Shortly after the monthly exams, the time soon came to the weekend.

At ten o'clock on Saturday night, Duan Zilian completely finished today's work, left the café, and rode his bicycle home.

When Duan Zilian returned home, it was already half past ten, and at this time, he could have a little time for himself.

The days are like this, although they are busy, but Duan Zilian feels quite fulfilling.

After saying hello to Luo Xinyan and Luo Lingling, who were blowing their hair in the living room, Duan Zilian entered his room, sat on the edge of the bed, and played with his mobile phone for a while, mainly to watch videos to relax.

But it didn't take long for a prompt popping up on the phone that someone had sent a message.

Duan Zilian took a look, it was Xu Ying who sent a message.

"Xu Ying: Did you sleep? (Smile. JPG）』

I don't know what she was doing when she sent a message at this time, but Duan Zilian still replied to the message.

"Duan Zilian: Not yet, not long after I got home."

"Duan Zi Lian: Is there something wrong?"

"Xu Ying: Aren't you going to participate in the preliminary round of that piano competition tomorrow, I'll send a message to cheer you on, and I wish you a successful start tomorrow."

"Duan Zilian: Thank you, then I'll borrow your auspicious words."

"Xu Ying: By the way, can passers-by like us be allowed to watch that piano competition?"

"Duan Zilian: I looked at the notice on the official website, and it seems that it can't, saying that it is to ensure the quiet and order of the venue."

"Xu Ying: Huh? Well, I was going to call some of my classmates to cheer you on tomorrow. (Sighs with regret.) JPG）』

"Duan Zilian: No way, that's the way it is. And I was the only one in our school who participated in that piano competition, and it seems that I will be fighting alone tomorrow (sighing. JPG）』

"Xu Ying: It seems that you are going to the battlefield tomorrow, and you have a feeling that the strong man will never return. (laughing and crying×2.JPG)"

"Duan Zilian: In a certain sense, I am indeed going to the battlefield tomorrow, but it is not enough that the strong man will never return."

"Xu Ying: Okay, that's it, you're not early, you should rest early and recharge for tomorrow's game. Bye-bye and good night.'"

"Duan Zi Lian: Well, good night."

Exiting the chat interface with Xu Ying, Duan Zilian yawned, put down her phone, looked for a change of clothes, went to the bathroom to take a shower, and prepared for bed.

On the other side, Xu Ying, who was sitting on a chair, was wearing cotton pajamas, blowing her somewhat wet hair with a hair dryer, while looking at the information records on her mobile phone, thoughtful.

Then, she put down the hair dryer, took her phone, and hurried out of her room.

"Dad, there's a piano competition tomorrow, you know?"

……

Sunday, January 16th, eight o'clock in the morning.

In the ringtone of the mobile phone alarm clock, Duan Zilian opened his eyes and woke up.

lifted the quilt, got out of bed quickly, put on cotton clothes, and went to the bathroom to wash.

A few minutes later, Duan Zilian came out of the bathroom, and when she saw that the living room was empty, she knew that Luo Xinyan and Luo Lingling hadn't gotten up yet.

It's no wonder, after all, it's still January, winter hasn't passed, the temperature is still relatively low, and today is also relatively cold.

Including the joke.

To be honest, if it weren't for the piano competition today, he would have wanted to get up until nine o'clock.

When I got to the kitchen, I cooked a bowl of noodles and made a simple breakfast, and Duan Zilian ate in the kitchen with steaming noodles.

Suddenly, the mobile phone that was placed on the coffee table vibrated and sounded.

Duan Zilian took a look, and it was Luo Xinyan, who was still sleeping in the room, who sent a message.

"Luo Xinyan: I remember you had a piano competition today?"

Although she didn't understand what Luo Xinyan's purpose was in sending this message to herself, Duan Zilian still replied to the message.

"Duan Zilian: Well, it officially started at half past ten this morning."

A few seconds later, Luo Xinyan sent another message.

"Luo Xinyan: Lingling asked me to cheer you up."

Seeing this news with unexpected meaning, Duan Zipian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but smile.

"Duan Zi Lian: Hmm!"

And within a few seconds, Luo Xinyan sent another message.

"Luo Xinyan: Although it's only a preliminary round, if you win the competition, there will be a prize money, so Ling Ling asked you to buy more food when you come back."

Duan Zilian: "......"

