89. This Time, It Truly Came.

"Why was he looking for you?"

After entering Chen Xuan's room, Li An asked.

Sensing that Li An's tone was a little off, Chen Xuan could not help wondering if he was jealous.

She hurried to explain, "He asked me how the revisions were going, so I showed him. I told him the harmony section was your work, and he even praised how well you changed it."

The way Li An heard that somehow felt wrong, as if he had become the sort of person one should not be.

It had to be just his imagination. He smiled. "Why mention me? No need for that."

"But the harmony was changed by you."

Chen Xuan paused, then asked hopefully, "I already sent the scores for several parts to the students. I told them to practice tomorrow and start running the full rehearsal the afternoon after tomorrow. Could you spare some time then to come help me listen through it?"

Li An thought to himself that he still did not understand wind ensemble music, but since Chen Xuan had asked, helping to listen for intonation and the like should be fine.

The two of them chatted a while longer.

[The mentor-student score for Liu Fengrui has reached 60]

Li An checked the time, found it about right, and ended Liu Fengrui's lesson.

"Go home and think it over carefully. If you have questions, send me a message anytime."

Liu Fengrui nodded.

"Stop just nodding. I've never once seen you take the initiative to contact me, and then when you come to class, you have a pile of questions."

Li An thought about it, then gave an order. "Starting tomorrow, record yourself once before ending practice each day and send it to me."

"Got it, got it."

"Goodbye, Teacher."

After seeing Liu Fengrui off, Li An returned to the classroom and opened the panel.

Just now the system had reminded him: Liu Fengrui could not yet join Li An's piano studio, and he should raise his teacher level as soon as possible.

Ever since the amateur grading exam for Little Bei ended, the rate at which experience accumulated had clearly slowed a great deal. Relying on Ji Yang alone could not carry the lazy master Wang Xiaohu.

Looking at the experience value behind level 3 on the interface, 89 out of 100.

Just two more days.

He would be able to level up again soon. After the repeated wash of the Niu language and Samir's notes, Li An had become much less concerned with rewards.

The sour and the sweet were both still on the road.

But Ji Yang did not seem to have practiced piano today. He suddenly realized this.

At that thought, he took out his phone and sent a message to ask.

Eighty-thousand-one: What's going on today? No evening lesson?

A moment later.

Yangyangyangyang: Teacher, you saw me!?

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Eighty-thousand-one: Heh heh.

Yangyangyangyang: Hehe, today a good friend of mine is celebrating her birthday, so I spent the afternoon陪ing her out for a walk.

That was understandable. Proper relaxation and a change of pace were good for studying.

Eighty-thousand-one: Then let's skip tonight's lesson. Take a break.

Yangyangyangyang: No, no, I've already called a ride. I'll practice as soon as I get home.

Yangyangyangyang: Teacher, do you have something to do tonight? If you're busy, go ahead and take care of it.

Eighty-thousand-one: Nothing. See you on time tonight.

Eighty-thousand-one: When you get home, go straight to practicing the break section. Tonight I want to hear you at seventy beats per minute.

Yangyangyangyang: Yes, sir!

The real-time practice-duration monitoring feature really was excellent.

Since Ji Yang's practice time had been rather short these past two days, Li An had not held high expectations for the evening lesson either.

After helping Ji Yang steady her tempo at seventy beats per minute, Li An assigned two more Kramer etudes.

"Tomorrow and the day after there won't be any lessons. Two days is enough for you to get these two etudes under your fingers."

"When you practice Moonlight Sonata No. 3, remember the taut string we talked about tonight. Absolutely do not let it slack."

After giving a final reminder of the key details, Li An ended the lesson.

"Teacher, have some fruit!"

Ji Yang lifted the fruit platter again and brought it in front of Li An.

This time Li An was much more cautious. He did not reach out right away. "What's going on now?"

"Teacher, try some first. Have some first."

Ji Yang acted coquettishly.

Seeing her like this, Li An felt a faint sense of foreboding, but he could not let the child keep holding the platter forever, so he took it. "Spill it."

"My dad has already spoken with Teacher Yu's side. I don't have to go to him for lessons anymore."

Li An felt his heart loosen. He picked up a piece of orange with a toothpick and put it into his mouth. "Did Professor Yu say anything else?"

Ji Yang said, "No, just that we should think it through, and if I still have plans to study abroad, we can contact him again."

Li An gave a soft "Mm." "Then you've also put one worry to rest."

That was true, but then...

Ji Yang said haltingly, "Next, they want me to study with Teacher Wei..."

Li An's chewing jaw froze completely.

What now...

Swallowing quickly, Li An forced himself to look as natural as possible. "Do they want to connect through me?"

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Ji Yang nodded and then stated, "Teacher, I've thought it through. I want to apply to the Chengdu Conservatory of Music, but don't worry, even after I get in, I'll keep taking lessons with you. I've already told my mom and dad."

Li An could only smile bitterly inwardly. He was touched, truly touched, but from Ji Yang's tone, she clearly planned to hold tight to this long-term meal ticket. Unfortunately, that was not the point right now, kid.

Seeing Li An remain silent, Ji Yang wondered if the piano quota at Chengdu Conservatory of Music for this year was already full.

She also roughly understood that many candidates for schools like this had already been studying with professors there for a long time, just like her lessons with Professor Yu before.

Professor Yu had even told her mother that if she wanted to apply to Chengdu Normal University this year, he would reserve a spot for her.

For someone like her, changing her major direction on short notice half a year in advance was indeed rather difficult.

"Teacher, is it very troublesome?"

Very troublesome. Extremely troublesome.

After a moment, Li An said thoughtfully, "I understand what you're thinking. How about this: your mother won't be back until next week, right? When she returns, the three of you should discuss it carefully. In the meantime, I'll help you make some inquiries. Once your family has made a decision, I need to speak to your parents face-to-face about this issue."

Ji Yang had wanted to ask a few more questions, but seeing Li An so serious, she did not dare.

Li An could tell what she was thinking and took the initiative to reassure her. "For now, don't think about anything else. Just focus on practicing hard. If I bring you to Teacher Wei and you can't play anything by then, that will be the real trouble, understand?"

Ji Yang nodded. "I understand, Teacher."

After Li An went downstairs, he did not bring up Season Chengguang and did not ask anything.

After seeing Li An off, Season Chengguang asked Ji Yang, "Did you tell your teacher?"

Ji Yang repeated her entire conversation with Li An word for word.

"Dad, don't you think our decision was a bit late?"

Season Chengguang smiled. "Didn't Teacher Li say it already? You just need to practice with peace of mind. That means you've got a shot."

Ji Yang thought about it, then dashed up to the second floor.

"Where are you going? Come have some juice."

"No, I'm going to practice piano."

Season Chengguang was very satisfied with his daughter's state. He sat back down by the coffee table, picked up his teacup and blew on it, then savored Li An's words again.

He thought there was a real chance.

As long as they could build a connection through Li An, the rest could be handled slowly. As for some of the exam-related matters regarding Chengdu Conservatory of Music, he had already inquired into them enough lately.

The next morning, as soon as Li An arrived at the classroom, he called Zheng Haitao.

Zheng Haitao was a local of Chengdu, a student of Wei Threebowls, and Li An's closest younger martial brother. He was also the only person in the entire Wei family troupe who knew Li An had been staying in Chengdu all along and had never left.

At present, he worked part-time at several institutions, and also helped Wei Threebowls teach music theory to younger martial brothers and sisters preparing for arts exams.

"What's up, bro?"