CHAPTER 507: CHAPTER 507: PIANO COMPETITION

"Bernard, but you said that I could play the piano in the orchestra." A boy stepped forward; he was a cellist, but equally excellent at the piano.

You could say he was better at the piano than the cello.

He joined Bertrand’s symphony orchestra mainly to learn piano from him.

However, Bertrand clearly stated that he wasn’t taking on any more students.

"I’m not convinced. You can’t just put her in because she’s your student. Although it’s your orchestra, we are part of it too." This boy was British and came here following the reputation.

Yet, Bertrand was not willing to accept him.

"Carl, what do you want?" Bertrand wasn’t worried about anything; he believed in Lu Xingzhi and trusted his own judgment even more.

"I want a competition with her," Carl said arrogantly.

He was very confident in himself.

"Little Angel, what do you think?" Bertrand asked Lu Xingzhi again.

"I agree," Lu Xingzhi wasn’t very confident in herself, she just hadn’t experienced a piano competition in a long time.

Back then, it was still...

"What do you want to compete on?" Bertrand thought this was a good idea to let them see Lu Xingzhi’s strength.

"Since you’re Bernard’s student, let’s play his piano piece ’Aspiration.’" Carl was very confident in this piece. He originally wanted to play it for Bertrand, but the other party never gave him the chance.

Now he would use this competition to let Bernard know that not accepting him as a student was his loss.

"Alright," Lu Xingzhi nodded.

’Aspiration’ is very difficult, Lu Xingzhi had also practiced it for a long time.

"Who wants to go first?" Bertrand asked, looking as if he was anticipating a good show.

"I’ll go first!" Carl said and had already sat down at the piano.

After taking a deep breath, his fingers started to move.

He deliberately wanted to play first to overwhelm Lu Xingzhi in momentum, making her nervous and even make mistakes.

Lu Xingzhi looked at him, listening quietly. Honestly, Carl’s level was quite high. No wonder he was unconvinced about herself.

Compared to the highly praised Shen Xinzhu, he was much better.

The techniques in his performance of ’Aspiration’ were excellent. It was evident he had practiced it multiple times.

When he finished, everyone applauded.

Lu Xingzhi did too, very sincerely.

Bertrand laughed heartily, "Carl, you’re very good."

But his favorite was still his Little Angel.

Receiving this comment from Bertrand, Carl was visibly excited. When he walked up to Lu Xingzhi, he was vaguely a bit smug.

He said haughtily, "It’s your turn."

Lu Xingzhi gave him a slight smile; there wasn’t any malice in him, just a lack of conviction, which was understandable.

She walked over to the piano and ran her fingers over the keys.

Closing her eyes briefly, her beautiful slender fingers, like art pieces, danced over the keys like elves.

She was very beautiful, and even by Western standards, she was very pretty. Very clean, like untainted crystal, clear and bright.

More like a fragile glass doll.

When she played the piano, she was extraordinarily beautiful, yet her music was fierce.

Her ’Aspiration’ was different from Carl’s ’Aspiration.’

Her Aspiration was more like breaking free and being restrained, bursting out against all odds with that kind of momentum.

Carl’s face was visibly unpleasant.