I'll Blow on It for You

"Come in."

Gan Yan Yu carefully changed into slippers and entered the house.

Looking around the spotless room, the girl felt a small surge of pride.

She wondered if Lin Tian had been startled when he came back last night.

Taking off her cello, Gan Yan Yu walked into the living room.

"Can I sit here?"

Gan Yan Yu pointed at the sofa and asked.

"?"

Lin Tian looked at Gan Yan Yu with slight confusion.

"S-Sorry!"

The girl immediately panicked. Then she turned around, pointed at the sofa, and said in a pretentious commanding tone,

"Alright, sofa, I'm sitting down now!!"

The girl plopped herself down hard.

Its full elasticity made her hips bounce, and even the soft sofa shook three times.

Then Gan Yan Yu turned her head, her little face slightly flushed, and stared seriously at Lin Tian.

That stern little expression seemed to say:

See? I sat down right away without even asking you!

Impressive, right?!

Lin Tian was left speechless by that little combo.

You could say Gan Yan Yu was too formal, yet she could knock on his door at seven in the morning and wake him up.

You could say she was not formal at all, yet after they had been so honest with each other yesterday, she still had to ask before sitting on the sofa in his home.

Maybe that was the refinement ingrained in Gan Yan Yu's bones. It was not that she did not feel close enough to Lin Tian; it was simply that the upbringing she had received since childhood made her carry humility and politeness to the utmost extreme.

Alright then.

Since Gan Yan Yu was treating herself like a guest, Lin Tian brought out the full standards of hospitality:

"Want some water?"

"Thank you."

"I'm asking whether you want to drink any."

"Yes!"

Gan Yan Yu answered loudly again, her gaze firm.

Lin Tian went to pour some water.

Gan Yan Yu watched the boy somewhat nervously.

Being back at Lin Tian's home again gave Gan Yan Yu a very strange feeling.

When she had come here last time, they had still been complete strangers.

But ever since yesterday, they had officially become... partners?

This change in their relationship

left Gan Yan Yu feeling both at a loss and secretly delighted.

But whenever her instinctive actions did not fit the identity of "partner," Gan Yan Yu would immediately become nervous again, afraid that Lin Tian might think she did not value him.

Lin Tian took out a large bottle of C'estbon from the refrigerator and poured a glass of water.

In summer, serving guests ice water was the greatest courtesy.

Gan Yan Yu held the cup and took delicate sips.

Seeing this, Lin Tian could not help taking another look at her.

Gan Yan Yu's style today surprised Lin Tian a little.

A green long dress and a side ponytail.

She had clearly been the cool, beautiful type the day before yesterday, but today she seemed intelligent and gentle.

She really did have a bit of a musician's temperament now.

"Lin Tian, when did you realize I wanted to kill myself?"

As Gan Yan Yu drank her water, she suddenly recalled the night she had gotten drunk at Lin Tian's house.

Although Gan Yan Yu had vaguely felt at the time that Lin Tian might have deliberately kept her there that night, since he had truly been too gentle,

she had not dared to be certain because neither of them had said it outright and they had gotten along so well.

It was not until the night before last, when Lin Tian caught her completely off guard, that Gan Yan Yu realized he had had her figured out from beginning to end!

Now that she finally had the chance to ask, Gan Yan Yu was incredibly curious!

"That..."

Lin Tian picked up the bottle of mineral water, sat beside the sofa, and thought for a while.

"Probably from when you said you were looking for a cat on the rooftop?"

"So you didn't believe a single word?"

Gan Yan Yu's eyes widened.

If it started with the cat, then had he seen through her from the moment they met?!

"Not exactly. I was only a little suspicious at the time. I became completely sure when you leaned in and asked me, 'What do you want to do?'"

"Waaah!"

Gan Yan Yu hurriedly interrupted Lin Tian, pouncing on him and covering his mouth with her hand.

"What are you doing—"

Lin Tian was caught off guard. When he opened his mouth to speak, the girl's hand happened to go right into it.

Then he bit Gan Yan Yu's little finger.

"Ah!"

The girl quickly pulled her finger back.

A clear tooth mark was left on her thumb.

"I'm sorry!"

Lin Tian anxiously leaned closer. Seeing the red mark, he immediately panicked.

He hurriedly held Gan Yan Yu's hand in both of his.

"I'll blow on it for you!"

"Puff—puff—"

Warm air carrying Lin Tian's breath wrapped around Gan Yan Yu's little finger.

"So hot."

Gan Yan Yu could not help murmuring softly.

"Wait."

Lin Tian grabbed the large bottle of C'estbon beside him.

He gulped down a large mouthful of ice water.

"Puff, puff—"

He continued blowing.

This time, it was a little cooler.

"..." Gan Yan Yu lowered her head, her little face gradually turning scorching hot.

The moment Lin Tian mentioned what had happened that day, she panicked.

Every time she thought back on it, it was so embarrassing, so embarrassing.

Just because Lin Tian had smelled her clothes, she had thought he wanted to do that sort of thing to her.

Sure enough, suicide had all kinds of harmful consequences. She absolutely could not casually try to kill herself again next time.

"Is it better now?"

Lin Tian held Gan Yan Yu's hand and asked.

"Mhm."

Gan Yan Yu let out a soft whimper.

Only when he heard the girl's syrupy voice did Lin Tian realize that what he was doing seemed a little too much.

Subconsciously, he had treated Gan Yan Yu like a child.

Better get down to business!

Lin Tian stood up and went into his room to retrieve the sheet music he had written.

He then returned to the living room and placed the score on the table.

"This is the piece I wrote yesterday. Take a look."

"You really finished writing it."

Gan Yan Yu's pupils trembled as she took the sheet music.

Rationally speaking,

Gan Yan Yu was willing to trust Lin Tian because she believed that they could work hard together and achieve the future they wanted.

But she had not paid much attention to Lin Tian saying that he could compose music.

After all, even she, who had learned the piano since childhood, was only half-competent when it came to musical composition.

When Lin Tian truly brought out a complete score for Gan Yan Yu, the girl was still quite shocked.

The piece was titled

"Salut d'Amour?"

Gan Yan Yu read the name aloud.

"Mhm." Lin Tian introduced it. "It's a piece of classical music in the Romantic style."

"Salut d'Amour" was a work composed in 1888 by the renowned United Kingdom musician Elgar.

This piece was also one of the signature works performed by Jacqueline, the fallen genius female cellist from the story Lin Tian had told the day before yesterday.

That year, in the bloom of her youth, twenty-year-old Jacqueline stood in a concert hall. With one performance of "Salut d'Amour," she made the entire world remember her name forever.

After Jacqueline's death,

in almost every major performance, after musicians finished playing "Salut d'Amour," they would pay tribute to and commemorate Jacqueline onstage.

What kind of beautiful music was this?

And why did it always make people weep for Jacqueline?

All the answers would be revealed in the music.

"Give it a try," Lin Tian said. "With your cello."