43: Liu Xinyao's request

But when he actually started playing the piece, he realized it was even more difficult than he had imagined.

The teacher sitting there clearly had a flicker of disappointment in their eyes.

"No!"

Shen Qian gritted his teeth and used up both of his remaining experience cards.

Thus, from then on, the place became Shen Qian's personal stage.

There had been some noisy chatter, but as Shen Qian's violin strings vibrated wildly and his fingers pressed down frantically, producing highly difficult vibratos one after another, everyone fell silent and held their breath, waiting for the piece to end.

As the strings vibrated for the last time, Shen Qian finally lowered the violin. The piece was so difficult that despite his physical fitness, he had actually broken into a sweat.

"Teacher, I've finished my performance."

It wasn't until Shen Qian spoke softly that the screening teachers snapped out of their shock.

"Are you from the Conservatory of Music?"

"No, I'm a Human Resource Management major."

"What?! You're a Human Resource Management major!! How is that possible!"

"Is something wrong, Teacher?"

"Who is the teacher who taught you to play?"

Shen Qian was slightly taken aback. He couldn't exactly say it was the system, so he smiled sheepishly.

"I don't have a specific teacher. I'm... self-taught."

It wasn't exactly a lie; he was partly self-taught, and the rest relied entirely on the system.

"Self-taught!!!"

The female teacher didn't know what else to say. She gave a grand wave of her hand.

"You passed. Remember to come for rehearsals later. Here, let me add your contact info."

"Alright."

Shen Qian let out a long breath. Thankfully, he passed. With several experience cards combined, he was probably at a master's level. If he still hadn't passed, he would have gone crazy.

"My name is Song Shulu, and I'm a teacher at the Conservatory of Music. Student Shen, let's keep in touch."

At this moment, Shen Qian didn't quite understand what "keep in touch" implied, but as long as he passed and could show off at the Freshman Welcome Gala, it was fine.

"Sons, your father has returned in triumph!"

The moment he pushed open the dormitory door, he saw his three brothers sitting in a circle, plotting something.

"What are you looking at?"

"Third Brother, you're viral! You've gone viral!"

Wei Mingtian held up his phone and showed Shen Qian the video he had secretly recorded that morning.

"Holy crap, you actually filmed me secretly. No wonder you asked me that this morning."

"I'm just catering to the needs of the female masses. Look at the view count and the likes."

Over 20 million views and 200,000 likes.

Shen Qian was also a bit surprised. Generally speaking, there was no shortage of suggestive content online, and showing off abs was standard practice. Why did this specific video go viral?

"Did you buy traffic?"

"No, it's pure recommendation. Do you know why? Because in your previous video, you were playing the violin. Talent alone was attractive enough, but this video shows a more relatable side of your life. It's mainly thanks to the secret filming; you understand the perspective thing, right?"

"Oh~ so the viewers feel like they're peeking too?"

"Exactly! That's it! Because it wasn't staged, it feels more authentic, so it blew up!"

Now your followers have grown to over twenty thousand.

"Not bad, not bad. But I suggest you pause for a bit. If you keep filming, people will get tired of it."

"Got it. But there's one problem: these people might try to find you. What should we do?"

Shen Qian shrugged indifferently.

"It doesn't matter. Since I let you film, I'm not afraid of this. Besides, it's just two videos; it won't go that far."

However, it was hard to say if this sudden influx of traffic would have any chain reactions. As long as it didn't stop him from being a scumbag and making money from the system, anything was fine.

In the girls' dormitory, Liu Xinyao had just returned from outside and saw her roommates discussing something.

"Xinyao, do you remember the task the Media Teacher gave us yesterday?"

"I remember. We need to reach a thousand followers on Douyin, and then we'll pass for this semester."

"I've found a shortcut."

"What shortcut?"

"Look."

The girl held up her phone as she spoke. When she saw the person on the screen, Xinyao's heart trembled slightly. Since that night, she hadn't contacted Shen Qian for several days.

These past few days, she had been holding back. If only Shen Qian would take the initiative to send her a message, she would act as if she hadn't seen anything that night.

But there was nothing—not a single message.

That man was so heartless; he wouldn't even offer an explanation.

"This video is..."

"He's from our school, super handsome, right? This physique... I'm practically drooling."

"If we could film a collab with him, getting a thousand followers would be a piece of cake!"

"Besides that, there's this one."

The girl said, clicking on the video of Shen Qian playing the violin.

"He plays the violin well, has a great body, and is handsome. Heavens, how can such a perfect man exist in this world?"

"How about it, Xinyao? You're so pretty, help us out."

"How... how am I supposed to help you?"

"It's simple! You 'happen' to run into him, use your beauty to conquer him, and then ask him to help us film a video."

"He's not lacking beautiful girls around him."

Xinyao said, her heart twinging painfully again. Yes, Shen Qian never seemed to lack beautiful girls. There was that Tan Xinxin, and the one in his moments—they both seemed prettier than her.

Now, had other beautiful girls appeared by his side?

"Sigh, you're right. For a boy like him, if he were a bit richer, the girls around him would change like flowing water."

"But Xinyao, you're very beautiful too. Even if he doesn't lack beautiful girls, so what? You can completely push the others out."

"I saw the comments; it seems he really is quite wealthy. Someone looked at his watch and said it's a rolex worth over a million."

"Really!?"

"I searched for it; it really looks like it!"

Her roommate's words suddenly woke Xinyao up. Yes, a boy like Shen Qian would definitely have many girls around him. If she stayed like this, wasn't she just giving up her spot to someone else? She should grab the spot first. As for his lack of loyalty, she could deal with that slowly later.

"I'll help you ask him and see if he's willing."

As soon as Xinyao spoke, her roommates were stunned for a moment, then immediately crowded around her.

"Xinyao, you know him?"

"Yes, I knew him before school started."

"Then you two...!"

"We were almost about to start dating, but then something happened. However, we're still very good friends now."

Xinyao said as she dialed the number.

"What's up?"

He picked up, making her let out a long breath of relief.

"Um, our college has a task where we need to reach 1,000 followers on Douyin. We saw your video and wanted to ask if you have time to film a video with us."

"How do you want to film it?"

"This... we haven't decided yet. Can I tell you once we've discussed it?"

"Try to keep it simple. Besides classes, I also need to prepare for the Freshman Welcome Gala rehearsals, so my schedule might be a bit tight."

"It's fine, we'll go by your schedule. We have the whole semester."

"Okay."

"Bye then."

"Mm, bye."

The moment the call ended, excited screams erupted in the dormitory.

"Xinyao, you little brat, you've been eating so well behind our backs! That doting tone on the phone just now, ahhh!"