Chapter 102: The 1st Note

Chapter 102: Chapter 102: The 1st Note

Backstage, hearing the host call his name, Lin Xi stood up, ready to perform on stage.

"Hey classmate, what are you going to perform?" The student who was impatient with Lin Xi before now thought his previous attitude was a bit off and spoke up again,

"But it’d be best if it were later."

"Why?" Lin Xi asked curiously.

"You’re asking why?" This student looked shocked, stood up as well, and whispered to Lin Xi,

"The Piano Princess just finished performing, you see, everyone in the audience and backstage is still immersed in her performance."

"So, in the next few performances, hardly anyone’s going to be in the mood to watch, especially the next one—it’s a complete disaster."

"And yet it’s still a piano piece, isn’t this the legendary ’court death’ move?"

"Oh, I see!" Lin Xi suddenly understood.

"I’m the fourth performance next, hopefully by then everyone has snapped out of it." The student frowned slightly and continued,

"Enough talk, I have to go memorize my lyrics again. If I perform well, I won’t have to worry about picking up pretty girls in the future."

After saying this, he immediately sat back down, closed his eyes, and started memorizing silently.

Lin Xi turned and walked toward the stage passage, immediately sparking discussions among many people.

"What bad luck!"

"No choice, he just had to run into the Piano Princess."

"But man, the program team really screwed him. The Piano Princess is here; shouldn’t they have informed everyone earlier to avoid picking the piano as their act?"

"What a shame, he’s quite handsome, but it looks like he’s doomed to be cannon fodder."

......

The stage passage was quite long, about thirty meters or so.

Lin Xi was led by the staff toward the stage.

"You think my piano performance isn’t worth mentioning?" At the end of the passage, near the stage, Luo Susu suddenly appeared, looking at Lin Xi as he walked over and spoke.

"Are you talking to me?"

Lin Xi looked at the graceful figure in white, her skin as fair as porcelain, possessing an extraordinarily beautiful face, like a fairy untouched by the mortal world.

Especially her pair of slender jade-like hands, the most beautiful pair of hands Lin Xi had seen in his life.

He thought she had left!

Looking around, Lin Xi realized that besides the staff next to him, he was the only one there.

The staff member, an ordinary slender young woman, was looking at Luo Susu with a gaze full of admiration and surprise.

Seeing Lin Xi’s reaction seemed to catch Luo Susu off guard. She frowned and continued, "Whether you said it or not, I hope you perform well!"

After saying this, she didn’t wait for Lin Xi to respond, slightly leaned her back against the wall, and silently closed her eyes.

Lin Xi was a bit stunned, wondering why she spoke so elliptically.

But at this crucial moment, he didn’t have time to figure out why she said those words.

"Hey, miss, you did pretty well just now!" Lin Xi couldn’t help but praise as he passed by Luo Susu.

If the host hadn’t urged him again, he would have loved to have a good in-depth exchange with this Piano Princess.

Hmm, don’t be dirty-minded, of course, it’s a piano exchange.

After Lin Xi got on stage, Luo Susu slightly opened her eyes, with a gleam in her gaze and a strange expression on her face, "Little girl?"

She didn’t feel any aversion to this address; it was the first time someone had called her such and it felt a little refreshing.

Because all her life, apart from family, others had always referred to her as Little Fairy, Fairy, or Piano Princess.

But this strange feeling also disappeared in an instant; to her, Lin Xi didn’t differ much from ordinary people.

Then she closed her eyes again, planning to listen to the supposedly mediocre performance, although uncertain if he was the one who said it.

On stage, the previous settings had already been removed.

Lin Xi looked to see that apart from a piano, which wasn’t Luo Susu’s, there was no other stage setup.

Of course, there was also a host.

Seeing Lin Xi walking over, the host put down the microphone and turned to leave.

As he passed by Lin Xi, the host lightly said with a sigh, "Bro, you’re amazing, strongly refusing any stage setup!"

"MMP."

Lin Xi paused, finally unable to resist cursing.

Because thinking of Luo Susu’s words, the host’s sigh, and being mysteriously signed up, if this wasn’t Li Neng’s trick, ghosts would have intervened.

Regardless of whether he could play the piano, thanks to Li Neng’s intervention, he figured his next four years of college wouldn’t be smooth.

And if he couldn’t, it would be even worse.

Lin Xi temporarily didn’t think too much, one couldn’t go back on their word, especially after receiving compensation.

Hmm, Teacher Zhu’s taste was really good!

As for Li Neng’s little schemes, he certainly wouldn’t let them go in the future.

Plotting against Dark Night’s king, if word got out, wouldn’t it scare everyone to death?

Sitting on the bench, there was no sheet music on the piano, and Lin Xi didn’t expect there to be; Li Neng wouldn’t miss this detail.

He turned to glance at the audience and noticed Teacher Zhu in the second row, looking at him with hopeful eyes, and he blinked at her.

Zhu Ying clearly noticed, snorted coldly, and immediately covered her face.

This clearly indicated that she couldn’t bear to watch.

"But shouldn’t you cover your ears?" Lin Xi thought to himself, "Teacher, you have so little faith in me."

After a moment of pause, Lin Xi calmed his mind, and the figure of "High Mountains and Flowing Water" faintly appeared in his mind.

The score wasn’t complete; he had only heard it once.

But that one time, Lin Xi was deeply impressed by it.

Unlike many people today who worship foreign things and think the moon abroad is rounder.

Lin Xi believed that what we have is the best, and this piece, "High Mountains and Flowing Water," was no exception.

Just as Lin Xi was about to place his hands on the keys, a series of boos came from the audience.

"You dare to challenge the Piano Princess, who do you think you are!"

"You even said the Piano Princess’s performance wasn’t worth mentioning, so go ahead and play then."

"If you’re half as good as the Piano Princess, I’ll livestream eating shit!"

"You overestimate him; if he’s a tenth as good as the Piano Princess, I’ll livestream eating shit."

"Get off the stage!"

"Don’t embarrass yourself!"

......

The previously quiet audience suddenly erupted with shouts, even the leaders in the front row couldn’t help but frown.

In the two rows behind Zhu Ying, Li Neng sat there, looking at Lin Xi with a sinister smile on his face.

"Let’s see how you will still show your face in school!" Li Neng, coddled since childhood, had never been rebuked by anyone.

The day in the classroom when Lin Xi slapped him hard was a great humiliation in his life.

This welcome party was a good opportunity, and he didn’t care about offending Teacher Zhu.

Lin Xi, who had already calmed his mind, excluded all external noise, slightly closed his eyes, and placed his hands on the piano keys.

The middle finger pressed down first, and a note played.

Just that one note, and the boos and curses stopped instantly, as if everyone lost their soul.

In one word: unprecedented shock!

PS: This Chapter took too long to write... it’s been a long night to finally get it done.