Thump—thump—
At this moment,
The elegant performance onstage was still underway.
The romantic "Spring Voices Waltz" had brought every audience member into a dreamlike world of song and dance halls.
Yet Zhang Dong could hear nothing but his own heartbeat.
"If all of this is only so Teacher Cat can finish the concert..."
"Then... just how bad is Teacher Cat's condition?"
Outsiders might not understand, or perhaps only knew a little.
But in Qingjiang's music scene, among many people who had known Gan Yan Yu before they knew "Cat-chan"—
The fact that the famous cellist Gan Yan Yu had "poor health" had apparently never been much of a secret.
At first, Zhang Dong had never heard about it either.
But after Gan Yan Yu won the Parrot Qin Cup and claimed the title of "Qingjiang's Number One Cellist" in one stroke—
The rumor gradually became known to more people.
However, most people only knew that she had "poor health."
What exactly was wrong with her, and why it was wrong—
No one knew.
So even those who had heard the rumor usually did not take it too seriously.
But now, after Zhang Dong had personally witnessed a stage like this—
Cold sweat began to break out on him—
Could the rumor be true?
Teacher Cat—no, Gan Yan Yu. Had she actually suffered from health problems unknown to the public all along?
Perhaps because he had grown used to calling her "Cat," he had always deliberately overlooked what Teacher Gan Yan Yu, that famous cellist, was really like in everyday life.
No.
Zhang Dong's eyes widened.
Maybe she only looked pale because she was exhausted from practicing and rehearsing?
Zhang Dong decided to watch a little longer and confirm it again.
However,
Once that thought had taken root—
And he deliberately