Gan Yanyu showed a puzzled look.
In the conversation just now, it clearly appeared that the two of them were quite satisfied with Lin Tian.
However, with just a turn of the head, they suddenly said something .
"Consider your own identity."
Gan Cheng gently tapped his fingers on the table.
Seemingly from professional habit, this middle-aged man spoke in a stern yet somewhat tender tone, resembling reprimanding a trusted subordinate,
"At 18, still a high school student, spending every day glued to a boy, making videos at his house, with rumors spreading all over the internet... Do you think that’s appropriate, Yanyu?"
In fact, Gan Cheng had already suppressed his emotions quite a bit.
Considering that he had indeed neglected Yanyu in recent years, he spoke very tactfully.
As the only daughter of the Gan Family.
Spending every day at a boy’s home, the two of you in a vague relationship.
That’s just too outrageous!
If it were said, that the two of you had done that sort of thing...
Gan Cheng was extremely reluctant to harbor such thoughts about his own daughter.
But he could not help it, his mind kept wandering there.
And the more he thought about it, the more anxious he felt!
What would happen if word of this got out, what would others say?
Where would the Gan Family’s reputation lie?
Gan Yanyu took a deep breath and spoke word by word.
"How can you prove it?"
Gan Cheng tapped the table again and said with a resonant voice,
"Do you know what people online are saying? Some say you and that boy..."
He Xin, who was on the side, grabbed Gan Cheng’s arm,
"Do you really have to say it so unpleasantly to Yanyu?"
She turned her head, looking at Gan Yanyu with a worried face,
"Yanyu, I hope you can see things from Dad’s perspective and understand him. Lin Tian may indeed be very talented in some areas—this we admit."
"But after all, he’s an orphan with no background, and it’s someone like him you should be cautious of, keeping some distance. Your dad can allow you to live alone, but he can’t just watch you get entangled with someone without clarity..."
"We are just partners."
When Gan Yanyu stood up and said this,
The two were surprised to find.
The usually gentle and quiet Yanyu is now biting her lip.
Her tone, aggrieved and angry:
"What do you even understand?"
"Merely focusing on creating already consumes all my energy, Lin Tian is excellent, yes, that’s why I’m working very hard to catch up to his pace. Every single piece he writes for me, I practice diligently; my biggest worry every day is that I might hold Lin Tian back, so I keep practising, practising..."
All the way until last night.
Gan Yanyu was still meticulously interpreting the "E minor Cello Concerto," breaking down and practicing note by note from the score.
So that she could someday perform this piece in duet with Lin Tian.
And on the stage of the Star Cup, present it perfectly.
Ever since separating from Lin Tian, the more she practiced alone, the greater the anxiety she felt about not keeping pace with Lin Tian.
Lin Tian is so talented.
He will certainly pass the art exams perfectly!
What should I do if I can’t win the Star Cup...
Without Lin Tian, Gan Yanyu would ask herself this question every day.
"I haven’t dared to relax for a single day, but in your words... I’ve become entangled with Lin Tian ambiguously..."
Gan Yanyu wasn’t angry about being misunderstood by her parents.
What she couldn’t accept was that she and her partner were working so hard together for the dream of music.
In the eyes of her parents, the first thing they considered... was so-called "morality and integrity."
Whatever the fans on the internet say, that could be taken as ignorant jokes.
But now, the ones saying this... were her own parents...
Gan Yanyu slowed down.
She restrained her emotions, speaking coldly, yet resolutely:
"If that’s what you think, then I can’t help it, I won’t make any proofs to you."
Prove that she and Lin Tian were innocent?
Let them think what they want; the bond she shared with Lin Tian, some people will never understand in their entire lives!
The two looked at Gan Yanyu in a daze, unable to utter a word.
As if they implicitly consented, as if whatever happened with Lin Tian didn’t matter.
They had never seen Yanyu so angry and so assertive.
Gan Cheng sighed deeply.
So it turned out that Lin Tian occupied such a place in Yanyu’s heart....
Gan Cheng did not understand their music.
But when he was young, he too had known such a person.
For whom he continued to strive without end.
"I’m sorry, we really were too rash."
The original sin still lay with them.
After all, if they had spent more time with Yanyu in the past, had known what kind of person their daughter was, they would not have said such things.
But what could Gan Cheng do?
Yanyu was his only daughter.
The Gan Family’s vast assets, sooner or later, would be passed down to Yanyu no matter what.
Regarding Yanyu’s social interactions, naturally, they had to be strictly monitored; seeing her mingle with a boy with no background, how could he not be anxious?
He Xin hurriedly got up to smooth things over.
She came to the side of the seat, intending to reach out to pull Gan Yanyu to sit down.