Chapter 187 I'm really going to meet my parents
The host hurriedly left, and when the red curtain was opened again, Liu Miaomiao was already standing in the center of the stage. After respectfully bowing to the audience with her hands covering her chest, Liu Miaomiao sat down in front of the piano behind her.

She was wearing a white evening dress today, with her fair and well-proportioned calves sticking out from under the dress, and a pair of diamond-studded high heels on her feet, her slender ankles forming a sharp contrast with the black lacquered piano.

The applause from the audience gradually died down. She was very nervous. Her piano teacher once told her that if she was nervous when performing on stage, she should not look at the audience, but at her toes. So she developed the habit of looking down at her toes when she was nervous.

But now, she no longer needs it. She already has the "sun" in her life that can give her courage.

Liu Miaomiao took a deep breath, spread her ten fingers, and gently placed them on the piano keys. The first note sounded, and the gentle melody flowed around Liu Miaomiao's fingertips.

“This piece of music…”

Ji Ruyan was stunned. What lingered in her ears was not a grand and profound narrative music, but a simple and plain piano piece. The gentle melody came from the sincerity deep in her heart, as if it was the girl's expectation for a beautiful fantasy.

Others in the auditorium might not know, but Ji Ruyan certainly knew that this was not the "Exodus" that she had asked her daughter to play, but the piano piece "The Girl's Prayer" by Polish female pianist Badajewska.

Ji Ruyan never thought that her daughter would become so rebellious one day and would secretly modify the performance repertoire at the school anniversary party.

Are these the changes that Lu Mingfei brought to Miaomiao... Ji Ruyan thought.

However, perhaps because of her nervousness, Ji Ruyan clearly heard that her daughter did not play the first eight bars correctly. Although the notes were correct, the slow rhythm was obviously different from the original song.

Sometimes it's too fast, sometimes it's too slow. But the strange thing is that at the end of the measure, it just hits the original beat.

And from the listening experience, although it loses some of the sadness in the original song, it adds a bit of girlish playfulness.

The hearing of mixed-bloods is much more acute than that of ordinary people. Lu Mingfei in the director's office also heard that the tune Liu Miaomiao played on the stage seemed to be a little different from what he heard during the private rehearsal. It was sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

Is the little girl still nervous?

No, she shouldn't be nervous. Standing in the director's office, he could clearly see the expression on Liu Miaomiao's face at this moment. Although she kept pursing her lips, her expression was carefree and cheerful, as if she had been immersed in it, as if she was treating the school anniversary party as her piano recital.

When the eight bars were repeated and the cycle of variations began, and Liu Miaomiao's melody no longer kept pace with the original beat, Ji Ruyan's heart trembled, as if she suddenly remembered something.

She suddenly realized that her daughter did not play the rhythm of the original song correctly because she was nervous, but that she was just improvising freely.

She interpreted this piano piece composed by Badazevska when she was 18 years old, which expresses a girl's love, according to her own ideas and mood.

Liu Miaomiao's slender white fingers flew across the piano keys, changing the key one after another.

This was the first time she felt free and played the piano according to her own ideas. This was a bold idea that came to her when she hugged Lu Mingfei. Before this, she had always played the piano in accordance with the rules of the score. This was her first time.

After the eight-bar theme was repeated, three variations began, with a wavy melody line and up-and-down musical motifs. Without any rehearsal or prior practice, she would press the keys on whatever she thought of.

At the beginning, when she chose "Girl's Prayer" as the song for the evening party, she simply felt that this song was in line with the ignorant and hazy mentality of middle school students and was very suitable for playing at the party, that's all.

However, after going through so much, her thoughts have changed.

Although I don’t know where Lu Mingfei is now, he must be looking at me seriously and carefully, right?
She wanted to convey this piano piece, and her feelings contained in it, to him exactly as it was.

She wanted to use this song to express her love to Lu Mingfei in front of all the teachers and students of Shilan Middle School and her parents.

Thinking of this, Liu Miaomiao felt a little ashamed in her heart, but the movement of her fingers became smoother and lighter.

I wonder if it has been conveyed well?

Liu Miaomiao thought.

The song is over.

It was not until Liu Miaomiao, holding up the hem of her evening gown, walked to the center of the stage, bowed deeply, and stepped back from behind the curtain that the audience belatedly burst into warm applause.

Liu Miaomiao's piano solo is not a rare thing in Shilan Middle School. Anyone who has studied in Shilan Middle School for two more years can hear it at the annual evening parties or Spring Festival Gala.

Most people don’t watch Liu Miaomiao play the piano with the idea of ​​appreciating the music, but more just to see the beauty of the little piano girl.

However, this unpopular piano piece played by Liu Miaomiao made everyone feel the vitality of youth.

Even Ji Ruyan was shocked by Liu Miaomiao's performance. She had never thought that her daughter could interpret this piano piece so brilliantly.

