Chapter 29: The Duel on the Black and White Keys (2)

After Liu Ruiqi finished the qualifiers, three more people went up, probably because Liu Ruiqi's skills were excellent, and the three people who went up after that, except for the No. 3 player and a boy wearing suspenders, the other two girls did not play very well.

Finally, after the three of them were over, they finally arrived at Chu Menghan. She adjusted her breathing backstage, and this should be her most nervous moment.

"The next player is the No. 5 player, Chu Menghan, as a player who participated in the competition for the first time, I don't know what kind of surprises will be brought to us in the qualifiers, so let's witness it together. ”

"It's your turn. Ye Hanyu said to her beside Chu Menghan.

Chu Menghan took a deep breath, then gave a smile to himself, and then also walked onto the stage. The spotlight has been focused on her, and she is the only figure on the stage at the moment, and it is still the position of the piano just now, and when Chu Menghan sat down, the surroundings suddenly became quiet. Her white dress corresponded to the color of the piano, and she sat on a stool, closing her eyes for a few moments, then opening her eyes and placing her hands on the keys.

She looked at the gleaming platinum bracelet on her left wrist, and then looked back at the night feather who had been guarding her backstage. The Blood Devil had been playing the piano in front of him before it all seemed to be reflected in front of him. His demeanor, his movements, the strength and stay of his fingertips every time he pressed down, all of these motivated her.

After a long time, her fingertips pressed the first note on the black and white keys, if the song played by Liu Ruiqi just now was as turbulent as flowing water, then at this moment, Chu Menghan's performance was as light as a light cloud floating in the air. She hadn't been learning the piano for a long time, she couldn't play those complicated tunes, and this time it was a work that required originality, and she could only rely on her own feelings.

Those light melodies popped out one by one, and the enjoyment she felt when she played the piano was like the feeling when Ye Hanyu hugged her at the beginning, and it was also like the excitement when his ice lips touched his lips. She no longer sees this performance as a competition, but as an expression of her most cheerful moments.

Although it is a few points worse than the song Liu Ruiqi played just now, after all, this is the best performance she can do.

The light melody also ended the jump in joy, and at the end of this performance, Chu Menghan got up and bowed to the judges like the previous contestants, and the judges also quickly gave her score, her average score was only 8 points, but this was already very satisfying for her.

She went backstage, and then the seventh player took the court.

"What am I capable of, that's all I know. ”

As soon as Chu Menghan returned to the backstage, she was sneered at by Liu Ruiqi, but she really didn't say anything wrong, and she really only had this bit of technology.

Chu Menghan ignored Liu Ruiqi, and after Liu Ruiqi and Yi Mingjun left, she walked to Ye Hanyu's side, only in front of him, she could show her tiredness like the little girl at the beginning.

"Finished playing?" asked Ye Hanyu.

"Didn't you hear it all?" Chu Menghan sat down and said.

"Although the performance was not very satisfactory, the qualifiers should still be able to pass. Ye Hanyu continued.

"Do you think I can pass the qualifiers?" Chu Menghan asked Ye Hanyu again.

Ye Hanyu replied: "It's just a process, and the meaning of the game is to really get something useful." His black pupils were slightly bloody. This is also what Night Sky said to him at the beginning. It seemed to see in his eyes every rank he had broken through when he was a vampire night, every prey he caught, and even every blood he had sucked.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Menghan actually leaned on Ye Hanyu's shoulder.

"What are you doing?" Ye Hanyu seemed to be a little resistant, not because she disliked it, but because the blood on Chu Menghan's body was too tempting for him, and it was so close, which made his throat a little thirsty. He moved the Adam's apple in his throat, his pupils dilated unnaturally, he was trying to suppress his excitement, and he was also suppressing his somewhat rapid breathing.

"I even kissed my mouth, do I still care about leaning on your shoulder. Chu Menghan didn't mean to be scared at all, he knew that his blood was tempting to Ye Hanyu, but she believed that Ye Hanyu would restrain herself, not to mention, she really wanted to lean on him for a while now.

"What are you doing!" said a man who looked to be about thirty years old with glasses and a combed back of his hair, walked up to the two of them, watched their behavior, and hurriedly said.

