Mu Wan turned around to see a man dressed in designer clothes, holding a luxury car key, with an arrogant attitude. When he noticed Mu Wan turning, he didn’t change his demeanor and said, “What are you looking at? I’m talking about you.”

[What a crazy dog, just biting anyone he sees.]
[He probably thinks Mu Wan is like one of those domestic internet celebrities!]
[This guy looks familiar. Wait, is he the second son of the Qiao family, the one whose family imports musical instruments? I heard he also went to Juilliard.]
[What does that mean? He’s a fellow alumnus of Mu Wan?]
[How dare he mess with our Mu Wan? He should watch out for a slap.]

Mu Wan glanced at him and then turned back, stirring her coffee with a smile on her face. “I don’t argue with fools. I don’t even bother talking to uncultured people.”

Mu Wan’s voice wasn’t loud, but it was enough for the man behind her to hear. Clearly, he wasn’t someone who would just take an insult. After a few sounds of shifting chairs and tables, he stormed over to Mu Wan’s table and slammed his hand down with a loud bang.

“Who are you calling a fool?”

The cameraman was startled by his sudden approach and quickly called the director through his earpiece. However, Mu Wan remained calm and slowly raised her head. “‘Flaunting one’s beauty’ originally refers to women playing with their hair or adjusting their posture, often used to describe women’s flirtatious behavior.”

“I was just having a normal coffee, but you chose to use that word for me, which is obviously inappropriate.”

“As for ‘socialites,’ that term mostly refers to women from high society or wealthy families, yet you use it as an insult.”

“Now, who are you calling a fool?”

The man sneered sarcastically, “Oh wow, you’re really cultured, huh? Did you just look that up on your phone?”

“You said you went to Juilliard. I’ve never seen you there before.”

Mu Wan was even more speechless. “Even if he’s the head of Juilliard, he wouldn’t claim to know every single person there.”

“You’re really confident about your connections,” the man sneered. “Keep pretending.”

“I think you’re just using Juilliard’s name to scam people.”

“Our academy cultivates talent for the music industry, not internet celebrities like you. Stop tarnishing our reputation.”

The cameraman weakly spoke up, “We’re not internet celebrities, we’re a legitimate TV program. We’re going to be on TV.”

The man: “…?”

His expression stiffened.

“Jerry.” Suddenly, the door of the coffee shop opened, and a young man with brown hair and small freckles on his face entered, carrying a flute and a trumpet. He looked at the other man in confusion and asked in English, “What are you doing?”

Qin Jie felt somewhat embarrassed. He had mistakenly thought that Mu Wan was like those domestic influencers, who look glamorous on the outside but are just there to thank their benefactors in front of the camera. It wasn’t his business, but his father, who was trying to find him a social media influencer as a stepmother, had stirred things up in the family group chat. He had taken his anger out on her. Even though he now realized he had misunderstood, he couldn’t bring himself to apologize. He snorted coldly and pulled his friend, who had just entered, out of the coffee shop.

[He’s embarrassed.]
[Does he know this is a live broadcast?]
[He has a Facebook account. I just screen-recorded it and will send it to him privately.]
[Oh my god, you’re so bad.]
[I’ll go too.]
[It’s been a while. Mu Wan, are you going to do the task or not?]

“Who was that? So random,” Mu Wan muttered, finishing the last sip of her coffee before standing up. “Let’s go. Shall we do the task?”

The live stream viewers followed Mu Wan as she twisted and turned, eventually arriving at a shopping mall. Upon seeing the shared piano on the first floor, Mu Wan breathed a sigh of relief and murmured, “Thankfully, it’s still here.”

This mall was different from others. In addition to the usual food and clothing stores, the entire third floor was dedicated to music-related shops, such as music stores, custom music studios, and even tuning services. This mall was often called the “paradise for musicians.”

At that moment, outside a piano store on the third floor, the young man with brown hair and freckles from the coffee shop nudged the person beside him and pointed at the first floor.

“Jerry, the girl just now.”

Qin Jie looked down. Mu Wan had already sat down at one of the shared piano seats. After playing a few simple notes, a familiar melody filled the mall. It was the famous Chinese piano piece Colorful clouds chasing the moon.

Halfway through the piece, many people had gathered in the corridor on the third floor. Since most of them loved music, they could easily judge the quality of the piano performance. As the king of Western musical instruments, even though Mu Wan wasn’t as skilled as a world-class violinist, her performance was far better than most amateurs.

Next, she played LiuYang River, Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake, The Shepherds Flute… The crowd kept growing, and soon, there were many people around Mu Wan on the first floor, some of them even taking videos with their phones.

The final piece was the classic Chinese-style piano song The Butterfly Lovers. The emotional, lingering melody moved everyone, bringing tears to their eyes, and it pushed the entire atmosphere of the mall to its peak.

Mu Wan’s eyes unknowingly became slightly red as she played. As she performed this piece, she suddenly thought of Kuang Ye. Zhu Yingtai died for Liang Shanbo by crashing into a tombstone—a tragic and touching story. But wasn’t Kuang Ye’s final death also for her? They were luckier than Liang and Zhu, though. They didn’t become butterflies. Her rebirth had given them a different ending.^[1]Fun facts, all the piano peace she played is available online, just search those piano title and hear it, the butterfly lovers is also a tv series, you can watch it online. But the butterfly lovers … Continue reading

After finishing the piece, Mu Wan quickly avoided the camera and wiped her eyes. Then, with poise, she looked at the crowd and said in English, “Everyone, the songs I just played are famous Chinese piano pieces, and I’m wearing a traditional Chinese qipao.”

“If you think it’s good, could you give me some applause?”

Immediately, thunderous applause erupted, filling the entire live stream room.