140 Please Be Human
Pei Ningle’s first original song was finally completed, titled “Lost Path.” The recording studio had sent over the finished product after post-production, and the quality was very satisfying to Pei Ningle, who had entered a recording studio for the first time.
Of course, she had written a few songs before this, and they had all been posted online. But looking back now and listening carefully, the girl felt more and more ashamed—what were those things? The sound quality was poor, and the lyrics and music were all dark history! Delete them quickly, delete them quickly!
After deleting those few songs of dark history, okay, from now on, this “Lost Path” would be her first original work.
The girl thought happily, uploading the audio of the new song to the NetEase Cloud Music platform and the video to Bilibili. This video was the same as her previous cover videos, with Pei Ningle singing to the camera herself. It was just that the sound in the video was completely replaced by the audio produced by the recording studio.
And at the beginning of the video, in the column for the original author of the lyrics and music, she could finally mark the three characters ‘Pei Ningle’—Wang Heng had suggested to her whether to use a stage name or something. But after a little thought, the girl stubbornly chose to use her real name.
As soon as the video was uploaded, within a few minutes, there were views, and people left comments in the comment section below.
【Haven’t heard this song before. Is it new?】
【Lyrics and music are both by the uploader herself!】
【Little Lele is getting more and more amazing!】
On Bilibili, Pei Ningle had already accumulated tens of thousands of fans. It was unknown how big a splash she could make next. But on the NetEase Cloud Music platform, because there was no fan accumulation, there were no views for half a day.
The next step was to see how Mr. Manager would operate and promote it.
Thinking of Wang Heng, Pei Ningle was about to call him, but received his call first.
“The new things I bought have arrived. I filled in your address. There are probably two packages to be used at your place. Can you help me receive them first? I’ll come over later.”
“Oh, oh, okay.”
After Pei Ningle agreed, Wang Heng hung up.
The girl couldn’t help but be curious—what exactly did Wang Heng buy? And he had to come to her home to use it?
After waiting for a while, the courier knocked on the door. Pei Ningle opened the door, received two packages, and signed for them.
Immediately after the courier left, the girl closed the door and couldn’t wait to open the packages.
The first package contained a camera.
“Is it for filming videos? That’s great! Now the picture quality of my recordings will definitely improve a lot… What is this?”
Pei Ningle opened the second package, but for a moment, she didn’t understand what it was.
It looked like a pink and tender princess dress, but wasn’t the size a bit too small? Even when flattened, it couldn’t completely cover the girl’s palm. What could a size that even a kitten couldn’t wear be used for?
“Right, that hamster!” Pei Ningle suddenly remembered the first time she met Wang Heng, which was fate tied by that hamster. What was even more magical was the hamster’s later operation of transmitting information, which was simply inexplicable by common sense.
So, was this little dress bought for the hamster? To film videos of it with the brand new camera?
Pei Ningle was instantly full of anticipation.
**
Wang Heng was about to take the hamster to Pei Ningle’s apartment, but at this moment, a problem lay before him.
The hamster was gone.
The cage was empty. Where was the hamster?
On the table, on the floor, on the bed, even on his roommates’ beds, Wang Heng searched everywhere, but it wasn’t there.
The final exams were over. Although the winter vacation hadn’t officially started, there was nothing to do by staying at school. So two of the three roommates had already bought tickets and gone home. The only remaining one, Tang Hexing, was busy participating in the last club activity of the semester today and probably wouldn’t be back until after dinner.
So Wang Heng stood alone in the dormitory, wanting to find the hamster, with no one to help.
“Where did it run off to…” He stood in the center of the dormitory, frowning in thought.
Suddenly, Wang Heng noticed the little white cat lying on Tang Hexing’s bed. The cat raised its head, seemingly looking at the ceiling of the dormitory. Those vertical pupils were filled with awe, quite anthropomorphic, like the gaze of a mortal seeing a superhero descend.
Following the kitten’s gaze, Wang Heng looked up, and his eyes lit up instantly.
He saw the little guy that had disappeared for a long time.
There was a fan in the dormitory, which could send cool wind to everyone from overhead when it was hot. However, it was early January now, and the fan in the dormitory had been silent for many days.
No one would have thought that the hamster was actually lying on the fan. You know, the fan hung alone on the ceiling, and the nearest foothold was Wang Heng and Wang Ke’s beds, but there was more than a meter between the beds and the electric fan. How did this hamster get there?
This idea, this action, simply amazed Wang Heng.
Suddenly, the hamster pointed at the little white cat and roared, “Idiot! Incompetent subordinates ruin me!”
The little white cat shrank back, not quite understanding if it had made a mistake again, so it could only pretend to be pitiful.
Wang Heng teased, “It’s useless to scold the cat now. Come down.”
The hamster: “No, I won’t come down!”
Wang Heng: “Hurry up, your new fashion has arrived.”
The hamster: “I won’t go! Don’t think I don’t know it’s a pink dress, and you even bought an HD camera!”
Wang Heng laughed even happier. “Only in this way can we record your cute appearance more clearly. Don’t resist, come on. Or rather, it’s useless for you to resist.”
The hamster: “I’ll just stay up here. Let’s see what you do!”
Wang Heng walked to the dormitory door and put his hand on the fan knob.
The hamster continued to clamor, “Turn it on! Go ahead and turn it on!”
The fan blades were tightly wrapped by a metal protective cover. This was of course for the protection of the students in the dormitory, and the hamster was lying on this protective cover at this moment. So even if the fan was turned on to the highest setting, the hamster probably wouldn’t fall off.
“Do you know what humans relied on to develop and grow in the fierce competition for survival?” Wang Heng suddenly said, “One of the most important factors is being good at using tools.”
With that, he picked up a broom, climbed onto his upper bunk, and gently placed the broom on the electric fan.
The hamster: “…”
Wang Heng: “I’m giving you a way out now. If you don’t come down, I’ll sweep you down with the broom.”
The hamster couldn’t help but wail, “I beg you, be human!”
Wang Heng: “Cut the crap, hurry up.”
The hamster reluctantly moved its body, crawled along the broom, and jumped onto Wang Heng’s bed. Then it twisted its body and was about to run, but was caught by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Wang Heng.
“I shouldn’t have let you practice martial arts,” the hamster lamented. “You’re much faster.”
Wang Heng: “Hehe, too late to say that.”
The hamster looked up at him and said again, “Can I not cross-dress?”
Wang Heng: “No.”
The hamster: “Then what if I give you a little preview in advance?”
Wang Heng instantly became alert. “What preview?”
The hamster’s little eyes rolled. “Let’s agree first, you’re not allowed to get angry!”
