Marry Into?

Pets are not allowed on the high-speed train, so Xia Yu entrusted the black cat to the taxi driver he had used before and sent it to Yaoguang.

This was for safety reasons, as who knew what might happen during the transit.

If it weren't for the fact that taking a taxi was far less comfortable than taking the high-speed train, Xia Yu would have stayed with the black cat.

The high-speed train was faster than a car, so Xia Yu and Yuxue arrived at the station first.

As soon as he left the platform, he saw Liu Manman. She was holding a long white flag, which was very easy to recognize.

"Is this your sister?" Liu Manman looked at Yuxue, "What instrument does she play?"

"She hasn't learned anything." Yuxue was very restrained when faced with strangers.

"With your brother's talent, you won't be any worse off. Start learning an instrument quickly while there's still time," Liu Manman said.

Xia Yu glanced at her, he didn't really have any talent, it was all thanks to An Siyao.

However, he could let Yuxue give it a try, after all, her mother was Kong Hanyue, who was once a genius girl herself and was once thought to be able to take charge of the flower faction.

Although now Kong Hanyue has turned into a useless person who can only shout "Yu Yu, help me."

"Do you want to give it a try?" Xia Yu asked Yuxue.

"Okay," Yuxue nodded, "I want to play the piano."

"Why the piano? As someone from District One, you should learn the guzheng!" Liu Manman protested.

"Don't morally kidnap," Xia Yu dropped a hand-knife on Liu Manman's head.

"You'd better try the guzheng first; it's much better than the piano. Look how handsome and beautiful your brother and I were when we played the guzheng in the past," As she spoke, Liu Manman led Xia Yu and Yuxue to a car.

"But I think An Siyao is more beautiful," Yuxue said in a low voice.

Liu Manman was speechless.

Xia Yu smiled and rubbed Yuxue's head.

"As a guzheng heir, An Siyao, who plays the piano, is our number one enemy!" Liu Manman frowned at Xia Yu's expression.

"Whatever, it's not a problem if you don't learn it, just spend more time enjoying yourself," Xia Yu said.

"What kind of thinking is that..."

Liu Manman chattered all the way, the car didn't stop until it reached the entrance of the villa.

Getting out of the car, Xia Yu looked at the villa in front of him, it was a small two-story building that was a size smaller than Kong Hanyue's villa. Considering that it was located in Yaoguang, its value was much higher.

His 500,000-yuan prize money was not even enough for the down payment of this small villa, let alone An Siyao's almost manorial villa.

Only by starting a business can you really make money; otherwise, you are merely a high-level wage earner.

He could register a company while practicing here, and then develop a mobile app to rake in money.

An Tianfeng was the local snake here, having his help would make things much easier.

Xia Yu was planning.

"Grandma, we're back!" Opening the door, Liu Manman shouted into the house.

"Alright, alright," Liu Ronglan walked out of the villa, she took the bag off Yuxue's back.

"Grandma," Yuxue was even more nervous, not only facing a stranger but also in a stranger's home.

"Hmm, a pretty little girl," Liu Ronglan pinched Yuxue's cheek and smiled.

Her kind expression made Yuxue relaxed.

Liu Ronglan called for the nanny and let Yuxue and Xia Yu go to their room first.

Seeing that her own room was close to her brother's, Yuxue breathed a sigh of relief.

"You can play on the computer in the room first. I'll take you out to play tonight." After saying that, Xia Yu put his bag in the room and went back to the living room.

"Come here." Liu Ronglan took him to a dedicated practice room.

In the practice room, there were a piano and three guzhengs. In addition, in the closet against the wall, there were many other instruments.

Because there were too many instruments, the room seemed a bit crowded, but that couldn't be helped.

"First, let me see how your guzheng is doing, whether you've regressed or not." Liu Ronglan pointed to the guzheng and said to Xia Yu.

Xia Yu glanced at Liu Manman, who turned her head away as if she hadn't told Liu Ronglan about their snow appreciation contest, as she was the losing side.

