Back to my parents when I was seventeen

On the way to the art building, the two happened to run into Xu Zhiyan and Tang Ruoqing.

Seeing the two of them appear together, Xu Zhiyan's expression changed slightly, while Tang Ruoqing next to her stared at Xu Chuning, then turned around and called Shen Yubai, "Shen Yubai."

Shen Yubai raised his eyes, his brows slightly cold, "What's the matter?"

Tang Ruoqing was not scared away by his indifference. She grabbed Xu Zhiyan's arm, pursed her lips and asked, "Is the person next to you a classmate from our school?"

Shen Yubai: "What do you think?"

"..." Tang Ruoqing choked slightly, knowing that she had asked a stupid question. If they were not schoolmates, there was no way he would be in school now, not to mention that Xu Chu Ning was wearing the Meiji Junior High School uniform.

After a few seconds of silence, Tang Ruoqing coughed to cover up her embarrassment, "No, I mean, who is she? Don't you want to introduce her?"

Hearing this, Shen Yubai was puzzled, "You want to meet her?"

Tang Ruoqing: "Ah?"

"If you want to get to know her, you should just ask her directly," Shen Yubai said mercilessly, "Why are you asking me?"

In Shen Yubai's opinion, if Tang Ruoqing wanted to get to know Xu Chuning and make friends with him, she should ask Xu Chuning directly. It's not like she didn't see Xu Chuning.

Tang Ruoqing: "I..."

She glanced sideways and met the gaze of Xu Chu Ning, who was standing next to her as if she were a bystander. She smiled awkwardly and said, "No, I'm just curious about where you two are going?"

"It has nothing to do with you." The sun was too strong. Shen Yubai was not in the mood to chat with Tang Ruoqing on the road, and he was not the kind of person who could chat.

Tang Ruoqing was speechless, "I was just asking casually."

Shen Yubai: "I have something to do. I'm leaving now."

He didn't say anything more to Tang Ruoqing, but turned his head to look at Xu Chuning, "Let's go."

Xu Chuning remained silent throughout the whole process and did not say a word.

Watching the two people walking away, Tang Ruoqing stomped her feet with an extremely unpleasant expression, "Zhiyan! What is Shen Yubai's attitude? What does he mean?"

After listening to the conversation between the two, Xu Zhiyan's face was not very good. She didn't expect Shen Yubai to defend the girl from the ordinary class so much. The last time he answered the question of the boy from the ordinary class in that way was enough to embarrass her, but she didn't expect it to be even more excessive today.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhiyan closed her eyes and whispered, "Qingqing, go find out what the relationship between Xu Chuning and Shen Yubai is."

In fact, they both knew Xu Chuning's name and class a long time ago.

Tang Ruoqing asked Shen Yubai that question just now purely for the sake of making conversation.

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Passing through the lush campus paths, Xu Chuning and Shen Yubai walked to the Art Building and entered the piano classroom.

After entering, Shen Yubai looked around and raised his chin slightly, "Sit anywhere you want."

Xu Chuning: “…”

There were only a few chairs in the piano classroom. She looked around and picked one that looked quite comfortable and sat down.

Shen Yubai lowered his eyes, looked at her quiet appearance, and frowned slightly, "Aren't you going to say anything?"

Xu Chuning: "What?"

She raised her eyes and looked at Shen Yubai, her tone indifferent, "Shouldn't you say something?"

It was clearly him who said he had something to talk to her about.

Shen Yubai choked, his eyelashes drooping slightly, and asked in confusion, "You don't know those two people just now?"

"Yes, I know him," Xu Chuning said.

Shen Yubai: "...Then why didn't you say anything just now?"

"They are not talking to me, why should I speak?" Xu Chuning answered confidently and reasonably.

Shen Yubai choked and was unable to refute for a moment.

After a few seconds of silence, Xu Chu Ning's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he changed the subject, "You asked me to come here, isn't that what you want to talk about?"

Shen Yubai: “No.”

