Han Lingxue screamed and caught everyone by surprise. Han Lingshi furrowed her brows and asked, "Lingxue, what are you doing? Can you stop behaving like a child?"
The young lady calmed down and asked, "How did you get old man Richter to give you this violin?"
Hao Ren raised his brows and asked, "Oh, so you have been to the Richter music shop? Hehe, it was coincidental. Mom, you remember I learned it play with Mei? So, I wanted to gift myself something nice, and went to the store. There I played a few notes of that song and the shop owner gave me this."
Han Lingxue was still shocked, but Hao Ren ignored her and recounted the entire incident in the music store. After he was done and the people were dazed, they did not expect this instrument to have such a story. Han Lingxue clicked her tongue and said, "Do you think ten million is a big price for this violin?"
Everyone nodded while Hao Ren shook his head. The people looked at him in confusion and Han Lingxue said, "Do you know how much did the Mother Earth Research Center offered to pay for this?"
Han Lingshi smacked her shoulder and said indifferently, "Stop with the dramatization and tell us already."
Han Lingxue raised her finger and said, "Billion."
The people were shocked, and Hao Ren smiled, "True, they want this violin to be used in research, and even the shavings of this wood can be used in grafting. This is not to surprising to me. On the way back, I read quite a few articles on the qualities that the Vermillion Rose tree had, so I can understand what the scientists mean."
The people thought about what he said and they also nodded. Mrs. Hao frowned and said, "You paid ten million for an instrument that you could not even hold properly? Have you grown up to be a lost cause?"
Hao Ren was immediately humbled, the other people were surprised and then they smiled. Mrs. Hao was very nice to them but her own son, the reason why they were all here, had been scolded without holding back.
Hao Ren sighed, and said, "I will play it for you, wait."
The young man took out the violin carefully and after tuning it, he closed his eyes before taking a deep breath and then his bow fell on the strings. The music from the violin was clear and it resonated within their hearts but Han Lingshi opened her eyes wide when she heard this.
The acoustic effect of the instrument was nothing like she has ever heard before. She finally understood the reason this instrument cost Hao Ren so much. Then she focused on the tune, and could not help but close her eyes. As Hao Ren played his skill improved terrifyingly. Gradually everyone was lost in the music and the imagery that it created in their minds.
They could see Hao Ren chasing behind his parents and his family, it was very joyous but then as he grew up he lived in blockades. Mrs. Hao had tears in her eyes, she could sense his pain as he played, however, suddenly, the music took off and it carried their heartbeats along.
The people imagined Hao Ren meeting a beautiful lady, and how he fell in love with her. The young man was conveying his emotions so clearly that it was overwhelming. Everyone could picture Han Lingshi beside him.
Just when they were feeling happy the music came to a sudden halt.
Mrs. Hao complained, "Why did you stop?"
Everyone else nodded and looked at Hao Ren, who smiled helplessly and said, "Ma, I have yet to see the future, how can I play it in the song if I have not yet prepared it?"
Mrs. Hao snorted and said, "Excuses, that's all you have. Go away, you ruined my mood. I was about to imagine my grandchildren."
The people were surprised and then Hao Ren laughed as he hugged his mother and said, "Ma, you are so cute."
Mrs. Hao rolled her eyes and said, "I know, get lost."
The others also laughed at this.
The party came to an end, the guests left, only Han Lingshi and Han Lingxue were left behind. Hao Ren was helping them clean the dishes and the rest of the clatter. Mrs. Hao wanted to stay up she had been told to rest because she was leaving in the morning.
Han Lingshi stood beside him, she wanted to do the dishes but Hao Ren glared her down about it, so she was stuck to drying them up with a kitchen towel. She asked in a low voice, "That song earlier, when did you write it?"
Hao Ren shook his head and said, "Would you believe it if I said that I only played on a whim? I had no plans but when I thought of what to play it just came to me. It was all conveying my true emotions."
Han Lingshi looked in his eyes, and could not help but blush faintly. Hao Ren looked at her in such a gentle manner that she was flustered. He asked in a low voice, "What gift did you get me?"
The young lady raised her fluttering lashes and took a deep breath to regain her composure before she said, "I did not know what to give you. At this moment, you do not lack anything materialistic."
Hao Ren smiled and nodded. It was true that he did not lack anything in terms of material. Suddenly, Han Lingshi moved behind him and put on a gold chain around his neck, at the bottom of the chain was a sapphire inlaid in gold. It was carved like a rose.
Han Lingshi said, "This is something I bought from my first income. I want you to have it."
Hao Ren could still sense the warmth on the chain, and he had noticed Han Lingshi wearing it on her person always. He put down the dish in his hand and without caring about his wet hands, he turned around and pulled Han Lingshi in his arms. This text is hosted at novęlfire.net
The lady opened her eyes wide and was about to scream from the sudden move, when she felt a pang of warmth overlapping her mouth. Hao Ren had kissed her, and the kiss was so purely filled with love there was no lust.
Han Lingshi also gave in after a few seconds, the kiss was the fruition of their emotions for each other. The two of them parted and looked each other deeply in the eyes, when suddenly, Han Lingxue walked in humming a tune.
She saw Han Lingshi and Hao Ren in a embrace, and the two of them also saw her. Han Lingxue smiled and said, "Oh, I did not see anything, please continue, I shall leave."
She ran away, leaving two stunned people who looked at each other and could not help but laugh out loud.
After the cleaning, Hao Ren sent the two girls away, and he asked Heath to drive them, after all, it was not safe for them to move alone at this hour. Mrs. Hao would have him lose a layer of skin.
In the morning, Hao Ren helped his mother, and even cooked breakfast for her. Mrs. Hao was surprised to eat his cooking, and praised him a lot. Hao Ren almost had an urge to ask if she was his own mother and not some alien who replaced her.
However, he did not wish to receive the slipper so he shut his mouth. When he was driving her to the station he asked, "Why can't you stay for a few more days? Old Boy Hao can still look after himself, no?"
Mrs. Hao smacked his shoulder and said, "Don't call him old boy. Anyhow, Old Hao and the few others have been organizing medical camps, they invite big doctors and their students to give the people a check up and earn experience. So, I have to go back."
Hao Ren recalled this and nodded, he said, "Okay, I will come to see you on the spring festival."
Mrs. Hao nodded, and soon she vanished inside the train station with her little trolley bag and Hao Ren left for the office.