and walked out.

    Just then, the person in charge rushed to greet him.

    “Brother! This little brother!”

    The person in charge hurriedly stopped the other party and said with a smile, “Look, the usage fee for one hour, we will give you a free bill now, as long as you come back and play for us for one hour every afternoon, how about it?”

    They couldn’t bear to let him go, but he only played for an hour. The eyes of those children who were usually crying and refusing to learn the piano were all wide open. Looking at the situation, they didn’t know how many more lessons they could sell today because of this man.

    You know, no matter how expensive the promotional videos are, and how garish the slogans.

    How can it compare to this person’s live music?

    The person in charge was full of calculations, but the boy turned a deaf ear and didn’t even stop.

    The person in charge wanted to persuade again, “We can give you a discount if you come to practice piano in the future…”

    The staff of the piano store on the side was watching the conversation between the two when they were suddenly tapped on the shoulder.

    Behind him was a middle-aged man with curly hair, “What’s going on?”

    “Boss!” The staff pointed at the long-haired boy and said, “Look, this is the genius guy we told you about before!”

    “He has been to several music shops, but every time he would just practice and pay before leaving. The music shops couldn’t keep him even if they wanted to. Now, he finally came to our place, and Brother Wang was just trying to keep him.”

    The staff member said with a grimace, sighing, “It seems he still doesn’t want to.”

    The curly-haired boss looked at the boy and raised the corners of his lips with interest.

    “Isn’t it easy to retain someone?”

    The person in charge over there persuaded him until his mouth was dry and he was sweating, when he suddenly heard a voice.

    “Brother, you play the piano well.”

    The curly-haired boss came over and looked the boy up and down.

    The boy was as cold as ice and did not respond, but the curly-haired boss still smiled.

    “But your fingering is not very standard. I think the way you use force is not quite right.”

    As he said that, the boss reached out and gave a demonstration on the piano.

    He stepped on the pedal with one foot and pressed the keys. After playing two times, one of the keys suddenly lost its sound.

    “Huh?”

    The boss made a confused voice.

    “Strange, why don’t these keys sound?”

    The boy raised his eyes and looked at him with cold dark green eyes.

    The boss didn’t feel any strangeness at all. He even tried it several times and shook his head and said, “It really stopped ringing.”

    “It seems that your method is really wrong,” he said, “It hurts both the hand as well as the piano.”

    Everyone behind them started whispering.

    “Ouch, did he break the store’s piano?

    “Could it be that the keys weren’t working properly in the first place?”

    As if he heard that voice of doubt, the boss also asked the person in charge to bring out the previous piano test video.

    “In our piano store, we usually have two pianos for rent in the lobby, and we will try them out every time before someone practices.”

    The person in charge showed the video of the staff trying the piano an hour ago. Sure enough, the sound of the keys was no different at that time.

    “This, this is really a piano practice that damaged someone else’s piano…”

    The crowd whispered.

    The corner of the boss’s lips were raised slightly, feeling content with himself.

    It was done.

    Now the other party has nothing to argue about, and rumors also said that this boy seemed to have a vocal cord injury.

    At least there were so many people before in those music shops who could never get him to speak, and he always left just after finishing the practice.

    If you can’t speak, then you can’t defend yourself.

    The boss lowered the curve of his lips and put on a very kind expression.

    “Well, I think you are a student at your age and can’t afford much money.”

    “If you have to go to so many piano shops just to practice, you must have not have much money at hand.”

    He understood this point clearly.

    “How about you practice with us for free a few times at our piano shop, and I’ll wave off your repair fee, how about that?”

    The boss said with a smile.

    “It’s rare to see a child who plays so well. I also have a love for talent-”

    “A love for talent?”

    The boss’s words were suddenly interrupted by a pleasant young voice.

    “It’s obviously just greed for money.”

    Everyone turned around and saw a young man who was so beautiful that one couldn’t help but wonder which celebrity had come to participate in the event. He was staring coldly at the curly-haired boss.

    Behind the young man was a burly man in a black suit.

    That young man was Shi Qingning.

    “You obviously made the keys silent on purpose.”

    Shi Qingning said.

    “You also slandered the innocence of others.”

    The Curly-haired boss frowned and his expression turned cold, “Who are you?”

    He didn’t expect that the boy who had been cold and silent beside him suddenly spoke.

    The boy’s voice was cold, but with a magnetic touch.

    There was no sign of vocal cord injury at all.

    “He is the one destined for me.” ¹This is the literal translation. I couldn’t think of anything better for this sentence so I just kept it as it is. If anyone of you knows something better that might go well here and make the para flow more smoothly, do let me know in the comments. I’ll make the relevant changes.

   Bai Yexi looked at the young man, his eyes moving slightly. To outsiders, it seemed as if the perfect work of art that had been frozen had finally gained some life.

    “I only practice piano with him.”

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  This is the literal translation. I couldn’t think of anything better for this sentence so I just kept it as it is. If anyone of you knows something better that might go well here and make the para flow more smoothly, do let me know in the comments. I’ll make the relevant changes.