6 Chapter 5 – Spicy Black Bean Clams (1/2)
Gu Sheng: ... Now?
Qiang Qing Ci: Now? Wait a sec.
...
Gu Sheng felt Toupai DaRen must have misunderstood. She clearly was trying to ask him whether or not he wanted to listen right now, so how did it suddenly turn into her requesting if she could sing for him right now?... Those were two entirely different concepts, k?!
There was someone in her dorm right now, too, and that person was the most nosy of them all, Geng Xiaoxing, k?!
Toupai, please don't do this…
Qiang Qing Ci very quickly sent back a chat room number.
Of course, she remembered this channel was his official channel number. Everyday, several hundred people would be online there. Even though it was often more than a month before he made an appearance, administrators would still play his recordings everyday and organize little events. It was completely a gathering place for hardcore fans, k?
Gu Sheng believed her sudden appearance there and the fact that she was going to sing for Qiang Qing Ci would definitely cause her to be crushed to death by all the gossip and rumours…
She sent off a resolute reply: DaRen, let's go to my room instead. (*>﹏<*)′~
Qiang Qing Ci did not answer.
...
Don't tell me he was gone already????
Gu Sheng wanted to cry. She turned around to glance at Geng Xiaoxing, who was completely engrossed in munching on her melon seeds… Turning back around silently, she logged into her YY account, and with resolve like a warrior heading to her death, she typed in Qiang Qing Ci's room number. She had just entered the room when she saw countless comments spamming the screen. ”Dada made a sudden appearance, ah!!!!” ”What? What did you say?” ”Dada is in a password-protected room, ah! Can't get in! How to crack it?! How to crack it?!” ”Chill… Dada must be waiting for someone…” ”*flip the table* Who could make our DaRen wait?!…”
Just when she was about to flee from there, she was ”carried” into a small room.
Inside the password-protected room, it was just she and Qiang Qing Ci.
She swiftly typed a smiley face: Qiang Qing Ci Dada.
Although there was a smiley face, she still had the feeling she was going to be killed this time. The people outside this little room could not come in, but they could see who was inside… She forced herself not to imagine the consequences and to just focus on repaying him.
”You can speak now.” Qiang Qing Ci's tone was very casual. ”There is only you and me here.”
Gu Sheng's head was ”covered with black lines[1].” If she got on her microphone, Geng Xiaoxing would definitely jump up right away.
But, she came here to sing as repayment. She couldn't just type the lyrics and not use her voice.
Gu Sheng turned around. ”Hey, uh…”
”What?” Geng Xiaoxing answered without really thinking.
”I need to sing a song.”
”Sing then.” Geng Xiaoxing could not be bothered at all. ”I'm used to it. Aren't you a cover singer? You're always taking advantage of any time there's nobody else but us in the dorm to torture me.”
Gu Sheng wordlessly put on her headphones and then cleared her throat. ”What would Dada like to listen to?”
”What's your forte? Ancient style?”
”Mm-hmm. Ancient style.”
” 'Zi Gua Dong Nan Zhi' [Hang Yourself on the Southeast Branch] then.”
”Hang Yourself on the Southeast Branch?...” Gu Sheng felt despair, and she secretly peeked over at Geng Xiaoxing.
”Mm-hmm. Rather fun, that song is.”
”Alright… Let me look for the background music.”
Gu Sheng quickly shut off her microphone and turned her head back to look at Geng Xiaoxing again. ”Hey, uh…”
”What?” Geng Xiaoxing gave her a weird look.
”I'll be singing a senseless song. Don't mind me.”
”What song?” Geng Xiaoxing was actually interested now.
”Hang Yourself on the Southeast Branch.”
”Pfft… You're singing that for your own fans?”
”No… For Qiang Qing Ci Dada.”
”My gawd… Since when did you and Toupai get so close?...” Geng Xiaoxing's thoughts started wandering, and she began filling in details in her own mind.
Gu Sheng was worried about keeping Qiang Qing Ci waiting for too long, so she immediately downloaded the background music and lyrics from 5sing.
This wacky song that strung together lines from all sorts of poetry and songs was really bad for a person's image. When she was ready, she felt as if her heart was starting to bleed and was scared that, once Toupai finished listening to her sing, he would be completely turned off by her. After all, from one perspective, Toupai was her favourite voice. How had things developed into this?
Did she really… have to ”hang herself on the southeast branch?”
”Dada, I'm going to start now.” Gu Sheng felt a little dejected as she started the background music.
Geng Xiaoxing, like a nosy old lady, walked right up behind her and started listening in like a second audience member. She did not really understand YY, but she still knew that two people hanging out alone in a room was absolutely comparable to a private date.
When she started singing the lines of ”Hang Yourself on the Southeast Branch,” she clearly heard Qiang Qing Ci laugh out loud… He actually laughed out loud… She really wanted to burst into tears, but very professionally, she continued singing.
When she reached the end, she hastily shut off the music.
”Not bad.” Qiang Qing Ci concisely summarized, his tone laidback.
This was… his doting voice style that absolutely mesmerized his fans.
Gu Sheng exhaled very lightly. Oh gawd, oh gawd, stay calm, stay calm. Today, she was here to repay him. She needed to have a calm state of mind. Absolutely calm. She absolutely could not let herself get starry-eyed…