Hearing that, Gan Yan Yu, who had been blocking the door, suddenly went blank.
Her hand loosened, and Nana Li pushed the door open.
"..."
As Nana Li walked in, she looked around.
"This late at night, you're practicing alone? Where's your partner, Lin Tian?"
"He..."
"You really are..."
Seeing Gan Yan Yu's dejected face, Nana Li's anger flared. Pointing at her nose, she shouted furiously,
"Do you have any idea what mindset I came to Qingjiang with?!"
"My mother's job was transferred from the United Kingdom to China. So I could catch up to you, I specifically applied to a university in China and came here with her. All so I could enter China's cello scene and defeat you here!"
"I wasn't just going to beat you in the Parrot Qin Cup—I was going to beat you in the Dragon Qin Cup too! I was going to keep beating you and win back everything I'd lost before!"
"That was the mindset I came here with, so could you please take this seriously too? Don't let me see you lose once and then just sit here spacing out!!"
"..."
After that string of shouting ended,
Gan Yan Yu froze.
She stared at Nana Li for a long time, lost in thought.
"I actually wasn't that upset," the girl said.
"Huh?"
Nana Li froze and lowered her hand.
"Really?"
"Teacher Bai Xi is very strong... It wasn't unexpected that she won the championship."
"Then you..."
"Bai Xi has always wanted to perform with Lin Tian."
Gan Yan Yu spoke softly.
"What if Lin Tian also thinks he can perform better with Bai Xi..."
"Huh??"
Nana Li narrowed her eyes.
She tried hard to sort out her thoughts before cautiously saying,
"So you're worried that because you lost the competition, your wonderful