Lu Mingfei, why are you slaying dragons if you're not involved!

Chapter 17 Liu Miaomiao

Three hours of basketball training was tiring, but Lu Mingfei, with his "Stamina Recovery" ability, recovered quickly.

In addition, since I'm playing the piano tonight instead of exercising, my schedule doesn't include an hour for dinner and rest like it did last time, so dinner time is extremely short.

This made Lu Mingfei a little embarrassed, after all, he was the one who said he was treating, so what kind of behavior is it to eat so fast now!

Fortunately, Chu Zihang seemed to have important matters to attend to, and he ate even faster than Lu Mingfei, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he wolfed it down.

After instructing Uncle Chen to take Lu Mingfei to the music store and finish delivering him to his "new home," he left first.

"What is Senior Brother going to do?" Lu Mingfei asked with some curiosity in the Mercedes-Benz.

"I'm not sure of the specifics, but it seems to be... winter break homework from the Kassel College where the young master studies?" Uncle Chen thought for a moment and said, "Something like extracurricular practice."

"Do foreign universities actually have winter break assignments?" Lu Mingfei was taken aback when he heard this.

"They say it's modeled after the schedules and plans of Chinese schools..."

Lu Mingfei shuddered upon hearing this; he couldn't stand the words "schedule" anymore, he had developed PTSD.

The music store wasn't too far away. After chatting for a while, the car slowed down, and Uncle Chen said, "Young Master Lu, we've arrived."

"Thank you, Uncle Chen!"

This time, there was no need for Uncle Chen to open the door. Lu Mingfei opened the door himself, jumped out of the Mercedes, and looked at the music store in front of him with some curiosity.

The last vestiges of twilight descended along the glass curtain wall, refracting the sunset into a gradual musical scale on the uniquely artistic building.

The interior lights were already on, and after passing through the curtain wall with one side shielding against peeping, only a hazy view remained, adding a touch of mystery to the already elegant style.

The only thing that somewhat disrupts the ambiance is a brass plaque hanging on the glass door, with elegant strokes outlining a rather impolite message: "[Reservations Only, No Visitors Allowed]".

But there was no contact information left on the sign.

So domineering!
Lu Mingfei had heard of similar situations before. After all, Shilan Middle School, where he was, was a "noble high school" where the students all came from wealthy and powerful families. It was just that he, a husky, had infiltrated the wolf pack.

When my classmates brag, they occasionally mention some special high-end clubs that don't recruit new clients through any conventional means; they only allow members to join after being introduced and approved by existing members...

In short, money is useless; connections are what matter!

Of course, it's not that absolute; if you have enough money, connections will naturally follow.

[Warning: It's time for your [piano lesson] scheduled. Please proceed to the designated location immediately...]

As the countdown began, Lu Mingfei stepped onto the stairs.

However, before he could figure out whether he should knock on the door himself or turn around and ask Uncle Chen, the glass door in front of him had already slid open automatically to both sides.

A gentle, mature female voice approached, accompanied by the soft tapping of footsteps.

"Hmm, they should be here soon. The boy's name is Lu Mingfei, right? Zihang, why aren't you here with Aunt Shanshan? Do you have some extracurricular activities? Okay..."

The owner of the voice walked around the corner; it was a woman in her thirties or forties, wearing a cheongsam and high heels.

Time has left some marks on the corners of her eyes, but even so, she is still stunningly beautiful, and it is clear that she was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful in her youth.

She has a great figure. If Su Xiaoqiang, who has the best figure in Lu Mingfei's class, represents "youth", then this "Aunt Shanshan" represents "maturity".

"Oh, you must be Zihang's friend, Lu Mingfei, right?" Aunt Shanshan walked up with a smile and handed him her phone.

“…Senior brother?” Lu Mingfei took the phone.

"I forgot to tell you," Chu Zihang said in his usual calm tone, "Aunt Shanshan will be teaching a female student today."

"Oh, I'm fine!" Lu Mingfei quickly assured him.

In fact, the schedule only required Lu Mingfei to learn piano, but he didn't write down how to learn it on the schedule, so there were no strict rules.

Theoretically speaking, even if Lu Mingfei just found a dilapidated piano and taught himself, he could still meet the requirements.

But Chu Zihang doesn't make a move unless it's at this level... Lu Mingfei will definitely accept it. The amount of progress in proficiency is directly linked to the quality of learning!
"That's good," Chu Zihang paused, then decided to give a heads-up, "If Aunt Shanshan says anything strange, don't take it seriously."

"Okay, okay..."

Lu Mingfei glanced at Aunt Shanshan discreetly. Could such a beautiful aunt possibly say something earth-shattering?
"Your personal belongings have been delivered to your new home," Chu Zihang said.

"Okay!" Lu Mingfei's heart stirred slightly. A new "home"?

In fact, he felt that he didn't have a home before; he lived at "Auntie's house."

It's not that he doesn't have a home, but the building covered in ivy in his memory, the home with his parents, is too far away, too far that he can't find it, too far that his memory of it is blurred...

