Chapter 38: An Unexpected Truth
Seeing the old man so excited, Zhao Yu was also very curious, from this point of view, something must have happened to the goddess prodigy back then. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
So, Zhao Yu began to kindly persuade the other party, saying that the things he wanted to know now were very important, and hoped that the old man could cooperate with the investigation. He also indirectly threatened her, saying that if you don't cooperate now, then when your daughter comes, I can only ask her personally!
The old man was very worried that her daughter would hear the word "piano", and after some weighing, she had to tell Zhao Yu the truth.
Regarding the sudden withdrawal of the goddess prodigy back then, Zhao Yu had a lot of speculations. However, it wasn't until after listening to the old man's story that he realized that things were far more complicated than he had imagined!
"That's right, my daughter Li Dan used to play the piano, and she is also a well-known piano prodigy in Fengling County!" The old man's expression was extremely heavy when he spoke, "We only have such a precious daughter, for the sake of the child, her father and I also put all our family wealth on her." In order to allow her to go to the capital to learn the piano, we even sold the house in our hometown!
"My daughter is very sensible, and knows that her father and I work hard, and they work harder than anyone else to learn the piano. Whether it is a county-level competition, a city-level competition, or even a provincial-level competition, she has won all awards.
"At that time, although our family had a hard time, but in Dandan, we could see hope and live a very happy life. Her father is even more confident, thinking that my family's Dandan has a great future, and he will definitely be able to glorify his ancestors in the future, which is much better than those who have son......s!
Who knows, speaking of this, the old man's hand suddenly trembled, and she said in great pain: "However, at that Qinshan Piano Competition, our family's dreams were all shattered!"
"Auntie, what you said, is it the 10th Qinshan City Piano Competition?
"Yes! Yes, to be precise, it was the 10th Qinshan City High School Piano Competition......! I will never forget it for the rest of my life!" The old man's eyes were already full of wet marks, maybe she was too excited, she covered her stomach with her hands, and slowed down for a long time before continuing, "Although it is only a city-level piano competition, this competition is very important, and it is of great significance to our family Dandan!"
"Those who can participate in this competition are all fresh high school graduates, if the contestants can achieve a good ranking in the competition, they may be selected by some art universities and provincial normal colleges and universities in advance, which is an excellent jumping platform for these piano students!
"If our family Dandan can make it to the finals, then it will definitely save our family a lot of money in terms of going to college in the future. Therefore, during that competition, the child was very nervous, and she wanted to get a good ranking and fight for me and her father!
Originally, the competition went very smoothly, the play-in round, the preliminary round, and the preliminaries, Dandan passed all the way, showing her outstanding strength early. At that time, some teachers even thought that with Dandan's strength, let alone reaching the finals, it was not impossible to win the final championship!
"Soon, my family Dandan entered the final with the third place in the preliminaries. At that time, our family was very happy, if Dandan played at a normal level in the finals, then it would be a sure thing to be admitted to the University of Arts!
However, my Dandan was not satisfied, she thought that the gap between herself and the top two in the preliminaries was not too big, so she wanted to increase the difficulty in the optional repertoire in the finals to surpass them!
"The result...... Alas!" the old man hung her head feebly, tears already dripping down her old cheeks.
At this time, Zhao Yu said that it was useless, so he waited patiently. It wasn't until the old man's mood calmed down a little that he continued:
"For the sake of fairness, in the final, all the contestants use the same piano. In order to familiarize the contestants with the piano, the organizing committee arranged a time for each contestant to practice in advance.
"Alas......" the old man sighed again, "The other contestants are all from the city, and they have some relationship with the organizing committee, and they all choose a good time period to practice." And it didn't matter if there was no one in our family, we were squeezed to the last place, and we had to wait until 8 p.m. to start practicing.
"We thought, 8 o'clock in the evening, it's not too late anyway, and the last place is not limited, you can practice as long as you want. The track Dandan chose did have some shortcomings, and it was just right to practice more.
"But who knows, I don't know what went wrong during the day, our practice time, was actually squeezed to more than 9 o'clock in the evening, although Dandan and her father found a leadership theory, but the next day the finals will start, his theory is meaningless.
"There was no way, we had to wait, and finally waited until nearly half past nine o'clock, and the child finally practiced the piano.
"At that time, everyone was gone, and there was only our family of three in the auditorium. Dandan's psychological quality is very good, he has not been affected at all, and he is very involved in practicing the piano!
"But...... But ......," said the old man, trembling violently, with great difficulty, "at that time, her father and I were listening in the audience, and the child was talking very well, and we were both intoxicated, but ...... But I coldly heard Dandan's 'ah' scream!
"When her father and I hurriedly ran to the stage, we saw the child clutching his right hand vigorously, and the blood was already unstoppable, staining the child's clothes red!
What the!?
Zhao Yu was extremely engaged when he heard it, and immediately exclaimed, he didn't expect such a thing to happen back then!
"The child was frightened and looked at us in horror. And her father and I were even more frightened," the old man continued with difficulty, "I don't know what happened to the child? Seeing that the child's hand was bleeding all the time, I quickly pulled Dandan to the hospital!"
"That day, there was no one inside or outside the auditorium, and we couldn't even find anyone to help. Moreover, there were no taxis on the road, and in the end it was a kind truck driver who took us to the hospital.
"After the doctor examined my child, he said that the child's middle finger was cut with a sharp object, which not only injured the tendon and part of the joint, but also crossed out the small half of the finger!
"How have my father and I ever encountered such a thing? We are all stupid! After hearing the doctor's request to find half a finger, her father hurried back to the No. 2 Middle School auditorium to look for it.
"And yet...... When her dad goes back...... But I only saw that all the blood stains on the piano were gone, the piano was wiped clean, and Dandan's finger was also missing!"