Chapter 137 No Nails
Boss Li couldn't help but stop his work and admire it carefully. He has received many students who came to his shop to buy guqin, and Liu Man is the best one he has ever seen. Of course, it's not just a matter of skills. She seems to have completely mastered the essence of guqin - artistic conception. She can easily separate the audience from the real environment and enter the world she created.
She is definitely a master!
Some pedestrians passing by the store outside also heard this completely different version of "Butterfly Lovers" and stopped involuntarily and listened quietly.
The piano music suddenly stopped when the piece was at its most exciting and exciting moment.
Liu Lan looked down at her fingers, which had been left with red marks from the strings and were stinging with pain.
"You don't have long nails, so you should wear artificial nails to protect your fingers, but you didn't listen to me," Wen Fangfei said worriedly, "It's so red, luckily it didn't break."
Li Xiaoru was also distressed, "You insisted on playing half of it. You should have stopped when your fingers started to feel uncomfortable."
Liu Man smiled and said, "So I won't play it now, to avoid hurting my fingers and affecting our performance."
Boss Li said, "It's really awkward for someone who studies piano and also plays guqin. You can't have nails on the piano, but you must have your own nails on the guqin. They are contradictory and really can't work. Next time, you should listen to Fangfei's advice and wear artificial nails before playing the piano, even if you can wear those nail polish that you little girls like. Although it affects the sound quality, at least it protects your hands. Anyway, you are a piano major, and playing guqin is just for your own entertainment, there's nothing wrong with that."
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Li Xiaoru covered her mouth and laughed, "Manicure is too ridiculous."
Liu Lan and Wen Fangfei also laughed. She pinched her fingers and the pain eased a little and was no longer so painful.
"Manman, you never told me before that you can play the guqin," Li Xiaoru asked her curiously.
"You've never asked me before."
Liu Lan knew very well that she should let people around her accept her changes step by step, but it is impossible to play a musical instrument well in one go.
"Okay," Li Xiaoru accepted this explanation. It was her fault. Who told her not to ask questions like Wang Nina? "But you played the piano so beautifully."
"Then tell me, who is more powerful, me or Manman?" Wen Fangfei asked the question she had set earlier.
Li Xiaoru was confused.
Everything she wants to say sounds nice.
Unexpectedly, Wen Fangfei saw through her intention and said, "No more fooling around. We must decide the winner."
"Okay, okay," Li Xiaoru said helplessly to Wen Fangfei, "You are still better."
"Why?"
Li Xiaoru didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said to Wen Fangfei, "I didn't realize you were such a serious person before."
She thought for a moment and continued, "There are two reasons. First, Manman didn't play the entire song "Butterfly Lovers" and can't be compared with you on an equal footing. Second, just listening to the first part, it was a bit unfamiliar at first. I thought it was because Manman hadn't played the guqin for a while, but other than that, I always felt that something was missing. I can't put it into words, it's just a feeling."
After all, Li Xiaoru is an excellent student majoring in music, and she has a very sharp ear.
The reason why she felt something was missing was because Liu Lan did not try her best to play the piece, she reserved her true strength. Firstly, this was just a test of the piano and the sound, all for fun, she did not need to compete with Wen Fangfei; secondly, she did not grow her nails, and playing the guqin with the hands that played the piano was indeed painful and uncomfortable.
"Then my victory was unfair," Wen Fangfei said to Liu Lan with a smile, "Next time there's a chance, grow your nails well and compete with me again."
She liked Liu Lan more and more. After all, it was difficult to meet a friend with similar personality and interests in this world.
The three girls stayed in Boss Li's shop until noon before returning to the practice room to continue rehearsing.
After the rehearsal, Wen Fangfei took the guzheng back to her dormitory for safety reasons.
As the new week began, Liu Lan could clearly feel the tense atmosphere among her classmates. The topics everyone was talking about were:
"How are your preparations for the ensemble concert going?"
"We have a lot of classes today, do you still want to practice?"
"Are you sure you can get into the top ten?"
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