Chapter 209

Wu Wu Guangren thought for a moment, then firmly shook his head once more.

"If their Yinyue Society can offer us some inspiration, that would still be a good thing."

"But… folk music? It's not the same thing as us at all. Going would just be a waste of time."

Just then, Wu Wu Guangren's assistant rushed in.

"Director, bad news — someone is coming to trash the Piano Department!"

Trash the place? Wu Wu Guangren and the female teacher froze on the spot.

"Who's coming to trash the place?"

The assistant's face also carried a trace of disbelief.

"It's two celebrities — one is Su Meng, the other is Deng Ziqi."

"Deng Ziqi?" Wu Wu Guangren murmured for a moment, his brows drawing together slightly.

"That female singer?"

"I've also kept an eye on her piano skills — among amateur players, she's quite decent."

"Who is Su Meng? What's his background? How's his piano level?"

The assistant was also a bit baffled and said instinctively,

"He's a hugely popular fresh-faced pretty boy, the type who specializes in playing domineering CEOs."

"But recently he's shown off some seriously impressive suona, erhu, and guzheng playing technique."

"But piano… I haven't heard he plays piano?"

Huh? Suona, erhu, guzheng? Wu Wu Guangren was also stunned.

The female teacher asked instinctively,

"Why are they coming to trash the place?"

The assistant stole a glance at Wu Wu Guangren before saying,

"He says… the Yinyue Society's concert was his doing, and he wants to release a few songs."

"But our department turned down the invitation. He says we're not giving him face, so…"

"Ridiculous!" Wu Wu Guangren instantly grew a bit angry.

"What's the matter with those people from the Folk Music Department? Just tagging along and making a fool of themselves with some pretty boy?"

The female teacher waved her hand, saying with some impatience,

"What kind of person dares to come to the Imperial Capital Yinyuexue Academy to freeload?"

"Don't they know we're in the middle of preparing for battle? Tell him to go cool off somewhere else."

The assistant acknowledged and was just about to leave when Wu Wu Guangren suddenly called out to him.

"Hold on — let me think about this…"

After closing his eyes and pondering for a moment, Wu Wu Guangren said slowly,

"Isn't there a large class tomorrow morning? Let him come!"

Let him come? The female teacher and the assistant were instantly dumbfounded.

"Director… won't this affect our preparations?"

Wu Wu Guangren smiled faintly and said calmly,

"Berkeley coming to exchange — isn't that also a chance to trash our place?"

"Since someone's coming to trash the place, let's treat it as a rehearsal."

"We don't even need the teachers to step in — sending out one student will be enough."

"A fresh-faced pretty boy… heh~~~~"

……

"Wow~~~ Su Meng, you look so handsome today!"

The moment she saw Su Meng, Deng Ziqi blurted out in surprise.

Not just her — the entire livestream chat was the same.

Today's Su Meng, quite unusually, was dressed very formally.

But his formal wear wasn't a normal suit — it was a full set of standard Zhongshan suit.

Even so, his upright, tall bearing was on full display.

On top of that, Su Meng's face no longer carried his usual irreverent expression, but rather a faint, gentle smile.

Looking at him, his whole aura seemed different.

The livestream chat instantly exploded.

"Holy crap! Handsome! Way too handsome, am I right?!"

"OMG, this is what a true 360-degree flawless beauty shot looks like."

"Screenshot taken! Currently licking the screen! This is my phone wallpaper from now on!"

"My youth is back! This is my youth coming back! That once dashing and aloof domineering CEO has finally returned! Although… the May Fourth Youth edition?"

"Although Su Meng only broke away from his domineering CEO image a little over half a month ago, I don't know why, but it feels like it's been ages."

"Brother, you're killing me! Brother, you're killing me!"

"I hereby declare that from now on, Su Meng is my husband!"

"You little sluts upstairs, draw your swords!"

"5555… He's back! He's finally back! Awaken, slumbering Domineering CEO Fan Club!"

……

"Su Meng, you're not really going to trash the place… I mean, go exchange and learn, are you?"

Deng Ziqi wiped the drool from her mouth, struggling to sober herself from the beauty before her, and asked hesitantly.

Su Meng gave a slight nod, a faint smile on his face.

"The enemy will reach the battlefield in thirty seconds — what do you think, am I going to crash the party?"

The corner of Deng Ziqi's mouth twitched several times as she tried to calm herself down.

"If you're going to the piano department to exchange and study, you still must be solemn about it."

"You should wear formal attire like me, or at the very least a suit — at least that way it looks proper."

"Piano is an elegant art; even if you can't play it, you should at least show some respect."

Just now, everyone's eyes had been focused on Su Meng.

Only now did they notice that Deng Ziqi was wearing a red formal dress, looking quite proper.

Su Meng curled his lip and said nonchalantly.

"Didn't you see? To show respect, I even specially changed my clothes."

"By the way, my respect is for those highly respected and virtuous teachers, not for the piano."

"It's just a musical instrument — why make it sound so lofty and untouchable?"

"By your logic, if I play the suona, I'd have to bathe and change first, and go into closed-door cultivation for three days every now and then?"

"I can afford to wait, but if a dead person waits three days, won't the body start to stink?"

"Playing the piano makes you elegant? Heh…"

Holy crap! The netizens in the livestream were all dumbfounded.

Damn, you actually make a damn good point — I'm speechless!

Seeing that Deng Ziqi was still about to argue, Su Meng went on.

"Besides, today I'm going to crash the party, not attend a wedding."

"Is this because you have no confidence in your piano skills, so you want to crush them with looks? That's a bit of an unfair win."

Deng Ziqi paid no attention to his joke; her little face drooped at once.

"My piano level isn't bad, but compared with these real piano masters, it's still not really presentable."

"Don't pin too much hope on me…"

Su Meng gave her a puzzled look, as if he were looking at a mentally challenged child.

"When did I ever count on you?"

"I just saw you were bored, so I brought you along to watch the fun."

"If anyone's going to make a move, it'll be me."

Huh? Deng Ziqi jumped up at once.

"No way, no way? You're going to make a move?"