Chapter 70: Bright Spring

God rewards hard work.

Su Xia’s efforts were not in vain. During the cello competition auditions during the winter vacation, she was so nervous that she couldn’t sleep the night before, but her performance the next day was unstoppable.

The prepared piece was stopped not long after it was played, and the only direct pass from the entire judging panel was obtained.

Skip the next two preliminary rounds and directly enter the regional finals to compete with the most talented piano players in Jiangcheng in the spring.

Being an excellent student for the first time in two lifetimes, Su Xia was so excited that she didn’t know what to do.

The finals are at the end of March, a month after school starts.

Life is a very mysterious thing.

Diligence is important, but in big things, choice is sometimes more critical than hard work.

After a whole semester of hard work, Su Xia certainly knew how much progress she could fall behind in a month.

She is now in the provincial group and won third prize in the finals. She studies hard in school and works hard to improve her scores in the college entrance examination. It seems that Jiangda, which she could not reach in her previous life, is now within her reach, just a matter of tiptoeing.

But if...

Did she spend this entire month practicing piano full-time?

What if she got a better ranking and made it to the national finals?

Su Xia was not very sure in her heart, but a world with golden light that she had never thought of before opened a crack in the door to her, making her want to rush forward regardless of the consequences.

She made an appointment with Xu Jiqing to go to Beijing to take the exam with him next year.

She wanted to watch him compete in that nationals tournament.

He no longer left without saying goodbye. In the midsummer of his senior year in high school, he stepped into his bright future with great fanfare.

Su Xiaojuan is a businessman with a reckless spirit that is unique to people from a grassroots background. In the early years, every time her assets doubled, she was gambling with her entire fortune. When it comes to raising children, as long as it is not a matter of principle, she is naturally more accepting than other parents.

Su Xiaojuan was worried at first because her daughter wanted to take a gamble.

It didn't take long for the worry to turn into the feeling of "She is worthy of being my daughter". She couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth. She wanted to show off to her old friends everywhere, and felt so happy no matter how she thought about it.

Without much hesitation, he called Teacher Ding and asked for a month and a half long vacation for Su Xia.

So, from the Lantern Festival to the Spring Equinox, Su Xia almost stayed in the Conservatory of Music.

In her dream, she was Jerry skating to the sound of cello, and the moment she opened her eyes, she touched the cello.

When he had classes, he attended them. When he didn't have classes, he borrowed the key from Teacher Li and opened a small room with only the wall and the piano bench. He practiced until he lost his appetite and became exhausted.

Even the videos he would watch while eating changed from eating shows to famous artists demonstrating the music for the competition. Sometimes, while eating, he would suddenly come up with some vibrato techniques. He would not care whether he was full or not, and would quickly collect the remaining half plate and run to the piano room.

We struggled like this until the end of March.

The cello finals were held at the Civic Concert Hall in the old town.

On the day of the competition, the spring weather was bright and sunny, and the tops of the sycamore trees were covered with a layer of tender yellow-green, swaying slightly in the morning breeze.

After all twelve groups of contestants finished their performances, the jury announced the results on the spot after a brief discussion.

Su Xia walked out of the finals hall carrying her piano.

Su Xiaojuan handed the flowers in her arms to her, put her coat on her, and rubbed her forehead against hers, "My little princess, how can you be so awesome!"

"I……"

Su Xia held the flowers with a confused look on her face. She swallowed her saliva and said, "I don't know either."

Compared to Su Xiaojuan who was laughing loudly beside her, she was completely dazed.

When emotions are extremely tense, some people will experience super memory, while others will experience amnesia.

Su Xia is the latter type.

As soon as she stepped onto the stage, she felt like her consciousness was completely cut off, and she was able to hold on entirely by relying on muscle memory.

The lights were too bright, and I couldn't see the judges' expressions clearly when I left the stage, so I had no idea whether my performance was good or bad.

As a result, she just...

First prize?

Jiangcheng is the competition area, and the three first prize winners can enter the national finals.

Su Xia finished third, with a performance score 0.5 points higher than the fourth place, which means that not a single point was wasted.

There is a small red carpet on the side of the field, and a dark blue board with the signatures of the contestants entering the venue.

The more confident a person is, the bigger the character will be. Although Su Xia was ambitious, he did not dare to hold too high hopes and only wrote Yuanyuan's name in an empty space next to him.

There is also a small fist drawn on the back.

Followed by two smaller words, quietly cheering myself up: [Fight! ]

Who would have thought.

She actually made it to the next round.

Su Xia tied up her long hair today and put on light makeup. Even though her coat covered her gorgeous dress, it couldn't hide her pretty face.

Against the backdrop of a bouquet of fragrant daisies and peonies, the girl's smiling eyes are more dazzling than the spring sunshine.

People were coming and going at the entrance of the concert hall, and no one could help but look back.

The event photographer, who was gathering footage, immediately noticed this scene, adjusted the focus, and snapped several shots, preparing to combine them with the close-up of the regional champion from the previous match as the lead image for the finals report.

This year, classical music was not yet popular among ordinary citizens.

You may not understand why it is number one, but aesthetics does not have so many thresholds and you will be attracted by it at first sight.

Who doesn't like looking at pretty girls?

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The next day was a Thursday.

The sky was clear blue. The bell for morning reading had just rung. In Class 4's classroom, a group of boys were discussing animatedly the pictures on their mobile phones from a public account.

"Is it boring for you guys? You've been chasing little idol stars, but now you're not even letting go of the girl in the cello competition. You beasts."

"What little sister? It's Su Xia from our class!"

“… Holy shit, is this true?”

"Which one, which one? Am I blind? There's no fat person here..."

"The one on the right, the name is written on it, open your dog eyes and take a good look."

“I’ll go…”

"I was here first! Let me see!"

…

The cell phone belongs to the class representative.

He kept his eyes on the front and back doors of the classroom, fearing that Teacher Ding would suddenly rush in. Seeing that the phone had been circulated almost completely, he hurriedly took it back.

"You guys can't even eat hot melons. Last night, the school tree holes were all going crazy. I sent it to my friends in the group, but you ignored me."

A boy next to him didn't react and said, "It's not my phone, how can it beautify?"

"Give me money," the class representative raised an eyebrow as a matter of course, crossing his legs and swaying. "Money makes the world go round. The steamed buns can turn into fairies. Have you forgotten what a princess looks like?"

"What a cruel photo editor! They edited the paying users so hard they couldn't even recognize them. They didn't even give the champion a second look."

He Miao, who was standing next to him, closed his notebook and couldn't stand it any longer. "Is it necessary to say that? Su Xia had already lost a lot of weight before the winter vacation."

"Okay, okay, okay," the class representative raised his hands in surrender, "If I'm offended, I'll kowtow first, okay."

"I didn't say she was ugly, but there's a huge gap between being pretty and not ugly, and you girls don't understand that at all."

The boy in the aisle muddied the waters, "Let's wait until she arrives. What if the princess isn't photogenic and is prettier than Huang Weiwei in person?"

The class representative glared, "She, Huang Weiwei?"

"If Su Xia is prettier than Huang Weiwei, I'll stand on my head and drink Coke!"