Late that night, Si Ang tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.
He was thinking about how Richie had been hurt that morning.
According to his family's investigation, the piano Richie had played in the competition had not only been rigged with steel needles. Several keys had also been deliberately damaged.
During dinner, he had received a call from his family's security team. They told him that when they asked Nason whether he had damaged the piano keys, Nason clearly had no idea Richie's piano had been broken.
Nason had readily admitted to planting the steel needles. Though damaging the piano was a minor matter compared with planting needles, they still had to guard against whoever wanted to hurt Richie.
Besides, Nason had even admitted to planting the steel needles. He had no reason to conceal having damaged the piano.
That left only one possible truth: someone else had damaged the piano keys.
That person had not wanted Richie to finish his performance properly, so they had sabotaged the piano to humiliate him in public.
Unfortunately for them, they had not known just how exceptional Richie was. Even with a broken instrument, he could still play a breathtaking piece.
Their scheme had backfired.
They must also have had a hand in getting Nason expelled so quickly.
Perhaps the person who had hurt Richie was someone on the school staff. They had hurriedly expelled Nason and pinned all the blame on him without anyone being the wiser.
With the steel needle incident as a smokescreen, no one would pay any attention to the damaged piano.
Although this person had not actually injured Richie physically, they were still a villain lurking in the dark.
One moment of carelessness, and they might sink their teeth into him.
Once Si Ang had worked