Ye Ye was even more confused. “Yes, big sister, you must have forgotten, right?” She was dragged by Ye Ye towards the black grand piano at the head of the banquet hall. “Do you know me?” Ye Ye asked, wondering if one could just randomly pull someone to perform. “No, but your teacher told me that the recommended performer this time is a Chinese girl with long hair, dressed in black. If not you, then who? Go on, get up there!” The woman pressed Ye Ye down onto the piano bench, her face full of smiles, but her tone was very stern: “Play well, sing well, don’t disgrace your teacher!”
“I—” Ye Ye was in a daze, but she somewhat understood that the woman had mistaken her for the performer. Well, considering the misunderstanding was with a fellow Chinese, she decided to step in temporarily, to avoid her compatriot being scolded for absence! Ye Ye composed herself, placed her hands on the keys, played a fluid test, and then her hands danced, pouring out beautiful piano music. Simultaneously, she sang softly into the microphone set on the piano:
“I want to ask the heavens where you are, I want to ask myself, smart at the start, smart at the end, almost destroyed myself with my cleverness. Ask the heavens, ask the earth, or is it superstition, ask fate, give up everything, let me drift in the quiet night sky…”
Everyone stopped their conversations and laughter, listening intently to Ye Ye’s performance, their eyes full of astonishment…
On the second floor balcony of the banquet hall, a tall man leaned on the railing, watching the beautiful girl singing and playing below, his eyes filled with surprise: So you are here! Ye Ye!
“You don’t have to force yourself to say you love me, my soul has already withered piece by piece, slowly pieced together, pieced together into a completely unrecognizable me. Ask the heavens, ask the earth, or is it superstition, ask fate, give up everything, let me drift in the quiet night sky…”
People subconsciously gathered around the piano…
The man on the second floor walked down the stairs with steady, elegant steps, a bewitching smile on his face…
