170: Chapter 170 A Man Is a Boy Until He Dies!

"Alright, it's all done. Now we just wait for eight o'clock tonight."

Lu Li slumped onto the sofa and took out his phone.

"Let me take a look-see, what's going on online right now."

He opened Douyin, and the popularity of the traditional Chinese style song chain topic surged even higher, already rushing to the second spot on the trending search list.

Within the topic page, the scale of discussion was much larger than it had been in the morning.

[There are less than five hours left until eight o'clock tonight, I can't sit still anymore!]

[By the way, isn't the new song from Starlight Entertainment releasing at seven? This is a direct head-on clash.]

[Clash then, who's afraid of whom? We have our goddess holding down the fort, are we supposed to be scared of some newcomer?]

[Don't underestimate the enemy, Starlight Entertainment's resources are no joke.]

[Exactly, when Shen Qingxue first debuted, didn't everyone also think she was just a newcomer and look down on her, and what was the result?]

[Whatever, anyway I only listen to songs, whoever sounds good gets my support.]

[Those son of a bitch fence-sitters, fuck your mother! I have an early eight o'clock class! ! !]

[Bro, what's wrong with you? Such huge resentment, got screwed over before?]

[Lmao, while you guys are arguing here, Lu Li and Shen Qingxue are probably drinking tea at home.]

Lu Li looked at that last comment, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.

Drinking tea?

He almost wanted to crawl right into the screen, drag this netizen out, and properly interrogate them.

Come on, bro, what kind of tea is there to drink?

His throat was practically sung raw, yet they were talking about drinking tea; it wasn't nearly that leisurely.

But then again, he really felt like having some yogurt right now.

"I'm going to go grab a bottle of yogurt, do you want one?"

Lu Li stood up from the sofa and walked toward the kitchen.

"No, I'll just drink water."

Shen Qingxue didn't even raise her head, her fingers swiping across her phone screen as her brows furrowed slightly.

Lu Li curled his lips; if she didn't want it, he would drink it.

Then he took the yogurt out of the refrigerator, tore open the seal, took a blissful sip, and came back to sit down again.

"What's wrong? Why does your expression look a bit off again."

Lu Li asked casually.

He was finding Shen Qingxue more and more amusing now; her inner thoughts could be completely judged through her expressions.

Frowning meant she ran into trouble, being happy meant those little lips curled up slightly...

As for the rest... a blank expression was truly just a blank expression.

Yeah, listening to your words was just like listening to your words.

Hearing Lu Li's inquiry, Shen Qingxue thought for a moment and handed her phone to him.

"Take a look, Starlight Entertainment is starting their pre-promotion over there."

Lu Li took the phone and looked down, oh, another new teaser?

In the video, Lin Zhihan was sitting in the recording studio, wearing headphones with a microphone set up in front of her.

Next to it was a line of text.

[Tonight at seven, Lin Zhihan's brand new traditional Chinese style single qingyu premieres globally]

The video's likes had already broken five million, and the comment section was extraordinarily lively, practically terrifying.

[Looking forward to it looking forward to it looking forward to it! Go for it, little sister Zhihan!]

[Produced by Starlight Entertainment, must be a fine product!]

[To be honest, after Shen Qingxue left, Starlight Entertainment really needed a new pillar.]

[Don't praise one while stepping on the other, both Zhihan and Shen Qingxue are good singers.]

[I just want to know if this song can beat east wind breaks!]

[Whether it can beat it is another matter, at least in terms of publicity it's already an overwhelming suppression.]

[Lmao, what's the use of good publicity, if the song doesn't sound good nobody will still buy it.]

[Lmao, what's the use of a good-sounding song, if only a minority listens nobody will still buy it.]

[I'm learning Laozi's way of speaking, I]

[Look at you acting all capable, so what if I learn, I'm also CNM! I'll make you fly in a minute.]

The further Lu Li scrolled down, the more intense the cursing in the comment section became.

"What the fuck, what is all this..."

He couldn't help muttering, quickly swiping away the background app and returning the phone to Shen Qingxue.

Shen Qingxue took the phone and gave him a confused look.

"Why did you close it?"

Lu Li spouted nonsense with a straight face.

"Little kids shouldn't look at these things, I'm afraid you'll be led astray."

Shen Qingxue's mouth twitched subconsciously.

She calculated inwardly, it seemed... Lu Li wasn't much older than her, right?

"You're the little kid."

She retorted with a blank expression.

"Then do you know what it means when they say, men are still boys until the day they die!"

Lu Li jumped straight onto the sofa and stood up, hands on his hips, looking like he was ready for a big fight.

So chuunibyou...

Shen Qingxue didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this moment, stuck with such a comical character, but honestly speaking, it was quite interesting.

"Alright, time to get down to business. I'll go prepare in advance, and by then, not a single matching image or copywriting for the video can be missing."

Lu Li put away that joking manner.

Seeing him suddenly turn serious, Shen Qingxue couldn't help laughing instead.

"There's still some time before the release, how come you seem even more anxious than me."

"Of course, your business is my business."

Lu Li said casually, then turned and left to prepare to handle the upcoming matters, completely failing to notice Shen Qingxue's expression behind him.

Shen Qingxue froze in place, her earlobes slowly dyeing with a thin layer of blush.

She stared at Lu Li's back for two seconds, then lowered her head, her fingers unconsciously drawing circles on her knees.

"Your business is my business..."

She silently recited this sentence in her heart, and suddenly her heartbeat started feeling a bit abnormal.

...

After another period of time.

"It's six-forty, should we pay attention to their situation over there?"

Lu Li glanced at his phone, then raised his head and said.

Shen Qingxue nodded and walked over to the sofa to sit down.

Seeing this, Lu Li also followed over, sat down opposite her, picked up his phone, and opened Douyin.

On the trending search list, the topic "Lin Zhihan qingyu" had unknowingly rushed to the first spot.

With twenty minutes left until seven o'clock, the likes on Lin Zhihan's teaser video had already broken eight million, and the comments had even exceeded one million.

"These numbers..."

Lu Li smacked his lips and couldn't help complaining.

"Holy moly, Starlight Entertainment must have poured a fortune into this."

"Normal."

Shen Qingxue picked up her water cup and took a sip, her tone calm.

"They want to hype up a newcomer, so the early-stage investment is definitely huge. These numbers look scary, but how many of them are real, everyone knows in their hearts."

Lu Li nodded and didn't say anything more.

Time ticked by second by second.

Seven o'clock sharp.

Lu Li refreshed the page, and the pinned post on Lin Zhihan's account homepage was changed to a new video.

"qingyu" was officially released.

He opened the video, and the prelude quickly rang out.

Guzheng and bamboo flute, paired with electronic drum beats, the arrangement was quite rich indeed; at first listen, it was the setup of a major production.

Very standard, basically finding no flaws to pick at.

Lu Li subconsciously glanced at Shen Qingxue, only to find that Shen Qingxue was also looking at him, and even shook her head.

His expression instantly turned solemn.

If this song didn't collapse in the later half, judging by this standard, it really was a bit tricky.

After all, they really did pour a massive amount of resources into it solidly, and this point was completely their disadvantage.

Because of this, it was very possible to use this to widen a huge gap.