Gu Sheng covered one ear with her hand, listening to the laughter from outside the soundproof room as it came through her headphones.
"Hello," she said, trying her best to stay calm and composed, but her voice inexplicably softened.
She never expected him to be Qiang Qingci, and Qiang Qingci to be him... A few months ago, when she first saw Qiang Qingci, she was still teasing a dog, secretly thinking to herself how this man actually loved drinking fruit yogurt... She was still in the shop across the street, watching through the glass wall as he stood up for his female companion...
Qiang Qingci smiled at her again and said to the recording engineer, "Sorry, could I listen to what I just did again?"
"Everyone's?"
"Yes, everyone's."
He was tall, so when he leaned over, his hands rested on the edge of the workstation as he listened to the recording engineer replay everyone's performance. When Gu Sheng took off her headphones and pushed the door open to step out, she saw his back and still found it unbelievable.
A hand rested on her shoulder, and Dou Dou Dou Bing chuckled in her ear, "So, what do you think? Quite the looker, right? This Top talent isn't called that for nothing."
(⊙o⊙)...
"Yeah... pretty handsome," she whispered.
Unexpectedly, just as she said the word "handsome," Qiang Qingci happened to turn around and look at her...
Her heart skipped half a beat.
Was she afraid he would recognize her... or hoping he would remember her?
She didn't know either; she was just extremely nervous, so nervous she almost didn't dare speak.
Qiang Qingci stared at her for two seconds, then suddenly smiled, pulling the straw out of its plastic wrapper and inserting it into the yogurt box to take a sip. "Are you thinking that we've met before?"
His words were startling.
Gu Sheng was so nervous she didn't answer immediately.
Everyone in the room started getting excited, as if they had discovered some hidden secret... W let out an "oh my" and immediately tore open a bag of chips. "You should've said so earlier! Before Sheng Sheng arrived, we were discussing where to take her for dinner tonight and how to subtly promote your image as the ultimate good guy."
"Things are getting interesting, really interesting, and we were all kept in the dark."
"Was it a photo? Or a video?" Feng Ya Song smiled at the Top talent. "Did you secretly upload a video online? High-definition □?"
"Feng Ya Song," Dou Dou Dou Bing glared, "no 18+ topics allowed!"
Everyone was getting more and more outrageous.
Gu Sheng couldn't keep being coy either, so she nodded and said, "I've seen you before, I just don't know if you remember..."
"I remember," Qiang Qingci seemed to be recalling. "That day, you were holding a dog."
After saying that, he chuckled.
...
The live version of his laughter, combined with seeing him in person...
Gu Sheng felt she really needed to distract herself constantly. Look at the person without listening to their voice, listen to their voice without looking at them... Combining the two was just too much to handle, okay? T T.
Their conversation was too vague, too intriguing.
But in this environment, any explanation would only make things more complicated, and Gu Sheng couldn't ask everyone to quiet down and explain in detail how Qiang Qingci had walked into her family's supermarket, bought mineral water and yogurt, and how the two of them hadn't exchanged a single word, so it was impossible for them to recognize each other... They had just passed by each other once.
Just passing by once, and she remembered him—that was enough to make people suspicious and start wild speculations...
Gu Sheng was torn, unsure whether to continue or not."Alright, enough joking," he cleared his throat, speaking lightly. "How we met is a matter between the two of us, so there's no need for you all to join in."
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Gu Sheng felt an urge to flee. Sir, your attempt to stop them was completely ineffective, wasn't it? It only makes people's imaginations run wild... Everyone chuckled, their laughter varying in volume and their expressions all different. But their faces all bore three big words: "There's something going on."
Fortunately, the Top talent was a man of his word.
Once he had made his statement, he never brought up the topic again. Soon, he picked up a sheet of paper, entered the soundproof recording booth, and began testing his voice repeatedly. The spoken parts for Sword Roars in Jianghu were more than just "domineering."
It was like holding the world in one's hands, effortlessly graceful and boundless...
