As promised, Lin Shuwen returned the same time on Sunday and brought along with her a quite handsome man who was dressed quite chicly.

Lin Shuwen’s colleague was quite fashionable. On top of that, he had a delicateness that could only belong to a man in the field of art. He had spent some time working with his comely features making them all the more elegant and eye-catching. His disposition made him stand out among a crowd. As soon as he walked inside, he immediately captured the attention of all the girls that worked there – working at a coffee shop that was somewhat well known on the internet, they have no shortage of fashionable, handsome men among their patrons, but those that came with star quality were few and in between.

Never mind that her little buddies were stunned by him, even Yan Shuyu, who was used to looking at class A male god like Zhou Qinhe and prided herself as having “seen it all” still had her breath taken away when she first saw him. She didn’t need her colleague to notify her before she walked up and said, “Hi, Instructor Lin, welcome.”

“Good afternoon, Ms. Yan.” Smiling, Lin Shuwen introduced the two of them, “This is my colleague Liu Ci. Liu, this is Ms. Yan, the one whom I have mentioned to you previously. She’s Yuanjia’s mom.”

Not only was Liu Ci refined and delicate, he was also very gentlemanly. He reached out his hand first and said to her, “I have heard a lot about you, Ms. Yan.”

“You are too kind, Mr. Liu.” Yan Shuyu smiled as she replied in a natural and poised way.

When she reached her hand out, she almost thought the one shaking hands with her was a beautiful woman and not a handsome man. Of all the men she had encountered in the past, she had never felt a hand that was smoother and softer than Liu Ci’s. Not even the well-pampered boss. This must be what it was like to have never lifted a finger in one’s life. Along with his actions, she almost thought she smelled a subtle aroma.

This being her first time meeting such a metrosexual man, she had a strong urge to ask him for the brand of perfume and hand lotion that used. Even as a female, she didn’t think her taste could rival his.

Luckily, Yan Shuyu remembered that they had a real issue to discuss today, a very important one at that. She needed to be on her best behavior. Which was why she finally suppressed all her thoughts and put on a serious look as she chatted with her two new friends.

As they didn’t settle the matters yesterday, both Zhang Yuanjia and Yang Zifeng were at the stop today to provide Yan Shuyu with moral support.

But their presence did not contribute much to the conversation. Perhaps, Lin Shuwen wanted to emphasize her neutral standpoint. After they have sat down and chatted for a little bit, she suddenly asked, “Manager Yang seemed to have mentioned in the past that Ms. Yan was also familiar with the cello?”

The moment that Liu Ci saw Yan Shuyu, he was already wavering. It was a rarity for someone to be that beautiful. Otherwise, with Yan Shuyu’s qualifications, she probably didn’t even meet the minimum requirements to work at their business, let alone their training institution.

But, her beauty wasn’t what caught Liu Ci’s attention. His focus was on Zhang Yuanjia. If they wanted to prime Zhang Yuanjia to become their star pupil and help recruit new students, then for the sake of long-term cooperation, they should agree to employ a pretty woman like his mother.

Even as a child, Zhang Yuanjia was already so good-looking. With his mother’s DNA, for sure he’d not outgrow that in the future. He would only become more and more outstanding as he aged. On top of that, he was quite talented in the realm of music. Right now, Liu Ci almost felt confident that he had a “Piano Prince” in the works. Even if Zhang Yuanjia’s mother was just a pretty face, he’d still try to arrange a decent job for her. Granted, it’s even better if she has real qualifications to back it up. Afterall, the more outstanding the parents are, the more potential the kids would possess.

When he heard Lin Shuwen’s words, Liu Ci’s interest was piqued immediately and he asked, “Is that so? In that case, will we have the honor to see your performance?”

Yan Shuyu had been practicing both piano and cello since she was a child. As the cello was less common and seemed classier, she had dedicated more of her time on that. She had no problem performing in person. After all, with such an incredibly pretty face, even if her performance was mediocre, people would still think that she was a goddess who possessed both looks and skills.

Of course, being confident was one thing, Yan Shuyu still explained in a very pragmatic way that, “I haven’t practiced cello in a while, as I don’t own one right now.”

Liu Ci was a little shocked when he heard that. Lin Shuwen, on the other hand, seemed well prepared. She smiled and said, “That’s no problem. We have one at our shop. But it is a bit far from here.”

“Shuwen, do you mind taking the car and making a trip?” Liu Ci recovered quickly. Seeing that Lin Shuwen had nodded, he fished out his car keys while smiling at Yan Shuyu and said to her, “Don’t worry, just think of it as a learning experience. It so happened that I have also taken cello lessons for two years.”

Yan Shuyu knew that a top student from a professional school would have experience in many different instruments. If he told her that he had taken lessons in cello, he must at least be proficient with it. That, however, did not intimidate her a bit.

“Sure, no problem,” she said.

Lin Shuwen took the keys and stood up. She couldn’t help but rub Zhang Yuanjia on his little head and said in a tender voice, “Yuanjia, would you like to come with me and take a tour of our institution?”

