Walking off the stage with the audience applauses, Ma Xiao-Er was feeling comfortable. Happy and cheerful that she had really done her best. She wasn’t the last person to go on stage, there were still a few more people who hadn’t perform yet.
In the backstage there was a monitor to see the performers on the stage, the person to go after Ma Xiao-Er was nervous, he was shaking. He was a man in his thirties; he had applied for competition from MICM for years. Ever since he was a teenager, he dreamt to be able to perform for the judges at MICM. But after seeing Ma Xiao-Er, he knew he couldn’t have done better than Ma Xiao-Er.When he was on stage, he messed up his notes and his fingers, everything was messed up from the pressure. The pressure to perform better than Ma Xiao-Er, he obviously couldn’t, and failed miserably. A judge had to stop his performance and removed him from the stage. It was rare for something like that to have happened. However, theYang Tian-Xu wasn’t worried about Ma Xiao-Er when he sees her smiling. Just as he turned to look at Wang Yi-An, he saw her smiling as well. Her beautiful smile makes his heart skipped a beat. He couldn’t help himself but to smile as well. Watching Wang Yi-An whether she cried or smiled, he still prefers to see that smile of hers. It had been a while since he saw her smiling like that.The only love Ma Xiao-Er has was for her music. As for Yang Tian-Xu, the only love he has was for Wang Yi-An. Being able to give all their hearts into what they love. Perhaps they are a lot alike. Just as Ma Xiao-Er was so excited to go out and celebrate her victory, she was disappointed with Yang Tian-Xu’s words.“Celebrate? Don’t you always win first place? Why celebrate it?” Yang Tian-Xu wanted to have dinner with just him and Wang Yi-An. He didn’t want to have Ma Xiao-Er there being his third-wheel, he just wanted to spend some alone time with Wan
Inside Ma Xiao-Er’s favourite practice room, there was that black grand piano. Wang Yi-An had always wanted to play the piano, but she never have the chance to learn to play it. She was excited to see a grand piano up close; she came over close to it and feel it with her hands.“Xiao-Er is amazing. She’s incredibly talented, pretty, cute, and sweet. I wish she can teach me how to play the piano sometimes. I had always wanted to learn how.”Yang Tian-Xu took her hand, gently, and with her hand, he lead her over to the bench in front of the piano, “Come here, I can teach you. Sit down.”The bench was big and long enough for the both of them, and when she sat down, he sat beside her on her left side. He held her left hand and isolated her index finger, and using her finger, he pointed to the key. “This here is ‘C’ and this is ‘D’ and…” He runs her finger through each note and tells her which k
After searching the entire third floor, he had made his way to the second floor, and he saw Ma Xiao-Er just sitting outside of Room 204. He thought, perhaps it was Wang Yi-An inside that room. He knew that the Ma and Yang Family were close. And he knew that Ma Xiao-Er has a good relationship with Wang Yi-An thanks to Madam Liu’s project.When Liu Shun-Feng approached her, he asked her, “Why are you out here?”“Shush!” She rushed on over and covered his mouth with her hand.Ma Xiao-Er came back from greeting the press, answering questions about her feelings and all for winning first place. The interview took about eight or ten minutes. When she came back, she heard piano playing and Yang Tian-Xu’s voice from within the door, with her noisy personality. Instead of coming inside, she remains outside eavesdropping. Listening and smiling at how romantic Yang Tian-Xu was to sing a song for Wang Yi-An.When Liu Shun-Feng saw Ma Xiao-E
Puffing her cheeks out, she ignored every question he asked her. “That’s it, you annoying brat! Let me in!” He tried to get pass her, but just as she struggles to keep her stop, Liu Shun-Feng didn’t want to hurt a little girl. But he was annoyed by her. “Get out of the way, you little brat!”Ma Xiao-Er hated to it when people call her a brat. People can insult her anyway they can, but calling her a brat? She’s known to be mature for her age. How dare he call her a brat?Just when Liu Shun-Feng held onto her wrist and pushed her against the door, and tried to open the door with his free hand, but she shouted and stopped him, “No! This is a private room, reserved for me! You are not allowed in!”“I don’t care if it’s reserved or not, open the fucking door!” He screamed at her, “Don’t make me search you for the key!”“No!” She struggles while he was touching h
The loud noises from outside the practice room had Wang Yi-An, and Yang Tian-Xu curious, they thought they had heard Ma Xiao-Er’s voice. Wang Yi-An was positive she had heard Ma Xiao-Er’s loud screaming, and she jumped out of the bench and said, “I think I heard Xiao-Er’s voice!”Yang Tian-Xu wanted to hear her answer to his question, “Do you love him?” Him as in Liu Shun-Feng, but it was clear that Wang Yi-An rather avoids his question. Her reaction was just too obvious. He smiled, because that’s just how much he loves her, her obvious side as well.He wanted to let her know that she doesn’t have to answer him. Because he doesn’t need to know. As long as she’s happy, he can live with that, but the banging and shouting from outside the door just keep interrupting him.The Practice room’s door was hard, so when Liu Shun-Feng slammed his fist on the door, there wasn’t much impact. The door vib
No matter how angry Yang Tian-Xu was at Liu Shun-Feng, he still couldn’t get over the words Wang Yi-An had said to him then. “Happiness isn’t necessary.”“If happiness isn’t necessary, then what is? What about love? To you, Wang Yi-An, is love necessary?” The gaze from his eyes to hers, like an electricity that couldn’t figure out its current.Asking her all those questions, Wang Yi-An wasn’t able to answer him. They stared at each other for a while, before she looked away and said, “Even if the person I marry is you, can you guarantee my happiness?”He held onto her hands and wanted her attention as he said, “I might not be able to guarantee you happiness, but I can guarantee you my love.” Just a little tighter, he grasps her hands, “Don’t marry him, An-An… Don’t marry Shun-Feng… Because, he’s not good enough for you!”It wasn’t h
The time was 11:05 p.m., when Liu Shun-Feng was left there outside the practice room, after Yang Tian-Xu had taken Wang Yi-An downstairs. He remains there with his back leaning against the wall, still in shocked. Unable to move from his very spot.His thoughts were filled with hate for Wang Yi-An. How could she be so stupid to stand behind him? Then his hatred for Yang Tian-Xu for taking his fiancée away from him. What right does he have? But most importantly, his hatred for himself. Why wasn’t he more careful?Liu Shun-Feng slid his back down against the wall, like his knees were weakened, as he remains seated on the floor. Wondering why he didn’t go after her, wondering why he didn’t stop Yang Tian-Xu from taking her away from him.The more he thought about it, the more he really hated himself. He couldn’t just let her leave him like that, but he still did. He deserves that punch; it hurts. But whenever he remembers his hand hitting on
Never face your back to an angry beast. Ma Xiao-Er was that angry beast. She hated the thought of being bullied. Ever since she was little, she would always be bullied. Why? Because she was Vice President Ma’s daughter.The Yang family might not say it, but everyone else does. All the prestigious families within City Y all knew that the Ma was mere servants for the Yang. For years, they had been working for the Yang. They formed a good relationship over those years, but they still were considered as a family of servants for the Yang.The other families would talk behind their backs, and for kids, when they hear their parents talk, they talk as well. Ma Xiao-Er was bullied ever since she was little. Whenever she would accomplish something and get complemented by the teacher, the students would talk behind her back, calling her a teacher’s pet, just like a servant.At first, her father didn’t want to send her overseas, but one time, she got into