133: Chapter 133 I've even learned how to answer questions quickly, hurry up and praise me!

Lu Li stood up and turned to walk outside.

When he reached the door, Shen Qingxue suddenly called out to him.

"Lu Li."

He stopped in his tracks and turned his head back.

"What is it?"

"Um... thank you for going out to help me buy things last night."

Shen Qingxue's voice was very soft, carrying a hint of rare gentleness.

Lu Li waved his hand and grinned.

"What's there to be polite about? I already said it was just a small effort."

He paused and added another sentence.

"However, next time if you make me go buy things again, just write me a list directly. Otherwise, me gesturing to the clerk there for half a day almost embarrassed me to death."

The corners of Shen Qingxue's lips curved up slightly.

"Okay."

Lu Li walked out of the room and gently pulled the door shut.

Shen Qingxue leaned against the head of the bed, listening to his footsteps gradually fade away, then slowly lay down and pulled the quilt up to her chin.

She closed her eyes, and the curve at the corners of her mouth couldn't be suppressed no matter what.

...

In the living room, Lu Li tuned the demo equipment, took out the lyric and melody manuscript of the love song, and spread it out on the coffee table.

After waiting for a while, Shen Qingxue came out of the room.

She had changed into casual home wear, her hair casually tied into a low ponytail. She wore no makeup and her face was bare, but her skin condition was ridiculously good.

Lu Li glanced at her and couldn't help sighing inwardly.

She looks this good without even wearing makeup; did this woman save the galaxy in her past life?

"What are you looking at?"

Shen Qingxue walked over, sat down opposite him, her tone calm and indifferent.

"Nothing, I just feel that your complexion looks much better today than yesterday."

Lu Li withdrew his gaze and handed her the headphones.

"Come, listen to the demo once first and see how it feels."

Shen Qingxue took the headphones and put them on. Lu Li pressed the play button.

The prelude sounded, simple and clean, without any extra embellishments.

Shen Qingxue closed her eyes and listened quietly.

After a moment.

The demo ended, Shen Qingxue took off the headphones and fell silent for a few seconds.

"How is it?" Lu Li asked.

Shen Qingxue did not answer immediately, her gaze falling on the spread-out manuscript, as if reminiscing about the melody she had just heard.

"This song... the harmony in the chorus part can have another layer added."

She raised her head, looked at Lu Li, her tone earnest.

"The layering of the vocals can be a bit more enriched; the current demo sounds a bit thin."

Lu Li was slightly stunned, then nodded.

"Alright, then I'll adjust it again later."

Shen Qingxue lowered her head to look at the manuscript again, her fingers gently tapping on the line "A whole universe, in exchange for a single red bean".

"Also for this line, the accompaniment can pause for a beat here, leave some blank space, and then enter the chorus. The emotion will be fuller."

After listening, Lu Li couldn't help giving a thumbs-up.

"Professional, hitting the nail on the head in a single sentence."

Shen Qingxue ignored his flattery, picked up the manuscript, read through it from start to finish again, and after confirming there were no other places that needed modification, put it back on the coffee table.

"Then that's it. You refine the accompaniment today, and we'll start practicing songs tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?"

Lu Li asked instinctively, his gaze falling on Shen Qingxue's still slightly pale face.

"With this body of yours... are you going to be okay?"

Shen Qingxue glanced at him and didn't speak, but her expression was filled with the answer.

Seeing this, Lu Li sensibly raised both hands in surrender.

"Fine, fine, fine. You're the boss, your word is final."

Shen Qingxue withdrew her gaze and stood up from the sofa.

"I'll go cook."

"You sit down, I'll do it."

Lu Li quickly stopped her and pressed her back down onto the sofa.

"Since your body isn't fully recovered yet, just stay quiet. Today, let me show off my skills."

Shen Qingxue was pressed down onto the sofa by him, stunned for a moment, then let out an "Mn" and did not refuse.

Lu Li turned around and walked into the kitchen, tied on an apron, opened the refrigerator, and rummaged through it.

More than half an hour later, Lu Li came out of the kitchen carrying dishes.

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, and a chicken soup.

"Ah haha, the chicken soup is here! Come, come, come, taste it and see how my skills are."

Lu Li handed the chopsticks to Shen Qingxue and sat down opposite her.

Under Lu Li's expectant gaze, Shen Qingxue tasted a bite of the scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Mm, the taste was very good.

"What do you say?"

Lu Li raised an eyebrow.

Hearing Lu Li's words, Shen Qingxue prepared to open her mouth to evaluate.

But right at this moment, Lu Li suddenly preemptively answered.

"I know what you're going to say. You're going to say it's alright. Am I guessing right or wrong?"

Shen Qingxue was slightly stunned, because she indeed was prepared to say that.

Seeing her reaction, Lu Li knew he had guessed correctly, and instantly grinned.

"Why aren't you praising me quickly? I've already learned how to buzz in first."

Watching his smug expression, Shen Qingxue twitched the corners of her mouth slightly, and in the end couldn't hold back.

"Childish."

Her tone was still calm, but within the tone of those two words, there was clearly a trace of uncontainable amusement.

Lu Li grinned, not minding at all, and first dug into his meal.

Halfway through the meal, Shen Qingxue suddenly put down her chopsticks and picked up her phone to take a look.

A WeChat message popped up on the screen.

She clicked it open, her gaze swept across that line of words, and her brows furrowed slightly.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Li still had food in his mouth, and asked in a muffled voice.

Shen Qingxue did not answer immediately, read the message once more, then raised her head and handed the phone over.

"See for yourself."

Lu Li took the phone and looked down.

On the screen was a WeChat message, and the sender's note was "President Zhao".

[Are you really not considering selling the copyrights to those few songs I mentioned? If you refuse, the consequences will be very serious, oh]

At the end of the message, a smiling emoji was added.

That emoji appeared exceptionally glaring in the current context.

Lu Li stared at this line of words for two seconds, then sneered and handed the phone back to Shen Qingxue.

"Who is this? President Zhao?"

"The chairman of Starlight Entertainment, Zhao Ming."

Shen Qingxue took the phone, lowered her head to look at the message again, her brows slightly furrowed, seemingly hesitating whether to reply.

"Don't reply."

Lu Li picked up his bowl and continued shoveling food into his mouth.

"The more you pay attention to a person like this, the more high-spirited he gets. Just leaving him hanging is fine."

Shen Qingxue glanced at him, put down the phone, and picked up her chopsticks again.

"What do you think he will do?"

Lu Li chewed a couple of mouthfuls of rice, thought for a moment, and then shook his head.

"Hard to say, but definitely not some upright means."

He paused, put down his chopsticks, and his expression became a bit more serious.

"However, one thing is certain: since he sent this message, it shows he can no longer hold back. We must prepare in advance."

Shen Qingxue nodded slightly and didn't speak.

She was already prepared; by then, anything related to copyrights must be reviewed all over again.

The atmosphere between the two people remained calm, but beneath that calm, there was already a faint taste of undercurrents surging.