Chapter 157 (2/2)

The woman became even more excited, “I didn’t expect you to be even more lovely up close, ah! Child, work hard! I like you, I will always support you!”

After a few more words of thanks, Qi Mu couldn’t help but ask, “Err… You really came for me, not for him?” He still found it a little challenging to look at the man beside him.

The middle-aged woman glanced at Min Chen and asked, “Who is this man, ah?”

Qi Mu: “……”

When the two men took up their suitcases and continued home, Qi Mu’s handsome face was helpless. He shook his head. “I didn’t expect my performance at the Palisade Theatre to attract any fans…”

When an orchestra performed with an opera, they played in the shadows under the stage like heroes behind the scenes.

“Your performance was excellent,” the other man’s melodious voice said from beside him, “She really likes your music.”

That startled Qi Mu, but he laughed and said, “You think too much. If that person recognized who you were just now, I doubt they would have asked for my signature at all.”

Along the narrow street, the man paused. Realizing he’d stopped walking, Qi Mu turned back.

Under the glory of the setting sun, Min Chen’s profound face seemed a little more defined than usual. He shook his head. “No. Your music is no less than mine.”

The young man’s light eyes widened. Then, after a long while, he smiled. “Yes, yes, yes. Not inferior to yours.” Qi Mu changed the topic, “Well, what should we eat tonight? There’s nothing prepared, so we could eat hot pot? En, let’s eat hot pot…”

The dim light lengthened their shadows, making the dark silhouettes meet ambiguously on the flat road. Min Chen stared at the youth beside him, and his lips curled into a quick smile.

He just… really wasn’t lying.

The young man’s violin had unknowingly reached his level and wasn’t inferior to him at all. In the near future, he would stand under the brightness of a thousand lights and let the entire world look up at him.

Palisade Theatre, after a month-long Christmas vacation, finally ushered in another training period.

Qi Mu had been a part of the theatre for almost four months, and those four months had made him very popular in the orchestra.

Even Wallace joked, “Little Seven, you’re the youngest of our orchestra, or… could you be our mascot?”

That day, Little Seven finally remembered the “disgrace” that was being called “the mascot & Little Angel.” He shook his head righteously and said, “Mr. Wallace, I think that name is unsuitable for me. I’m 22 years old this year.”

Wallace regretted not getting to call him that again, but a few members that overheard would often call him so in private. Even if Qi Mu tried to stop it, they would already retort with——

“Little Seven, don’t be so humble!”

“That’s Little Seven. How cute is our mascot, cute as my baby!”

“Hey John, your son’s only three this year!”

……

In such a lively atmosphere, the sense of laziness slowly dissipated. Within an hour, they were invested in their regular daily rehearsal.

They had an early Christmas vacation because the PalisadeTheatre sent out invitations on Christmas Eve every year for a grand symphony concert. They treated it as a review of care for the past year.

Ordinary theater orchestras provided music for operas, but that didn’t mean the orchestra couldn’t also hold symphonic concerts. Although they are unable to compete with Wei Ai, the world’s top Symphony Orchestra in Vienna, the PalisadeTheatre orchestra was also first-rate and had a good reputation.

Every year, the Palisade Christmas Eve concert attracted a large audience. The event was majestic and was sure to be a grand show. The repertoire that year was roughly the same as previous years, with songs such as 《Ave Maria》, 《Emperor Waltz》, and 《The Blue Danube》.

Though the songs were the same, the performers had changed dramatically!

Most of the audience who received the invitations were surprised to find out that the year’s symphony concert was using the new concertmaster, and not the old concertmaster that just retired!

The influence of a concertmaster on a concert was second only to the conductor. He led the entire first violin group and all the string instruments and could affect the performance of the whole orchestra.

Many of the audience looked forward to this performance, but what they didn’t know was, the Palisade Theatre at this time…

Was arguing…