Chapter Three

Shen Ci froze, and after two seconds, he withdrew his hand like an electric shock.

　Qin Yi picked up the piano score, and his gaze traversed the paper. There was no expression on his face. He only raised his eyes to look at the boy with a low voice: "Did you write this?"

　Shen Ci nodded in a panic.

　It's over.

　This piano score was hand-copied by the person originally in this body. The content was the same piano music Qin Yi sold for hundreds of millions of yuan. The piano music was photographed by foreign collectors, and the original score had not been released, but it was played by some famous pianists. The original owner wrote the score by himself, incomplete, and his skills were inadequate, so the score he wrote should also be completely flawed.

　How unlucky to be discovered by Qin Yi?

　Sure enough, Qin Yi handed the score back to him, his voice still low and hoarse: "Not even one section is right."

　Shen Ci is quiet.

　His body stiffened slightly, and his cheeks burned red.

　Should I be executed publicly as soon as we meet!?

　Shen Ci was very embarrassed, and hurriedly stuffed the piano scores back into the folder, and when he looked up again, he found that Qin Yi was no longer in front of him, and he heard the door close, it seemed that his future husband had returned to his room.

　"what..... "

　Is he gone?

　But think about it, the original made so many mistakes in other people's piano music, it'd be more normal to be angry about the mutiliation of the score. With Qin Yi's character, it would be good if he didn't scold him.

　Without making a good impression on the other party, Shen Ci drooped his head, and the butler comforted him and said, "Young Master Shen, don't care about that, Shao Qin is always flustered, and always loses his temper--you weren't hurt just now?"

　Shen Ci shook his head. The glass did not hit him. He looked back at the shards of glass on the ground: "But why don't you replace the fragile things? Isn't that too dangerous?"

　The housekeeper said: "Shao Qin doesn't let us move things in the villa. We can only do daily cleaning. Only if he accidentally breaks things, we can replace them with new ones. This is also why the villa is wrecked out front, we may not touch it. It must be preserved."

　Shen Ci was taken aback.

　What is this quirk?

　"Young Master Shen, please come with me," the butler gave him a "please" gesture, "I will take you to your room."

　The villa was really too big. There were three floors. Qin Yi could only move around freely on the first floor because of his wheelchair. Shen Ci's room was arranged on the second floor. The housekeeper helped him put away his suitcases, and then closed the door of the room.

　Shen Ci looked around. The windows of this room were bright and clean. It might be the only room that was not covered by creepers. It was twice the size of his room in Shen's house. Although the furnishings were very complete, because the room was too big, it still looked a bit empty.

　"If you need to buy anything, you can tell me at any time." The steward said, "In addition, I need to inform you of Qin Shao's physical condition in advance. As Qin Shao's fiance, you have this right to know."

　Hearing him mention this, Shen Ci immediately stopped looking around and turned around: "Please say it."

　"Qin Shao's mental illness was inherited from his mother. It was diagnosed at a very young age. You should have heard of this. In the past ten years, it had been well controlled. We once thought that he had recovered. Yes, but because of the car accident, his condition suddenly worsened. We are not sure if he can recover. If he has not recovered before you get the certificate, you can choose to terminate your engagement with Qin Shao."

　He paused after speaking, and added: "Regardless of whether the marriage contract is terminated or not, we will not withdraw the financial support that had been given to the Shen family."

　Shen Ci was not very concerned about funds or money. Anyway, the life and death of his trash father had nothing to do with him. What he cared more about was: "When will you get the certificate?"

　"You haven't reached the legal age for marriage yet," the housekeeper laughed. "The law stipulates that if both parties are of the same sex, the minimum marriage age can be relaxed to 20, which means that it will take two years at the earliest."

　Shen Ci: "Huh?"

　Isn't it too long!?

　"However, if you wish, you can choose to get engaged first."

　Shen Ci thought for a while, and felt that Qin Yi's current situation seemed unable to hold an engagement ceremony with him, so he changed the topic: "Go on."

