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After a moment of silence, Yuan Qianye took the initiative to speak again.

"Let's cheer for today's game together."

"Ah."

After subconsciously responding, Hesha quickly glanced in his direction and added,

"If you perform normally, advancing to the finals will not be a problem at all."

"Really? Thanks to Mr. Kazusa's hard work and teaching during this period."

"Don't blame me for everything. You've been working really hard lately, practicing swordsmanship while also taking care of the piano... That's great."

Yuan Qianye looked at Hesha in surprise, only to see that she lowered her head slightly, with a faint blush on her face, and her hands were placed on both sides of her knees, doing finger stretching exercises.

"Thank you." He thought for a moment and gave this answer.

Hesha lowered her head even more: "It's agreed. See you at the finals. Don't get eliminated midway."

"Yeah, I'll try my best."

"Let me make it clear first, I will not show mercy in the finals."

"That would be best. If you show mercy, I'll get angry instead."

At this time, Touma Yoko returned.

She saw the two people talking and laughing on the sofa and smiled with relief.

However, after walking in and seeing where Yuan Qianye wore his collar pin, he was speechless.

How come my stupid daughter has tied the collar pin almost to her chest, making it look like Ultraman’s timer?

Seriously, if anyone with sharp eyes sees her going on stage like this, they will die of laughter.

This kid Hesha... she's useless even if I give her a chance.

But on second thought, this child has been spoiled by her for many years, and has never had the opportunity to help men with their clothes. It seems normal for her to make such a mistake.

Now that we have a clear goal, it's about time to teach my daughter some knowledge other than piano.

"Qianye, come here. Your collar is a little crooked. Let me adjust it for you."

Yaozi waved his hand lightly.

What can she do? As her mother, she is the only one who can make up for what her daughter has failed to do.

Yoko has dexterous hands and has a fragrance similar to that of Hesha, but a stronger one.

As a woman, her attraction to the opposite sex is unquestionable, and Yuan Qianye is naturally no exception.

This is the instinct of living things and the law of nature, and there is no way to avoid it.

But Kazusa noticed his unnatural expression when his mother approached him and tidied his clothes.

When Yoko stopped and talked to Miss Midoriko who came into the house to buy drinks.

She came to Yuan Qianye with a gloomy expression and whispered, "Were you secretly looking at my mother just now?"

Yuan Qianye: “…”

I was secretly looking at you just now, why didn't you say anything?

"What do you mean by secretly? I was just observing naturally."

He even admitted it shamelessly!

How am I better than my mother...

No, that's not the problem!

It's just obscene!

Yuan Qianye met Hesha's increasingly hostile gaze and explained calmly, "The scarf and collar that Aunt Yaozi matched today are both very beautiful and very elegant. I'm thinking of buying the same style for my mother."

So that's how it is...

I misunderstood him...

Hesha felt a little embarrassed, but she quickly thought of a solution: "I'll ask your mother for you later, and I'll buy it for your aunt."

Yuan Qianye politely accepted half of her proposal: "No, no, no, I still have to give you the money."

"It's up to you..."

Tut tut...

My silly daughter...

As a world-class pianist, Touma Yoko's hearing is as sharp as her daughter's.

She seemed to be talking to her subordinates about the competition process.

But in fact, he was doing two things at the same time, and he overheard the general content of the conversation between two people not far away, which they thought was private.

She had already decided that she would hurry up to help her daughter with her tutoring. In addition to the course on how to properly display one's charm, she also urgently added an additional course on how to identify male lies.

Although Qianye has behaved very hardworking and decently so far, but... what if?

There is a saying that goes “It is better to be prepared than to be caught unprepared”, and if you have the energy to prepare, it is better to make more preparations.

The conversation with Midoriko came to an end.

Yaozi turned around and looked at Yuan Qianye, smiling and saying, "By the way, let me tell you something. One of the judges for this competition is a female one I know."

"Old acquaintance?" Yuan Qianye couldn't help but make an association instantly.

Did he also have to experience the kind of thing where outsiders were disgusted and scorned, but when he really encountered such a thing, he immediately changed his mindset and felt quite relieved?

Commonly known as - taking the back door.

Not in the physical sense.

Yaozi understood what Yuan Qianye was thinking by looking at his complex and changing expressions. This time, she laughed out loud: "This is not good news. Although we are old acquaintances, our relationship is not harmonious."

Yuan Qianye's conflicted state of mind returned to normal in a split second: "I see. Is that judge your rival or enemy?"

"You could say that. When that female judge was young, her two boyfriends left her and pursued me after they met me."

