【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

When the incense is lit, the house will be filled with sweet fragrance.

Professor Yue first arranged for the male student to leave the get out of class. Although the boy was extremely reluctant, he could not delay any longer. He just slowly packed his things, but his ears were perked up all the time, as if he wanted to hear something.

Pin'er tuned the instrument first. Her face, full of classical beauty, was gentle and focused. After tuning the instrument, she took out an exquisite envelope from the case and handed it to Professor Yue with both hands.

"Professor Yue, I made two versions of the music score I wrote last time and gave them to you. One is in abbreviated notation, and the other is in gongche notation. Please take a look and see if there is anything that needs improvement." She spoke in a very soft and low voice, but the boy's hearing was also very good.

The boy was even more curious: I wonder which school this student is from? He looks like a high school student like me, but he can write gongche notation? I really want to see it.

Professor Yue opened the envelope and admired it carefully, and then secretly admired her. Her handwriting was also very ancient, and the beats were marked on the gongche notation. It was really well-reasoned and the details were well controlled. Besides, it was very meaningful that she turned the piano score into a letter and gave it to herself. This kind of talent is really hard to come by for children nowadays.

The male students here have already stretched their necks to look into the distance, wishing they could immediately attach a pair of binoculars to their eyes.

Professor Yue felt the gaze behind her, quickly closed the sheet music, and stood up. She turned around and glanced at the boy, as if asking: "Why aren't you leaving?" The man had no choice but to pick up his things and leave.

Only after the male student left did Professor Yue let Pin'er play the new song.

Ten fingers lightly lifted, the piano sounded tinkling. The boy hiding in the corner of the yard eavesdropped for a while, secretly admiring and jealous.

He didn't dare to stay any longer, so he just listened to the first fold and quietly walked out of the yard, sitting on the steps by the roadside, searching for the style of the guqin she had just played on his phone. He must have seen it at a guqin exhibition not long ago. Not only did he have excellent hearing, he could also remember the guqin and the music scores at a glance.

Half an hour later, I found out that it was a work by Mr. Ma, and it was just sold in June this year for nearly a million. Although this price is not the most expensive guqin in the guqin world, a high school student carrying a guqin worth nearly a million, her family background must be different.

However, it is really difficult to check a person's family background in the capital, because there are too many powerful people here, and the family that can afford to hire Professor Yue must not be bad.

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Li Shuirong had just finished his get out of class when the phone rang. Shi Fan was already waiting at Professor Chen's door.

Li Shuirong stood up and opened the door for Shi Fan. Two workers came in carrying an exquisite double sofa. Chen Chen didn't expect that his student would be so generous. The sofa didn't look cheap.

He did not stand up, but instructed the workers to be careful not to damage his effects pedal and electric guitar, and then arranged to move them to the sofa next to where he sat, where the lazybones sofa used to be. After a long time of arranging them in order, the workers and Shi Fan left.

Li Shuirong also packed up his guitar, then said goodbye to his teacher and went to pick up Lin Pin'er. When he arrived at Professor Yue's house, he could still hear the sound of the guitar coming from inside the house. It had been slightly modified compared to before and sounded much smoother.

He waited until he had finished playing a stack of piano before ringing the doorbell.

After entering the room, I felt the air was fresh and sweet, so I asked, "What kind of incense did Professor Yue light? It smells so sweet."

Professor Yue poured a cup of tea for Li Shuirong as well, and then he said slowly: "This was given to me by your grandmother. She said it was called: Dream Sweet Fragrance. I don't know where she got it. I usually burn agarwood, and I remembered this incense when I saw Pin'er coming today. I thought she would like it. I didn't expect you to like it."

Only then did Lin Pin'er notice the incense. It was only three inches long and as thick as a wick. It was the second one that had been newly lit.

"I like it too. This incense goes well with today's song and makes it more lively." Lin Pin'er praised hurriedly. She had to praise the incense specially ordered by her teacher.

When Professor Yue saw Li Shuirong coming, he called two people over to announce the business:

"There are two things you need to pay attention to today. The first is that I'm going to submit Pin'er's new song for a competition. There's a whitelist composition and arrangement competition going on recently. If you win a prize, you might be admitted. Even if you're not admitted, your resume will still look good when you apply for exams in the future. The second is that your piano grade test will be in November, and the unified test will be in December. You have to hurry up and start preparing now, but don't delay your academic studies. If you have high academic scores in the future, no one will have anything to say even if you're admitted. We have this relationship, so I have to be more strict with you, especially since Pin'er represents my reputation. You have to understand my good intentions."

The two nodded repeatedly. Lin Pin'er didn't know any shortcuts to take. She came to learn the piano with the purpose of relying on her own efforts to pass the exam. So she just did what she should do no matter how the teacher arranged it.

Although Li Shuirong has a relationship with his grandmother and Professor Yue, he is also a strong-willed person. What he thinks in his heart is: even if he doesn't compete with people in the same major, he can't be outdone by his girlfriend. So he has to work a hundred times harder than ordinary people.

The two said goodbye to Professor Yue and rushed to the Li family. When they walked out of the courtyard gate and onto the roadside steps at the corner, the male classmate was still sitting there. When he saw Pin'er coming out, he wanted to approach her to chat with her, but when he saw Li Shuirong was beside her, he didn't dare to go forward. He just stood there and smiled awkwardly at Lin Pin'er.

Lin Pin'er also responded with a polite smile. Seeing that he didn't say anything, she followed Li Shuirong and continued to walk out of the school.

"Do you know him?" Li Shuirong had already seen through everything. If he hadn't come today, that person would have come up to him and asked for WeChat or phone number, right?

"He is Professor Yue's student. He had just finished his get out of class when I arrived." Lin Pin'er told the truth.

"Yeah." Li Shuirong said no more and didn't take the man seriously.

After walking out of the school gate, Lin Pin'er spotted a flower shop at the school gate and went in to choose a bouquet of flowers for Madam Li: ice jade carnations.

"Will grandma like this color?" Lin Pin'er asked Li Shuirong while holding the bouquet.

"She likes all kinds of bright colors except red and black. She will definitely like what you choose." Li Shuirong replied with a smile.

Only then did Pin'er think of her cheongsam manuscript.

"I remember you have a printer at home. The manuscript of the cheongsam I designed for my grandmother is almost finished. Please print it out after you finish piano lessons and ask for some advice from my grandmother so that I can revise the manuscript when I go back."

Shui Rong helped her hold the bouquet and watched her pay. Then he held her hand and said with a smile, "You are quite good at seizing opportunities."

"It's much more convenient to show it to her in person than to call her. If she thinks something is not right, she can change it right away. I hope we can finalize it soon so we can start production."