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This is the most beautiful piece of music Shouya has ever heard, and the most beautiful melody!
The music is beautiful, and the pianist is beautiful too, in a way that evokes pity.
Listening to the music is intoxicating, and watching her play is mesmerizing! Shouya has never felt this way before, as if the sky after a rainstorm is clear and blue, refreshing and uplifting.
On the third day, Shouya went again, still quietly listening to An Xin Ya's piano playing until she finished. After practicing, she stood up with her cane and carefully walked past him, out of the practice room. Shouya stood behind her, watching her slowly leave. Just a short distance away, she almost stumbled, and he instinctively reached out to help her but stopped when he saw her bravely straighten up and continue walking.
“Shouya Uncle…”
From a distance, Shouya heard Yuga's voice. He turned around and saw Yuga striding towards him. She had her hair in a ponytail and was wearing a white t-shirt and light blue denim shorts, radiating youthful energy!
“Shouya Uncle, what are you doing here?” Yuga asked with wide eyes. She looked up at Shouya, golden sunlight shining on him, making him look as handsome as a prince from a comic book.
Yuga then followed his gaze to where Sister Anxi had been standing and suddenly laughed in realization. She raised her index finger and said, “So you came to see Sister Anxi. Shouya Uncle, your intentions are suspicious! Tell me the truth—do you have feelings for our Sister Anxi?”
It was that day when he brought her to Maria School. Passing by the practice room, he heard a beautiful melody flowing like water. He was deeply captivated by the piece, and when he saw the sweet and pure Sister Anxi, he couldn't take his eyes off her.
“I don't! Stop making things up,” Shouya replied seriously. “I just came to listen to her play.”
“Shouya Uncle, don’t lie to me. I can tell. How about this: when Sister Anxi comes tomorrow, I’ll tell her someone admires her,” Yuga said with an evil yet playful smile.
Hearing this from Yuga, Shouya was startled and quickly interrupted, “No! Please don’t tell her. I don’t want to disturb her or let her know I exist.”
As he spoke, Shouya looked back at An Xin Ya, who had already walked out the door and turned a corner before disappearing from sight.
“Why not?” Yuga asked in confusion.
“Think about it. If she knows someone is watching her practice piano, she’ll get distracted and won’t be able to focus. Then she won’t be able to play well or produce beautiful melodies… I don’t want her to be distracted because of my presence. So you have to promise me not to tell her,” Shouya said, looking directly into Yuga's bright eyes.
He just wanted to quietly listen to her piano playing so that he could see her most beautiful side.
Yuga felt that Shouya's words made sense, and he nodded vigorously, agreeing not to tell Sister Anxi.
For several days, Shouya would come to Maria Music Academy. He knew that An Xin Ya practiced piano in the school’s practice room every day at this time in the afternoon. At the same time and place, he listened to her play different pieces, but she mostly played the piece he first heard her perform.
The reason he came here was that he was deeply captivated by An Xin Ya's piano music, and of course, he was also touched by her pure and fresh demeanor. He felt a deep sympathy for her background.
On the sixth day, it poured rain heavily, but Shouya still arrived on time. He walked to the practice room and was relieved to see An Xin Ya playing inside. He could tell she was playing Badachevskaya's "Maiden's Prayer."
Today, she wore a sweet white dress that accentuated her delicate skin. Her long black hair cascaded down her back like a smooth waterfall. Next to the piano was a light blue umbrella, still dripping with sparkling raindrops.
Shouya gently patted the rain off his suit and quietly entered the practice room, sitting down to listen to her music in silence, his eyes revealing affection for her.
An Xin Ya had a keen sense of smell and also a sharp sense of hearing. Although she couldn't see anything, she sensed someone had entered the practice room. She remained calm and continued to play while quietly observing whoever was watching her.
At first, she wasn't sure if it was just her imagination. However, over the past few days, this feeling grew stronger; she always felt someone standing nearby, but she couldn't see their true appearance or whether they were good or bad.
Yet every time she neared the end of a piece, there would be no further movement, and that person had already left or was simply hiding somewhere out of sight.
On the seventh day, An Xin Ya seemed to be in poor condition; she couldn't express the feelings she wanted through her playing. She felt restless and didn't know what to do!
Shouya sat not far away, noticing her furrowed brow and troubled expression as she sat there lost in thought. This made him involuntarily worried, and his own brows knitted together. Her tension affected his heart.
At that moment, Yuga walked in and was surprised to see Shouya in the practice room; her eyes widened in astonishment. Just as Yuga was about to call out his name, Shouya quickly placed a finger on his lips to signal her to be quiet.
