Many helpful hands.

Grandpa Tai and elder Ren chuckled. Then, the elder told her, "It's for a selfish reason. I haven't painted anything I like in the last three years but listening to your music since I heard you playing at that charity has helped me. I think I have found inspiration again but I need to be somewhere where I can listen to you play often to test it out. As for this young lady besides me, she is Ren Liya, my granddaughter and apprentice. Where I go, she goes."

"Ooh, huh, hello." Alix was still lost when she responded. 

Ren Liya glared at Alix like a sullen teen packing a big attitude and she said, "Hmph." 

Then, she walked up the steps on her own to handle her transfer. 

Tai Jiaan and Ren Liya had come from the same school. He also had a bit of a hopeless crush on her. He grabbed his back and followed her eagerly. "Sister, I will see you later." he told her.