Love Variety Show: The despised me exploded in popularity

Chapter 212 My Youth Only Has... Why Mess with Him of All People, Qing Tian Strikes Again

After the National Day holiday, the studio staff resumed their normal work schedule.

Pei Muchan had spent almost her entire days soaking in the arrangement room, coming up with the embryo of a song. The arrangement was roughly done, and the lyrics were only a draft.

She named the song "Spring Night".

Xu Qingyan had no other comments, heaped praise continuously, as if he couldn't wait to extol the song to the heavens. Whether the song sounded good was secondary; the mere fact that Pei Muchan continued to persist in creativity was good enough for him.

In Xia Country, the atmosphere revered originality, and to become popular, one must maintain a certain level of creative ability.

A good song could be bought outright and credited with one's own name.

Yet on stage, when faced with impromptu arrangements or other unforeseen circumstances, the persona of an original singer-songwriter could become extremely vulnerable, possibly collapsing at any moment.

If singers want to earn money, they must exert a certain effort for it—this goes without saying.

Perhaps one day they won't be able to write exceptionally good songs, but there's never been a diva who didn't understand how to compose them. Even if a bought song becomes popular, it still needs an intrinsic essence to support it.

The aura of a diva has little to do with song selection but is related to accumulation and essence.

After singing a hit song that isn't one's own creation, whether it be one, two or three songs, if other abilities can't keep up, one can only be considered a nightingale with a pleasing voice at best.

Confidence that radiates from within can only be accumulated bit by bit.

At lunch, at the dining table.

"I forgot to tell you, I came across a video today." Pei Muchan opened her phone, lifted it, and handed it over, "Take a look at this first."

Pei Muchan's fingertips were cool, sharp, and her skin smooth and delicate.

"What video?" Xu Qingyan initially didn't care, simply taking the phone from her hand, "Qing Tian's singing and playing? Is this a college student in military training?"

"Yes."

This was a viral video; in the footage, a male student was surrounded by others, holding a guitar and singing "Qing Tian."

The male student's slightly raw voice, combined with the fervent atmosphere of singing during college military training, was brimming with the scent of youth, almost spilling out of the screen.

The video had over six hundred thousand likes and more than thirty thousand comments—a bona fide viral video.

At the end of the video, the young man flashed a smile full of youthful spirit, boldly saying, "Actually, I dedicate this song to one of the girls present here."

Cheers erupted, a cacophony of shouting and screaming, as if youth exploded in this moment.

The comment section was teeming with fans 'shipping' various pairs, with one-third of the top comments asking.

"Urgent, urgent, who was the song for?"

Others didn't care about these details, simply leaving quiet comments.

"It was sung beautifully. I'm so envious, my youth was spent all alone. If I had been there, I probably would have been the one silently watching the excitement." Explore more at empire

"Me too, I didn't have a single friend in the three years of high school. Sitting in the corner watching everyone play, and during the last New Year's Eve party before graduation, everyone was taking photos in the classroom. I went out to the restroom, and on the way back, I saw the group photo in the class chat. That winter was really too cold, cold enough to kill."

"Thank you for this video, it healed me, and also let me discover a treasure of a song 'Qing Tian'. Now that I've graduated, I've witnessed others' youth, as well as my own."

"I suddenly realized 'Qing Tian' is a song very suited for youth, and it inexplicably reminded me of her. After we were split into different classes in second year of high school, I don't know why I noticed her, even though she was quite ordinary. Later, we gradually became familiar. Because I was too timid, I lost her. Every time I think of the times we walked home together, the times we ate together, I always feel regretful."

Xu Qingyan scrolled down a bit, took a quick look, and handed the phone back to Pei Muchan.

"The singing and playing video going viral is good for us, too."

"Yes." She nodded, took a bite of her food, then suddenly asked, "Don't you want to know who the girl in the video is? It seems quite a few people are looking for her."

"Who cares who she is, confessing during military training... Hard to say." Xu Qingyan replied as he ate, "How should I put it, falling for someone in half a month, that would be quite cheap."

"What if it was love at first sight?" Pei Muchan asked, looking up.

"What sight?"

She stared into his eyes and spoke softly.

"Love."

"Twisted love, liking someone in half a month to a month of military training." Xu Qingyan scoffed, "Is that what you call love when you like someone in such a short time?"

"Not necessarily, some people might fall for someone at first sight, and the process that follows is just about confirmation." Pei Muchan queried, "Haven't you ever experienced love at first sight?"

"Uh... no, but I have been bewildered by beauty."

"When?"

Xu Qingyan didn't speak, just put down his chopsticks and stared at her. It took Pei Muchan a few seconds to realize, her face suddenly feeling hot, turning red all the way to her neck.

"You... Why don't you bring up Lin Wanzhou?"

Now it was Xu Qingyan's turn to feel awkward. He chuckled sheepishly and picked up his bowl.

"Let's eat, let's eat."

The next day.

Xu Qingyan hadn't expected the "Qing Tian" singing and playing video to have a sequel.

The production team of "A Road of Flowers" seemed to have gotten amnesia, completely forgetting their staff's derisive comments about Pei Muchan not being famous enough a few days earlier.

Perhaps they were unaware, but it also showed their lack of management.

In any case, the crew of "A Road of Flowers" posted a message. Not only did they share the wildly popular military training singing video, but they also '@' mentioned Pei Muchan and Xu Qingyan for interaction.

Their message roughly meant that the youth drama they were producing featured the song "Qing Tian". They wanted to ask both of them what little stories of youth they had, and who was their "Qing Tian"?

When they received the backstage message, the two were in the office.

Pei Muchan thought they shouldn't respond, but Xu Qingyan didn't listen to her and logged onto his microblog account right away.