Black Lotus - Chap 78
“Hey, Yansheng!” A happy voice could be heard from the other end of the phone.
“Yan Sheng, can you bring the piano over tomorrow? Also, I miss you a little.”
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Gu Yansheng looked at the box on the shelf and said softly: “Of course, I’ll be there with you tomorrow, also I’m going to bring some people to move the piano.”
” Really? That’s great.”
When Shen Luoan heard that Gu Yansheng was finally going to see him, relieved, he smiled: “Recently, I’ve been looking at a lot of information for the competition. Can you accompany me to buy some books back tomorrow?”
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“Okay, I’m all yours.”
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“Good, so I’ll make dinner at home and wait for you.”
He stared at the black screen of the cell phone for a long time, losing himself for a moment, he raised his hand, leaning his hair back, and sat down on the sofa, without any emotion in his eyes, he stared in the direction outside the door.
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After eating, Wen Niannan was watching TV in the living room, switching the channels with the remote control, in one of them, they were broadcasting the 39th World Piano Competition, which would be held in the country in the future, he stopped with the remote control in his hand.
The majority of the participants participating in the competition had received an invitation, they usually invited people who meet their requirements, the participants were generally gifted people who had won awards at a young age.
Wen Niannan’s mother, Ye Xian, once was also invited, she won first place in that competition, they gave her a trophy, and with that, there was a necklace with musical notes…
Ding…the phone rang.
Wen Niannan took out his cell phone, seeing a message from an unknown number, it didn’t even have a name.
[Niannan, are you free tomorrow? I want you to help me pick some books to put in the studio, can you? ]
Surprised, Wen Niannan saw the message, squeezing tightly his cell phone, confusion flashed in his eyes.
Ding…
[Also I have a surprise for you, can I meet you tomorrow? ]
Seeing that there was no reply on the other end of the phone, Tang Shuo frowned slightly, typing another message.
[It’s alright, It’s ok if you aren’t free tomorrow, I’ll meet you again next time]
But his finger couldn’t press the send button for a long moment, he gave up, finally clicking the delete button.
Ding…
[OK]
Tang Shuo covered his eyes with his hands, exhaling softly, his eyes were full of happiness, that’s great…
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After turning off the phone, Wen Niannan looked at the TV in confusion, then looked down at the smooth and clean skin on the back of his hand.
When he stepped down after playing with the mockery of the whole school, Tang Shuo walked over to the waiting area with a worried expression on his face.
“What’s happened with you, Niannan? You were playing so good before, but today out of a sudden…what happened with your hands? Let me take a look.”
Tang Shuo stared at the blood seeping from the pair of white gloves, he anxiously wanted to take off his gloves to check.
“Don’t be like this, Tang Shuo, it’s time for you to play, can’t you look at them after you finish playing?”
“But your hands are already…”
When he saw Tang Shuo looking at him anxiously, Wen Niannan was afraid that he would make a mistake on stage, so he quickly comforted: “It doesn’t hurt, go to the stage, I’ll watch you play below, don’t get distracted.”
Unwillingly, Tang Shuo went to stage.
Sitting in the rest area, Wen Niannan stared at the blood-stained white gloves with a bitter smile at the corners of his mouth.
Listening to the beautiful piano sound and the applauses outside, he felt bitter and even envious, while looking at the gloves in bewilderment.
“Niannan,” said Tang Shuo immediately running over after his performance, shouting distressedly.
“Let me look at your hand, I’ll apply some medicine for you.”
“There is no need for that, Tang Shuo, I can just go to the infirmary to treat it.”
“I know you don’t like me in that way, don’t like me to follow you around all the time, but I just want to see if the wound isn’t serious, can I?”
Wen Niannan raised his hand, gently taking off his gloves, he burst into tears uncontrollably because of the pain.
Tang Shuo looked at the torn skin and blistering wounds on his fingers, the red and swollen back of his hands, feeling very sad.
“Who did it? Did someone bully you? Someone of your class?”
“No, I accidentally burned them when I spilled hot water.”
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“How can it be, this is obviously…”
“Tang Shuo! Where are you Tang Shuo? Come here!” The teacher’s shout came from behind.
“Niannan, I will protect you, trust me!”
Tang Shuo stared deeply at Wen Niannan’s eyes, he turned, disappearing, leaving behind a puzzled Wen Niannan.
Wen Niannan didn’t get what Tang Shuo meant, he stood there in his place, frozen.
“Classmate, what are you doing here? Don’t go outside yet, the principal is going to announce the class ranking.”
Wen Niannan walked to the position of his class, looking at the stage, his eyes involuntarily glanced at Gu Yansheng in front of him, a touch of sadness gathered in his eyes.
The principal on the stage was listening to the same boring speech as at every activity, the people in the audience clapped from time to time, but out of the blue, the microphone made a harsh sound.
He saw Tang Shuo on the stage grabbing the microphone and standing in the center, he stared at the audience decided, then he said: “I am Tang Shuo in Class 8. Today I want to confess to a person I’ve liked for a long time. I gave it a thought for a long time, finally, I decided that it would be better to do it in front of everyone in the school, because I want to tell all of you in the school that you’re going to be protected by me from now on. Whoever dares to bully you is against me, Tang Shuo!”
Suddenly Tang Shuo lowered his head, scanning around, revealing a small dimple when he saw Wen Niannan staring blankly at him.
