Just a weekend apart.
When Lin Tian returned to school this morning, he clearly felt... there were more gazes on him.
On the way to the school building, whispers from fellow students continuously reached his ears.
"Damn, Senior Lin Tian is way too handsome!!"
"I only saw him once on Douyin before, I didn’t expect he’d perform in the concert hall! And he was even with Yanyu Gan from Class C!"
"No way, how come he’s handsome, gets good grades, and plays the piano so freaking well! My youth must be a lie!!"
The spread of campus gossip is always shockingly fast.
Last week, when Lin Tian was worried, nobody in the school was discussing this.
Over the weekend, Yanyu Gan’s concert became a bit of a hit online.
Lin Tian also ended up becoming a focal point.
It really reflected into reality so quickly.
If online, most people mainly focused on the protagonist Yanyu Gan, with only a small number noticing Lin Tian, the accompanist.
But in the school... it even seemed to trend the opposite way!
Unlike Yanyu, who has only recently been recognized in school, upon being known, one would get a feeling of "Oh, a top dog just dropped in!".
Whereas Lin Tian, even prior to this, due to all sorts of urban legends, was already very famous throughout Qingzhou Seventh Middle School...
And now, he was cloaked in an aura of mystery.
He became a legendary figure!
"That concert, my brother was there! He took photos live for me, I recognized at a glance... That’s our school’s Senior Lin Tian!"
"Wahhh, he’s so handsome! I really regret not attending that concert!!"
"Could it be, Lin Tian’s legendary soulmate... is Yanyu Gan?"
"Damn it! If that’s the case, don’t we even need to dream?!"
A group of gossipy junior girls, standing in front of the second-year building, stared intently at Lin Tian as he passed by.
Yanyu Gan, a recent bona fide T0 level campus figure.
As soon as she returned to school, she quickly became the talk of all boys and girls in the grade, with her plain yet sweet beauty and the unmatched ability to tie a beautiful "twin ponytails," unarguably becoming everyone’s acknowledged "First Love Goddess!"
Girls who still had a slight interest in Senior Lin Tian, upon knowing that Yanyu Gan performed with him, completely abandoned all such thoughts.
What’s the point in dreaming now!
They might as well support them as a couple!
No wonder Senior Lin Tian was never interested in girls before, maybe before Yanyu Gan returned to school, she and Lin Tian were already overturning clouds and rain outside!
Listening to these toe-curling discussions, Lin Tian quickened his steps with an expressionless face.
When he returned to the classroom and just sat down, another voice came:
"oi~ isn’t this our Piano Prince!"
Xu Yong spread his arms, intending to hug Lin Tian.
But was met with two punches to the head.
Crouching on the floor in pain, Xu Yong trembled and reached out his hand:
"Now that you’re a big celebrity in school... could you care a bit about your actions... what if others saw?!"
"It’s okay, being misunderstood as partaking in a quirky brawl might help me escape these rumors."
Lin Tian said sternly.
Exasperated Xu Yong could only muster:
"You’re really incorrigible!!"
Despite being the envy of all high school boys... he always kept up a stance like those hot-blooded anime protagonists, with phrases like "Yay Nonchalant~" "What a bother~".
So freaking envy-inducing!
For someone like Xu Yong, a ’Mouse-man’ throughout high school with no girl to confide in and share life’s moments, he’s destined to only be a side character in someone else’s youth story...
But that does suit him as another kind of anime character.
"Just grabbing Lin Tian by the neck, he broke down and yelled, ’Eggnog with milk!’ ’Eggnog with milk, yo!!’"
Finally calming down, Xu Yong asked curiously:
"So, how many people know that you and Gan Yanyu are ’Moonlight and Cat’?"
"Just a college professor around me... and you, I guess."
"That’s really quite an honor."
In fact, Xu Yong has always been quite calm about Lin Tian’s ongoing ventures.
In his eyes, given Lin Tian’s capabilities, it wouldn’t be surprising whatever he accomplished.
However, now as he watched Lin Tian’s operations grow, Xu Yong couldn’t help but grow more curious.
"You’re not going to graduate from high school and just pick up a Cullinan, are you?"
"I’m not interested in luxury cars."
Remembering the last incident, Xu Yong posed with a look of deep distress.
"Do you still need something like a piano? I’d break the pot and sell the iron to lend it to you!"
Then he said what might be the words most Zhonghua high school students have said to a friend—
"Never forget each other in wealth!"
"Tian, if you ever need a little brother, make sure to count me in!!"
Hearing these words, Lin Tian did not respond.
Instead, he stared at the blackboard, thinking about something more important.
Next week, it would be the second mock exam.
This exam would determine if Lin Tian could successfully get leave to be excused.
Considering he was sixth in the last mock exam.
This time, he has to make it at least into the top five!
The ’High-efficiency Learning’ Skill must be acquired as soon as possible.
Later, Lin Tian turned on his phone.
This time, before Lin Tian could even open the backend, Douyin’s homepage had already refreshed to the familiar melody...
Someone had already started using the ’Spanish Bullfighting Song’ as BGM for their Douyin videos!
When Lin Tian opened the backend—
The fastest time ever!
Previously, even the best-performing, widely-shared ’Kangkang Dance Song’ took several days to ferment.
Opening the video, the barrage of comments had already filled the entire screen.
[The most thrilling episode! Very immersive, I already want to go to Spain and become a bullfighter!!]
[So cool! I always thought Mr. Moonlight was best at deeper compositions, but he really can do anything!]
[No way, really? Mr. Moonlight, you just sat at home and wrote a Bullfighting March?!]
[Maybe this is what true genius is.....Each of Mr. Moonlight’s compositions has a full sense of story, perhaps he has experienced it all already!]
This piece, just like the previous ’Kangkang Dance Song’.
It belongs to those kinds of compositions that regardless of your understanding, you can get completely hooked just from the melody!
Not containing any obscure profundities, suitable for all ages...simply exhilarating!
Such songs are naturally loved by many Douyin users.
Some have even summed up a pattern.
When Moonlight composes, he usually writes one profound and meaningful piece, like ’Ode to Love’ or the ’Pathétique Symphony in G minor’, which really need some aesthetic sense to appreciate.
And then he writes one that’s catchy and brainwashing, perfect for short video platforms.
Like the ’Kangkang Dance Song’, and this time’s ’Spanish Bullfighting Song’.
He truly understands composition!
So according to this pattern...
Next, he’s going to create something tough again!