Love Symphony: Let Your Heart Beat for Me-Chapter 147 - 077 About the Competition_3

Su Wan: "It’s more or less ready now, just waiting for the preliminary results."

Qin Mu exaggeratedly said: "With your extraordinary cello skills, you’re definitely through!"

Fu Weijin: "Make sure you crush He Youyou!"

Ye Fan: "Good luck, Auntie!"

Su Wan: "..."

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After having fun in Yanchuan for three or four days, Qin Mu returned to Yi City. That same day, Su Wan received the notification email that she was selected for the semifinals of the Klein Competition.

So for the days that followed, apart from her regular orchestra practice, she spent the majority of her remaining time practicing her pieces.

On Friday night, when Fu Weiheng got back from overtime work, it was already past eight o’clock. As soon as he opened the door, he heard the passionate and intense sound of the cello coming from the music room.

He changed his shoes and headed straight for the music room.

The noise of Fu Weiheng opening the door interrupted Su Wan’s practice. She shook her bow hand and only then noticed it was already past eight.

She had been practicing for over five hours without a break and was indeed exhausted.

Fu Weiheng walked over, glanced at the stack of music sheets on her stand filled with marks, and casually asked, "Have you eaten?" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Su Wan: "...No."

Fu Weiheng was unsurprised, picked up the thick stack of music sheets and flipped through them—

Bach’s "Suites for Solo Cello," Beethoven’s "Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor," and what she had just been playing—

"Shostakovich’s ’Cello Concerto No. 1’?" Fu Weiheng raised the music sheet and asked with a raised eyebrow.

Su Wan was a bit troubled: "Yeah, there are some parts I keep playing wrong."

Fu Weiheng was pensive, put down the music sheets, took her cello and bow from her, and carefully placed them on the floor, speaking gently: "Let’s eat first, rest for the night, and I’ll give you some pointers tomorrow. How about it?"

Su Wan’s eyes sparkled: "Let’s go! Eat!"

The two of them found a noodle shop nearby with a good environment. After ordering at the counter, they sat at a window seat.

Fu Weiheng glanced at her fingertips marked by strings from long hours of practice and asked, "Are those the pieces for the semifinals?"

"Yeah, the requirement is one Bach piece, one sonata, and one concerto," Su Wan took a sip of warm water, "When we practice tomorrow, can you accompany me on the piano? I want to hear how it sounds."

Of course, Fu Weiheng wouldn’t refuse. After pondering for a moment, he asked, "Are you nervous?"

Su Wan pressed her lips together and admitted: "A bit, I’ve never participated in such a major competition before."

Fu Weiheng paused for a while and suddenly said: "Want to get a little used to it first?"

Su Wan didn’t quite catch what he meant: "Huh?"

But he shifted his gaze to the server who was bringing them their noodles and said, "Let’s eat first."

Su Wan raised an eyebrow, took the chopsticks he handed over, and didn’t delve any deeper into his words, focusing on her noodles.

The next day, both of them got up early. After breakfast, they went straight into the music room.

Fu Weiheng opened the upright piano that had been idle for a while, checked its tuning, played some scales to warm up, picked up the piano accompaniment score, and after trying a section, nodded effortlessly at Su Wan: "All set, let’s go."

Su Wan nodded, adjusted her posture, and played through the "Cello Concerto No. 1" in the same manner with Fu Weiheng’s piano accompaniment.

As a seasoned musician in the music world, Fu Weiheng’s ear was extremely sharp, and he had unique insights about the pieces.

After one piece, he had a good understanding of Su Wan’s performance state.

Once the piece ended, he got up from the piano bench, went over to grab Su Wan’s music sheets, and casually took a pencil to circle and mark a few passages and notes, then said: "The places I marked, play with a bit more emphasis, and keep the vibrato steady and lasting. This piece is rather advanced, so highlight each note, and when it needs to be soft, keep it soft. Do it like I said, once more."

Su Wan was internally amazed; Fu Weiheng truly lived up to being a music god with years in the scene, able to clearly point out her shortcomings just from hearing her play once.

She nodded, her eyes full of admiration, and said: "Okay."