Chapter 620: , Love doesn't know where it starts, but it goes deep

February 25th.

Past 3 PM, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw.

As the lights on the scene dimmed, the huge concert hall gradually quieted down, and all the audience looked up at the host in the center of the stage.

The host was guest-starring as the music director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; he held the microphone and said to the audience offstage with great emotion:

"Oh! Today is extraordinary; everyone present is an elite leader in various industries in Europe, and I also know who everyone came for. After waiting for several months, we finally waited for the greatest moment now. Below, let's invite the legendary music master Mr. Li and his two beautiful partners, Ms. Yu and Ms. Zhou."

"Clap clap clap!"

As soon as the music director finished speaking, thunderous applause instantly erupted from the scene, wave after wave, wave after wave, until Li Heng, Yu Shuheng, and Zhou Shihe walked out one after another.

Especially the moment Li Heng took the stage, the applause instantly became several times louder, the rhythm of the clapping was fast and intense, and the gaze of everyone on the scene was concentrated on him for the first time.

At the same time, everyone was thinking in their hearts:

"Mr. Li is actually so young? Even younger than I imagined."

"Sure enough, like the news said, he is a super genius that only appears once in a century."

"Very handsome, very much in line with my aesthetics." Many women were secretly thinking.

"Good music has no borders, and good-looking faces have no borders. To the extent that Mr. Li is good-looking, it really kills both East and West."

"..."

The scene was full of exclamation and emotion. After everyone's eyes scanned the extremely dashing Li Heng like X-rays, they started to size up Yu Shuheng and Zhou Shihe, and then they were all stunned: Why are they both so beautiful?

Why do they both have such temperament?

Is this the profound cultural foundation of the East's 5,000 years?

As Europeans, many men were unconvinced and started secretly comparing the two women with the French first beauty on the scene, César Award winner, and Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Isabelle Adjani.

As a result, after the comparison, the men all fell silent.

The breathtakingly beautiful Adjani was indeed stunning and could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Yu Shuheng, but she lacked Yu Shuheng's noble temperament; this temperament was fatal to the elites present.

They knew at a glance that this Ms. Yu's background was by no means ordinary.

Zhou Shihe was even more so; she was only in heaven.

Even Adjani herself offstage was secretly comparing herself with the two women, looking at Yu Shuheng for a while, then looking at Zhou Shihe for a while. Her final attention fell on Zhou Shihe.

A friend beside her whispered: "You are both great beauties; why are you still looking at them? Look at Mr. Li; this is the protagonist today."

Adjani really shifted her gaze back to Li Heng.

The friend asked: "How is it? Do you like him?"

Adjani said: "A bit young."

The friend glanced at her sideways: "Is it really just a problem of being a bit young?"

Adjani asked: "Are you moved?"

The friend said: "The moment he took the stage, Cupid's arrow shot me."

Adjani laughed: "With your conditions, you can go and try."

The friend was eager to try, but then felt a bit discouraged: "I'm not beautiful enough, and reports say he isn't short of money; I'm afraid it's not easy to pursue."

Compared to a great beauty like Adjani, the friend was indeed a bit lacking, but she came from the Arnault family, one of the most influential business families in France. She herself was also a core member of the family.

Adjani looked at her and teased: "We've known each other for some years; this is the first time I've heard you say such words without confidence."

"It's not that I lack confidence; it's because I'm moved that I lack confidence," the friend argued.

Adjani felt it made some sense.

The friend asked: "Give me the truth; what do you think of this Mr. Li?"

Adjani thought for a moment and said her inner feelings: "Except for being a bit young, I can't pick out any flaws in other aspects."

The friend asked: "Suppose, I say suppose, suppose he came to pursue you, would you be moved?"

Adjani sized up Li Heng in all aspects again, and finally said: "If there really were this suppose, I might push back my filming schedule and try to date him."

Hearing this, the friend looked at Li Heng, and the more she looked, the more moved she became, suddenly saying: "How about we go find him together afterward; whoever he likes, the other will withdraw?"

Adjani: "..."

Li Heng's trio crossed the stage to the predetermined position, then faced the audience offstage together and performed a salute according to international practice.

The reaction offstage was enthusiastic, returning the salute with applause like a tide once again.

In this continuous applause, Li Heng was very surprised to see an acquaintance in the crowd behind, Zhou Min.

A classmate from Fudan University, Statistics Class 1.

Didn't this girl Zhou Min go to Cambridge University for further studies? How did she run here today?

With confusion, his gaze lingered on Zhou Min for two seconds.

Zhou Min smiled and raised her right hand to her chest, waving it in a small range.

The applause lasted for over ten seconds, and when it ended, the scene returned to silence again. Everyone was focused on the Li Heng trio on stage, looking at the short ocarina in his hand.

Although this was his first time performing in Europe, and it was in a venue as awesome as the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw, and he had the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra accompanying him, Li Heng, who had lived two lives, wasn't panicked at all in his heart. Facing thousands of pairs of eyes, he felt quite good; the nervousness that others feared didn't exist in him at all, not even a hair.

Everything was ready. Li Heng first looked at Yu Laoshi on his left, then looked to his right.

Zhou Shihe also looked at him tacitly.

Gazing at each other, the two then shifted their gazes away; one sat at the piano like a fairy, her onion-white soft hands slowly placed on it. The other slowly closed his eyes, brewing the best mood.

Just at this moment, all the lights on the stage went out, and the stage instantly fell into darkness.

