Chapter 63 p2
This was Jian Xin’s first time on a stage with such a high production value. During the rehearsal, the scenes and lighting effects that she and Feng Man wanted to achieve were all supported and satisfied by the production team.
The moment she stood on the stage, she had the feeling of falling into a dream.
The spotlight first fell on Feng Man, and after a verse, it fell on her.
They were far apart, and they could see each other, but they couldn’t get close, as if they were really separated by more than ten years, looking at the “self” of the past and the future.
Jian Xin couldn’t help but get red-eyed, and with a slight choke, she responded to the “self” who was looking at her from a distance.
What was she thinking at that moment?
The lost, the missed, the found after all the twists and turns…
It was the self who dreamed of standing in the spotlight, and also the person who was willing to exchange a body full of injuries for.
The performance that night was very successful.
Because the first stage had received the highest score in the entire show, they had the opportunity for a second stage.
Although the second stage was not very popular, and they lost by a narrow margin of two points, they also received a very high on-site score.
After the main recording, the two of them happily went out for a late-night snack again and discussed the song selection for the second week.
This time, Feng Man said that she wanted to give Jian Xin a chance.
It was not easy for an independent newcomer to get a stage. Feng Man had roughly understood Jian Xin’s situation these past few days and knew that she had been doing very poorly since she graduated from university. Even if the quality of her songs was good, because she had no promotional channels, they could not be heard by more people.
She hoped that the first song of the second episode could be Jian Xin’s song, and she could learn it at the last minute.
Jian Xin asked if they should choose “Only the Moon,” which had a higher audience acceptance.
Feng Man shook her head and said that that was her representative work. As long as you didn’t sing that, the audience would always look forward to it and pay attention, so it would be better to sing it later in the program.
She also said, “Anyway, this program has no elimination. Just relax and have fun for one episode. Take out a song you’re satisfied with and let everyone hear it.”
Jian Xin thought for a long time and chose a song that she had always liked but that had only a few hundred comments on all the platforms combined.
The second song was a pop adaptation of a classic old song.
After a week of hard work, they once again successfully sang two songs, and the on-site votes were almost a landslide victory.
The other three groups of singers were full of praise.
During the idle chat between the host and the guests, Feng Man casually mentioned, “Jian Xin is really amazing. I’ll definitely ask her to write a song for me in the future.”
Just this one sentence made the other three seniors join in, all saying that they wanted to ask Jian Xin for a song when they had the chance. Among the peer singers, there were many with a lot of traffic, and they also secretly expressed their intention to collaborate after the seniors had spoken.
Jian Xin was flattered for a moment. She didn’t know if it was just polite words or if they really had this intention. On the spot, she clasped her hands together, stood up, and bowed to everyone with great apprehension.
After the main recording, she really did add the contact information of all these big shots.
On the night the third episode of the main recording was finished, the first episode of Musical Encounter was also officially launched on all platforms.
The production team gave a new filming task. Each group of singers had to personally re-watch their own stage and then read the related Weibo hot searches for the program.
The program had not even finished broadcasting that night, and Feng Man and Jian Xin’s first stage had already climbed to the top of the hot search, and the discussion was far higher than the songs of the other three groups of singers in the same period.
Jian Xin and Feng Man had finished re-watching their own stage, and the moment they opened Weibo, they were startled by this sudden burst of popularity.
#Feng Man Jian Xin Cross-Time Duet#
#Feng Man Lyrical Queen#
#Feng Man Musical Encounter Recreates a Classic#
—As expected of Feng Man, I’m speechless. How can it be so good! The other female voice is also very good, surprisingly a good match! Feng Man’s voice is like a thin mist, gently enveloping a wounded little deer. Who understands?!!
—After all the ups and downs, looking back at the not-so-good self of the past, there is not a hint of resentment, just wanting to gently hold her [tears][tears][tears]
—The voices are such a good match. They are clearly two completely different voices, but there is no sense of disharmony at all!
—Feng Man is a god, no need to say more!
Besides the many Weibo posts related to Feng Man, there was also a post related to Jian Xin hidden at the bottom.
#Who is Jian Xin#
When she clicked in, many people found that this new face who was singing with the lyrical queen was actually the lyricist, composer, and singer of the popular CP song “Only the Moon” from the first half of this year. She was also so beautiful, and their good impression of her soared.
—A name I’ve never heard of, and she’s on the same stage as Feng Man, and she’s singing quite well. Playlist +1.
—Wait a minute, Jian Xin? Is that the one from “Only the Moon”?
—Sister, yes, yes!
—Wow! Is my treasure finally going to be discovered?
Jian Xin was too embarrassed to read this hot search at first. Later, it was Feng Man on the side who read it out.
After reading it, she smiled gently. “It doesn’t matter if you didn’t know her before. You’ll know her in the future. The songs Jian Xin writes are all very good. She has written a song for me, and it will be released along with a certain drama. Everyone must come and listen to it then!”
There was so much happy news today, so of course, Jian Xin told Yan Lu the first thing after the recording ended.
She sent this stage to Yan Lu’s private chat.
In the eighth year after their breakup, she had sent her own stage to Yan Lu for the first time, just like a long, long time ago, every time she sent her a song or a video, she would wait for a response from Yan Lu.
Perched by the Roadside: You sent it late, I’ve already added it to my playlist.
Picked Up a Heart: You’re so fast?
Picked Up a Heart: What about the other one?
Perched by the Roadside: Playlist +2
Picked Up a Heart: Then why didn’t you help me forward it?
Perched by the Roadside: I forgot.
Almost the next second, Jian Xin saw that Yan Lu’s Weibo, which she rarely posted on, had forwarded her stage twice in a row.
The forwarding text was also simple. One was “this is good,” and the other was “this is also good.”
