"On the night of the New Year's Day party, didn't the principal quietly tell me to ask me to go to him on New Year's Day, I went, and he asked me to participate in the piano competition, because the piano competition was mainly for all high school students in the province, so he wanted me to represent our school to participate in the piano competition. In order to be able to represent the school in our name, the principal directly asked me to return to school on the spot. ”

Duan Zilian briefly explained the main reason for her return to school.

"So, you don't want to go back to school, and you don't want to participate in that piano competition?" Xu Ying couldn't help but think so, because she thought that the principal forced Duan Zilian to participate in that piano competition, so that Duan Zilian would return to school.

"Not really." Duan Zilian shook his head. "I was a little reluctant at first, but then I was willing."

"Why?" Xu Ying was curious about this.

"Because the prize money of that piano competition is particularly generous, the first round is the district-level preliminary competition, and the prizes from the first to the third place are 10,000 yuan, 6,000 yuan and 3,000 yuan respectively; The second round is the second municipal competition, with prizes of 100,000 yuan, 60,000 yuan and 30,000 yuan for the first to third places respectively; In the third round of the provincial finals, the prize money was 300,000 yuan, 150,000 yuan and 80,000 yuan respectively. Duan Zilian said the purpose of participating in that piano competition, and there was nothing to hide anyway.

"That's a lot of money?" Xu Ying was surprised, she didn't expect a piano competition to have such a generous prize.

"Do you need money to participate in that piano competition for prize money?" Knowing the purpose of Duan Zilian's participation in that piano competition, Xu Ying's first thought was that Duan Zilian should be relatively short of money, and secretly deduced the reason for Duan Zilian's lack of money in her heart.

From the dress, Xu Ying can see that Duan Zilian's family is not wealthy, it should be just an ordinary family, and Duan Zilian's family had an accident, and her mother was seriously injured and hospitalized, but the family's financial ability was not enough to support the high cost of treatment, so Duan Zilian went to participate in the piano competition in order to have money to pay for her mother's medical expenses.

Thinking about it like this, Xu Ying couldn't help but feel a little moved.

"Well, sort of." Duan Zilian didn't know what messy plot Xu Ying had made up in her heart, so she responded casually.

In fact, Xu Ying is also right, Duan Zilian is not only short of money, but also very lacking, after all, his family still owes Luo Xinyan and Luo Lingling an astronomical debt.

Therefore, Duan Zilian participated in that piano competition for the prize money, although he could only repay part of it, but he could pay back as much as he could.

"By the way, when is your game?" Xu Ying asked.

"The sixteenth of this month." Duan Zilian replied.

"Number 16...... Isn't that next week? Xu Ying was a little surprised, she didn't expect the game to be so early.

"Yes." Duan Zilian nodded and took a sip of milk tea.

"Number 16...... It happened to be Sunday the following week, and where was the game taking place? Xu Ying counted the time, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

"The venue of the first round seems to be a theater in our city, and I can't remember the name of that theater, but if you search it on a map, you should be able to find it. Anyway, what do you ask so clearly? Duan Zi glanced at Xu Ying suspiciously, could it be that she still gave up on me?

"It's nothing, I just want to call a few classmates and cheer you on." Xu Ying explained.

"Oh." Duan Zilian didn't doubt it, because Xu Ying's explanation was completely reasonable.

Secretly relieved, Xu Ying hurriedly changed the topic: "By the way, during the game, can the audience go in and watch?" If not, then we can't go and cheer you on. ”

"I don't know, but I guess it's okay."

Next, on the topic of piano competition, the two chatted happily, making some small jokes from time to time, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Xu Ying asked for some information about the piano competition, and Duan Zilian knew everything.

Anyway, it's not a big deal to tell Xu Ying this information, after all, this information is just an irrelevant notice, it is available on the Internet, and if you check it on the official website, you can find it.

However, the small talk between the two did not last long before it was broken.

A boy entered the bubble tea shop and suddenly came directly in front of Xu Ying.

When Duan Zilian and Xu Ying were both a little confused, they saw that the boy showed an angry expression, and said amazingly: "Xu Ying, you can, I said why did you suddenly propose to break up yesterday, it turned out that you caught a little white face." ”

Due to the suddenness of the incident, whether it was Duan Zilian or Xu Ying, they were all stunned.

