Obsessive Tycoon and His Swan Girl-Chapter 46 - I Didnt Expect You to Have the Nerve

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: I Didn’t Expect You to Have the Nerve

Chapter 46 -46: I Didn’t Expect You to Have the Nerve

He was engrossed in his thoughts and didn’t notice that Gu Jiashun had uncomfortably looked away.

By Jiang Zhe’s side, Xia Enci opened her mouth in surprise, “What’s the deal with Gu Jiashun? Has he suddenly become decent?”

“A sub,” Jiang Zhe said in a flat voice.

“What’s a sub?” asked Four-Eyes beside him.

Jiang Zhe glanced at him, “Baidu it.”

Four-Eyes took out his phone and after a moment of searching on Baidu, he had an epiphany, “Oh, so he, he…”

Finally, he understood why he was always opposing Jiang Zhe.

Around the same time, all the lights in the vicinity dimmed, signaling the official start of the piano competition.

Qin Jingchen approached Jiang Zhe in the dark.

When visibility was poor, the other senses became exceptionally clear.

Jiang Zhe could feel his breath on her ear, causing even her earlobes to start burning hot; his hair slightly touched hers, causing a ticklish sensation that was mostly warmth.

“Nothing is more important than the piano competition, so right now, what’s important?” the man’s voice was soft yet forceful as it poured into her ears.

Jiang Zhe, holding two cherries, stuffed them into his palm, “Eating cherries.”

After she stuffed them in, just as her fingers were about to withdraw, the man caught her fingers in his own, enveloping her whole palm in his.

Jiang Zhe tried to pull away, but she was unable to do so with a single tug.

She had underestimated the man’s strength and his determination to hold onto her fingers.

Upon trying to pull away again, Qin Jingchen took the cherries from her hand, spread his fingers, and began to stroke her fingers – intertwining and locking them with hers.

“The competition has started,” Qin Jingchen reminded her.

It was only then that Jiang Zhe realized that everything around had quieted down and any further commotion would likely cause people to turn their attention their way.

Xiao Meng stood up, “I’ll go backstage to get ready first.”

Xia Enci said softly, “I’ll accompany Xiao Meng to prepare. Xiaozhe, you better not come; the backstage is small and too many people will just make it complicated.”

Jiang Zhe’s fingers were still in Qin Jingchen’s palm, so it had to stay that way.

Nevertheless, she handed over her jar of chewing gum, “Xiao Meng, have two pieces.”

Xiao Meng shook out two pieces and popped them into her mouth; the sour-sweet taste of lemon settled her nerves, but more importantly, it was as though Jiang Zhe had instilled confidence and courage into her.

Taking advantage of the darkness where no one could see, Qin Jingchen held Jiang Zhe’s fingers, and the heat from his palm transferred to hers, causing her slightly cool palm to begin sweating lightly, to the extent that the warmth on her face and earlobes persisted unabated.

Jiang Zhe had no recollection of the first two competitors’ performances.

It wasn’t until Lin Xue made her appearance, greeted by sustained applause from her multitude of fans, that Jiang Zhe’s thoughts returned to the competition.

Then she heard Lin Xue’s piano playing, mediocre but decent among artists, yet far from artistic.

Moreover, perhaps due to the incident earlier, her performance was quite unstable.

Afterward, the other contestants took the stage.

Four-Eyes asked Song Xingyu, “They all seem pretty similar to me, who knows what the judges’ criteria are?”

“They surely have a professional way to evaluate; we just need to listen casually.”

When it was Jiang Fanyue’s turn, Jiang Zhe still listened calmly, her face showing little emotion.

Master Yue in the front row revealed a look of gratification upon hearing Jiang Fanyue’s performance.

Among the many competitors that evening, Jiang Fanyue stood out impressively, meeting his expectations.

It was just that for some reason, Jiang Fanyue’s performance was slightly off that night, yet still much better than the previous competitors.

It seems that tonight is indeed Jiang Fanyue’s excellent performance that will clinch the victory.

However, he also vaguely heard that there were two professors from the Beijing Music Academy here tonight to scout for talent, but he didn’t know where they were.

They were also among the judges, except the judges for this competition weren’t seated together; everyone gave their scores independently, and then the scores were sent to the organizing committee for tallying.

Could it be that they, too, had heard about Jiang Fanyue’s exceptional performance and had come to compete with him for talent?

Master Yue snorted, this won’t do! Jiang Fanyue was the talent he had chosen!

If someone wants to snatch that talent from him, they’d have to ask if he agrees!

However, if it really were professors from the Beijing Music Academy coming to poach personally, his chances of winning were indeed slim.

Luckily, his private relationship with Jiang Fanyue was rather good.

As he was thinking, Jiang Fanyue had already finished competing and was stepping down from the stage.

As one of the judges for the evening, Master Yue couldn’t leave right away and had to patiently continue listening to the rest.

The other contestants were okay, but with Jiang Fanyue’s shining performance in mind, Master Yue’s expectations were high and his ears became very picky.

Occasionally, there were one or two performances that were still acceptable, but in his opinion, they still fell short compared to Jiang Fanyue.

…

Backstage, Xiao Meng was chewing gum, looking quite relaxed.

Xia Enci said with a smile, “Don’t worry, you’ll definitely be fine.”

“I’m going to the restroom again.” Xiao Meng was still a little nervous.

But it wasn’t a big problem.

Although Xia Enci didn’t want to go to the restroom, she followed her anyway.

Xiao Meng walked in and bumped head-on into a middle-aged woman, her face turning slightly pale.

The person Xiao Meng ran into was none other than Mrs. Jian, Xiao Meng’s former foster mother.

She had been invited by the Jiang Family to watch the competition today.

In fact, her acquaintance with the Jiang Family wasn’t close, and they didn’t have much of a relationship, but since the Jiang Family had invited all their friends and relatives over today, she was invited and was naturally willing to go.

This wasn’t just because the Jiang Family was connected to the Gu Family and was predicted to have a boundless future or because their new clothing line was about to dominate a huge market, but also because Jiang Fanyue was about to become a disciple of Master Yue.

The Jian Family was very reliant on external investments, and she was worried about not being able to connect with the Jiang Family, so wasn’t this an opportunity?

Running into Xiao Meng here, she was quite surprised, especially when she saw the contestant badge and name on Xiao Meng’s clothes.

She said mockingly, “You’re still practicing the piano?”

Xiao Meng didn’t say anything.

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“Heh, I didn’t think you’d still have the nerve,” Mrs. Jian said with even more mockery.

“What are you saying?” Xia Enci, who was following behind Xiao Meng, only heard her malice clearly and immediately retorted.

Mrs. Jian, seeing that Xia Enci wasn’t one to mess with and not wanting to entangle further, just spat and turned to leave.

Xia Enci didn’t bother with her either, but seeing that Xiao Meng’s complexion didn’t look too good, she quickly asked, “Xiao Meng, are you okay?”

“I’m fine,” Xiao Meng said after a while, shaking her head.

“Here, have some gum; Xiaozhe just gave it to me,” Xia Enci hurriedly handed the two pieces of gum she had to Xiao Meng, urging her to chew it.

The gum certainly wouldn’t help much, but Xiaozhe’s words and breath were useful, and sure enough, Xiao Meng’s complexion improved a lot.

Xiao Meng smiled at her, “I’m really fine.”

“Then that’s good. Just focus on the competition and don’t think about anything else. You have me and Xiaozhe here.”