When Xia Yu arrived at school, he saw Yan Wei.
Yan Wei was his classmate, so it was only natural to see her.
The girl approached Xia Yu and handed him a small wooden box.
“These are cookies,” Yan Wei said.
“The same as the day before yesterday?” Xia Yu’s face lit up with joy.
Before Yan Wei could answer, their classmates surrounded the two: “What do you mean ‘the same as the day before yesterday’? What happened the day before yesterday!”
Oops, he had forgotten that they were all nosy eavesdroppers.
Xia Yu reminded himself not to relax his guard just because of the cookies.
Xia Yu’s aura was strong enough to prevent the classmates from pressing him further, but Yan Wei was much more timid. The girls kept questioning her.
School life was extremely boring, and having a piece of gossip to entertain them was something everyone enjoyed.
Seeing Yan Wei stuttering and struggling to explain, Xia Yu took the initiative to say:
“Her younger sister and my younger sister are friends. They often come to play at my house during the holidays.”
“Your sisters?” The boys’ eyes lit up.
“How old are they?” They asked curiously.
“Get lost!” Xia Yu laughed and scolded.
The group laughed and dispersed.
Holding the wooden box, Xia Yu said to Yan Wei, “Thanks.”
“You’re welcome.” Yan Wei smiled and returned to her seat.
Two girls surrounded her again.
“Didn’t you fail to confess to him before? How did you get close to him again?”
“No, it’s just that our younger sisters play together,” Yan Wei explained.
“If the younger sisters play together for long enough, the older siblings end up playing together too!” The girls giggled.
“That’s so sweet. I was even planning to confess to Xia Yu myself,” one girl said with regret.
“You? How could you compare to our Weiwei?”
“Ugh, you’re terrible!”
The two girls playfully bickered for a while before turning back to Yan Wei: “Since you’re close with Xia Yu, why don’t you bring him along to the KTV this Saturday!”
“Yeah, you always complain when I bring my boyfriend. Now that Xia Yu will be there with you, you won’t mind anymore, right!”
Yan Wei became delighted. She had indeed wanted to invite Xia Yu out, but she was afraid he would reject her if it was just the two of them. Now that it was a group event, the opportunity was perfect.
“I’ll try,” she said.
Meanwhile, Xia Yu was eating cookies while checking his game points.
『5180』
In addition to the daily points, the extra 480 points were a reward from the Zhong Yunxin incident.
It was time to go to An Siyao and spend all these game points.
After making the decision, he started thinking about Yan Wei again.
He hadn’t noticed it much before, but judging from his classmates’ reactions, Yan Wei had been getting a bit too close.
Proximity could lead to misunderstanding.
But there was no need to rush. After all, he had already stated clearly before that he didn’t want to date in high school.
After enduring another day of boring classes, finishing his part-time job, and attending his guzheng lesson with Kong Hanyue, he took over An Siyao’s body.
Opening his eyes, he found himself in the familiar piano room.
Xia Yu had already arranged with the girl to come today.
He changed ten double experience cards into eleven times the experience multiplier and began studying.
The piece he was currently learning was still “A Cold Yet Gentle Painting World.” This piece was relatively easy to start with but extremely difficult to master, even harder than “Praise the Sun.”
Xia Yu could already finish playing this piece, but his performance felt like someone playing a video game by running past all the enemies without fighting them.
That was clearly unacceptable. He needed to defeat all the enemies and strive to complete the piece without taking any damage.
Some critics considered this piece difficult for the sake of difficulty, using densely packed notes to cause hand fatigue.
But it was undeniably a beautiful piece. Playing it could significantly improve one’s technique.
With his “cheat code,” guided by An Siyao—who herself was practically a prodigy—Xia Yu struggled through his practice.
After nearly eight hours, Xia Yu finally completed the piece with only minor imperfections.
“Cold and Gentle Painting World”—”Cold” described the harsh environment, “Gentle” referred to the warmth of the heart, and “Painting” meant dreamlike beauty.
After playing the final note, Xia Yu sighed.
Such a piece truly made one feel uneasy.
“Alright, the remaining flaws can’t be improved any further for now. Let’s start learning a new piece?” An Siyao suggested.
“What does it take to play this piece perfectly?” Xia Yu felt that mastering this piece might be the key to leveling up to Lv.4.
“You still have many other pieces to learn!” An Siyao replied.
Many more? Xia Yu felt a headache coming.
“Don’t worry. Except for ‘Kurou’s Amulet,’ ‘Ice Tears,’ and ‘Fire Usurpation,’ none of the other pieces are this difficult. They’re all about the same level as ‘Praise the Sun.'” To prevent Xia Yu from giving up, An Siyao comforted him.
Hearing this, Xia Yu felt reassured.
He thought to himself that if other people needed ten years to master all these pieces, and he had only been learning for a month but was already seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, he was already progressing incredibly fast.
The instrumental competition preliminary round was coming up soon. It seemed impossible to reach Lv.4 before the preliminaries, but the preliminaries didn’t require such a high level of skill anyway. The real challenge would be the semifinals.
The semifinals were in November. With so much time left, reaching Lv.4 would definitely be possible.
With only a few minutes left before the game session ended, he closed the piano lid and chatted with An Siyao.
“How is Zhong Yunxin doing now?”
“She’s been obedient and hasn’t caused any trouble,” An Siyao replied.
After a pause, she added, “If she causes trouble again, just send the driver to deal with her. I know how to handle it.”
“You can do the same with those maids. Just go to the head maid with a stern expression, and she’ll discipline them for you.”
“Mm-hmm.” An Siyao sweetly responded.
She then asked, “Has anything happened with that disabled girl recently?”
“Not much. I’ve been busy practicing and haven’t paid much attention to her.”
“Busy practicing?” An Siyao thought to herself, “You played around for seven or eight days before even practicing!”
But not paying attention to that person was probably a good thing. This was likely thanks to the snacks.
“Can I go visit her?” An Siyao seized the opportunity to ask, her heart filled with nervousness.
“If you want to go, go ahead,” Xia Yu didn’t plan to hide Xu Youxiang from An Siyao. “She doesn’t know I’m male, so remember not to tell her.”
“Okay.” An Siyao, now in on the secret, felt even happier.
After eight hours passed, Xia Yu returned to his own body.
At breakfast time, Youxue chewed on her bread while saying to Xia Yu, “Brother, tomorrow is Saturday. Do you want to go out tonight?”
“Where to?” Xia Yu asked.
“KTV!” Youxue looked at him with hopeful eyes.
“Who else is going?” Xia Yu knew that without someone provoking her, Youxue wouldn’t go to such a place.
“Lili and Lili’s older sister, plus three of the older brothers from class.”
“With so many people, what can we even sing?” Even as he said this, Xia Yu agreed.
So Youxue picked up her phone and sent an “OK” gesture to Lili.
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