The Imperious President and His Pampered Young Wife

11. Her Talent for Music

Translator: Shirley-Zou

The white piano was placed in front of the French windows, and melodious notes were jumping with Huo Xue’s fingertips!

On the other side, Huo Xiu was playing on the handroll on the balcony, and the music was flowing quietly in her heart!

Summer passed, autumn came, and then it was winter!

With the time passing, her 10-year-old birthday came, as in the past, she got a bowl of noodles from Mammy Wang and she enjoyed it very much!

A piano was carried into the house and placed in the most conspicuous position in the living room. It was a birthday gift given to Xue by Uncle, which had white stoving varnish and black and white keys. She could only touch it when she cleaned it. It felt smooth and cold like the silk!

Uncle invited a man, who was very young and gentle, to teach Huo Xue to play the piano.

Every time he taught Huo Xue how to play, Huo Xiu would listen to them aside on the pretext of cleaning. Gradually, she found it very interesting to learn, so she always secretly listened to them and learned it whenever she could find an excuse to stay by the side! In an inconspicuous corner of the balcony, she practiced with piano keys which were drawn on a paper repeatedly. When Huo Xue complained that it was hard and tired to learn the piano, Huo Xiu would practice silently and tirelessly!

She became happier and happier. On the sunny days with breeze caressing her cheeks, she would face the sunshine and put her fingers on the paper to play silently, with the keys jumping only in her heart. Except for gaining the favor of Uncle, she had another wish, that was to be able to play a complete song!

It was her secret that she could play the piano as well. No one knew it, because no one had ever heard it!

Her talent for music took root from this point!

The autumn wind was always neither too cold nor too hot, but it made people even more depressed!

In the evening, Huo Lang seldom came home to have dinner. A table full of delicious food was only prepared for him and Huo Xue!

“Uncle, I want to have my hair cut off …” Huo Xue suddenly said to Huo Lang!

Huo Lang put down the chopsticks in his hand and gently touched her hair, whose length was already over her shoulder. “Why does Xue’er want to cut your hair? A girl would be more beautiful with long hair! “He picked up some food with chopsticks into Huo Xue’s bowl, regardless of the fact that she couldn’t finish them!

“I have a good friend. She had jaw-length short hair, which looked very beautiful. So I also want to have it. Uncle…” Huo Xue threw a tantrum and pulled the sleeve of Huo Lang!

Although Huo Xue was only 10 years old, she was already fond of dressing up. She was originally the loveliest girl in the school, but she was defeated by other’s new hairstyle. She was a little unwilling!

Huo Lang became a little serious, “Xue, you shouldn’t do that! Uncle likes your long hair, and you will be more beautiful with it. Believe in Uncle. “He gazed at Huo Xue with a penetrating look!

Huo Xiu, who was standing at the door, happened to hear that Uncle liked girls with long hair. She thought if she kept her hair long, would Uncle like her? It was her greatest wish to get Uncle’s love, but she never knew what she could do to make Uncle happy. She was trying her best and had never given up!

In the next half a year, Huo Xiu began to carefully take care of her hair. She washed it and then let it air-dry every day. She treated her hair as some sort of treasure!

She was indeed drop-dead gorgeous. Her black silky hair made her skin look paler and her lips redder. No one could overlook her beauty. She had become a celebrity in the school, and almost all the boys would stand by the window with their gazes fixed on her. The teacher had appointed her as the representative of art in class, and she gradually made more friends!

One day, she made her hair air-dry in the garden after washing it as usual. It was quiet in the garden and orchard in the evening!

She liked such a quiet place, for she could smell the fragrance of flowers and fruits when she closed her eyes!

When Huo Lang drove past the garden, he saw Huo Xiu quietly seated in the distance with a happy smile on her face. He stopped the car by the side and lit the cigarette in the car. He looked at her through the window and felt that she seemed to have grown up and become even more beautiful. Was her gloss finally coming out? Even if she wore such clothes, she still had a unique freshness!

Was he too kind-hearted? Did too much of his neglect make her feel more at ease? Why didn’t she look sad? Maybe a 10-year-old kid didn’t understand it, but soon he would make her feel painful!