Chapter 224: Chapter 224: Autistic Piano Prodigy VS Part-Time Tutor (Part 21) Chapter 224: Chapter 224: Autistic Piano Prodigy VS Part-Time Tutor (Part 21) Mother Tang almost dropped her chopsticks, “Zhaozhao…”
She was both shocked and delighted, and glanced again at her son standing next to Gu Shengyin. At this moment, all his attention was on Ning Zhao.
How wonderful. She raised her hand to gently wipe the tear from the corner of her eye, content that her son was finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
The Tang family was harmonious and joyful, whereas Yang Huiying’s days were always challenging.
She was to graduate next year, and she saw her classmates, one by one, being taken by their mentors to participate in concerts. Many who were no better than her had started signing contracts with some orchestras, yet she had nowhere to go.
Unable to make progress through her mentor, she began to recommend herself.
But low-tier orchestras were beneath her, and the high-tier ones didn’t consider her. Yang Huiying was nearly worried herself to gray hair.
Moreover, by next year’s graduation, every graduate had to present their own work. The institution would select excellent works to be performed publicly during the graduation ceremony.
Yang Huiying’s music academy, being one of the best in the country, invited many internationally renowned musicians and orchestras to attend the graduation ceremony. Typically, the students who performed on the big stage of the graduation ceremony would have a brilliant future.
But for herself… Yang Huiying looked at the blank paper in front of her, frustrated, and crumpled it into a ball, throwing it into the wastebasket nearby.
She needed to start preparing for her graduation project now, but with her mind unsettled, how could she produce any good work?
“Huiying, I’m going to intern at the West Sea Orchestra! Have you found a place to intern yet?” said Xiao Lin, her roommate. Xiao Lin and Yang Huiying had always been at odds, and this time she spoke clearly to mock her.
Out of the four in the dorm, only Yang Huiying was still running around.
Yang Huiying forced a smile, “No, a few insignificant small orchestras approached me, but I refused them. I’m not in a hurry yet.”
It was clear she could not find a good placement, yet she still put on such airs! Xiao Lin scoffed, filled in the tip of her eyebrow, and left the room with her bag.
Left alone in the dorm room, Yang Huiying, frustrated, grabbed a handful of her hair and buried her head deep in her arms.
Eventually, she settled for a small, insignificant orchestra. There was no choice, she couldn’t just stay at the academy forever.
This way, she could get closer to the audience and gain more experience. That’s how she consoled herself.
The small orchestra had few rules and no fixed performances, often going days or even half a month without playing. Sometimes, during good business times, they could go several days without a break.
Yang Huiying was going mad. She was exhausted every day, and by the time she got home at night, she had no mood to create anything.
Unfortunately, the orchestra finally had a student from a prestigious academy, and the conductor took great pride in it, always making her perform.
Yang Huiying felt like a monkey being watched in a circus, and she regretted her blind decision more than once. If only she had known, she would have gone to a larger orchestra, even just to do odd jobs, rather than ending up in such a small one.
But the contract was already signed, and even if she didn’t like it, she had to endure it.
In the Tang family’s large house, the sound of the piano flowed out every day, becoming more cheerful by the day, and Ning Zhao’s condition also recovered at an astonishing speed.
She could now communicate normally with people, although she was selective with whom she interacted. Moreover, she had become Tang Qian’s newest piano teacher—although, most of the time, it was she who played while Tang Qian listened attentively beside her.
After Elder Zhang saw Gu Shengyin as she was now at the Tang family’s house, he was so amazed that he called it a miracle.