Chapter 43: First Idol
This was the best evaluation Lin Ran had given tonight. However, Shen Sisi was not satisfied. She smiled and thanked him humbly, but in her heart, she was sneering. Become an outstanding violinist? She was a wealthy young lady. How could she become a violinist with no prospects? That was not what she wanted. She wanted a higher evaluation to raise her status, she wanted to become the object of everyone’s pursuit.
There were countless violinists in the world. Lin Ran’s evaluation was of no use to her.
Lin Ran had met countless people. He could see the disdain in Shen Sisi’s eyes at a glance. He wanted to say something more, but when he met Shen Sisi’s gaze, he suddenly lost interest. Instead, he turned his head to the back and asked with a smile, "Is there anyone else who wants to come up and give it a try?"
Although that was what he said, he no longer held any hope.
He was naive. These pampered young ladies were thinking of ways they could use to raise their status and marry into a wealthier family of a higher status. They were not trying hard to improve their violin skills.
Hearing Lin Ran’s question, Ji Ning subconsciously moved forward by half a step, but she quickly retreated. She lowered her head and bit her lips.
When Ji Ning was young, she was kidnapped and sold to a small mountain village. The villagers there were unruly and unreasonable. The family that bought Ji Ning originally wanted to buy a son, but the human trafficker didn’t have a boy available. In order to facilitate this transaction, the human trafficker lied to the family and said that they could give birth to a boy if they bought her and named her Zhao Di. Unfortunately, they could not give birth to a boy even after buying Ji Ning and keeping her for several years.
They vented their anger on Ji Ning by making her live in a pigsty, giving her animal feed to eat, and she got beaten and scolded every day. Living in this kind of living environment had caused Ji Ning to become introverted and cowardly. Every time there was a slight movement, she would be afraid. And every time she did something wrong, her whole body would tense up in fear, afraid that she would be beaten up.
Later on, when she returned to the Ji family, the materialistic lifestyle had taken care of her bony body. However, the dark shadows of her childhood still lingered and followed her. Furthermore, her family was not very friendly to her. If anyone unintentionally said a word or looked at her with a mocking gaze, she would become afraid and uneasy, unable to control her tears.
Ji Ning did not open her mouth to ask for anything. She did not dare to express her desires either, except for the violin.
She remembered that on the day she returned to the Ji family home, the television in the living room was broadcasting a party. Lin Ran was standing on the stage and playing the violin. He was so immersed and the performance was so moving. It was as though only when he held the violin, would all the noise in the world have nothing to do with him.