Chapter 19 - She Has Changed (2/2)

“Qingqing?” Grandma repeated a few times. She had indeed forgotten Ning Qing, but looking at the sad eyes of the little girl, she tried to recall. After thinking for a minute, her eyes shone as she realized and said, “Oh, it was Grandma’s baby Qingqing, come here Qingqing, let Grandma hug you.”

Grandma stood up and opened her arms wide. Ning Qing smiled and threw herself into her grandmother’s arms.

Grandma’s embrace was as warm as her mother’s. It’s so nice.

They hugged for a while, then Grandma held Ning Qing’s little hand and brought her to a milky white piano. “Qingqing play the piano for Grandma.”

Grandma used to love listening to her play the piano the most. She’d played this piano ever since she was a child, she hadn’t expected it to have been moved to Grandma’s room now.

Ning Qing sat down, and her fair hands played several notes on the black and white keys. She turned her head to her grandmother and said, “Grandma, Qingqing shall play twinkle twinkle little star.”

“OK, OK!” Grandma danced around in joy like a child. When the familiar melody sounded, Grandma held the servant’s hands and clapped along, she’d even sung along with Ning Qing’s sweet voice: twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are…

When Xu Junxi came upstairs to visit Grandma, he saw this scene through the gap in half closed door. Ning Qing was wearing a white dress and a turquoise knitted cardigan today. The relaxed and cheerful melody slipped out from her fair fingers. Half of her face, which was bathed in the golden sunlight, was as pink as peach blossoms, and her delicate and ink black eyes were looking around.

The big palm on the doork.n.o.b slowly loosened. His hands fell into his trouser pockets as he leaned lazily against the door.

If Ning Yao’s voice was like an oriole’s, then Ning Qing’s voice was as sweet, waxy, and gentle as the Jiangnan women. When she would sing, when she used to call him Junxi, her voice was soft, not fake and coquettish.

Unfortunately, she has changed. She was no longer the simple beautiful girl she used to be. She had become selfish, bitter, and even dirty after entering the entertainment industry.