The Dark Side of the Piano Boy (12)

In the golden palace, tens of thousands of high-class people gathered in one room, sitting upright, their eyes fixed on the direction where the lights were focused.

Right on the stage in the hall, a young man in a black suit sat in front of a black and white piano. He was playing a famous piece of music with his fingers that seemed to have magic power.

The white and slender fingers danced on the piano keys.

Pour out unparalleled music.

The oriental boy, who was only twenty years old, had fair skin, narrow and long eyes with slightly upturned corners, and lips as thin as cherry blossoms tightly pursed under his straight nose.

He had long, soft hair that reached his shoulders and was tied back.

The elegance and romance of an artist and the noble reserve of a noble prince are fully displayed in this young man.

When the song ended, the audience, who had been immersed in the piano performance, slowly came back to their senses.

In the magnificent hall, warm applause suddenly broke out and lasted for a long time. People looked at the boy with astonished and amazed eyes when he finished the performance.

The young man slowly raised his head, and looked at the audience with a pair of beautiful and elegant eyes, casually and calmly.

His gaze was unfathomable, deep and cold.

…

"So handsome, my idol!!"

"Lu Zhiran, a talented pianist, can perform in Vienna Hall at the age of 20. I heard that he will tour the world and perform on the stage in other major cities abroad..."

"It doesn't matter whether he plays the piano well or not, what matters is that I like his face and hands..."

"Hahaha, who wouldn't like it? This is a boy who walked out of a comic book."

“…”

In a fast food restaurant, two girls were holding tablets and watching a video broadcast of Lu Zhiran's piano performance.

After watching it, the two people chattered excitedly, and their discussions spread directly to several tables next door.

Jiang Ye was chewing on a burger when he suddenly heard a familiar name from the girl in front of him.

He paused in eating the burger, his eyelashes drooped slightly, and he was stunned for a moment.

In the past six years, Jiang Ye has watched every video of Lu Zhiran's performance, and he has watched many of the videos more than once. He has also heard that person's name from other people more than once.

But every time he heard the three words "Lu Zhiran", he couldn't help but be stunned for a second or two.

I couldn't help but think of the taciturn boy six years ago.

Jiang Ye finished his burger and drank the rest of his Coke. He stood up and left the fast food restaurant. On the way, Jiang Ye remembered what he had just heard and picked up his phone to check.

——Will Lu Zhiran go on a world tour next?

Netizens said yes, it has been confirmed.

[Lu Zhiran’s little fangirl]: The world tour will take at least half a year, and I can only watch my idol online for half a year.

Chasing Lu Zhiran is much harder than chasing a celebrity. Chasing a celebrity requires flying to other places, but to chase Lu Zhiran, you have to cross the country. It's all my fault that I'm poor.

When Jiang Ye saw this, he closed the webpage and felt a sigh in his heart. He couldn't tell whether he was happier or sadder.

Lu Zhiran is really promising. He is already able to tour the world at such a young age...

[Host, do you miss him? 】

"Isn't that nonsense?" Can't you think about your own man?

[Then why don't you go find him? Lu Zhiran is already 18 years old. Six years ago, you said that you would eat Lu Zhiran up when he became an adult...]

Could it be that the host has forgotten his former ambitions?

Little Daisy said that the days it had been living with the system for the past few years were so boring. It was really hard to get used to not having dog food every day.

Jiang Ye ignored the system.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to look for Lu Zhiran, it’s just that Lu Zhiran’s current momentum is too strong. The Lu Zhiran in the video is simply a model of a genius who has achieved success at a young age.

He had wanted to find Lu Zhiran before, but every time he searched online, Lu Zhiran had a schedule.

In the past, there were various competitions, but now there are performances around the world.

Lu Zhiran's life must be extremely busy, constantly moving forward and climbing up, so much so that Jiang Ye feels hesitant and afraid that he cannot break in.

"I will go find Lu Zhiran after his world tour is over."

Little Daisy: ...The host said the same thing a year ago. I will go to Lu Zhiran after he wins the world competition.

But later Lu Zhiran won the world competition and soon had to participate in another performance.

The host's idea of ​​going to look for Lu Zhiran was thus kept on hold.

Xiao Hongju suspected that Jiang Ye would only go to look for Lu Zhiran when Lu Zhiran was old and retired.

The system ultimately does not understand human thought, does not understand that there is a phrase called the passage of time, a phrase called things are different and people have changed, and does not understand why Jiang Ye has been reluctant to leave Lu Zhiran——

It's like being homesick.

We haven't seen each other for a long time, and I don't know how to meet again.

…

Half an hour later, Jiang Ye arrived in front of the apartment building.

He is currently running a cram school that specializes in teaching people to play the piano. His monthly income is pretty good, and he has saved about 700,000 to 800,000 yuan in the past six years.

Although he had saved the money, Jiang Ye was not in a hurry to buy a house. He had no intention of settling down for the time being.

So he just rented an apartment with all the amenities.

In front of the apartment, Jiang Ye casually took out the key from his pocket as usual.

Jiang Ye opened the door and walked in.

As soon as he walked in, Jiang Ye's steps suddenly froze.

There was a figure sitting on the sofa in the living room with his back to him. He was wearing a black dress and had a bunch of long hair tied up on the back of his head.

Just by looking at his back, Jiang Ye easily recognized who he was...

