Hearing this, Wing turned around and looked at Brian while still wearing the big smile on her pretty face. Then she blinked her charming eyes for several times and raised her eyebrows as she responded by asking, "Have you ever let me down?"
"Never, " Brian answered right away and gave her a doting smile. Immediately, his chiseled face became so soft.
"Aha, I would like to check the sound!" Wing then beamed at Brian before getting up on stage. She sat down at the white piano and randomly tickled the ivories like a naughty kid. Soon afterwards, a cheerful piano piece of jingle bells resounded in the auditorium.
Hearing such lively, jolly music, Brian couldn't help smiling. He stared at Wing with an even bigger and more doting smile on his face and kept an eye contact with her on the stage.
Wing shortly broke the eye contact with Brian as she looked down at the piano, and then she gracefully raised her hands and started to play seriously. Her beautiful fingers were like magical fairies deftly dancing on the ivories. With melodious harmonious sounds running at the tip of her fingers, Wing got completely immersed in the world of music. At that time, Wing, together with piano and the melody, seemed to merge into one masterpiece of music, quite difficult to separate.
Brian hadn't listened to her live piano solo for so long, so he kept staring at his sweet sister who was fully intoxicated in her own performance. His eyes were full of bright smiles for he loved spoiling Wing, his dearest sister. However, anyone who would saw him at this moment could tell a trace of sorrow in his dark eyes, although he tried his best to hide it deeply in his mind so that it would remain buried and forgotten.
'Wing, how could God treat you so cruelly?
You are such a kind-hearted girl, cheerful, always responsible and full of enthusiasm about life. What a strong and independent girl you are that you still face everything with that smile! But how could God allow you to suffer so many pains? How could HE?'
Frowning his eyebrows with his sharp eyes narrowed and his mouth slightly turned down at its corners, Brian stared at Wing, who didn't notice his sorrow and still kept playing the piano in great concentration. But when Wing looked at him, Brian pretended to be lost in the music, seemingly enjoying the music all along. The hint of sorrow in his eyes disappeared right away and was replaced by a brilliant smile all of sudden.
The wonderful music echoed in the hall. Wing was still immersed in the world of music and her face wore a smile of enjoyment which had swept away all the sadness in Brian's heart.
"Mr. Long, Mr. Gu is here, " Tony whispered in Brian's ear as soon as he entered the hall.
Brian answered in a low and indifferent voice, "Okay." He didn't even move and just kept his eyes fixed on Wing.
He looked calmly but Tony, who knew him so well, understood what he meant and then left the hall right away. After a while, Tony came in again, followed by Edgar and Bill.
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