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After Xu Niannian returned from the hospital, Xu Que had already received the news and was waiting in the living room.
Seeing her hands so tightly wrapped up, I felt very sorry for her.
"How did it get pinched?"
Xu Niannian immediately teared up, feeling wronged, and weakly said that she had been accidentally injured by Jian Yu, asking Xu Que not to be angry with Jian Yu.
Upon hearing this, Xu Que thought he had caught someone red-handed and immediately went to find Old Madam Huo.
Xu Niannian grabbed his arm and stopped him, saying, "Jian Yu didn't do it on purpose, let it go."
Xu Que looked at Old Mrs. Huo walking towards them from a distance and said loudly, "You're just too honest."
Xu Niannian said, "Never mind."
Grandma Huo glanced at the two of them, then sat down on the sofa. "How's your hand?"
"I fractured my bone and I probably won't be able to play the piano for about three months." Xu Niannian lowered her head, looking somewhat sad.
Grandma Huo sighed, "Housekeeper, tell the kitchen to make more bone broth lately."
The housekeeper immediately went to the kitchen and started adding bone broth.
Xu Niannian looked touched and said, "Thank you, Grandma."
As he spoke, he deliberately shook his injured hand.
This was intended to remind Old Madam Huo to have Huo Tingzhen bring Jian Yu over to check on her injuries.
Little did anyone know, Old Mrs. Huo hadn't even considered this possibility.
Helpless, she could only plead with Xu Que for help with her eyes.
Xu Que brought it up tactfully.
Grandma Huo immediately looked displeased. "Niannian hurt herself, why did she have Tingzhen bring guests over? Anyone who didn't know better would think she was blaming the two of them."
Old Mrs. Huo had always looked down on Xu Que, not only because she had interfered in her son and daughter-in-law's marriage, but also because when she first came to power, she brought her son and niece to her, hoping to replace Huo Qizhen and Huo Tingzhen.
Xu Niannian is indeed clever and quick-witted, and knows how to please people, which she really likes.
But even the closest relationships have varying degrees of closeness.
Xu Niannian can never replace Huo Tingzhen's position.
Xu Niannian, “…”
Xu Que, “…”
Xu Niannian said, "I don't blame them. It was my fault for putting my hand on the keyboard. Jian Yu couldn't see it and didn't press my hand on purpose. Grandma, Aunt, please sit down first. I'll go back to my room to rest for a while."
As she stood up, tears welled up in her eyes, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Xu Que was truly heartbroken. Watching her run away looking so aggrieved, she couldn't help but look at Old Madam Huo and say, "Mom, although Jian Yu can't see, she did hurt Niannian's hand."
“I know you feel sorry for Niannian, but it was indeed Niannian who knocked over the piano lid.”
If you don't touch it, it'll be fine.
"When the piano lid fell, Jian Yu held down Niannian's hand, which is why she broke her bone."
"Alright, Jian Yu was frightened at the time too." Old Mrs. Huo waved her hand to indicate that she didn't want to listen. "You should also talk to Niannian. Why is she so clumsy? Jian Yu is blind. It's one thing if she's not careful, but why is she so careless?"
Xu Que shut his mouth in resignation.
To gain sympathy, one must first offer praise, but this attempt failed.
Xu Niannian sat angrily on the sofa at the foot of the bed. When she saw Xu Que come in, she said, "Auntie, this Jian Yu is too scheming. I still don't understand how she managed to trap my hand when she clearly couldn't see it."
Xu Que: "Why didn't you say it was her who did it back then? What's the use of saying it after you got back? The old lady doesn't believe it at all now."
Not to mention the old lady, Xu Que didn't quite believe it either. She was more inclined to believe that Xu Niannian hadn't reacted in time and had accidentally injured herself.
Xu Niannian was even angrier. "It's all Huo Tingzhen's fault. She clearly saw it, but she pretended not to see it and turned around and blamed me for hurting myself."
She intended to crush Jian Yu's hand bones with the piano lid, but unexpectedly, she broke her own finger instead.
Now we can only wait until the finals to take action.
Huo Tingzhen, holding a wine glass, pointed at his phone and said, "Did you hear that? Now you know how good Xu Niannian is at pretending!"
After seeing Old Mrs. Huo off, Huo Tingzhen contacted the people at the old house and asked them to secretly record a video of Xu Niannian after she returned and send it to her.
He claimed he wanted to show Jian Yu how manipulative this person was.
The big red envelope was indeed very generous; this person even recorded a video of Xu Niannian's room.
Holding his wine glass, Jian Yu felt a wave of regret wash over him. "I should have stood up then. I'm stronger when I stand up. Sitting in a wheelchair, I can't use my wrists properly."
Huo Tingzhen patted Jian Yu on the shoulder, "It's alright, this is fine too."
Then, he forwarded the video to Fok Kai-chun.
She also left a message: "[Brother, look how green tea Xu Niannian is, you'd better keep holding on.]"
After watching the video, Huo Qizhen's assistant started rubbing his arms, feeling that the surroundings had gotten colder.
For the next week, Jian Yu practiced non-stop.
On the day of the finals, Huo Tingzhen prepared a luxurious dress for Jian Yu and personally accompanied her to the venue.
Xu Niannian greeted her warmly when she saw her.
When she entered the venue, Xu Niannian discovered that she had been disqualified as a judge.
Why was my judging panel revoked?
The person in charge said, "We now have more professional judges, all of whom are highly virtuous and talented."
Xu Niannian's face darkened. "Are you saying I lack both moral character and talent?"
The person in charge, thinking of her relationship with the Huo Group, immediately shook his head. "No, it's because you're too young. This time, it's a request from above to replace everyone with senior figures."
Xu Niannian's expression softened a bit. Oh well, it's alright if the judges are replaced; she had already made two preparations.
Jian Yu's playing number was still the last one.
As the contestants took to the stage one by one, Xu Niannian, sitting in the audience, became increasingly excited.
After Jian Yu went on stage, Xu Niannian kept staring at her fingers, waiting for her voice to crack.
As the piece came to an end, she stood up in confusion. Why wasn't the piano playing out of tune?
Huo Tingzhen turned to look at her, but she didn't even notice.
Jian Yu thought it would be great if he could make it into the top ten, but unexpectedly, he got third place.
Upon hearing that Jian Yu came in third place, Xu Niannian was so angry she almost fainted. How could this be?
It seems like all her money was wasted?
The person who presented her with the award seemed to admire her greatly, patting her on the shoulder several times and saying many words of praise.
Professor Cao led her to greet many senior colleagues.
To match her dress today, Jian Yu did not use a wheelchair.
Even though I was wearing flat shoes, my legs still hurt after standing for a while.
Jian Yu didn't try to force herself. After speaking with Professor Cao, she was helped to a chair by George.
Footsteps echoed around her, sounding rather noisy. Jian Yu didn't want to stay any longer and prepared to go back.
Suddenly, George spoke up, "Is there something you need?"
Qi Qiang nodded. "I am Jian Yu's maternal grandfather. I would like to say a few words to Jian Yu."
The relationship between the grandfather and grandson has always been very distant.
Jian Yu remained silent.
Qi Qiang didn't care. "Come back! I'll give you lessons. As long as you study hard, you'll definitely achieve good results in international competitions."
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