Growing Fond of You, Mr Nian

“Yeah, a small fight can bring you closer to each other, but a big fight might hurt your relationship.” Zhang Hongchuan sighed. “If you can’t fix that gap, you are not the right person for each other. Think positively. You’re both young. Couples break up, so that’s a normal thing. Besides, Yan Su is going to graduate soon. She barely has classes in the next school term. Many college couples break up when they graduate…”

Before he could finish, he was shrouded in coldness. Mo Liuxi stood up and said, “Do you know how to talk or not? Why aren’t we the right person for each other? Those couples broke up because they had to. Some of them left school and returned to their hometowns for work. Both Yan Su and I have jobs already. We don’t need to worry about that…”

Zhang Hongchuan blinked and said, “Except for that many college couples broke up because they couldn’t give each other a sense of security. Liuxi, I don’t care how much you two have been through together, you’re both not yet mature enough. Some people get married at twenty-eight, but still need to carefully find a way to maintain their relationship and face the risk of getting a divorce. We are still college students after all.”

Mo Liuxi fell into silence. He stared at the boys on the playground for a while, then turned and left.

…

Two days later, Xia City TV station invited Director Li’s crew for rehearsal. Mo Liuxi went there with Director Li and the others. Yan Su arrived later with her manager.

They would be on the stage for ten minutes; each group had about three minutes. They rehearsed group by group and when Director Li and Ye Yunyang were rehearsing, Yan Su and Mo Liuxi talked about the song they were going to sing. They were going to sing a love song together.

“If you can’t find the right tone, you can record it in advance, have it adjusted, and then pretend to sing at the show.” They sat together in silence for a while, then Yan Su started the conversation.

“No,” Mo Liuxi rejected the idea without thinking. “It’s just singing. How difficult is it?”

If Shi Xiang was able to do it, so could he.

Yan Su didn’t know what to say.

When they got on stage, things started going out of control. Mo Liuxi was completely out of tune, so Yan Su needed to try very hard to stay with the right tune.

After a few rounds of rehearsal, the director’s face twitched more and more.

He called a halt, then said, “Liuxi, I think you should sing together with Yan Siqian in the studio and get your voices adjusted, then do lip-synching at the show. Yan Su should sing with Ye Yunyang. They can sing a high-pitched love song together. They’ll definitely create a beautiful atmosphere. They’re both professionals.”

Mo Liuxi made no expression after hearing that. “Do you think that I sing as badly as Yan Ziqian does?”

Yan Ziqian couldn’t help but argue saying, “My singing is fine. I sing better than you do. At least I’m not off tune. I just can’t do the high notes.”

“Ziqian, don’t be so straightforward,” Director Li said.

Mo Liuxi glanced at Director Li. Anyhow, he wouldn’t switch places with Ye Yunyang.

Director Li sighed and said, “I don’t think that’ll be good. Don’t you people say that Liuxi and Yan Su make a lovely couple?”

The show director laughed. “Not anymore. The best couple would be Shi Xiang and Yan Su. They’d be the perfect couple. Anyway, why didn’t you bring Shi Xiang this time? What a shame.”

Yan Su frowned. Mo Liuxi couldn’t help but say coldly, “They’ve made big news. Are you looking forward to a hype? We’re here to advertise our film, not generate news. If that’s that you want, I’m sorry, we’re the wrong people.”

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