The closed little theater was like a world of its own.
The light was dim.
Only a little moonlight spilled through the high windows, faintly illuminating the space nearby.
It kept the girl's surroundings from being completely dark.
In this quiet world, it felt as though she were the only one there...
The girl took a deep breath.
With some effort, she opened the piano lid.
For someone so young, the lid was too heavy to lift easily.
She would just play a little...
That should be all right, shouldn't it?
Everyone had gone home.
No one was using the piano.
So it was all right if she played for a bit, wasn't it?
As the first note flowed from beneath her fingertips, every thought vanished from the girl's mind.
All that remained was the sheet music she knew by heart.
Qing Ji's expression shifted slightly.
So the piano was a musical instrument.
Its tones and melodies were new to him.
She had said she would only play for a little while...
But when the girl stopped and glanced at her watch, she realized she had practiced for two hours, just as she usually did.
She felt a little embarrassed.
After practicing, the girl felt as though her mind had opened up and her mood had brightened.
The corners of her mouth stayed turned up.
She carefully closed the piano lid.
A wave of sleepiness swept over her.
She rubbed her eyes.
So much had happened today.
Her brother had locked her in the car.
Confusion, bewilderment, fear.
Suffocation, pain, despair.
All kinds of complicated emotions had tangled together.
Yet her mind had gone blank.
And then...
She had actually flown into the sky, like the heroine of a fairy tale.
Not on a