Chapter 168 - Wasn’t It Too Soon to Be Happy? (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Li Beinian’s fingers were moving significantly more slowly than Tong Yujia’s on the piano.
This song wasn’t a heavy or sad one, but it sounded grand and steady.
More people gathered around now as they watched her.
Her back upright, her fingers slender.
The skepticism had dissipated at this point.
But Li Beinian had no idea that they’d changed their impressions of her. Her fingers simply moved faster on the piano, as the song got more light-hearted and the tempo picked up in speed.
She could picture a scene in her head as she played the tune.
A dark and abandoned factory, rats scuttling around the alleys…
Her eyes being covered, as she heard quarrels and crashing sounds.
The sounds of glass bottles shattering and a woman screaming… as well as a man’s deep panting.
She had no idea what was going on around her.
‘Alright, make sure she can never speak again.’
‘Why don’t you just kill her?’
‘I asked that first, the master says… living in misery is more painful than dying.’
…
Li Beinian barely realized that the mood of her song had changed drastically. It was suddenly filled with a sense of threatening danger, and those listening unconsciously tensed up.
Li Xueqing grabbed Fang Zhili’s hand and whispered, “I never knew she was so good at playing the piano, Mom…”
Everyone’s eyes were on her now. Li Beinian had stolen the limelight!
Li Beinian had already outdone her in terms of her looks and charisma. Now that she’d performed her talent, Li Xueqing found it even harder to compete against her.
If word got out about how good she was at playing the piano…
Li Haoran, on the other hand, was comforted. He chuckled and said, “She’s my daughter indeed!”
Seeing Li Haoran’s excitement, Fang Zhili swallowed her dissatisfaction. “Xueqing, you’d better thank your sister later. If not for her, you’d have been terribly embarrassed today.”