“Wen Niannan!”
“I like you!”
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“Can I court you?”
The voice through the microphone was still echoing, everyone at the scene was shocked by Tang Shuo’s words, there was a lot of murmuring, finally, they raised their heads to look at Wen Niannan.
Wen Niannan was frightened by the sudden confession. Someone was looking at him on the stage at a loss, out of the blue, he felt a sharp look on him. Wen Niannan raised his gaze, fixing his eyes on it.
It was… Gu Yansheng…
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The eyes of them collided, Wen Niannan obviously saw Gu Yansheng’s mocking eyes, as if he was looking at something extremely repulsive, the blood on Wen Niannan’s face disappeared in an instant.
Wen Niannan suddenly stood up, leaving the scene. Tang Shuo looked at the runaway silhouette, full of disappointment.
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Because there were activities that day, they got out of class a little bit earlier, the door was full of cars to pick up students, Wen Niannan saw his car not far away to pick him up, when he was about to walk by, suddenly the car on the side honked the horn.
Wen Niannan raised his eyes, looking at it, he saw that the people in the car were leaving at once.
“Wait Niannan, I have something for you.”
Tang Shuo quickly opened the door, hopping off, he was carrying his bag in his hand.
Wen Niannan stopped, turning around to look at him: “What is it?”
Tang Shuo took out a box from the bag, handing it to him, with a smile, he said: “Here, this is a scalding cream, very effective by the way, your hands may be scarred if your burn is very serious, but with this scald cream, there won’t be scars. I specifically called my housekeeper to bring it.”
“Scalding cream?” Wen Niannan took it, looking at the box, unlike the scalding creams that he usually sees.
“Well, I was naughty, I scalded a few times when I was a child. My mother was afraid that I would leave scars, my mom brought them from abroad, they are very useful and won’t leave scars at all.”
“Thank you Tang Shuo.”
“It’s alright, it happened to be one in my house.”
“Young Master, get in the car, it’s late,” urged the housekeeper behind him, because it was getting late.
“Coming.”
Tang Shuo hurried to the car, but after opening the door, he suddenly turned, staring at Wen Niannan, smiling brightly: “Even if you didn’t accept me today, I won’t give up. I will continue to court you again. I believe I will succeed, I will definitely succeed!”
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Wen Niannan caressed the burned area, if it hadn’t been for Tang Shuo’s scalding cream, he would have had ugly scars on his hands.
During his days when he was bullied by the whole school, Tang Shuo helped him, even if he knew he couldn’t respond to Tang Shuo’s love, but he couldn’t refuse the expression in his eyes full of grievances.
“Niannan, you’re back, where is ASheng?” There were footsteps behind him, Zhou Yuanfeng rubbed his temples, going downstairs.
Wen Niannan turned his head, in a whisper he said: “He went back to the room.”
“How was the concert? Did you go backstage to talk to Phil?”
“Uhm, I played his piano, and Phil praised me for it,” said Wen, with a faint smile on his face.
Zhou Yuanfeng walked to the living room and sat on the opposite sofa, and asked, “What did A Sheng say? Did you play well?”
Zhou Yuanfeng walked to the living room, sitting on the opposite sofa, and asked: “What did ASheng say? Did he said thta you play well?”
“No, he didn’t say anything,” said Wen Niannan, with a stiff smile at the corners of his mouth.
“That guy is very stubborn, always arrogant. Since Master Phil said that you’re good at playing, with the meaning that you’re very talented, so Gu Yansheng just pretended not to care, you know, he likes the piano very much.”
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“I remember when he was seven or eight years old, my aunt was busy with work and forgot his birthday. When she returned home the next day, she brought a cake with her. The guy was angry and refused to come out from his room, but later he ran into the kitchen in the middle of the night and stepped on a stool to eat cake.”
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Zhou Yuanfeng’s eyes were full of excitement, and asked: “Niannan, can you guess what happened to him in the end?”
“What happened?”
“As a result, the stool wasn’t standing firmly, so the cake fell on his body, his face was covered with his clothes, angrily, he slammed a cupboard on the floor, making a loud noise, Uncle and Aunt were both alarmed.”
Wen Niannan couldn’t help but laugh when he heard Gu Yansheng’s food issue when he was a child, full of happiness.
When Zhou Yuan Feng saw him laugh, at last, he said helplessly: “That guy has always been very arrogant, what he says is never what he does, once…”
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“What are you doing?” There was a voice of indignation coming from upstairs. It was Gu Yansheng.
When they heard the voice, they both looked at the man upstairs.
Gu Yansheng saw the warm smile on Wen Niannan’s face when he raised his head. He was surprised for a moment, then he harshly said: “Zhou Yuanfeng, aren’t you being lazy? Don’t you need to take care of the company?”
“Fine, I’ll go to the study to help my aunt.”
Zhou Yuanfeng shook his head, standing up and going upstairs, he stopped when he was about to pass him, frowning slightly, he teased: “Do you smell that? The smell of vinegar is so strong.”
“What jealousy? I don’t understand, what you’re talking about?
“Tsk, I just say a few words to Niannan, why are you so nervous? I didn’t say anything that you had a dream in junior high school was…”
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“Zhou Yuanfeng!” spoke with fury, as if in the next second his rage would explode.
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