Forced to Date a Big Shot

52: Sister Xi

This would prove to be extremely advantageous when her husband tries to inherit the Xue family and fight for the inheritance!

When she thought of this, she took a glance at Ye Li.

Ye Li was akin to an invisible person in an event like today's. Madam Xia had not deigned to even glance at her since she stepped into the house, not to mention speak to her.

As she was thinking this, Xue Yao finished playing. She stood up and looked at Zhou Zhou.

Liu Yiqiu also asked, "Mr. Zhou, what do you think?"

Not much, he criticized silently. But this person is Sister Xi's sister, right?

On Sister Xi's account, he coughed and said, "Decent."

Xue Yao promptly lifted her chin at this.

Zhou Zhou was famous for being strict among pianists. To be able to attain a "decent" from him meant that she would definitely be accepted as his disciple!

Liu Yiqiu repressed her joy inside, then pointed at Xia Yiyi, saying, "This is the Xia family's little miss. Her talent at the piano is unparalleled. Ms. Xia had already obtained a Grade 10 at the age of ten. However, it is with huge regret that she became deaf and mute after becoming gravely ill at the age of ten."

So what if she had to admit that Xue Yao was inferior?

This was a deaf and mute person. Other than relatives, who else would be willing to waste the time and effort to teach her?

Madam Xia's face dimmed when she heard the last sentence. Still, she did not blame Liu Yiqiu as this was something that had to be made known beforehand.

Madam Xia spoke in sign language to Xia Yiyi and the girl instantly understood. She then played the music piece according to Xue Xi's instruction.

After listening, Zhou Zhou gave a two-word evaluation: "A pity."

There was only one Beethoven in this world!

Teaching a deaf and mute person was exceedingly difficult. The young lady was indeed very talented, but Zhou Zhou had no intention to do charity.

These two words sealed her fate of not being accepted.

Madam Xia and Xia Yiyi both revealed looks of disappointment.

Liu Yiqiu also heaved a huge sigh of relief. Now that her greatest threat was no more, she pointed at Sun Ruoruo and said, "This is Ms. Sun. We are relatives and she is rather good at piano."

Sun Ruoruo's playing was even more average.

If it were under usual circumstances, he would have already spat on it so much that the other party would be doubting their own existence. Alas, with Sister Xi around, he only shook his head and did not dare comment.

After the three of them were done, Liu Yiqiu then said, "This is Xue Xi. She has never learned the piano before."

She'd intended to dismiss Xue Xi with just this once sentence to speak more on behalf of Xue Yao. However, Ye Li quickly took a step forward and said, "Our Xixi is very talented in learning. She learns everything very quickly, so can you please give her a chance, Mr. Zhou?"

Liu Yiqiu sighed. "Elder Sister-in-law, I know that you are anxious, but Xixi is too far behind."

Just as Ye Li wanted to say something more to catch a sliver of a chance, Zhou Zhou's shocked voice reverberated. "Never learned the piano before?"

How can that be?!

Sister Xi's attainments at the piano have definitely surpassed mine.

At his huge reaction, Liu Yiqiu quickly added oil to the fire. "Yes, Mr. Zhou. Xixi actually grew up in an orphanage, and it is impossible for there to be piano teachers there. Also, this child is a little slow when it comes to emotions, so it will be a tall task for her to resonate with music. Sigh!"

Zhou Zhou was dumbstruck. "Orphanage? It is impossible for there to be piano teachers there..."

Liu Yiqiu found his tone to be a little queer.

Seeing the situation, Xue Yao spoke up in hypocrisy. "Mr. Zhou, I understand that it is an insult to you to let a person who has never touched the piano attend your assessment~"

She then turned to look at Xue Xi. "Sister, if you are really interested, shall I teach you instead?"

No matter what, being a kind person will never go wrong, right?

Just as she thought this, she saw the world-renowned pianist, Mr. Zhou Zhou, push aside everyone before him and rush to Xue Xi, shouting, "Sister Xi, you have really never learned the piano before?"

"..."

Everyone in the living room on the second floor was stupefied. They all turned to look at Zhou Zhou and Xue Xi in disbelief.

Did they hear wrongly?

What did Zhou Zhou call Xue Xi?

Details? West Street? It can't possibly be... Sister Xi, right? [1]

[1] This is a play on the intonation of Chinese characters. In Chinese, the phonetic notations are:

'Sister Xi' = 'xī jiě';

'Details' = 'xì jié'; and

'West Street' = 'xī jiē'.