"Come in."
Gan Yanyu carefully changed into slippers and walked into the house.
Looking around the spotless room, a hint of pride rose in the young girl's heart.
She wondered if Lin Tian was surprised when he came back last night.
Taking down her cello, Gan Yanyu walked into the living room.
"May I sit here?"
Gan Yanyu pointed at the sofa and asked.
"?"
Lin Tian looked at Gan Yanyu with a slightly puzzled expression.
"I-I'm sorry!"
The girl suddenly panicked and then turned around, pointed at the sofa, and pretend-commanded in a commanding tone,
"Okay, sofa, I'm going to sit down now!!"
The girl flopped down heavily.
The great elasticity caused her buttocks to tremble, and the soft sofa also shook a few times.
Then Gan Yanyu turned her head, her face slightly blushed, and stared seriously at Lin Tian.
Her stern little expression seemed to say:
Look, I sat down without even asking you!
Impressive, right!!
Lin Tian was left speechless by this set of little maneuvers.
You could say Gan Yanyu is distant, but she comes over at seven in the morning to wake you up with knocking.
You could say she's not distant, given they were frank with each other yesterday, and today she still asks to sit on a sofa in her own house.
Perhaps it's Gan Yanyu's inherent upbringing; it's not that she doesn't feel close to Lin Tian, but the education from her childhood has always pushed her to carry humility and politeness to the extreme.
Well then.
Since Gan Yanyu treated herself as a guest, Lin Tian also took out the standard hospitality:
"Want some water?"
"Thank you."
"I asked if you are drinking."
"I am!"
Gan Yanyu, with determination in her eyes, affirmed loudly again.
Lin Tian went to pour the water.
Gan Yanyu watched the boy a bit nervously.
Returning to Lin Tian's house again, Gan Yanyu felt something magical.
Last time she was here, they were complete strangers.
But starting from yesterday, they have officially become … partners?
This change in their relationship.
It gave Gan Yanyu a feeling of being out of place, yet secretly pleased.
However, when she subconsciously acts in a way that doesn't fit the "partner" role, Gan Yanyu gets nervous all over again, afraid Lin Tian might think she doesn't value him.
Lin Tian took a large bottle of Yibao from the fridge, poured it into a glass, and served a cup of water.
In the summer, serving cold water to guests is the utmost courtesy.
Gan Yanyu held the cup, gently sipping with her lips.
Seeing this, Lin Tian couldn't help but take another look.
Today's style of Gan Yanyu, indeed surprised Lin Tian.
Green long dress, side ponytail.
Just the day before yesterday she was still the cold beauty type, but today she gives off a knowledgeable and gentle vibe.
Indeed, a bit of a musician's temperament now.
"Lin Tian, when did you realize I wanted to commit suicide?"
While drinking water, Gan Yanyu suddenly recalled that night when she got drunk at Lin Tian's place.
Even though at that time, Gan Yanyu vaguely felt that Lin Tian might have intentionally wanted to keep her there, given his extreme gentleness.
But since they never explicitly addressed it, and their interaction was very harmonious, she wasn't sure.
Until the night before last, Lin Tian caught her off guard... letting Gan Yanyu realize that she had been manipulated from the start!
Now finally having the chance to ask, Gan Yanyu was too curious!
"This..."
Lin Tian picked up the water bottle, sat on the edge of the sofa, and thought for a while.
"Probably started when you mentioned looking for Cat on the rooftop?"
"Didn't you believe any of it?"
Gan Yanyu opened her eyes wide.
From looking for Cat, it meant he had seen it right from their first meeting!
"Not exactly, I was just a bit suspicious at the time, but I was completely sure when you leaned in and asked me 'what do you want to do'...."
"Wow!"
Gan Yanyu quickly interrupted Lin Tian, pounced on him, and covered his mouth with her hands.
"What are you doing..."
Caught off guard, Lin Tian started to speak and the girl's hand happened to stuff into his mouth.
Then he accidentally bit Gan Yanyu's little finger.
"Ouch!"
The girl quickly withdrew her fingers.
A clear set of teeth marks was left on the thumb.
"I'm sorry!"
Lin Tian nervously approached, looking at the red mark, he immediately panicked.
He hurriedly held Gan Yanyu's hand.
"Let me blow on it!"
"Hu—Hu—"
The hot breath from Lin Tian enveloped Gan Yanyu's little finger.
"It's so hot....."
Gan Yanyu couldn't help but softly speak.
"Wait."
Lin Tian grabbed a large bottle of Yibao next to him.
"Glug glug" he drank a big gulp of ice water.
"Hu Hu—"
He continued to blow.
This time it was a bit cooler.
"..." Gan Yanyu lowered her head, her little face gradually becoming very hot.
She panicked when Lin Tian just mentioned that day.
Every time she remembered, she felt so ashamed.
She actually thought Lin Tian wanted to do that sort of thing to her because he sniffed her clothes...
Really, the dangers of misunderstanding are too great, she can't afford to have such casual thoughts again.
"Feeling better?"
Lin Tian, holding Gan Yanyu's hand, asked.
"Mm... Mm."
Gan Yanyu emitted a soft murmur.
It wasn't until he heard the girl's sticky voice that Lin Tian realized, perhaps his action was a bit presumptuous.
Subconsciously, he treated Gan Yanyu like a child...
Better focus on the important matters!
Lin Tian stood up and went to his room to fetch the music score he had written.
He then returned to the living room and placed the score on the table.
"This is the piece I wrote yesterday, take a look."
"You actually finished it."
Gan Yanyu's pupils trembled as she took the score.
She spoke rationally.
Gan Yanyu was willing to trust Lin Tian, believing that they could work together to achieve the future they desired.
But she hadn't really taken to heart Lin Tian's claim that he could compose music...
After all, even she, who had been learning piano from childhood, was only mediocre in music composition.
When Lin Tian actually presented a complete music score to Gan Yanyu, she was quite shocked.
The title of the piece was...
"Ode to Love?"
Gan Yanyu read the title aloud.
"Yes." Lin Tian introduced, "It's a piece of classical music in the Romantic style."
"Ode to Love" is a piece composed by the renowned British musician Elgar in 1888.
This piece is also one of the famous works performed by the fallen genius cellist Jacqueline, a story that Lin Tian had told two days ago.
That year, in her prime, 20-year-old Jacqueline stood in the concert hall, and with "Ode to Love", made the whole world remember her name forever...
After Jacqueline's death.
At almost every major performance, musicians would play "Ode to Love" and pay homage and remembrance to Jacqueline on stage.
What kind of beautiful music is this?
And why does it always make people shed tears for Jacqueline?
All answers will be revealed in the music...
"Give it a try," Lin Tian said, "with your cello."