He walked to the chair in front of the piano and sat down, saying calmly: "I asked a professional to check Aunt You's waist CT scan. There is no big problem, just a herniated lumbar disc. She can't sit or stand for a long time. She should pay attention to fatigue in the future."

As for treatment, there is none yet.

There is no way to perform surgery for lumbar disc herniation. You can only rely on daily maintenance and recover slowly.

Listening to what Shen Yubai said, Xu Chu Ning exclaimed, "Didn't you tell me?"

If she remembered correctly, on the day when You Shuzhen finished the X-ray and received the radiology report, Shen Yubai asked her about the report results and said that he would let a professional doctor take a look.

Shortly after she sent it to him, he told her the advice and treatment plan given by the professional doctor.

Shen Yubai: "..."

Why doesn't he remember saying that?

"Really?" He looked slightly embarrassed, without a trace of embarrassment on his face, "I forgot."

Xu Chu Ning raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, can this be forgotten?

However, Shen Yubai expressed his feelings so frankly that her questioning him made her look narrow-minded.

Xu Chu Ning's lips moved slightly, "It's okay, just say it again so I can remember it more clearly."

Shen Yubai: "..."

He had no intention of letting her comfort him.

After a few seconds of silence, Xu Chu Ning raised his eyes, "Anything else?"

Shen Yubai paused for a moment, then suddenly asked her, "Have you ever heard Shen Sinian play the piano here?"

Xu Chu Ning was startled, and nodded slightly, "I've heard it once."

"How does it feel?" Shen Yubai asked.

Xu Chu Ning thought about it and told the truth, "I have never learned piano and I don't have any musical talent, but I think he plays very well."

Given Xu Chuning and You Shuzhen's circumstances, she could not afford piano lessons.

Of course, You Shuzhen had asked her before if she wanted to learn piano or dance, but Xu Chuning said no, she had no interest in those things, so she gave up.

Hearing her words, Shen Yubai was slightly startled, "What song did he play for you?"

Xu Chu Ning blinked, "He didn't say."

Shen Yubai: "...Do you want to listen today?"

Xu Chu Ning was stunned, not quite following Shen Yubai's rhythm, "What are you listening to?"

Shen Yubai's fingers were on the piano keys. He glanced at her and said casually, "Piano music."

"..."

Xu Chu Ning was surprised for a few seconds, then lowered his eyes and stared at his hands on the piano keys. Shen Yubai's fingers were very long and beautiful, with distinct joints and neatly trimmed nails.

Xu Chu Ning doesn't like boys with too long nails, but girls can of course.

Shen Yubai's nails were not only short, but also very clean. His nails were like those of a little girl, with a faint pink hue, which was completely different from his temperament.

In fact, many things Shen Yubai did were different from the impression he left on Xu Chuning before.

He is a man of contrasts and is prone to surprises.

These thoughts flashed through Xu Chuning's mind involuntarily.

"Xu Chuning." After waiting for a long time without receiving a reply, Shen Yubai called her with a little annoyance, "Do you want to listen?"

Xu Chu Ning pulled back his wandering thoughts and looked straight at him with clear and bright eyes, "Do you want to play the piano?"

Shen Yubai didn't say anything.

What does it mean that he wants to play the piano?

Shen Yubai's face darkened slightly, and he was a little unhappy. "No, you don't want to--"

Before he could finish his next words, Xu Chu Ning interrupted him and said, "Listen."

She moved her chair and spoke before the young master got angry, "If Young Master Shen is willing to play, I'm all ears."

After knowing Shen Yubai for such a long time, if Xu Chu Ning didn't have this little bit of insight, then he wouldn't be Xu Chu Ning.

Although she didn't know why Shen Yubai wanted to play the piano, no matter what the reason, as long as he wanted to play, she just wanted to listen.

Shen Yubai lowered his eyes to stare at her and said proudly, "Do you want to hear it?"

Xu Chu Ning nodded with the intention of coaxing the young master, "Well, I said it, I want to listen, can you play it for me?"

"..." Shen Yubai: "I reluctantly agree to your request."

Xu Chu Ning smiled slightly: "...Thank you."