Chapter 849: Taking the Light
Li Xiaoru, who is studying at the Juilliard School, finally realizes her childhood dream, but the reality is far more cruel than she imagined.
Since coming to the United States, Li Xiaoru's weight has dropped sharply. She was originally very slim, 170 cm tall and just over 100 kg. Now she has lost only 90 kg, like a paper man, the kind that could fall down with a gust of wind, which is a bit scary. Every time she video chats with Jiang Chengfeng, she turns on special effects to make herself fatter, the opposite of others. She is grateful for these high-tech technologies that help her hide her poor health from her family and boyfriend.
After Mr. Martin brought Li Xiaoru into Julia's territory, he stopped caring about anything. Every teacher in this school is very busy. Unless you are extremely talented and unparalleled in the world, you will only be beaten by the strong here.
Li Xiaoru is self-aware, she knows that she is benefiting from Liu Man, or more precisely, Yu Zhan. On her first day in New York, an assistant of Mr. Martin came to the airport to pick her up.
On the way to the school, the assistant chatted with her and said that every year, their piano department has many exchange students from all over the world coming to study, as well as other majors. These students are outstanding and talented in their respective countries' music academies, but Mr. Martin rarely asks about the exchange students. He is too busy, and such trivial matters are not worth his worry.
But there are exceptions. Li Xiaoru is one of them. There were several exchange students before her who also received special attention from Mr. Martin. It’s not that they are supernatural beings, but they have extraordinary backgrounds. Some are European royal aristocrats, some are children of tycoons, and some have ancestors who were senior politicians.
The assistant asked Li Xiaoru in a curious tone what her family did and whether they were second or third generation Chinese.
The simple-minded Li Xiaoru only then realized his hidden meaning. This world is divided into different classes no matter when and where. The assistant probably wanted to know her identity and take the opportunity to please her or treat her coldly.
She felt embarrassed and didn't know how to answer the assistant's questions.
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The assistant knew the etiquette and did not ask any further questions. However, after completing the admission procedures, Li Xiaoru never saw this person again. She thought that the assistant must have asked Mr. Martin about her background and found her to be ordinary, so he was too lazy to pay attention to her.
However, the teachers in the school are not snobs, because they are used to seeing celebrities, or they are celebrities themselves, and they don’t care about these things.
But Li Xiaoru's academic performance did not improve as a result.
Every exchange student at Juilliard is assigned to a teacher, which is a bit like the graduate teaching model. Li Xiaoru was assigned to a female professor of piano. She mainly learned piano sight-reading from her, and also had to take other third-year courses. The schedule was very full, so that exchange students could learn more in just one year. So Li Xiaoru couldn't even find time to work.
The professor was also a pianist. Li Xiaoru didn't know her name before, but she was quite famous in the U.S. According to the course schedule, Li Xiaoru had to report to her office at least twice a week to receive personal instruction from the professor.
The professor is even busier than Mr. Martin. He is so busy that he doesn’t even have time to take care of his own studies at his own school, let alone foreign exchange students?
She spends two-thirds of her time every month running around, attending various performances, or going to other celebrity events. Li Xiaoru has been in the United States for almost half a year, and the number of times she has met her can be counted on five fingers. And probably because she is used to seeing all kinds of super awesome pianists in her career as a music professor, no matter how well her students play the piano, she will not smile or praise them, and her personality is a bit cold. But if they play poorly, or make the slightest mistake, it will be a tragedy. She will definitely tell the students coldly to go back and practice well before coming to her place, so as not to waste each other's time.
Li Xiaoru encountered such situations twice when she was just starting out. She was frightened and humble and immediately started practicing again. The problem was that when she went back and finished her practice and saw the professor again, it was already a month later. The professor had completely forgotten about her and her affairs.
There was nothing wrong with the professor's teaching method. She didn't mean to make things difficult for Li Xiaoru. Other students came here the same way. She didn't favor anyone and even arranged two rare small performances for Li Xiaoru. However, the response was mediocre. It wasn't because Li Xiaoru wasn't good enough, but because there were so many masters here - waiting for the elevator, going to the toilet, looking up and down, you could meet world-famous musicians. Li Xiaoru had no fame and no background, so she was naturally unknown.
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