I Really Didn’t Want to Be Famous - Chapter 25
Chapter 25: Can’t You Be a Little More Tactful?
Translator: Lordbluefire
Editor: Lordbluefire
A beautiful and elegant sound of piano rang out~
The chatting customers instantly fell silent as they admired the piano piece.
This piece was one that seemed to speak of sadness and beauty while carrying a hint of longing.
It was telling a love story about a blind young female pianist and the descendant of a rich clan.
Fatty Wei had heard of this story and this piano piece before.
There was naturally nothing to pick at regarding the girl’s skill. Also, the poignant intent and resentment in the melody was very sufficient.
Fatty Wei was extremely moved as he listened.
“She played it very well…A`Yuan, what do you think?” Fatty Wei stared at the pianist in a daze. His eyes were filled with yearning.
The sound of a piano could cultivate one’s mind and build character.
Those who knew how to play the piano and knew how to appreciate music usually wouldn’t have bad characters.
“Mn, still passable.” Lu Yuan sipped a mouthful of coffee as he nodded.
The thick fragrance of the coffee permeated the room. In addition to the piano, the atmosphere here was very elegant. However, it was evident that Lu Yuan was not an elegant person.
Inherently, he was just normal.
When Fatty Wei was enjoying the piano piece, Lu Yuan was considering whether he should play piano music in his future restaurant to create a better ambiance…
Naturally, he couldn’t hire a pianist!
At most, he would install a speaker or whatnot.
That was already not bad.
“A`Yao is really awesome. What do you think?” asked Fatty Wei.
“Mn, not bad at all. Wait, who is A`Yao?”
Lu Yuan suddenly felt a little distracted when he replied.
“It’s that beauty pianist from earlier, don’t you know her name?”
“I don’t know…”
“F*ck…” Fatty Wei instantly felt like cursing when he saw the innocent look on Lu Yuan’s face.
(That young girl acted so familiar with you and even treated you to coffee, yet you don’t even know her name?)
You…
Truly are…
Invincible.
The gaze which Fatty Wei used when he stared at Lu Yuan was filled with indescribable envy!
As for Lu Yuan, his expression was as calm as ever. He was staring at the surrounding decorations, thinking about how he should use the lowest sum of money to decorate his own restaurant while hiring some not-too-bad chefs when he started his business.
The piano piece concluded.
The warm sounds of applause rang out from below.
The girl bowed to everyone. After that, she glanced at Lu Yuan who was on the second floor.
Lu Yuan was also clapping. Regardless of how warm the applause sounded, she felt that Lu Yuan’s applause was just following the crowd blindly. After she looked at Lu Yuan, her expression became even more complicated.
Her original feeling of happiness was now gone.
She inhaled deeply. After thinking of the stunning [Für Elise] Lu Yuan had played. She fell into a rueful state again.
She steadied her feelings and slowly walked toward the room on the second level.
“Brother Lu, is it convenient for me to take a seat?”
“Mn, sure.”
“Is there anything you would like to correct with regard to my playing?”
“Nope, you played quite well.”
“Big Brother Lu, I want to hear the truth and not some perfunctory words!” The young girl was extremely dissatisfied with Lu Yuan’s answer.
“Eh…” Lu Yuan felt that the girl’s gaze was very sharp. For a time, he didn’t understand what was going on.
Was my reply perfunctory?
“A`Yao, ignore him. His personality is like this. Oh, that’s right. Let me introduce myself, my name is Wei Wuji. I’m one batch before you. I graduated from Yanying last year…Mn, I’m a director now.”
“Oh, hello senior brother Wei… My name is Zhou Yao, I work as a part-time pianist here.” Zhou Yao politely nodded and revealed a smile at Fatty Wei. However, she was looking at Lu Yuan from the corner of her eyes.
“I know, I know.” Fatty Wei nodded repeatedly. He suddenly felt very honored for some reason.
“Oh, hello, hello.” Lu Yuan felt that Zhou Yao was a little strange. He kept feeling that she had some intention. Since he didn’t know what to do, he could only learn from Fatty Wei and kept nodding.
