CH 6

After breakfast, Xu Yu grabbed a guitar and sat on a chair on the balcony for half an hour.

It's just a dream.

It's just a dream.

It's just a dream.

Xu Yu gently plucked the strings.

It seemed that today's weather was a little more overcast than yesterday's, and at ten o'clock, the sun could still not be seen. Eh, why was there an ant here? Where was it going to climb? A bird flew past. He didn't know what it was. It's windy.

What songs would he sing on the program?

It's just a dream.

It's just a dream.

It's just a dream.

Xu Yu picked up the cup at hand and took a sip of warm water.

The ant has disappeared, probably into one of the numerous green plants on the balcony. He didn't know whether it had climbed into the flowerpot or gone downstairs.

Xu Yu blew the bangs that covered his eyes and took out his mobile phone.

He clicked on the album and deleted the 18-seconds video he had saved the previous night.

The embarrassment and shame had lasted the entire morning. Following the deletion of the video, it eased a little.

Xu Yu took another sip of water.

In the morning, Sister Yun had sent a message that the "I Sing Your Song" program she signed him up for had started recording. He would be participating in the second phase, he would go to Jianshi Station in three weeks. Sister Yun had asked him to decide on what song he would sing in the upcoming days so that she could report the name of the song.

Xu Yu prepared two songs, but he couldn't make the final decision on which one to perform. He played both songs on the balcony and suddenly had an idea.

He picked up his phone and made a call.

"Hello." It took a long time for the other side to answer.

Xu Yu: "Were you sleeping."

Zheng Xue: "En, it's only eleven o'clock ah. What's wrong?"

Xu Yu: "I'm going to participate in a program in a few weeks. I don't know which song to sing. I want you to listen to it."

"Oh, good." Zheng Xue asked, "Are you free today? Will you come to my house?"

Xu Yu: "Yes."

Zheng Xue: "OK, come this afternoon. Don't come now. I still have to sleep."

Xu Yu laughed, "Okay."

Zheng Xue was Xu Yu's classmate in junior high school and senior high school. At that time, owing to a couple of things, they transferred to the same school and graduated from senior high school in the same class. Later, after passing the university entrance exams, Xu Yu was admitted to the conservatory in the neighboring province. Zheng Xue was coincidentally admitted to the university next to the conservatory.

The two of them often made appointments to play ball games and eat together, and eventually went back to Lincheng together after graduation.

Now, Zheng Xue had opened a bar in Lincheng, which was basically stable.

In his own words, he was now successful in his career and had no shortage of partners.

For so many years, whenever Xu Yu *hesitated over what move to make, he would habitually ask Zheng Xue, and Zheng Xue was the same. Everything that couldn't be made sense of immediately made him think of Xu Yu.

*(ju qi bu ding) Hesitated over what move to make - to waver; to shilly-shally

The two had not met for a long time. The last time was because Zheng Xue had gotten a boyfriend, a junior student, and the three of them had dinner together after confirming the relationship.

However, they broke up some time ago. Zheng Xue said that their *three views were different.

*(san guan) three views - fundamental views of a person/ values

Two o'clock in the afternoon. The sun finally showed its face, and there was no sign of rain in the sky.

When Xu Yu arrived at Zheng Xue's house, he rang the doorbell and waited for a minute before someone opened the door.

The house was dark and Zheng Xue's hair was messy.

"You're here *la," Zheng Xue squinted in concentration to make way for Xu Yu, and took the bag in Xu Yu's hand. "Is this my meal?"

*la - onomatopoeia. sound of cheering

Xu Yu: "En."

Zheng Xue: "Right on time, I was worrying about what to order."

Zheng Xue turned on the light, kicked a pair of shoes to Xu Yu, and went to wash his face.

The house was still in chaos as usual. Xu Yu went to the living room and pushed some clothes that were lying on the sofa to one side so that he could barely find a place to sit down.

Zheng Xue soon came out. Before he could get around, he had already asked, "What program are you participating in?"

