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“The chamber music ensemble is derived from Western aristocratic court music. Theoretically speaking, we should mainly use Western classical musical instruments. However, the status quo is a diversified society. My opinion is, one other instrument can be added to the ensemble performance. Note that only one can be added as an embellishment. “Zhu Xiyang was young, after all, and his thinking was very trendy.

“However, in your example, the guitar and folk music majors do not offer this course. Whether you can invite students from these majors to help depends on your charisma.”

“In terms of the selection of music, my opinion and that of teachers from other departments is no limit. You can choose classicist styles or modern popular ones, provided that you arrange them properly. To save time, each song has a time limit. Each performance has to be finished in 5 minutes.”

Li Xiaoru asked again, “My third question is, how do we know if we are qualified? Do you tell from the degree of applause from the audience during the performance? Is the performance ranked?”

Zhu Xiyang said, “Classmate, you just asked two questions in a row, which means you asked me four questions. I will answer them one by one. For your third question, you will be evaluated by ten teachers and professors from different majors.”

Liu Man remembered that she had participated in the regular major exam at the end of last semester. There were only three teacher judges… And this assessment had ten…

As they heard about such a strict assessment method,

The entire classroom was full of wailing.

“As long as you can play the whole song in its entirety, I don’t think any teacher will deliberately embarrass you and make you fail. After all, your preparation time has been compressed very tightly.” Zhu Xiyang changed his tone and gave everyone hope. The implication was that as long as they are on stage, no one would fail because of this, and they should only care about going through the performance.

All the students sighed in relief.

“As for the fourth question, of course, your performances will be ranked. I hope everyone will put in all their effort to prepare for this performance and not be the last on the leaderboard.”

Everyone got nervous when they heard about the ranking system.

What did he mean? Since they were only supposed to go through the performance, why was there a ranking system?

They were all piano geniuses. Who was willing to become the last on the leaderboard?

“I have just emphasized that the theoretical part of our course is not much. It all relies on practice. I can finish the content of the textbook in about six class hours. I will give the remaining ten hours of the course for everyone to rehearse and plan. The performance will be held in early May, after Labor Day, so please hurry up and prepare. Now, we are starting the class, and if there is anything else you don’t understand, ask me again after class,” Zhu Xiyang opened his PowerPoint.

After class, everyone flocked to Zhu Xiyang. They were all asking questions, copying the PowerPoint, and admiring such a handsome guy. Li Xiaoru glanced at Wang Nina, who ran to the front, and she said to Liu Man with a slight irony tone,

“It’s the first time I see Wang Nina being so positive about the opposite gender. Professor Zhu is certainly very attractive.”

In their dormitory, Wang Nina was the best at socializing with boys and had the most suitors, but Wang Nina didn’t like any of them. The most shrewd aspect of Wang Nina was that she was not as indifferent as to the former Liu Man. She would leave a little hope for boys to make them feel that they could still become her boyfriend. Therefore, during holidays, Valentine’s Day, Chinese Valentine’s Day, and Christmas, Wang Nina always received many gifts.

Liu Man thought on the good aspect, “Maybe she just doesn’t understand something and has a question for the teacher.”

Li Xiaoru: “Hehe.”

TL’s Note: In an ironic way, of course.

The pair walked out of the classroom and was going to have lunch at the cafeteria. A large group of students flowed out from the classroom next door, and they were mostly girls. They were very excited when they saw Liu Man.

“Look, she’s the Hanfu Goddess.”

“I was just watching that video of hers, and I see her in real life as we get out of the class. This is so magical.”

“The video is not exaggerating at all. She is pretty in person.”

“Senior Mozhen is a little better than her.”

“I think she’s prettier than Senior Mozhen, though.”

“Stop arguing. They have different styles and are both very excellent; they are special in their ways.”

Liu Man heard these words and looked at the girl who was talking. She was a beautiful and classical little beauty and was the most dazzling among all the girls.

Perceiving Liu Man’s gaze, the little beauty smiled generously at her and walked to her actively, “Hello, Hanfu Goddess. I have long admired your name.”

Li Xiaoru laughed, “Are you sure you know her name? Her name sure isn’t Hanfu Goddess.”

The little beauty got choked on her words, but she didn’t get upset and still kept on a smile, “I sure don’t know what her real name is, but we can get to know each other right now. I’m Wen Fangfei, a sophomore at the Folk Music Guzhen major.”

Liu Man recalled Shen Mozhen as a senior in the Guzhen major. No wonder these girls referred to Shen Mozhen as a “senior” respectively.

“I’m Liu Man, and she’s Li Xiaoru. We’re both sophomores from the piano major,” Liu Man introduced.

Wen Fangfei nodded and asked her, “Do you have a Tik Tok account? I watched your video with ‘Shi-Senpai’ last night, and I tried finding you but couldn’t even after a long while.”

Liu Man said, “I haven’t signed up yet.”

“Then, can I add you on WeChat? Tell me when you sign up on Tik Tok,” Wen Fangfei said hopefully, “I love your videos.”

This request was not too much, so Liu Man naturally agreed. This was an opportunity to meet a new friend.

The duo added each other on WeChat.

Wen Fangfei was very glad when she confirmed she had the WeChat of Hanfu Goddess. Her classmates were waiting for her somewhere not far away, and she told Liu Man, “We’ll go have lunch, now. If I send you messages on WeChat, make sure to reply!”

Liu Man smiled, “I reply to every single message no matter who they are from.”

“That’s awesome! Bye-bye.”

Seeing the girls from the Guzhen major walk away, Li Xiaoru suddenly thought of the Chamber Music Ensemble assessment and said happily,

“We were still entangled on how to ask for cooperation from other majors. This Wen Fangfei took the initiative to appear in front of us. This is a cheap and effortless way! Let’s find her and invite her to join us. Performing a piano guzheng trio, combining Western and folk music, is refreshing. Find a suitable piece and rearrange it; we’ll get good results.”

“Wen Fangfei herself has to agree, though.”

“Judging from how excited she was when she tried to add your WeChat, she sure will agree,” Li Xiaoru was very confident, “You count as a small cyber star now. I get so excited just from thinking about it!”

Li Xiaoru also saw the video of “Shi-senpai” last night. It was no exaggeration to say that in the university circle of the capital, everyone knew about “Happy Guo Guo”, “Shi-senpai”, and the Hanfu Goddess. Hanfu goddess and Shi-senpai had become the two most popular cyber stars among college students.

TL’s Note: “Liu Man smiled, ‘I reply to every single message no matter who they are from.’” – What about Tang Tu’s…

Credits: Sydney