CH 1

1. Music Practice Room 1314

There is a well-known music practice room: No. 1314 built in the N University Conservatory of Music faces the sea. This practice room is composed of 2 rooms combined that has an awesome sea view outside the glass wall on one side. Whenever the sun sets in the west, the bright golden sun shines on the black lacquer Steinway&Sons standard concert grand piano. The beautiful classical artistic atmosphere as if traveling through time and space and not being bound by time.

However, the reason why practice room no. 1314 famous was not because of its beautiful scenery, but because of rumors that the couples who "do the deed" in this practice room will be together forever.

Of course, such a boring rumor was just an excuse for boys to coax girls to have s*x.

For an ordinary person like me who rely on the scholarship to enroll in this prestigious music, these kinds of unfounded rumors can only make people feel annoyed. Because of this "legend", I often can't borrow this practice room. Practice room No. 1314 is the only room in the school that can accommodate a string quartet...

"Alas..." The autumn morning light illuminated the entire corridor, however, I couldn't help shaking my head while murmuring, "So troublesome..."

"Qin Lang! Did you get that practice room today?" A familiar inquiry came from a distance. I turned around to see the familiar sound's owner. Turns out it was my best friend Zhang Jie.

"No... they got it again!" This is the 3rd week in a row that someone pre-booked a room! I have a recital coming up in the next two weeks. As I am studying composition, I really need a quartet that is only available in that room...

"Wow! Are there that many people who want to have s*x?! Haha!" Zhang Jie laughed dryly. Only my face was gloomy not being able to find that funny.

Zhang Jie looked at the dark clouds over my head and put away his smile, "Well, just take a look at room 1314. If some couples are doing something, you should drive them away. The practice room isn't supposed to be a place to have s*x anyway."

After seriously considering Zhang Jie's suggestion, I decided to go to practice room 1314 at dusk after class.

I was walking down an empty hallway, however, I felt that practice room 1314 was strangely quiet. No sound of people having s*x, nor the sound of music. Could it be... Is the classmate who made the reservation finally decided not to have the room?!

I walked quickly to its only door. When I saw dusk sunlight penetrating the small window on the door, I knew that the refined scenery of No. 1314 was as beautiful as a legend said.    

I hid behind the door and peeked inside. A lonely figure standing in front of the glass curtain wall and staring blankly at the red-gold sea outside. I stopped in amazement, seeing the person's black curly short hair casually combed behind his ears, revealing his well-defined facial features and tender white neck. The slightly oversized black sweater was draped over his slender body with slender fingers sticking out of the overly long sleeves. Just looking at the back, I couldn't guess whether the person was a man or a woman.

He was just standing there looking at the scenery. I couldn't help but wonder: Why did he work so hard to grab this practice room, doing nothing and only looking at the sea?

I raised my hand and was about to knock on the door, but at that moment I suddenly felt: What that person needs now is peace, a little space, and a little time alone.

So I put down my hands and turned to leave.

In the following days, I still couldn't grab practice room 1314. Whenever I walked through that legendary practice room, I would see a lonely figure standing in front of the glass wall, silently looking at the deserted sea. There were times when I wanted to go in and ask him what was wrong, but that person gave me the feeling that it was better to leave him alone than to care about him.

Well, there are such people in the world.

However, while I leave him alone, I started to care about that person in my heart...