The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter

Old Master Loo, seeing his granddaughter’s confidence, let go of the worry he carried. He reached out to pat Situ Xin on the head and said, "Yes, grandpa believes our Baby is the best. Alright, go ahead."

Seeing Situ Xin appear on stage left Liu Qianxue taken aback, "How did, how did you get up there?" Just when she and Zhang Siya were discussing, they thought Situ Xin wouldn’t show up on stage.

Situ Xin smiled slightly and coyly replied, "Wasn’t it you who asked me to come up and play a piano piece for Grandpa Yu’s birthday celebration? If I didn’t come, how could I play the piano to celebrate his birthday?" Situ Xin paused, then continued, "What, did you think I couldn’t play the piano, so I wouldn’t dare to come up? Were you certain that I would make a fool of myself today?"

Her voice wasn’t soft, and because she stood not far from the microphone, the whole audience heard her conversation with Liu Qianxue. "Hehe, to be honest, I don’t know you and don’t understand what grudge you have against me to make you go to great lengths to have me embarrass myself here. Since you’ve put so much effort into expecting me to make a fool of myself, how could I not oblige?" Situ Xin said to Liu Qianxue with a mix of a smile and a sneer.

And as she spoke, Situ Xin unleashed the charisma she had been keeping under wraps to avoid standing out. In a flash, the audience below gazed at Situ Xin, their eyes filled with amazement.

Liu Qianxue, too, was mesmerized by Situ Xin. But Situ Xin didn’t care how she was being viewed at the moment; she walked up to the piano, sat down, and said to Liu Qianxue, "You were just playing Liszt’s ’Love’s Dream,’ so I’ll play the same piece. Listen carefully, let’s see who plays it better—you or me."

After speaking, Situ Xin extended her hands to test the keys, and feeling that she was in good form, she began to play. Normally, one would need to practice the piano daily, or else their fingers would lose their agility.

Common sense would suggest so, but for Situ Xin, she didn’t need to practice every day. In her past life, the organization had them learn piano—not only for potential mission uses but also as the most basic training to develop hand dexterity for assembling and disassembling weapons. And since the dexterity required for handling weapons far exceeds that for piano playing, for Situ Xin, who was adept at the latter, playing the piano was a piece of cake.

And when it came to musical knowledge and piano skills, Situ Xin was clearly in a league that Liu Qianxue couldn’t even touch by galloping on horseback. Although many in the audience weren’t well-versed in music or piano, even they could distinctly hear the difference in the first few bars between Situ Xin’s and Liu Qianxue’s playing.