Did they cheer themselves on for the prize money of the competition?

Looking at the news sent by Luo Xinyan, Duan Zilian suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.

"Duan Zilian: Well, I'll definitely buy more food and come back. (Laughing and crying. JPG）』

Luo Xinyan didn't respond.

Putting down the phone, Duan Zilian ate breakfast and quickly finished the noodles in the bowl.

At the same time, the principal sent a message and asked for Duan Zilian's address, and Duan Zilian reported his address to the principal.

Half an hour later, the principal's car appeared downstairs.

The prepared Duan Zilian got into the principal's car, and the two drove towards the competition venue.

On the way, the principal was worried that Duan Zilian would be nervous, so he chatted with Duan Zilian about some trivial matters in life from time to time, wanting to relieve Duan Zilian's nervousness, otherwise, if Duan Zilian was too nervous and played abnormally, then his face would be lost.

But in fact, Duan Zilian is not very nervous.

In the midst of a casual chat, the principal drove to the competition venue with Duan Zilian.

At this time, the time was almost 9:40 minutes, and there was still a long time before the start of the game.

The venue for the competition was held in a theater.

After getting out of the car, Duan Zilian took a look at the theater called "Wenda", which looked quite atmospheric from the outside.

"Let's go."

The principal also got out of the car, took Duan Zilian into the theater in front of him, and said to Duan Zilian as he walked: "This piano competition is at the provincial level, and now it is only a preliminary competition at the district level, so your opponents are all from high schools in the same urban area as us, I took a look, including us, there are a total of eleven high schools, and thirty-eight participants." ”

"Hmm." Duan Zilian nodded, he didn't expect the principal to understand in such detail.

After all, they are all ordinary high schools, not the kind of specialized music schools, in a high school, it is good to find a few students with good piano skills, and some have only one, such as Duan Zilian's high school, and some high schools don't even have a contestant.

You must know that today's students are under so much pressure to study that there are very few people who have extra time and energy to learn piano.

Duan Zilian silently calculated in his heart, including himself, if there were a total of thirty-eight people, it was estimated that it would not be over until more than twelve o'clock or one o'clock at noon.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see our school's biggest rival, No. 3 Middle School, and your main enemy."

led Duan Zilian to the theater, and the principal greeted a middle-aged man who was not much different from him, it was the principal of the third middle school.

"Yo, Lao Jiao, you're really here, didn't you say you wouldn't participate in this kind of music competition last year?" The principal of the third middle school said with a smile, as soon as he came up, he was-for-tat, and the smell of gunpowder was particularly strong.

"Hmph, I regretted it, no?" Duan Zilian's headmaster suddenly snorted angrily.

"Okay, okay, you can compete in whatever competition you want, and I won't stop you. I don't know about you yet, though? Do you come this time because you feel that your students can win? Or do you feel like your students are getting better rankings? ”

As he spoke, the principal of No. 3 Middle School looked at Duan Zilian.

And Duan Zilian also looked at the two students next to the other party.

It was two boys, one with black glasses and an ordinary appearance; And the other is handsome and has relatively long hair, which seems to make him look more literary, but at the same time, it also looks gloomy.

An ordinary man with eyes, a man with long hair and gloomy hair, this is the contestant in the third middle school?

"This Fan Dong, this is Feng Hui. Feng Hui is the main force of our school, and although Fan Dong's level is a little worse, it is also very good. The principal of No. 3 Middle School smiled and briefly introduced his students, and it could be seen that he was very proud.

"Hmph, this is our school's joke." The principal of Duan Zilian was unhappy and also introduced it.

Feng Hui is a long-haired gloomy man, he smiled, and took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Duan Zilian to greet him: "Hello." ”

"Hello." shook hands with Feng Hui, Duan Zilian looked at Feng Hui in front of him and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Feng Hui seems to have good manners, but Duan Zilian can feel that in Feng Hui's courtesy, there is a hint of arrogance, as if he is a victor, comforting the loser elegantly, expressing his disdain in a more subtle way.

This made Duan Zilian a little uncomfortable.

It can be seen that this Feng Hui should be a relatively proud person.

And because Feng Hui took the lead, the ordinary glasses man named Fan Dong also said hello to Duan Zilian, the etiquette was normal, and he did not have the same arrogance as Feng Hui.

Duan Zilian also greeted Fan Dong in return.