Jian Xin didn’t expect Yan Lu to say anything particularly nice. She was already very happy that Yan Lu was willing to forward it—because this way, it felt a little like standing in the sunlight!
And it was true. The moment this Weibo post was sent, someone below started to be surprised.
—Did Great Author Qi really post twice in one day?
—Does Great Author Qi also listen to Sister Jian Xin?
—I only realized after seeing the forward that Great Author Qi and Jian Xin are mutual followers? She followed her during “Only the Moon.”
Jian Xin just wanted to play this little trick, to let those who knew Yan Lu know of her existence.
Actually, she knew that this little trick of hers could not escape Yan Lu’s eyes, but Yan Lu still did as she wished without saying anything.
This compliance made her think of the past, but she also clearly felt that this was not the same.
Because the Yan Lu of now was no longer afraid of the consequences of rejecting someone.
She would do this just because she was willing to do it.
Picked Up a Heart: [So happy, duck]
Picked Up a Heart: [Thank you, living Bodhisattva]
Perched by the Roadside: Keep up the good work.
Picked Up a Heart: Of course, I’ll treat you to a meal when I get back!
Perched by the Roadside: Okay.
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With the explosive popularity of a stage, Jian Xin’s followers grew very quickly, even more so than the sudden popularity of “Only the Moon” before. Her visibility instantly increased by who knows how many levels.
Before the second episode was broadcast, her and Feng Man’s stage was the most anticipated, and after the broadcast, it was also the most discussed.
Just as Feng Man had expected, everyone started to suggest that she sing “Only the Moon” with Feng Man on this stage.
Jian Xin and Feng Man discussed it briefly and immediately put this song on the agenda.
In the blink of an eye, it was another two weeks. When the program was broadcast to the third episode, a CP suddenly appeared online—Xin Man Yi Zu.
Just in a moment of inattention, the netizens started to ship them on their own.
What with the fourteen-year age gap, the gentle older sister doting on the younger one…
Jian Xin had seen it but didn’t dare to show it to Feng Man.
But she didn’t know if Feng Man herself would also see it. She only knew that Yan Lu had already seen it…
How should I put it, the consecrated Buddhist beads that Yan Lu had prayed for were probably useless.
Or maybe they were useful, but not completely useful.
During the time Jian Xin was out recording the program, she clearly felt that the frequency of her turning into a duck had decreased, but it wasn’t that she didn’t turn into one at all.
Probably every few days, she would still, at a relatively safe time like in the early morning, go to Yan Lu’s side in the form of a little duck.
The Yan Lu of now could very easily distinguish between Cauliflower and Jian Xin, so every time Jian Xin came over, she would bend down to pick her up into her arms, say a few words to her, and then continue to work.
On the third day after the program was broadcast, Jian Xin once again turned into a duck.
A familiar sound came from her ear, as if it were a fan edit of a behind-the-scenes clip from Musical Encounter.
Jian Xin was a little curious, and she immediately flapped her wings, flew onto Yan Lu’s lap, and tilted her head up to peek at the screen.
Yan Lu did not stop her and even picked her up directly onto the computer desk.
“Quack quack ah!” Thank you!
Jian Xin leaned forward and took a serious look, and was suddenly shocked to find that this was actually a CP edit!
Besides the main episode every week, the production team would also update a behind-the-scenes clip every day that only VIPs could watch. The clips of her and Feng Man chatting and eating hot pot, and even asking her in person why she didn’t take her song, were all cut in by the production team.
A bunch of screaming chickens were furiously shipping them in the bullet comments and comments.
—Ahhh ahhh ahhh! Brave people get to enjoy the world, the younger one bravely asks the older sister, and the older sister smiles and dotes on her ahhh ahhh, who understands, who understands, who on earth understands!!!
—So good, so good! awsl! kswl!
—Who can refuse a sweet girl’s coquetry? Anyway, the older sister can’t!
The little duck was instantly flustered. She turned to look at Yan Lu with a surprised expression, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses. She flapped her wings repeatedly, as if to block the computer screen that was who knows how many times bigger than her.
“Quack quack quack quack quack?! Quack quack quack!”
Why are you watching this kind of thing, Yan Lu?! Don’t you have to type today!!!
“Quack ahh ahh quack quack quack quack!”
I’m innocent, it’s the netizens who want to ship us!!
Yan Lu didn’t pay any attention to her and clicked on the second CP video from the related recommendations.
“Ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ahh ahh!”
Oh my god, stop watching!!!
Jian Xin hopped for a long time, and seeing that Yan Lu was not doing anything, she simply hopped to the side of the mouse and tried to close the webpage with some duck-foot fine motor control.
Just then, Yan Lu reached out and grabbed her duck neck.
Hey, that’s not good, it’s a bit of bullying a duck…
Yan Lu: “What are you so anxious about?”
Jian Xin: “…”
Yan Lu: “Are you afraid I’ll get angry?”
Jian Xin: “…”
Yan Lu: “What is our relationship? Why should I be angry?”
Jian Xin: “…”
Yan Lu rubbed the little duck’s head and said with a smile, “It’s just material for a silly, sweet, younger character.”
After that, she let go of the duck and continued to watch the video.
After watching two videos, she opened the extra behind-the-scenes content and started to watch.
Jian Xin was held in front of the keyboard by her two hands, her thumbs occasionally rubbing the sides of her duck chest—her small mind was full of big question marks.
She twisted her neck and seriously observed Yan Lu’s expression. It seemed that she really didn’t mean to be unhappy, and she would even inadvertently laugh a little when she saw some of her and Feng Man’s interactions.
Jian Xin opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but stopped.
—Why isn’t she jealous at all?
Why is she suddenly a little disappointed?
