43 The Night Meeting (1/2)

”Can you play music?” Ming Hui asked the two girls.

Jun Hua stared at Ming Hui in bewilderment before shaking her head. On the side, Fan Lanying nodded her head hesitantly. She could play a few songs but not that really good.

”Then can you play me some music?” Ming Hui asked further.

”If you don't mind my poor performance then, I can,” Fan Lanying nodded.

”Please.” Ming Hui encouraged her.

The servants of the princess moved swiftly and they soon prepared everything that Fan Lanying needed. The girl plucked a few strings before starting to play a song. The way Fan Lanying played was decent but could not be considered as really good.

As they were sitting, Jun Hua maintained a distance from Ming Hui. The princess smiled at her when the song was over.

”Have you heard about me from your brother? Don't worry, I won't do anything to harm you.”

Jun Hua blanked for a few moments. The other party knew that she knows about it! Jun Hua suddenly felt that this imperial family member was truly not simple. She hadn't shown explicitly that she noticed it but the princess had already known that she knew about the secret. Luckily though, she still thought that she heard it from her brother…

As Jun Hua's brain short-circuited, Fan Lanying returned to her place. She looked at Ming Hui nervously.

”How was it princess?”

”Hmm, not bad,” Ming Hui stared at Fan Lanying and found her to be really interesting. After a careful consideration, she smiled again.

”Do you want to be my study partner?”

”Sorry?” Fan Lanying thought that she misheard. At the age of 15 close to 16, normally the royal princes and princess were already starting to help manage some state affairs. Why did this girl want to have a study partner?

”I will be undergoing training in music before I turned 16 and I want someone to accompany me. Since partnering with someone who is too skilled will make me apprehensive, I thought that learning with you will be better.”

Hearing these words from the princess out loud had made Fan Lanying to be over the moon. She never expected that the princess will choose her so suddenly.

”But if you want someone untalented, isn't Jun Hua…”

Fan Lanying definitely could not continue to say that Jun Hua was worse than her. Jun Hua already did very badly at the lesson in school and she certainly didn't want the girl to further pull down her self-esteem. Seeing that they were already bad enough, it was better to just categorize their skills as worse.

”I want someone who already has some foundation,” Ming Hui glossed the matter easily without pointing out the main problem directly.

Jun Hua wanted to applaud Ming Hui for her excellent choice of words. If only Yan learned from her, he won't get beaten up so often by his best friend and new friend. Maybe Yan would also get beaten up by girls. If it's true, he definitely would not talk about it to anyone. It would even be a disgrace for him as a man to get beaten up by a girl. She didn't really want to know about it.