17 Chapter 16 – Yan Du Xian Salted Pork Soup 1 (1/2)

Beneath that original post, many of the people who knew Gu Sheng were starting to madly @ her in the comments.

Fortunately, this was just an unknown fan, and the number of people who reposted the message was relatively small. At least, within this last half an hour, there had not been too many reposts or comment replies. Gu Sheng nonchalantly glanced at this poster's Weibo profile. She swore, anyone who saw this Weibo tweet would definitely do the same thing.

And then…

She discovered that this person lived in the same city as her. So that meant… she and Qiang Qing Ci lived in the same city, too?!

Gu Sheng's heart skipped several beats.

She touched the cold back of her hand to her face, still feeling that this was all unreal…

Such a strangely remarkable feeling.

In an instant, Toupai seemed very close and dear.

A man who had both a gorgeous voice and a handsome appearance could basically be considered a rare phenomenon, you know?... If God bestowed on you a nice voice, he would also give you an ordinary face. This was the biggest, regretful conclusion she had come to after looking at many photographs of radio DJs and people in the entertainment circle. However, she was a voice lover anyway and had no real criteria for a man's face, and she also saw nothing wrong with this…

But, Toupai's voice… paired with an attractive face! That was absolutely going against the natural law of things!

Because of this Weibo tweet, Gu Sheng spent her entire lunch digesting the news that she and Toupai were in the same city.

After lunch, she laid down on the couch with her laptop on her knees, listening to the songs people had sent to her and following along with the lyrics while she practiced the melody. Her mind was somewhat preoccupied so she was constantly muddling up the lyrics. After singing the wrong words several times in a row, she finally could not help picking up her mobile phone, and she noticed that her most recent contact in WeChat was still Toupai…

She cleared her throat, wanting to send a message.

But what should she say? To actually ask him if he really was in the same city as her? And then throw in a stirring sigh and exclaim, ”DaRen, such a coincidence, ah…”?

Forget it.

She continued gazing at the screen and humming her songs.

Fine. Actually, she just continued being preoccupied and unfocused.

After repeatedly getting the lyrics wrong, she was starting to go crazy with frustration, but luckily, Geng Xiaoxing's timely phone call came. ”Dear Sheng Sheng Man Dada, are you free? I have something totally awesome for you to listen to.”

”Huh? What?”

”The storyline song that our website and Wanmei collaborated on. It's out.” Geng Xiaoxing was extremely excited. ”Not that 'Sword Cry in the Land of the River and Lakes' song of yours… Hey, wait. Yours was supposed to be a pre-event warm-up. How come it hasn't been released yet? Our actual main attraction is out already.”

”It's out? Really?”

The storyline song was not song by Gu Sheng, so naturally, she would not know what its progress was.

However, she recalled how all of this happened.  It had started with Geng Xiaoxing and herself planning this. And then, Wanmei joined in… And then, they decided to do a storyline song… And then, they decided to do a pre-event warm-up by releasing ”Sword Cry in the Land of the Rivers and Lakes” first… And then they used the idea of a rehearsal as a gimmick to allow all those DaRen to have a pre-event special performance…

So, well, up to this point, she still had not done anything truly useful, and the other party's storyline song was already ready and out.

Gu Sheng felt guilty for a little while and decided to politely ask Dou Dou Dou Bing if there were any problems with the vocal track she had recorded and sent over… That way, she could demonstrate that she was proactive and not just, uh, exchanging cooking knowledge with Toupai…

”Are you listening, Gu Sheng?!”

”Huh?” Gu Sheng answered bewilderedly.

”You didn't hear anything I said just now?!”

”No… Tell me one more time.” Gu Sheng came up with an arbitrary excuse. ”I just got a new musical composition, and I was thinking about how I should arrange it.”

”Meh, you know so many instruments anyway. Up to you.” Geng Xiaoxing grumpily repeated what she had said a moment ago and then added, ”I listened to the storyline song and thought it was super awesome. Especially Jue Mei's voice… So beautiful you could cry…”

Gu Sheng felt embarrassingly awkward for a little bit. Although Jue Mei was extremely popular, his voice just was not her type.

Therefore, her response to Geng Xiaoxing's comment was, um, slightly, ahem… not sharing in the enthusiasm.

However, in regards to the feelings one gets as a voice lover, she completely could demonstrate rapport…

”I guess his voice suits your taste…” Gu Sheng worked with her.

”Don't you find Jue Mei's domineering voice super, unbeatably nice to listen to?”

”Uh … It's pretty good.”

”...”

”It's okay. I understand what you mean. Everyone's preference in voices is different.” Gu Sheng continued in a very serious tone to work with her. ”Anyway, what you feel for Jue Mei is… Like, the instant you hear his voice, your heart is stirred and flutters in response, right?”

”Uh-huh…” Geng Xiaoxing's voice immediately dropped an octave and, like she was someone's little wife, repeated, ”Heart is stirred and flutters…”

”Uh… Let's get back on topic.”

Gu Sheng finally realized from this demonstration what she was like when faced with her own idol's voice:

(⊙o⊙)... Absolutely pathetic. Deserved to be spurned…

”Right. Back on topic, mm-hmm.” Geng Xiaoxing's voice was tender to the extreme. ”Jue Mei said you should have a listen because Toupai thinks the final result is still not great. But I think it's fine, ah. Definitely the best among anything that I've listened to…”

While Geng Xiaoxing was grumbling out a few more sentences, Gu Sheng had already received the song in her QQ inbox.

However, how come she felt this was very weird?

Why did they need her to listen to it? Was it really necessary for this little unknown singer to critique one of Wanmei's works? …

Gu Sheng agreed to have a listen, hung up the phone, and opened up the audio file.

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