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!”

fearfully

last hint of warmth disappeared from

“Continue with what?”

we told her we’d play with her if she could play our violin. She couldn’t even play the violin but insisted on doing so and ended up cutting her finger!” They burst into loud giggles

rolled down Vivian’s fluffy

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

a smartwatch

a popular brand overseas. Only a few of us managed to get it in the

“Yes, you’re right!”

gazed at the

watch was an expensive

“Sure. What are you going

“You don’t have to know. Just play it after I do. But I have a condition—if you fail to play it, you need to receive

“What punishment?”

way she did!” Ian declared

Is he a fool?

glances after

on pressing the strings with her tiny fingers, but they were

lose the bet. Is he

heed to his

placed it on

mi

was a song that stunned

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

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