Chapter 655 Embarrassment
When Xiang Zhimu arrived at the magnificent, noble and elegant banquet hall, she felt as if she had arrived in another world. She walked in the noble and grand banquet hall, listening to the comfortable music, and felt as if she had suddenly come alive.
This is the world she truly longs for.
But when she saw Li Jing appear in front of her with a bad look on his face, she suddenly came to her senses.
This is not her world.
Li Jing is her reality.
"Zhi Mu, if you really want to go, just try it once. I shouldn't deprive you of your dream."
When her face was stiff and she was hesitating whether to persist or give up, Li Jing suddenly smiled at her with support in his eyes.
Xiang Zhimu was stunned for a moment, then looked at him with emotion, then took his outstretched hand and walked into the competition hall with him, his smile much happier.
When Xiang Zhimu thought about this marriage many years later, what she remembered most was this day, the scene where Li Jing supported her in everything and helped her get closer to her dream.
She thought, if Li Jing could hold on, Leng Jun wouldn't have happened later.
The emergence of love requires conditions. At this moment, Li Jing had more conditions, but they were slowly worn away by the chaos in his life later on.
What Leng Jun gave her was a love that was even greater and more intense than anything she had ever dared to ask for in her life. He would sink into despair with her and never be able to escape death with her.
Li Jing wants a wife who cares about the family and is sensible, while Leng Jun wants Xiang Zhimu who shines and lives out his true self.
"Zhi Mu, come on, no matter success or failure, I'm here."
After watching several performances by other contestants, although Li Jing didn't know piano, he could see the proficiency and professionalism of these people. He was a little nervous when Xiang Zhimu was about to go on stage, but he still looked at her encouragingly and told her to cheer up.
Xiang Zhimu also clenched her fist and smiled back at him, then walked towards the stage with her skirt slightly lifted.
"This is Xiang Zhimu. I've heard her play. She's very good, almost as good as A Yuan back then."
Leng Zinian, who was sitting on the judges' panel, whispered to a man next to Xiang Zhimu after he came on stage.
Jian Shangchen looked at Xiang Zhimu and teased Leng Zinian, "Could it be that she is your boy's girlfriend, asking your uncle Jian for a favor? Isn't the little princess from Country Y angry?"
Leng Zinian said with an embarrassed look on his face, "Uncle Jian, please stop joking with me. I just want to find you a good student. Haven't you always regretted not being able to teach my sister Ayuan to play the piano well?"
Thinking of the noble and elegant little princess, Jian Shangchen felt regretful. "Yes, Ayuan is very talented. When Huai Jin found me, I was very happy to have such a student. It's a pity that God is jealous of talented people. If that child were still alive, your parents would have been busy organizing a solo concert for her. Then, as a teacher, I would also be happy to share in the honor."
Leng Yuan's life experience is too complicated, involving the Leng family's unspeakable Leng Huaichen, so now people outside still think that Leng Yuan is the child left by Leng Huaijin and He Chu.
To this day, when people mention this child whose whereabouts are unknown, many people still speculate about the marriage between the Leng and Lu families.
In order to protect Leng Yuan, Leng Huaijin and Shen Weiyang never responded directly or clarified anything.
"But her name is Xiang Zhimu, not Leng Yuan. Even if Wanwan resembles you, it's impossible for Brother Zi Nian to disregard human relations and like his own sister."
Xiao Yimo, who was sitting next to Leng Zinian and waiting to be the last to go on stage, smiled proudly after hearing their conversation.
The person talking about Leng Zinian is implying Leng Jun.
Even if Xiang Zhimu won Leng Jun's favor because he resembled Leng Yuan, Leng Jun would not develop romantic feelings for a stranger just because of his sister.
Jian Shangchen didn't understand, but Leng Zinian did.
But he just smiled and said that the competition was about to start to ease the atmosphere, and waited attentively for Xiang Zhimu to start playing.
Xiang Zhimu also sat quietly on the piano stool, preparing to start his performance under the spotlight.
However, when she pressed the first key and had not yet started playing, a noisy woman's voice came from the audience.
"Xiang Zhimu, get off here!"
The piano music stopped, and Xiang Zhimu saw the woman in the audience with her hands on her hips, staring at her arrogantly. Her head buzzed, and then she felt a black screen in front of her eyes.
Why is she here?
Before she could think clearly, Zhang Fanghua rushed onto the stage, pulled Xiang Zhimu away from the piano bench, and then politely apologized to the judges below the stage: "I'm sorry, we went to the wrong place. My daughter-in-law can't play the piano at all."
The security came up and "invited" them to leave, and the host began to control the situation and called the next contestant to come on stage.
Xiao Yimo frowned at the word "daughter-in-law", while Jian Shangchen looked at Leng Zinian, who had a bad expression, and asked, "What's going on?"
Leng Zinian apologized and went to the security department to deal with the matter with the organizer's manager.
Xiang Zhimu came back to his senses from the shock and embarrassment, and was about to face the manager with an ugly face and Zhang Fanghua with a fierce look.
It is even more difficult to deal with myself.
She even thought it would be great if she could be a little more vulnerable and faint directly at this moment.
This way it wouldn't be as embarrassing as it is now.
"Xiang Zhimu, are you okay? I'm talking to you."
The manager stared at her unkindly.
"Do you know how important today's piano competition is? This isn't the place for you to deal with your household chores. Why are you trying to disrupt the order of our competition when you haven't even sorted out your family affairs? Do you know how much trouble this will bring us?"
The manager glared at her from a condescending angle, a look of disdain that was totally inconsistent with her noble and refined appearance, making her look a little mean.
But Xiang Zhimu could understand.
After all, it was their family that made the mistake first.
"Sorry, I'm leaving now."
With red eyes, she suppressed her grievances and apologized to the manager, then looked at Zhang Fanghua and said.
"Auntie, I won't participate. Let's go back first and don't cause trouble for others."
But Zhang Fanghua glared at her relentlessly, "Leave? Who are you asking to leave? Xiang Zhimu, have you forgotten that you paid a hundred thousand yuan registration fee to come here to compete? Now you say you want to leave, don't you want to take the hundred thousand yuan back?"
No one in the entire venue waited for the next contestant to perform, but instead looked at the situation on their side, pointing and laughing at her joke.
Xiang Zhimu felt like she was on edge, her head was buzzing, and she just wanted to escape from this embarrassing place as soon as possible.
She looked at Li Jing who was standing not far away, hoping that he could help her take Zhang Fanghua away.
But Li Jing didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he was just in a daze and avoided her gaze.
Xiang Zhimu felt very disappointed.
"What's with that look on your face? Did you just throw a hundred thousand dollars down the drain? Why are you pretending to be a rich lady? Xiang Zhimu, I'm talking to you. Hurry up and give me back the hundred thousand dollars."
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