Chapter 442 (1/2)

Chapter 442: Let Us Just Book a Room

Translator: GravityTales Editor: GravityTales

Zhang Xinya’s reasoning was common sense and Vice President Li knew it. After hesitating for a moment, he forced a smile and said, “There’s nothing we can do, Xinya! As of now, there are only two choices, either you change the song and download the musical accompaniment from the internet, or let that student Tang Xiu perform the accompaniment for you.”

“That…” The expression worn by Zhang Xinya before was said in an indifferent manner, yet when she heard these words, she quickly turned around to take the stage playlist. Her eyes quickly glanced at the familiar name.

Tang Xiu? Could it be him?

Heaving a deep breath, Zhang Xinya then said seriously, “I want to meet with this student named Tang Xiu first.”

“I’ll send someone to fetch him,” Vice President Li nodded and replied.

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_In the History Department rest lounge…_

While Tang Xiu was browsing websites, he heard someone calling his name outside the door. He slowly turned around to look at the person, then got up and walked over to ask, “I’m Tang Xiu, and you are…?”

A smile appeared on the woman’s face as she said quickly, “Hello student Tang Xiu, I’m a teacher from the Academic Affairs office in our campus. You can call me Teacher Wang. Anyways, we are in need of your assistance, can you come with me?”

“What is it?” Tang Xiu asked, confused.

The woman said, “Please follow me if you want to know the details. Shanghai University’s Vice Principal Li is waiting for you in another lounge.”

“All right then!” Tang Xiu nodded as he turned around to pick up his zither, and then left the classroom with the female teacher.

Shortly after, right when Tang Xiu appeared in the doorway to the room Zhang Xinya was in, the star’s gaze suddenly lit up, and there was a vaguely excited expression in her eyes. Her look made Vice Principal Li and her manager confused, especially when she rushed toward Tang Xiu and called out excitedly, “Tang Xiu, I never expected I would see you here. Great!”

After glancing around inside the room, Tang Xiu replied with a smile, “I was told by my classmates before that you would be a mysterious guest for our Shanghai University, as well as do the opening ceremony for our freshmen welcoming party. Anyways, I heard you are also preparing a concert in Shanghai, right?”

“Yea! It’s just that I happened to get acquainted with Vice Principal Li before, so I got invited to your campus’ sister school.” Zhang Xinya said, all smiles. “Great, let’s hang around after the freshmen welcoming party! Accompany me to a dinner tonight.”

“Ah, let’s forget it!” Tang Xiu said with a smile, “The dorm is closed very early in the evening. It will be kinda troublesome if I come back too late.”

“It will be okay!” Zhang Xinya said without hesitation, “Let us just go book a room at the hotel if your dorm is closed early.”

Booking a room?

At present, inside the room, the Associate Professor Li, the middle-aged woman manager and the female teacher who had just brought Tang Xiu, as well as several makeup artists, were all dumbfounded, looking at Zhang Xinya incredulously.

Never had they dreamed that Zhang Xinya actually knew Tang Xiu! It was far beyond their imagination that she would actually say to go to a hotel and book a room with Tang Xiu.

Who was Zhang Xinya? She was the most popular superstar in China! Not only was she popular in the country, she was also well-known in all parts of Asia, she even had a big influence all over the world.

“Xinya, please be more prudent with your words and phrases,” the manager hastily reminded her.

Looking back at her, Zhang Xinya said with a sincere smile, “It’s all right, Sister Chen! Tang Xiu and I are very good friends. He has also helped me a lot.”

The manager produced a forced smile upon hearing her words.

Immediately after, Zhang Xinya looked back at Tang Xiu, and said with a serious smile, “Anyhow, Tang Xiu, I’m afraid I’m going to trouble you tonight. The song I’m going to sing now needs the accompaniment of a zither.”

Unconvinced, Tang Xiu said doubtfully, “You need musical accompaniment from me? Isn’t there…”

“The accompanying music on my song was recorded on a CD, and we forgot to bring it,” Zhang Xinya said helplessly, “So you gotta help me! I’ll treat you to a meal tonight.”

Tang Xiu hesitated before he nodded and said, “It’s fine with me, but to be honest, I don’t understand modern musical scores. You should be able to play your song’s musical accompaniment, right?”

“Yeah, I can!” Zhang Xinya nodded quickly.

“Then play it twice for me. I need to listen to it,” Tang Xiu told her. “Afterward, we’ll try to cooperate with the play. If there’s no problem, I’ll play the zither musical part to accompany you singing.”

“Got it!” Zhang Xinya’s smile was exceptionally bright. She then turned to see Vice President Li and said, “Could you wait outside first?”

Vice President Li hesitated and was somewhat feeling unrelieved inwardly. Although he didn’t know about music, he hardly believed that Tang Xiu could learn the scores after hearing Zhang Xinya play it twice. What’s more, Tang Xiu himself admitted that he didn’t know musical scores, yet he actually signed up to play the zither and sing with it. That was simply a joke!

“Xinya, we’ll stay on the side and listen. We promise we won’t disturb you.”

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Xinya proceeded to ignore them. Instead, she reached out to receive the zither handed over by Tang Xiu. After placing it on the table, she let out a smile and said, “Tang Xiu, are you really able to learn it after I play it for you twice?”

“I don’t know. But I’ll try my best, though!” Tang Xiu shook his head as he answered.