Chapter 321 (2/2)

Zhao Youyue was about to post a Weibo status to clarify the mist around her recent disappearance. At the same time, she made it clear that she was still alive. Otherwise, some netizens who did not truly understand the situation would really think that she had been killed by Su Li.

However, her focus shifted to the piano on the stage, and something dawned upon her. She realized that if she were to just send out a simple message, it would never be sufficient to calm the worried hearts of her fans. If that was the case, she might as well do some fan service – play a song on the piano and record a video of it for her fans. This would also amount to solid proof that she was still alive and well.

Thinking that it was about time for Huang Zongchao’s rehearsal of his piano solo performance soon, Zhao Youyue decisively said, “Let me play one song later.”

Huang Zongchao could not help but doubt her, “You can also play the piano?”

“Yeah, I can play the piano.”

Huang Zongchao felt surprised hearing this. Zhao Youyue was already amazingly good with the violin, was she an accomplished pianist as well?

No, this was impossible. She was probably only a beginner, and her piano skills had to be mediocre, at best. If not, she would have chosen to perform with the piano instead of the violin at the party.

After all, when it came to the expression of music, the piano still did a better job. Violin performances were not as expressive compared to piano performances, unless the skills of the violinist were completely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Thus, as Zhao Youyue was always casually playing the violin during the rehearsals, she had not yet revealed her true strength. This gave Huang Zongchao the impression that she was just a mediocre violinist, just like a mass-produced factory product. Apart from her familiarity with the violin, she had no other redeeming factors.

If her violin skills were only at that level, despite the fact that it was her main instrument, it was easy to imagine how bad her piano skills would be. She might only be able to do so much as to play a few very simple songs

However, Huang Zongchao was already a little sick of playing the song that he had prepared. Furthermore, today was the last rehearsal before the New Year’s Eve party. He had also long been well prepared, hence he happily agreed to let Zhao Youyue play for him instead. He smiled and said, “Sure, go ahead and play in my stead, then.”

Zhao Youyue happily said, “The chairman is ever so kind and considerate, thank you!”

After Huang Zongchao saw Zhao Youyue’s smile, he realized that she really looked beautiful. A sweet scent breezed past him, and Zhao Youyue was already headed towards the stage.

Huang Zongchao could not help but fantasize about how Zhao Youyue would look like, in her gown on the day of the event. In fact, he was even eagerly waiting for it to come.

Zhao Youyue had already skillfully started video recording on her mobile phone. As usual, she did not show her face. However, her school uniform was exposed in the video. She went on to explain about why she had not been live streaming recently, while also telling her fans that she would be playing a song named “B Comme Brise”[1], originally composed by Chu Luoxun.

This was a very soft and gentle piano piece. It had a calming effect, which made one feel as if they had been placed right in the middle of Spring, enjoying the sunshine as the flowers around them bloomed most beautifully…

Zhao Youyue did not hold back this time. She immediately activated the “Chu Luoxun card.” She had been prepared to play such a piano piece to take away all the uneasiness that her fans had been experiencing lately.

Translation note :

[1] “B Comme Brise,” (lit. B for Breeze)RAW:””(lit. Spring Whispers) was a piano piece originally composed by Chu Luoxun in the novel “Beautiful April.” It was composed as a tribute to Richard Clayderman, a French pianist, which is why the title of the song bears a striking similarity to Richard Clayderman’s “A Comme Amour,” (lit. L for Love) or””(lit. Autumn Whispers). ‘Breeze’ translates to ‘brise’ in French. We decided on such a name, because Spring is commonly associated with breezes.