And now, do I have a "home"?
Those days of living under someone else's roof were finally over, and Lu Mingfei inexplicably felt that he could stand up straighter.

Although he was still living in Senior Brother Chu's house, the nature of the situation was different!

In Lu Mingfei's heart, Senior Brother Chu was already a "brother".

There's no need for many words between brothers; helping each other is only natural. If anything happens, just call out and we'll be there, even risking our lives! "Thank you, Senior Brother."

Lu Mingfei said in a deep voice, noticing that his voice was a little hoarse for some reason, he quickly coughed twice, "Senior brother, your extracurricular practice went well too!"

"Okay," Chu Zihang said, "I'll hang up now."

"Goodbye, senior brother!"

Lu Mingfei handed the phone back to Aunt Shanshan, only to be met with a scrutinizing gaze from her, as if she were about to pry into his life.

"Hello..." Lu Mingfei was unsure how to address him. He was wondering whether he should bow first.

"Since you're Zihang's 'friend,' you can just call me Aunt Shanshan!"

Aunt Shan smiled faintly, deliberately emphasizing the word "friends," and then her tone suddenly became somewhat resentful, "Zihang usually doesn't talk to us this much. You young people are so good at having fun..."

"Actually, my senior brother and I don't talk much, it's just that something happened."

Lu Mingfei now understood why his senior brother had given him a heads-up, and could only respond with an awkward laugh.

"Don't lie to Auntie, okay? Okay, come in."

Aunt Shanshan turned around and led the way, "Zihang said you're a beginner. Did you know anything about the piano before?"

"Forehead……"

Lu Mingfei followed, thinking to himself, "What could I possibly know about this? I know less about the piano than I know about basketball! At least I've watched basketball games and touched the piano a few times, but the piano is something I've truly 'admired from afar but never actually played with.'"

However, after racking his brains, he remembered something—he had once asked Liu Miaomiao, who sat in front of him in class, how to practice the piano when he was bored.

Liu Miaomiao was one of the few people in the class who was willing to talk to Lu Mingfei. Even for a question that seemed casual, she answered it very seriously. She even played a few bars on the windowpane with one hand, making the glass vibrate slightly.

“I asked my classmates before, and they said it’s very tough, and you have to train your finger strength from a young age,” Lu Mingfei replied.

"Is she a female classmate?" Aunt Shanshan smiled.

"How did you guess that?" Lu Mingfei asked, puzzled.

"There are more girls learning piano anyway, boys tend to prefer percussion and guitar, even Zihang! He won't learn piano with me..."

Aunt Shanshan seemed quite indignant at this point. Clearly, she had been well-protected, retaining a degree of childlike innocence even at her age.

Aunt Shanshan changed the subject, a sly look on her face, "Hey, Mingfei, tell Aunt Shanshan, isn't that girl you asked about very pretty? Is it because of her that you want to learn piano?"

"what?"

Lu Mingfei was taken aback. He used to be a valiant general under Chen Wenwen, belittling Liu Miaomiao as a "little brat," but deep down he still acknowledged that Liu Miaomiao was a beautiful girl.

Ever since Liu Miaomiao performed the window-splitting trick for him, Lu Mingfei has stopped calling her "little brat".

Lu Mingfei is like that; he can remember even the slightest kindness from someone for a long time. He probably cherishes what he lacks the most.

As for whether learning piano was because of Liu Miaomiao... in a way, it really was!

At the time, Lu Mingfei added the piano lesson on a whim because he didn't know what to fill in for the rest of the schedule and remembered that Liu Miaomiao said she needed to take a piano lesson.

But he also knew very well that Aunt Shanshan's question was not what he understood to mean...

It just took him a while to sort things out, which made Aunt Shanshan think he was "hesitating." She looked enlightened and said "Oh~" with a hint of teasing.

"No, Aunt Shanshan, you've misunderstood!" Lu Mingfei explained dryly.

"I understand, I understand. That's how young people are. I was young once too!"

Aunt Shan winked playfully.

"But you have to be careful, right? Zihang probably already told you, Auntie is going to be teaching you and a female student at the same time today. She's a little beauty, so don't fall for her and become a heartbreaker!"

Lu Mingfei decisively chose to keep quiet; clearly, this matter could not be explained away.

The two walked down the corridor and came to the door of a room that was not properly closed.

Lu Mingfei could already hear the melodious piano music coming from the piano. Even though he knew almost nothing about the piano, he could tell that the music was smooth and silky.

With such a large skill gap, can Aunt Shanshan really teach them all? Won't I be ridiculed and looked down upon?

Lu Mingfei habitually started engaging in internal strife.

However, his internal conflict was quickly replaced by an even greater shock—Aunt Shanshan pushed open the door, and the face of the player, who was also the girl who would be taking the class with him, appeared before him.

As Aunt Shanshan said, she is indeed a beautiful young woman.

Moreover, Lu Mingfei knew this pretty young woman.

"Liu Miaomiao???"

(End of this chapter)