However, Yuga's footsteps had already startled An Xin Ya. She turned slightly and listened intently, nervously asking, "Who is there?"
"Sister Anxi, it's me, Yuga!" Yuga said with a smile as she walked over to An Xin Ya. She then glanced at Shouya standing not far away and noticed his gaze was fixed on Sister Anxi.
Upon hearing Yuga's introduction, An Xin Ya's tense heart relaxed significantly. A fresh smile appeared on her lips as she reached out to take Yuga's hand and said, "Yuga! It's you! I thought it was someone else! What brings you here to see your sister? Don't you have class?"
"There's no class today, so I came to see you, Sister. I brought something for you to try," Yuga said as he took out a cake from behind and carefully placed it in An Xin Ya's hands.
An Xin Ya gently sniffed it, the rich aroma of cheese wafting up. She smiled and said, "This is cake!"
She took a bite, and the cake was soft and fluffy like a cloud in her mouth. The cheese made a "sizzle" sound as she chewed, melting instantly and tasting very sweet.
"Sister Anxi, I know this is your favorite Cheesecake, so I specially bought it for you."
"It's delicious! Thank you, Yuga!"
Shouya, who had been standing silently nearby, watched An Xin Ya's sweet smile with flickering eyes, feeling like a flower blooming in his heart. Her earlier demeanor had truly startled him.
In the following days, whenever Shouya visited Maria to listen to her play the piano, he would buy some treats for Yuga to deliver to her.
Until one day when Shouya arrived at Maria but did not see An Xin Ya in the piano room.
She always arrived on time at this hour; why was she missing now? He looked around but still couldn't find her.
Shouya thought perhaps An Xin Ya was delayed due to something and would arrive shortly. He suddenly chuckled and shook his head; maybe he was just being too anxious!
After waiting outside the piano room for half an hour, he sensed something was wrong! How could she not have come by now? His brows furrowed, and his heart began to feel tight with worry!
Shouya strode over to Yuga's classroom and found her.
"Yuga, do you know why Xinya hasn't come to play the piano today?" As soon as Yuga stepped out of the classroom, Shouya immediately asked about An Xin Ya's whereabouts, gripping Yuga's shoulders tightly.
"Sister Anxi hasn't come?" Hearing Shouya's question, Yuga was surprised. Sister Anxi was usually very punctual; she wouldn't miss unless something happened at home.
Seeing Yuga's astonished expression made Shouya realize she also didn't know why An Xin Ya wasn't at Maria Music Academy. His heart tightened with unease, feeling that something had happened. Before Yuga could say anything else, he turned and strode toward the principal's office.
Yuga stood there in a daze, watching Uncle Shouya's anxious back. From the nervous and worried look in his eyes just now, it was clear how much he cared about Sister Anxi.
For several consecutive days, he had come to Maria Music Academy, quietly listening to Sister Anxi's piano playing and watching her as she played. It would be a lie to say he didn't like Sister Anxi!
Shouya asked Maria's teacher and learned that An Xin Ya had taken a leave of absence due to some matters, so she couldn't come to the piano room today.
"Do you know why An Xin Ya can't come?" Shouya asked Xinya's piano teacher.
"She didn't say," the teacher replied, shrugging her hands to indicate she didn't know. Seeing this man so worried about An Xin Ya made the teacher wonder if he was a friend or relative of hers.
Shouya furrowed his attractive brows, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Then you should know where she lives, right?"
"Grandma, are you okay? Is it serious?" An Xin Ya knelt by the bed, gently touching her grandmother's face and holding her cold hand, her brow furrowed with worry as she asked anxiously.
Today, something was wrong. Grandma suddenly fell ill, clutching her abdomen in pain and moaning that her stomach hurt while coughing incessantly. An Xin Ya was startled and completely at a loss, fumbling forward carefully to help her grandmother lie down on the bed.
She remembered there were medicines in the drawer. She got up and walked over to the table, pulled out the drawer, and rummaged through it for medicine bottles. Unscrewing the caps and bringing them close to her nose to smell, she found that they all smelled terrible!
"Oh no..." Grandma An lay on the bed in unbearable pain, letting out a cry as her body curled up like a dried shrimp. Her face was pale as paper, with beads of sweat forming on her forehead.
Hearing her grandmother's voice made An Xin Ya panic. The medicine bottle she was holding slipped from her grasp and fell with a thud, scattering the pills all over the floor. She hurriedly crouched down to pick up the scattered pills when suddenly someone knocked on the door.
She couldn't think too much about it; she grabbed the medicine and put it back into the bottle before carefully making her way out of Grandma's room to open the door. She didn't know who was there, but the feeling was both familiar and strange.
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