It is said that love is the vitality of art. It seems that Miaomiao has found her vitality.

……

After leaving the stage, Liu Miaomiao saw Lu Mingfei waiting for her in the backstage passage. Before Lu Mingfei could even open his hand, Liu Miaomiao had already grabbed the hem of her skirt and rushed into his arms impatiently.

Lu Mingfei was stunned, thinking that the little girl was so bold now. Just now she only dared to hide in the corner of the stairwell to hug him, but now she was hugging him directly in the backstage passage in front of so many people?
Just as Lu Mingfei was thinking this, he heard Liu Miaomiao's voice coming over softly: "It hurts..."

"It hurts?" Lu Mingfei was stunned. "What's wrong with you?"

"I ran too fast just now and I think I sprained my foot..." Liu Miaomiao raised her face, looking aggrieved.

"You're wearing high heels and you're still running so fast." Lu Mingfei said, "Can I help you take a look?"

"No!" Liu Miaomiao opened her eyes and quickly shook her head: "Last time I asked you to show me your feet, you made me so itchy, I absolutely don't want that this time!"

Last time?

Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered which time Liu Miaomiao was talking about. It was the time when he held Liu Miaomiao and jumped out of the train in the Nibelungen subway station in the imperial capital. At that time, Liu Miaomiao accidentally sprained her ankle, and he helped her reset it.

"Then you can't walk like this."

"Ming Fei, just give me a hand..."

Before Liu Miaomiao could finish her words, she saw Lu Mingfei squatting in front of her. Then a strong hand went around her knees and back. Before Liu Miaomiao could react, she was lifted up in the air. She was so shocked that she subconsciously put her arms around Lu Mingfei's neck.

When she came to her senses, she found that Lu Mingfei was holding her like a princess.

"Hate it! Why are you hugging me like this..." Liu Miaomiao blushed and said coquettishly.

"You twisted your ankle and can't walk. I'll carry you back to the lounge." Lu Mingfei said.

"But, but there are so many people watching here!"

Feeling the surprised gazes around her, Liu Miaomiao buried her head in Lu Mingfei's arms in shame.

This was the first time she was hugged like this by a guy. In her impression, the princess hug seemed to be a posture that only appeared in Taiwanese idol dramas. She didn't expect that in real life, there would be a guy who would be so domineering as to hug his girlfriend like this in front of everyone.

This experience was both shy and novel. It seemed as if many of my first times had been taken away by Lu Mingfei.

First cry, first confession, first hug, first kiss.

Liu Miaomiao was shyly daydreaming in her mind, and when she felt Lu Mingfei turning a corner, she suddenly stopped. Just as she was a little confused, she looked up and suddenly saw her parents standing in front of her.

"..." The four people stared at each other blankly with eight eyes.

Lu Mingfei was also confused. Why was it that every time he flirted with someone's daughter, he was always caught by their parents?

No, that's not called teasing. He is Liu Miaomiao's official boyfriend now, and that is a legitimate display of affection between a boyfriend and girlfriend.

“Well, well.” Lu Mingfei was the first to break the silence, and said with an awkward smile: “Liu Miaomiao sprained her ankle and it’s inconvenient for her to walk, so I thought of carrying her to the lounge to rest…”

Ji Ruyan's expression was as cold as ever, but Liu Yue glanced cautiously at his wife beside him and asked with a smile:

"Student Lu, do you have time this weekend?"

time?

"Yes, yes." Lu Mingfei nodded subconsciously.

"Your aunt Ji and I are both resting on Saturday. If you are free, why not come to our house for dinner in the evening?" Liu Yue said.

Lu Mingfei was stunned, and for a moment he did not understand what Liu Miaomiao's father meant. What was he trying to do? Seeing me holding your well-behaved, beautiful and lovely daughter, you had murderous intentions in your heart, and wanted to set up a Hongmen Feast on Saturday to catch the turtle in the jar?

Before Lu Mingfei could react, he saw Liu Miaomiao in his arms blushing and tugging at her clothes. Her pink lips opened slightly and she whispered, "My parents are going to treat you to a meal this Saturday. Why don't you agree?"

Seeing Liu Miaomiao's reminder, Lu Mingfei realized belatedly that this didn't seem to be a Hongmen Banquet, but a meeting with his parents. He quickly agreed.

But what on earth happened? Why did Liu Miaomiao's parents suddenly invite me to a family dinner? Did they accept my existence?
I was just about to overcome numerous difficulties and convince Liu Miaomiao's parents to approve of my relationship with Liu Miaomiao, but the boss suddenly dropped a treasure chest?
This is like Guan Yu taking his sister-in-law and preparing to go through five passes and kill six generals to find his brother, but when he arrived at the checkpoint, he found that the soldiers guarding the pass were gone, and he rode his red rabbit horse and strolled back to Shu...