Xu Yu said, "I Sing Your Song."

"This one ah," Zheng Xue sat down on the floor in front of the tea table and opened the fast food box. "This program is very popular, isn't it the second season ba?"

Xu Yu nodded, "En, it's the second season. I'll take part in the second phase."

Zheng Xue opened his chopsticks and said, "But I seem to have heard that the water in this program is very deep and dark. Be careful when the time comes."

Xu Yu: "I'll sing mine."

Zheng Xue laughed. Xu Yu was right.

Zheng Xue ate quickly, and he ate most of the food in a few seconds.

Before drinking the soup, Zheng Xue asked Xu Yu, "Where is the song? Let me listen to it."

Xu Yu took out his mobile phone and played the two recorded songs.

"It's these two songs. I'm impressed." Zheng Xue listened and said to Xu Yu, "But will you lose by singing your own songs?"

Xu Yu said, "I want to sing."

Zheng Xue nodded: "These two songs are pleasant to hear. You are not intending to use playback music on stage?"

The entire song had just been Xu Yu's talented voice.

"It's a long story." Xu Yu paused the song first.

Seeing this, Zheng Xue immediately put down the dish he picked up and said, "How much of a long story ah."

Xu Yu smiled and said, "Actually, it's not very long. I have terminated my contract with the company."

Zheng Xue was shocked: "Huh?"

Xu Yu: "So it will take some time to get the playback music."

Zheng Xue: "Huh?"

Zheng Xue was still a little surprised: "Why did you suddenly terminate the contract? What happened?"

Xu Yu shook his head and said, "Zhou Jie, who the company had linked me with to hype CP, insisted on seeing me in private. If he didn't see me, he would complain that I didn't cooperate."

Zheng Xue showed a disgruntled expression: "Why is he still acting like a demon? This is the first time I'm hearing a CP being hyped to the point of harassment. He also told on you, which kindergarten does he belong to ah. I'm dying of laughter."

Xu Yu shrugged: "I've been trying to break the contract for some time, but I just solved it yesterday."

Zheng Xue continued to eat: "Very good. That company is not suitable for you. What kind of people are they holding up? In the beginning, they kept bragging about it." Zheng Xue suddenly raised his head: "Did you pay for damages ba? How much did you pay in compensation?"

Xu Yu: "Some ba. I borrowed money from my brother."

Zheng Xue's sympathetic eyes turned to envy in an instant.

He had always been envious of Xu Yu.

Zheng Xue nodded: "Ver good. Very good. Sooner or later, I'll go on a flower road myself. You have such good circumstances." Immediately after saying this, Zheng Xue asked, "Is your brother still in Australia?"

Xu Yu suddenly smiled at Zheng Xue and said, "Yes."

Zheng Xue: "What are you doing ah? Can't I ask casually?"

Xu Yu raised his eyebrows a little: "Did I say anything?"

Zheng Xue once had a secret love affair with Xu Weichi. Later, according to his own words, it was because he and Xu Weichi had collided. This kind of secret love would not have had any results in the future, so he gave up.

At that time, Xu Yu's soul asked two questions.

The first question: "How do you know my brother is bent?"

The second question: "Are you sure you are 1?"

Zheng Xue did not have difficulties making the choice. After listening to the two songs, he directly helped Xu Yu make a decision.

"By the way, if you are free in the evening, you can come to the bar and perform." Zheng Xue pointed to Xu Yu's mobile phone and said, "You can sing the leftover song for my guests."

Xu Yu nodded, "Pretty good ah."

Xu Yu decided to send the song to Sister Yun.

By the way, Sister Yun also sent her progress.

The two were chatting on WeChat, when suddenly, Sister Yun sent a photo.

Xu Yu opened it, and it was Su Yuanjiu.

Xu Yu sent a question mark.

Sister Yun immediately withdrew the photo: Sorry, it was sent to the wrong person. It's OK

Xu Yu swallowed unconsciously and stared back for a few seconds before putting his phone away.

