I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

"Your joke is pretty good, but the content is nonsensical. What kind of country bumpkin would go to Patek Philippe? Besides, even if they did go, they could tell at a glance that Patek Philippe is expensive."

Her words caused many people at the table to laugh even louder than when Chai Xian had spoken earlier.

Lu Qingxuan covered her mouth, patted her chest to suppress her laughter, and said:

"Great-grandmother, this is indeed true, but please don't ask for the details."

Grandma Yu was puzzled by their laughter, but after hearing Lu Qingxuan's words, she didn't delve into it further. She clapped her hands and said:

"Is the next one ready? Can they go on stage?"

The people below remained seated and motionless. Old Mrs. Yu glanced around and thought to herself: That person seems to have quite a bit of composure. He probably doesn't believe I will keep my promise.

Since that's the case, let's add fuel to the fire.

Grandma Yu said, "Nana, your next performance will show your teacher how much you've improved lately."

Lu Ningna blushed and stood up nervously.

Someone had already brought her violin. She took the violin, bowed respectfully to everyone, and then began to play.

Because she started learning the piano at a young age, her playing was quite skilled, fluent, and without any mistakes.

However, its drawback is that it is too conventional and lacks any eye-catching design.

This is also related to her talent and experience; after all, she is still young and not a prodigy.

After the performance, everyone applauded and praised it. Grandma Yu then asked, "How did Lu Ningna play? Shall we ask Teacher Li Siqing for her opinion?"

Lu Liangchen hadn't expected to give his comments on the spot, so he held his breath and listened to Li Siqing's words.

Li Siqing said, "There has been progress overall, but not much. She has just become a little more proficient. Her song selection was also rather conservative and not amazing enough. She did not showcase more of her skills. Although Ning Na is my student, I will not give her a high score. I can only give her a passing grade."

Grandma Yu nodded and said, "You've hit the nail on the head, Nana. Keep up the good work."

Hearing this comment, Lu Ningna felt sad and lowered her head.

Lu Liangchen and Lu Qingxuan, however, were greatly encouraged.

They didn't just blindly praise Lu Ningna, which shows that Grandma Yu was serious.

She probably really wanted to give them a fair chance to compete.

Grandma Yu then nodded to Lu Liangchen and said, "Liangchen, it's your turn."

Lu Liangchen stood up and said, "Great-Grandma, I would like to perform the piano."

When she heard that he wanted to perform the piano, for some reason, Grandma Yu looked a little disappointed.

However, she still said, "It's no big deal. There's a piano at Fushoutang. We can just have them bring it over."

Lu Liangchen continued, "Besides, I need to gather my emotions a bit. How about we have our new friend Chen Ya perform for everyone? What do you think?"

Chen Ya didn't know why he suddenly brought him up, and slightly raised his eyebrows.

Lu Liangchen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Why don't you tell a joke to liven things up?"

Chen Ya leaned back in his chair and said calmly, "I can only watch jokes, not tell them."

Lu Liangchen was taken aback by his lack of respect and then said, "No, you can also make a fool of yourself."

After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh first, and Chai Xian burst into laughter that almost lifted the roof off.

Lu Qingxuan chuckled softly, then immediately stopped laughing, feeling that it was not dignified to mock someone to their face.

Chen Sheng lowered his head, wishing he could bury it in the bowl.

Chen Ya was being mocked so openly, and he dared not stand up and say a word in his defense. Every single person present was of a higher status than him, the son-in-law.

Chen Ya laughed too, crossed his legs, and said quietly, "As a joke, you are indeed of high quality."

Lu Liangchen was surprised that he dared to contradict him to his face. He glared at him, but then realized that there was no need for him to get into a conflict. So he lowered his gaze, snorted, and sat down with a flick of his sleeve.

Grandma Yu frowned. Lu Liangchen was going to perform the piano, so it seemed he had been ruled out as well. That meant the mysterious violinist could only be Lu Qingxuan.

She just wanted to quickly verify if the person was Lu Qingxuan, so she said, "Qingxuan, would you like to perform first?"

Lu Qingxuan said, "Great-grandmother, the sound of them moving the piano is too loud. I want to perform properly in a quiet environment."

Grandma Yu nodded and said, "Then let's not waste any time. Chen Ya, why don't you go up and perform first?"

Lu Qingxuan didn't want to compromise, so she could only urge the people in front of her to go first.

Chen Ya sat there, took a sip of tea from his teacup, and said:

"I also want to perform piano."

Hearing him say this, everyone present was surprised. Lu Liangchen even opened his mouth and said, "You can play the piano?"

Chen Sheng couldn't hold back any longer and said in a low voice with a forced smile, "Please don't take offense, he can't play the piano, he was just joking."

Then, he turned to Chen Ya and said, "Don't joke around. If you don't know something, don't pretend you do. Otherwise, you'll embarrass yourself even more. Just tell a joke."

Chen Ya glanced at him sideways: "Who said I can't?"

"Would you still..." Chen Sheng swallowed his words halfway through, then turned back to the crowd with an apologetic smile.

"Haha, sorry, he has a bit of a temper, he's like a donkey, you have to go along with him, he'll get stubborn if you tease him."

Grandma Yu slightly raised her eyes, glanced at Chen Ya, and said nothing. Gao Jinliang was thinking about other things and remained silent.

