Griffin Yan and the Labyrinth of Dreams Chapter 3

Six months? Learn to play the piano?

Judging from the information Griffin Yan knew, it was not an easy task for humans to master the piano skill within six months.

"Six months? Why so urgent?"

"Because there are other things to learn later." Finn Wen answered all questions.

"What about your parents?"

Finn Wen: "Dad is working and rarely comes back. Mom is afraid of noise and lives in the small garden behind."

He paused and said, "Would you like to see my mother? Although it is not the time for us to meet, I want to introduce her to new friends. She should be willing."

"good."

The more Griffin Yan listened, the more she felt that Finn Wen's family relationship seemed a little abnormal. A five-year-old child still needs to set a time limit to see his mother?

Finn Wen walked toward the door holding the bear doll, but was stopped halfway.

The obstacle came from the butler in uniform. He was about fifty years old, with some white hair on the temples. He looked smart and capable.

"Young master, where are you going?" the housekeeper asked.

"Can I go see mom?"

There was not much expression on his fair and cute little face, but there seemed to be some expectation in his eyes.

Finn Wen is so good-looking that when he walks on the street, he will be asked by talent scouts if he wants to be a child model. Humans are always a little more patient with good-looking cubs.

The butler standing in front of him softened his expression slightly: "I'm sorry, young master, my wife is not in good health today. My husband told me to let her have a good rest and not let others disturb him."

"All right."

Finn Wen lowered his head, seeming a little disappointed.

The housekeeper continued: "Young master, one minute ago, your father called and asked why you didn't go to piano lessons five minutes ago, but were instead wandering around holding a stuffed bear."

"Ah." Finn Wen silently hugged the little bear tightly, "I forgot."

The housekeeper stared at the little bear in his arms, "Why did you bring the little bear out?"

"Because this is my new friend."

The housekeeper was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "Okay, young master, please go to piano lessons first."

Finn Wen nodded obediently and walked towards the piano room. When he turned around the corridor, he lowered his head and whispered: "Xiaojiu, I'm sorry, I have to go to piano lessons first. I will introduce you to my mother next time." Give it to you."

His voice was not quiet, but to the butler behind him, it was probably just a child's imaginary friend game.

Griffin Yan did not stop Finn Wen and listened to what he said.

"Xiaojiu, what music do you like to listen to? I can play it for you later, okay?"

Griffin Yan has no research or interest in the art of this world. "I'm just a bear doll and don't understand music."

Finn Wen hugged the little bear tightly, convinced: "Well, okay, can you always stay with me? Always and forever, forever."

Children can always say eternity easily, but they don’t actually know how long eternity is.

Of course Griffin Yan couldn't stay with Finn Wen all the time. Finn Wen was just his client, and the relationship between them was just a transaction. Not to mention that more than twenty years later, he would use the energy chaos caused by the doomsday to open the plane door and leave here. Not long after, Griffin Yan was also ready to hang up.

If Finn Wen is confirmed that there are no variables around him and his life is safe, Griffin Yan does not need to stay in the teddy bear, but can return to Finn Wen's consciousness and sleep.

He didn't want to be a "bear" at all, which would remind people of that ominous nightmare. X-001 is the most feared existence by all traders and even the entire trading platform.

"Okay? Xiaojiu?" Finn Wen was a persistent child and asked for a promise again.

"But there are many other children in the world who need the protection of Bear Fairy." Griffin Yan said, "When you don't need me anymore, I will leave."

Finn Wen was not too upset when he was rejected by Baby Bear. He smiled with satisfaction. He doesn't care what the response from Baby Bear is, as long as there is a response, he is satisfied.

Xiaojiu will only leave when he doesn't need her anymore. He will always need Xiaojiu.

Finn Wen didn't understand why. When he heard the sound coming from the bear doll for the first time, he wanted to hug the bear doll tightly and never let it go.

When this exquisitely crafted and expensive little bear doll was delivered to us, Finn Wen had no interest in it and placed it on the bedside as a treasure just because other children liked it very much.

If children like something, he should like it too.

But it's different now. This is not a bear doll, but his Xiaojiu.

Finn Wen raised the bear and rubbed it gently on the side of his face. He seems to be able to understand why other children like this little bear doll so much.

However, his little bear is unique and belongs to him, and no one can take it away.

He hugged the little bear, walked briskly, stopped at the door of the piano room, and said softly: "I will have class soon. After I finish class, will I take you on an adventure?"

"good."

Finn Wen received Xiao Xiong's assurance and opened the piano room door with satisfaction.

"Hello, Teacher Isla."

The young woman sitting next to the piano stood up, nodded, and said with a smile on her face: "Hello, classmate Finn Wen, can you play the piece you learned the day before yesterday?"

"Um."

Finn Wen walked over and carefully placed the bear doll on the piano chair. After arranging the bear doll, he sat on it.

"Huh? Why did you bring toys to class today?" Teacher Isla asked.

"This is not a toy, he is my friend." Finn Wen replied.

It's rare to see Finn Wen behave like a child, Teacher Isla thought, stepped forward, and turned to today's content.

This piano piece is difficult for a five-year-old child, especially since Finn Wen was exposed to it for the first time in the last class. It is almost impossible for him to play it smoothly immediately.

Ke Wen played it smoothly, as if he had practiced it hundreds or thousands of times. As he listened, Teacher Isla frowned again.

