Chapter 195: Piano skills

Without prior agreement, both of their gazes converged on their index fingers.

A few seconds later, they looked at each other with a shared, unspoken understanding. Their gazes intertwined, and Li Heng and Mai Sui fell into silence simultaneously, quietly listening to the footsteps outside the small grove.

Through the thicket, only after Sun Manning and three other girls had passed by did Li Heng break the silence in a low voice, "Did you see Comrade Manning just now?"

"Mm." Mai Sui glanced at his profile, feeling a bit like laughing.

After waiting a while longer, Li Heng secretly got on his bicycle and set off. Once he had ridden out of the campus in one breath, he said loudly:

"Why don't you and Manning discuss buying a bicycle? That way, if anything comes up in the future, it'll be easier for the three of us to act together."

Mai Sui asked, "Can you still get a ticket?"

Li Heng said, "I'll try."

Although he said it would take 30 minutes, it actually only took 24. Li Heng had ridden over alone; he hadn't switched with Mai Sui.

It was just that, how to put it, the bustling area had too many people, and he felt embarrassed to have a girl ride on his bicycle, fearing gossip.

Upon arriving at the piano training center, Li Heng parked his bicycle in a corner and said to her, "I need to study for two hours. If you feel bored in the meantime, go stroll around nearby, but don't go too far, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to find you."

"Okay." Mai Sui responded and followed him into the piano training center.

Finding Chen Siya with ease, Li Heng looked around and joked, "Eh, what a rarity, I don't see Teacher Fu today?"

In the past, he could almost always run into Fu Yanjie; it was only because he didn't see him today that he asked.

Chen Siya said, "Old Fu hasn't come for a week now; it is indeed rare."

Hearing this, Li Heng and Mai Sui exchanged a glance. The word "pursue" instantly surfaced in their minds. Could it be that the fake Daoist had grasped the essence so quickly?

But that shouldn't be right. If he had grasped it so quickly, would he still have spent eight years pursuing her without results?

After thinking for a while and failing to figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it, not wanting to waste brain cells.

Chen Siya poured a cup of tea for each of them and asked with a smile, "Is this your younger sister-in-law? Won't you introduce her?"

Li Heng said, "Not yet. Her name is Mai Sui. We're from the same place. I brought her here today to buy some things and sit for a while."

Mai Sui listened without a word, staring unblinkingly at the tea leaves in the cup, watching them gradually unfurl and slowly expand in the tea water.

Chen Siya observed Mai Sui carefully once more, glanced at her watch, and said to her, "The first and second floors are ours; you can walk around as you please. I'll teach him piano first."

Mai Sui smiled softly and sat on the sofa on the other side of the room.

Every time Li Heng came to learn piano, he would release some proficiency, which greatly astonished Chen Siya. She always felt something was wrong; he was learning too fast.

But after thinking it over, she couldn't find any reason, so she had to attribute it to talent—that he was someone Heaven was chasing to feed.

After studying for an hour, the two took a break. Chen Siya couldn't help but confirm repeatedly, "Have you really never learned before? You aren't pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, are you?"

Li Heng said meaningfully, "Aren't you familiar with Teacher Yu? Don't you know I come from the countryside?"

Not to mention, Chen Siya had indeed asked Yu Shuheng for Li Heng's detailed personal information. Hearing this, she smiled and brushed the matter aside, taking a music score out of the drawer and placing it on the piano: "Try playing 'The Blue Danube Waltz' in a bit."

"Sure, I'll try." Li Heng readily agreed.

It had to be said, he was quite familiar with this piece. Because Song Yu loved listening to it, he had practiced it to perfection in his past life.

Of course, the perfection he spoke of meant pushing his own level to the extreme.

After drinking half a cup of tea and chatting a few words with Mai Sui, who hadn't left, Li Heng quickly began to adjust his emotions and brew his state of mind.

Two minutes later, he struck the first note, and then it was one after another, unstoppable.

Appearance stems from the heart, and feelings arise from the scene. When playing this piano piece, his thoughts had already drifted far away, as if he had arrived at Peking University, arrived by Song Yu's side, and as if he had traveled through time and returned to his past life.

For a time, rhythmic and elastic notes rose and fell in the room. Li Heng's mind was filled with fragments of his life with Song Yu and every bit of their sweet love.

He played until he was lost in it, having infused his emotions, and then...

And then Chen Siya was shocked!

At this moment, she suddenly felt that she no longer had the ability to teach Li Heng. As the saying goes, one knows if it's real as soon as an expert makes a move. Just in terms of the playing level of this piece, Li Heng was completely not inferior to her.

How long had he been learning! You tell me, could she not be shocked?

If Mai Sui had only been curious and fresh during the hour of waiting before, then after this piece, she was no longer bored. She stared at his back with bright eyes, her whole person somewhat dazed. She was pondering: Why was Li Heng so good at playing the piano?

He could write, had made such a big name for himself in the literary world, and his erhu performance at the military training art show had already stunned all the freshmen. And now he could play the piano too. Was there anything he couldn't do?

Looking at Li Heng, who was close at hand, Mai Sui couldn't help but think of Song Yu, think of Xiao Han, and think of Chen Zijin. There was only one man, and he was so excellent. Who would be the winner in the future? Would the loser be willing to let go? Could they even let go?

In her eyes, Song Yu had a greater chance of winning. This was a judgment based on Li Heng's degree of affection for Song Yu.

But the next second, she denied this thought. Xiao Han's beauty was also rare in the world, not to mention that Shanghai Medical College was not far from Fudan. As the saying goes, the near water tower gets the moon first; Xiao Han's probability of winning was not small.

Then she thought of the Chen family behind Chen Zijin, and thought of Chen Zijin's status as his first love. This was also a hard nut to crack.

Thinking and thinking, she even started to get a headache for Li Heng.

However, she most hoped that Song Yu would win. There was no special reason, just because Song Yu had the best relationship with her.

After the piece was finished, Chen Siya sighed, "You play really well. At your level, you can completely buy a piano yourself and practice at home."

Noting the other's expression, Li Heng froze for a moment and sighed inwardly. *Too reckless! Too reckless! * With Song Yu in his mind, he had accidentally revealed his true colors.

But a moment later, he comforted himself. *Revealed is revealed. * He couldn't really study here for three or five years, could he? Some things were fine just by pretending; there was no need to be too harsh.

Li Heng deliberated for a while and said, "I'll consider buying a piano, but I still need to come to Sister Chen's place to learn more. You can't turn me away."

"How could I? I'm not stupid. How could I not earn money?" Chen Siya smiled and continued to teach him some playing techniques.

This time, she was truly teaching with heart, taking out all the old skills she had hidden away.

Chen Siya just wanted to see where the limit of this teenager was.

One taught with heart, and one learned with heart. Time passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, another hour had passed.

Li Heng, who had learned real skills today, still felt somewhat unsatisfied, but he still stood up and said, "Sister Chen, let's stop here today. I still have some things to attend to."

Chen Siya looked at the sky outside, "It's almost dinner time. Why don't you eat before you go?"

Li Heng refused, waving his hand, "Thank you for your kindness, Sister Chen, but no. If it gets any later, I'm afraid I won't make it."

After a few polite words, Li Heng finally left the piano training center with Mai Sui.

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