He had watched it countless times in videos on the Internet.

The next moment, the man sitting on the sofa suddenly stood up and turned around.

On his fair and translucent skin, a pair of narrow and delicate eyes were so beautiful that one could not take their eyes away. His pupils were dark and deep, with a cold light in their bottom.

It’s Lu Zhiran.

Just as Jiang Ye was stunned, the grown-up boy suddenly raised the corners of his lips and smiled at him.

"Long time no see, Teacher Jiang."

The boy has gone through the voice change period, and his voice is much more mature than before. It is dark and low, with an indescribable sexiness and seduction.

His voice is warm, his smile is also warm, a little more than that serious kid back then...

Hypocritical humanity.

The kindness and warmth displayed by Lu Zhiran is naked hypocrisy.

So much so that Lu Zhiran's appearance made Jiang Ye feel subconsciously that this seemed to be a kind of irony to him.

Jiang Ye quickly denied his own thoughts in his heart and comforted himself by saying that he was overthinking.

He had done nothing wrong and hadn't done anything to offend Lu Zhiran. It seemed that his only mistake was leaving without saying goodbye.

Such a simple incident, six years later, Lu Zhiran didn’t feel too upset about it… After all, Lu Zhiran was only fourteen years old at the time.

What's more, Lu Zhiran has lived a good life in recent years.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ye's discomfort disappeared. He came to his senses, raised his lips, and smiled at Lu Zhiran in a friendly manner.

"Long time no see, Mr. Lu."

Jiang Ye behaved normally.

There was nothing wrong with the tone, expression, and eyes.

Lu Zhiran, who was standing beside the sofa, looked at Jiang Ye, his eyes darkened, and a sharp chill suddenly flashed across his eyes.

Lu Zhiran smiled and raised his eyebrows, "Teacher, do you have anything else to say?"

Jiang Ye leaned against the door, thought for a moment, and asked,

"How did you get in without a key?"

Most importantly, shouldn’t Lu Zhiran be on a world tour…

If he hadn't pinched himself secretly to make sure it wasn't a dream, he wouldn't have believed that the person who had been performing in the Golden Hall a few days ago would suddenly appear in his home.

Looking at Jiang Ye who had been standing at the door and didn't dare to take a step towards him, Lu Zhiran's smile became brighter, but the brighter it was, the colder it became.

The dark and oppressive look in his eyes was like a bottomless black hole.

For some reason, an inexplicable fear slowly crept up from Jiang Ye's back.

At this moment, Lu Zhiran spoke elegantly and reservedly.

"I think this apartment has a good location and I want to buy it. The landlord allowed me to come in and take a look. He should have sent you a message. Didn't you see it?"

When Jiang Ye heard this, he immediately took out his cell phone.

When he took it out, he realized that the landlord had really sent him a message, but he was distracted by Lu Zhiran's matter on his way back, so he didn't see it.

"Oh, you want to buy this apartment..." Jiang Ye didn't know what to say, so he just said, "I didn't expect that this apartment is exactly what I'm renting now. What a coincidence."

Jiang Ye put the phone back in his pocket.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Lu Zhiran walking towards him out of the corner of his eye.

Soon, Lu Zhiran stopped in front of Jiang Ye.

The boy who was a head shorter than Jiang Ye back then is now a head taller than Jiang Ye. Jiang Ye needs to raise his head slightly to look at him.

Lu Zhiran lowered his eyelashes and looked at the man who was shorter than him. His smile was torn for a moment. He lowered his head.

"I just wanted to buy a house and put it there, but I didn't expect it to be rented by you, teacher."

"It's really a coincidence."

Jiang Ye heard a hint of gnashing of teeth in Lu Zhiran's tone.

But when Jiang Ye raised his head to look, Lu Zhiran's eyes and expression were clearly normal.

Despite this, Jiang Ye still felt extremely uncomfortable.

"My rent is due next month. If you want to buy a house, I'm afraid you'll have to wait until..."

Lu Zhiran interrupted Jiang Ye in a cold voice, "Teacher Jiang, you are really a loser. You lived in a rented house six years ago, and the house you live in six years later is still a rented house."

This time, Lu Zhiran did not hide the coldness and sarcasm in his tone.

Like a sharp knife.

Jiang Ye suddenly swallowed all the words that were not finished in his mouth.

"I thought that Mr. Jiang was such a kind and upright person that he should have made a name for himself in the past six years. I didn't expect that he only opened a cram school and lived in a rental house that was a little bigger than before."

Lu Zhiran raised his eyebrows in disdain and looked straight at Jiang Ye with naked contempt in his eyes.

Jiang Ye didn't know why Lu Zhiran was so angry with him.

He thought that he had not done anything wrong.

"...I make quite a bit of money from my cram school. I've saved about 700,000 or 800,000 in the past six years. I can buy a small house with that." Jiang Ye couldn't help but defend himself.

Lu Zhiran has already reached such a high level.

He didn't want to see himself as such a loser in Lu Zhiran's eyes.

Hearing this, Lu Zhiran smiled with an indecisive look.

He suddenly bent down and whispered in Jiang Ye's ear, "Teacher Jiang, will 700,000 or 800,000 be enough to satisfy you?"

"If that's the case... Mr. Jiang, how about I pay for your support? I can give you at least 1 million a month."