### Chapter 177: Gan Yan Yu is Very Curious (Bonus Update) (Monthly Vote Requested)
“Oh.”
Lin Tian nodded.
Seeing Gan Yan Yu suddenly stand up, he thought she was going to do something dramatic.
“Be careful.”
Lin Tian said.
Although he wasn’t really sure what kind of safety precautions one takes when visiting the restroom; maybe not slipping on soap?
“Mm.”
Gan Yan Yu replied and left.
Soon, the table was buzzing with a cheerful atmosphere again.
In the restroom.
Gan Yan Yu stood in front of the mirror, staring blankly at her reflection.
She looked… pretty good, right?
Gan Yan Yu tilted her head to one side to check and then turned around, giving her reflection a back view. Her sapphire earrings clinked gently as her body swayed.
Then, she playfully pushed her hair aside, occasionally touching her temples and nibbling on her finger, deep in thought.
So this is how I look when dancing in front of Lin Tian.
Gan Yan Yu still felt a bit out of place.
She mimicked a waist-hugging action with one hand while the other danced in the air, pretending they were intertwined.
Gently, she shuffled her feet.
Suddenly, the stall door swung open.
A girl walked out of the restroom and froze in surprise.
Gan Yan Yu’s hand also froze mid-air.
The girl scanned Gan Yan Yu up and down and, stepping tentatively, politely said, “Excuse me, could you move aside?”
Gan Yan Yu stepped aside.
The girl walked past her, turned on the faucet, and washed her hands.
“Thank you, you’re really pretty,” the girl said as she dried her hands with a paper towel before quickly scurrying away.
“…”
Gan Yan Yu’s cheeks flushed, and she looked down.
So…
What on earth is Lin Tian thinking?
She gazed at her reflection in the mirror, feeling confused.
Images from today’s dance flooded her mind.
What a joy!
It was so different from the scenarios she conjured in her head during regular performances.
But she had danced with such joy.
Including her playing as well.
So why?
During today’s performance, Lin Tian played the piano like that.
Although at that moment, Gan Yan Yu was immersed in the performance and didn’t have a keen sensitivity to the outside world or the music from it.
However, she was certain she felt
An emotion she had never sensed before.
Gan Yan Yu, a walking encyclopedia of classical music, had tasted the emotions from all sorts of pieces.
Even when faced with the unfamiliar, she would strive to explore through her own similar emotional experiences, slowly seeking out points of connection.
But today’s emotion.
It didn’t match anything from her past experiences.
She simply felt
It was beautiful.
In that piano sound, Gan Yan Yu found a sense of safety and comfort, wanting to bask in that tranquility forever.
What a delight!
It turns out there are feelings in this world she had yet to understand.
Lin Tian sure knows how to keep things under wraps; he had never shared this with her before.
“…”
Actually, Gan Yan Yu had not completely been in the dark.
In her days with Lin Tian, there were moments.
She had truly felt it.
For instance.
When Lin Tian stood on the railing, calling out that he wanted to help her.
When her asthma flared up, and Lin Tian comforted her to sleep at her house.
Way too many times.
And just earlier, while dancing.
That was what Lin Tian had referred to as “subconscious reactions.”
She couldn’t help but sniff her palm, catching that subtle scent.
What kind of emotion is this?
Trust between partners, safety, or…
Gan Yan Yu was very curious!
So, since the performance ended,
She had been waiting.
Waiting for Lin Tian to explain to her.
Why he played the piano that way for the first time, in a way he never had before.
Surely he would explain it to her, right?!
But Gan Yan Yu waited and waited, waited until the cows came home, waited until she was holding flowers, and it was time for the dinner gathering.
Lin Tian seemed to have absolutely no intention of mentioning it.
Not only did he not bring it up, but he was also happily chatting away with others.
And that red-haired girl…
What’s up with the handshakes? Are we starting a dance-off now?
“…”
Lin Tian was so focused that he didn’t even notice Gan Yan Yu puffing up her cheeks next to him.
After dinner, she would take the initiative to ask him.
Gan Yan Yu thought.
She couldn’t miss the chance to learn something new from Lin Tian.
The girl slipped off her light jacket, took off her earrings and necklace, and tucked them away in her bag.
Now that the sh**t was done, it was time to tidy herself up; otherwise, eating would be a hassle.
As she instinctively swept her hair up, she suddenly paused.
“Who would have thought that one day, I would be eating at the same table as Teacher Moonlight?”
“Yes, Teacher Moonlight! Your piece, the ‘Pathetique’ Symphony, is still the masterpiece I use to motivate myself! It helped me walk out of the shadows for so long!”
“Although, that piece has nothing to do with motivating life, right? Flattery doesn’t work like this. Teacher Moonlight, every time I hear your piano, it resonates deep with me.”
“…”
Under the dim lights.
On the grill plate, the meat sizzled and oozed oil, as the aroma of butter and beef wafted through the air.
At the peak dinner hour, customers and waiters shuffled back and forth in the restaurant.
At the table, a group of trainees eagerly chatted away in front of Lin Tian.
Leading the pack was Hu Dongdong, with three female trainees reacting the most intensely; even the usually innocent and silly demeanor they had shown at the company was now nowhere to be found.
Upon noticing that Teacher Moonlight enjoyed drinking, they kept coming over to clink glasses.
They were probably trying to flaunt that “drinking girls are cute” persona, drinking while pretending to feel the burn and then asking Lin Tian how it felt to drink.
The seating was strategically arranged.
Lin Tian, Gan Yan Yu, and several trainees sat at one end, the “young group,” while on the other side were the director, photographer, He Zhi Chen, and the others, forming the “uncle group.”
Of course, with these folks being around thirty years old on average, “uncle” was more of a self-deprecating joke in front of the amazing, young, and handsome fresh meat.
Watching the young ones across the table chattering away, the uncle group sighed.
“Lin Tian really is popular; I never realized these girls had this side to them,” He Zhi Chen chuckled, a bit tipsy, he was more laid-back than usual.
“d*mn it, if I were like Lin Tian, so handsome and talented at just 18, I could be juggling a few girls,” Director Yang Jie lamented, setting his beer bottle down on the table.
At 32, with a scruffy beard, he looked a good 45+ thanks to the struggles of life.
“Ah, I wish I could join them and get to know Teacher Moonlight; at least we could exchange WeChat,” a female assistant said regretfully.
Just then, Gan Yan Yu returned.
Lin Tian was still feigning interest in Hu Dongdong’s dreams of becoming a violinist when Gan Yan Yu suddenly plopped down beside him.
Then, she stretched out her hand in front of Lin Tian.
Without hesitation, Lin Tian took a red hair tie off his wrist and deftly placed it in her hand.
Then, with the hair tie in her mouth, Gan Yan Yu began to twist her hair up layer by layer into a ponytail.
By the time Lin Tian figured out what had just happened,
The surroundings fell completely silent, and everyone at the table wore expressions of utter astonishment.
(The End of This Chapter)
