Most of the students in class were forced by their parents to learn piano when they were young, but very few managed to stick with it.
This field relies heavily on talent.
Getting a Level 10 certificate is usually as far as it goes, a way to cultivate oneself and entertain as a hobby, counted as a special skill. Unless you come from an artistic family with ready-made connections and resources, most people still prefer the traditional route of test-oriented education.
Only Qin Xiangge possesses talent and aura, with the potential to go far on the piano path in the future.
Everyone is usually busy with studies and not art majors, so there hasn’t been much attention on these art competitions. It’s because Hao Yun has a good relationship with Qin Xiangge and kept shouting everywhere that Qin Xiangge won first place in the piano competition. Although people were a bit annoyed with Hao Yun’s bragging, they genuinely thought Qin Xiangge was impressive.
What is Xing Ye from Class B saying now? She also participated in the piano competition?
It’s no wonder everyone is skeptical, Xing Ye really doesn’t have any vibe of a pianist.
She always speaks rudely, directly calling Qin Xiangge shameless, and while everyone is shocked, they are also faintly excited.
We all love a good spectacle.
Yan Lu’s eyes lit up, realizing it seemed inappropriate, and coughed lightly to cover it up.
"Wha...what’s going on?"
"Xing Ye are you crazy? What did Xiangge do to provoke you? Why do you have to insult her so harshly?" Hao Yun jumped out sheltering Qin Xiangge, retorting back without yielding.
Qin Xiangge wished she could stuff a rag from the corner into Hao Yun’s mouth to keep her quiet.
If she hadn’t been bragging worldwide, how would Xing Ye have come to find her?
She tugged at Hao Yun’s sleeve, lowered her voice, and said, "Enough, don’t say anymore."
Hao Yun turned to comfortingly pat the back of Qin Xiangge’s hand, "Xiangge, you’re just too kind usually. If you don’t hold others accountable, they’ll just walk all over you."
Qin Xiangge kept giving her a look, but Hao Yun curiously said, "Xiangge, what’s wrong with you? Why is your eyelid twitching constantly? You must be pretty mad too."
I told you to stop talking! Do you not understand human speech or is your brain not working?
Qin Xiangge couldn’t stand it anymore there, she didn’t dare look at Xing Ye, shook off Hao Yun’s hand, and was going to leave.
Xing Ye swiftly moved to block Qin Xiangge; "Where to?"
Qin Xiangge squinted at her and lowered her voice, "Xing Ye, what do you really want?"
Xing Ye raised her eyebrows, "That’s exactly what I want to ask you."
Qin Xiangge looked into her eyes with a hint of pleading.
The goddess who always stood above, now had eyes as humble as could be.
Xing Ye sinisterly smiled, glanced sideways at Hao Yun, "Staying in Class A for so long, you don’t look stupid, so how did you end up being played like a fiddle?"
Hao Yun was choked up, her face more sullen than if attending a funeral.
"Don’t be so quick to refute, did Qin Xiangge not tell you she won first place in the piano competition? That Pearl admired her a lot?"
Hao Yun rolled her eyes, "If not Xiangge, then who else could it be, you?"
Xing Ye raised her eyebrows, gazing at Qin Xiangge with a satisfied smile, enjoying the panic and helplessness on the other’s face, while crossing her arms, leisurely like a cat toying with a mouse.
"Qin Xiangge, do you want to explain to everyone, or should I do the unveiling?"
Everyone was confused, but those who reacted quickly had already guessed most of it.
Gao Yuyue couldn’t hold back her laughter, "Qin Xiangge, could it be that you didn’t actually secure a ranking in the piano competition and falsely claimed you got first place, oh, this is hilarious, being exposed in public, how embarrassing, such a disgrace."
Qin Xiangge lifted her pale face, meeting Gu Bichen’s gaze looking over.
The young man was gentle as jade, with a usual mild smile on his face, but at this moment, those black eyes quietly stared at her, as if silently mocking.
Qin Xiangge suddenly felt as if a giant hand was squeezing her heart, almost making it hard to breathe.
Hao Yun was stunned for a moment, then shrieked, "Impossible, what nonsense are you talking?"
Xing Ye gazed with disdain and mockery, "Looks like the students in Class A are always buried in books and don’t watch the news, huh? Qingzhou News published an article a few days ago about the Huazhao Cup piano competition, the first place is plain to see."
Ren Chong quickly logged into the news website, scrolled and scrolled, finally locating an article updated three days ago.
A genius piano girl emerges, the famous pianist Pearl greatly praises her!
Ren Chong clicked into the news, the reporter covered the Huazhao Cup piano competition on the twenty-ninth, which originally was a lackluster report, since so many events are held daily in Qingzhou, this type of art competition wouldn’t attract the attention of the average person and would just be skimmed over at a glance.