Chapter 60 (1/2)

This was a very heavy song, a belated talk. His father’s love was heavy like a mountain, it always made Ou Zinan feel pressured and unable to move. He was afraid to see his father’s disappointed expression, so he strongly squeezed and forced himself, but that only pushed him into a dreadful predicament that he couldn’t break out from. How can a person who could skillfully play eighteen musical instruments have no musical talent?

It wasn’t until his father passed away that the haze that had blinded him finally lifted, filling him with infinite motivation and courage. He’d poured all his repressed love, depression, helplessness and pain into the song.

All the contradictions, struggling, love, dismay, contained in the song was released by Zhou Yun Sheng’s singing. Unconsciously, many people had burst into tears, and Zhou Yun Sheng, influenced by Ou Zinan’s residual feelings, was choking on his tears, his voice trembled and his fingers finally couldn’t continue moving.

The piano’s sound abruptly stopped, and Zhou Yun Sheng covered his face to hide his tears. Suddenly, Ou Bai Bo’s face surfaced on the huge LED screen. He was holding a camera, pointing the lens at himself, he weakly opened, “My son said he’ll sing a song he wrote especially for me, I’m looking forward to it.”

He shook the camera and aimed it at the handsome young man sitting in front of the piano. The furnishings indicated that here should be Ou’s villa.

The youth was very nervous, he loosened the top two buttons of his shirt, coughed, and slowly said, “This song is called ‘Because Of You’. Dad, I put a lot of what I’ve always wanted to tell in here. You must listen carefully.”

Ou Bai Bo promised, although he was no longer on the screen, his voice held true pleasure and comfort.

In the audience, Lin Siqing’s fans stared open mouthed, their hearts filling with extreme embarrassment. The evidence Lin Siqing submitted to the court was also released on his blog, all the ‘Because Of You’ manuscripts were time stamped, showing that he’d created it after his mentor’s death.

But in the video, Ou Bai Bo was still alive, Ou Zinan had already written the song, and he was also singing it in front of his face. Who was the one who copied? The answer was self-evident. Lin Siqing’s submitted manuscripts proved his own irrefutable guilt.

The rhythm was the same, the song was the same, but the singing stopped half-way. Then, Ou Zinan rested his forehead against the piano, big drops of tears poured onto the black and white keys. He felt pain and despair over his father’s inevitable death.

Ou Bai Bo opened the quilt and slowly staggered to his son’s side. He crouched down next to him, tightly held his hand and said, “Zinan, this song is great, it’s the best song I’ve ever heard in my life. I have something to tell you. ”

“…What?” The young man turned to look at him, his eyes and nose were glowing red, he looked very fragile, but also very cute.

Ou Bai Bo chuckled, “You have never let me down, on the contrary, you are my pride. You are your father’s pride.”

For this affirmation, Ou Zinan had struggled for more than ten years. He couldn’t believe his ears, while he was still shocked, Ou Bai Bo pulled him into his arms, like a small baby, he gentle patted him. Gradually, the firm back patting grew weaker, and finally, it paused. Ou Zinan nervously turned to look at his father, but his father’s eyes were closed and his mouth had a small quiet smile.

He’d died in great satisfaction.

“…. No! Dad! Don’t leave me, please! I’m afraid …”

The piercing cry filled up the pavilion, the desperate despair and pain was like a sharp knife, pushing into the chest and shredding the heart into pieces. Below the stage, the audience felt the pain and sadness. Under the bright lights, tears reflected in their eyes, some were already wailing unstoppably.

The LED screen blanked, Zhou Yun Sheng stood up, went into the beam of light, faced the microphone and slowly said, “That was my father’s dying image. It’s a memory I never wanted to experience again. I was hesitant to take it out, because I didn’t want more people to see him so weak. In my mind, he will always be the most powerful, the most indestructible person.”

At this point, he choked again, then he bowed his head to adjust his breathing. He looked back up and continued, “You can abuse me, deny me, but you can’t deny my father. I won’t let anyone stir his peace in heaven anymore….”

He closed his eyes again, then he opened them up, all his sadness was replaced by anger, his tone was chilled like ice and sharp like a knife, “This song does not need drums, bass, electric guitars, electronic mixing … … it only needs a pure piano accompaniment. This song isn’t a lovelorn song, full of complaints and diseased whining. It’s the requiem I gave to my father. Lin Siqing, when you were changing my lyrics, did you never think of how important the song was to me and my father? You betrayed my trust and tarnished my music, I will never forgive you! Never!”

The man glared into the camera, the big screen displayed his cold and fierce sharp eyes.

The audience was intimidated, they only woke up after he disappeared off the stage, then they looked awkwardly at each other. They were here for revenge for Lin Siqing and Ge Mengshu.

Prior to this, they’d firmly believed that only the talented Lin Siqing could write such a touching song, and only first-class vocalist, Ge Mengshu, could perfectly interpret it. Compared to them, what was Ou Zinan worth? But after the brainwashing from the first crazy 20 songs, they were completely conquered.

Those twenty songs he’d casually sang, all had the potential to be hugely popular. Ou Bai Bo called him his pride, and that was evidently true. Lin Siqing absolutely couldn’t be compared to Ou Bai Bo in terms of talent, yet Ou Zinan’s talent was far above even Ou Bai Bo’s.

Lin Siqing has been writing so many songs since his debut, he’d made so many albums, but even his best song couldn’t be compared to any one of Ou Zinan’s twenty.

Lin Siqing and Ou Zinan, the gap between them was too far. Even the most hardcore fans had to admit it.