Chapter 162: Spinning Around in Circles and Embarrassing Oneself
Qiao Ruoxing still looked embarrassed, "Isn't this taking advantage of you? What if the song I picked is not familiar to you, you will suffer a loss, so forget it."
Yao Kexin's mouth twitched, and she was really bold to say it to excuse herself.
She was sure that Qiao Ruoxing didn't play the piano at all, otherwise she wouldn't have refused again and again.
Qiao Ruoxing had just embarrassed herself, so how could she let her go easily now?
The more she didn't want to come, the more Yao Kexin wanted to invite her.
Yao Kexin curled her lips and said, "Mrs. Gu, don't worry about choosing. I will definitely keep up with your pace. Mr. Gu must also be looking forward to your performance."
Qiao Ruoxing looked at Gu Jingyan and whispered, "Are you really going?"
Gu Jingyan glanced at her and said, "Whatever."
Qiao Ruoxing looked a little disappointed, and then said, "Then I will go and show my ugliness."
After she left with Yao Kexin, Shen Qingchuan said, "Yao Kexin has passed the seventh level of piano. She plays most of the repertoire well. Is sister-in-law okay?"
Gu Jingyan unscrewed the bottle of water that Qiao Ruoxing had just drunk, took a sip, and said, "At most, she will embarrass herself. Anyway, she is used to it."
Shen Qingchuan raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
When they sat down in front of the piano, Yao Kexin handed the music score to Qiao Ruoxing.
"Mrs. Gu, choose a song."
Qiao Ruoxing flipped through it, and finally stopped at one page and said, "This is it."
Yao Kexin took a look and found it was "Croatian Rhapsody".
This piece is not easy to play. The chords are played very quickly, and the five fingers that play the keys have different strengths, which is a great test of the basic skills of the performer.
Yao Kexin has practiced it herself, but she lacks the sense of strength. The climax seems a bit soft, without the majestic feeling of the original piece.
But it is enough to deal with Qiao Ruoxing. No one is a professional, and this piece was chosen by Qiao Ruoxing herself. It would be embarrassing if someone can't play it.
"Are you sure you want to play this, Mrs. Gu?"
She couldn't even hide her excitement in her voice.
Qiao Ruoxing nodded, "Let's do this, it's almost the same anyway."
Almost the same?
It's much worse, right? There is a relatively simple piece like "To Alice" in the front. Could she not even understand the score and just guess it randomly?
"Okay, since Mrs. Gu is sure to play this, then this one," Yao Kexin gestured, "Mrs. Gu first."
Qiao Ruoxing shook her head, "You go first, I'll find the rhythm first."
Yao Kexin curled her lips, "Then I'll go first."
She found the keys with her fingers and played them neatly.
Qiao Ruoxing only listened to a few notes and knew that Yao Kexin was not familiar with this song.
However, she looked very confident and controlled the speed within her control. Although she did not press the wrong keys, the momentum she presented was much worse than the original song.
However, the people at the scene still gave face and applauded.
After Yao Kexin finished playing the first bar, Qiao Ruoxing quickly followed.
Her fingering speed was obviously faster than Yao Kexin, and her fingering was very smooth. The strength of each finger was different, and the fingertips were inward to control the strength, unlike Yao Kexin, who used her arms to show the strength.
Fine beads of sweat began to seep out of Yao Kexin's nose, and her eyes were attracted by Qiao Ruoxing's rapidly flying fingers from time to time, and then she accidentally played the wrong note. This wrong note messed up the rhythm of the whole person, and the fingering began to lose its rules.
Qiao Ruoxing was not affected at all. Her piano sound was as smooth as a gushing river, continuous and magnificent, and she played faster and faster. Later, Yao Kexin could no longer keep up.
Her face turned pale, and she looked at Qiao Ruoxing with trembling hands, and continued to play the piano with a cold expression.
The surroundings also became quiet, with only the sound of water and piano floating in her ears.
Qiao Ruoxing did not dress as carefully as Yao Kexin. She was afraid of the cold, so she put a white coat on the skirt.
Her hair was simply combed into a low ponytail. When she bowed her head to play the piano, the broken hair on her forehead fell on the side of her face, and her red lips were slightly pursed, with a sense of coolness and beauty.
Mo Mingxuan looked at her quietly, and the wine glass in his hand was unconsciously clenched.
Shen Qingchuan was stunned beside him.
At this moment, there was only one line in his mind.
How many surprises do you have that I don’t know?
Only Gu Jingyan was calm throughout the whole process.
Qiao Ruoxing chose this piece, and it was really as she said, she got the upper hand.
Qiao Ruoxing always practiced this piece on the piano in the piano room at home.
At the beginning, she didn't play it fluently, and it could be said that she was on par with Yao Kexin.
But she practiced this piece every time she went to the piano room. At the beginning, it was really hard to listen to. After practicing for a long time, she gradually began to improve, and finally she was completely proficient.
But after she practiced this piece well, she still only practiced this piece every time she went to the piano room.
Gu Jingyan's ears were almost calloused from listening to her, and he finally couldn't help asking her why she didn't change one.
As a result, she said that this piece was the most suitable for showing off.
Today, she really showed off.
He said that Qiao Ruoxing was sneaky and had a bad attitude when practicing the piano, but Qiao Ruoxing said seriously that she didn't need to know all the piano pieces, as long as there was one powerful one that could amaze the audience.
She didn't have much ability, but she had a lot of crooked ideas.
Gu Jingyan thought of the previous things, and the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously.
When the last note fell, the whole audience burst into thunderous applause.
As she wished, this piece of music really amazed the whole audience, and even people who had studied piano for more than ten years had to praise it.
On the other hand, Yao Kexin's face was completely drained of color, and the confident attitude she had just shown was gone, leaving only a pale face.
Qiao Ruoxing took advantage of the situation and acted cute, "Miss Yao, why didn't you play in the end?"
Yao Kexin's mouth twitched.
Did she not play? Could she keep up?
Qiao Ruoxing, this bitch!
Yao Kexin took a deep breath and forced a smile, "Mrs. Gu played too well, it's my skills that are not as good as others."
Qiao Ruoxing decided to be a bitch to the end, "You are the first person to praise my good playing. When I was taking piano lessons before, my grades were always at the bottom, but today I also took advantage, after all, it was the song I chose, and I have to thank Miss Yao for deliberately playing a few wrong keys to let me."
Yao Kexin almost vomited blood.
What kind of dog is Qiao Ruoxing?
Even those who don't understand piano can see that she can't keep up with Qiao Ruoxing's speed. What kind of humility is this? This is not giving her face at all, this is a slap in her face!
She said so much, but she couldn't keep up with a song she picked at random.
But she couldn't refute it.
Yao Kexin took a deep breath and said with great difficulty, "Mrs. Gu is too modest."
Qiao Ruoxing said, "Do you want to play another song? I chose the song just now, you choose it this time."
Yao Kexin didn't dare to play with her. If she continued to play, it would be like a naked butt grinding a millstone, going around in circles and embarrassing herself.