After a long 20 seconds of darkness, just when everyone's hearts were full of infinite anticipation, the lights on the stage lit up one after another. The blue and yellow main lights, combined with the star-curtain-like spotlight wall, set off the stage to be extremely mysterious.

After a short silence, Zhou Shihe's hands moved, and her slender hands moved rhythmically on the black and white keys full of spirituality. A soothing and pleasant tune came out, like a spring breeze brushing across the entire concert hall, which was full of seats.

Just this one moment, the knowledgeable chief conductor and music director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra looked at each other, and they read the same thing from each other's eyes: this piano level is already worthy of being a master of a generation.

After the piano prelude sounded, at a certain moment, Li Heng opened his eyes, the ocarina was quietly placed to his mouth, and amidst the attention of everyone, he blew lightly with his lips.

Instantly!

A string of soul-shaking notes instantly exploded in the air, and the next second, it filled the entire concert hall.

Explosive!

It was really explosive!

It wasn't noisy; on the contrary, it was very pure and melodious, but the effect it brought was swift and fierce! Dizziness!

Everyone on the scene, whether it was the conductor and music director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, or all the members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, or the Dutch Queen offstage, or the Dutch Prime Minister, or members of parliament, or political stars and big entrepreneurs from various European countries who came here by name, at this very moment, were all quiet, all relaxed, their thoughts weren't wandering, their souls were leaving their bodies along with the ocarina sound, sublimated.

Everyone was fixed as if by a spell, and all eyes were meticulously watching Li Heng, afraid of missing a single note.

Their heads were buzzing, and their whole bodies felt numb as if pierced by an electric current, collectively sinking into an unprecedented beauty.

Still that sentence: good music, you may not understand it, but it must understand you.

As Li Heng's sad and profound tone of *Hometown's Original Scenery* continued under his mouth, everyone in the entire concert hall followed him into a lonely and desolate world, experiencing a kind of far-from-the-dust, tired, and desolate artistic atmosphere.

It made everyone present think of their own struggles, think of the tranquility and simplicity outside of drifting, and think of the place where their dreams and hopes once were.

Resonance!

Thousands of people collectively resonated with the ocarina sound!

At this very moment, their gazes were blurred, their expressions intoxicated, staring at Li Heng on stage like stone statues, their movements neat and uniform, surprisingly consistent.

The Italian football Inter Milan chairman thought: The feeling of listening on the scene and listening to the album at home is completely not on the same level; the ticket bought at 6 times the price is too worth it! Mr. Li is worthy of being a legend.

Adjani stared at Li Heng with bright eyes. At this moment, there was no Yu Shuheng in her eyes, no Zhou Shihe who made her incredibly stunning, only Li Heng.

The daughter of the Arnault family secretly swore in her heart: No, must find a way to get to know Li Heng.

Looking at the shining Li Heng on stage, Zhou Min was very shocked: Is this Li Heng? Has Li Heng grown to this point? Any one of these audience members on the scene could be a famous royal noble, billionaire, government high-level, or celebrity in the outside world, but now they were all Li Heng's loyal listeners, all Li Heng's fanboys and fangirls. Too formidable! Li Heng is really too formidable!

Yu Shuheng looked at the little man several times more, feeling that he was really big-hearted and born for big scenes. On such an occasion, not only was he not timid, but he played beyond his level, moving even her.

Time moved, and when Li Heng blew the last note, the *Hometown's Original Scenery* that made people infinitely attached was finally about to end.

The song ended.

Before he even put down the ocarina, a burst of applause came from offstage.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Clap clap clap!"

Everyone applauded, with intoxication on their faces, cheering for him from the bottom of their hearts.

The applause lasted for about half a minute, then returned to calm again, and everyone pricked up their ears to listen, because the second song, *The Street Where the Wind Lives*, was about to start...

If the first song was desolate, then the second song focused on tranquility.

*The Street Where the Wind Lives* was still played by Zhou Shihe first.

Sitting quietly in front of the piano, Zhou Shihe interpreted what is called "one look can topple a city, another look can topple a country."

That kind of extreme beauty that made people feel pity made all the men on the scene hold their breath unconsciously, and made women look sideways with envy.

Her hands moved rhythmically on the black and white keys, full of spiritual charm. Whenever she played this piece, Zhou Shihe would somewhat collapse, because Li Heng's figure would suddenly pop into her mind, making her involuntarily fall into the mood.

She knew she had fallen in love with him uncontrollably.

This wasn't a spiteful word when arguing with Yu Laoshi.

But her despair after recognizing her inner heart.

*The Street Where the Wind Lives* was mainly piano and erhu. When Li Heng's erhu sound joined in, Zhou Shihe's heart fluttered; lowering her eyebrows, she seemed to be able to see his face, seemed to be able to feel his infatuated eyes, seemed to be able to see him kissing her, seeing him holding her.

Seemed to be able to hear him whispering in her ear: Shihe, I fell in love with you at first sight.

The perfect match of piano and erhu allowed everyone on the scene to enjoy the most wonderful auditory feast.

But the pretty person in front of the piano suffered.

The more she invested, the better she played, the more her spirit trembled, and the more she couldn't suppress thinking about everything related to him.

The two were connected at the canteen, connected at the canteen meal fee; he didn't bring money at that time, but confusedly took her rice noodles.

The two met formally for the first time in the makeup room backstage at Xianghui Hall; that was the beginning of her "nightmare." ===== CHAPTER 621 =====