Immediately afterwards, the boy also said to Duan Zilian: "Dude, it's not that I don't remind you, you must not be fooled, she is not a good person, but she has deceived the feelings of several boys in secret." ”

Duan Zilian: "??? ”

"I didn't! Don't talk nonsense about you! Xu Ying waved her hand anxiously, her face turned a little pale, because it was too sudden, and she couldn't help but panic, afraid that Duan Zilian would believe this boy's words.

The boy didn't lower his voice, and at this time, hearing the boy's words, the people in the bubble tea shop all looked at the three of them.

You know, humans are very deceitful creatures, they have a preconceived mind, and they will easily believe what they hear first.

Therefore, the guests in the bubble tea shop all looked at Xu Ying in astonishment, and then they all cast contemptuous glances, but they didn't expect Xu Ying, who looked very good, to be such a person, thinking that the boy was also a victim of Xu Ying's deception.

Noticing the gazes of the people around her, Xu Ying became even more panicked, wanting to justify, but didn't know how to speak.

And hearing the boy's words, even Duan Zilian was shaken in an instant, Xu Ying in front of her was actually a scumbag who played with her feelings in private?

However, looking at Xu Ying's panicked and pale face, Duan Zilian didn't think that she was deliberately trying to trick herself.

What's more, although he doesn't know much, he is still willing to believe in Xu Ying's personality.

Turning his head to look at the boy who had come over, Duan Zilian noticed that there was a hint of smugness in the boy's eyes.

Suddenly, Duan Zilian was sure that this boy was here to do something, and for some reason, he was inexplicably sour, and then deliberately spread rumors to disgust people.

"Brother, do you have any evidence for this? Can you tell us more about that? Duan Zilian's expression was calm.

"This ......" The boy was stunned, he didn't expect Duan Zilian's reaction to be so calm, and without corresponding preparations, he was speechless and looked a little flustered.

Duan Zi shook his head helplessly: "So, brother, I advise you not to eat so many sour lemons in the future, I smell a sour smell." But I have to say, you played this routine very much. ”

Duan Zilian's voice was relatively loud, and the people around him heard Duan Zilian's words.

The people who drink milk tea in the bubble tea shop are all young and have heard of various routines.

At this time, they all reacted, and they all focused their eyes on the boy, and when they saw the boy's panicked appearance, they immediately understood the truth of the matter.

Under the gaze of everyone, the boy looked even more panicked, and his face turned slightly pale.

He has always had a crush on Xu Ying, but he has never dared to confess.

After the New Year's Day party, he heard that Xu Ying's confession to Duan Zilian failed, and he was happy for several days.

Then, at the instigation of his friends, he plucked up the courage to confess to Xu Ying a few days ago, wanting to take advantage of Xu Ying's sadness.

As a result, it was obvious that he was rejected by Xu Ying.

He was very sad, he came here with his friends to play today, but he didn't expect to see Xu Ying here.

But what he didn't expect was that Xu Ying actually drank milk tea with Duan Zilian, no matter how you look at it, it will make people think that they are dating.

Therefore, he felt that he had been deceived, and he was very angry, driven by anger, on the spur of the moment, without thinking much, just thinking of a way, and rushed in to disgust people.

According to his expectations, Duan Zilian and Xu Ying would have a conflict because of his words, and finally quarreled and broke up unhappily.

However, it was completely unexpected.

In fact, Xu Ying was already very flustered, if it weren't for Duan Zilian being calm enough, he would have cracked his conspiracy in two sentences, and he had already achieved his goal at this time.

Now, in the midst of everyone's gaze and fingers, he is a little difficult to ride a tiger, panicked, and embarrassed.

For a while, the boy stood aside in a panic, not knowing what to do, like a funny character who suddenly burst out.

"Sir, if you don't have anything else to do, can you leave the shop?" The waiter at the bubble tea shop walked out of the bar and said to the boy.

After speaking, without waiting for the boy to react, the male waiter pushed the boy out of the door with another waiter.

"Damn! Isn't it just that you can play the piano, what's the big deal! A pair of dog men and women! The boy clenched his fists, angrily glanced back at Xu Ying and Duan Zilian in the milk tea shop, and walked forward angrily.

In front, there are a few boys waiting for him, and he is out playing with his friends.