He had to face the pressure from the finals. At the same time, he had to face the pressure from Gan Yanyu. The pressure from Gan Yanyu was the emotional crisis between Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu. If in the end, "Ode to Love" couldn’t be performed smoothly, their relationship would definitely face a crisis of trust. Because it truly involved whether they valued each other properly. they both knew the final result. Gan Yanyu didn’t perform well, not because her emotions weren’t deep enough, but because she didn’t understand how to "express" love. Under Lin Tian’s guidance, Gan Yanyu had found her own way of expression. She had always been good at it, she just never realized it. After a night’s guidance, Lin Tian believed that today’s practice with Gan Yanyu would definitely proceed smoothly. Upon hearing Lin Tian’s simple report, Gao Zhenyang took a sip of soybean milk, stared at the table, and pondered for a while. "’Ode to Love’...if I remember correctly, it’s the first piece you released, right?" "To be precise, Mr. Lin Tian, your first composition should be ’Dream Wedding’...although that’s not important." it was precisely because of "Ode to Love" that Elder Wan Qi specially invited Lin Tian to his home. it was in Elder Wan Qi’s home, in front of Wan Qi and Gao Zhenyang, that Lin Tian played "Dream Wedding" on the piano. Afterwards, he completely won them over. And made Elder Wan Qi leave two "legacy" pieces before going abroad. One was to give that piano to Lin Tian. The other was to ask Gao Zhenyang to help Gan Yanyu. Therefore, regarding Lin Tian’s "debut" piece, Gao Zhenyang had always been deeply influenced. Gao Zhenyang said, "Actually, among so many of your works, Mr. Lin Tian, this is my favorite one..." Upon hearing this, Lin Tian immediately grasped Gao Zhenyang’s hand emotionally, "It takes someone like Mr. Gao to have good taste!" "But — why choose this piece?" Gao Zhenyang did not follow along with Lin Tian’s words but instead asked, "I remember, Mr. Lin Tian, don’t you usually like to play new works in competitions?" Fresh chapters posted on 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝕟𝕖𝕥 "It felt appropriate, and besides, we never played it well before." Then he paused for a moment and added, "Also, because I wanted to perform this piece with Mr. Gan on the finals stage." Although Lin Tian didn’t elaborate further. But at this moment, he had already shown a look of "I understand." He knew Lin Tian was bringing in some "personal matters." On such an important stage, every musician inevitably involves some personal matters, hoping to express something personal through such a significant competition. An artist without personal matters... could that be called an artist? Which artist doesn’t bring in a bit of personal matters? Gao Zhenyang had always been very optimistic about Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu’s relationship. From a very early time, earlier than anyone else on the internet. He has always been very optimistic about this pair. However, reaching this point, Gao Zhenyang expressed a turning point, "I don’t think it’s a good idea, Mr. Lin Tian." "I don’t think you should perform ’Ode to Love’ at the finals, and I believe you both won’t play it well." Lin Tian was taken aback. He didn’t expect such a definitive assessment from Gao Zhenyang, a music teacher. "Mr. Lin Tian, since we are on the same team, I will be straightforward with you." "The main issue lies in the agreement between you and Ms. Gan Yanyu." Lin Tian quickly reacted. What Gao Zhenyang referred to was the agreement between him and Gan Yanyu to "get married after achieving their dreams." Lin Tian couldn’t understand. What does this agreement have to do with them performing "Ode to Love" in the finals? Are they saying their love is not deep enough? Although Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu were not officially together, they both had each other in their hearts! Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu could both assure this. So, the situation where they couldn’t perform well because they weren’t together didn’t exist. the "definitely won’t play well" according to Gao Zhenyang—Lin Tian had almost resolved it by last night. There was almost no chance of a mistake. "Listen to me explain slowly, Mr. Lin Tian." Gao Zhenyang put down his chopsticks and said slowly, "The piece ’Ode to Love’ was composed by you, Mr. Lin Tian. I suppose you know that to interpret this piece requires the deepest and purest emotions. It must be an exceedingly pure, untainted love to bring this piece to its utmost expression—am I right?" He indeed understood. In the past life, known as the classic love piece passed down through centuries, "Ode to Love." The profound emotion it expressed was truly something that couldn’t be replaced by the average piece. Sometimes Lin Tian would even doubt himself. Could his feelings really be deep enough?—Enough to perfectly present this piece. "But the problem is, Mr. Lin Tian, you and Ms. Gan Yanyu have made an agreement to be together after achieving your dreams, right?" Gao Zhenyang stated seriously, "This is the problem!" "You are not together now because you are both rational, knowing there are more important things to accomplish first." "But it is precisely this rationality that keeps your love from being as pure as the emotions contained in ’Ode to Love.’" Gao Zhenyang emphasized, "Of course, I am not questioning the depth of love between you and Ms. Gan Yanyu, just that you are both too rational." "With this rational stance, performing ’Ode to Love’ on the finals stage...Do you think you can do it, Mr. Lin Tian?" Lin Tian fell into a stupor. The scenes from yesterday’s performance surfaced one by one in Lin Tian’s mind. Gan Yanyu’s voice echoed once more in Lin Tian’s ears. ——"Our theme is ’love,’ but we couldn’t be together, so we can only do things unrelated to ’love.’ In this case, no matter what, we can’t find the emotion we want, right?" He and Gan Yanyu were not together now. Because they believed there were things more important than falling in love. Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu were going to perform a piece requiring deep and pure love on the Dragon Violin Cup finals stage. To prove—their determination in love. is an extremely contradictory thing. Because if they were truly "determined," they couldn’t have made it to the Dragon Violin Cup stage with such an agreement. "Mr. Lin Tian, neither you nor Ms. Gan Yanyu did anything wrong. I’ve always sincerely admired your agreement. I believe that only the greatest musicians can withstand desire and loneliness, still remain rational at this time, and pursue musical dreams." Gao Zhenyang stood up and patted Lin Tian’s shoulder, "But ’Ode to Love,’ appeared at the wrong time, in the wrong place. It has never been suitable for such great individuals as you...if you perform this piece after being together, I think it would be better." Gao Zhenyang calmly finished speaking and looked at Lin Tian. And at this moment, Lin Tian fell into contemplation. He looked up at Gao Zhenyang and couldn’t help but say, "Why...can’t love and dreams both be achieved?"