and he didnât have any thoughts of social climbing. He was just infatuated with the appearance of this person sitting in front of and seriously playing the piano. Every night during self-study, Mu Qin would stand outside the music roomâs window to secretly listen to Zhou Yue play the piano. Over time, Zhou Yue quickly noticed Mu Qinâs existence. Zhou Yue simply opened the door to the practice room and invited Mu Qin inside.
Mu Qin still remembered that after he entered the music room, the first thing Zhou Yue said to him was, âWhy are you standing there and secretly looking at me?â
His question made Mu Qin blush from head to toe. He stalled for a long time before answering Zhou Yue honestly, âThe piece that you keep practicing is the piano piece my father loved the most before he passed away. Seeing you play, I will⌠remember my father.â
Mu Qin always missed his adoptive parents. For him, his adoptive parents were the guides in his life. Even though they werenât his blood-related parents, but they basically gave Mu Qin his everything.
Mu Qinâs reply caused the youth who was standing before the piano to be astonished. The other didnât mind the matter of Mu Qin constantly rudely peeking at him until now, and he even struck up a conversation with Mu Qin. Moreover, he even told Mu Qin if he wanted to listen to him play the piano in the future, he could directly come in. He didnât need to stand outside to look.
After that, Mu Qin and Zhou Yue inevitably became friends, secret friends. At the time, very few people in the school knew about the matters between Mu Qin and Zhou Yue. Nobody would have thought to connect the âschool princeâ who was watched by innumerous gazes and Mu Qin, who was just an ordinary, low-key student.
But they had a great relationship in those days. During self-study, Mu Qin would regularly go to the music room to talk to Zhou Yue. They told each other about everything. Zhou Yue would even teach Mu Qin to play the piano by hand. Till today, Mu Qin still remembered the feeling of Zhou Yueâs neat, slender fingers resting on his palms.
It was basically like the ugly duckling being pitied by the noble and beautiful swan.
Later, they even formed a relationship, the intimate lovers type of relationship. Mu Qin couldnât clearly remember the turning point of how they started dating. He only remembered that one day, the two of them were sitting on the bench in front of the piano in the music room. He was watching Zhou Yue play the piano as usual. After he finished playing, Zhou Yue lowered his head and faced Mu Qin. Mu Qin also watched the otherâs eyes. He looked at himself reflected in Zhou Yueâs midnight-like pupils and uncontrollably approached him, wanting to see more clearly. Yet unexpectedly, Zhou Yue directly went over and kissed Mu Qin on the lips.
Once they kissed, they were no longer friends but lovers.
That was Mu Qinâs first love. It was a first love that was doomed not to bear any results. No one ever discovered their relationship. It was never obstructed by the teachers, the parents, or the other students. They dated from their first year all the way until their third year. Then, after the national college entrance exams⌠there was no more news whatsoever.
It was because Mu Qin didnât have enough money to attend college, even though his outstanding scores were enough for him to attend the same famous college as Zhou Yue. If he had spoken about his situation to Zhou Yue, Zhou Yue may have found a way to support him. After all, Zhou Yueâs family was well off, and he always really liked Mu Qin. He was an expert in communication and would tell his opinions to Mu Qin without reserve. He would tell Mu Qin he really cared about him.
But in the end, Mu Qin still gave up this line of thinking and chose to serve in the army.
Other than the matter of pride, the more important reason was that Mu Qin knew he and Zhou Yueâs relationship could not have any end results.
They originally werenât people from the same world. Zhou Yueâs background had both status and capability, and he was destined to have a meteoric rise. However, Mu Qin had nothing, and he might even hold Zhou Yue back. He would cause Zhou Yue to wear the title of a homosexual and bring him all sorts of ridicule and criticism.
Therefore, he ultimately left without a word.
Thinking to here, Mu Qin softly sighed. He closed the cover of the dust-covered piano in front of him.
At the end of the day, it was actually because Mu Qin was a coward. From the beginning, Mu Qin planned for the worst possible outcome as he dated that person. He never held any expectation for the possibility of a beautiful ending, so he chose to give up in the end.
It was already a matter from long ago. Mu Qin not only served in the army for five years, but he also worked for four or five years after leaving the military. Now, he was twenty-eight years old. He would no longer be absorbed and distracted by puppy love. He matured too much, and from head to toe, his whole body seemed to have been replaced. He had changed into a completely different person.
BunnyGod: IâM ALIVE! Sorry for the long wait⌠I didnât plan ahead and stockpile⌠I just recovered from the flu and then I had/have midterms, interviews, career fairs, papers and and and⌠Iâm a procrastinator please donât kill me. On a side note, spring break is almost here so Iâll try to update more.