"Also..." Liu Yuemian said with a smile: "Can you put Miaomiao down?"

This smile had a little more hint of fakeness than the previous ones. Lu Mingfei then realized that he was still holding the other person's daughter while he was talking, so he quickly put Liu Miaomiao down.

Liu Miaomiao also landed on the ground staggeringly, and stood up with the help of Lu Mingfei. At the same time, she punched Lu Mingfei in the chest as if blaming him.

But in Liu Yue's eyes, this punch had a more ambiguous meaning.

Liu Yue felt a pain in his heart, thinking that the cabbage he had carefully cared for for so many years was eaten by a wild boar that came from nowhere. He felt a pang of blood dripping from his heart. He wondered whether he should arrange Maozi or vodka on Saturday.

Regardless of whether it was Maozi or vodka, the wild boar must be drunk to let him know that being the son-in-law of the Liu family was not that easy.

Liu Miaomiao also noticed the strange look in her parents' eyes, and quickly reached out to her father with a red face, and limped to her parents.
"My father can help me to the lounge, you go back first." Liu Miaomiao said.

Of course, Lu Mingfei also knew that Liu Miaomiao was too embarrassed to be too intimate with him in front of her parents. Girls in 2006 were conservative, and they would have to be together for ten days or half a month before they could hold hands.

There are only a few people like the little girl who can't wait to hug and kiss themselves as soon as they fall in love.

"Okay, then I'll go back first." Lu Mingfei said.

"that……"

Lu Mingfei turned around and was about to leave when Liu Miaomiao suddenly called him.

"What's wrong?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Why don't you wait for me in the auditorium and then we can go together...it seems like the rain is quite heavy?" Liu Miaomiao pointed outside the window.

This sentence seemed familiar. Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered that this was what Liu Miaomiao said when he met his senior brother with facial paralysis at the door of his classroom not long after he traveled back in time. Wasn’t it?

MD, it seems like I have covered up all traces of other men in Liu Miaomiao’s life?
"Am I on the same way to your house now?" Lu Mingfei asked jokingly.

Liu Miaomiao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what Lu Mingfei was referring to, then bit her lip and said, "Hateful... Then why don't you take my car?"

"Sit, sit, sit."

Of course Lu Mingfei knew that he shouldn’t tease the little girl too much, so he quickly agreed.

"Then it's a deal, you wait for me in the auditorium first!" said Liu Miaomiao.

Liu Yue listened to their conversation helplessly. Although he didn't understand what they were saying, he knew they were flirting. He suddenly wondered if he had been too pampering to his daughter.

Once the wind blows through the cotton-padded jacket, my heart will feel uncontrollably cold!

After Lu Mingfei and Liu Miaomiao's frolicking ended, Ji Ruyan, who had remained silent, finally spoke:
"Don't misunderstand. We are not acknowledging your existence. We only invite you to our house because your last visit to Miaomiao helped Miaomiao's condition improve a lot." Ji Ruyan said coldly.

Lu Mingfei was stunned. He thought that he had always thought that his mother-in-law was an ice queen, but he didn't expect that she was just a cold and arrogant person...

It seems that my father-in-law is not an ordinary person.

……

When we returned to our seats in our class area, most people in the hall had already left, with only a few people still in the auditorium. Looking out the window at the rainy scene, colorful umbrellas grew like little mushrooms in the rain.

Chen Wenwen was one of the few people who had not left yet. She was sitting in her seat reading a book.

"Why haven't you left yet?" Lu Mingfei sat down next to Chen Wenwen and asked.

Chen Wenwen looked up and saw that it was Lu Mingfei sitting over. She greeted him and said, "It's raining too hard and I don't have an umbrella, so I'm waiting for my dad to pick me up."

Chen Wenwen didn't ask why Lu Mingfei didn't leave. She knew that Lu Mingfei was probably waiting for Liu Miaomiao.

"Don't you have an umbrella?" Lu Mingfei frowned in surprise and asked, "I remember you came here with an umbrella in the afternoon."

After the afternoon rehearsal, Lu Mingfei and his friends happened to meet Chen Wenwen while eating in the cafeteria, so they came together.

"Oh." Chen Wenwen said, "I lent my umbrella to Su Xiaoqiang. She didn't bring an umbrella."

Lu Mingfei was suddenly stunned.

"Lend it to Su Xiaoqiang? Is she coming to school?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Yes, I am here these two days."

Chen Wenwen nodded and said, "Before you brought that senior to the literature club the day before yesterday, she came to our place once. Then she was there during the party tonight, and she even went backstage after the party. She just left - have you not seen her?"

Just left?

Lu Mingfei was stunned and his eyes subconsciously looked towards the window. Raindrops hit the glass window with a crackling sound. The flowing rain curtain blurred the scenery outside the window. Even the color of the umbrella became hazy and gradually drifted away in the rain.

……

(End of this chapter)