Chapter 247: Tieba Forum Full Of Big Shots
“Xiao Xuan, I thought you could understand from the song. Although there’s complaining, I could never hate you…”
She had to admit that when that intimate “Xiao Xuan” was called out, the anger in Han Yixuan’s heart suddenly dissipated quite a bit. And the feeling of being in Pei Ningle’s embrace at this moment made her anger even harder to sustain.
After a while, Pei Ningle released her and pulled her to sit on the sofa.
Han Yixuan’s expression was complex as she asked, “Where did you learn that move from?”
Pei Ningle’s eyes darted, and panic immediately appeared in her gaze: “Learn what? Xiao Xuan, you, what are you talking about?”
Han Yixuan stared at her intently and pressed, “That action just now didn’t seem like you. What’s going on? Did you search online for how to coax someone?”
Pei Ningle: “I didn’t, I didn’t…”
Han Yixuan: “It’s okay, Xiao Le. I’m not mad at you anymore. The song doesn’t matter. I just don’t want you to hide anything from me.”
Hearing her say that, Pei Ningle couldn’t help but hesitate. And with this hesitation, a breach appeared in the city walls.
Han Yixuan continued to press, holding her hand and saying softly, “Xiao Lele, didn’t we agree? Be honest with each other, compete fairly on matters about him, other things…”
Pei Ningle finally couldn’t hold back and confessed: “It was his idea.”
“He?” Han Yixuan blinked, “Wang Heng?”
Pei Ningle nodded.
“I see…” Han Yixuan looked up at the ceiling, silently contemplating.
From this incident, it seemed Wang Heng’s emotional intelligence wasn’t low. Predicting emotions in advance and designing how to coax—that level, could it really be achieved by a boy who had never been in romance?
But thinking carefully, even if he hadn’t been in romance, as long as his mind was quick, it wasn’t impossible.
After a long silence, Pei Ningle suddenly asked, “I was originally going to the recording studio today. Xiao Xuan, are you still coming with me?”
Han Yixuan snapped back to attention, stared at her with a smile, and said, “Of course. By the way, what do you plan to name this song?”
Pei Ningle: “I originally wanted to call it Three Shadows, but Wang Heng thought it wasn’t good…”
Han Yixuan thought for a moment and nodded: “Yes, it’s not good. Although the content sung by the singer generally won’t be directly taken as scandal by ordinary people, this song title is still easy to make others overthink. The key is it doesn’t match your previous style.”
Pei Ningle tilted her head: “What was my previous style?”
“A stubborn young girl seeking dreams,” Han Yixuan laughed, “Now suddenly caught in a love triangle—it feels weird.”
Pei Ningle: “Suddenly caught in a love triangle—who do you think is to blame?”
“Me?” Han Yixuan was exasperated, “I want to blame you too!”
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Perhaps because the bottleneck had been broken through, the recording of Pei Ningle’s third song went smoothly in one take. In just two or three days, she got an original vocal audio track that the recording engineer couldn’t find any faults with.
The accompaniment for this song was still relatively simple. After all, it was singing the heartfelt voice of a girl in romance—too many musical instrument effects would drown out that feeling in the voice. So within a week, the whole song was completed.
The day after the finished product was done, sitting on her own sofa, facing Wang Heng and Han Yixuan, Pei Ningle said solemnly, “I’ve already sent it to Sister Wen and Peng Xiaoya. They both think it’s good. Teacher Peng Xiaoya said that after I officially release it, she can help promote it a little on social platforms.”
Wang Heng: “Does Chang Wen know her promotion can easily backfire…”
Han Yixuan clapped and said, “The Good Songs Program grand finals just ended, and Peng Xiaoya’s popularity is quite high right now—this advertisement is powerful.”
Pei Ningle nodded, looked at Wang Heng, and asked, “So should we release the song now?”
Wang Heng: “Right now.”
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Yan Xingzhou stood by the window, looking at the gloomy skyline, yet his mood was quite bright.
Ever since Pei Ningle became popular on the program, his official account was immediately targeted by many musicians. After all, before he started recommending her, Pei Ningle was truly an unknown nobody—no one knew her at all. Of course, the Good Songs Program group put in the most effort, but many in the industry could guess that without his recommendation, Pei Ningle probably wouldn’t have had the opportunity to take the program stage.
Helping a new star debut successfully in the shortest time—this was the most brilliant achievement of the “Yan Sheng” official account so far.
With this achievement as backing, he took on promotion articles for several more musicians, with party A behind them all being companies in the entertainment industry, paying more generously than Wang Heng… But in the end, the most important was that first deal, which gave him the determination to make a living writing for the official account.
Yan Xingzhou picked up his mobile phone and did his daily routine work—checking official account messages.
Suddenly, two messages caught his attention.
【Have you heard Pei Ningle’s new song?】
【Is Pei Ningle singing about yuri?】
He immediately opened Wangyu Music and checked Pei Ningle’s homepage. Sure enough, the third song was out.
Clicked play.
Listening to that euphemistic young girl’s singing style, looking at the subsequent lyrics, Yan Xingzhou realized it too. This was obviously a love song, but completely different from ordinary pop love songs—it was like hesitating between romance and friendship, seeming to involve some worldly ethics and gazes and such details.
“She wouldn’t be singing about yuri, would she? This girl’s creation train of thought jumps so much!”
Yan Xingzhou muttered to himself, starting to contemplate seriously.
He was wondering whether he should defend this song.
In the entertainment field, involving overly serious propositions isn’t a good thing. Singing normal male-female romance is fine; but if singing yuri or such taboo propositions, it could encounter protests from more conservative groups. Unless this singer is determined to fight public opinion, it’s undoubtedly asking for trouble.
Thinking this way, Yan Xingzhou opened Pei Ningle’s Baidu Tieba, trying to find some inspiration for writing. But the hottest post in Tieba immediately caught his attention.
【Ironclad proof! Why Lele must be yuri!】
In the post, the first picture was a video screenshot of Pei Ningle and another pretty girl holding hands entering the recording site before the Good Songs Program blind audition.
【Lele’s partner is named Han Yixuan. Everyone can see their relationship is very close. From clues in the two episodes, we can also see their relationship isn’t simply best friends. For example, in the blind audition stage, before Peng Xiaoya pushed the lever, no mentor had selected Lele yet. Han Yixuan’s performance was different from a normal family and friends group…】
“Just grasping at shadows.” After reading the whole post, Yan Xingzhou scoffed and closed it.
Then he sat at the desk, preparing to type. But the more he recalled, the more he felt… that gossip post seemed to have some truth?
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Extra chapter preview tonight, next chapter【Being misunderstood is the fate of the expresser】
