booktalesy Chapter 30 Lin Wan's defenses crumbled! Why are there so many girls around Chen Mo?!
Chapter 30 Lin Wan's defenses crumbled! Why are there so many girls around Chen Mo?!
Chapter 30 Lin Wan's defenses crumbled! Why are there so many girls around Chen Mo?!
Lin Wan scrolled through videos out of boredom.
The first few videos I showed her all about how wonderful big cities are, how bustling they are, and how lively their food, drinks, and entertainment are.
She frequently watches these videos, and big data has figured out her preferences, constantly pushing this content in front of her.
The girl in the video is having afternoon tea in front of a floor-to-ceiling window in Lujiazui, with the Oriental Pearl Tower in the background.
There are also unboxing videos of Disney, beaches, and high-end luxury products, etc.
Lin Wan became increasingly irritable as she scrolled through the page.
Because her current situation is very awkward.
They lack the ability and the courage to venture into big cities.
She had originally thought that Chen Mo, who had ventured out into the big city, could take her with him, so that they could look after each other and it would be much safer for her to go alone.
The matchmaker had told her that Chen Mo had saved a lot of money in the big city over the years.
She had carefully calculated in her mind that with this man's savings as a foundation, the two of them living together in the big city wouldn't be too difficult in the early stages.
So she agreed to go on a blind date with Chen Mo and try to date him.
Everything is proceeding according to her plan.
Meeting, eating, chatting, establishing a relationship—everything went smoothly.
She had planned everything and prepared everything.
As a result, Chen Mo secretly bought a house in the county town.
That day, she was taken to the entrance of that residential complex. Looking at the four-bedroom, two-living-room house with a garden, she almost laughed in anger.
She chose to date this man because she valued his experience and ability to survive in a big city.
As a result, he didn't go.
Then what reason does she have to be with him?
So she decisively broke up with him, cleanly and neatly, without giving Chen Mo any chance to try and win him back.
Since Chen Mo has no ambition, she'll find someone more ambitious.
Lin Wan continued watching videos while thinking about it.
As she swiped her finger across the screen, one after another, glimpses of the wonderful lives in big cities flashed before her eyes.
She became increasingly annoyed, so she simply turned off the recommended videos and opened the local channel.
Only content from people in the same city gave her a sense of superiority.
Watching the videos posted by people in the same city gave her a secretive and dark sense of comfort.
In the video, an uncle is singing a corny love song on a ridge in a field, with wheat fields and utility poles in the background.
An older woman is dancing in front of the camera, accompanied by a viral internet song from over a decade ago.
A group of young people sat in front of a barbecue stall, drinking and telling nonsensical jokes in their local dialect.
Lin Wan finally laughed when she saw these country bumpkins speaking in their thick dialect in the videos, dressed in a rustic way, and making boring and corny jokes.
These videos further solidified her resolve to leave.
She wants to go to the big city, she wants to live a life of luxury, she doesn't want to stay in the same place as these people.
Lin Wan decided to watch one more video and then turn off her phone to go to sleep.
She swiped her finger across the screen.
The screen froze.
It's a restaurant stage, dimly lit, with tables and people visible in the background.
A man sat in front of the piano, his back to the camera, his face not clearly visible.
But the figure from behind looked somewhat familiar to her.
The man's hands landed on the piano keys, and notes flowed from his fingertips like a waterfall cascading down from a height.
His ten fingers raced across the black and white keys, his right hand swirling rapidly in the high register while his left hand struck powerfully in the low register.
The camera slowly pans from behind to the side.
Lin Wan's fingers froze on the screen.
The camera pans to the front.
She saw that face clearly.
It's Chen Mo.
She sat bolt upright, her eyes widening.
The screen is facing upwards, and the video continues.
Lin Wan stared at the face on the screen, her lips slightly parted, her pupils slowly dilating.
She had never seen Chen Mo like this before.
In her memory, this man was always quiet, restrained, and never competitive.
He took her to an ordinary restaurant for dinner, gave her gifts worth no more than a hundred yuan, and even proposed to her by standing at the entrance of the residential complex with a property certificate.
She thought that this was how Chen Mo's life would be.
Mediocre, ordinary, with nothing outstanding about it.
But the Chen Mo on the screen is a completely different person.
His fingers danced across the piano keys, his body leaning slightly forward and backward with the music, radiating a light she had never seen before.
The comment section below the video has exploded.
"Who is this amazing person?"
"That finger technique, that speed, is this even possible for a human to play?"
"I studied piano for fifteen years, and I can say with certainty that this person's level is world-class."
"Does anyone know this person? I need their name! I need their account number!"
"Didn't you guys see the guitar solo that followed? It's even more outrageous! This guy's guitar skills are better than his piano skills!"
"I've played it on repeat twenty times already, I can't get out of it."
Lin Wan's fingers were trembling.
She picked up her phone, dragged the progress bar to the front, and watched it again.
Then it was the third time.
Fourth time.
The fifth time.
How is that possible?
How could it be Chen Mo?
How could the Chen Mo she knew, the man who couldn't even use a knife and fork properly in a Western restaurant, possibly play such a piece?
She exited the video and went to the account's homepage.
The account is verified with a blue V badge. It's the official account of a local restaurant called "Nanshanbei Folk Music Restaurant".
The latest video is Chen Mo's performance, and it has already received over 10,000 likes, with the comment section still growing rapidly.
She opened the comments section, trying to find a clue.
For example, some people recognized it as fake, some said it was dubbed, and some said it was a body double.
But after scrolling through hundreds of comments, she couldn't find a single one.
The response was overwhelmingly one of amazement and praise.
Lin Wan immediately broke down.
She couldn't accept this scene.
In her mind, Chen Mo should be mediocre, ordinary, and without any outstanding qualities.
But now Chen Mo on the screen is performing so perfectly, so radiantly, which makes her feel extremely unbalanced.
She bit her lip, her fingers gripping the phone tightly until her knuckles turned white.
Lin Wan could only console herself internally.
The other person is a person with no vision. He bought a house in the county town and will be trapped here for the rest of his life.
Losing himself was the biggest regret of his life.
He could never find a better woman than himself.
As Lin Wan thought this, the bitterness in her heart subsided a little.
Then she saw in the video that Chen Mo walked off the stage and, as soon as he returned to his seat, was surrounded by a table of vibrant young girls.
The girls cheered and jumped for joy at him. Some grabbed his arm, while others leaned close to him and looked up at him with eyes full of admiration and love.
Six girls, six young faces, six pairs of bright eyes, surrounded him like six blooming flowers.
Lin Wan's eyes widened even more, and she even held her breath for a few seconds!
What's going on?
Why are there so many people around Chen Mo?
So many girls?
She stared at the faces of the girls on the screen, looking at them one by one, and felt colder and colder with each look.
They looked no more than eighteen or nineteen years old, with faces full of collagen, skin so white it glowed, slender figures, and fashionable attire. Each one of them exuded youthful energy and was unbelievably beautiful.
Lin Wan looked down at herself—