Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Come here. Let’s work on it together. Let me tell you…” Baili Qingfeng colloquially spoke of his understanding of sound waves and music to the three of them.
Qin Lanshan, Gu Lingying, and Yun Shengyan, who had been looking forward to it, became increasingly hesitant.
“Is this your treasure?”
“Yes! Books and knowledge are the greatest treasure of mankind. Look…”
The three girls put on a polite smile to cover their embarrassment.
Baili Qingfeng’s treasure was indeed unique.
“Sound waves have different effects on the human body and result in resonance in the organs. When directed to specific organs and nerves, the sound waves can even hypnotize patients, treat psychological diseases and influence the mood…”
Baili Qingfeng introduced enthusiastically, and the three listeners… looked lost.
Baili Qingfeng grew more and more passionate. Following sound waves, he spoke about frequency and biology, analyzing the effect of resonance on brains and what sounds were more likely to cause resonance. He rambled on for half an hour.
After half an hour, the girls all had the same questions: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing here…?
Qin Lanshan broke free from it first. “Brother Qingfeng, let’s focus on music for now.”
“That’s right, Qingfeng. We can read books and discuss amongst ourselves on those problems.” Gu Lingying nodded quickly.
“Okay.” Baili Qingfeng was not satisfied. “Then, don’t forget to read relevant books and study more. It never hurts to read more books.”
“Of course!” Gu Lingying nodded vigorously.
…
“Goodbye, Brother Qingfeng.”
At the door of the instrument store, Qin Lanshan waved at Baili Qingfeng.
“Qingfeng, two to five in the evening next Sunday, in No. 3 Music Hall in our college,” Gu Lingying said.
Baili Qingfeng nodded his head. “Got it.”
They bid each other farewell after they left the alley.
Baili Qingfeng went to his house. A moment later, he sensed someone watching him. Looking over, he saw Baili Die walking to him with a smile. “Qingfeng.”
“Sister, you’re not working?”
“It’s my break today.” Baili Die said and looked at Gu Lingying and Qin Lanshan who had already walked away. She teased, “Who are they? You are already a guy who makes friends with pretty girls now, Qingfeng, aren’t you? Aren’t you going to introduce them to me?”
“They are Gu Lingying and Qin Lanshan, juniors from the Blue Ocean Music College. I met them because of my music.” Baili Qingfeng said, “It’s not late. You need to go to the port if you want to go home. The ship stops at half-past seven.”
“I can take a bus. It’s just a dozen kilometers. Don’t change the subject. Tell me, which one do you prefer? The petite and cute one, or the graceful one?”
“I don’t think I’m the one who should be anxious here. You’re already twenty-four.”
“What’s wrong with twenty-four? Many of my friends are twenty-four and unmarried…”
“But over eighty of your friends are married. How many times have you been the maid of honor this year? Four? Five?”
“Nonsense. Only twice. I was only hanging around with friends the other few times.” Baili Die argued, but much less confident now.
“More or less. Our next-door neighbor’s daughter is one year younger than you, but her child can already run now.” Baili Qingfeng shrugged. “I’m not worried. I’m only nineteen. What about you? There are only one and a half months to go until the new year. Are you ready to face the barrage of our uncles and cousins?”
“I…”
Baili Die was at a loss for words.
New year…
The new year was only one and a half months away.
Baili Die felt tremendous pressure when she thought of the family reunion.
“I shouldn’t have looked for a job in Shea. I should’ve gone to the capital, in which case I could stay there for the new year under the excuse that no tickets were available…”
Baili Die felt a headache coming on.
“Have you had dinner? Should I buy you dinner before you go home?”
“What dinner? You are going home, too!” Baili Die glanced at Baili Qingfeng. “It’s second grandpa’s birthday tomorrow. Have you forgotten? Our uncle wants the family to get together tomorrow at noon. You don’t have classes on Sunday, do you?”
“Tomorrow noon.” Baili Qingfeng nodded. “Okay. I’ll put down my stuff and buy some gifts. Then we’ll go home together.”
Baili Die remembered something when she saw the guqin that Baili Qingfeng carried. “Wait, you haven’t told me which one you like more. Or maybe… You want them both?”
…
Baili Qingfeng put his guqin down and carried the 130 thousand bucks in a bag back to Wuhe City with Baili Die.
Because of the traffic jam, it was already half-past seven by the time they returned home.
Thankfully, Baili Hong knew that they were coming and had saved food for them. Otherwise, they would have had to remake the dinner.
While they were having dinner, Baili Hong looked at Baili Qingfeng and thought for a moment before he opened his mouth. “I trust your second-grandpa. He asked me not to ask you about the source of the money, so I won’t, but I hope that you are not walking on the wrong path. We can be poor, but we must not do any evil. I hope that you can bear that in mind.”
Baili Qingfeng said solemnly, “Dad, the money is really charity. Some kindhearted people offered it to us after they learned that we were in debt and my mother was gone. There’s absolutely no problem.”
“But that’s a lot for charity…”
“Dad, poverty has limited our vision. We don’t understand the life of rich people. The money is huge for us but not worth mentioning for them.”
Baili Die thought of something and added. “I can’t agree more. Some of my friends told me that the rich often spend hundreds of thousands on one dinner or a single haircut. It’s possible that five hundred thousand is really no biggie for them.”
“Is that so?” After that, Baili Hong was relieved.
He had heard a thing or two about the rich, too. It was said that the magnates bought two cars every time so they had a spare one when the first broke.
“It’s true. I was just lucky enough to find a channel to accept the charity. In fact, someone donated 130 thousand after learning that second grandpa had a stroke recently. I’m planning to give it to second grandpa tomorrow.”
“130 thousand?!” Baili Hong’s eyes popped out, and he asked in shock, “Are you serious? Has someone really donated 130 thousand to your second-grandpa?!”
“Definitely. That’s really a great guy. He also did me a great favor. It’s a shame that he has already left Shire. Otherwise, I could invite him here for a face-to-face meeting,” Baili Qingfeng said.
Seeing that Baili Qingfeng was not scared of a face-to-face confrontation, Baili Hong was immediately convinced. Also, he knew his son to be a decent guy who was interested in nothing but studying. He nodded, “In that case, he’s really a good guy. You must thank him and return his favor next time you meet him.”
“Naturally. However, he did not do the good deeds for something in return, and I don’t think I will ever have the chance to meet him again and express my gratitude in person.”
Baili Hong couldn’t help but remark, “Doing good things without asking for anything in return… There are indeed many good guys out there.”