Chu Menghan looked up when he heard the sound, oh my God, it was the teaching director, and it was even more coincidental that he was also the director of the backstage control this time. This can be regarded as a serious arrest.

"I don't know that high school students are forbidden to fall in love, who made you have such intimate actions here!" the teacher said to the two of them in an elder-like tone.

Seeing this, Chu Menghan hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry teacher, we know that we must pay attention next time." ”

But Ye Hanyu on the side didn't look very good-looking, he got up and faced the teaching director, and he was half a head taller than him.

"What do I want to do, do I still need to discuss with you?" In terms of age, Ye Hanyu is thousands of years older than him, and in terms of ability, he can even make him disappear with his fingers.

"What did you say, what class are you from, what is your name?" the dean of teachings pointed to Ye Hanyu and said to him.

Ye Hanyu didn't answer, but his face was also getting angry a little bit, and his hand couldn't help but clench a little, just afraid that the blood pupil would be changed out in the next second, which would be difficult to explain.

"I'm sorry teacher, he's not in a good mood today, let's go to the other side first. Seeing this, Chu Menghan missed the teacher's life in a second.

Pulling Ye Hanyu aside, Chu Menghan said to him, "What's the matter, you are usually not so impulsive." ”

Ye Hanyu replied as if nothing had happened: "It's nothing, it's just that your blood just now made the soul spell on my body a little uncontrollable, causing my emotions to get a little out of control." ”

"I'm sorry, it's all my ......" Chu Menghan didn't know that he had just relied on Ye Hanyu to give him such a big reaction, which would definitely make him blame himself, and how should he contact him in the future.

Ye Hanyu said: "I don't need to apologize, this is my problem." He knew in his heart that this would not happen when he kissed Chu Menghan before, but now it was just because she leaned on herself, unless it was some thoughts in his heart that stimulated the allure of Chu Menghan's blood to himself.

"Do you want it to matter?" Chu Menghan was still a little worried.

"I said so, I'm fine, the results of the qualifiers are coming out soon, you should be worried about whether you can get to the semi-finals now. Ye Hanyu's eyes were still cold, but he could see that he was really fine now.

The stage in front of him was not affected, and the host got the list of finalists from the judges. According to the previous scoring ranking, the first place is Liu Ruiqi, with an average score of 9.5 points, and there are only six promotion places in the qualifiers.

When the host announced the fifth promotion spot, Chu Menghan's heart had already risen to his throat.

"I announce that it is Anna who will advance to the fifth place in the semi-finals! her average score is 8.8!" the host said one more spot.

It's not me yet, what can I do now, there is only the last promotion place left, I won't really be able to pass the qualifiers, I was full of confidence when I told Liu Ruiqi at the beginning.

"I would like to announce that the last place to qualify for the semi-finals of this competition is ......"

Chu Menghan's hands in the audience were clenched tightly, and some beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

"The last one to advance is Chu Menghan, the No. 5 player, with an average score of 8 points!"

"Yay!" After hearing the news, Chu Menghan almost jumped up, but the night cold feather beside her didn't have any waves.

"The qualifiers have really passed!" Chu Menghan became excited, she almost subconsciously hugged Ye Hanyu beside her, but when she was about to contact him, she remembered what he looked like just now, and stopped her hand for a while.

I was so excited here, but the guy next to me was still like a wooden man as if nothing had happened, but there would always be people sneering at this time, as if he was not good to see anyone.

"It looks like you went out to see the yellow calendar today, but the semi-finals are not the same as the qualifiers, I really don't know if you will have such luck. On the other side, Liu Ruiqi, who was touching up her makeup, was preparing to participate in the next semi-finals, and when she saw that Chu Menghan was still glad that she had passed the budget competition, she couldn't help but want to snub her.

After she finished speaking, she went to touch up her makeup, Chu Menghan didn't respond, and she was also preparing for the semifinals.

Unlike the qualifiers, the semi-finals require the six finalists to take the stage at the same time and perform in turn, after which the three judges select two of the six to play in the final round. According to the score ranking of the qualifiers, Liu Ruiqi was the first to perform, and Chu Menghan was the last.

After the list of semi-finals came out, the host soon announced the start of the semi-finals, or in order, Liu Ruiqi, who was dressed in a black dress, was the first to take the stage, and the next contestants followed in turn.

