Chapter 434 - Stupid Mistakes

Sprawled on the sofa in the living room, Hyson was throwing a pebble up and then catching it when it came down. It was his version of wasting time all by himself. In the background, music was playing. Precisely, it was a piano piece was called Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy. 

'Such a romantic piece, he doesn't even know how to appreciate it.'

Mu Chenyan chuckled at Yue Yue, "I also can't see the beauty of this piano piece."

Yue Yue gave her a disdainful look, 'Such uncultured people I have around me.'

Mu Chenyan shook her head at her, "I'm definitely an uncultured person but don't say anything about our family's little baby. He is not uncultured like me. If he had been one, he wouldn't have won one of the most prestigious piano awards at the age of 13!" She sighed out, "It's just that he is as clueless about love as his best friend. Isn't it obvious that he won't be able to appreciate the romantic piece playing in the background?"

'Can't you hear it?' questioned Yue. 'Hear that music. Look how it takes you that moonlit night and makes you feel all kinds of things.'

"Yuck!" was Mu Chenyan's reaction. "Do I really look like someone who would be able to picture all that just from music? I don't have such a rich imagination."

'You're the reason why both Raelle and Fai don't know what love is!'

Mu Chenyan gaped at her, "Honey, that has nothing to do with me. You can't always blame the wrong things on me. That's unfair!" Although she said that with certainty, in her heart she was wondering if she really influenced Raelle and Hyson in some way? She had never fallen in love in her life. That was a fact known to everyone. After all, the only thing she loved in her life was an adventure. She hardly had time for love. 

'Chenyan, you never had a romantic encounter?'

Mu Chenyan shrugged her shoulders, "I had a friend who proposed to me in front of the whole school. Does that count as a romantic encounter?"

Yue Yue's eyes sparkled with a light looking for some gossip, she pulled her over and asked, 'And then?'

"Then nothing, I rejected him," responded Mu Chenyan blankly.

'What?!'

"Don't be so surprised."

'You said no in front of everyone?'

"So, was I supposed to wait until we are alone? Wouldn't that be too late?"

'But why did you say no?'

"Because I didn't like him like that!" said Mu Chenyan matter-of-factly. "Yeah, we slept together when we were together but what about it? Do I have to accept his feelings just because of that? I don't think so."

Yue Yue's jaw almost dropped to the floor in shock. She pointed a trembling finger at Mu Chenyan, 'You slept with him?'

Mu Chenyan gave her a weird look, "Who hasn't slept around in their youth? Did you think I Virgin Mary or something? I had all the bad habits! Yeah, I didn't exactly change my partners right and left but I did sleep with 2-3 people." Mu Chenyan patted Yue Yue's shoulder who was covering her mouth with her hand, still reeling in shock. "Actually, you don't have to feel bad for that friend of mine. It was purely an accident. And just because we spent a night together, he thought it was love. It wasn't."

Yue Yue slapped Mu Chenyan's head, 'Still, we don't sleep with friends!'

Mu Chenyan rubbed her head, "I told you, I was drunk! Drunk people do stupid mistakes."

'If you're the one to make a move first, then you should take responsibility!'

"Who said I made the first move?"

'I know you!'

Mu Chenyan cleared her throat awkwardly, "Okay. It might have been me. But it's been years. Do you have to berate me like this now? He is already married and even has two kids! Does it look like he is nursing his old wound of rejection? I don't think so!"

'How do you know what he is doing?' questioned Yue Yue strangely. 'You always told me that you don't know what your school friends are doing. You never took interest in unnecessary people. Then why are you interested in him?'

Mu Chenyan paused for a minute before saying, "What the hell are you saying? Who is interested in him? I just recently got to know about it and it was also just a coincidence. Do you really think I'd go out of my way to find out about people?"

'You look suspicious,' was Yue Yue's response as she eyed her best friend.

Mu Chenyan rolled her eyes at Yue Yue, "There is no need to play detective with me." She looked at Hyson who was still at it and called out, "Fai, why don't you go and play the piano yourself? Elder Xiang had that piano room built for you only. Don't let the piano get moldy there."

Hyson yawned lazily, "I'm too lazy to play it myself." He tilted his head towards Mu Chenyan and suggested, "You can let mum play it. She is definitely better than me."

"What are you saying? For me, my Fai is the best!" insisted Mu Chenyan. "If you had only a tiny bit of interest, you'd have already been the most famous pianist in the world. But you only picked up piano to find a way to Elle."

Everyone in the family knew that Hyson had no interest in piano, per se. He only learned it from his mother because he wanted to win a competition and find his way to Country G on his own. Just because that was the challenge his best friend left for him. But after achieving his goal and getting himself a best friend, he lost his interest in piano. 

His interests were as short-lived as Mu Chenyan.. Life was like a breeze to him as well and he just loved drifting along with it.