Chapter 52

Jiang Cheng didn't directly voice his doubts, after all this is someone else's private matter, not his concern.

Maybe she was too happy playing with her boyfriend at night and lost her voice.

He went straight to the point: "Did you record a demo of the song I gave you last time? Send it to me to listen, see what needs fixing."

In fact, Jiang Cheng doesn't care whether the song sells or needs changes; he just wants Ye Qing to send him the song to listen, purely a money‑making task with no other motivation, really boring, needing music to relieve.

"Mr. Jiang Jiang, sorry, I might not be able to give you the recorded song, because I think it suits my colleague better."

Jiang Cheng furrowed his brows hearing this, but he didn't speak, waiting for Ye Qing to finish.

Ye Qing continued on the phone: "So I gave the song's copyright to my colleague; her demo might come out in a few days, and I'll definitely send it to Mr. Jiang right away."

Jiang Cheng said coldly: "Okay."

He hung up after saying that.

On the other end, Ye Qing, who had just finished showering and was wearing a white bathrobe, her slightly curled long hair still damp, fell across her snow‑white shoulder peeking out of the robe; she covered her mouth and tears welled up.

Jiang Cheng held his phone, feeling extremely displeased.

Although selling the song means it belongs to someone else, the idea when he wrote it was because of Ye Qing's voice.

"Making money by selling it to others ultimately gives no say."

Jiang Cheng picked up his phone and called Li Qinqin.

He hadn't forgotten that the song "Legend" he gave Ye Qing was only temporarily given to Li Qinqin's company, but they hadn't actually discussed price or signed a contract.

In other words, the deal wasn't done; his song hadn't been sold.

"Hello, Mr. Jiang!" Li Qinqin's excited voice came through the phone.

Jiang Cheng directly said: "The script and song I gave you before—this deal is on hold, not for sale."

"Ah? Ah"

Li Qinqin was babbling, unable to react.

"Mr. Jiang, may I ask what we did wrong that you're dissatisfied?"

"Please tell me any requests you have."

"I'll meet any of your demands!"

"Li Qinqin, usually so easy‑going, why is Mr. Jiang so fierce tonight!"

Rough and rude! He called, said nothing, and just terminated the cooperation! Jiang Cheng had already informed them; he could have hung up directly, but seeing no need to leave them confused, he said: "I gave you that song because I liked listening to Li Qinqin's voice, and your request was for me to write a song for her, but our contract wasn't signed yet and you replaced her."

Li Qingqing was startled and quickly said: "Mr. Jiang, Ye Qing couldn't help it; it wasn't intentional to disgust you. The other party is a popular singer with great influence in the company; seeing Ye Qing's song was good, they took it. Please don't misunderstand."

Jiang Cheng frowned.

Hearing Li Qinqin say that, he roughly understood Ye Qing had been stepped on, but this kind of trouble had nothing to do with him.

"Not important; cooperation ends here." Jiang Cheng said and hung up.

…

"Hello? Hello!"

"Hello, Mr. Jiang!"

"Mr. Jiang!"

"Hello!"

Li Qinqin held her phone, saw the call had been cut off. Angrily she smashed the phone onto the apartment floor! Bang! The phone cracked, the battery flew out! "Damn Kangwei!"

"I'm so angry!"

She lightly sat on the sofa, gasping for breath.

She knew the reason: Zhang Anqi took Ge from Ye Qing's hands! And behind Zhang Anqi is Kangwei.

She knew the reason but couldn't intervene, because she is Su Manyao's person; if she intervened, it would represent Su Manyao's stance.

As Su Manyao, CEO of an entertainment conglomerate covering music, film, and entertainment economy, she cannot intervene in minor matters or independent projects.

Otherwise power distribution would be chaotic, starting with the CEO. In such a large conglomerate, this machine would hardly run smoothly! So Li Qinqin, knowing the situation, could only endure, because in principle the song he sought from Jiang Cheng ultimately went to the company's artist, bringing profit to the company, so there's nothing to complain about Kangwei on this matter! She never expected that Jiang Cheng would develop such a strong aversion toward them over this.

But after thinking, it's understandable: truly capable people aren't as vulgar as them; besides transaction money, they have their own pursuits! …

In Jiang Cheng's dorm, he turned off the computer and didn't continue working.

Liu Tao returned from outside, his face flushed as if he'd been drinking.

"If you can go out for drinks, it must be that you're dating your childhood sweetheart?" Su Peng played his game, glanced at Liu Tao and said.

Liu Tao froze, then exclaimed: "What do you mean? Does that mean I can't date other girls?"

Su Peng chuckled mockingly: "Come on, who would get to drink with you on the first date? Only your childhood sweetheart could like your blockhead."

Liu Tao was embarrassed, obviously hit the nail on the head by Su Peng.

Honestly taking off his clothes.

He was taking off his clothes to shower, not doing anything else.

But Su Peng wouldn't let him off, saying: "I earlier said Deng Qi should learn from Old Jiang, but now I think you should all learn from Deng Qi!"

"Deng Qi may be a sycophant, but he's lecherous!"

"That guy is petty and lewd inside; though a sycophant, he might actually manage to get an advantage!"

"Someone like you, your childhood sweetheart tries so hard, drinking with you until your face is flushed, yet you still come back—you're talented too!"

Usually hearing Su Peng nitpick Deng Qi, now hearing Su Peng say he's not as good as Deng Qi, he felt unconvinced and said aggrieved: "I've already made him happy drinking; if I don't return to the dorm, they'll lock the door!"

Su Peng was speechless, not wanting to talk.

He just silently mourned for a second for Liu Tao's childhood sweetheart.

"With such a blockhead, who knows how much younger his kids will be compared to others'! 'Jiang Cheng, what are you thinking sitting here, why aren't you speaking?' Liu Tao, afraid Su Peng would retort him, quickly shifted the topic to Jiang Cheng."

Jiang Cheng waved his hand: "Go take your shower, I'll sit alone for a bit."

The dorm grew quiet again.

Only Su Peng's game-playing sound, and the splashing water sound in the bathroom.

That night Deng Qi didn't come back.

The dorm lights were off; under a not-so-bright desk lamp, Jiang Cheng sitting beside the computer desk casually picked up the pen on the desk.

Scratch scratch scratch~ wrote a line on the draft paper, then flicked it away.

Went to bed to sleep.

What remained on the draft paper was a line like a flood dragon swimming underwater.

"Heart has a fierce tiger, gently smell the rose."

(End of chapter)