On the day before Perfect's anniversary celebration, she finally submitted the composition.
The moment the email was sent, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. What followed would be a long and torturous process. Actually, she really enjoyed collaborating with like-minded people, slowly polishing a song, and then watching it be released... such a wonderful process.
Perhaps only those with pure passion could so purely enjoy such things.
She estimated it would take at least a few days to receive feedback, so she packed up and went home. Unexpectedly, as soon as she got home and barely settled down, her mom sent her off to help at the supermarket.
Weekends at the supermarket were truly busy, especially since it was across from a hospital T.T.
Sitting behind the checkout counter, watching Cousin and Dong Yiru exchanging flirtatious glances, she suddenly felt she had missed something. Just as she was about to investigate further, her phone buzzed with a notification—a private message on Weibo.
Linglong Titou? That was fast...
Sheng Sheng,
I listened to it once and found it very evocative. Of course, I still have many suggestions for revisions.
Since I'm going abroad for further studies tomorrow and will be busy for two months, it will be difficult to communicate frequently. To avoid delaying progress, I’d like to meet with you tonight, for about half an hour. Communicating face-to-face will be much more efficient.
Also, I’ll send you the advance payment today. You can send me your account details tonight.
Linglong Titou
Meet? Tonight?
For this kind of commercial collaboration, if convenient, meeting in person would definitely be better than email communication. Although she had long been prepared that she would at least have a Three-Dimensional Space call with Linglong Titou, or if they were in the same city, they might even meet...
The problem was...
Tonight?
How did she know I’m in the same city as her? But it’s possible that Linglong Titou and Top talent are friends, so she might know about me?
Gu Sheng tried to think positively.
After all, Linglong Titou had a very good reputation within the circle, and her character was widely praised...
Before she could finish overthinking, another private message flashed:
I’m at Mo Qingcheng’s hospital. You’ve probably been there?
...
Could it really be such a coincidence...
Gu Sheng thought for a moment and replied: I’m currently at the supermarket across from the hospital. If it’s convenient for you, we could meet now. Tell me where you are, and I’ll come find you. Or we could meet at the Yonghe Soy Milk outside the hospital?
Linglong Titou: You can come first. I’m not sure if I can leave right now, but I can chat with you when I have a moment...
Gu Sheng: Okay, I’ll come find you then. Tell me the floor, and I should be there in about ten minutes.
Linglong Titou quickly sent her the floor.
Gu Sheng immediately said to Cousin, “I’m going out for a bit. I’ll be back in half an hour.” After saying that, she slipped out from under the counter. Cousin bared his teeth to scare her: “Hurry back. Your mom has something to do today and can’t take over for me. I’m counting on you to come back so I can go have dinner.” She hummed in acknowledgment and ran off.
Even on weekends, the hospital was terrifyingly crowded.
To be honest, she had never actually come here for Top talent... Following the floor Linglong Titou mentioned, she stepped out of the elevator and was surprised to see countless pregnant women, young girls, and older ladies walking around. Had she ended up in the obstetrics and gynecology department?
Linglong Titou was here... for a prenatal checkup?
She felt a bit awkward and didn’t dwell on it further.To the left was gynecology, to the right was obstetrics, leaving her standing right in the middle, holding her phone ready to send a private message. Before she could finish typing, someone tapped her shoulder. She froze and turned around.
A female doctor smiled at her.
It was the kind of smile that said, "I know who you are..."
"Sheng Sheng, hello," the female doctor warmly wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "I'm Linglong Titou."
"Hello." She was once again surprised that Linglong Titou's real-life identity was also a doctor, and how did she recognize her? Could it be that Top Talent told her...
"Don't stand out here, come with me." Linglong Titou smiled and beckoned her.
She hummed in agreement. "I thought you were here to see a doctor. I didn’t expect you to be a doctor too."
No wonder she had retired early as well. After being popular for so many years, she had only prepared one album—it turned out she also had such a busy job. "There are many doctors in our family," Linglong Titou laughed. "Your Top Talent is just one of them."
......
......
She carefully dissected this sentence and was even more surprised.
Could they be relatives?
That couldn’t be. Why didn’t any of Top Talent’s friends know about it? Linglong Titou motioned for her to follow her to the end of the gynecology corridor, to her own room. It was almost the end of the outpatient hours, and there were no patients in her room. Only after they entered did Linglong Titou continue with a smile, "My cousin and I have long had a gentleman’s agreement not to acknowledge each other as siblings in the Two-dimensional world... Actually, I was afraid his crazy fans would try to find him through me. Pretty scary, right?"
