Chapter 156 (2/2)

Qi Mu didn’t have the heart to continue.

Min Chen’s violin wasn’t all that bad. He at least could be regarded as an ordinary member of Bai Ai. During his interview with Bai Ai, the examiner could have pulled him in without a thought.

But comparing Christole’s violin to Min Chen’s…

If the former was a natural sound, the latter was barely passable.

Qi Mu coughed lightly and concealed his smile. But Min Chen had sharp ears. He pursed his lips, and his dark eyes steeped in the darkness. He lowered his voice, “I want to ensemble with you.”

Qi Mu replied quietly, “I remember we’ve played one before, like… Paganini’s 《Etude No. 24》?”

Min Chen’s tone was decisive: “Doesn’t count, no one heard.”

Qi Mu: “……” After a while, he said, “Professor Akkad and Dylan would cry.”

Min Chen pursed his lips, “Too few people.”

Qi Mu thought about it. “Oh, that’s right, that other time, the college evaluated our ensemble of Beethoven’s 《Spring Sonata》 in front of many people. You really scared me that time. Ensembling without rehearsing… that’s the first time I’d done something like that.”

“But, you played well.”

That sentence, Min Chen didn’t say it. He looked down at the young man in front of him, peering into his clear eyes, and whispered, “I want to open with a… piano and violin ensemble.”

Qi Mu’s eyes blew wide open, his surprise unconcealed.

To open a concert with Min Chen, what a privilege it was! This man, who was too lazy to even open his own show with his piano, wanted to ensemble with others? It was simply impossible to pass up!

After thinking, Qi Mu smiled. “Okay, let’s have a concert. Once I get 『Edith』, then we’ll open. By then… you’ll have finished writing 《Twilight Under the Moon》, we’ll play that one together.”

The pleasant voice filled the quiet room with this answer that was just too gentle, and Min Chen’s chilled eyes softened.

Moonlight shone in from behind him, coloring the youth’s eyes as bright as amber.

Min Chen bowed his head and pressed his lips to Qi Mu’s. At the familiar softness, he didn’t want to let go. This kiss was so affectionate that though he clearly remembered he had to catch a plane the next day, Qi Mu gradually sank into the other man’s rich warmth, shyly responding.

Their heated breath filled the empty hotel room, and when Qi Mu woke the next day, he grabbed the closest thing at hand—— a pillow and threw it at the abominable man.

“Didn’t I say I had to return to Vienna and needed to go to bed early!!!”

Min Chen dodged the “death pillow” and innocently pouted, “I’m packing.”

He raised the clothes in his hands, crumpled rather than folded, and stuffed them into the suitcase.

Qi Mu: “… Stand still, I really won’t kill you.”

Min Chen: “… You couldn’t bear it.”

Qi Mu: “You’ll see if I’m reluctant!!!”

Min Chen: “……”