2025 Sakibo International Piano Competition, Tokyo stop.
The day of the official pre-competition welcome reception.
Early that morning, Lin Tian stood before the mirror, combed his hair into a mature style, and put on a sharp suit.
Gan Yan Yu personally stepped in to give Lin Tian a new hairstyle.
"All done."
After setting his hair with styling spray, Gan Yan Yu clasped her hands together and stood behind Lin Tian, looking at his reflection.
A clean-cut suit, with his hair parted seven-to-three.
Paired with Lin Tian's youthful-looking face.
"An idol trainee."
Gan Yan Yu gave her assessment.
"Let's not go with that."
Lin Tian broke into a cold sweat.
In his world, that title really was not much of a compliment on a man's looks.
Maybe it was the kind of style girls liked.
But when a man heard someone say he looked like a trainee, he was bound to get a little worked up.
Generally speaking, being told he looked like Eddie Peng was the sort of praise men found much more acceptable.
"You're going dressed like that today?"
After straightening his collar, Lin Tian looked at Gan Yan Yu.
Compared with Lin Tian's formal attire,
Gan Yan Yu was dressed very casually.
A floral dress paired with a knit cardigan.
Very relaxed.
Gan Yan Yu would be attending the welcome reception with Lin Tian today as his "family member."
That was why Lin Tian was a little surprised by her outfit.
Whenever she attended events like this in the past, Gan Yan Yu always dressed exquisitely. Her title as the cello goddess was no joke.
"Today is your stage, Lin Tian. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to dress too conspicuously," Gan Yan Yu said.
Not to mention her previous cello competitions.
This was the first competition