Violin performance "Night of Confession"?
Everyone’s expressions and eyes were subtle, but with different emphases.
Li Yang: "You two can play the violin?!"
Cheng Zhirang: "You can play the violin?"
Shu Ran: "You two actually can play the violin?!"
Bai Shu: "Brother Huai, you can actually play the violin too?"
Xu Cheng: "Night of Confession?"
Guan Yu: "Allow me to ask impolitely, why specifically ’Night of Confession’? Mu Qiu, can you no longer see Brother Cheng sitting next to you?"
Mu Qiu coughed lightly: "Mainly because this piece is world-renowned and more familiar. Besides, can’t the confession night be a confession to someone else?"
Guan Yu: "Okay, got it. You’re confessing to Brother Cheng. Then may I ask Brother Huai, who are you confessing to? This melon slice in front of you?"
Shi Yuhuai ate that melon slice in two bites, elegantly wiped the corner of his mouth, and said, "To someone who can understand."
Mu Qiu held back her laughter, shut her mouth tight, and followed him out. Before leaving, she leaned over to Cheng Zhirang’s ear and whispered, "Just enjoy the song."
Cheng Zhirang didn’t know what she meant, watching her walk around the shell house to the small stage where a piano was placed, and formally performed a princess curtsy.
Then the staff brought them two violins.
Host Guan Yu was very excited, gripping the railing, holding the microphone, and shouting excitedly:
"Friends! The upcoming performance will be exceptionally splendid! Can you believe that Mu Qiu and Brother Huai are actually going to perform the violin!"
"It’s Brother Huai! And Mu Qiu! Performing the violin together! The piece is ’Night of Confession’! Let’s just wait and see if Brother Cheng will whisk Mu Qiu away after this song!"
The already prepared Mu Qiu: "...... Can you not scare me before my performance?"
She mumbled and subconsciously looked at Cheng Zhirang opposite.
He was still watching her with a faint smile, his eyes gentle.
Guan Yu’s noisy voice and waving hand quickly broke their eye contact:
"Oh my God! What a surprising combination! I believe that even if their performance isn’t perfect, the brave spirit of standing on stage today has already moved countless audiences! Friends, can we give them a big round of applause for encouragement?!"
Around them, a burst of enthusiastic applause erupted.
Mu Qiu was speechless and immediately stopped her endless exaggeration, then assumed a violin-playing position, asking Shi Yuhuai quietly, "Brother Huai, are you ready?"
Shi Yuhuai frowned and adjusted his posture: "Are you sure it will work that way?"
"If it doesn’t work, do you have a better idea?"
He pressed his lips shut, seemingly without any other solutions.
Taking a deep breath, Mu Qiu turned her head to nod at the staff behind her.
The music started.
She closed her eyes, playing the violin self-absorbedly, humming softly along with the music. Shi Yuhuai beside her was in a similar state, except that his lips were tightly pursed with no intention of humming along.
What a harmonious scene, what beautiful music, what skillful violin sounds......
"Wait a minute," Li Yang, with a face full of astonishment, took a bite of melon and said, "Are they really playing?"
Guan Yu: "Please watch your language, it’s playing the violin, not just playing; there’s a big difference between those three words. But I also want to ask, are they really playing?"
Li Yang gave her a speechless glance.
Lin Lian listened attentively for half a minute and confidently said, "They’re faking it."
"Wow, rigging performance?" Guan Yu slammed the table and stood up, "I said, when did the two of them secretly learn the violin from us, turns out they were faking it!"
Shu Ran also said, "No wonder the background music is so loud. Just looking at Mu Qiu’s expression, I really thought they were immersed in it."
The performance was quite good.
"But Brother Huai’s expression..."
Jiang Zhu Feng held back laughter: "Brother Huai looks like he’s enduring torture."
"Maybe Mu Qiu is actually playing, and Brother Huai just can’t take it anymore." Li Yang said gleefully.
Even Cheng Zhirang couldn’t hold back anymore, the hand resting on the table covered the smile at the corner of his lips, and a sexy, magnetic low laugh escaped.
On the small stage in the middle of the lake, Mu Qiu and Shi Yuhuai were still closing their eyes, bowing the violin strings, except the strings never touched the violin from beginning to end.
Shi Yuhuai couldn’t hold it in; he had never done something like rigging a performance before. But taking a quick peek beside him, he felt that his anxiousness came from not performing realistically enough for people to notice.
The state Mu Qiu was in, "playing a song to express inner emotions to a loved one," along with that lively expression of slightly raised lips and furrowed brows, left him far behind.
Even fake-violin playing is this immersive, what a talent.
The background music of "Night of Confession" had already reached its final climax stage, and Mu Qiu was even more energetic in her fake playing, wishing she could cry on the spot.
After finishing the last string, she even choked up a bit.
Shi Yuhuai: "......"
What the heck, so into the role.
The background music stopped, and they also brought down the violins from their shoulders, bowing towards the shell house opposite.
"Thank you all for listening, thank you."
[I was really reckless, I actually listened with excitement and focus]
[My goodness, I was wondering why the staff played the music so loudly]
[I was puzzled, this violin sound was exactly like the original, I thought these two were treasures I missed]
[To perform without changing expressions, indeed, they can be considered treasures]
[Such indulgent expressions, Brother Huai, can you learn from Mu Qiu, at least pretend a little more convincingly]
[A violin piece that touches the heart, I’m almost overwhelmed by their superb violin technique]
[With this earning path, why didn’t they call me]
[...]
A burst of enthusiastic applause erupted from the opposite side.
Guan Yu stood up, holding the microphone, and shouted excitedly: "Well played! It’s wonderfully beautiful! I’m so moved, I wish I could snatch someone for a lifelong partnership now!"
Lin Lian: "Indeed... so graceful and melodious."
Li Yang: "Listening makes me want to cry."
Xu Cheng: "Heavenly, heavenly music."
Bai Shu: "Played very nicely, it’s almost identical to the original."
Shu Ran: "Do you say these lies without blinking? How much did they offer?"
Zhang Li: "I can’t hold it anymore, let me laugh for a while first."
When Mu Qiu and Shi Yuhuai returned to the shell house, Shu Ran had already given the others a stern critique, believing that their praise of the fake-playing performers would lead the entire showcase astray.
Mu Qiu sat back in her seat and asked her: "Sister Shu Ran, why didn’t you seem excited at all? Didn’t Brother Huai’s play sound beautiful?"
"The background music was as loud as village broadcasts, couldn’t hear your beautiful violin sound." She emphasized the words beautiful violin sound, clearly implying sarcasm.
Mu Qiu took a bite of melon: "It doesn’t matter, let Brother Huai play a solo just for you later, it’ll be wonderfully beautiful!"
"......" Alright, Shu Ran silently told herself, then raised a smile, "Actually, setting aside the overly loud background music, your performance was already perfect."
Guan Yu: "Tsk tsk tsk, this is the loss of humanity."