“Big Brother Lu, we can be considered acquaintances, right?”
“Eh…yea.”
“In that case, can I listen to your evaluation?”
“Evaluation?”
“Yeah, about my piano skills!” Zhou Yao suddenly felt a sense of defeat upon seeing the dazed look on Lu Yuan’s face.
She didn’t know that Lu Yuan basically didn’t understand what was considered good or bad. In fact, he couldn’t even understand the true meaning of that piano piece.
She felt that she didn’t get a sense of approval from Lu Yuan.
“Oh… I’m sorry I can’t give an evaluation…” Lu Yuan pondered for a long time. He felt that it would be too exaggerated if he used words like ‘awesome’, ‘excellent’, ‘perfect’ to describe Zhou Yao’s performance, but if he were to use elegant words like ‘high mountains and flowing water’, ‘melody rising in spirals’ to praise her, Lu Yuan didn’t know the words that well either. Hence, he decided to be honest.
“Why can’t you give me an evaluation?” Zhou Yao suddenly felt a strange disappointment in her heart after looking at Lu Yuan’s sincere face.
“Eh… I feel that a music piece by itself doesn’t have any distinction between good and bad. The only distinction is whether one infuses their emotions within when playing or not. It’s very tough for bystanders to describe it. If I really have to evaluate, I personally feel it was not bad at all. It was pleasant to listen to!” Lu Yuan paused for some time before squeezing some words out.
Fatty Wei used his feet and stomped on Lu Yuan’s, feeling that he shouldn’t be saying such things.
“Oh…I understand. So it’s only pleasant to listen to…I…I really didn’t infuse my emotions within or invest myself deep enough to enter that state. Now that I think of it, I’m just a vulgar claptrap playing to please the crowds. Big Brother Lu…I understand now. Thank you!” Lu Yuan’s words were serious, and he had a sincere look on his face. But what Zhou Yao understood was that his words were a type of concealed criticism. It made her recall the start and the end when she played the piano. She suddenly felt like her horizons had broadened as everything became clear.
Although she was enlightened, she couldn’t help but feel disappointed. Hence, she stood up and sincerely bowed to Lu Yuan. After that, she left the private room.
Lu Yuan watched Zhou Yao as she left. He couldn’t make any sense of the situation while also feeling a little embarrassed at the same time.
(Did I say something wrong again?)
“Barbarian Lu, f*ck!” Fatty Wei turned and glared ruthlessly at Lu Yuan. There was a fiendish expression on his face.
“What are you doing?”
“Can’t you be a little more tactful? Would you only be satisfied after driving her away in anger?”
“Am I not tactful enough?” Lu Yuan felt even more speechless.
(I’m so sincere and so tactful. Could it be that I was wrong?)
“I understand that you have very high attainments in the piano, but you shouldn’t say your true feelings so honestly, right? ‘Not bad all’, ‘it was pleasant-sounding’… Are these words not too perfunctory?”
“…” Lu Yuan felt wronged in his heart.
He didn’t want to bear responsibility for this.
(I really didn’t mean it this way.)
Yet, as he looked at Fatty Wei’s appearance, as well as the disappointed look on the girl’s face when she left, it seemed that he was in the wrong?
(Damn!)
(What have I said wrongly exactly?)
Lu Yuan kept feeling that he was very innocent.
At this moment, the voice of the girl at the front desk rang out.
“Director Shen, you are here? Please come in. Brother Lu and Director Wei are waiting for you on the second floor. They have been here for quite some time.”
After hearing the voice, Fatty Wei and Lu Yuan who were feeling incomparably depressed glanced down simultaneously.
After that, they saw the tall, handsome, and rich Shen Lianjie having a faint smile on his face as he headed up to the second floor with an elegant-looking girl beside him…
At this moment, when Lu Yuan saw Shen Lianjie walking up, he felt very much like smoking…
As for Fatty Wei, he suddenly felt an urge to pee…
