Yang Zifeng was as efficient as he has always been and wrapped up the electronic piano, delivered it to Yan Shuyu's house, and installed it for her. Thus, little kiddo Zhang Yuanbao started his busy life of practicing the piano day and night.
When Yan Shuyu was teaching her son to play the piano before, she was mostly doing that for fun and had zero pressure. Now that her son was seriously learning to play the piano from her, the pressure had inevitably increased. She had to juggle between both her work and teaching her instant son at the same time, and she had never been this busy before.
But that was Yan Shuyu's own choice so she didn't have too many complaints. This wasn't because of her motherly nature, but that whenever she saw the little kiddo sitting there with his back straight and practicing attentively, she'd remember Manager Yang's words that when he has on tuxedo and a bow tie, he would just turn into the piano prince and attract all the girls once he was grown up.
In the novel, this little kiddo was the worst of all villains who just wanted to fight over everything with the male lead as though he was spellbound. He wanted to learn whatever the male lead was learning. It might appear that he was a manipulative, but the truth was, he had no sense of self.
And yet, merely a month after her transmigration, the junior villain has already decided to learn from her and become a constructive member of the society. This showed that she exuded positive energy and was even able to make the conniving villain decided to switch sides. She was so incredibly proud of herself!
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The villain that was destined to be hated by most would grow up to be the piano prince that would attract tens of thousands of girls. Yan Shuyu was filled with anticipation – as the beautiful mother of the piano prince, surely she'd also be the interest of many of his fans as well.
The thought of the bright and promising future made Yan Shuyu forget about all the hard work that she has to put in. It was also mainly because she figured that this wouldn't go on for very long. Soon, Instructor Lin would take him away, and she'd be freed and wouldn't even need to worry about what to do with her instant son on the weekends.
And just like that, Yan Shuyu stayed busy as she looked forward to the day when Instructor Lin would show up at Sunshine House. She was, however, disappointed, when this instructor hasn't shown up for over a week. Manager Yang comforted her and said, "Instructor Lin has been busy. She even pushed back my niece's class this week. Just relax."
"I know. Good things are worth the wait." Yan Shuyu came to terms with it right away.
She wasn't too worried that Instructor Lin wouldn't follow through with her promise. Her son had been destined to become the villain. Before the story arc really started, he almost forced the male lead into a situation that even with his male lead halo he couldn't get out. If he didn't die at such a young age, he would for sure become a big BOSS. He was talented and attracted the eyes of many. And now that he has already gotten Instructor Lin's attention, it was simply impossible for them to walk away from such a talented young genius.
All in all, Yan Shuyu was extremely confident about her instant son. She only felt bad for her poor self that had to juggle multiple roles.
For the time being, the ball was in their court. She has no choice but to wait around for now. =.=
As opposed to Instructor Lin who has yet to show up, Zhou Qinhe, who hadn't showed up in front of her for over a week, had been appearing more in her life. This big boss, who had a million things to worry about at work everyday, had not only asked to add her on Wechat, but had been messaging her on and off.
The first time Yan Shuyu received a message from the boss she was stunned, but the next few times she had gotten used to it. Her initial shock had been replaced by confusion.
Normally speaking, when a CEO with a sky high status suddenly decided to try some peasant-like entertainment and went to a movie and dinner with a pretty girl, then asked her for her WeChat contact and has been messaging her time and again, then for sure he was interested in her and wanted to court her. After all, Yan Shuyu had competed at her college's beauty pageant in her previous life. Even though she didn't win in the competition, she still had a lot of suitors. Plus, she loved all sorts of trashy romance novels, she had seen these developments way too many times.
But Zhou Qinhe wasn't just any CEO. As the father of the male lead, he should have been a positive character. He was, after all, on the male lead's side. But the connivance of this boss man no doubt put many other villains to shame. Never mind that he straddles the line between good and evil, the biggest issue here was that he has the story arc of sending his wife to jail. In order to train the male lead, he could toss away the instant son that he had for 20 years and straight up sent the woman who had been sleeping next to him for 20 years to jail.
And she had been such an attractive wife too. She understood what a man wants and had done a great job acting out the role of a good stepmom.
If Zhou Qinhe could do all those things, Yan Shuyu must say that instead of him being interested in her, it'd make more sense to say he was more interested in her instant son.
This was her being self-deprecating. Yan Shuyu was very confident in herself. The problem being that the series of actions from the boss man just didn't seem very much like he was trying to court her.
Naturally, she wouldn't expect someone standing on the top of the pyramid such as Zhou Qinhe would turn into a puppy who followed her around, but there were still things that one should do when they were courting a girl – like talking to her on a regular basis, send her flowers from time to time, or ask her out to dinner, etc.
Yet what have the boss done so far?
He has sent her a total of 3 messages in the last 10 days. The first one said he had a good time. She replied with "good night" and that was it.
At first, Yan Shuyu was a little worried and wondered if her not-so-gentle message might have annoyed the boss. But after 2-3 days had passed and there was still nothing from the boss and he hasn't shown up in the shop, Yan Shuyu started to feel better and forgot about the entire incident.
