Piano is Impossible to Play

Fortunately, Xia Yu was not a novice.

After his skillful introduction, Xu Youxiang asked some embarrassing questions and finally believed in Xia Yu.

Relieved, Xia Yu secretly thought it was close.

After the "self-verification," the relationship between Xia Yu and Xu Youxiang eased a bit.

Xu Youxiang didn't say anything about the compensation that Xia Yu proposed, which meant silent agreement.

At eight o'clock, before the doctor came to remove the tubes, Xia Yu returned to his body.

At this moment, he was on his way to school.

He didn't have a school bag with him because today was the Cultural Festival.

As he walked, he thought about how to make money.

Though he had a decent salary now, he had only been working for a few days, and it was impossible to get his salary in advance. All he had left was the remaining 2,000 in savings.

What could he do with this 2,000? He couldn't possibly offer Xu Youxiang a summer job as a laborer at just over ten yuan an hour, could he?

With worry, he entered the school.

On both sides of the school avenue, there were small stalls that were not yet open for business. These stalls were run by students themselves, as many students knew how to cook due to not being busy with schoolwork.

After passing the food stalls, he arrives at the courtyard, where there were various club activities like archery, tai chi, chess and meditation enthusiasts, but the most eye-catching of all were the girls from the anime club.

They were dressed in revealing cosplay outfits, providing benefits for the male students.

Yes, the male comrades, for it was only on these two days that they were girls.

There were originally female anime fans, but due to the sheer number of otakus in the anime club, those girls were deterred from joining.

Passing through the courtyard and going upstairs, Xia Yu arrived at his class.

Half of the tables and chairs in the class were stored in the empty classroom next door, while the other half were combined into long tables on both sides.

Several classmates were adjusting the positions of the tables.

In the middle of the classroom was the position for the piano, but the piano had not arrived yet.

Seeing Xia Yu, the class president stood up excitedly, opened the classroom door, which was a large double wooden door that could accommodate the entrance of a piano.

"Come on, let's go lift the piano together. You watch from the side and make sure nothing gets damaged." The class president led four male classmates and Xia Yu across the corridor, up to the fourth floor, and knocked on the faculty office door.

"Come in!" The music teacher's voice sounded.

The class president walked in, "Teacher, I'm here to pick up the key to the piano room."

A few days ago, the class president had booked the piano from the piano room with the music teacher.

The young music teacher looked embarrassed, she did not give the class president the key, but instead clasped her hands together, apologized and said to the class president:

"Sorry, I forgot that I had already promised the wind instrument group, and they have already moved the piano away!"

"Ah?" the class president disappointed, "then what should we do?"

"Sorry about that." the young and recently graduated music teacher felt very guilty, "You are planning to have that... right, the music appreciation tea party, right?"

"Yes, but without the piano, we can't just use a mobile phone for background music, right?" The class president was in a dilemma.

"I can play the flute, let me help you guys by playing the flute!" The music teacher was thinking about a remedy.

Glancing at the music teacher, who had impressive makeup on, Xia Yu imagined the scene.

The morning sunlight shone through the window, casting a glow on the feet of a young music teacher, who smiled slightly and took a flute to her mouth.

What a strange picture this was.

The class leader also felt this didn't make any sense, "Playing the flute? Are we elementary students?"

He saw that the music teacher had no solution either, and sighed, "Forget it, it's not right for us to ask for your help in our class program."

"I'm really sorry." The music teacher took out her treasured cola, sprite, and plum seeds to entertain Xia Yu and the others, but they declined.

"Now we're in trouble." The class leader was disheartened.

Seeing the classmates' low spirits, along with those girls who were busy decorating the classroom, and recalling their worried expressions from yesterday, Xia Yu thought for a moment and pointed to a violin in a cabinet, "Teacher, can we borrow this?"

"A violin? That's fine, but do you know how to play? Let me tell you first, my violin skills are terrible." The music teacher said.

The violin is an instrument that is harder to learn than the piano, and very few people study it.

"Xia Yu, you can play the violin too?" The class leader was delighted.

"I know a little, but I haven't practiced as much as the piano." Xia Yu said.

In reality, he had never touched a violin before. However, the skills An Siyao brought him were not specific to the piano, but the broad category of music, including the violin. When he saw the violin, he felt a familiar sensation, and various techniques surfaced in his mind.

"That's great!" The class leader clapped, and took out the violin from the glass cabinet, placing it into the case the music teacher provided.

"By the way, teacher, how come you have a violin if you're not good at it?" Xia Yu curiously asked.

"Putting a violin in a glass cabinet looks so classy!" The music teacher said with pride.

"..." Xia Yu, who had expected to hear some inspiring story, was rendered speechless.

After the class leader finished packing, they all carried the case and returned to the classroom.

The girls had already laid tablecloths and candles on the tables, hung ribbons from the ceiling, and hung balloons around the room, filling the atmosphere with a pink hue.

Seeing the students return, the girls curiously asked, "Where's the piano?"

"It's gone, borrowed by the wind ensemble." The class leader replied.

"What do we do now!" The girls became indignant.

Because of the two girls who had been following Xia Yu, every female student in the class knew that Xia Yu could play the piano, and moreover, he played it very well. They had all been eagerly anticipating today.

"It's okay, we've got a violin now." The class leader triumphantly declared.

The violin, in comparison to the piano, held a higher status. Many people learned the piano, but fewer studied the violin.

"Can Xia Yu really play the violin too?" The girls looked at Xia Yu in surprise.

They had already been amazed at his piano skills, but it was still within reason for him to learn piano during his spare time. However, adding another instrument like the violin required a significant amount of time.

"Yep." Responding simply, Xia Yu took the violin case from the class leader and removed the violin.

He first tested the strings, as the music teacher only used it for decoration, the pitch was somewhat off.

He twisted the tuning pegs, adjusting the A-string according to the sound, and then tuned the rest of the strings.

He also checked the bow, which was preserved in good condition.

After he placed the violin between his neck and shoulder, the class quieted down, with boys and girls looking at him expectantly.

At this moment, Xia Yu pondered:

What if he didn't know any violin pieces?

Nevermind, he would just play a piano piece instead.