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Chapter 85: Chapter 85: He Got Carried Away While Boasting
Go above and beyond??
Who the hell needs her to go above and beyond!!
Lu Qianrou was almost yelling out loud.
What exactly was Lu Sheng, human or ghost, why was she so inescapably relentless!
Having failed to kill her twice, Lu Sheng stood there, completely unaffected. Why on earth was this happening??
Lu Qianrou was about to explode from anger and despite racking her brains, she couldn’t quite grasp what was really going on, thinking it made absolutely no sense.
But she couldn’t show any oddities.
Her eldest brother and Fifth Brother had no idea about Lu Sheng being locked in the wine cellar last night, and obviously, Lu Sheng hadn’t told them either.
So she must not let them know about it.
"Okay, sister," Lu Qianrou managed to squeeze out a smile, "Let’s both perform well tonight. If we both get ranked, it would be an honor for our Lu Family."
"Right, little sister has a point."
Lu Sheng’s lips curled with a hint of irony in her eyes.
The so-called photo of Lu Sheng and an old man checking into a hotel spread like wildfire on Weibo yesterday.
As soon as Lu Sheng walked into the classroom today, she received countless disdainful and mocking looks while everyone whispered behind her back.
As for Lu Qianrou, she was welcomed warmly by everyone as soon as she entered the classroom, with almost everyone gathering around her immediately.
The reason was simple.
Yesterday in the class group chat, Lu Qianrou said she had asked her uncle to secure fifty tickets for the piano competition, intending to give them to the whole class so everyone could see Master Osborne up close at the venue.
The group chat exploded instantly.
Ever since Master Osborne’s participation as a judge was announced, tickets for the competition were sold out within an hour.
The tickets for the front row were being resold by scalpers for tens of thousands each, reaching sky-high prices.
Although students of Shengjing were wealthy, money couldn’t buy these in-demand tickets.
But now, Lu Qianrou was giving away tickets to the piano competition for free, and they were front-row seats reserved for VIPs!
Absolutely incredible.
Everyone in Class A knew that Lu Qianrou’s Uncle Jiang Yusheng was a renowned first-level professor at Beijing University, highly esteemed in society with an extensive network of connections.
It turned out he truly lived up to his reputation.
Seeing everyone thanking Jiang Yusheng in the group chat, Lu Qianrou’s lackey Hu Yun immediately chimed in.
"Qianrou’s uncle is not only familiar with the event organizers but also has a deep friendship with Master Osborne himself!"
"Uncle Jiang said that Master Osborne has personally watched Qianrou’s performance videos before, and even praised her as a prodigy."
Master Osborne actually called a high school girl a prodigy?
For those studying piano, it was the ultimate compliment.
Even the class teacher Zhou Wu joined in praising Lu Qianrou in the group chat.
Lu Qianrou looked at those messages on the screen, her vanity hugely satisfied, yet she still pretended to be humble.
"No, no, Master Osborne just said he looked forward to my performance in the competition. I am really worried that I won’t perform well enough and will disappoint him."
"How could it not be good enough, your piano skills are so strong" "Exactly, no worries at all, you’ll definitely dazzle everyone" "Not just dazzle, you’re going to bring glory to our country"...
Everyone echoed in agreement.
Then someone said: "See, there’s such a difference between a proper rich heiress and a bastard girl from the countryside, Qianrou got invited to compete by the organizing committee through her talent and even praised by Master Osborne as a prodigy, whereas some rely on sleeping with old men to get a spot in the competition, disgusting."
This message was soon withdrawn by the group admin.
Not because they feared Lu Sheng would see such talk, for Lu Sheng hadn’t even been added to the group.
It was because Zhou Wu saw what was being said in the group, frowned and immediately requested the admin to delete it.
Zhou Wu had also seen the online photo and the rumors about Lu Sheng, but recalling the girl’s aloof demeanor, he couldn’t believe she would trade her body for a place in the competition.
This piano competition was a major event in Jiang City and also on a national level, attracting massive attention from the whole internet.
In recent decades, China’s economy had skyrocketed, vigorously cultivating the cultural and arts industry, and the piano, being universally appreciated as an art form, was held in particularly high esteem.
Shengjing school finished at 5:30 pm, but Lu Qianrou took leave a little after 4:00 pm, picked up by Jiang Ting to get styled and made up at Crystal.
Of course, Lu Qianrou and Jiang Ting wouldn’t possibly invite Lu Sheng to join them.
They had already been one-upped at the Fu Family banquet before, and the thought of Lu Sheng’s stunning arrival at the event still made their teeth itch with envy.
But Lu Sheng hadn’t planned on putting much effort into hair and makeup anyway.
However, towards the end of the last class, Lu Sheng woke up to find a text message she had received an hour ago.
It was from Gu Zhi.
[Lu Sheng, is that you? This is Ellison.]
[I saw you’re going to the Exhibition Center tonight for the piano competition. If you need hair and makeup for your performance, you can come to Crystal and find me.]
——
An hour ago, Crystal.
Gu Zhi stared at the text message he’d sent to the girl on the phone screen, took a deep breath with some apprehension.
It had been days since he last saw the girl, yet somehow he couldn’t get her face out of his mind.
What troubled him more was that he kept looking at the note the girl had someone pass to him that day.
He had read the English poem on the note, [In me the tiger sniffs the rose.], over and over again.
The more he looked at it, the more he felt the handwriting was too similar to Bai Qiang’s.
Sister’s Chinese characters were flamboyant, her English even more unrestrained and free, like her own personality—carefree, casual, loving freedom.
He used to have a book of English poems hand-copied by her next to his pillow. On nights without her, he read through the poem book and fell asleep holding it.
He was too familiar with her handwriting.
He even felt he might understand her writing better than she did herself.
The more Gu Zhi looked at the English on the note, the more it seemed like it was written by his sister. Although not identical, the style of writing was highly similar.
How could this be?
Could it be that his sister had been with Lu Sheng and personally taught her how to write?
Gu Zhi’s mind was filled with a mess of speculations and thoughts, but regardless, he wanted to see the girl again.
However, an hour had passed, and after repeatedly locking and unlocking his phone, he still had not received a reply from the girl.
...Had she not seen the message yet?
Gu Zhi’s handsome brow couldn’t help but slightly furrow.
Just then, someone knocked on the door of the studio: "Director, there’s a Miss Lu outside who wishes to see you, do you want to meet with her?"