Lu Qingxuan said with a serious expression:

"It's okay to have a temper. All the capable people I've met have tempers. If a man doesn't have a temper, people will look down on him. However, temper should match ability. You can only have as much temper as you have ability."

Lu Liangchen, toying with the paper cover of his chopsticks, said leisurely:

"Yes, when someone has the ability to be stubborn, it's not called being stubborn, it's called having personality; when someone lacks the ability to be stubborn, it's not called being stubborn, it's called being a jerk and causing trouble..."

Chen Sheng wanted to cry but had no tears.

He thought to himself, knowing that good things don't just fall into your lap out of thin air.

What's that saying again? Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, and a blessing may be a misfortune in disguise. Today, this is what they call turning a blessing into a misfortune. If we had just stayed at home, we wouldn't have suffered such humiliation.

Lu Liangchen crumpled the paper coating of the chopsticks into a ball, threw it on the table, and said:

"It's alright, let him play the piano if he wants to, but I won't allow it if he plays randomly! Great-Grandma is old and can't stand the noise."

Lu Qingxuan held the teacup with her slender, pale hand and said, "It's alright, I'll pull him down."

The two stared at Chen Ya's expression, but found him unmoved, which confused them.

He didn't seem to be sulking. A sulking person wouldn't be so emotionless.

Lu Ningna, who was standing to the side, saw this but hesitated to speak.

She wanted to tell everyone that Chen Ya was actually very capable.

However, that would reveal that he knew Chen Ya.

Besides that, she didn't know how else to help Chen Ya out of this predicament.

So she had no choice but to say nothing.

Soon, the piano was pushed into the main hall.

This is an almost brand-new Steinway, expensive and showcasing the Lu family's wealth and status.

Lu Liangchen glanced at Chen Ya, patted the wrinkles on his clothes, strode forward, and sat down in front of the piano.

Start tuning with a mobile app, and after tuning, place your hands on the piano keys, as elegantly as if you were caressing a lover's body.

The entire Fushou Hall was completely silent.

Then, the notes seemed to flow from between his fingers, instantly filling the entire room.

He played very fast and his fingers were nimble, which showed his skill on the piano.

At the same time, his expression seemed to be immersed in the world of music, moving and profound.

“He doesn’t have sheet music,” Lu Qingxuan said softly.

Others naturally noticed that he wasn't looking at the sheet music.

It was played blindly, entirely from memory.

The music ended, but the lingering melody remained.

applause.

Lu Liangchen stood up proudly and surveyed the crowd.

Then, with a hint of sarcasm, he looked at Chen Ya provocatively.

“It’s really good.” Li Siqing nodded. “Although I’m not a pianist, from an objective appreciation point of view, I would give him a higher score than Ning Na, because it’s clear that he has a lot of talent on the piano.”

Grandma Yu asked, "Mr. Li, if you were to give your opinion, how far could he go?"

Li Siqing thought for a moment and then lowered her voice to say:

"He could become a pianist in a well-known orchestra, earning an annual salary of over 600,000 yuan. If he holds a concert, his appearance fee would be in the 100,000 yuan range. If he were to be packaged and promoted to become a famous pianist, he could earn even more. It all depends on his future development."

Grandma Yu was pleasantly surprised.

She devoted herself to Lu Ningna for many years and paid little attention to the growth of these children from other branches of the family.

If she hadn't been tested today, she wouldn't have known that Lu Liangchen was already so outstanding.

However, Li Siqing's words still left her feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

If this is all the numbers we can get, even with packaging, we can't grow to the point where we can overshadow the entire family.

In the past, the Lu family would definitely have invested a lot in Lu Liangchen, but the Lu family is not what it used to be.

Limited resources must be invested in those who produce the highest output.

Lu Liangchen walked back proudly, looked at Chen Ya, and said:

"Well then, joke guy, it's your turn now."

A burst of laughter erupted from below.

Then he added, “Seriously, I’m warning you beforehand: if you’re just playing randomly, I might go up and pull you off myself, because that’s a Steinway, and a Steinway shouldn’t make any blasphemous sounds.”

Chen Ya shrugged.

He carried his teacup, walked leisurely to the piano, and placed the teacup on the instrument.

Then, he also stretched out his hand, his slender fingers placed on the piano keys, just like Lu Liangchen had done earlier.

Lu Liangchen's brow twitched: "Learning from me?"

Chapter 227 He's simply a monster

Lu Liangchen raised an eyebrow: "Learning from me?"

Chai Xian smiled sarcastically: "This is all he can learn."

Lu Qingxuan squinted at Chen Ya, but her thoughts were different from the other two.

Although she wasn't a pianist, she could still tell that Chen Ya had very large hands.

Those large hands, with such slender fingers, would actually be perfect for playing the piano.

"Why isn't he playing yet?" An older man frowned and glanced at Chen Sheng sitting next to him.

"Your son can really play the piano?"

"I don't know." Chen Sheng was a little embarrassed.

People say no one knows a son better than his father. Don't you know your son?

Chen Sheng did not answer and buried his head.

If this weren't the important Fushou Hall, he would have been so embarrassed by now that he'd dug a four-bedroom, two-living-room hole in the ground with his toes.

So embarrassing.

Li Siqing asked the old lady Yu beside her in a low voice, "This young man is from a collateral branch, right?"

Grandma Yu nodded.

Her mind wasn't on Chen Ya.

She was still calculating the return on her investment in Lu Liangchen.