Wen Linqing's Song

Chen Ziyi's eyes did not blinked upon she heard what her mother said. She was surprised for a second, finding out that her Teacher Wen was actually her mother's close friend, not just an acquaintance or random person that she hired to tutor her. But then, considering how her mother is, it is impossible for her mother to left her daughter to random people that she could not fully trust.

Teacher Wen was practically with her, playing piano and violin, regardless of her mother was at home or not, almost every week. Not that they spend time everyday together, but as what she could remembered, there should be a schedule of their spending time together. Nevertheless, it was no wonder her mother could just left her with Teacher Wen. It was because Teacher Wen was her close friend that of course her mother trusted her.

"You know how to play piano?" Fei Xingru asked Chen Ziyi, cutting off Chen Ziyi from her preoccupied thoughts.

Chen Ziyi gave a sheepish smile which later made the dimple she had see previously on Chen Rumin's Wechat post, formed on her both cheeks, before nodded her head.

"How wonderful. Then, just play something that you love to. Don't worry about the others. People that come to this place usually are regular customers and they should know there was never a rule to when and whom to play the piano." Fei Xingru explained, encouraging Chen Ziyi to go to the piano. She did not forget to resist her urge to pinch her friend's daughter's cheek.

Chen Ziyi looked at her mother before she stood from her chair and walked to the piano. She had another thing she wanted to ask her mother but she did not make it as Aunt Xing had pushed her away.

She took a seat before the piano and her hands pressed the key one by one to check the sound. Her eyes then looked around at the piano. Listening to what her mother said just now, her Teacher Wen used to play this piano during their youth time.

She then seemed like having a moment to decide for a song to play. Her mind was actually still on what her mother said regarding to how only this place that would allow her teacher Wen played the piano to her content. Why? Is it because of this place hold a special value in her heart? Is it because this place was kind of her special place with her friends.

As Chen Ziyi occupied her thoughts with her own guesses, her eyes drifted to a music book in front of her. Yes, there was a music book in front of her. It was given to her by someone who she believe responsible serving the guests??

Pushing aside the wonders that hold her from paying full attention on the piano, she opened the book score and flipped the pages gently one by one as her eyes attentively read the score book and the title of each song in the score book. To the others who noticed there was a girl sitting at the piano bench with her attention full on a music book, they would thought that Chen Ziyi might be trying to remember the score before she started playing the piano.

In truth, it is not. Chen Ziyi merely read the music book. She wanted to know whether there was a song that she familiar with, but it turned out almost every songs in the music book were already in her blue album. So this means she should be practically familiar with the songs. However, when she tried to check a song by pressing the piano key, she somehow felt the song a little bit different.

Although it had been long since she played a piano, especially in this timeline, she still remembered how the song she practiced should sound. Another thing to add to her list of wonder, it seems. She then closed the book and put it on the piano.

It really had been a while since she play a piano. This would be her very first time playing a piano in this life since she returned to this timeline. There was no piano in her house, and in the past she only played piano at school after class period. She did not contemplate on selecting either to play a difficult or easy song.

Even if she could just casually play a song, she was someone who play piano for years. Although she did not play piano for competition, she had the pride for having such background. She felt the need to carefully choose a right song. Her mind then had what her mother told her.

From how her mother's full of warmth and reminisce telling her about this place and how the fact of her teacher Wen treated this place as the only place she could play to her heart, she could deemed that this place must be a very special place for her mother, teacher Wen and their friends. Thinking of how her own friends' warmth towards her, she could imagine the scene would be quite similar with how her mother's friends was with each other.

Her sight landed on the piano that she was going to play. She could imagine how her mother had those happy times with her own friends. Aunt Xing told her to play a song that she love and most comfortable with.

She then had the beautiful outdoor scenery playing in her mind and thought if it's not because the cold temperature outdoor would negatively impact her delicate body, she would already went to outside and enjoy the scenery. Her eyebrow unconsciously furrowed at that thought.

She then decided of what song she would play. From the moment she stepped into this place and saw this piano, she had actually imagined herself play a song that fit with the place. Now added with the fact how this place hold special place in the three woman's heart, - her mother, teacher Wen, Aunt Xing, - she became very sure of the choice she was going to make.

As the song she was going to play was for the three woman she knew, she did not forget to cast a look at her table and smile to them. Although her mother was not looking at her, as she seemed to have a conversation with Lin Cheung, she did not mind at all. In fact, Fei Xingru was looking at her, reciprocated her smile and clapped her hands gently, with no sound, as if she was cheering for her.

Holding all the feelings she felt at that time, her fingers then started to press the piano key. When she started to play the piano, there were few eyes that could not helped but glanced at her before they turned back their eyes to their companion.

In fact, when they saw a girl walked approached the piano, their eyes had followed her for a while. It was not a rare thing for a guest would come to the piano to play one or two song before they left, but they were all normal human who would attracted to people who can do thing that others could not and it was playing piano.

They turned back their head towards their companion and friends to continue their chat and eating, but then they stopped whatever they doing. As Chen Ziyi played the piano with her soft touch, giving a beautiful melody, fit with the cozy and quiet mood of the place, the sound came from her play soothe the ears listen to her play.

Their head did not turned back to see her, but they were enjoying her beautiful sound. The staff who were nearby were also enjoyed listening to her play.

It was the first song Teacher Wen gifted to her, and she thought it was the most suitable for her to play at that moment. It was also one of her favorite song and she always play it in her routine in her past life.

At the same time, Chen Rumin who was in a small chat with Lin Cheung felt a little bit of twinge in her heart at her daughter's performance. She stopped her talking and looked at her daughter's side profile.

At first, when she heard the first melody, her ears was like telling her to wake up from slumber. She was in a casual chat with Lin Cheung about what Chen Ziyi had decided for her bedroom's interior design but that was all stopped when she listened to the next melody. She was stunned at her daughter's choice of song.

She knew that song. It was the song that her friend used to play for her before she gifted it to her daughter. When she was pregnant with Chen Ziyi, Wen Linqing once said that 'If she is a baby girl, I will train her and give this song to her so that she can play it for you'.

Wen Linqing wanted a daughter so much that she made a random promise to Chen Rumin as if the gender of the baby that she carried was related to Wen Linqing. So when Chen Rumin told Wen Linqing that her baby's gender was confirmed to be a girl, Wen Linqing who was pregnant with a second son at that time was the one who was excited to hear that.

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Oh hey everyone, I recommend you guys to read this chapter while listening to piano music. If you have a Spotify, you can just type 'piano mood', and you will find a lot of songs that quite soothing. I love listening to them whenever I had trouble to sleep, to cool down, or to focus. It also helps me in writing this novel. NO WORRIES. This is just a recommendation.