Chapter 76 (2/2)

He put the phone aside and poured the canned chili sauce into the pot.

Earlier, Zheng Wei Qiao specifically mentioned that Qi Mu should not behave. . . ”frivolously” with Min Chen just because he was younger than other masters.

Although Qi Mu promised, when he carefully thought about it. . . his attitude toward Akkad and Min Chen was different?

After careful consideration, Qi Mu finally had a satisfactory answer.

“Well, how could you worship a guy who’s afraid of bugs? Shouldn’t anyone be disillusioned?”

Of course, although he wasn’t that courteous with him when they meet, Qi Mu still respected Min Chen a lot.

A few days previous, Qi Mu watched the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert in Zurich. It was the orchestra’s closing concert of the spring. Min Chen served as pianist for a concerto and received warm applause for his talent.

If you want to idolize a person, worship their merits, and don’t think about the messy stuff.

——As a victim of this poison, Qi Mu thought the saying was accurate.

Before the assessment, Akkad didn’t mention what he expected from Qi Mu.

Only after Qi Mu won first place did the little old man say, “Little Seven, this is a good start. Do you want to keep up with this standard? The dean told Teacher if you get first place consecutively in three assessments, you can directly graduate.”

Given this arduous task, Qi Mu had just finished Bruch’s 《Scottish Fantasy》.

Qi Mu first received the task with Paganini’s 《Caprice No. 24》 with two weeks to practice. Then, a week for Sarasate’s 《Carmen Fantasy》. By the time he was tasked with Tartini’s 《G minor》, the time limit had fallen to five days.

When he got 《Scottish Fantasy》, Akkad straightforwardly said, “Little Seven, you have to practice this song quickly. I’ve already booked a flight in three days. You don’t want to trouble me with changing the flight, right?”

Qi Mu: “. . .”

Qi Mu had yet to breathe a sigh of relief after playing 《Scottish Fantasy》 to Akkad’s approval, and he already triggered the task “win first place in the assessment three times in a row (13)”.

The workload of all the students in the violin department couldn’t add up to his!

Qi Mu struggled to smile. He gritted his teeth, “Okay, professor. I will. . . Work. Hard. Non-stop.”

Akkad nodded and said, “Okay, go pack your clothes and stuff. This time. . . you can bring the violin along. It might come in handy.”

After puzzling it over for two days, Qi Mu finally asked, “Teacher, where are we going? Are there activities you need to attend?”

Akkad stared at him incredulously. “Little Seven?! Don’t you know what month it is right now?”

Qi Mu automatically answered, “. . . May?”

Akkad nodded, “Yes, it’s the Golden May! Do you. . . want to waste your time in this dull college?”

“. . .”

Can you say that again in front of the dean?

Earnest, Akkad continued, “Spring has just fully awakened, and Europe has ushered in the beautiful season. Seven, beautiful music is calling us. Don’t you think that you should feel and embrace it?”

Qi Mu: “. . .”

Akkad put down the chocolate in his hand and said, “Little Seven, you have to remember that it’s hard to achieve anything with just hard work and a dull mind. Isn’t there an old saying in Huaxia, what was it, ‘Driving with the door closed’?”

Qi Mu gently corrected him, “It’s ‘to build a cart behind closed doors.’”

“Yeah, that’s it. Therefore, we must leave. We need to go out and see more things and enrich ourselves with this experience, you know?”

The young man smiled helplessly and admitted defeat. “Yes, sir. I know. But. . . can you first tell me where we’re going?”

The professor stood and walked towards him. He laughed, “Seven, there is a place in Europe where you need to go.”

“That place is. . . Vienna.”