But, right when she felt relieved, she received a second message from the boss out of the blue. The content was confusing as well. It asked if she has been busy with work lately. To which Yan Shuyu replied with a standard "Quite. Thanks for asking." And then that was that.
His third message was even simpler. He didn't even bother with any pleasantries, but merely sent a picture of the little male lead attentively practicing his piano with his back straight.
Needless to say, this was the boss man bragging about his son to her and achieving the intended result. After all, it was not possible for Yan Shuyu to tell how good the male lead was with the piano from the picture, but she could tell in one glance that the piano he was playing on was a Steinway, the legendary Rolls Royce of pianos. Even the base model could easily cost in the millions. She has never seen the male lead's one in the market either, so it might have been a custom made one. It could truly cost as much as a Rolls Royce.
Even though both little boys were starting to practice piano, the male lead's first piano was a Steinway and her son was using a second hand electric one that he received as a gift. As upbeat as Yan Shuyu was, she still felt a little envious. She tried to comfort herself by thinking; so what? My son is about to become a piano prince and climb his way to the top. It was not necessary to be envious or jealous of the male lead.
But, for the sake of being nice to the boss man, Yan Shuyu still responded to his message with three thumbs up.
Then, the boss dropped off the surface of the earth again.
She was being so nice, and he didn't even bother sending her a thank you back.
Now, Yan Shuyu was completely baffled. What exactly was the boss's intention?
Some men might just be too innocent to know how to properly court a girl and everything ended up backfiring on them, but from Yan Shuyu's cool observation of Zhou Qinhe, he certainly wasn't someone who didn't understand what romance was. Oh, he knew that quite well. When he went on a date with Miss WRP, he knew to take her to this somewhat well-known internet sensation shop. He even knew to ask for specific songs to create the atmosphere to appeal to the woman. See how good he was with this?
And yet, his actions were so inexplicable when it came to her. That could only be one possible explanation – that he wasn't interested in her at all. Whether it was going to the movies with her or adding her to Wechat, he was just messing around with her to kill time.
First, he used her as a tool to keep his son company, then she had further slipped to the status of being his toy. Thinking about it that way hurt her ego. The original owner was at least the proper Mrs. Zhou, so how come when it came to her, she wasn't even treated like a human being?
As disturbing as that thought might be, she also felt a sense of relief;oOkay, so the boss wasn't interested with her. That's good, right? Now, she wouldn't have to worry about the boss making her the stepmom of the male lead, right?
With that thought, Yan Shuyu gathered herself and made it through another week before Manager Yang delivered the news to her, "Instructor Lin was out of town meeting some clients with her partner the last few days. She came to give my niece her lesson yesterday and left a message for you with my aunt. She'd be here to talk to you over the weekend."
"Really?" Yan Shuyu was so happy she could start crying.
"You really wanted them to take your son off your hands, huh?" Teased Yang Zifeng. He then reminded her again, "Your qualification examination should be close too, right? Remember to ask her whatever questions you have when you meet up with her over the weekend."
Yan Shuyu had already gathered all the information that she needed when she registered for the examination. Plus, she has this inexplicable self-confidence and felt that with her current level, she would no doubt pass the examination with flying colors, so she didn't think much of Manager Yang's reminder. She just nodded and said, "Okay, I will."
Yang Zifeng could tell right away that she had totally missed his point. Now, he'd have to break it down for her, "Isn't your purpose of earning the certification to switch to a better job? Instructor Lin is about to start her own music studio. You might want to talk to her about a job opportunity while you discuss about Yuanbao. You just might be able to start working there as soon as you earned your certificate. Wouldn't that be nice?"
"Oh, yeah!" Now Yan Shuyu got it. Then, she gave Manager Yang a very dubious look and said, "But you are the boss here. Is it okay that you are giving your own employee ideas to switch jobs?"
Yang Zifeng: "......"
Somehow, he felt that the intelligence was questioned by the FWS.
Quickly, he switched gears and said in a sincere tone, "I have a pretty good idea. I know we won't be able to keep you here forever. So when a better opportunity comes up, I'd like you to pursue that as well. Plus, even after you go over the Instructor Lin's, you can still come over for some side gigs. I don't think you would object to some extra income?"
Yang Zifeng knew Yan Shuyu only too well. As soon as she heard "extra income", her eyes lit up, and she nodded without any hesitation. Yang Zifeng laughed when he saw that and said, "Then I have nothing to worry about."
It was inevitable for her to switch to a different job, but Yan Shuyu also understood that Manager Yang has been very nice to her. She stood on her tiptoes, patted him on his shoulder, and said, "Okay, bro."
Yang Zifeng subconsciously glanced down at her curvature under the neck and asked in bafflment, "Bro?"
"Or we can be sis instead. I am okay with that."
"....." Quickly Yang Zifeng switched back, "Okay, bro it is."
While Yan Shuyu was laughing happily with her bro, she would not in a million years imagine that Manager Yang was not the only one who'd suggest her to switch jobs. For some reason, even the big boss had concerned himself with the tedious details of her career as well.