Chapter 163: Peerless Genius Mr. Su

A moment later.

Gu Sanming walked over, carrying a bottle of Fen liquor in his hand.

“I can’t just freeload off your meal. It’s not a fancy liquor, so please don’t mind it, my young friend,” Gu Sanming said.

Su Yunzhou smiled. “The quality of the liquor isn’t what matters. What matters is the company you drink it with.”

“Oh?”

Gu Sanming laughed heartily. “Just for those words alone, we must have a toast.”

Thinking of the old gentleman’s earlier praise, Liu Yiyi sensibly took the bottle and divided the liquor into two decanters.

Seeing her virtuous and capable demeanor, Gu Sanming praised, “My young friend, you are truly blessed!”

Catching the underlying meaning in the older man’s tone and expression, Su Yunzhou smiled and raised his glass. “It truly is my blessing.”

Hearing this, Liu Yiyi’s heart bloomed with joy. She also raised her glass and took a sip.

“WHEW, it’s a bit spicy,” she said.

Her reaction drew another laugh from the two men.

Afterward, Liu Yiyi switched back to her green plum wine, finding it much smoother to drink.

The old and the young hit it off perfectly.

Listening from the side, she didn’t feel bored at all; instead, she felt an incredible sense of novelty. Especially when Su Yunzhou casually mentioned various professional music theory concepts and sheet music she hadn’t even heard of.

Adding to this was Mr. Gu occasionally nodding in agreement beside him. As the two corroborated and discussed their points, they looked more like peers exchanging experiences and insights.

This discovery made Liu Yiyi even more surprised and delighted. After all, who wouldn’t want their sweetheart to be a multi-talented, handsome man?

Moreover, Su Yunzhou was suave, spoke elegantly, and was especially good at taking care of people. Just like right now. Worried she might be bored, he would periodically turn his gaze toward her while sharing plenty of interesting musical anecdotes.

[Affinity +1]

Su Yunzhou paused slightly. He wondered why the Affinity had inexplicably increased.

After reaching the high digits, it was getting harder and harder to raise.

[Liu Yiyi’s Affinity: 98 points.]

He didn’t know how long it would take to achieve the final two points. Although Tong hadn’t said anything, given its typical behavior, there would definitely be a huge surprise once the Affinity reached 100.

Noticing Su Yunzhou zoning out, Gu Sanming asked softly, “My young friend? What’s wrong?”

Su Yunzhou snapped back to reality and shook his head. “I just thought of something wonderful.”

Seeing that he had no intention of sharing, Gu Sanming brought up other topics to chat about.

Meanwhile.

In the Huanhua Creek private room on the second floor.

There were three men and two women. A few of the young people looked rather uncomfortable.

They were all top students from the Rongcheng Music Academy. Today, because the academy’s leadership had arranged for Gu Sanming to take the five of them to the opening ceremony of some rock-climbing competition, they finally found an opportunity to invite Teacher Gu out for a meal.

However, when Teacher Gu went out to use the restroom, he claimed to have bumped into an acquaintance, grabbed a bottle of liquor, and went outside to eat.

This made the students feel a bit disgruntled, but since he was their teacher, they could only let it go. As a result, a few of them ended up drinking a few extra glasses.

They had assumed that Teacher Gu must have run into a similarly highly respected and insightful confidant in the music field. Yet, Dazhuang, who had just returned from the restroom, reported that he saw Teacher Gu eating and drinking with a young couple.

“And…”

Chu Chengxian, his face flushed with tipsiness, urged hurriedly, “And what? Spit it out!”

He was the ringleader of this little group. Handsome and coming from a wealthy family, he had no major flaws other than being arrogant.

Dazhuang let out a BURP. “And I feel like that young guy doesn’t respect Teacher Gu at all. He keeps zoning out, making eyes at the woman, and constantly interrupting.”

“What?”

A short-haired girl sitting nearby raised her voice. “Who the hell is this guy? How dare he be so disrespectful to Teacher Gu?”

“Hmph!” A skinny but hot-tempered young man slammed his glass down. “It doesn’t matter who he is. Disrespecting our mentor means disrespecting the Sancai of the Music Department!”

“Exactly! Let’s go out there and teach him a lesson!” Chu Chengxian nodded in agreement.

The others agreed.

Only a girl who didn’t usually interact with them, but was grouped with them for this event, spoke up. “Don’t be so impulsive just because you’ve had a few drinks! If Teacher Gu took the initiative to bring liquor out there, they must be very close.”

Chu Chengxian had downed a good amount of liquor tonight. Feeling an overwhelming sense of heroism, he believed nothing could stand in his way. He chuckled. “Feifei, how could we possibly cause trouble? We’re just going over to offer a toast!”

The skinny young man chimed in, “Naturally, we should warmly entertain our teacher’s friend.”

“Yeah!” Dazhuang agreed.

The three men exchanged a knowing smile in perfect unison, filled their decanters, and walked out with a victorious air.

Seeing the Sancai acting so rashly, the two women, afraid things might go south, grabbed their drink glasses and followed.

Leading the group, Chu Chengxian felt like a charging warrior. In reality, to any bystander, he looked more like a proud, strutting peacock.

Very soon.

The five of them arrived at Gu Sanming’s table.

“Teacher Gu, we heard your friend arrived, so we came over specifically to offer a toast.”

Chu Chengxian’s face was flushed red, but he maintained a perfectly polite facade. He stood at the front with his glass raised, flanked by the other students.

Gu Sanming raised an eyebrow and was just about to introduce everyone.

However, he saw Liu Yiyi stand up in pleasant surprise and walk over to pull a female student from behind the peacock-like man. “Xiaofei, what a coincidence!”

Ye Xiaofei also broke into a delighted smile. “Sister Yiyi! Brother Yunzhou, so you two are Teacher Gu’s acquaintances!”

Looking at the three who clearly knew each other, Gu Sanming remarked, “It truly is a small world.” He then added with a hearty laugh, “But the rest of you haven’t met yet, so let me introduce you. This is my young friend Su Yunzhou. When it comes to the piano, he is a true, peerless prodigy…”

Su Yunzhou smiled and interrupted him. “Mr. Gu, please don’t flatter me like that. I only know a little bit.”

Hearing Teacher Gu introduce him like this, the five students all wore expressions of unspeakable shock. Especially Ye Xiaofei.

She only knew that Brother Yunzhou was an incredibly skilled rock climber, but she never expected him to have such high attainments in music as well.

Teacher Gu had never used the term “peerless prodigy” to describe any student at the academy. Such high praise was exceptionally rare.

Chu Chengxian, who was already a bit buzzed, felt a thick wave of jealousy surge in his heart upon hearing Teacher Gu’s glowing review—especially since his own major was piano. He wondered if this guy was really that amazing for even Teacher Gu to praise him so highly.

And then there was Ye Xiaofei. She was usually so aloof and indifferent to everyone. But now, seeing this couple, she was noticeably much more enthusiastic. It was like she was a completely different person!

Hmph. What a traitor.

Harboring the same thoughts, the Sancai exchanged a subtle glance. Who cared if he was some kind of prodigy? Tonight, they were definitely going to…