Chapter 246: Naturally Invincible
After looking at Pei Ningle’s lyrics and listening to her new song, Wang Heng’s feelings were simply too complex to express.
Clearly, this was a love song that involved a third party, but it wasn’t a simple theme like ‘I love you but you don’t love me, you love her’—instead, it detailed the inner struggles between love and friendship.
Of course, the lyrics weren’t too straightforward, full of all sorts of metaphors. But as the person involved, Wang Heng could probably guess what happened on the bed next to him during that night he pretended to sleep. The most crucial point was that he knew very well the object of the songwriter’s affection was himself. So naturally, he could understand every word of these lyrics.
The problem was, how exactly should he respond?
In the evening, he arrived at Pei Ningle’s new home, knocked on the door, and looked straight at the young girl.
Then he heard her question: “You’ve finished listening to the song, right?”
Wang Heng: “I’ve listened to it…”
Pei Ningle blinked her big round eyes and asked full of expectation: “So what did you think? Is it good?”
Wang Heng: “It’s very good…”
Pei Ningle: “Just very good?”
Wang Heng: “It’s extremely good. I even think it has the potential to go viral. This song is worth spending some time on and doing it seriously. By the way, you could ask Chang Wen and Peng Xiaoya for their opinions. Maybe they have better opportunities to help promote this song for you.”
Pei Ningle: “You’re so thoughtful. I didn’t even consider promotion…”
At this moment, Wang Heng suddenly changed the subject: “But there’s one thing I feel I need to remind you about. It’s the song title.”
Pei Ningle looked somewhat bewildered: “Is there a problem with the song title?”
“Three Shadows,” Wang Heng’s tone was still a bit troubled, “a title like that easily gives people bad associations, like it’s about a love triangle.”
Pei Ningle tilted her head and smiled: “Isn’t what I wrote exactly a love triangle?”
Wang Heng: “…”
How to respond to such a direct statement?
“Hey, by the way, how do you feel about living in this new house? Two-story rooms, and the decor is quite youthful— it should be more helpful for your creation, right?”
Change the topic, just force a change.
Pei Ningle subconsciously replied: “It’s pretty good, feels better than the previous one…”
Before she could finish, Wang Heng asked again: “By the way, have you considered your own original album? Since you’re a newcomer, I think releasing a mini-album with three or four songs should be fine too, right?”
Talking about serious music matters again, Pei Ningle’s attention was indeed drawn away.
The young girl thought for a moment and said: “Album tracks generally don’t have strict regulations. In the past, everyone did ten songs per album, even fifteen. There are some with fewer tracks, but three songs is still too few. And you haven’t told me yet—how do you want me to change the song title? Can’t it hint at a love triangle?”
Hmm, the topic circled back to her again.
Wang Heng thought for a few seconds and asked in return: “Have you played this song for Han Yixuan?”
Pei Ningle was stunned for a moment and shook her head.
Wang Heng: “Then I think you should ask her first. After all, she appears more in the song than I do, right?”
Pei Ningle lowered her face, her hands twisting the hem of her clothes, clearly a bit hesitant.
The young girl couldn’t help but ask: “Will Xiao Xuan get angry if she hears this song?”
“Now you’re finally considering her feelings?” Wang Heng teased lightly, then began to offer advice, “Fortunately, your relationship is still good, so you just need to grasp one key point.”
Pei Ningle stared at him curiously: “What key point?”
Wang Heng sighed— he never imagined that one day he would be teaching a girl how to coax another girl. This world is truly wondrous.
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More than a week later, Han Yixuan finally finished the wave of final exams. The most important courses were all done, and based on how they felt during the exams, she had a good idea of what grades she could get.
At this point, she could finally turn her attention back to her work as an agent.
On the morning of a new day, Han Yixuan arrived early at Pei Ningle’s place and knocked on the door.
Looking at her best friend whose face was slightly flushed, Han Yixuan didn’t think much of it and directly asked: “You’ve finished writing that new song, right? When are we going to record it together?”
Pei Ningle: “I’ve already started recording.”
“You went by yourself?” Han Yixuan was slightly surprised, “No need for me to accompany you?”
Pei Ningle: “I’m not unfamiliar with the people at the recording studio, of course I can go by myself.”
Han Yixuan: “So what did they say? How do they think the quality of your new song is?”
Pei Ningle’s face reddened even more: “Everyone said it’s really good. Oh, right, Wang Heng listened to it too, and he thinks the song is great.”
Seeing her expression, Han Yixuan finally realized that something seemed off…
“Then play it for me now?” Han Yixuan asked, “I’m the only one who hasn’t heard it yet, and I’m really curious.”
“Oh, sure…”
Pei Ningle took out her mobile phone and played a local music file.
As the song started, the beautiful melody and the voice full of young girl charm immediately lit up Han Yixuan’s eyes, but as she listened, her brows furrowed.
The lyrics didn’t seem simple?
“Xiao Le, let me see the lyrics.” Han Yixuan said decisively.
Seeing she couldn’t dodge it, Pei Ningle could only pull out the printed lyrics sheet and hand it to her agent. She didn’t hand over her notebook, because if the other got angry, tearing a sheet was better than tearing a notebook. For the same reason, she didn’t hand over her mobile phone, afraid it might get smashed in anger.
Han Yixuan stared at the lyrics on the paper, reading them back and forth several times.
Suddenly, she looked up, stared straight at the love rival in front of her, and slowly said: “You put me in the song to concentrate fire and complain about me?”
Pei Ningle: “…”
Han Yixuan: “The biggest obstacle in the song is me, right?”
Pei Ningle averted her gaze and looked outside the window, saying softly: “I didn’t think much about it; I only realized it turned out like this after writing it.”
Han Yixuan sneered: “Songs aren’t written in one go in a few hours—you must have thought about it in the middle. Don’t deny it so quickly. Maybe you actively avoided the issue, but subconsciously you definitely thought about it. So you told me you finished the song right when I was busiest with final exams, leaving me no time to ask about it, right?”
Pei Ningle put her hands behind her back and shook her head repeatedly: “No, absolutely no such thought!”
“You only notified me once, and didn’t contact me again afterward, until today when I came to find you on my own, and I found out the song is like this…”
Before Han Yixuan could finish speaking, she saw a blur in front of her eyes as Pei Ningle stepped forward in one big stride and hugged her.
Then, Pei Ningle’s warm, gentle voice sounded in her ear: “Because I didn’t want to disturb your good exam preparation, Xiao Xuan. I thought you could understand from the song—although there’s complaining, I could never hate you…”
Combining the pure innocence of a young girl with the knack of a scumbag to coax people, it was naturally unbeatable.
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