Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1267, Section 487: The Dust Settles Down
A new piano is fine.
At this point, there was nothing that Ang Lee could not accept.

Although this piano should be considered an old item in terms of its age.

Back home, Ang Lee carefully put away the gifted book and piano key, then called Lao Lu.

Perhaps for the Tang family, this piano is just a collectible, but for him, it is a piano.

A piano is meant to be played.

However, even the best piano cannot be used properly if it is not tuned, let alone this No. 17 piano, which had just experienced a bumpy journey from Beijing to Chengdu.

After making an appointment with Lao Lu over the phone to come to his house at 1:30 pm the next day to tune the piano, Li An returned to the living room and chatted with Boss X again.

Boss X's words made him fully understand the whole story.

It turns out that the piano had already been transported to Chengdu when he and his car set off for Yanjing.

Mr. Tang made this decision after Ang Lee's previous departure from Yanjing.

In other words, even before Tang Xiaoxing returned from Germany, Grandpa Tang had already planned to give him this piano.

Its intention is obvious.

Although Boss X said it was a housewarming gift from Grandpa Tang.

But even Wang Xiaohu would probably have to think about these words.

In Ang Lee's view, Mr. Tang was simply using a polite way of putting it.

Behind this respectable statement lies the expectation of achieving a respectable outcome.

Whether Mr. Tang's expectations can be respected depends on next year's Chopin Competition.

As a variable factor, Ang Lee is indeed, as Mr. X just said upstairs—it's your turn to work hard now.

Ang Lee did not take this as a form of conversational humor at the time.

This is true.

It is only natural to be loyal to someone who pays you money.

Now we'll see how he gets Tang Xiaoxing onto the stage of the Chopin Competition.

Judging from Tang Xiaoxing's condition over the past two days, he has already seen a good start.

Thinking of this, Li An's mind gradually calmed down.

"Brother Yan, do you think I should call Uncle Tang now, or call him later?"

"Either is fine, it's up to you."

Does Xiaoxing know about this?

"I don't know, she's never seen this piano before."

Ang Lee nodded, "Then let's play again tonight."
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At 5:15, Tang Xiaoxing finished her practice.

Li An drove the three of them to the gate of Shipo Middle School.

Looking out the car window at the lush green campus, Tang Xiaoxing was already looking forward to tomorrow.

Starting tomorrow, she will officially become a member of Shek Po Middle School.

As soon as the school bell rang, the car appeared at the school gate.

The two little girls started chattering again as soon as they met.

The four teachers and students set off for their next stop.
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Boyuan Chinese Cuisine.

In order not to waste the two children's time, Lao Che started serving the dishes after receiving Li An's call.

When the four teachers and students arrived at the shop, the table was already laden with a sumptuous meal.

To borrow the old car's words, this is home, so please be very polite.

Anyway, Ang Lee didn't hold back. He had worked hard all afternoon and was looking forward to this dinner.

Seeing this, Boss X didn't hold back either; he was even hungrier than Ang Lee!

To borrow Mr. X's words, he had never eaten such authentic Sichuan cuisine.

Tang Xiaoxing, who used to only be able to eat half a bowl of rice, ate a whole bowl in one go.

Having not been home for a long time, Xiao Che naturally missed home-cooked meals.

She ate a bowl of rice while keeping the teacher and Xiaoxing company.

"The skewers are here!"

Just then, Dingzi appeared at the door of the private room with two tempting skewers in his hand.

"This is spicy, this is not spicy."

"I'll give you the non-spicy one, Teacher Chen."

"Teacher Chen!"

"Hey, thanks, Nail. I can't possibly eat all of this by myself."

"Please feel free to eat, the food is still baking underneath!"

This terrified Boss X, who quickly said, "That's enough, that's all I have, please don't grill any more for me."

Mr. X's stomach had finally started to feel a little better, and he didn't want to go through that again tonight.

"Little Xing, tell me what else you want to eat!"

Tang Xiaoxing swallowed it in one gulp. "Thank you, Brother Nail. I'll eat this much!"

Nail scratched his head: "That's not much."

Ang Lee: "Alright, that's all. You can go and get busy now. Linlin, you can come down with me too. We'll go back after we finish eating."

