Luo Qiao saw Yueyue's thoughts and reached out to hold her hand: "Mom and sister believe in you, just do it like when you practice at home."

Yueyue felt relieved after listening to her mother's words.

Half an hour later, I heard Yueyue's name.

Yueyue walked to the center of the stage, introduced herself in standard American English, and then introduced herself in Chinese. Then she bowed and walked towards the piano.

Luo Qiao really didn't expect Yueyue to be so thoughtful, and her heart was filled with excitement.

When Yueyue finished her song, the audience burst into warm applause. Yueyue then bowed deeply and retreated to the backstage.

Luo Qiao's face was full of smiles, and the mother and her two daughters hugged each other. In Yueyue's song, every note was so accurate, smooth, clean and perfect.

The results were announced very quickly. Although Yanyan's results were not as good as Yueyue's, both children entered the finals, which was enough.

Yanyan looked at her sister and said, "Yueyue, how did you think of introducing yourself in two languages? I never thought of that."

Yueyue smiled and said, "The children in front of me only introduced themselves in American English, so it's normal that I didn't expect that. I was a little nervous when I got on stage, but then I remembered that my mom always said that we are Chinese and we should never forget that wherever we go. I don't know why I wanted to introduce myself in Chinese, because I thought that way I wouldn't be nervous anymore."

Yanyan laughed: "Sister is awesome."

Luo Qiao praised them, "You two sisters performed very well today. Mom is very pleased."

The three of them looked at each other and smiled.

The mother, daughter and her two daughters took the 4 o'clock train back to Boston as they did last time. Luo Qiao did not forget the time difference today, so she did not call Lu Yichen.

This was a tough time for Lu Yichen, who stayed by the phone until dawn. He wanted to call them, but he didn't know how they were doing over there and was afraid of disturbing them. In the end, he fell asleep on the sofa.

It was not until Luo Qiao and her friends returned to Boston and had a midnight snack that they called him.

In order not to make his wife and daughter feel guilty, Lu Yichen did not mention that he had been waiting for a call. When he heard that both of his daughters had made it to the finals, he stood up happily and clenched his empty hand into a fist, extremely excited.

Somewhat excitedly, he said, "My daughter is great. She really makes her father proud."

When Luo Qiao heard this, she was so excited that she even called out "Laozi".

Yanyan and Yueyue briefly spoke to their father, then hung up the phone and went to rest.

He watched his two daughters go to bed and accompanied them to sleep, then kissed each of them on the forehead, turned off the lights and left the room.

She went to her sons' beds and helped tuck in the corners of the quilts before returning to her own room.

As soon as I lay down, the phone rang: "Hello, Qiaobao."

Luo Qiao checked the time: "Where are you now?"

Luo Qiao asked: "It seems that you are more excited than the girls."

Lu Yichen listened to his wife's teasing and said, "Of course, my daughter is only a little girl. Even if she doesn't get a rank, she is in the finals. I will tell them about it later. They are so envious."

I didn’t hear Luo Qiao’s voice: “Qiaoqiao, why aren’t you talking?”

"What do you want me to say? Besides, I have to be able to get a word in."

After hearing what his wife said, Lu Yichen laughed out loud: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I got carried away at the moment."

Then he said with grievance: "It's a pity that I can't be with you and celebrate with you first, Qiaobao, wife, I miss you, miss you very much."

Luo Qiao knew that he was not lying. In fact, she missed him very much: "Brother Chen, we will be back in less than four months. By then, we will never be apart for so long again."

Lu Yichen was sentimental for once: "Okay, wife, I'm counting down every day now, looking forward to your early return."

Luo Qiao heard a knock on the door on the other end of the phone: "Brother Chen, is there something wrong over there? I heard a knock on the door."

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Lu Yichen said softly, "Qiaobao, you should take a rest. I have to work too. I love you, baby, and I will wait for you to come back as scheduled."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yichen got up and opened the door. He looked at the people outside. He was in a good mood today, but he didn't look cold. "What's the matter?"

Qiu Guangming was followed by several people who walked in: "You still have the door closed in the broad daylight. I thought you were doing something bad in the office?"

Everyone laughed.

Lu Yichen poured himself a glass of water: "If you want to drink water, pour it yourself."

After sitting at the desk, he said with a smile: "I'm in a good mood today, so I won't bother with you."

Qiu Guangming stood up and poured himself a glass of water: "Tell me, what's the good news?"

Thinking of the office door that had just been locked, he added, "It will probably take a few months for sister-in-law to come back. Could it be that sister-in-law praised you verbally, so you are in a good mood."

Lu Yichen didn't beat around the bush: "My Yanyan and Yueyue participated in the International Youth Piano Competition. Today is the semi-finals and they entered the finals."

Several people sitting there were clamoring for the director to treat them. Lu Yichen was in a good mood and said, "Okay, stop making trouble. I'll treat you at noon, but we'll only order food and not drink. We can't delay our work."

No one expected that the director actually agreed. After finishing his work, he stood up contentedly and prepared to leave.

(End of this chapter)