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"Croatian Rhapsody" is Gu Jin'en's favorite piano piece. When she was nine years old, Gu Jin'en first approached the Boya Art Building. Gu Lang has been studying cello here since junior high school. He has quite an artistic talent. In the eyes of the Gu's parents, Gu Lang is a child who never needs to worry. But Gu Jin'en is different. She is mischievous and never claims to be a lady. Whenever scolded by her parents, she would slip into her brother Gu Lang's room, knowing that her brother would protect her.
As the saying goes, "Don't look at the monk's face, look at the Buddha's face." At such times, the adults could only pretend to be angry: "Your sister, she will be spoiled by you!"
Gu Lang always firmly says, "My sister is just mischievous, not a bad kid. She is the most adorable in the world."
Obviously, with "Gu Lang" being a "sister control," "Gu Jin'en" has "escaped another disaster." When "Gu Lang" turns around, she is again frolicking on her brother's bed. "Gu Lang" is very diligent when practicing the piano, often ignoring the time. After picking up "Jin'en" from school, Mom would come to the "Boya Art Building" to pick up "Gu Lang." On this day, as Mom and "Gu Jin'en" were heading to "Gu Lang's" piano practice room, at a fork in the hallway, the sound of a qin stopped "Gu Jin'en in her tracks. She had no time to look around for the figure of the cello classroom in front of her, and turned to follow the sound, finally stopping at the end of the hallway in the hall. The room was empty, with only a grand piano in the center. "Gu Jin'en" could hardly believe what she was seeing: an elderly man with white hair, but his palms were as strong as a large clock, striking the keys one after another, the sound of the qin pouring down instantly. The old man seemed to be taming a fierce beast, and the sound of the piano keys was a plea for mercy and a lament of impending death - "It's too shocking!" "Gu Jin'en" was stunned, she walked towards the old man, her eyes moving back and forth between the old man's hands and the piano keys.
After the music stopped, the old man noticed the little girl. He moved his hands from the piano keys to his knees, trying to calm the passion of his playing.
"Grandpa, what were you playing just now?" Although mischievous, Gu Jin'en never forgot her manners when speaking to others.
"That piece was 'Croatian Rhapsody.' I haven't played the piano in a long time, but I happened to come across it today, so I decided to play a piece."
"Are you a student? Or a teacher here?" Gu Jin'en nodded and asked.
"I'm not a student here, nor can I be considered a teacher. I, well, I'm a retired old man," the old man said with a relaxed expression. "Do you want to try playing it?"
Gu Jin'en always liked to try new things, but this time, she showed some timidity. She looked up at the old man, then glanced at the music score, as if trying to memorize it. Then she stammered, "I, I haven't learned it, I don't know how to play." "My mom, my mom is waiting for me, I have to go!" With that, she turned and ran out the door.
Gu Jin'en ran with all his might, and a thought settled in his mind. In Gu Lang's piano room, Gu Jin'en saw his mother and brother. "Mom, I want to learn the piano!" Gu Jin'en said to his mother, looking up.
"Ah? Xiao Jin, don't you want to play the cello with your brother?" Gu Lang looked puzzled.
"No, brother, mom, I want to learn the piano. Let me learn it. I will study hard," Xiao Jin replied.
Gu's mother chuckled after hearing this.
"Okay, if Xiao Jin likes it, then we'll learn." "But learning the piano can be very tiring, have you thought about it?" Gu's mother pretended to be serious. "I'm not afraid!" Gu Jin'en said firmly, with a smile on her lips and a sparkle in her eyes that had never been there before. And so, because of a piece she heard that day, "Croatian Rhapsody," Gu Jin'en persisted for seven years. Now, she can play the piece that once fascinated her and seemed out of reach, with excellence.
"Who could it be?" Gu Jin'en thought to herself. The sound of "Croatian Rhapsody" coming from the room was just as powerful as it was back then, filled with the roar of a warrior. She approached slowly, not daring to disturb loudly, and tiptoed in through the side door.