She felt it was a pity that Finn Wen was a genius, but the sound flowing from his hands had no emotion whatsoever. He just copied the notes perfectly, without any sense of his own.

Wen can learn to play the piano, but only as a skill, not an art. Only skills that contain emotions can become art.

Why is this?

Teacher Isla couldn't bear to see such a talented child being let down, so he decided to find time to have a good chat with Finn Wen's father.

She has been teaching Finn Wen how to play the piano for a month and has only met Finn Wen's father once, that is, on the day of the interview. Perhaps, the lack of family affection caused Finn Wen to be unable to understand the emotions contained in music.

The piano music stopped.

Finn Wen took back his hand, put it on his lap, looked at Teacher Isla, and waited for the teacher's evaluation.

Teacher Isla commented one or two, and then asked: "Okay, let's start learning new songs. Are there any that you are interested in?"

"Teacher, I want to learn "Auld Lang Syne"."

"Huh?" Teacher Isla was slightly stunned. She had already prepared the repertoire for today's study, and the question was just a matter of routine.

In the past month, the answer she got every time was "Teacher, I don't have any piano music that I am interested in." She was also used to directly arranging the music that she needed to learn.

Today, it was the first time that Finn Wen expressed his thoughts.

Teacher Isla smiled and asked: "Very good, are you slowly feeling the beauty of music?"

Finn Wen shook his head, "I want to play it to Xiaojiu, he is my friend."

"Xiaojiu?" Teacher Isla's eyes fell on the little bear doll beside him, and he said with a smile, "Okay, let's learn how friendship lasts forever, and let your new friends be the audience, okay?"

"Um."

After playing the song, Teacher Isla became more and more appreciative of Finn Wen. This child, who was too smart but had difficulty expressing emotions, finally came to his senses. The piano music just now can be called a perfect line.

Both the technique and the emotion are impeccable. Perhaps, she could witness the growth of a piano genius.

Only, that night, the idea turned into a complete joke.

What kind of lack of family affection, what kind of emotional weakness, it is clearly because of hearing that he...

He is a monster!

How could such a monster express emotion through music? Everything that happened in the afternoon was completely her delusion.

Evelyn Li opened her eyes suddenly, her chest heaving violently, and she was still frightened by the terrible future.

She stared at the ceiling for a moment, realizing it wasn't a dream.

She remembered it, and thought of a nightmare, no, a nightmare future.

That day, the sun set and never rose again. The world has fallen into eternal night, and everything in the world cannot do without sunlight.

At first, people still had this expectation in their hearts. Maybe it was just an accident. One day the sun would rise again, bringing hope of light to all things. Human beings also began to explore why the sun no longer rises. They found nothing, and the situation slowly worsened. More and more people fell asleep and never woke up, and the end came.

It wasn't until everyone died that they realized that it was one person who brought catastrophe to the world.

No, not a human being, but the unknown Him.

Evelyn Li opened her eyes wide, remembered "His" name, and smelled...

Finn Wen?

Yes, it’s Finn Wen. She didn't know where her memory came from, but she believed it. Hearing it will destroy everything and plunge all life into eternal death.

Evelyn Li sat up with only one thought in her mind. She wanted to kill Finn Wen, the culprit who brought disaster to the world.

It happened to be a heavy rain outside today, so she stayed in the Wen family's guest room after class. Perhaps, that sudden rainstorm was an opportunity given to her by God.

An opportunity to change everyone's destiny.

She got out of bed, opened the door, and walked towards the third floor.

***

Griffin Yan listened to Finn Wen's breathing next to her ears and her thoughts began to empty out.

He is now just a ray of consciousness inhabiting the body of the doll bear. The doll will not feel tired or sleepy. Of course Griffin Yan doesn't know either, he just feels a little bored.

When she was bored, Griffin Yan began to think about the future. Finn Wen's family is wealthy, and his father seems to be overly protective of him. Judging from one day's experience, the social structure is relatively stable.

To put it simply, it is not a problem for Finn Wen to grow into adulthood smoothly. The next time will be very boring. Griffin Yan temporarily plans to hang up after going out for a walk with Finn Wen tomorrow.

If there is insufficient energy, the best solution is to hang up until the end, complete the transaction and leave.

Phew---so boring.

It was about two o'clock in the middle of the night, and the curtains in the room were only covered with a layer of white gauze. The moonlight outside was very bright, and the situation in the room could be vaguely seen.

Finn Wen's sleeping posture is very upright, and he rarely turns over after falling asleep. He is too honest for a child of this age. Only the stuffed bear held tightly in his arms could reveal some innocence.

The surroundings were quiet, only the chirping of insects and the sound of breathing close at hand could be heard.

In the silence, someone opened the door to the room.

The door was heavy, and the steps of the person who walked in were also light. If Griffin Yan wasn't extremely sensitive to energy changes, there would be no way to detect someone sneaking in.

He moved his body slightly, preparing to observe the unknown person who appeared in the middle of the night. Unexpectedly, he only moved slightly, and Wen hugged him tighter.

Perhaps it was a nightmare, but Wen turned his body sideways, curled up and held the little bear tightly in his arms.

Griffin Yan was caught off guard by him, and when she regained consciousness, the person was already standing beside the bed.

Judging from the silhouette, it should be a woman. She stood silently for a moment, then raised what she was holding in her hands.

Under the moonlight, the lifted object reflected a cold light.

It's a knife!

In the blink of an eye, the knife fell towards Finn Wenhou's heart.