Listening to the Top talent's spoken parts, Gu Sheng had already conjured countless scenes in her mind. She even felt an impulse to immediately ask her cousin whether Sword Three was difficult for beginners... Staring at the Top talent wearing headphones in the recording studio, she felt as though she were no longer in the real world. Being able to listen to the Top talent recording live was truly too blissful...
He had voiced so many commercial dramas and advertisements that he didn’t need any guidance from the recording engineer beforehand. Relying entirely on his own instincts, he delivered six different versions. The recording engineer listened briefly and recommended two of them, saying both were excellent—even the professionals couldn’t decide.
He walked out, picked up his yogurt again, and drank it while repeatedly listening to the two versions.
Finally, after finishing the yogurt, he tossed the empty container into the trash. "I like the first one," he turned and looked directly at Gu Sheng. "Sheng Sheng, which one do you like?"
His eyes were dark and bright, and because he wasn’t looking directly at her, the upward tilt of the corners of his eyes seemed even more pronounced.
Very... beautiful.
It made her feel somewhat flustered.
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"I... like both," Gu Sheng admitted honestly. "Each has its own strengths."
Feelings like this are entirely based on personal preference, right... How am I supposed to choose? T T
Jue Mei was sitting nearby on a phone call. Hearing Gu Sheng's answer, he couldn’t help but cover his phone and summarize: "Basically, any girl who hears your voice would think all one hundred options are perfect. Qiang Qingci, aren’t you aware of your own knockout ability?"
Jue Mei seemed to be joking, but what he said was absolutely true.
For fans who adored the Top talent, even if he recited the same line in a hundred different ways, they would treasure every single version, listen to them whenever they could, and absolutely never find fault with any of his deliveries...
"Hmm... let me think..." He wiped his hands clean with a wet wipe, picked up a bag of potato chips from the table, and began feeding them into his mouth one by one.
His way of eating potato chips was quite unique.
Most people used their thumb and index finger to pick up chips, but he used his middle and ring fingers instead. And it didn’t seem awkward at all—he was quite dexterous. After a while, seemingly satisfied with his snack, he chuckled softly, "Never mind, let’s decide what to have for dinner first. We can pick the version during post-production."
"Hold on," W suddenly laughed. "I have another suggestion. Before we leave, how about leaving a private memento?"
"Private memento?" Feng Ya Song chimed in."It's obvious to all of us that Sheng Sheng loves Top Talent's voice the most, and Top Talent has also said he loves Sheng Sheng's voice the most... Since Fei Shao is offering the recording studio for free, this is a rare opportunity. It would be a waste not to record a few more songs as keepsakes. If you ask me, since you two... love... each other..." W deliberately paused for a moment, stroking his chin, "...each other's voices so much, why not collaborate on a song right now?"
Fei Shao immediately lit up, taking off his baseball cap: "Wow, that's an amazing idea!"
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Collaborate... with Top Talent live?
Gu Sheng's blood pressure, which had just lowered, instantly spiked again. She glanced furtively at the recording studio, imagining herself in that soundproof room, singing face-to-face with Top Talent... just...
This isn't karaoke, okay? The atmosphere would be way too intense, okay? Two people in a glass room, with a crowd watching from outside... T T
Even in karaoke, she had never sung a duet with a guy in front of others before T T
"Sure, that works," Top Talent agreed without any affectation. "After recording, we can upload it to 5sing as a Valentine's Day gift for the fans."
Valentine's Day... gift...
Alright... usually, the big names in the Two-dimensional world like to do something special for Valentine's Day or Children's Day. That's normal, normal.
Before Gu Sheng could fully process the suggestion, he had already given it some thought and suggested a title: "How about... 'Shang Xie'?"
The way he pronounced the two words "Shang Xie" carried a uniquely stirring, desolate resonance.
The cheering crowd fell completely silent.
"Till mountains crumble and heaven and earth merge, only then would I dare part from you" or something like that...
Seriously, it's, just, too, high-profile...
Author's Note: Forgot to add a note = =. Everyone, I need to replenish my energy again. Give me a few days...
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