C1 Chapter 1

Eighteen years later

She was very ordinary.

Very unremarkable looks, very short stature, very mediocre graduation from music university, and then did a very ordinary piano accompaniment job.

Although people said that the future was unpredictable, she could almost see it. She had married normally, given birth peacefully, and lived her life in a very dull way.

After graduating from university, she had joined a band that was very young. Gu Xuan was also only thirty-four years old, and because he'd found a company to provide funding, they could occasionally host a charity show, regardless of money.

After the group left, Ni Xue continued to stay in the classroom to practice because the sound of the piano was better than the one at home. She hoped that she could practice a bit more when there was no one around.

The previous winter had been very cold, but spring had arrived exceptionally quickly. It was only the middle of April, and the weather was already very warm. The beautiful melody of the piano, coupled with the feeling of spring outside the window, could not help but make people happy.

She really liked music. She was very obsessed with playing the musical notes, creating a rhythm that belonged solely to her. Suddenly, she stopped her hand, and the musical notes abruptly slipped away.

"Who is it?"

Ni Xue sensitively turned her head, but there was no one outside the window.

Just now, she felt as if someone was staring at the classroom. In the blink of an eye, the person disappeared.

It was as if she knew someone.

If she didn't know that person was currently not in Yang City, she might have guessed that it was him!

Impossible, it can't be him!

She did not want to see him. It would be best if he did not return to Yangcheng, because she was very much against meeting him.

Ni Xue sighed and began packing up the zither music, preparing to return home. She thought that she might be a very excessive woman. After all, the two of them were childhood friends for over twenty years, yet she actually avoided him and was even as fearful as a snake or a scorpion …

One of the reasons she chose the band was because she was close to home.

It was not even 5 AM when Ni Xue rode her bicycle back home. As soon as she entered the door, she was stopped by her mother who pounced on her before she could even go upstairs.

"Xuexue, it's great that you're back. Little Yang is back. Your mother is calling to call you." Mrs. Ni held her hand as if she were ready to walk her out the door.

Did "he" really come back?

When she heard this news, her eyes widened in surprise. She couldn't believe that her guess had turned out to be true! Ni Xue forcefully pulled on the door frame, preventing herself from being dragged out by her mother.

"He came back. Why must I go to his house?"

Xue Xue Xue, Xiao Yang only came back from M Country once every few months, and your relationship has always been the best ever since you were young. You, Mother Shao, of course hope that you can nurture your relationship a bit more. As she spoke, Mrs. Ni once again exerted her strength to send her daughter out.

"But …" No one was chasing their daughter away like that!

Ni Xue grabbed the door frame even more forcefully and pouted her cheeks in grievance. Even if she wanted to chase the bride onto the bridal sedan, there was no need to be in such a hurry! But she knew that her parents were biased towards Shao Chen, who taught him to be handsome since he was young, even if his lessons were good, he was still a genius, he was a decathlon genius!

Who was she? If not for his help, she might not have even been able to pass university!

Thinking about it this way, she seemed to have really gone too far. She actually didn't feel the slightest bit of gratitude towards this "benefactor" of hers, and even did everything she could to not meet him face to face.

But, if it was her, she would know why she didn't want to meet Shao Chen!

"Hurry up and go, don't make him wait too long." Mrs. Ni felt that this daughter of hers was not at all lovable, but to ask her to come and walk next door would actually require three more reminders from her mother.

"Alright! I'll just go, but — "She broke off from her mother's clutches and hurried back into the house." I've just come back and I want to change clothes.

Then, ignoring what her mother had to say, she ran up the stairs to the second floor and entered, sighing softly, thinking that perhaps she shouldn't have made up any excuse at all.

Wasn't that the saying 'to die early and to reincarnate' from ancient times?

However, she would rather believe that 'better off dead than alive'. If she could drag it out for one more second, she definitely wouldn't want to waste it. When she thought of seeing that peerlessly handsome face, she started to worry …