Chapter 173 (1/2)

”Listen here, Yuan Yuan. You must look at the music score carefully and keep practicing; then you'll be able to play well. Just follow the music score and your musician's heart, and you should be able to play it perfectly...”

”You're not playing correctly again! How many times do I have to repeat myself? No sleep for you until you get it right! It's already written clearly on the music score, take a better look!”

Whenever Gu Yuan shuts his eyes, he would hear his late mother's teachings, reminding him of his glorious, yet dark past.

”Gu Yuan got the first place again... After all, his mother is a famous musician; it must be in his genes!”

”His gla.s.ses were almost touching the music score, is he trying to cover up his wound?”

”How does he play if he has to practice seven to eight hours per day? Not everyone can take that kind of stress...”

”He looked a machine! A humanoid metronome!

Gu Yuan always hears those comments while he was young, but it never bothered him, because he took all that as nonsense. He had the perfect mother by his side, he was not afraid of anything, and he could keep playing the piano.

But at this moment, Gu Yuan was struggling with nervousness. As he read the music score, his fingers were shaking; he thought he should have spent more time practicing, so that he could play it by heart, because he was going to perform with a stranger, together!

What worried him the most was... he was performing with a reckless, improvising violinist!

After witnessing how Chu Luoxin performed during her last compet.i.tion, he more or less knew what sort of musician she was. She never treated it as a compet.i.tion in the first place, she would play the violin however she wanted to, as long as it pleased her!

Honestly, her style was completely different from Gu Yuan, because he had the nickname of the ”Humanoid Metronome,” he was famous for being able to play note-by-note, precise, down to the last beat. He would never take any liberties with the piece, he would only get scolded by his mother if he does that.

As Gu Yuan was practicing nervously, ”Chu Luoxun” appeared with her beautiful gown, ”I'm ready! Let's just dive in and see how it goes! Our rendition!” She beamed as she said those lines.

”This is madness... I can never perform in such a condition!” Gu Yuan was struggling with the music score, trying to practice as much as he could.

”Do I look good in this dress? It was tailor-made for me!” Chu Luoxun was excited, since Gu Yuan had agreed to be her partner, she had become even more lively and energetic, she was grinning all the time.

”We should just forfeit the compet.i.tion; we will only embarra.s.sing ourselves...” Gu Yuan still stared at the ground, mumbling to himself.

”Chu Luoxun” became angry when she realized that Gu Yuan was not paying attention to her, so she tugged at his necktie and gave him a good old headb.u.t.t. Of course, this was all written in a playful manner in the novel...

”How's that? Have you calmed down?” Chu Luoxun said grumpily.

”What the heck are you doing!” Gu Yuan snapped, because he was still feeling nervous.

”Chu Luoxun” lowered her face down to Gu Yuan, foreheads almost touching, ”Look at me! Lift your head up and look at me. Your head is always down, as if the musical notes have imprisoned you... Don't worry, I know you can do it, you've been listening to that song for the whole afternoon, haven't you? The music sheet is just right in front of you too... We can do this!”