Qi Fanling finished playing and looked at her teacher, only to find him staring at the doorway.
Puzzled, she looked over too. When she saw who was standing there, she cried out in delight, "Little Flower Uncle!"
Hua Jian instantly broke into a smile.
Like a little cannonball, the girl raced toward Hua Jian.
Hua Jian bent down and opened his arms, scooping her up as she rushed into him, then spun around with her in his arms.
"Hehehe! I'm so high up, Little Flower Uncle!"
The little girl's happy laughter rang through the piano room.
Zhang Xiaoran, seated behind the piano, wore a faint smile too.
But a closer look revealed the cold stillness in his eyes.
Joy lit up Qi Fanling's face. As they spun, she alternated between opening her eyes and squeezing them shut in fright. Soon, her little cheeks were rosy from laughing.
"Little Flower Uncle, I'm so dizzy!"
Only then did Hua Jian stop. Holding Qi Fanling, he smiled and said, "Come on. Little Flower Uncle brought you presents. They're in the car. Let's go get them."
Zhang Xiaoran's expression changed. Hua Jian had taken Qi Fanling away without so much as a word to him?
He was still Qi Fanling's piano teacher!
But he only dared stand there seething, not chase after them.
"Oh, Mr. Hua, where are you taking the young miss?"
Housekeeper Chen had been wondering why the piano music upstairs had stopped. The moment she came out, she saw Hua Jian carrying Qi Fanling downstairs.
Hua Jian's expression remained perfectly normal. "I'm taking her to the car to get her presents. By the way, Housekeeper Chen, please go upstairs and let the piano teacher know. I was in such a hurry to come down that I forgot to tell him. We