She laughed.
Gu Sheng also laughed.
It definitely had to be kept secret. Otherwise, if someone slipped up, it would be terrifying if they came knocking...
"But Jue Mei knows I’m his cousin. Didn’t he tell you?"
"No." She shook her head. Jue Mei, you big schemer... Not only did you not say anything, but you also took the opportunity to create misunderstandings... Saying that Linglong Titou had a crush on Top Talent T.T... That’s just too mean. They’re clearly relatives, relatives...
Gu Sheng suddenly thought of something. "So, the reason you asked me to work on the song isn’t because Mo Qingcheng and I are..."
"How could that be? I wouldn’t joke around with my own album," Linglong Titou immediately denied. "I take this album very seriously. It’s like a memento of my time in this circle."
She hummed in understanding.
She understood that feeling.
Linglong Titou sat down and, without further small talk, got straight to the point and began discussing the song with her. She was definitely a domineering older sister type, completely controlling the pace of the conversation. Gu Sheng also felt happy, and as they talked, she became more and more at ease. When it came to the song, it felt like kindred spirits meeting.
"You know, a few years ago when I heard the songs you composed, I wanted to collaborate," Linglong Titou smiled, affirming that sense of connection. "But back then, I was at my busiest and didn’t have the time. Luckily, when I looked for you again years later, you were still in this circle."
"Back then... I hadn’t even entered the circle yet," Gu Sheng recalled. "I was just occasionally helping classmates and didn’t even know there was a circle dedicated to ancient style music."
"It was such a coincidence. Someone else had asked me to sing that song," Linglong Titou said. "When I heard you humming the main melody in the demo, I thought it sounded really nice. I was thinking, this girl is amazing—composing, arranging, and humming so beautifully.""Back then, there wasn't any software like Luo Tianyi," Gu Sheng said, feeling particularly embarrassed. "If there had been, I wouldn't have had to hum... I could have just left it to the software..." She was about to continue when her phone rang. She answered, hummed in acknowledgment a couple of times, and suddenly laughed. "Your girlfriend is here with me. Want to come down and see?"
Just that one sentence, and she hung up.
So he was just coming over like that?
She had originally planned to meet with Linglong Titou first and then tell him she was at his hospital—if he had time, they could even meet up... This time, it was even simpler. Linglong Titou had directly called him down...
When Mo Qingcheng appeared at the door, she was discussing the next steps with Linglong Titou and arranging the time to send her the revised version after the next round of edits. A light cough came from the doorway, and she immediately looked over, only to be completely stunned.
He had changed into casual clothes, wearing a rare white shirt paired with light blue jeans, looking exactly like a tall, handsome student. He cleared his throat again, walking in with a mix of amusement and helplessness, saying to Linglong Titou, "So, you still managed to meet Sheng Sheng before going abroad."
"Of course," Linglong Titou glanced at him. "You were hiding her too well. I had to take the initiative."
Mo Qingcheng walked over, patted Sheng Sheng's head, and chuckled.
The subtext was clear: My wife is too easy to fool. I should never have used such an indirect approach in the first place.
Linglong Titou checked her watch and felt she should get back to work. After all, she was really flying out tomorrow and still had some things to hand over. She motioned for the two of them to follow her out, just as a nurse hurried over to say something. Gu Sheng and Mo Qingcheng stood to the side, waiting...
Waiting...
Waiting...
Mo Qingcheng answered a phone call.
One was on the phone, the other was talking to the nurse, and Gu Sheng—the only one who wasn't hospital staff—stood right in the middle of the three of them, casually glancing down the corridor.
That pregnant woman's silhouette looked so familiar...
And the person next to her was even more familiar...
How could she not be familiar? That was the very person who had given birth to her here over twenty years ago... Gu Sheng's mother looked at her, equally bewildered, then looked around... Yep, this was the obstetrics and gynecology department. What was her daughter doing here? With a young man, and facing a female doctor in a white coat?!
Her mom quickly turned her gaze to Mo Qingcheng beside her.
Just then, he hung up the phone and gently touched her cheek with the back of his hand. "What's wrong? Who did you see?"
Gu Sheng watched as her mother's eyes widened in shock and whispered softly, "My mom..."
Mom, please, keep your thoughts pure...
I just came to the obstetrics and gynecology department to discuss how to revise the arrangement with my boyfriend's cousin...
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