Although Mr. Xu is old, he is still in good spirits.
He walked into the garden with steady steps, and when he saw Shi Qinglan, the look on his face finally became more kind.
"Teacher." An Mu smiled sweetly, "I wanted to invite you to come to the imperial capital to teach piano before, but I couldn't. Why are you here today?"
Mr. Xu has profound attainments in the field of Guqin.
However, he had lived in Mingcheng for a long time and was unwilling to move, let alone participate in these disputes among the wealthy families in the imperial capital. Therefore, these wealthy families could not even ask him to teach piano in the imperial capital. If he really wanted to learn piano from a teacher, he had to come to Mingcheng to pay a visit.
His eyebrows moved, and he glanced at An Mu inexplicably. "A student who gives up halfway has no right to call me teacher. In short, my coming to the imperial capital has nothing to do with you."
Hearing this, An Mu's face instantly turned pale.
She gently pinched the corner of her skirt, but she didn't expect Mr. Xu to have such a weird temper that he would not show her face even in public!
But she thought to herself that it didn't matter...
Even if you really think the guqin is too difficult and give up halfway, it is still better than Shi Qinglan who has never even touched the piano or guzheng!
An Mu comforted herself like this, but the next second...
"Girl Lan!" Mr. Xu walked towards Shi Qinglan with a smile.
He put his hands behind his back and looked at the girl with kindness in his eyes, "I made an exception today and flew all the way to the imperial capital to attend your recognition banquet. I can't even invite anyone else to you!"
Shi Qinglan's red lips curved slightly, "Thank you, Mr. Xu."
Mr. Xu quickly waved his hand, "Hey, girl Lan, please don't be polite to me. You will shorten my life when the time comes... If you really want to thank me, why don't you play a few more songs for me!"
Seeing these two people interacting very well with each other.
An Mu was a little stunned, "Playing... playing the piano?"
A little surprise and confusion flashed in her eyes. She couldn't figure out how Shi Qinglan knew him, and she was even more confused about why Mr. Shi suddenly mentioned Qin to Shi Qinglan!
An Mu was slightly startled, "Xu... Mr. Xu, was Shi Qinglan your student when he was in Mingcheng?"
I saw Mr. Xu chatting with Shi Qinglan.
Several companies that had hired Mr. Xu to be a guqin teacher for their children couldn't help but gather around him.
Mr. Xu raised his hand and stroked his stubble, "Student? You said Girl Lan is my student? How is that possible?"
Hearing this, An Mu and others breathed a sigh of relief.
Let’s just say it’s impossible. Mr. Xu’s class fee is so high, and he has a weird temper. Not everyone accepts it. When Shi Qinglan returned to the Shi family, even though he was in Mingcheng near the water, it was just an ordinary slum. girl…
What an honor to be Mr. Xu’s student!
"Mr. Xu, please come in." Shi Qinglan smiled sweetly. She looked at Mr. Xu with a playful smile and welcomed him in.
Shi Qingjue looked at these people indifferently from the side.
His dark eyes darkened slightly, and he waved his hand to call Ji Lin over and whispered, "Keep an eye on these people for me. If anyone dares to say anything bad about Lan'er, just kick them out."
"Okay." Ji Lin nodded slightly and went to do it.
Mr. Xu did not bring Xu Sheng this time. After he heard that Shi Qinglan was going to host a marriage recognition banquet for Shi Qinglan, he relied on his connections to get an invitation letter, so he flew to the imperial capital alone...
He was not interested in drinks or desserts, he just wanted to give Shi Qinglan a show, so that the mediocre people in the imperial capital would not think they could look down on her because she was from Mingcheng.
Mr. Xu strolled around the large garden carelessly, not wanting to pay attention to others, but there were countless people who took the initiative to flatter him.
"Mr. Xu, I have admired your name for a long time..."
"I heard that Mr. Xu is quite accomplished in the guqin. My little girl has just turned three and wants to become your teacher!"
"My girl has also admired Mr. Xu for a long time..."
Mr. Xu couldn't listen to these compliments. He went in and out of one ear and didn't bother to pay attention to them, pretending not to hear them.
Until someone said, "Mr. Shi, wouldn't the Shi family's chaebol hire you as a teacher for their daughter? That's why you came to the imperial capital, and you still ignored us, right?"
The woman had just noticed Mr. Xu's interaction with Shi Qinglan, and since he was a little indifferent to her at the moment, she naturally regarded him as a follower of the trend to curry favor with the Shi family.
The woman was talkative and said, "I heard that the rich daughter of the Shi family does not understand music theory. I am afraid that she wants to learn such a difficult instrument as the guqin when she is an adult. Unlike our daughter..."
"Wait a minute." Mr. Xu frowned slightly.
He slowly turned around and looked at the woman, a bit of confusion flashed in his aged eyes, "You said that girl Lan doesn't understand music theory?"
The woman was slightly startled, "Yes... yes."
This was what everyone was talking about at the banquet just now, and Miss An seemed to have asked about it openly, and the daughter of the Shi family's chaebol also admitted it. She also heard about these things.
Mr. Xu almost laughed angrily at this long-tongued woman.
He put his hands behind his back and shouted to the nobles with a loud voice, "I heard... you all are talking about the daughter of the Shi family's chaebol, and you don't understand anything about it?"
Hearing the sound, the guests immediately glanced at Mr. Xu.
Everyone looked at each other, wondering what Mr. Xu had planned, whether he was trying to expose his shortcomings in public, and couldn't help but want to watch a good show. When An Mu saw this, he covered his lips and snickered.
She walked up to Mr. Xu with cheerful steps, pretending to be kind and reminding her, "Mr. Xu, even if Miss Shi is unreasonable, it's not appropriate for you to tear her down on this occasion, right?"
"The Shi family is one of the top wealthy families in the imperial capital. We don't dare to say anything for fear of causing harm to the family..."
Hearing this, Mr. Xu sneered angrily.
He walked steadily and strode among the crowd, looked sideways at Shi Qinglan, who had a delicate smile on her red lips, and shook her head repeatedly.
Everyone thought it was a sign of regret or disdain.
But I heard Mr. Xu say, "If Miss Lan is still unable to understand music at her level, I'm afraid there won't be any rich lady in your imperial capital who is not deaf!"
An Mu was stunned and didn't understand what he meant for a moment.
Even other people were confused. They listened carefully to Mr. Xu’s words, and their brains were a little overwhelmed...
Then I heard him say sternly, "I didn't know that the wealthy circles in the imperial capital are so arrogant now... They actually think that our master-level players in the field of guqin don't know the temperament?"
An Mu's face turned pale instantly, and he looked at Mr. Xu in disbelief, "You... what did you say!?"
Mr. Xu still just sneered.
Those solemn eyes moved slightly, scanning the people who were talking, "Lan Yatou's guqin playing has already reached the master level! She can even be regarded as my little teacher. She can teach me anything. More than enough!”
"Oh, by the way, the owner of the famous Qingluan Guqin handed down from ancient times is none other than the daughter of the Shi family's plutocrat who doesn't understand the music."
Hearing this, there was an uproar among the guests.
(End of chapter)