103: Chapter 103 released! Officially debuting as an online singer!

The living room fell silent for a moment.

Lu Li took off his headphones and turned to look at Shen Qingxue, who was also looking at him.

The two of them instantly looked away at the same time.

"Alright."

Lu Li hung his headphones around his neck and let out a long sigh.

"If this part still doesn't pass, I'm going downstairs to buy cigarettes, and I won't take the elevator or the stairs."

Shen Qingxue didn't speak. She walked behind the tripod, exported the recorded video, and watched it from start to finish.

In the footage, the two of them were standing in front of a white wall in simple outfits. They looked simple, but extremely harmonious together.

Although their voices were still a bit raw, that rawness instead gave the song a sense of realism.

"What do you think?"

Lu Li leaned over and glanced at the screen.

Shen Qingxue rewound the video, watched it again, and then raised her head.

"It works."

Lu Li grinned and gave her a thumbs-up.

"Awesome, then the next steps are editing and publishing."

Shen Qingxue nodded slightly, saved the video file, and began editing.

Including the opening statement, the entire video was less than two minutes long.

The opening statement part was about forty seconds long, with the two standing in front of the camera, introducing themselves and announcing the establishment of the Rock Sugar and Pear Duo.

The subsequent song part was just over a minute. They only recorded the verse and skipped the chorus; the lyrics cut off right before the chorus and stopped abruptly.

Shen Qingxue had considered this approach for a long time, because it could whet people's appetites without making the audience feel cheated.

Lu Li glanced at it again and couldn't help clicking his tongue inwardly.

How essential was that climax pushing from the verse to the chorus, yet she simply refused to let people hear it.

This feeling was practically no different from going halfway and cutting it off.

"That's so brutal."

"Alright."

Shen Qingxue watched the edited video from start to finish, confirmed there were no issues, and then turned to look at Lu Li.

"Did you register the account?"

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly pulled out his phone.

"Not yet, registering now."

He opened the short video platform, clicked register, entered his phone number and verification code, and then an interface to fill in a nickname popped up.

"What should we call it?"

"Rock Sugar Pear."

Shen Qingxue answered without hesitation.

Lu Li nodded, entered the name, and a registration-successful pop-up window immediately appeared.

"OK, family, Rock Sugar Pear has officially debuted. Let's sort out this entertainment industry, heh heh heh."

Lu Li's smile became more and more exaggerated. Even Shen Qingxue couldn't help letting out a chuckle when she saw his expression.

But right after laughing, she immediately realized something was wrong, quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth, turned her head away, and pretended to look at the scenery outside the window.

Lu Li was stunned for a moment and turned his head to look at her.

Shen Qingxue had already resumed her aloof look, expressionless and staring straight ahead, as if nothing had happened just now.

But the next second, she instantly blushed—was it just a blush or overheating? It was so hard to guess.

"Did you fart? And so loud?"

Lu Li looked at her with a weird expression.

"You're the one who farted!"

Shen Qingxue looked at Lu Li through gritted teeth, the flush on the tips of her ears spreading directly down to her neck.

She was usually used to being cold and aloof, and rarely had moments where she let her emotions show so openly because of someone else.

But Lu Li was an exception.

Lu Li instantly sensed something was wrong, his back turning cold, and he hurriedly raised both hands to surrender.

"Fine, fine, fine, I farted, I farted. Please don't be angry, Elder."

Shen Qingxue took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, pushed down her embarrassment and annoyance, and resumed her cold and aloof appearance.

But her slightly heaving chest still betrayed her.

Wisely choosing not to continue courting death, Lu Li turned around and pretended to study his phone, muttering a sentence under his breath.

"The account is registered, the video is edited, and then what? Post it directly?"

Shen Qingxue calmed her emotions, walked over, reached out to take his phone, and lowered her head to look at the account homepage.

Nickname: Rock Sugar Pear.

The avatar was still the default gray icon, the bio was blank, and both likes and followers were represented by a big egg.

"Change the avatar."

"Change to what?"

Shen Qingxue thought for a moment and dug out a photo from her phone—a group photo they took on the island.

Lu Li leaned over to take a look, his mouth twitching.

"Are you sure? Isn't this... a bit too much?"

"Too much what?"

Shen Qingxue tilted her head to look at him, her expression still faint.

Lu Li opened his mouth, wanting to say whether it was a bit inappropriate, but swallowed the words back down.

Because judging by Shen Qingxue's expression, she clearly wasn't thinking anything of it. If he said it out of his mouth, it would instead make it seem like he had a guilty conscience.

"...Nothing, change it then."

Shen Qingxue lowered her head, cropped the photo into a square, and set it as the avatar.

Then she typed a line of text in the bio section.

[Official account of the Rock Sugar and Pear Duo, members: Shen Qingxue, Lu Li]

Concise, direct, with no extra nonsense.

Lu Li took a look and couldn't help giving a thumbs-up.

"Full of personality."

Shen Qingxue ignored him and handed the phone back to him.

"Alright, you can post it."

Lu Li took the phone, his finger hovering above the "Post" button, and suddenly paused.

He raised his head and glanced at Shen Qingxue.

"Are you sure? Once posted, it can't be taken back."

Shen Qingxue looked at Lu Li, took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed the urge to beat him up.

"Sure!"

Seeing this, Lu Li tapped his fingertip down.

Not long after, the moment the words "Posted successfully" popped up, Lu Li let out a long sigh.

"Done."

He placed the phone on the coffee table, leaned back against the sofa, put his hands behind his head, and stared at the ceiling.

Shen Qingxue sat down on the sofa next to him without saying anything.

After about two minutes, Lu Li's phone vibrated.

He picked it up to take a look; it was a comment notification.

After he clicked into it, several comments had already appeared in the comment section.

[Rock Sugar Pear? What kind of duo is this? Never heard of them.]

[Wait, this avatar... Isn't this Lu Li and Shen Qingxue?!]

[Holy crap, it really is them! Didn't the show just end? They united so fast?!]

[To the person above, elaborate on what you mean by "united" ?]

...

Lu Li took a glance and handed the phone to Shen Qingxue.

"People are already starting to comment."

Shen Qingxue took the phone, glanced down at it, and nodded slightly.

"Let's wait a bit longer; current responses don't show much yet."

A few minutes later, sure enough, the growth rate of the comment section visibly accelerated.

[Ahhhhhh! A statement video! Both of them appeared in it together!]

[The show is over, how can they still get together?!]

[I told you Lu Li and the Goddess definitely have a thing going on, but you guys didn't believe me back then and said I'd be leaving tomorrow.]

[The person above is so miserable, let me help you watch an ad to revive.]

[Stop arguing! I want to listen to the new song!]

[The intro sounds so good! What kind of divine melody is this!]

[The lyrics are also written so brilliantly... The distance of the sea level begins to haze, how can sadness be calm and pure white... What kind of divine lyrics are these.]

[Wait, why did it suddenly cut off? Where is the chorus???]

[Ahhhhhh! Getting stuck right here is too agonizing! I want to hear the chorus!]

[Begging for the full version! Begging for the full version! Begging for the full version!]