Sitting in front of the guzheng, Xia Yu put on his prosthetic, exercised his fingers a bit and started playing.

As soon as the prelude sounded, Liu Manman couldn't help but turn her head to look at Xia Yu.

He was now playing the flower sect's highest secret, the E ending.

Liu Manman watched Xia Yu's hand speed, feeling that his speed had not increased, but rather slowed down a bit.

However, the slowed-down fingers made the rhythm of the piece clearer, and the whole piece became more expressive.

Compared to the current E ending, Xia Yu's previous championship piece seemed somewhat chaotic.

But if they hadn't seen this current piece, no one could know that the E ending in the last championship hadn't reached its conclusion yet.

Not even Liu Ronglan at her peak could play as beautifully as Xia Yu.

Liu Manman clenched her fist, her nails piercing her palm.

Is this what it means to be a genius?

Five minutes later, Xia Yu played the last note, and the sound lingered in Liu Ronglan and Liu Manman's ears for a long time.

"Good!" Liu Ronglan excitedly stood up, her eyes looking at Xia Yu becoming complicated. "In just three months, your skills have improved to such an extent."

According to the levels Xia Yu had come up with, Liu Ronglan was currently at the peak of level 5. Due to her age, she couldn't reach level 6 anymore, while Xia Yu was in the mid-level 5.

Liu Ronglan thought:

Such terrifying talent can be compared to An Siyao, right?

Perhaps he could elevate the Flower Sect guzheng to the same status as the Northern and Southern Sects.

After contemplating for a while, she said to Xia Yu, "Yuyu, do you want to consider marrying into my family?"

"I refuse." Xia Yu replied without hesitation.

He didn't want to become a son-in-law and his goal wasn't Liu Manman.

"Grandma, what are you talking about?" Even Liu Manman, who wasn't good at maintaining distance, blushed a bit.

She looked at Xia Yu. "Don't reject it so simply, give me some face!"

"Hahaha, I'm just talking nonsense, just talking nonsense." Liu Ronglan brushed the matter off.

She said to Xia Yu, "Your skills have reached this level, I don't have much more to teach you. You can practice on your own from now on."

Her expression was somewhat decadent. She didn't need to be here for the light show. The reason she had come was to continue teaching Xia Yu the guqin, but she never expected Xia Yu to have already reached a level where he didn't need her guidance.

It's gratifying for a disciple to have good talent, but if their talent is too good, it can also cause frustration for the teacher.

Liu Ronglan was thinking that Liu Manman must have a son-in-law. There was ancestral property to inherit. If Xia Yu didn't agree to marry-in, she could marry a few side branch girls to him.

Unaware that Liu Ronglan was already plotting his own marriage, Xia Yu and Liu Manman were discussing the congress matters.

"We can perform at least two pieces. At that time, you and I will play the guqin, An Siyao will accompany one with the violin, An Siyao will play the piano, and you and I will play the xiao for one. If we can get another one, I'll see if I can talk to An Siyao and let us play a xiao and guqin duet."

"By the way," Liu Manman said, "I still don't know how exactly your xiao-playing is."

During the previous snow appreciation, Xia Yu told her that his xiao playing was definitely better than hers.

"Play 'Moon Shadow' for me to listen to," Liu Manman said.

"I can't," Xia Yu replied. Recently, time had been tight, and Liu Manman hadn't told him about using the xiao, so he had only learned one piece.

It wasn't a big problem for Xia Yu, as he would learn it in a few days, but for Liu Manman, who didn't know Xia Yu's situation, it was quite surprising.

"You can't?" Liu Manman blinked.

"I only know one piece," Xia Yu continued.

Liu Manman felt she had been tricked by Xia Yu: "If you can't play the xiao, why did you say you could before! I already told An Siyao!"

She glared at Xia Yu angrily: "Which one do you know, 'Two Little Rabbits'?"

'Two Little Rabbits' was a nursery rhyme in this world.

Without answering, Xia Yu took a xiao from the shelf next to him.