Chapter 190

「Drunkenly lying in Bu Ye Cheng,

Everywhere neon lights

In the wine cup, a fine slice of decadent romance

Most willing to forget ancient poems

Most disdainful of a glance at longing

Guarding love, fearing people's laughter

Still fearing people seeing clearly…」

When this paragraph of lyrics was sung from Chen Shu's mouth, the live broadcast camera turned to the audience on site.

Those audience members were all staring wide-eyed at the stage, then their expressions became excited.

Someone was so excited they wanted to say something but couldn't, appearing somewhat frenzied.

Previously someone said, when seeing beautiful scenery or eating delicious food, sometimes one cannot describe one's feelings; when excited, one can't help but tear up.

The on-site audience, some had heard this saying before, but they thought it was deceitful.

But at this moment, they really felt excited to the point of wanting to cry.

An indescribable feeling spread in their hearts; they wanted to express this beauty, but no matter how they tried, they couldn't express it.

「Guarding, fearing people's laughter, afraid people won't see clearly, directly becoming a god! 」

「This is having written longing to exhaustion; throughout the whole song you don't hear the word 'longing', yet it's full of longing! 」

「My goodness, I don't know how to describe my feelings right now! 」

「From now on, this song will be my life-long song; I don't know how to say it, but it will always accompany me! 」

「"Most willing to forget ancient poems, most disdainful of a glance at longing"—this line of lyrics is what becomes divine! Clearly it's longing, yet disdainful of a glance— isn't that exactly longing unfulfilled! 」

「My goodness, who said Jiang Cheng only writes poppy songs? Initially 'Hard-to-Recite Sutra', everyone didn't understand, just said it's hard to sing; now do you know Jiang Cheng's true level? 」

「I have never heard a more beautiful song in my life! 」

「Is there any big brother who can tell me how I should describe my feelings right now? Please, tell me, okay? 」

……

In the live chat, the bullet comments were all over the place, each person seeming to have gone crazy!

Moreover, some people directly posted garbled nonsense, like random code generated by rolling a face across the keyboard!

They could not describe their feelings at this moment.

Ya Ya stood at a backstage gap; the audience below and the camera couldn't capture her, but in the dim light she could see Chen Shu on stage; Ya Ya listened to the song, and she stood there dazed.

Her tears flowed uncontrollably; her face showed no sorrow, only joy and a mixture of laughter and tears—the expression of wanting to laugh but unable to stop crying.

In the front row of the audience seats, the four mentors sat; their expressions were remarkably uniform, all slightly opening their mouths, eyes wide open, staring at Chen Shu on stage!

Backstage of the production team, those staff members who were originally busy stopped their work, worried that any sound they made would affect the emotion of the song.

They had no phones in hand, yet they were earnestly listening to the sound coming from phones that others around them were holding.

That was Chen Shu's singing.

In the directing room, the director held a walkie-talkie, at this moment intently watching the screen.

He didn't understand that he had planned a variety show featuring ordinary people as golden song singers; the initial selling point he had in mind was simply: "Experts lie among the folk."

He simply wanted to create many stories of grassroots counterattack becoming stars.

But he never expected that this was not "experts among the folk"—it was clearly immortals walking among mortals!

If he remembered correctly, Jiang Cheng was introduced to him by his friend Wang Weiqiang.

At this moment, the only question in his mind was: "How could Wang Weiqiang have such a person by his side?"

Even though he wasn't a specialist in the Music Department, he could still hear the value of Jiang Cheng's song. Don't you see the four judges on the panel have been left dumbfounded?

The Music Director beside him also stared at the screen, dazed.

He was quite optimistic about Jiang Cheng, but seeing Jiang Cheng being hyped up by marketing accounts, he began to worry.

As a result, when the show premiered, Zhang Anqi was the first to give Jiang Cheng a setback; combined with later developments and the judges' critiques, Jiang Cheng's reputation underwent a complete 180-degree turnaround from before the broadcast.

At that moment, the Music Director's heart was in his throat; he didn't want to see a promising seedling destroyed just like that!

But unexpectedly, Jiang Cheng dropped a bombshell here!

In Jiang Cheng's resting room, after Ye Qing finished listening to Chen Shu's song, her gaze fixed directly on Jiang Cheng, both eyes locked on his lips!

She clenched her hands tightly on her skirt, struggling to endure.

Because she felt an urge welling up inside her, wanting to devour Jiang Cheng, to eat him fiercely—a feeling she couldn't put into words.

It was precisely the feeling of being conquered by charm; this charm frightened her, frightened her of losing him, so she wanted to merge into her own body!

……

「Spring returns to see the red beans bloom, yet no lover comes to pick them. 」

「Fireworks embrace the flirtatious, but true feeling is absent. 」

「Most willing to forget the poems of old friends. Most disdainful of a glance at longing. 」

「Guarding love, fearing people's laughter, still afraid people will see clearly. 」

!

「Spring returns to see the red beans bloom, yet no lover comes to pick them. 」

「Fireworks embrace the flirtatious, but true feeling is absent. 」

……

A song finished being sung.

Among the audience below, some cried until they became tearful people, some felt sorrow from recalling their own longing, some were purely excited.

Also, some still haven't recovered to this day, standing up and clapping hard, turning their palms red, yet they don't feel any pain!

Some people were still shouting, the veins on their necks bulging.

When Ya Ya walked onto the stage, her makeup was already smudged, with two black streaks below her eyes from tears washing away her eyeliner.

But this time, she didn't feel it was her fault.

She went on stage like that, her makeup smudged, still wiping away tears.

A smile still hung on her face.

"Sorry, I lost my composure." Ya Ya walked onto the stage, her first words an apology, but as soon as she finished speaking, tears streamed uncontrollably down her face; then she wanted to tell others she wasn't sad but excited, so she tried hard to put on a smile, to laugh out loud, her emotions intertwined, and her voice cracked instantly.

Chen Shu wore a smile, crystal tears glistening at the corners of his eyes, he was very moved.

He knew he had truly turned his fortunes around this time!

His turnaround was entirely thanks to that man—Jiang Cheng backstage!

A young guy, just a bit handsome, who acts all laid-back about everything, he made himself turn around!

After several seconds, Ya Ya finally composed herself.

"This song is the most beautiful I've ever heard, bar none." Ya Ya lifted her head, saying with a smile.

As the host, she was originally not supposed to judge the contestants' works.

But this song "Longing" is an exception.

Ya Ya felt she had to speak her mind, even if it cost her job.

After saying that, she truly looked at Chen Shu, couldn't help but reach out and take his hand, then turned her gaze to the judges' bench and said:

"Next, our judges will give their critiques." (End of chapter)