Chapter 2420


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    The girl quickly ran off within moments.


    Her departure spurred a flurry ofments from the people around them—


    "There are all sorts of people in the world. Who does she think she is? How dare she ask Leon to apany her on the piano?"


    "Exactly. Why would Leon apany someone else on the piano? What a joke."


    "You''re wrong. Leon would apany someone else on the piano, but that person could only be Lte."


    "That''s right. Does she think she''s Lte?"


    Lte Batton instantly frowned upon hearing theirments. "All right. Quiet down, everyone."


    Abruptly, everyone quietened.


    She then peeked at Leon Batton. "Leon, how could you turn that girl down in front of so many people?"


    Her brother frowned slightly. "I don''t like her, so why can''t I turn her down?"


    From his perspective, it was necessary to be cold and be dismissive if he didn''t like that person.


    He wouldn''t want to give them the wrong idea.


    "Fine. I will never get through your thick skull," Lte sighed.


    "Then stop trying," he replied. "Let''s go. We have to head back to ss."


    She nodded and held onto his sleeve before leading him back to their ss into their respective seats.


    Leon noticed a slice of toast with a heart on it on his desk when he sat down.


    He had received many gifts each day in school, but this slice of toast left the most profound impression on him.


    He had been receiving the same toast from the first day of high school. Whoever it was from, that person never failed to leave this for him every day.


    Sometimes, he was genuinely curious how that person had such patience as most people would have stopped offering gifts after a while.


    This person was the only one who had persisted for so long.


    After staring at the toast thoughtfully for a while, he kept it together with other gifts under his desk.


    Soon, the English teacher entered the ssroom and began the lesson, forcing him to stop thinking about the gifts.


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    When school ended in the evening, Lte and Leon went home to practice The Brightest Star in the piano room.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    He yed the piano while she sang with a microphone in hand-


    "I pray for a pure soul and tearful eyes.


    "Give me the courage to believe again.


    "Let me embrace you through the lies.


    "Whenever I can''t find the meaning of existing, and whenever I get lost in the night.


    "The brightest star in the night sky. Please guide me closer to you."


    His agile fingers danced on the ck and white keys of the piano


    gry. He seemed so elegant


    and regal with music coursing through the room.


    He had dashing good looks and yet somehow still appeared unapproachable.


    Leon yed the piano as well as an experienced maestro.


    Lte''s singingplemented his


    melody wlessly with her pleasant voice. She sounded ethereal and immacte.


    Her voice was perfect for this song.


    A beautiful voice paired with tasteful piano apaniment made the song doubly good.


    X Quest managed to catch a part of the beautiful song as she arrived in front of the piano room.


    It made all the exhaustion that she''d built up throughout the day disappear.


    She hesitated by the door as she


    was reluctant to disrupt them bet


    approaching. So, she silently leaned against the doorframe while she enjoyed their performance