He asked Zheng Xue, who was playing the game, "Do you know Su Yuanjiu?"

"Who, the name is so familiar," before Xu Yu could give additional information, Zheng Xue suddenly said, "JSS? Is it Xie Nan's cousin?"

Xu Yu: "Who is Xie Nan?"

Zheng Xue stares at his mobile phone and says, "One, uh, Internet celebrity, who makes different kinds of videos and whatnot."

Xu Yu thought of the video he saw yesterday: "Yes, it's him."

Zheng Xue: "Xie Nan has a lot of fans, I can also be considered one. He often introduces cameras, drones, watches, and cars which are very high-end to us."

Xu Yu didn't know much about it, so he gave a simple hum.

"What's up?" Zheng Xuewen inquired: "Why did you suddenly ask?"

Some images suddenly flashed in Xu Yu's mind. He coughed and said, "I went to JSS for an interview yesterday. The advertisement for the next quarter."

Zheng Xue raised his head and said, "Really ah? Awesome, JSS."

Zheng Xue continued to play the game after he finished speaking.

Xu Yu hummed. He glanced at Zheng Xue's mobile phone, looked at the floor, looked at the table, and asked, "Did you watch the video of Xie Nan of Su Yuanjiu?"

"Ah ah ah, dead, dead, lost!" The voice-signaling defeat came from Zheng Xue's mobile phone. He cleared the game backstage and leaned on the sofa.

"The vlog?" Zheng Xue suddenly laughed, "To tell you the truth, I've seen it twice. His coffee grinding was really good."

Xu Yu asked, "Why does Xie Nan shoot videos of his cousin?"

"It's like this," Zheng Xue explained to Xu Yu: "One day, Xie Nan made a video of a luxury car that he'd borrowed from San Yuanjiu. At that time, the bullet screen was asking Xie Nan to make a video of Su Yuanjiu. There were so many people asking for him to do it."

Zheng Xue laughed: "The shooting technique of Xie Nan is pretty good, but for the first time, he did this kind of daily vlog and filmed someone else cooking. At first, he was pretty clueless, but later it unexpectedly caught fire. One night, Su Yuanjiu suddenly debuted in the circle. Ha ha, it was quite interesting."

Xu Yu asked again, "Do you know about the face-to-face 10-seconds challenge with Su Yuanjiu ?"

Zheng Xue suddenly sat up straight and said, "I know! I've seen it! I've seen it three times! Ha ha ha, I almost made it to 0."

Xu Yu grunted for a while and nodded.

"Su Yuanjiu doesn't have too many CPs now. The accounts that edited the CP videos were blocked," Zheng Xue said. "The video you saw is one of them."

Xu Yu nodded, "I know."

"Su Yuanjiu is now Major General gong on the internet, and everyone likes to cut him. No matter who cuts with him, even if that person used to dominate the world, he can only be under Su Yuanjiu."

Xu Yu's mouth was round, oh.

Zheng Xue stretched out his hands and cracked them one by one and said, "The vlog of Su Yuanjiu shot by Xie Nan at that time, the live broadcast Xie Nan had with Su Yuanjiu, several interview clips, press conferences he's participated in, and others. These materials were cut and edited by netizens, and everyone watches them without tiring."

Xu Yu hummed again.

Zheng Xue suddenly smiled: "Alas, you and Su Yuanjiu are brought together by fate."

Xu Yu asked, "Why?"

Zheng Xuexiao: "Although you don't have many couple videos on the internet, you're entirely a shou hahaha. Maybe you will become Major General Shou. Gong Su Yuanjiu, and Shou Xu Yu couple Ha ha."

Xu Yu: "... it doesn't rhyme at all."

Zheng Xue laughed more loudly: "Why do you care about the rhyme?"

Xu Yu: "..."

As soon as he finished, Zheng Xue coughed. He took a drink of water and said, "But why did you suddenly talk about him? Do you like him?"

Xu Yu immediately raised his head and said, "That is not possible!"

Zheng Xue stared blankly, "Why are you so responsive?"