Chapter 1594: The Fake Young Master Will Be Pampered by the Real Young Master 24

The performance on stage ended quickly, and teachers and students burst into thunderous applause; earlier comments about Zhou An's insufficient skill automatically turned into hiding his clumsiness.

When the vice dean took a photo with Pa Li Ce Er, he specially let Zhou An join, showing how much he valued him without needing to say.

Becoming Pa Li Ce Er's student meant Zhou An could graduate early directly; for the Music Institute, it was also an honor.

On the auditorium stage, Zhou An again felt the grander scene of stars surrounding the moon, something his past self could only hope for but never attain; now he has it all in hand.

He faintly saw Jin Chen sitting below the stage, so his smile grew more fervent; just thinking that Jin Chen might be angry and resentful made him feel exhilarated.

After the lecture ended, Zhu Suisheng grabbed Jin Chen and rushed toward the office receiving Pa Li Ce Er; he also specially asked Jin Chen to speak only if necessary—not because he feared Jin Chen's soft-heartedness would lead to forgiveness, but because he worried Zhou An would cling to them like a plaster.

With Zhu Suisheng and Jin Chen's status, even the duty student council members found it hard to stop them; they could only go ahead to remind the people inside the office.

But it was to no avail.

Zhu Suisheng had already entered the door; his beautiful, angel-like face was full of anger, while Jin Chen behind him had a cold expression. After entering, he lifted his eyes and glanced at Zhou An, a mocking look flashing past.

Zhou An couldn't believe what he saw—what expression did Jin Chen have? Mockery? Not anger, not resentment, but actually mockery!

"Who are these two students?" Pa Li Ce Er asked doubtfully, while two assistants had already stepped in front of him.

"They are the two young masters of the Zhu family."

The vice dean felt a bit embarrassed, and also didn't know what they had come in to do.

"Oh, it's the Zhu family, hello." Pa Li Ce Er put on a kind smile and, using not very fluent Now we need to output English, said: "The Zhu family head invited me as a guest; it must also be for the two of you."

That was a considerable invitation fee, and even Pa Li Ce Er found it astonishing.

Zhu Suisheng smiled brightly, utterly unmoved: "If you bring Zhou An, don't even think about entering my house."

Pa Li Ce Er was startled.

The vice dean silently thought, "Not good," indeed it was still their identity conflict.

Taking advantage of Pa Li Ce Er's moment of bewilderment, Zhu Suisheng again looked at Zhou An, his dark expression obvious: "Were you a rat in a sewer in your past life, wanting to steal everything?"

Zhou An clenched his face, feeling somewhat embarrassed: "If it's about the previous mistaken identity incident, I can apologize to you, but what do you mean today?"

He certainly couldn't admit to deliberately stealing the jade pendant; anyway, the Zhu family says that externally, so what's wrong with him using it?

Zhu Suisheng deliberately took out his phone, the feigned smile in his eyes slowly fading into contempt: "You stole the piece Jin Chen wrote and still dared to perform it on stage."

Zhou An watched him raise his phone, realized something, and the color drained from his face; he barely managed to stay calm: "You…… what do you mean."

"What are you worried about?" Zhu Suisheng completely ignored the sudden change in everyone's faces in the office; Youyou stepped half a pace closer to Zhou An, the corner of her mouth curling into a gloomy smile.

"You're worried that my phone has Jin Chen's manuscript, which would make your lies collapse on their own."

He lightly poked Zhou An's shoulder and snorted, "As a thief, how can your courage be so small."

Zhou An instantly stepped back two paces, nearly bumping into the wall, his mind unsettled as he clenched his fists.

How could it be…… when Jin Chen wrote those pieces, he hadn't even met Zhu Suisheng yet; how could he possibly have Jin Chen's manuscript!

"I don't know what you're talking about; today's piece is my own composition."

Zhou An feigned calm, still hadn't figured out a response, when Pa Li Ce Er sprang up angrily: "What do you mean by this, questioning my judgment in choosing students?"

Having reached his current position, Pa Li Ce Er most dislikes being questioned; his brows, full of wrinkles, knit tightly, his anger rising.

