208 The Righteous Roommates
Pei Ningle seemed to have left in a hurry today and hadn’t dressed up. Her slightly messy hair draped over her shoulders, and even her bangs were a bit disheveled. The dark gray sweatpants and light-colored sports jacket would look perfectly normal on a little boy.
But when she turned around, met Wang Heng’s gaze, and ran quickly towards him, it still caused a small commotion.
Fu Hanwen stared at her and said in astonishment, “Isn’t this the one from the welcome party…”
Tang Hexing: “Which one?”
Fu Hanwen: “The one looking for her brother!”
Tang Hexing looked at the girl’s face again and suddenly realized, “Oh… right!”
Wang Heng looked at his roommates’ astonished expressions, then at Pei Ningle, and suddenly had the urge to look up at the sky and sigh.
After Pei Ningle stole the show at the welcome party last year, he had told this girl not to come to the school to find him, to avoid being seen. However, half a year had passed, and the commotion caused back then had long since died down. Only a few students in the bar could be considered fans, but outside the bar, it seemed that no one had recognized her for a long time.
Because of this, it was normal for Pei Ningle to relax her vigilance. Plus, she had a surprise today and wanted to tell him in person, and the result was like this… It turns out that if she really stood in front of the audience of that party, it was still possible to be recognized.
The girl had a flash of inspiration. “You guys, mistook me for someone else, right?”
As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Ke slapped his thigh. “Looking at the face, I wasn’t sure, but this voice, absolutely no mistake!”
Pei Ningle couldn’t help covering her face. Through the gaps between her fingers, she noticed that Wang Heng was making the same movement as her—covering his face with his palm, as if he was too ashamed to face everyone.
The three roommates recognized Pei Ningle, recognized her as the teenage singer who amazed everyone at the party back then, but couldn’t call out her name. After all, they had only heard it once during the announcement, and it had been so long. Occasionally when discussing her, they also used ‘the one looking for her brother’ instead. Now seeing the real person, they naturally didn’t know how to address her.
And Pei Ningle was even more at a loss. So, both sides fell into an awkward silence.
People were coming and going around them. Everyone was either laughing and chatting with friends or looking at their phones. Basically, no one noticed the four boys and one girl here.
A moment later, Wang Heng put down his hand, his face having returned to a calm and composed expression.
He first took his phone out of his pocket and looked at it. Sure enough, several missed calls from Pei Ningle. It was just that he had set it to silent during class and hadn’t noticed at all.
Wang Heng understood—this girl probably called his mobile phone, couldn’t get through, and ended up coming directly?
“Alright, let me introduce you. This is my sister Pei Ningle,” Wang Heng said. “Little Le, these three are my roommates. No need to know their names, just call them Little Fu, Little Tang, and Little Wang.”
Wang Ke immediately stepped forward and protested, “Teacher, you can’t be lazy. Since you’re introducing, how can you not introduce names? If not, at least say my name! Hello, Sister Little Le, my name is Wang Ke, I’m your brother’s good friend.”
The others looked at the petite girl, then at Wang Ke who suddenly became enthusiastic, and instantly understood…
Tang Hexing patted his thin chest and said, “My name is Tang Hexing, I’m also your brother’s good friend!”
Wang Ke squeezed Little Tang aside and asked with a smile, “Little Le, I want to ask, can we be friends?”
Pei Ningle nodded. “Sure, my brother’s friends are my friends too. After all, I have a brother complex.”
Fu Hanwen: “What?”
Tang Hexing: “Brother complex…”
Wang Ke: “…”
The gazes of the three focused on Wang Heng, full of righteous condemnation.
Wang Heng sighed, temporarily ignored their gazes, and said to the girl, “Let’s go out and chat, Little Le. What do you want to see me for today?”
“Chat outside the school?” Pei Ningle looked at the three roommates beside her.
However, at this time, Fu Hanwen dissuaded with a sense of justice, “Wait, where are you going? Talking about shameful things?”
Tang Hexing also grabbed Wang Heng and said righteously, “That’s right, we are your roommates, we can’t watch you go down the wrong path!”
“What kind of wrong path is this…” Wang Heng said helplessly, “Fine, Little Le, just say it here. What exactly are you looking for me for today?”
Pei Ningle looked at the three roommates again and couldn’t help laughing. “I just received a private message from ‘Sing My Song’. It was a deputy director who said my song was selected! Next week, I’m going to the Imperial Capital to record the show.”
Fu Hanwen: “‘Sing My Song’? What’s its relationship with ‘The Voice’?”
Pei Ningle: “Produced by the original team, both are talent shows, but this one specifically selects original songs.”
Tang Hexing: “Deputy director?”
Pei Ningle: “Mhm, he said he was the deputy director, sent me his mobile phone and WeChat ID, and work ID.”
Wang Ke: “Is this ‘Good Song’ show you mentioned very impressive?”
Pei Ningle nodded and was about to answer, but Wang Heng rushed to say, “It’s not a question of whether it’s impressive or not. It’s really that kind, the rare kind…”
As a reborn person, he knew the influence of this show too well. Although it only ran for three seasons, and got colder later on, this year was definitely the first season. The fresh model that had never appeared before made many viewers’ eyes light up and made several songs popular. More than one new singer became popular because of this show.
Now, Pei Ningle was selected by this show without spending a penny. This was just too wonderful.
But now, how to explain it to these three roommates?
Wang Heng looked at Pei Ningle and asked, “Did that deputy director tell you who the mentors of the show are?”
Pei Ningle nodded repeatedly. “Said it, said it! There’s Liu Jiang, Liang Kun, Chu Tianjian… and who was the other one, I forgot a bit.”
No need for the fourth name, the first three heavyweights in the music industry were already shocking enough.
Fu Hanwen: “Liu Jiang and Liang Kun? Isn’t that the same as ‘The Voice’!”
Tang Hexing: “Isn’t Sister Little Le going to be famous…”
Wang Heng shrugged. “See, it’s not that we want to show off, it’s you guys who insisted on listening.”
Tang Hexing: “But this is Little Le’s business, it has nothing to do with you. If anyone is going to show off, it’s not your turn.”
Wang Heng: “Sorry, but I’m her manager.”
“Alright, alright, I’m not good at dealing with the program team. Didn’t you say you’d leave it to you and Little Xuan? Let’s go…” As she spoke, Pei Ningle took Wang Heng’s hand and left.
Now, they had no reason to stop them.
The three watched the backs of the young man and woman going away, especially the petite girl holding Wang Heng’s hand with both hands. That happy, lively, and cute appearance filled them with mixed feelings.
Fu Hanwen: “She said she has a brother complex. Do you think that’s a bit too much?”
Tang Hexing nodded, glanced at Wang Ke beside him, and sighed, “Not just a bit too much, very too much! Look, Little Ke doesn’t believe in love anymore.”
Wang Ke: “…Who said I don’t believe in love? There’s plenty of love in 2D!”
Suddenly, Tang Hexing remembered a detail in Pei Ningle’s words not long ago, frowned, and realized that things might not be simple: “Did she just say another name?”
Fu Hanwen: “What name?”
Tang Hexing: “Little Xuan. Who is the Little Xuan she mentioned?”
Wang Ke: “…Another woman?”
Tang Hexing: “But what about the pretty girl who came to our dorm to find him last time? And, Sister Lu?”
Fu Hanwen wished he had a gavel in his hand at this moment, but unfortunately he didn’t, so he could only slap his hands and say decisively, “Too much! When he comes back, catch him and interrogate him properly!”