　"As for Qin Shao's physical condition..." The housekeeper sighed softly, "It has been five months since the accident. Although we have treated him with the best doctor and used the best medicine, he still hasn't recovered. Ideally, we are not sure if he can stand up again. If he can't, he may not be able to play the piano anymore."15

　Shen Ci was silent.

In the original work, Qin Yi did not stand up again, and the piano genius fell at the most glorious moment.

　"During your stay at Qin's house, we will guarantee your personal safety," the butler said again, "you can go around in the villa. If you don't want to contact Qin Shao, don't go to his room. He locked himself in the house most of the time and rarely came out. If you are really scared, you can choose not to go to the first floor, anyway...he can't go upstairs himself."4

　Shen Ci raised his head, feeling a little strange inexplicably: "If you say this, aren't you afraid that he will be angry in the future?"

　"This is what Qin Shao asked me to explain to you specially."

　Shen Ci was slightly startled.

　Qin Yi told me?

　This was not right.

　If he keeps himself in the room all day long and can't get out, or even can't go upstairs, how can he torture the protagonist to death?

　Also deliberately confessed that he kept him away from himself... There was no such content in the original book.1

　Speaking of which, the villain in the book, Qin Yi, was uncertain and moody to a terrifying degree. Sometimes the protagonist can explode instantly when he receives a look, but when they met just now, he was clearly in anger and saw that piano score. The score that was so wrong that he should be more angry, but instead of scolding himself, he didn't even show more mood swings.

　This person... was different from what he read in the book.

　Wasn't he still sensible because his condition had not regressed too severely? Did that mean that this person could still be saved?

　Shen Ci had a little hope in his heart. When the housekeeper left, he simply sorted out the daily necessities he had brought, took out the anti-inflammatory medicine his stepmother gave him, and took a tablet.

　The lungs were still uncomfortable, and he didn't know how many days it would take for the choking to get better.

　He lay down on the soft big bed and stretched his body-he had never slept in such a comfortable bed, lived in such a big room, and had never experienced such a worry-free life.

　He closed his eyes and touched his chest subconsciously.

　The necklace was not there.

　The small action of touching the necklace seemed to be the muscle memory of this body. This necklace was very important to the original owner. It was a relic left by his birth mother. According to the description of the novel, the pendant on the necklace was a small hollow ball with a small hollow ball inside. An emerald, this emerald had a special meaning to the original owner. It happened to be mined on the day he was born. His mother specially selected such a gemstone, wanting it to protect his son's life.

　He should go and get the necklace back right now, but he was too tired after a day of tossing after drowning, plus today was his first day in Qin's house.

　The friend who snatched his necklace had told him many times before that he liked it, and he should just want to claim it for himself, and he was not short of money, so it was unlikely that he would sell it.

　As long as the necklace was still in his hands, there was a chance to get it back.

　Shen Ci thought so and fell asleep exhausted.

　*

　Shen Ci had always had the habit of getting up early. He would get up at 6 o'clock every morning. In addition, he went to bed too early that night. He woke up before 6 o'clock the next morning. His hungry stomach urged him to go. Looking for something to eat, he found out that when he went downstairs, the people in the villa hadn't gotten up yet.

　Quiet all around, the big villa didn't even have a sound. Shen Ci sneaked into the dining room, regretting that he fell asleep without eating dinner last night, and now he was a little black from hunger.

　As soon as he entered the dining room, he first saw an empty wine bottle on the table.

　It's strange, it's so early, and nobody had woke up yet, so who hadn't cleaned up after drinking here?

　He glanced at the English letters on the bottle. The pronunciation felt like brandy. This expensive foreign wine was not something he should touch.

　He pulled out a loaf of bread from the refrigerator, ready to fill his stomach first.

　When he finished eating the bread, someone in the villa finally got up. Auntie the nanny saw him and was quite surprised: "Why does Young Master Shen get up so early?"

　"Ah, I'm so hungry, I got up to find something to eat," Shen Ci blushed a little, "I'm sorry, I moved the kitchen stuff."