In front of her was a young man, with extraordinary bearing, yet not sharp. Compared to his face, his fingers, which leaped back and forth repeatedly, were more aggressive, with a soaring momentum. Each note seemed like a sharp arrow, relentlessly charging towards the enemy's formation. But his face remained calm, strategizing like a poised general, and also like a strategist who knows the enemy well. Gu Jin'en was stunned. It wasn't until the last note fell that the young man slowly withdrew his fingers, and Gu Jin'en began to move forward slowly.
"Hello, classmate," Gu Jin'en took the lead in speaking.
"Hello, and who are you?" The boy measured her up first, but his gaze was a bit slower. He glanced at the sheet music he had just played before shifting his eyes to the girl in front of him.
"I'm Gu Jin'en, here to practice piano," Gu Jin'en said. "I don't think I've seen you before." The second half of Gu Jin'en's sentence was noticeably quieter.
"He Hanchen," the young man answered absentmindedly, "I don't come here often, but this music score looks great, so I dared to play it."
"He Hanchen!" Gu Jin'en felt a jolt in his heart. "He's the top student in our grade for this exam He Hanchen." "So they were talking about him."
He Hanchen is a prominent figure in the second year of Shanghe High School, or rather, in the entire Shanghe High School. The He family in Shanghe City is a well-known family, with three generations in business, managing dozens of enterprises led by the He Group, involving fields such as construction, finance, and medicine, with abundant family wealth. And He Hanchen is the eldest grandson of the founder of the He Group, He Huli. However, this scion of a wealthy family is very low-key, refusing to be treated specially, and his interactions with others are just right. However, his impartiality has its limits, and he maintains an unapproachable distance, exuding a kind of charm that makes people dare not get too close. Even his good friends, such as Lin Ziqi and Jiang Xincheng, who are also from well-off families, feel the same. Occasionally, Jiang Xincheng would jokingly provoke him, "Brother Chen, there's one thing you should learn from me, be more open-minded and accept everyone." Then, a sharp look from He Hanchen would shut him up. Even this playboy dares not act recklessly in front of He Hanchen.
"Is this where you practice the piano?" He Hanchen asked Gu Jin'en, looking at her blankly with a cold tone.
"Yes. The school anniversary is coming up, and my friends and I signed up for a performance," Gu Jin'en replied. Her gaze lingered on He Hanchen for a moment, but when she saw that he was about to look at her, she quickly averted her eyes.
"Sorry to disturb you, please continue practicing," He Hanchen said as he got up to leave.
"Wait a moment, classmate," Gu Jin'en spoke without much reaction, "Could you please talk about 'Croatian Rhapsody' again? You talked about it so well."
"Just now, you've already stood there and listened to the whole thing, right?" He Hanchen glanced at Gu Jin'en, then quickly walked to the door with an intriguing expression.
Watching He Hanchen's back, Gu Jin'en felt her face flush.
"How embarrassing."
At the same time, there was a feeling that even Gu Jin'en couldn't quite put into words beginning to emerge.
On the first weekend evening of the new semester, Class 1 of the second year held a social gathering at a party, one of the few "happy times" each semester. The class monitor, Lin Ziqi, and the life committee member, Zhang Xiuqin, arrived early to organize and set up the venue. For the top class of second-year students at Shanghe High School, the school leaders and teachers naturally treated them with great care, and the regulations were quite lenient.
Before the party started, Jiang Xincheng, Pang Yu, Zhao Ming'er, and others had all arrived. "Xincheng, have you seen Hanchen?" Lin Ziqi asked. Jiang Xincheng took his arm off Lin Ziqi's shoulder and looked around. He muttered, "I didn't see him. Could it be that Brother Chen isn't coming?" "I heard a rumor that Zhao Ming'er still wants to confess to Brother Chen tonight!" Jiang Xincheng deliberately lowered his voice.
"Jin'en, Jin'en, I'm here!" Zhang Xiuqin waved her hand at the door and called out loudly. Behind Gu Jin'en, He Hanchen followed closely. "No, how could they come together?" Zhao Ming'er couldn't help but speak out, hastily concealing her displeasure in her words.
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