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Xia Ying looked at him with a hint of expectation in her eyes and said, "May I ask you for one more small request?"
"You said."
"I want to hear you play that piece of music from tonight again."
A piece of music for the zither?
It's a piece of music again...
Hasn't Shadow always only been interested in martial arts?
How could Sakura, who shares the same memories as the shadow, be so interested in music?
Or... does she have ulterior motives?
Considering the somewhat strange look she had just given him, a thought couldn't help but surface in Xia Zhi's mind.
This sister-in-law... could she be like Ah Ping, also under the influence of her own "heart-fluttering" abnormal state?
Although Shadow and Sakura are at the level of demon gods, they have higher resistance to abnormal statuses compared to immortals.
Although Ying maintained a completely calm demeanor throughout, she had activated her [Evil Charm] ability, doubling her already high level of allure. It's hard to say whether they were affected...
There is also a possibility that the shadow was not affected, but only the Sakura in the mind was affected.
Xia Zhi pondered for a few seconds, still considering the possibilities.
Xia Ying looked at him and asked softly, "Is it alright, cousin?"
"……sure."
Xia Zhi sat down again, took out the guqin and placed it on his lap, and began to play.
Xia Ying leaned down, rested her arms on her thighs, and supported her chin with her hands, looking at him quietly with bright, sparkling eyes.
Soon, the piece of music was finished.
Xia Ying looked satisfied and said softly, "It sounds so nice."
"Thank you."
Does this piece of music have a name?
"name……"
This piece of music doesn't actually have a name.
That day, Xia Zhi and Liu Yun were chatting during their break when they talked about A Ping's sharp tongue.
On a whim, Liu Yun took out his phone and had Xia Zhi say something like "Ge Chen is not as good as Liu Yun," and then sent the recording over, hoping to provoke A Ping.
As it turned out, A-Ping wasn't buying it at all.
Liu Yun felt very disappointed.
Xia Zhi then came up with a solution for her. He casually played the piece on the piano and asked her to re-record it, but only half of it. As expected, this made A Ping extremely anxious.
Although it sounded quite nice, Xia Zhi was too lazy to give it a proper name because it was just a spontaneous joke made in bed.
Judging from Xia Ying's expectant expression, she would probably be very disappointed if she were told directly that the piece of music has no name.
Forget it, I'll just make one up from scratch.
Xia Zhi thought for a moment and said, "The name of this zither piece is 'Preference'."
"Favoritism?...Favoritism..."
Xia Ying murmured the name softly, her eyes gradually brightening.
She looked at Xia Zhi, a hint of joy in her voice, and said, "I like this name very much too."
"right."
"I wish I could hear such beautiful music every day."
"Don't worry, I'll record it properly later and upload it to the group files. You can download it yourselves if you want to listen to it."
"The recording still lacks a certain something."
"You can come to me too, and I'll play it for you like I just did."
"Doing this every day is too much trouble for you."
"fine."
"I've got an idea."
"Oh?"
"Why don't you teach me to play the piano?"
"Ok?"
"That way, if I want to listen to music, I can play it for myself."
Xia Ying looked at him with hopeful eyes.
Xia Zhi smiled and said, "Okay, as long as you want to learn, I'm willing to teach you... Let me teach you to recognize the strings and read music first."
"it is good!"
Xia Ying stood up and naturally sat down next to him.
She looked down at the guqin on his lap, her eyes fixed intently on him as if she were listening attentively.
Xia Zhi explained some basic music theory to her, and then taught her to play a beginner's piece on the piano.
However, Xia Ying doesn't seem to have much musical talent, and she often plays the wrong strings.
Xia Zhi gave her two hands-on lessons, and the situation improved somewhat.
As a result, Sakura's learning progress was very slow.
But it doesn't really matter.
After all, gods have long lifespans.
After listening to Ying's performance, Xia Zhi nodded and said, "Not bad. That's all for today. Take your time to digest it."
Xia Ying smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, cousin."
The two people walked out of the small room, attracting many curious glances.
The main reason is that Xia Zhi and she stayed inside for quite a long time, and the ambiguous atmosphere between the lone man and woman did indeed give rise to some speculation.
However, seeing that the two of them were both very open and at ease, everyone looked away in disappointment, except for two pairs of eyes that were still focused on him.
One was A-Ping, and the other was Xia Le.
--
Xia Zhi sat back in her seat and watched Xia Ci play games next to her.
Xia Ci asked with interest, "Cousin, what did the general want with you just now?"
Xia Zhi said casually, "It's nothing, we just chatted for a while and I helped her think of a new name."
"name?"
"General" is a colloquial term for Inazuma's rule, and it's hardly a proper name.
Previously, she was just a puppet used by a proxy shadow to manage Inazuma, so she didn't care about these titles or anything like that.
Now she suddenly wants a name of her own. Does this mean she wants to be different from Ying?
Xia Ci became even more interested: "Then what's her new name?"
"cherry."
"Balan Ying?"
"No, Xia Ying."
"..."
Xia Ci turned her head and glanced at him, her expression becoming very strange.
"So, I have another older cousin now, right?"
"...You can each discuss your own points..."
"Forget it, these things don't matter anymore."
Xia Ci continued playing the game.
"Anything else? It can't have taken this long just to think of a name, right?"
"She wanted to learn the piano and asked me to teach her."
"Isn't Ying a martial artist? Why would she want to learn the zither?"
"It's not a shadow, it's a cherry blossom."
"Aren't their memories and personalities the same?"
"Different."
"Oh? Cousin, you know them very well."