Soon, beautiful music flowed out from her fingers.
Moments after she played the first melody, the noisy crowd in the mall suddenly fell silent.
It was like magic.
She was only playing a song that the organizer set, and the piano wasnât one she was familiar with, but as soon as she played the first melody, it was as if she completely forgot where she was. She gently closed her eyes and completely immersed herself in the joy and pleasure of playing music.
Many people had described her talent to be so sublime that it was as if the piano was a very extension of her own bodyâeffortlessly making the piano sound however she wanted anytime, anywhere.
The organizer initially watched her with a look full of doubt, but he quickly calmed down and quietly enjoyed Stellaâs performance from then on.
Even the people on the second floor of the mall stopped what they were doing as they listened to her playing as if entranced by the music.
Gradually, more and more people gathered around the stage. Someone recorded Stellaâs performance and posted it online.
[Where is this? What a beautiful pianist!]
[She looks so familiar! Can a music expert comment on her playing?]
[Sheâs mediocre. Just another pretty face. Even my son can start learning now and play like her within two years.]
[Is the commenter above delusional? Iâm a professional musician, and Iâm pretty sure that her playing is at least as good as the international masters!]
Those two comments quickly attracted more and more people to the discussion. In no time at all, the video gained traction and then became viral.
Then someone finally recognized herâ¦
[Isnât that Cicily?!]
As soon as the name Cicily was mentioned, more people started to recognize her, and even more started to go crazy for her.
[Oh my god! It really is her!]
[Sheâs a national treasure! The only pianist from our country to be internationally recognized as one of the best pianists in history!]
[But why would she be playing at the mall? It canât really be her, right? With her talents, she should at least be playing at a famous music hall. She canât really be performing at a tiny shopping mall, right?]
[Yeah, I donât think thatâs herâ¦]
[But the playing is unmistakably Cicily! It just canât be anybody else!]
The assistant was watching the video backstage, and when she read through the heated discussion in the comments, she was shaken to the core.
Then she wrote a comment and posted it anonymously .
[Iâm a staff at the event. A minor celebrity was supposed to be performing today, but she threw a tantrum and refused to go on stage. She even made another staff member cry. Luckily, Cicily was there, and she stepped in just in time to save the dayâ¦]
[Is this true? Is Cicily that kind?]
[I donât know. It sounds a little fake to meâ¦]
[But this is live, so if itâs fake, then why does it look so real?]
[Iâm at the event right now, and I can tell you that itâs all true! That minor celebrity was Nicole Douglas. I saw everything with my own eyes!]
Apart from the livestream, there were many more passers -by who recorded the performance with their own cameras. Even some famous internet vloggers who never had any interest in classical music started to upload videos of the performance themselves, automatically announcing that they were at the event too.
Because of all this, everyone began to find that the whole thing seemed much more credible now.
[Oh my god! So it really is Cicily! Iâm so jealous of you people! You guys get to watch a master pianist perform for free!]
[The tickets to her show abroad were incredibly expensive, you know! Itâs nice to see that sheâs so grounded and downâtoâearth in real life!] In a short span of time, Stella had garnered countless new fans.
At the same time, the same amount of people began storming Nicoleâs account, demanding answers about why sheâd acted like such a pain in the arse at the event.