The Weight of Longing on the Pipa

[Genius Pipa Player x Reclusive Luthier / Next up: Clear Dreams, please add it to your favorites / I'm revising the story lately, so feel free to ignore any updates you see.] 1: In the traditional music scene, Ruan Sige is famous for her bad temper. She's cold, arrogant, and unbearably conceited, completely ruining the good reputation of her teacher, master musician Ge Huijun. Yet she was born breathtakingly beautiful, and her pipa playing was superb. With two famous senior fellow disciples backing her up, she could practically do as she pleased in the pipa world. She had opportunities most people could only dream of for a lifetime, yet she gave them up just like that. She broke a pipa and declared she would never touch one again. Ge Huijun was heartbroken for her beloved student. After much searching, she finally found Xia Juanshu, a luthier from years ago. As the owner of the renowned Xianji shop, he was notoriously elusive and only made pipas when he felt like it. He was also quite the difficult character. Everyone in the industry was waiting to see what would happen. Given Xia Juanshu's strange personality, Ruan Sige would be lucky if he didn't throw her out. The first time Ruan Sige came to ask him to repair her pipa, the man's expression was stern. He bluntly refused, saying, "I won't repair a pipa for a liar who can't tell the truth." The second time, he sent her away after treating her to a meal. People in the industry mocked Ruan Sige, saying she had finally met her match and that her pipa was never going to be repaired. But not only did Ruan Sige get her pipa fixed, she also found herself a wonderful match. She became the proprietress of Xianji, and Xia Juanshu willingly spent the rest of his life maintaining her pipa. Who could have guessed that the pipa Xia Juanshu casually gave his beloved wife, Ruan Sige, would be acquired and treasured by a museum? Everyone in the industry was even more dumbfounded. Blurb screenshotted on March 14, 2021. Background image from @Yangdong-Banxie and @Hytwww Blurb for Clear Dreams. Please add it to your favorites~ [Unrequited Love Comes True / Gentle, Sweet Designer x Proud, Up-and-Coming Lawyer / Title and blurb may change] When Mu Ying was young, she liked Shen Xubai for five years and kept a diary about her unrequited love for the same amount of time. Only the title page remained blank. She wanted to wait until after the college entrance exams to confess to him and ask Shen Xubai to write something on it. But just after the start of senior year, rumors that the transfer student Ji Shiyi was dating Shen Xubai spread throughout the school. In the new term, Mu Ying was assigned to sit with Ji Shiyi. One was as delicate as an autumn chrysanthemum, the other as dazzling as a peony. They kept to themselves and had nothing to do with each other, until one day Mu Ying accidentally left her schoolbag behind. She saw Ji Shiyi joking around with a few girls, then casually write five words on the title page: [You're not good enough for him.] After that, Mu Ying seemed to have had her meridians unblocked. She put her romantic feelings aside and made rapid progress in her studies, completing her bachelor's and master's degrees in one go. After graduating, she got a job at a design institute. She never expected to get caught up in a plagiarism case. A lawyer's letter arrived at the design institute, signed at the bottom by Shen Xubai of Guanxu Law Firm. The person accusing her of plagiarism was none other than Ji Shiyi. During the private settlement talks, Ji Shiyi was dazzling and haughty. Shen Xubai appeared in a black suit, his eyes cool as he greeted her calmly: "Ms. Mu." Mu Ying fled on the spot and refused to settle. In the end, she sent him three words: [See you in court.] Mu Ying ultimately won the plagiarism case. It was the only case Shen Xubai had ever lost in his career. At the time, no one could have guessed that he would spend the rest of his life losing to Mu Ying. At fourteen, during a high school assembly, Mu Ying stood below the stage and only dared to whisper Shen Xubai's name amid the roar of the crowd. At twenty-eight, rubbing her sore waist, she dared to call Shen Xubai a dog. Theme: Musical exchange