Her small face was a mess of tears, and snot was bubbling out of her nose. It was a heartbreaking scene.

Ian’s beautiful eyes narrowed.

Staring at her chubby finger, he spotted a red wound there, and his expression promptly darkened.

“Who did this to you?” he demanded, tugging off his bowtie to wrap it around her finger.

Vivian fell silent.

I’ve never seen Ian so mad! She recoiled in fear.

“Ian—”

“Did the violinists do that to you? This is caused by the violin strings. Am I right?”

Ian was smart enough to deduce that after glancing at his sister’s wound.

Before the girls could brag about that incident to their mother, the air suddenly turned still.

Coming to a stop, they spotted the girl who they scared away earlier.

A young boy about her age with chiseled features tugged her over to them.

“Did you both hurt my sister?” he demanded icily.

Hearing his words, the girls immediately broke into mocking giggles. “Oh, so you ran off because you got hurt. I was wondering why you didn’t continue earlier!”

words caused Vivian to duck behind Ian fearfully as tears welled

hint of warmth disappeared from Ian’s

“Continue with what?”

even play the violin but insisted on doing so and ended up cutting

rolled down Vivian’s fluffy

don’t we compete, too? I shall play a piece.

smartwatch on his outstretch

that a Qubbly watch? It’s a popular brand overseas. Only a few of

“Yes, you’re right!”

girls gazed at the

the watch was an expensive

hesitation. “Sure. What are you

have to know. Just play it after I do. But I have a condition—if you fail to play

“What punishment?”

same way she

Is he a fool?

after hearing his ridiculous

insisting on pressing the strings with her tiny fingers, but

he’d make that request, let alone think they’d lose the bet. Is he

heed to

gave him a violin, Ian placed it on his shoulder and started

so mi re mi

song that

soon ascended into a birdlike croon. His fingers flew deftly across the strings to create a melodious song that attracted the attention of practically

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