Book 1: Maam You Have Been Uncovered

Chapter 98

 Qiao Sheng looked at Qin Yu with a slight smile, but his gaze was icy. After that, he followed Qin Ran and left the small hall.

After the two of them left, the small hall was quiet again.

 Xu Yaoguang’s expression did not change much. He continued to look at Qin Yu indifferently. “They’re gone. You can continue.”

 Just after Qin Yu picked up her violin, Xu Yaoguang’s voice rang again. “Does your sister know how to play the violin?”

 It was a question, but he said it with an affirmative tone.

 “She learned it before when she was younger, but she wasn’t serious. After a few years, she quit and even hit her teacher’s child’s head,” Qin Yu said.

 Xu Yaoguang nodded and did not say anything else.

 His eyes were somewhat empty. Later, Qin Yu noticed that he was not listening as seriously as before.

 **

 Outside, Qin Ran already saw Lin Siran. She was behind the ones performing in the Ninth Class.

 “What are you thinking about? The big troops are all gone.” Qin Ran cleared her throat and softly whispered.

 “I seem to recognize someone familiar.” Lin Siran frowned. “I’m not very sure.”

 Lin Siran returned to her senses and took out a small glass bottle that was the size of her thumb. There was a small plant inside. She handed it to Qin Ran. “Take this.”

 “What?” Qiao Sheng turned over to look at them.

 Lin Siran smiled breezily. “It’s a blade of grass. Nothing much.”

 After hearing Lin Siran’s explanation, Qin Ran looked at her expressionlessly.

 Qiao Sheng did not care much about Qin Ran’s expression. He only looked at it seriously, realized that it was really a blade of grass, and did not say anything more.

 Girls were really lame.

 **

 At night, after Qin Yu was done practicing, she went home with a lot of thoughts in her mind.

 Ning Qing was on a call with someone at home and she looked very happy.

 Qin Yu sat on the sofa and did not practice her piano. While she waited for Ning Qing to be done with her phone call, she fixed her hair and casually said, “Mom, where did you find that piece of paper last time?”

Ning Qing hung up the phone and was startled. “What piece of paper?”

 Qin Yu pursed her lips. “It’s… the piece of paper that dropped out when you were packing grandma’s stuff.”

 Ning Qing thought about it for a long time and only had a vague impression of it. “Paper? It must be something that belongs to your grandma, right? I’m not sure. You can come with me to visit your grandma tomorrow and ask her.”

 Chen Shulan?

 Qin Yu’s impression of Chen Shulan was of an old person that dressed plainly. She did not know Chen Shulan very well.

 However, the musicality and skill of this piece were very profound. Qin Yu guessed that it probably had little to do with Chen Shulan. She just did not know where she got it from.

 She nodded slightly. “I will visit grandma with you tomorrow.”

 Qin Yu realized that Xu Yaoguang was more interested in her adapted piece than her other pieces, but she only had one page of the music score.

 However, Qin Yu did not associate the score with Chen Shulan. She only decided to try her luck.

 **

 The next day, Qin Yu went to see Chen Shulan with Ning Qing.

 “Mom, Yu’er is here to see you.” Ning Qing shook Chen Shulan awake from her bed.

 Chen Shulan was very sick and her mental state was not good. Even her voice was weak.

 Qin Yu sat on a chair by her bed instead of sitting on the bed. She greeted Chen Shulan with a few words of concern. In the end, just before they left, she covered Chen Shulan with a blanket and said, “Oh yes, grandma, the last time when my mom helped you organize your luggage, I saw a piece of paper with many symbols on it.”

 Qin Yu was afraid that Chen Shulan did not understand musical notations and phrased it differently.

 “Do you have more of it?”

 When Chen Shulan spoke, she always seemed to be in a frail state and did not say much to Qin Yu. However, when she heard this sentence, she looked refreshed and her eyes lit up as she stared at her.