"Young people, even if you have a conflict with my student, you cannot accuse him of plagiarism; otherwise, you don't deserve to study music."

Jin Chen glanced at Pa Li Ce Er, who was angrily scolding Zhu Suisheng, then indifferently looked away.

Zhu Suisheng didn't notice Jin Chen's change in expression, looking surprised at the white-haired old man: "Are you the god who governs music in modern times? Do you deserve to have the final say?"

Pa Li Ce Er: "……"

Speaking Now we need to output English, he obviously couldn't out-argue Zhu Suisheng; he was about to have them produce evidence, but Zhu Suisheng prepared to leave first.

Zhu Suisheng's phone certainly had no evidence; he came today just to scare Zhou An.

People are naturally suspicious; Zhu Suisheng knows this well and has repeatedly used this weakness. After today's incident, Zhou An is frightened to this extent; before the dust settles, he will only keep worrying that the truth will leak out, and he himself will first be scared into defeat.

Zhou An, having expended great effort to steal all this honor, naturally fears losing it.

As Zhu Suisheng left, he glanced at him again, scornful and mocking, as if watching a pitiful self-directed, self-acted clown.

When the office door closed, Zhou An only then realized he was drenched in cold sweat, his fingers numb.

Fortunately, Pa Li Ce Er was preoccupied with his anger, so he didn't notice Zhou An's overly guilty expression.

——

Jin Chen and Zhu Suisheng left the auditorium; a gust of winter wind blew, instantly calming Zhu Suisheng.

He made a sound, suddenly stopped, turned to look at Jin Chen, who gave him a puzzled gaze: "What's wrong?"

Zhu Suisheng carefully discerned the emotion in Jin Chen's eyes; seeing no sadness, he relaxed, his eyes curving like rippling light.

"Want a hug."

Jin Chen thought he was just cold and wanted to act spoiled, so he unfastened the frog buttons of his coat and pulled Zhu Suisheng entirely into his embrace.

"Feeling better?"

"……uh, no," Zhu Suisheng said, this being the first time he was held like this, leaning into Jin Chen's waist, "I should be the one asking you."

He tilted his head to look at Jin Chen, his soft hair falling back, smiling: "Can't you tell? Now I'm the one comforting you."

Jin Chen slightly raised his brow: "Letting me hug you is also comforting me?"

"Right." Zhu Suisheng spoke with full confidence, bumping his forehead against Jin Chen's chin like a spoiled pretty kitten: "You should be happy."

"I am happy," Zhou An said, following his words, then added in a soft, teasing tone: "Shengsheng is better at comforting people than I am."

Zhu Suisheng pretended not to hear the teasing in Jin Chen's embrace, gave a light hum twice, raised his hand to lightly cover Jin Chen's ears, letting him hear clearly while maintaining the posture of supposedly not being able to hear.

Jin Chen did not stop Zhu Suisheng's action, merely asking: "What do you want to do."

"I want to tell you, I really dislike Zhou An, so I will properly punish him next, until you find evidence proving he stole your sheet music."

Zhu Suisheng gave him a gentle blink, then explained the meaning of covering his ears, his voice sweet and soft: "You certainly don't want me to hide things from you, but I'm also not used to letting people know I'm going to do something bad."

"Let's each take a step back; you just pretend you don't know anything, okay?"

Jin Chen chuckled, thinking that for Zhu Suisheng, this was practically a huge progress.

"Good." Jin Chen spoke softly, gave a slight nod, then took Zhu Suisheng's right hand and clasped it tightly, letting it hang down. "But there must be no danger to life, and no missing arms or legs—that would be obvious. Within this bottom line, I can pretend not to know."

Zhu Suisheng's eyes lit up instantly; he hadn't expected Jin Chen's indulgence to go this far.

He certainly didn't want to kill anyone, and had already thought of an idea a hundred times better than chopping off a hand.

"Okay." Zhu Suisheng nodded in agreement, then snuggled into Jin Chen's embrace, acting coquettish, "You're really good."

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -5, total 45!】

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +3, total 56!】