35 Chapter 34 – Floured Beef Steamed in a Cup 4 (1/2)
Amidst the waves of comments pouring onto the screen, the background music finally switched over to ”Overturn the World.”
When he opened his mouth, the first word he sang was already the chorus of the song:
[1:07] ”This picture of a blood-stained landscape, how can it even compare to the vermilion mark between your brows?
I have overturned the world, but so what? In the end, it is no more than a fleeting moment of opulence ––”
Blood has stained the land, yet in the end, it cannot even compare to a single backwards glance cast by the beautiful maiden.
The world. The beautiful maiden.
The beautiful maiden. The world.
His high notes coupled with the accompaniment easily brought out the feeling of an emperor's aura, one of indifference to the entire world as he looked down upon the country's thousands of miles.
Gu Sheng did not even dare breathe as she listened to him. All of her senses were captivated and led by his voice, and she instantly fell into this sorrowful story. Soon, his one voice joined together with the other three.
Qiang Qing Ci's tenor voice combined with Jian Jian's clear voice, plus the other two singer's harmonies…
Truly too perfect!
These four people. These four gorgeous voices. That was truly what it meant to overturn the world.
The song was nearing its end. At the last part of the song, all of the music and voices unexpectedly ceased.
Gu Sheng was taken aback for two seconds.
And then suddenly, the background music started again.
The sudden silence and then sudden emotionally charged accompaniment captured everyone's heart.
His voice finally appeared again to give this song, ”Overturn the World” its perfect conclusion:
[4:02] ”In my dreams, standing upstairs, under the moonlight, is you, your face still the same as before.
Brushing the snow off our garments, we stand side by side and look upon the vast world –– ”
Stand side by side and look upon… the vast world.
She suddenly remembered that day in the recording studio when he had stood beside her. Those eyes, black like they had been dabbed with ink, and so beautiful they took your breath away…
”I can't take it anymore.” Die Die turned on her microphone again, her voice charged with excitement. ”Dou Bing, let's trade. My association's Wu Meng for your Toupai? Wait, no, let's throw in Wwwwk too. Exchange, two for one, how about that?”
”That's a little too unfair to you,” Dou Dou Dou Bing burst out in a giggle. ”Die Die, why don't you just quit your association and come join Wanmei?”
Alright…
Even she was used to it by now.
Toupai was always the subject of all the jesting and teasing.
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All throughout this exchange, Qiang Qing Ci had not made a sound, and even his microphone indicator was off. Gu Sheng noticed this and found it rather odd… She sent a private message over to him: Busy?
Qiang Qing Ci: Mm. Have to get offline soon. Something's come up.
Sheng Sheng Man: Hurry off then ^^
Qiang Qing Ci: Go have fun yourself for a while. When I'm done, I'll give you a phone call.
Phone call…
(⊙v⊙) Um, phone call, right… K, she had only been his girlfriend for a few hours, so she still needed to work on her ability to react. Gu Sheng quickly typed a smiley face.
Then she saw Toupai leave a message in the public comment screen: I have something to do and have to leave first. Everyone, I'll say my goodbye now.
The people on the microphones were at the peak of their euphoria with their teasing when the subject of their jokes ran off.
”That Toupai really goes and overturns the world with his one song… then doesn't take responsibility for what he did and just takes off,” Fu Sheng Wu Meng immediately laughed.
Luckily, with so many ”beauties” present tonight, they had no problems taking care of the rest of the late night event.
Seeing that he had already left, Gu Sheng also exited the room.
She had nothing to do, and before she knew it, she had logged onto Weibo. Since that time she had expressed that she was ”so happy” and had been virtually surrounded by a mass of onlookers, she had been psychologically traumatized and had not posted anything else on Weibo…
She recalled that when she had first started getting more familiar with Toupai, she had also worried about being badmouthed or having her details dug up. But, afterwards, she had thought it through. She did not often show up in the 2-D world, and on the rare occasion she did, it was only to forward the songs she had composed or sung, so there should not be much for people to bash… And anyways, the ancient-style music circle had started up relatively late and was rather small, so even if there was gossip, it usually focused on the well-known celebrities. She was just an insignificant composer and singer and should not even have a turn in the limelight.
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She should be… safe for now, right? T.T...
That night, she slept all the way through until past six o'clock, when she groggily seemed to hear the alert of her mobile phone indicating a WeChat message, but yet, it also seemed like it was just a dream. When she finally saw the message later in the morning, she discovered it was from Mo Qingcheng: Finished up, but it's too late now so I won't call you. Sweet dreams, or maybe I should say, good morning.
Her eyes were still only half-open as she read the text message.
She stared at it for a while, then wordlessly rubbed her cheek against her pillow while grinning foolishly.
Right at that very minute, Geng Xiaoxing, who was rubbing her wet hair with a towel, happened to be walking by down below her bed and saw her. Geng Xiaoxing eyes glimmered as she gazed at her and immediately exposed her actions. ”Oh my god. Are you yearning for love?… Oh wait, no, you're yearning for Toupai…”
A pillow was very successfully tossed down from above.
She hugged another pillow and climbed out of her bed, unable to contain her good mood.