God's Gift

Although the lyrics were a bit weird, Youyou sang it really well.

“Of course.” Yu Youyou sat down proudly. Her mother sang very well. She was her mother’s daughter, so she must be able to sing well too!

Lu Keming looked at Yu Youyou's happy face, with smiles spreading in his eyes. Before he could continue speaking, he saw Yu Youyou touching the piano and said to him expectantly:

"I'm done singing, you play it."

The smile on Lu Keming's face froze. He slowly raised his eyes to look at Yu Youyou. Yu Youyou was already prepared. She was sitting at the table, looking at Lu Keming with interest.

Lu Keming forced a smile, and under Yu Youyou's expectant gaze, he raised his fingers, placed them on the guqin, and slowly plucked a note.

But as soon as that sound came out, the sound of Qing Yi was heard outside the box.

"Luo Chen, mother is looking for you."

Lu Keming stopped what he was doing and glanced sideways at Qingyi who was standing in front of the door with her head lowered. He frowned slightly and then looked at Yu Youyou.

"Your mother is looking for you." Yu Youyou looked at Lu Keming and repeated Qingyi's words.

When Qingyi heard Yu Youyou's words, she covered her face and chuckled, explaining, "Miss, it's my mother who's looking for Luo Chen."

"Oh." Yu Youyou nodded as if she understood, and said to Lu Keming, "His mother is looking for you."

"It was Fu Jing." Lu Keming explained, "The madam who saved me."

Yu Youyou was surprised and said, "So his mother is Fu Jing."

"Yes, miss." Qingyi bowed to Yu Youyou and responded softly.

Lu Keming looked at Qingyi like this, his eyes darkened a little, and then he said to Youyou as if nothing had happened: "I will be back soon."

"Okay." Yu Youyou nodded and waved to Lu Keming, "Then go ahead."

Lu Keming then stood up slowly, straightened his clothes which were a little messy, and then walked towards Qingyi calmly.

When he reached Qingyi, Lu Keming stopped briefly, looked at Qingyi with a warning, and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

"Remember what I told you."

Qingyi did not respond, with a hint of contempt in his eyes. After Lu Keming left, he walked lightly into the box and casually pulled down the vermilion gauze curtains on both sides of the box.

As soon as the gauze curtain fell, the faint red divided the box into two halves, the inner and outer halves. The inner side became more mysterious and charming in the faint red.

Qingyi looked at Yu Youyou who was sitting upright in the chair. Her clear eyes were as unattainable as yesterday, but her appearance in Qingyi's heart became more real because of the strange songs he had just overheard outside, as if she had become touchable.

Qingyi lowered her eyes, suppressed her quickened breathing, knelt in front of Yu Youyou, raised her head and looked at Yu Youyou obediently, with a bit of resentment in her voice, she said:

"Miss, I searched for you all night in the city yesterday, but I couldn't see you. I thought it was my destiny to be with you, and I was sad all night."

Yu Youyou lowered her eyes and looked at Qingyi who was kneeling in front of her, and replied: "You don't have to be sad."

Qingyi heard Yu Youyou comforting her and was about to smile when she heard her say:

"We were never meant to be together."

The smile on Qingyi's face froze, and in order to hide the expression that he almost lost control of, he quickly lowered his head. After a few seconds, his body trembled again, and he said in a tearful voice:

"Although I didn't find the young lady yesterday, I still used the river lanterns to pray for her, praying that the gods can hear my sincerity and bless her to live a life without worries, peace and happiness."

As he spoke, his voice gradually became softer. He placed his hand on Yu Youyou's hand and said in a crying voice:

"It turns out that the young lady and I are really not meant to be together. This is just my own infatuation."

After listening to Qingyi's strange words, Yu Youyou silently took a step back, looked at Qingyi with a puzzled expression, and pulled her hand back.

But Qingyi quickly grabbed Yu Youyou's hand, knelt up, moved a few steps towards Yu Youyou, until she was in front of Yu Youyou's legs.

"But even so, I still have the wishful thinking that I can get the lady's favor."

He had no makeup on his face today, his face was plain and simple, his eyes were pitiful and helpless like a deer, with tears hanging on them, like a humble mortal crying for the mercy of Guanyin.

But Yu Youyou is not Guanyin, she is a fish, so she asked:

"What does mercy mean?"

Qingyi's sobs were stuck in her throat, almost choking her. He took a deep breath and thought Yu Youyou was just being silly, but he couldn't let Yu Youyou fool him like this, so he said:

"Why can't Miss accept me? Why does she choose Luo Chen? What's the difference between me and him? Why can he accept me but not me?"

He held Yu Youyou's hand and placed the soft hand to the side of his face with trembling hands.

"I can do everything he can for Miss, and I care about Miss too."

"Even though I was born in a lowly family and have been trapped in the mire all my life, my true feelings for the lady are no different from his."

"What are you talking about..." Yu Youyou was about to speak, but was interrupted by Qingyi:

"Why not?"

Qingyi grabbed Yu Youyou's hand tightly. Yu Youyou frowned and was about to fight back when she heard him say:

"Besides, Miss doesn't have deep feelings for Luo Chen."

The vines that had just begun to grow wildly in the box calmed down. Yu Youyou stopped what she was doing and lowered her eyes to look at Qingyi.

Those eyes were crystal clear, as transparent as a piece of translucent glass, but because they were too clear, they could not contain anything.

Like a god looking down from high above, he gazes at all living beings without any emotion.

"That's the look." Qingyi watched Yu Youyou look at him again, her voice gradually becoming more excited as she said:

"You look at us, just like you look at flowers, trees, rain and rivers. You are indifferent to us."

"Even if Luo Chen can get close to you, what does it matter? He may seem different from me, but how is he really different from me? You smile and laugh in front of him, but the truth hidden under these beautiful eyes is still the same."

"If he can get close to you, why can't I?"

Yu Youyou listened to Qingyi's words, and a rare look of realization appeared on her face. Her eyes gradually lost focus, as if she was looking at Qingyi in front of her, but also as if she was not looking at him.

"I don't expect to replace him, I just hope you can give me a chance too."

Qingyi looked at Yu Youyou's distant eyes, tremblingly took her hand, and wanted to touch her hand with her trembling lips.

The warm breath fell on her skin. Yu Youyou withdrew her gaze and watched Qingyi's actions. Before she could react to the meaning of these actions, she heard a sound coming from outside the gauze curtain.

"What are you doing?"

At first glance, the voice sounded normal, even calm, like a very ordinary question, but the slightly elongated ending tone made the words become strange and eerie.