　"Young Master is too polite. You are Qin Shao's fiancé. Of course you can take whatever you want to eat." The nanny threw the empty wine bottle into the trash can. "I'm really sorry, because Shao Qin got up very late. Before you come, We all get up and work after seven o'clock, and we will be a little earlier in the future."

　"No need, I'm just getting up early today. You should follow your usual schedule." Shen Ci said, tentatively asked, "That wine bottle...has anyone been drinking here before?"

　"It's Shao Qin," the nanny seems to have become accustomed to it, "Shao Qin often wakes up in the middle of the night to drink, you don't need to care."

Woke up for a drink in the middle of the night?1

　What kind of strange habit was this?

　Shen Ci uttered the question in his heart, and the nanny shook his head: "I don't know the specifics. Maybe he can't sleep at night. Drinking to help sleep?"3

　"Does he drink during the day?"

　"Occasionally, he still drinks frequently at night-wait a moment, and I will prepare breakfast for you."

　Shen Ci was extremely puzzled, and really didn't understand what Qin Yi's weird behavior was all about.

　He finished eating in the dining room, curiosity prompted him to walk to the door of Qin Yi's room, hesitating to knock on the door.

　The nanny just said that Qin Yi got up late and should still be asleep now, so it's better not to disturb him.

　Shen Ci left lightly, remembering that the housekeeper said yesterday that he could go around in the villa, so he walked around and walked to other rooms.1

　Next to Qin Yi's bedroom was the piano room.

　There was more than one piano room in this villa, but the one closest to Qin Yi was undoubtedly the most commonly used and the largest.

　Shen Ci probed inside and saw the piano in the room at a glance.

　There were two pianos in this piano room, with the covers closed and covered with dust cloth. It wasn't known how long no one had used them.

　Qin Yi hadn't come to play the piano for a long time.

　Shen Ci lowered his eyes, feeling a little lost in his heart.

　The piano, the thing he once dreamed of, the thing he couldn't ask for, was now placed in front of him truly, but he suddenly felt that his desire for this thing was not so strong, he hoped more than "owning a piano." Perhaps Qin Yi could come back to play the piano.

　An unplayed piano is nothing but a soulless object.

　Shen Ci stretched out his hand and wanted to touch the "Piano that Qin Yi had played", but when his fingertips were about to touch it, he moved and quickly retracted it.

　Without Qin Yi's permission, he still should not move.5

　At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind: "What are you doing?"

　Shen Ci turned his head and saw a somewhat familiar young man standing at the door, looking at him with a displeased expression.

　"Who allowed you to touch Qin Shao's piano?" The man took a step forward and grabbed the hand he was about to touch the piano. "Who allowed you to come to the piano room?"

　"...I didn't touch it," Shen Ci's wrist was a little sore by him, instinctively wanting to break free, "You let go!"

　The man pushed him away forcefully, and said angrily: "Can you afford it if you break it!?"3

　Shen Ci staggered two steps when pushed by him, barely standing still, and he couldn't help frowning two delicate eyebrows-who was this person?

　Why did he slander him when he touched Qin Yi's piano, and push him to scold him, because he was so hostile to him?

　He didn't look like a servant at home, but he also didn't look like a steward.

　and many more.

　He seemed to remember...Was this the person who was scolded by Qin Yi yesterday?

　"Shao Qin doesn't like others touching his things," the man looked at him condescendingly, "Even if you are his fiancé, you must abide by the rules of the Qin family."5

　Shen Ci was feeling somewhat inexplicable. Although he did not know who this person was, he did not want to have a dispute with anyone in the family when he first came to the Qin family. He explained as calmly as possible: "You may have misunderstood. I did not touch the piano. The butler told me that I could go around at home, so I came here."

　His tone was already very polite. Unexpectedly, the man didn't appreciate it and frowned impatiently: "Do you not understand..."

　Halfway through his words, he stopped abruptly, his gaze froze behind him, the arrogance on his face instantly turned into panic, his eyes widened almost in panic: "Qin... Qin Shao."