Touma Yoko spoke of some remarkable events from her youth in a very relaxed tone.

"President! I've told you many times that with your current status, you can't talk about this kind of thing outside!" Kudo Miyoko reminded helplessly.

Yaozi waved his hand indifferently: "It's okay, it's okay. There are no outsiders here anyway."

Yuan Qianye made a promise: "Don't worry, Miss Miyoko, I won't tell anyone about this."

Hesha was quite calm about this. She knew her mother too well and was not surprised by this.

Gen Qianye turned and looked back at Yoko: "So strictly speaking, because of this past event, this competition might be disadvantageous to Kazusa and me?"

"Although there may be bias, it's not that exaggerated. After all, the competition process is completely open, and the scoring rules do not include high or low scores, so it's unlikely that someone would deliberately give you low scores.

And I have some influence in the piano world, so you don't have to worry about being treated unfairly, just proceed with the competition as normal."

Touma Yoko originally wanted to put her hands on her hips to give people a confident look, but she couldn't help but laugh herself halfway through.

This invisibly dispelled a lot of pre-match tension.

Yuan Qianye couldn't help but laugh as he looked at her, his smile was handsome and sunny.

Watching his mother interacting with him so familiarly.

Hesha took a deep breath and controlled her emotions this time. She was just a little dissatisfied in her heart, but did not show it obviously.

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The process of the piano competition, as far as Yuan Qianye’s personal experience is concerned.

It's actually quite boring.

Boring and complicated.

Boring refers to the boredom of the competition schedule, not the boredom of the art of piano itself.

And the complexity... refers to the rules of the game.

The order of performances is determined by drawing lots. After each person performs on stage, seven judges will give scores based on a 100-point system.

The highest and lowest scores are excluded and the remaining scores are added together to get the average score.

Those with an average score of more than 85 points will advance directly.

These are the rules for the first round of the main competition.

Next up is the semi-finals.

After nearly 80% of the contestants were eliminated in one round, the new round began with an additional competition item.

In addition to presenting their own repertoire, each contestant must also perform the repertoire required by the competition on the spot.

Most of the contestants from all over the country will be eliminated in this stage.

But even so, more than 60 contestants advanced to the finals.

By the finals, the number of judges increased from seven to nine.

The repertoire also changed.

It must include a technical Chopin etude and one or more pieces of your own choice, and should usually be kept to fifteen minutes.

The rules of this kind of competition are different in each stage.

Yuan Qianye seemed particularly distressed when explaining to his family and friends who cared about him.

Fortunately, Yukino, who had a similar experience, explained it in detail for him in the group.

But Eriri and Rikka still don't quite understand what this means.

They only knew that Qianye had successfully passed the preliminary round and also stood out in the semi-finals, and that was enough.

On the day of the finals, Yuan Qianye was actually somewhat unsure.

After all, piano competitions are not like kendo, where having good physical fitness can give you a huge advantage.

The art of piano mainly relies on the finger skills and the coordination of hands and feet to present exquisite performance effects.

But no matter whether he was confident or not, he had already reached the finals, so he naturally had to roll up his sleeves and give it his all.

On the day of the finals, he and Kazusa followed Touma Yoko to the private lounge backstage as usual.

Today's two protagonists have changed their clothes, and the main tone is black.

It was obviously done intentionally by a mother. The couple outfit situation happened again, and the two still looked so well matched.

The door of the lounge was pushed open, and Kudo Miyoko walked in with a bouquet of flowers in her hands and a subtle expression.

The other three looked at her at the same time.

Yaozi smiled and said, "Are these flowers for Qianye again?"

"Yeah." Miyoko nodded. "I happened to meet the flower delivery person at the door, so I brought them in directly."

She handed it to Yuan Qianye.

Under Hesha's slightly lowered gaze, Yuan Qianye opened the small card in the bouquet.

There were only two simple words written inside: "Come on."

Yoko asked, "Where is the person who sent the flowers?"

Miyoko knew what the boss wanted to ask: "He's from a florist. He was wearing a work uniform with the florist's name printed on it. He said a customer ordered the flowers online, gave me the flowers, and left."

"It's the same as before." Yaozi murmured to himself, and smiled at Yuan Qianye again: "That's great, congratulations, Qianye, you've gained a die-hard fan in the piano industry so quickly."

She said she was a "die-hard fan", and she was not wrong.

During the competition, something strange happened to Yuan Qianye.

This was the third bouquet of flowers he received today.

The first two bouquets were received after he advanced to the semifinals and the finals respectively.