Zhang Yuanjia had been sitting there cheering his mother on with a serious look this entire time. When he heard his teacher’s words, he couldn’t help but be tempted. He looked at his mother with his little face, looking troubled.

Yan Shuyu waved her hand with no hesitation, “Sure, you can go if you want to.”

Yang Zifeng had expected that from Yan Shuyu.

The real mother might feel very comfortable with trusting her son with strangers, but he was worried. He had no choice but to stand up and say, “Why don’t I take you? My car is just downstairs.”

Hearing that, Lin Shuwen returned the car keys to Liu Ciu, picked up the little hand of her favorite student, and said with relief on her face, “Truth is I wasn’t too comfortable driving. Thank you for offering, Manager Yang.”

“No problem.” Manager Yang was a perfect gentleman in front of the pretty instructor. Finally, he was looking like the TRH that he was.

The mother might be a carefree person, but the son was much more mature. He looked up, gave his mother a kiss on her cheek, and said meaningfully, “Okay, you behave, mom. Yuanbao will be back soon.”

The way he acted like an adult made all the real adults laugh. Instructor Lin switched the way she addressed him immediately, “Okay, Yuanbao, let’s head out so we can be back soon.”

After they had left, Yan Shuyu’s “interview” commenced officially. Liu Ci had her performed two separate pieces. First, he let her pick something that she was familiar with. The second one was specified by him.

After the evaluation, Liu Ci had a pretty good idea of Yan Shuyu’s level. He praised her directly and said, “Your skill level was truly quite good for a hobbyist. At your current skill level, getting certified won’t be an issue at all.”

“Thank you.” Yan Shuyu was never someone too shy to accept praise. The two of them walked back to their seat as they chatted. Liu Ci casually asked about how she came to learning to play the piano when she was a child.

Of course, Yan Shuyu knew that was part of the interview. Confidently, she started lying through her teeth, “You can say that it was half self-taught. When I was a child, my family couldn’t even afford for me to go to school to study, let alone any hobbies. There was a music teacher nearby who said I was quite talented, and she taught me for a few years for free. My lessons stopped after she had transferred away…”

The original owner had taken on a new identity and her name, her hometown, and her family background had been altered. Yan Shuyu could make up whatever she wanted with no worries. When she got to the sad parts, she even feigned blotting her eyes.

Liu Ci, “……”

He suddenly felt that she shouldn’t be an instructor at their music institution. She should be an actress instead. Her acting was so natural.

But he wasn’t going to call her out on it. Liu Ci apologized to her like a perfect gentleman that he was before he changed the subject. He offered her some information on their musical institution and also told her a little bit about himself.

As slow as Yan Shuyu was, by the time Liu Ci was telling her about the other partners, she figured she had more or less made it through his evaluation and felt relaxed all of a sudden. In addition, she also felt that she was so incredible. Her head started getting bigger and bigger, and her spirit became more and more uplifted as she continued to chat with Liu Ci.

Their conversation gradually went from the music institution to anecdotes when Liu Ci was performing overseas. And that was when she realized how outstanding he truly was. She had never met such an upscale artist in her two lifetimes combined and couldn’t admire him more. She had been completely conquered by male god Liu’s graceful demeanor – Yes, Liu Ci had already gone from a handsome man to a male god in Yan Shuyu’s mind.

Part of the reasons that Yan Shuyu thought so highly of Liu Ci was because she has associated him with her own son.

Recently, she had imagined many times what her son would be like as a well renowned piano prince. But as she had never encountered a true artist in the past, her inexperience had limited her imagination. And even she felt that her imaginations weren’t very realistic. Now that she had listened to Liu Ci’s journey of becoming who he was today, she started overlapping him with her own son and she started getting very excited – in the near future, her son might need to travel overseas on a regularly basis for higher training, competitions, or performances and she’d tag along and travel the world. How wonderful would that be?

When she saw those scenes in her mind, her eyes started to sparkle when looking at male god Liu.

With his audience showing such great interest, Liu Ci was also becoming progressively chattier and chatted away happily with Yan Shuyu. What both of them failed to notice was that when a handsome man like him and a beautiful woman like her sat together having a very engaging conversation, even the way they look at each other could be mistaken as having romantic feelings for each other to the untrained eyes and bring about all sorts of misunderstandings.

At the very minimum, when Zhou Qinhe walked inside the shop with Zhou Yi, his look became very complicated immediately.

He and his son were usually very eye-catching and always the center of attention wherever they went. But since they have walked in from afar, Yan Shuyu, who was facing their direction, was so focused on the man sitting across from her that she didn’t even look at them once. As a person who was very good at hiding his feelings, CEO Zhou merely had a complicated look on him. Zhou Yi, who just started learning to have the emotionless look, already pouted in displeasure.

The father and son pair have never had better tacit understanding. Both decided at the same time to walk straight toward the couple who were very focused on each other.