55 Glass

'This...it actually existed here?' Zhu Xiao Wan felt astonished. And also, didn't contractual spirits were only beast, weapon, or plant?

Why was there a violin? An instrument...and a glass one at that.

"You probably don't know what this is." Song Hui Yao said as he looked at her disbelief look. "I saw this once in the Xitian Continent."

'I do know what this is and I played it before.' She found herself puerile for having these thoughts. But wasn't she supposed to return to being a child? Now that she was back to normal. "You went to the Xitian Continent?"

Song Hui Yao paused for a bit before he answered, "...I did." He then continued, "Albeit I saw this thing, I don't know its name much less how it should be used properly. But I do know that this is an instrument."

Dazedly inspecting the glass violin and the crystal bow that had clean horse hair. She wondered where should she get the rosin when she needed it.

"It's a violin."

"You know its name? How-"

Zhu Xiao Wan stopped him from continuing, "Don't ask me how I know."

"..." After a while, he questioned, "Since you know this thing, do you know how to play it?"

Picking up the bow, she tightened the bow hair by rotating the tension screw to the right a few circles. "...I can." Though, it had been quite a while since the last time she touched a violin. This violin contractual spirit was glass, it looked fragile - making her unable to grip it firmly. She also needed a shoulder rest... 'Where should I go to buy a shoulder rest?' Zhu Xiao Wan sighed in annoyance.

With the air of haughtiness, she bowed it from the frog to the tip on the A string. However...

*Horrible violin's sound*

"Ugh..." How unsound and substandard...

*Breaking sound*

The violin in Zhu Xiao Wan's gentle...more like flimsy grasp shattered.

"..."

"You played really nice..." Somehow, that sounded too ironic to Zhu Xiao Wan's ears.

"I wasn't holding it firmly but it shattered...Can I even make a good sound when it would break so easily like this?" Three black lines appeared on her face. 'How should I make it appears again?'

In mid-air, the glass violin formed into shape again and fell into Zhu Xiao Wan's hand...So she just needed to think of it to summon it? Well, as long as it came out when she sought for it, there should be no problem.

She grasped it tightly and bowed the string again without caring for its fragileness feel. This time, the sound was not as horrible as the former one but sounded even better than average. So it wouldn't fragment if she produced high-grade sound.

"Contractual spirit can be instruments, too?"

Song Hui Yao gazed at the violin then said, "Yes, but it's even rarer than plants. Almost everyone has no knowledge of it."

"Then, what could this be used for?" Supposed she wack people's head? But the violin would break.

"...I don't know," he said. "Test it, you will figure out something, I'm sure."

"..." Well, she should. Zhu Xiao Wan doubt to believe that this contractual spirit would be worthless after waking up with such brilliant grandeurs.

Then, Zhu Xiao Wan suddenly recalled his words. Song Hui Yao said that he had seen a violin in the Xitian Continent. So, the foreigners that Pao Min and Zhuang Yang talked about couldn't be...Well, she would find out sooner or later. For now, she should just focus on practising; she wouldn't want this thing to shatter when she would need it.

"Ah..." Song Hui Yao got up and walked towards her. He took out something and showed it to her. "Here, a storage artefact."

"...A mouthpiece?" She studied it with widened eyes. "You wear a cache mouthpiece?" Since he never wore a cache earing but still taking things out of nowhere.

"En. A mouthpiece is better than those cache earings." Giving it to Zhu Xiao Wan, he added, "Mouthpiece storage artefacts are made with higher quality resources. Don't lose it."

Examined the mouthpiece for a bit, Zhu Xiao Wan placed the mouthpiece into her mouth, behind her upper teeth set. This mouthpiece was really nice, it wouldn't drop nor would it be ripped off, and mostly, it was impossible for anyone to notice that she had on a huge storage space artefact.

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A few days later, after Zhuang Yang was sent to collect money from the two business, the Ning siblings figured that Zhu Xiao Wan had recovered. Ning Rou Li really did drag her outside the manor as she expected. However, before they left, Zhu Xiao Wan stored a wheelchair into her space. And of course, she also changed her appearance to Song Xue Lian's with Song Hui Yao's help.

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I started a new novel for a writing contest ---> Title: My Beloved Model

This is a short story, at least that is what I planned. If you're interested or just happen to have nothing to do, please go check it out. Thank you for reading.

Synopsis: 6 years ago, Lan Ying loved modelling. 6 years later, she hated modelling. Sitting on a bench in a park. Homeless and jobless. The high school girl was kicked out of her house. She met Zi Ming, who persuaded her to be a model. Why did she decide to be a model? Was it just for money? While on her way to becoming a top model, he was slowly figuring out why Lan Ying hated modelling.

(I really don't want to self-advertise...but it's a contest and it's only a week...I'm unhappy at myself lol.)