180: Chapter 180 The Preface to the Orchid Pavilion

Looking at the phone screen filled with tags and demands for updates, Lu Li could only feel his scalp go numb.

"Bad, bad, bad… I've really become the Pigeon King this time."

His fingers swiftly clicked open the publishing page, and then he imported the prepared audio file of "orchid pavilion preface"…

Shen Qingxue leaned over to take a look at the screen, and then spoke.

"What should we write for the caption?"

"Forget it, admit our mistake and post it first, never mind what fancy captions there are."

Lu Li's fingers rapidly tapped on the keyboard a few times, typing out a line of text.

"Sorry for being late, I was delayed because of… some special reasons. Now, 'orchid pavilion preface' is here, I beg everyone to go easy on the roasting."

After posting, he glanced at the time.

Unexpectedly, it was still about seven minutes late.

Immediately after, Lu Li hesitated for a moment, and then added another comment in the comment section.

[PS: Don't ask me what special reason, if you ask, it's force majeure]

Shen Qingxue watched the words he typed, unable to help her mouth twitching slightly.

"Force majeure? You might as well not write any reason at all."

"Then you teach me how to write it? Could I say I forgot to release the song because I was busy being lovey-dovey with you?"

Shen Qingxue's earlobes turned red instantly again, and she raised her hand making a motion to hit him.

"You dare!"

Lu Li smiled and dodged to the side, raising his hands in surrender.

"I don't dare, I don't dare, I'm cowardly, I admit defeat."

The two of them fussed around for a few seconds, then put their attention back on the phone.

After the video was successfully published, a massive number of comments poured into the comment section almost instantly, so fast that it was impossible to read them all completely.

[It's here, it's here, it's finally here! I've waited so bitterly]

[Good grief, late by seven minutes! Do you know how I spent these seven minutes?!]

[Force majeure? What force majeure? I kinda suspect you're driving, but I don't have evidence]

[Hey upstairs, this isn't a bus to kindergarten! Let me off quickly!]

["orchid pavilion preface"… Is this name taken from the orchid pavilion preface? Whatever, I'll listen to it first as a sign of respect]

[Indeed, if it sounds good, I won't scold you, if it sounds bad… Lu Li, you just wait]

[Hahahahaha I'm dying of laughter, this batch of netizens is so fierce]

"Good grief, if it were any later, I might really have been scolded."

Lu Li let out a sigh of relief, then held the phone between the two of them, turning his head to look at Shen Qingxue.

"Shall the two of us listen to it together once?"

Shen Qingxue didn't answer, but her body honestly moved a bit closer to his side, her gaze falling on the screen.

The distance between the two of them was suddenly drawn very close.

Close enough for Lu Li to smell the faint fragrance in her hair, close enough for his shoulder to feel the warmth coming from her arm.

His heart started beating faster uncooperatively.

But his facial expression management was still on point, steady as a rock, and he nonchalantly clicked the play button.

A melody dominated by the erhu slowly unfolded…

Shen Qingxue naturally leaned closer to his side again.

Their shoulders were almost touching, and her breath was right by his ear, gentle and even.

Lu Li's heartbeat started misbehaving again.

But he didn't dodge, nor did he speak, just quietly holding the phone.

The prelude quickly drew to a close, and his voice came out from the speaker.

"Lanting calligraphy copying, running script like flowing clouds and water."

"Pushing the door open under the moonlight, your heart is as meticulous as your hurried, light footsteps."

"In a flurry, a millennium-old stele is easy to rub, but hard to rub your beauty."

"The authentic work is peerless, to whom can a sincere heart be given."

At this moment, the bullet comments became dense to the extreme.

[Wait wait wait wait… Is this Lu Li's voice?! Is it this emotional?!]

[Holy shit, who said Lu Li's singing skills weren't good before? Isn't this opening steady enough?]

["A millennium-old stele is easy to rub, but hard to rub your beauty"… Oh my god, this line of lyrics is enough for me to study a hundred times]

[Really, the last second I was still cursing him for pigeon-ing, the next second I'm already kneeling]

[Hey upstairs, these aren't the same thing, listening while kneeling doesn't conflict]

[Lu Li really has a way with singing Guofeng, was he pretending to be bad before?!]

Looking at those bullet comments on the screen, Lu Li couldn't suppress the curve of his mouth no matter what.

Aiyaya, his biggest flaw was that he couldn't handle being praised.

And Shen Qingxue also saw that "pretending to be bad" bullet comment, tilting her head to glance at him, a meaningful smile lingering at the corners of her mouth.

"The netizens are asking you, were you faking it?"

"How is that possible."

Lu Li retorted righteously.

"The past is the past, now is now, my condition today is explodingly good, understand?"

Shen Qingxue withdrew her gaze, not exposing him, but a faint smile always hung at the corners of her mouth.

The song continued.

"Shepherd flute blowing horizontally, a few dishes of yellow wine and side dishes."

"The afterglow of the setting sun, like your shyness, as if drunk."

"A copy is easy to write."

"While the fragrance of ink does not fade, lingering with you for an aftertaste."

"Whom did a line of cinnabar circle in the end?"

When this section was sung, a faint, intangible sigh was added to Lu Li's voice, and his voice also became much heavier.

The density of the bullet comments rose another notch.

[A line of cinnabar, whom did it circle in the end, are these really lyrics a human can think of]

[These lyrics are written too masterfully, for a Guofeng song to be written to this extent, this is no longer a song, this is a work of art]

[I originally really disliked Lu Li, but after hearing hair like snow that he wrote for the goddess, I gradually fell in love with Guofeng]

[Stop trolling, bro, the one who shouted the slogan 'Kill Lu the dog, snatch Qingxue' the most before was you]

[I'm not trolling, what I said is all the truth, the past is the past, but the current me just wants to give the past me a slap]

Seeing that bullet comment saying "want to give myself a slap", Lu Li couldn't help laughing out loud.

According to this logic, could he be considered to have enlightened that bro?

Shen Qingxue tilted her head to look at him.

"What did you see? Smiling so happily."

"It's nothing."

Lu Li hurriedly tilted the phone towards his side, not letting her see.

"Just listen to the song yourself."

Shen Qingxue gave him a suspicious look.

Then she pulled his phone towards her side a bit, casting her gaze back onto the screen.

And right at this moment, the chorus happened to ring out.

"Unrelated to romance, I write the preface waiting for your return."

"Hanging the brush for a masterpiece, waves thousands of layers deep on that shore."

"How to explain the word love, no matter how one puts the brush down it's wrong."

"Yet I alone lack, your understanding for a lifetime…"

After singing this section, Lu Li quickly and naturally transitioned into a section of theatrical singing style.

To be honest, when he recorded it back then, even he himself didn't expect to be able to sing it so smoothly.

After all, for something like theatrical singing style, without a teacher leading, relying solely on oneself is still very hard to find the correct pronunciation.