CHAPTER 652: CHAPTER 416: TREATING FANS LIKE DOGS TO KILL!

Sir Gan, he also didn’t know how to view it...?

Or rather, he himself was uncertain whether he was right or wrong.

Just like that competition 16 years ago.

In the end, he still lost.

Bearing such a heavy burden.

After hearing Gan Hua’s account, Lin Tian momentarily fell into deep thought.

He originally thought Sir Gan was already on the grill, with no way back, ultimately leading him to a dead end, hence the final outcome.

But now, it seems.

The reality doesn’t appear to be as simple as Lin Tian imagined.

That burden, in Sir Gan’s eyes, was not just pressure; it was also the force that compelled him to reach the Keller Cup stage.....

Exactly, the rights and wrongs within it, seem to be beyond the experience of Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu at their current age.

...

Lin Tian took a deep breath.

He looked towards Gan Yanyu.

At this moment, Gan Yanyu nervously hid her hands behind her back, looking at her grandfather with a concerned expression, sadness appearing on her face.

It seems the young girl was hearing her grandfather recount this story in such detail for the first time, unable to absorb it all at once.

In fact,

This story should have another half

which is its conclusion —

How Gan Hua carried all this and made it to the Keller Cup stage.

Bearing the hopes of companions, the faces of past comrades flashed continuously in his mind.

What sentiment did he have when completing his performance?

And after abandoning the competition, he completely withdrew from the musical stage.

...

Gan Hua said no more.

And Lin Tian tacitly refrained from asking further.

This is enough.

It is already sufficient.

"Take me back to my room."

The air was silent for a while, Gan Hua lay in his chair, gazing at the night sky, and said.

"Alright."

Lin Tian pushed the wheelchair handle, heading towards Gan Hua’s ward.

As they took the elevator, Gan Hua spoke again:

"Next week."

"What?"

Lin Tian was puzzled.

"Next month, you’ll be competing against Tuoba Jianhui."

Lin Tian’s heart skipped a beat, but upon further thought, given Tuoba Jianhui and Sir Gan’s relationship, it’s not surprising Sir Gan knew about this.

After all, both of them are now closely monitoring Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu’s competition status.

"Hmm." Lin Tian nodded.

"Are you prepared?"

"Perhaps, it’s not important."

"Not important?"

"We’ll win."

Lin Tian said,

"Including your part."

"Ding—"

With the sound of a prompt, the elevator doors opened.

Gan Hua’s expression froze, his weary eyes slightly trembling.

Words lodged in his throat, ultimately left unsaid.

The old man, eventually revealed a smile and was pushed forward by Lin Tian.

...

...

The following day.

Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu arrived at Le Yun’s recording studio.

Sitting in the recording room, Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu exchanged a look of determined gaze.

Then, each took their place before their instruments.

At this moment,

Gazing at the piano in front of him, Lin Tian felt somewhat heavy-hearted.

Once again, he recalled the story Sir Gan had told him the previous night under the starlit sky.

Ultimately, with what mindset did Sir Gan face the final outcome?

If he and Gan Yanyu reached that place, how should they confront it?

These questions constantly lingered in Lin Tian’s mind.

Just as Sir Gan said.

No matter how many stories they heard, regardless of how many theories were explained, concerning their music, it couldn’t be understood merely by thinking.

Most importantly, Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu needed to personally experience it themselves.

Thus, this question was temporarily set aside.

But one thing, Lin Tian believed, he and Gan Yanyu had figured out.

Lin Tian could vaguely feel,

Why they emphasized the "sense of reverence" repeatedly.

....

Lin Tian took a deep breath and looked at Gan Yanyu once more.

The two exchanged a glance, nodding.

The official recording of "Prelude in C Major" commenced!

...

...

As Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu entered university, while completing their studies, they simultaneously engaged in close-door training.

Unknowingly, in the eyes of internet users, the two had gone more than a month without any online activity.

This is Moonlight and Cat.

When active, they can dominate the trending list across platforms for several days straight, causing fans to spot them everywhere.

When disappearing, they vanish without a trace—even when they may have just sparked internet-wide attention the day before at a competition, from the following day, they are absent from public view for over a month.

Even an 18th-tier rapper knows to occasionally release some news to appease fans.

Many times, even music enthusiasts sincerely believe.

Moonlight and Cat are truly as simple as simple gets—professional performers, things like releasing albums, managing, becoming idols... are just side tasks.

To speak frankly, what’s the difference between this and being dead?

A professional performer, apart from making sound during competitions, otherwise seems to disappear entirely, just like an NPC!

According to internet users’ usual approach,

Ever since Moonlight and Cat’s last live stream response, through more than a month’s time, the two seemed to have vanished, without a trace of news, music fans would surely transform into "paparazzi," crying, throwing tantrums, and threatening suicide while digging into their small bits of real-life stories and calling for their return online.

But this time.....

The situation had astonishingly changed.