Chapter 18: This kid is probably just pretending to be a novice to pick up girls!

"Lu Mingfei?"

The piano music cut off, leaving only lingering echoes.

Liu Miaomiao looked at Lu Mingfei in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"That sounds familiar..."

Lu Mingfei muttered, feeling a sense of relief in his heart. Since it was someone he knew, things would be easier to handle; besides, Liu Miaomiao had always treated him quite well, so she likely wouldn't despise or mock him.

"I'm here to Learn Piano. How about that? Didn't expect it, did you?" Lu Mingfei said with a cheeky grin.

He walked into the room. It was a very spacious piano practice room that still looked more than adequate even with three grand pianos placed inside, and it was equipped with various pieces of equipment that Lu Mingfei could or could not recognize.

Hmm... it looked expensive at a glance!

It made sense for Liu Miaomiao to be here; her family was very wealthy, and she was driven by a professional chauffeur in a top-trim BMW, perhaps only slightly less well-off than the family of the "Little Heavenly Maiden" Su Xiaoqiang.

"That really was unexpected."

Liu Miaomiao paused, "However... there have been too many things you've done in the past two days that I didn't expect, so this one doesn't really stand out."

"Now that you mention it, that's true." Lu Mingfei sighed.

Liu Miaomiao was participating in the school's remedial classes and sat right in front of him. Over the past two days, she had witnessed everything from him ignoring Chen Wenwen to his "dazzling display of power" in math class, so her threshold had been raised.

"Yo, you two... know each other?"

Shanshan Ayi closed the door, her face already full of undisguised excitement for gossip.

"We're classmates," Lu Mingfei waved his hand.

"We sit in front of and behind each other," Liu Miaomiao added.

"Oh..."

She looked at Liu Miaomiao, then at Lu Mingfei, appearing thoughtful and suddenly enlightened, and then her tone shifted, becoming full of teasing.

"Oh~~~"

"She is that..." Shanshan Ayi raised her eyebrows at Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei gave a start, realizing what she meant.

Bu Hao!

A misunderstanding, a massive misunderstanding!

Lu Mingfei hadn't been able to explain the previous misunderstanding clearly, and thinking that it wouldn't be cleared up anyway and that a little teasing didn't matter, he simply hadn't insisted on explaining further.

Who would have thought that not even a minute later, he would run into the "subject" of the misunderstanding?

He couldn't let her know about this, otherwise, it would count as spreading rumors!

【Warning: The time for 【Learn Piano】 has arrived. Please execute the plan immediately...】

The warning sound rang out, and Lu Mingfei hurriedly interrupted.

"Time is tight, Shanshan Ayi, let's start the lesson!"

"Hmph hmph..." Shanshan Ayi didn't insist on bringing up what she had just said.

In her view, Lu Mingfei was just shy after running into the person in question.

As the saying goes, young people's budding romance is just like that.

There was no need to rashly intervene; she would just watch slowly. Ah, youth—as a bystander, it was endlessly nostalgic!

Having made up her mind, Shanshan Ayi clapped her hands.

"Alright, let's begin!"

"First, what Miaomiao told you before is slightly problematic... Miaomiao, you made a mistake. Don't worry about what I'm saying, focus! I told you I would come to your side to explain."

Shanshan Ayi had Liu Miaomiao practice playing while she guided Lu Mingfei on the other side.

With her ability, even while talking to Lu Mingfei, she could notice the mistakes Liu Miaomiao made while playing at any time; she could still take care of both of them simultaneously.

"There is no such thing as specifically training finger strength for learning the piano. She must have been too young when she learned it and got tired after playing for a while, so she thought it was training finger strength. But as a boy, you don't need to worry about that.

Piano playing is not just simple finger tapping; you must learn to use the weight of your arm to transmit force.

First is the sitting posture: the height of the piano bench should be such that your elbows are slightly higher than the plane of the keyboard. Keep your back straight, but don't be too stiff.

Second is the hand shape: keep a natural arc, as if you are holding an egg in your hand, then touch the keys with your fingertips, supporting with your knuckles to avoid collapsing your fingers or palms.

Then the arms: keep your shoulders relaxed and your forearms parallel to the keyboard, avoiding having your wrists too high or pressing down..."

As Shanshan Ayi spoke, Lu Mingfei adjusted his posture.

Having done Fitness beforehand, Lu Mingfei was no stranger to adjusting his posture, and he quickly finished adjusting according to her instructions.

"Yes, that's right. Now I will teach you how to touch the keys for single notes. You need to feel the transmission of force from your fingertips, practice the 'lift finger-drop key' movement, and then recognize the keys..."

Some people learn well but cannot teach, while others not only learn well but can also teach well.

Shanshan Ayi was the latter, and Lu Mingfei quickly realized the true value of a dignified American international piano competition-winning pianist—

【Through diligent practice, your 【Piano】 level has increased, gaining 10 points of Proficiency.】

Ten points!

Lu Mingfei felt a surge of joy.

Ever since he started gaining Proficiency, he had never seen such a large increase in a single session!

Except for that one time when his 【Fitness】 suddenly rose to LV1 while he was in a daze... but at that time, Lu Mingfei had been completely muddled, and he always felt something was strange afterward, but he couldn't find the reason, so he had temporarily shelved it.

But this time, he was completely clear-headed!

An increase this large couldn't be explained away by "being a piano genius"; Shanshan Ayi's high-level teaching must have played a key role!

His previously awkward finger movements suddenly became smooth. Lu Mingfei felt that the once-unfamiliar black and white piano keys were becoming familiar; the 52 white keys and 36 black keys seemed to be imprinted in his mind.

"Eh?"

Shanshan Ayi blinked, noticing the change in Lu Mingfei's movements, "Mingfei, you're progressing very quickly. Let's move on to the next step, practicing some basic scales, C Major..."

It was the same process as before.

After listening to Shanshan Ayi's instruction, Lu Mingfei's first attempt was extremely stiff and stuttered, even requiring Shanshan Ayi to explain it once more. The second attempt was still slightly stiff, but he basically didn't need to stop and listen to Shanshan Ayi anymore.

And by the third attempt...

【Through diligent practice, your 【Piano】 level has increased, gaining 10 points of Proficiency】!

And so, it flowed like clouds and water; everything was under his control!

Although he was only practicing very basic techniques, and the rise in Proficiency only brought about a skillful mastery, for a beginner, this was already outrageous enough!

Three attempts; every single technique was mastered in three attempts. It was as if Lu Mingfei had no technical bottlenecks; he was simply a heartless practice machine.

【Through...】

【Through...】

Lu Mingfei was completely immersed in this feeling.

To him, this feeling of making progress just by putting in the effort was truly too wonderful, too delightful, and even addictive.

Who could resist becoming stronger? Who wouldn't want to improve?

It was only laziness and the lack of clear progress that wore down passion and formed habits... However, now, with the Schedule, Lu Mingfei no longer had any reason to be passive.

Unless he wanted to get shocked!

But, what Lu Mingfei took for granted was not so normal in the eyes of others.

For Shanshan Ayi, her emotions went from initial slight surprise to happiness, then to surprise, shock, and finally... suspicion.

Her gaze turned toward Liu Miaomiao, then back to Lu Mingfei, whose speed of progress was somewhat "inhuman," and she arrived at a guess that was extremely reasonable to her—

Could this kid be faking it on purpose, just to come here and pick up girls?!

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