195: Chapter 195 It's me, open the door!

Hearing this, Shen Qingxue just smiled and didn't reply further.

Lu Li was in a great mood, but he didn't press further and leaned back comfortably in his seat.

The car drove through the urban area for about ten minutes before stopping at the entrance of the hotel.

Lu Li paid the fare, pushed the door open to get out, and stood by the roadside, taking a deep, satisfied breath of the damp air.

"Ah ~ The air is really nice today."

Shen Qingxue got out from the other side and closed the door.

"Fortunately, this is considered the old town. If you were over in the industrial area, what you'd smell wouldn't just be exhaust fumes."

"Whatever, as long as it's better than Modu."

Lu Li wore a cheeky grin.

Shen Qingxue gave him an eye-roll, and then the two of them walked side by side into the hotel lobby and entered the elevator.

Before long, the elevator arrived.

The doors opened, and the two walked out, heading down the corridor toward their respective rooms.

When he reached his room door, Lu Li took out his room card to unlock it. His action of pushing the door open paused for a second, and then he turned his head to look at Shen Qingxue, who hadn't walked far yet.

"Right, do you have any plans for the afternoon?"

Hearing this, Shen Qingxue stopped in her tracks and turned her head back.

"I don't have much to do this afternoon. I'll probably practice some songs or something. Why?"

Lu Li thought about it for a moment.

"It's just... I was wondering if the two of us should find a place this afternoon to go through the song again? After all, you haven't heard this song yet, so you should get familiar with it first."

Shen Qingxue lowered her head, seemingly pondering the suggestion, and then looked up at him.

"Alright, I'll go back to my room to change clothes and then come look for you?"

"There's no need to go through all that trouble. I'll just go straight to your room, and the two of us can simply go through it. As for the accompaniment, we can borrow a recording studio from the organizer later."

Lu Li said this in a very casual manner.

Shen Qingxue gave him a suspicious look, but didn't say much else and just nodded.

"Mhm... Alright, you can just come right over."

Finished speaking, she turned around and walked down the corridor to find her room.

On the other side, Lu Li quickly slipped into his own room.

The moment the door closed, Lu Li couldn't help clenching his fist in excitement and subconsciously swung his arm.

"Nice!"

After his mood calmed down a bit, he dug out the memo pad, flipped to the page with "encounter" written on it, and read through it from beginning to end again.

He had to review it carefully once more, otherwise it would be super awkward if he made a mistake later when "hands-on" guiding her.

After about ten-odd minutes, his phone vibrated.

Lu Li picked it up and saw it was a message sent by Shen Qingxue, consisting of just one line of text.

"Come on over, room number 903."

Lu Li put down his phone, let out an instinctive chuckle, grabbed the memo pad, and walked out of his room.

Before long, he walked up to the door of 903 and raised his hand to knock.

"Ahem, it's me, open the door quickly."

After saying this, Lu Li felt a little strange, but he didn't dwell on it because the door opened the next second.

Shen Qingxue stood behind the door, cautiously poking her head out.

"Come in first. After you come in, remember to keep your filthy thoughts in check and stop looking around blindly."

"What do you mean? Am I that kind of person?!"

Lu Li immediately became unconvinced.

Didn't he just occasionally steal a couple of extra glances at her legs back when they practiced songs together before? Was there any need to guard against him like he was a wolf?

Shen Qingxue didn't speak, but her eyes were full of the answer.

"Alright, fine fine fine, I won't glance around randomly."

Lu Li muttered as he walked into the room, then subconsciously sized up the room's layout.

After looking it over, he felt a bit regretful.

Damn it, he had just made a promise, only to turn around and check out the room right in front of her. Thank goodness he didn't see anything, or it would've been awkward again.

"Haha... Your room looks pretty nice."

Lu Li let out a dry chuckle.

Shen Qingxue pinched him irritably on the waist, then walked away nonchalantly.

"Get down to business properly, all day long..."

Lu Li cooperated by letting out an "owu" sound, but in reality, that little bit of force didn't hurt at all; it felt just like a massage.

And how come it even felt a little nice?

Soon, Lu Li put away his playful grin, sat down on the sofa, opened the memo pad he brought, and placed it on the coffee table.

"Um, let me roughly go over the arrangement of the accompaniment first, and then you can listen and see where adjustments are needed."

Shen Qingxue nodded and sat down next to him, with a distance of about half a seat between them.

Lu Li didn't notice this distance, or perhaps he noticed it and didn't say anything, simply pointing naturally at the contents of the memo pad and starting to explain it to her.

His speaking speed was neither fast nor slow. He would repeat the important parts and occasionally stop to ask if she understood.

Shen Qingxue listened quietly, occasionally nodding and occasionally asking a few follow-up questions at crucial points.

When Lu Li finished explaining, he noticed that the distance between the two of them had somehow shortened to less than half a fist's width.

She was almost pressing right into Lu Li's arms.

Lu Li's Adam's apple subconsciously bobbed, and then he nonchalantly turned the page.

"That's pretty much it. What do you think?"

Shen Qingxue didn't reply immediately; her gaze was still lingering on the sheet of paper filled with lyrics.

After a few seconds, she spoke up and casually brought up a small suggestion.

But as soon as the suggestion was made, Lu Li thought:

"Hey! This suggestion actually sounds really good."

"Holy crap, I didn't expect your suggestion to be... really spot-on. Not bad, not bad."

Shen Qingxue looked a bit unnatural under his gaze.

"I'm just making a suggestion; whether to adopt it or not is up to you."

"Adopt it, of course we'll adopt it."

Lu Li picked up his pen, drew a small mark next to that line, and then raised his head to look at her.

"Your brain is really suited to be a music producer."

Shen Qingxue gave him an irritable glare, but the arc at the corner of her lips still betrayed her.

"Stop praising me blindly."

The two of them continued to iron out the details below.

For every section and every line, Lu Li would first explain his own thoughts, and then Shen Qingxue would give her perspective.

Even if there were occasionally some minor disagreements.

But every time the discussion reached the end, they were able to find a solution that satisfied both of them.