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Chapter 392: Chapter 392: Nice Shot, The Master Rewards You
"Wow, a pianist?" Ye Xunhuan looked at Fu Zibo with a full face of surprise!
Seeing the astonished expression on Ye Xunhuan’s face, both Fu Zibo and Xia Xiangyu immediately showed a look of arrogant pride, quite pleased with themselves!
But the words that followed from Ye Xunhuan were enough to make both of them feel the urge to vomit blood!
"Is there any pianist as famous as Beethoven?" Ye Xunhuan asked seriously. "Are they as awesome as Chopin?"
For a moment, Fu Zibo and Xia Xiangyu looked as if they had swallowed flies, their faces couldn’t have been more unsightly!
Beethoven and Chopin were both of an ash-level existence among pianists—if Fu Zibo was that awesome, how could he possibly be here?
"Being as great as Li Yundi would also be fine, right?"
The faces of Fu Zibo and Xia Xiangyu turned completely dark!
"No, right? Not even a well-known pianist, can’t even beat Di Ge..." Ye Xunhuan said disdainfully.
"You... you..." Xia Xiangyu was so angered by Ye Xunhuan that her whole body shook violently.
It was at this moment that Fu Zibo suddenly spoke up, "I may not be as famous as they are; they are idols to me, mountains I may never be able to climb in this lifetime, but what about you, Mr. Ye?"
"I at least have some renown in the piano world. What about you?"
"Pfft!" Ye Xunhuan sneered. "It’s just playing the piano. You act as if I can’t do it!"
"You can play the piano?" Xia Xiangyu stared hard at Ye Xunhuan and said, "Alright, since you’re so cocky, then Zibo will go and play a piece now. If you can replicate it exactly, I will... I will..."
"Will what?"
"Kneel down and apologize to you!" Xia Xiangyu gritted her teeth. "If you can’t play it, you crawl out of here!"
Ye Xunhuan immediately snapped his fingers in agreement, "Alright then, make sure he performs well. Don’t pick something too easy; otherwise, when you lose, you’ll have to kneel before me!"
Meanwhile, Mei Hanqing was at the peak of anxiety.
She knew Fu Zibo’s background better than Ye Xunhuan did; aware that Fu Zibo graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in the United States, and indeed held a not insignificant reputation in the piano world. In China, he was considered a top second-tier or bottom first-tier pianist!
Now Ye Xunhuan was challenging Fu Zibo in piano playing; wasn’t this asking for death?
"Xunhuan..."
"What’s wrong, Han Qing? Are you afraid your boyfriend will lose?" Xia Xiangyu’s face was once again smug as she saw Mei Hanqing’s nervousness.
In her view, Mei Hanqing’s nervousness surely stemmed from Ye Xunhuan not knowing how to play piano, and now he was just puffing himself up!
Mei Hanqing didn’t know what to say in response to Xia Xiangyu!
But that didn’t mean Ye Xunhuan didn’t know what to say!
"My dear Xiaoqing is just afraid you’ll lose too miserably. When you have to kneel down, it might be a bit embarrassing, after all, you were once classmates!"
With these words, Ye Xunhuan gave Mei Hanqing a reassuring look.
"I hope you can still be this arrogant then!"
"Don’t worry, you’ll see!"
Xia Xiangyu didn’t bother with Ye Xunhuan, but looked towards Fu Zibo, "Zibo, just let him see how formidable you are..."
Fu Zibo had long wanted to teach Ye Xunhuan a lesson but had never found the opportunity. When he heard Ye Xunhuan agree to compete in piano with him, Fu Zibo had made up his mind, determined to embarrass him today!
"Ye Xunhuan, don’t worry, I won’t play anything too difficult. I’ll just play the globally renowned ’Moonlight Sonata’!" 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
The ’Moonlight Sonata,’ also known as the Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, was a world-famous piano sonata composed by Beethoven after experiencing emotional turmoil. It is so well known around the world that even those who have never studied piano are almost certainly familiar with the ’Moonlight Sonata’!
After that, Fu Zibo left the place and naturally walked over to the piano. No one knew what he said to the pianist in the restaurant, but the other party agreed, even looking at Fu Zibo with admiration.
Without thinking, Ye Xunhuan could guess that this guy must have boasted about himself, and it so happened that the pianist knew Fu Zibo, so he agreed!
Ye Xunhuan’s guess was not wrong, and that was indeed the case.
Seated beside the piano, Fu Zibo addressed everyone in the restaurant, "Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I’m sorry for disrupting your dinner. As an apology, I will play the ’Moonlight Sonata’ for you, and I hope you will all enjoy it!"
"At the same time, I also hope everyone here can witness that my girlfriend and Mr. Ye have just made a bet—if he too can play the ’Moonlight Sonata’..."
No matter how high their status or wealth, there’s no one who doesn’t enjoy a spectacle—in fact, it’s a characteristic of our citizens!
All the guests became excited upon hearing Fu Zibo’s words. How great, a dinner complemented by a piano duel—quite intriguing!
After that, Fu Zibo began to wholly immerse himself in his performance!
Fu Zibo, who hailed from the Curtis Institute of Music, truly had exceptional piano skills; given time, he could very well become a well-known pianist!
Even Ye Xunhuan had to admit that this guy had remarkable talent for piano performance!
Watching Fu Zibo playing the piano, many women already began to see stars in their eyes!
Handsome, he was just too handsome!
Just as Fu Zibo’s piece was about to end, if he had added a bow afterward, the performance would have been perfectly concluded!
But at the moment it was to conclude perfectly, Ye Xunhuan, sipping on red wine and listening to the piano, suddenly shouted, "Good, not bad at all. The master has a reward for you!"
As he spoke, Ye Xunhuan, as if by magic, suddenly had a coin in his hand, which he flicked gently. The coin traced a beautiful parabola in the air and landed precisely on the piano in front of Fu Zibo!
The coin even spun a couple of times on the piano before coming to a stop with a light "clack" sound, and Fu Zibo seemed to stop playing as if following a command.
In an instant, the entire restaurant went silent. Whether they were guests or waitstaff, everyone stared at Ye Xunhuan, dumbfounded!
Was his throw really that accurate?
And wasn’t that just too coincidental?
The piano performance was about to end, and he threw the coin, and as the coin stopped spinning, the piano music also abruptly ceased!
For a moment, it was as if the scene was frozen, time had stopped, and the atmosphere in the entire restaurant became eerie!
No one expected Ye Xunhuan to throw a coin at that moment, and certainly not with such precision, making it seem as though Fu Zibo was merely a street musician hustling for a living!
No matter how graceful and posh Fu Zibo had appeared before, in that instant, the image of an affluent gentleman crumbled in people’s minds. Even if everyone knew it could be a coincidence or perhaps a plot by Ye Xunhuan, they couldn’t help but watch Fu Zibo’s image collapse within their hearts!
Fu Zibo’s face turned extremely grim in an instant, "Ye, stop playing your tricks. If you have the skills, come up here and play a piece yourself!"
At that moment, Fu Zibo completely lost the composure and reasoning he had earlier, the whole person erupting like an infuriated lion.
