Chapter 38 (1/1)

Chapter 38: The Uniinable Truth

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Seeing the old lady so agitated, Zhao Yu was extreirl that year Zhao Yu told her it was a very iently needed to understand, and hoped that the old lady would cooperate in the investigation He even threatened her indirectly, saying that if she did not cooperate, he would have to personally ask her daughter when she came back

The old lady was very worried about her daughter hearing the word “piano” After weighing the pros and cons, she could only tell Zhao Yu the truth

Zhao Yu had had y’s sudden withdrawal fro the story from the old lady, he realized that the ined!

“Yes, hter Li Dan played the piano, and was even a piano prodigy well known in Fengling County!” the old lady said with a heavy expression “We only have one daughter Her father and I spent our entire fortune on her In order for her to learn piano in the capital, we even sold our ancestral house!” She continued, “My daughter was very sensible She knew that her father and I worked very hard, so she put inpiano She had won competitions on the county-level, city-level, and even on the province-level

“Although ere very poor then,hope in Dandan, so we felt fortunate Her father was very confident that our Dandan would have a bright future and bring glory to our ancestors, better than people who had sons! But…” At this point, the old lady’s hand started to tremble, and a painful expression crossed her face, “But our drea the Qinshan Grand Piano Co about the tenth Qinshan Grand Piano Competition? The one that was held at Second Middle School?” Zhao Yu asked

“Yes! Yes! To be exact, it’s was the tenth Qinshan High School Student Grand Piano Coet in this lifetied her stoed to continue her story after a while “Although it was just a city-level conificance to our Dandan!

“Only graduating high school students were eligible to participate in this competition If a competitor was able to place well in the competition, they could be enrolled in advance by so It was a great platform for the piano students!” She continued, “If our Dandan could get into the finals, ould have been able to save a hefty ae studies As a result, she was extre that competition She was determined to place well and an smoothly The qualifiers, trials, and preliminaries, Dandan overcame them all, and her extraordinary potential was visible fro Some teachers even believed that with Dandan’s potential, it was not only possible that she could e as the champion! Soon, Dandan placed third in the preliot into the finals We were all elated! If Dandan was able to perfor the finals, she would have certainly gotten into the art university!

“But Dandan wasn’t satisfied She felt that she was on par with the tho had placed ahead of her in the preliminary round, and wanted to increase the difficulty of the piece she would play during the finals to surpass theh!” the old lady lowered her head helplessly, and tears flowed down her aged face

It was pointless for Zhao Yu to say anything, so he waited patiently for the old lady to cals fair, the co the finals To familiarize the competitors with the piano, the committee would allocate practice tihed and said, “The other competitors were all fro coood tiiven to theet the last slot which started at 8pht, 8pm, so be it It wasn’t too late anyway Moreover, there was no time li as you’d like The musical piece that Dandan had chosen was still not satisfactory, so she practicedthe day, and our tih Dandan’s dad tried to reason with the ement, the finals were the next day, and his efforts to reason went in vain We had no other choice but to wait It was alot to practice

“Everyone had left, and there were only three of us in the hall Dandan had very good psychological qualities and was not affected at all She put her heart and soul into practicing the piano! But…but…” the old lady was shaking all over She continued within the audience The child played beautifully, and ere enchanted Suddenly we heard Dandan screa onto her right hand and blood was oozing out, staining her clothes red! There was blood on the piano, the floor, everywhere!”

“What!?” Zhao Yu was engrossed in the old woman’s story, and exclai to have occurred that year

“The child was terrified and looked at us in shock Her father and I were freaked out, ” the old lady continued painfully, “we did not knohat happened to the child Seeing that she was bleeding non-stop, we iht Dandan to the hospital! There was no one around the hall, so we did not et a cab at all, until finally a kind truck driver drove us to the hospital

“After the doctor exaer had been cut by a sharp object Not only were the tendons and soer had also been cut off! We needed to find the finger to reattach it, otherwise the poor girl’s finger would be permanently disabled!

“It was the first ti like that, and ere duo back and find the rest of her finger, her father rushed back to the hall to search for it But when her father returned to the hall, the blood stains on the piano were all gone The piano had been wiped clean, and Dandan’s finger could not be found!” at that point, the old lady could not restrain herself, and cried out