Yun Rujin, her eyes brimming with pride, praised, "Xinxin, you played so beautifully just now."

"Yes, not bad." Gu Yunbai patted her shoulder with a smile.

"Ah, um." Gu Yanxin's face was pale, and she seemed absent-minded.

On stage, Shi Miao's fair, jade-like hands danced across the black and white keys, the music surging forth like a tidal wave, filling every corner of the hall. Each note struck by her fingertips seemed to ripple across a calm lake, resonating deep within the listeners' hearts. Under the impact of the rhythm, a dreamlike atmosphere enveloped the entire hall in silence.

........

[Clap clap clap] William excitedly stood up and clapped, "Great, great, wonderful!"

Everyone finally came to their senses.

"These two pieces are almost identical in style."

"Yeah, compared to what was flicked earlier, it's just a pile of shit."

Gu Yanxin felt her scalp tingle from listening to the sounds around her.

William stepped forward and asked coldly, "So how did the piece Shi Miao wrote become yours?"

Gu Yanxin was panicking, but she coldly denied it: "I said, I don't know what you're talking about. I've never heard that piece of music before."

"Xinxin, did Shi Miao plagiarize your song? Don't be afraid, tell me, and Mom will stand up for you." Yun Rujin looked at Gu Yanxin's pale face and suddenly felt a strong sense of unease.

Gu Yunbai frowned, his face stern: "Master William, please produce your evidence."

"Tsk, you really won't shed a tear until you see the coffin." Shi Miao took out his phone, found one of the audio files, and pressed play. The melodious piano music floated in the banquet, almost exactly the same as the one Gu Yanxin had just played.

"So how come your music is on my phone?" Shi Miao curled the corners of his mouth, arrogant and nonchalant.

Gu Yanxin's eyes flickered, her white fingertips dug into her palm, and she still stubbornly argued, "I don't know either, did you secretly record me while I was practicing?"

Shi Miao raised her beautiful eyebrows and played several other audio clips, each with a distinct style, clearly written by the same person.

"Shi Miao!" Gu Yanxin looked at her as if she wanted to devour her. Her mind was a mess, and she desperately tried to explain, "I really haven't heard of any of these. I wrote this arrangement myself."

Gu Yunbai's face turned ashen. He raised his hand and slapped Gu Yanxin hard across the face. "Enough! Shut up! Aren't you embarrassed enough already?"

"Yunbai! How could you hit Xinxin?" Yun Rujin hugged Gu Yanxin tightly, her heart aching.

"Hmph, I thought you were something special, but you're just a sucker for bargains." Lu Wenyuan said sarcastically, arms crossed.

Gu Yanxin's face turned deathly pale, her lips trembled uncontrollably, and seeing the contemptuous gazes around her, she rolled her eyes and collapsed.

"Xinxin!" Yun Rujin was so frightened that she quickly squatted down and helped Gu Yanxin up after she fainted.

She raised her head, her eyes wide, and pointed a trembling finger at Shi Miao, angrily saying, "Shi Miao, she's your sister, can't you give in to her? Are you satisfied now?"

Lu Wenyuan, who was watching the scene unfold, was shocked by her values ​​and pouted, "Aunt Yun, isn't Shi Miao your daughter too? You're being too biased."

"Wen Yuan!" Lu Yuan said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry, Mr. Gu, my daughter is still young and doesn't understand things."

Gu Yunbai had no time to think about such things; his temples were throbbing, and his face felt burning hot.

"How many times do I have to say it? I don't have a younger sister." Shi Miao raised her fair chin slightly, her eyes revealing no emotion.

"What do you mean? Gu Yanxin isn't your biological daughter?"

"It seems these two sisters don't get along."

"The Gu family is strange; they treat their own daughter like this."

......

Gu Yanxin, who was pretending to be unconscious, was so angry that she felt like she was going to grind her teeth to dust when she heard these people questioning her identity.

She knew that her path in piano was completely over today, and even her identity as the Gu family's heiress was starting to be questioned.

Shi Miao, Shi Miao, why are you everywhere! Why do you always go against her!

Even with his thick skin, Gu Yunbai had no face to stay any longer. "Hurry up and leave."

After the three left dejectedly, William turned around, walked onto the stage, picked up the microphone, winked at Shi Miao, and said, "Sorry for taking up so much of your time. Also, I have something else to announce: I'm going to take Shi Miao as my apprentice."

Shi Miao: "......"

Haha, thank you.