Chu Menghan ranked sixth: "I went." She smiled at Ye Hanyu before she came on stage.

"Hmm. Ye Hanyu replied simply.

This time, there were six pianos on the stage, one for each player.

"Dear judges and students, the semi-finals will start immediately, in the semi-finals, the contestants will play a piece of music in turn, and the judges and teachers will score them from the fluency and proficiency of the music, and finally select two people for the final round. The host stood in front of the six pianos and said to everyone present.

"Okay, without further ado, first of all, please ask our No. 1 player Liu Ruiqi to play for us. ”

The host's voice fell, and Liu Ruiqi began to play, because of the particularity of this game, no one knew in advance what kind of music the contestants would play.

Liu Ruiqi, who has a piano background for several years, chose Maxim Mlvica's "Croatian Rhapsody" this time, as before, one note after another jumped at her fingertips, and the undulating melody also echoed in her ears. The audience remained silent and listened to Liu Ruiqi's performance. Due to time constraints, Liu Ruiqi only played the first half. There was no stop in between, and after Liu Ruiqi finished, the player behind her began his own performance.

His choice of music is Richard Clayderman's masterpiece "Dream Wedding", which is relatively soothing, but the notes also dance one after the other on the keys as if they have been brought to life.

After that, the contestants played one after another, and Chu Menghan became more and more nervous. The platinum bracelet on her wrist seemed to be glowing, and the soul spell inside seemed to be about to flow out, but Chu Menghan didn't do it, it was still the same sentence, she wanted to use her strength to prove herself.

Now that it's Anna's turn to play, it's up to me next. She closed her eyes for a moment, then placed her hands on the black and white keys, and she seemed to have something in mind, but no one could see through it.

The song played by Anna ended in soothing, Chu Menghan took a deep breath, and then, her ten fingers also began to dance on the black and white keys.

As soon as the sound came out, it could be seen that almost everyone present had a surprised expression. Because the piece that Chu Menghan is playing at the moment is not a new tune, but the second half of "Croatian Rhapsody" played by Liu Ruiqi. Although her proficiency is not as good as Liu Ruiqi, she can hear that the note she started is the next note after Liu Ruiqi has just finished.

"This woman always has some bells and whistles. Ye Hanyu, who was watching in the background, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth a little, he didn't expect Chu Menghan to express himself in this way. Maybe no one could understand what Chu Menghan was thinking, but as soon as the keys sounded, Ye Hanyu understood this woman's thoughts.

She wants a piece to be expressed here, and although she has not been learning piano for a long time, she respects every piano piece. "Croatian Rhapsody" is one of the songs that Night Hanyu gave her, and perhaps she is also reporting to Night Hanyu to show some of her learning results.

Perhaps, she has other meanings, aside from the fact that this is a competition, in a sense, she and Liu Ruiqi played this "Croatian Rhapsody" together. Coincidentally, today Liu Ruiqi is wearing a black dress, while Chu Menghan is wearing a white dress, just like the black and white keys of the piano, only when the black and white are bonded together, can it be called a complete piano.

With the end of Chu Menghan's playing, the results of the semi-finals also came out. This result was also what she had expected, and she still didn't make it to the finals, but she was already very satisfied with the result. Although he did lose to Liu Ruiqi this time, Chu Menghan lost convincingly. After all, the piano can't reach a certain level without a few years of hard practice, Liu Ruiqi has a foundation of several years of practice, and he has only trained for a few months, which is still a bit of a gap. Although Ye Hanyu is also relatively powerful, it is still because he has soul spells on his body after all. She also knew that if she used a platinum bracelet today, it would not be a problem to win the championship, but if that was the case, she would probably be really disappointed by Ye Hanyu.

Ye Hanyu did think so, and at the beginning she was still wondering whether it was right or wrong to make this girl look good, and she didn't know if she would rely too much on her own strength if she gave her a platinum bracelet. But in fact, she only used it once. In this piano competition, she was able to temporarily ignore the conflict with Liu Ruiqi and the challenges promised to her before, and completed a piano piece with her in the final performance. In Ye Hanyu's opinion, this time, she really broke out of the cocoon and transformed.