The car followed the nail downstairs with a thud, and Ang Lee took out his phone to make a video call to Grandpa Tang.

Then he handed the phone to Tang Xiaoxing.

"grandfather!"

"Hey, eating lamb skewers!" "We're at Linlin's restaurant!"
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The only downside tonight is that it's not really suitable for drinking, otherwise Ang Lee would have downed at least two bottles.

After finishing his video call with Mr. Tang, Ang Lee excused himself to go downstairs to use the restroom.

I saw the mother and daughter tidying up the table, whispering to each other and laughing.

Then he went into the kitchen and smoked a cigarette with Lao Che, telling him about the interesting things that happened during his trip to Yanjing.

Half an hour later, the four teachers and students finished eating and drinking and prepared to leave.

Dingzi delivered the roasted pork and braised meats he had prepared to the car. "Teacher Chen, come visit again! Next time, I'll have a good drink with you."

"Great!" Boss X readily agreed, "See you this summer!"

Little Star: "Goodbye, Squeaky! I'll come see you again next time!"

Little Zizi shyly hid behind Sang Ping, making everyone around laugh.

Sang Ping took Zhizhi out from behind her and instructed, "Tell Sister Xiaoxing that she is welcome to come again next time."

Although Zizi can now run around the store on her own, it is still quite difficult to understand such a string of words.

"elder sister.."

The little car crouched down: "It's Sister Xiaoxing!"

Squeak: "Little Star Sister."

Car: "Goodbye."

Squeak: "Goodbye."

Little Car: "Say it all together!"

Squeak: "Sister."

Little Car: "I think it's time to send you to kindergarten."

Squeak: "No!"

The car: "???"

Ha ha ha ha--

Amidst laughter and farewells, the four teachers and students boarded the car and drove away.
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Once home, the two girls went inside and busied themselves.

One had to do homework, and the other continued working on her piano practice plan.

Ang Lee then took the piano key and went out again. On his way to 2201, he made a voice call to Lin Youyou.

Lin Youyou texted him while he was eating, saying that his application materials had been submitted and that he should get the results in three business days if nothing unexpected happened.

In other words, the online signing can be completed before Friday, so he needs to understand the specific signing process and what he still needs to prepare.

Lin Youyou: "You don't need to prepare anything, as long as you have a network signal, is there anything else?"

Ang Lee: "It's alright, I'll wait for your message then."

Lin Youyou: "Okay, bye-bye."

Ang Lee suddenly remembered something: "Wait, shouldn't I send them an artistic photo? We'll have to put it on the official website later, right?"

Lin Youyou: "Isn't there a photo of your ID in the materials? But you can send me one, just don't edit it too badly."

Lee An-lo: "Are you kidding? Do I even need to edit my looks?"

Lin Youyou: "Send it to me, I'm not saying anything more, I have to get back to work."

Ang Lee: "Bye-bye."

Hey.

It’s okay not to accept it.

Faced with Lin Youyou's dedication, Ang Lee could only persuade her.

What a great employee!

Li Anxin thought it would be great if he could get Lin Youyou into the Fourth Steel Company in the future.

However, he was only thinking about it; the Piano Education Association, established by Old Master Wei, was still waiting for him to come back and take over.

It's been a year and a half since then.

According to the old man, Lin Youyou should return to China in a year and a half.

Chen Xuan will return to China around the beginning of the year after next.

What will the Fourth Steel Group become by then?
Ang Lee couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation.

"Facial recognition successful, 001"

After opening the door and turning on the lights, Li An first changed into slippers and mopped the living room floor.

Then he took the key and went to the piano.

Remove the piano cover and unlock the piano lid.

Ang Lee finally saw the piano keys.

The eighty-eight pristine white piano keys shimmered softly under the warm yellow light, making one want to touch them.

"Dang~"

Ang Lee is numb.

The strings definitely need tuning, but the sound...
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Joy should be shared as soon as it is time to share it.

Teacher Xiaomi is having a video call.

The video call connected, and Teacher Xiaomi looked at the piano in the camera and exclaimed how beautiful it was.

But then the question arose: "Where is this?"

Ang Lee laughed with unparalleled confidence: "What? You don't even recognize your own house?"