218: Chapter 218 It's okay, my hands are warm, not cold.

Afterward, Lu Li thought about it and replied with a sentence.

"Ahem, don't worry about the voice cracking; I just recorded it casually, but the focus is on the song itself! Have a feel for it."

A moment later, Shen Qingxue's message came through.

"If we're talking about the feel... it sounds good. Besides, the difficulty is indeed very high, with too many breath transitions and frequent shifts between high and low notes. It's indeed very challenging for me."

Looking at these words, Lu Li actually felt relieved.

If it's challenging, then that's right.

Then he thought for a while, picked up his phone again, and typed.

"It's good only if it's challenging. I'll get up in a bit, refine the arrangement a bit more, and then we can go through it together in the afternoon?"

"Okay."

Lu Li didn't reply anymore, put down his phone, lingered in bed for another half a minute, and then got up to wash up.

When he walked out of the bedroom, Shen Qingxue was sitting on the sofa with her phone in hand, and the headphone cord hung down from her collar—she was probably listening to music.

Hearing the movement, she raised her head and glanced at Lu Li.

"Breakfast is on the table. It seems cold; let me help you heat it up."

With that, Shen Qingxue stood up, preparing to go heat up the breakfast.

Seeing this, Lu Li quickly took a few strides over and pressed her back down onto the sofa.

"Don't, don't, don't, just leave it like this. It's not like it can't be eaten."

After saying that, Lu Li walked over, picked up the porridge on the table, and started drinking it.

Seeing this situation, Shen Qingxue could only look at him helplessly.

"Such a scoundrel."

Hearing this, Lu Li instinctively grew smug.

"Naturally."

After speaking, he drank it down with gulping sounds again until the porridge in the bowl hit the bottom, and only then did he look at Shen Qingxue.

"Right, how many times have you listened to bubble now? Do you think you can handle it?"

Shen Qingxue didn't answer immediately; she took off the other earphone as well, thought about it seriously, and then nodded.

"I can, but... I need some time and still need to practice diligently, otherwise my grasp of it isn't very big."

Hearing this evaluation, Lu Li almost wanted to applaud her.

"Awesome, I can't even sing it through; my voice cracks as soon as I sing."

"Well of course."

Shen Qingxue's tone carried a rare trace of slight smugness.

Lu Li couldn't help laughing out loud, then raised an eyebrow at her.

"Then shouldn't you properly thank me? Give me a morning kiss... How about it?"

After speaking, Lu Li grinningly leaned his face closer.

However, although his face was leaned over, he also knew that Shen Qingxue was easily shy and had a rather reserved personality, so he didn't expect to succeed.

Just as he was about to pull back, he suddenly felt a flash before his eyes, and then in the next second, a trace of warmth and softness came from his cheek, disappearing quickly.

That warm and soft touch on his cheek still felt a bit cool at the moment.

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

But at this moment, Shen Qingxue already had a nonchalant expression, pretend-focusing on her phone.

She even plugged her earphones back in.

"You, you, you..."

Lu Li instinctively covered his face, his speech even starting to stammer.

"What 'you, you'? I'm listening to music, I don't know anything!"

Shen Qingxue glared at him, then quickly lowered her head again, afraid that her embarrassment at this moment would be discovered.

Even her inner heart was constantly beating wildly.

What is going on, what is going on!!! Was she bewitched?! To actually just like this...

So mortifying, so mortifying o(╥﹏╥)o

Lu Li stood in place, stunned for several seconds before slowly lowering his hand covering his face.

He felt that the slightly cool touch still lingered on his cheek, tingling, and his heartbeat at this moment was faster than having just run 800 meters.

"... You actually kissed?!"

"I didn't kiss!"

Shen Qingxue's voice came out from behind the earphones, muffled, carrying an obvious guilty conscience.

"You clearly kissed!"

"I didn't!"

"Then what did you lean over for just now?"

"I... I was just... helping you see if there was any dirt on your face! If you say another word, I'll blow your head off!!"

Shen Qingxue finally raised her head to glare at him, but that face was already red beyond recognition, spreading from the base of her ears all the way to her neck.

Looking at her appearance of being both shy and annoyed, that dazed feeling in Lu Li's heart gradually turned into an unspeakable satisfaction.

He didn't pursue it further, nor did he continue to tease her.

No other way, if he kept teasing her, would he still be able to enjoy this kind of perk in the future?

"Fine, don't admit it if you won't, as long as I felt it anyway."

Shen Qingxue turned her head away and wouldn't look at him, her little lips pouting.

Yet her inner monologue was extremely strong.

Heavens, she really kissed! Would he think she wasn't reserved? But then again...

They were already together; if kissing the cheek like this didn't count as being reserved, wasn't her reaction just now too big?

No way!

She had to learn to get used to it! Because this was originally what couples do!!!

The two sat quietly for a while, until Lu Li took the lead in breaking the silence and cleared his throat.

"Then... shall we practice songs in the afternoon? While there's still time, let's straighten out the problems on your side first."

Shen Qingxue nodded and instinctively replied.

"Mhm, okay! I agree..."

Halfway through her words, she suddenly sensed something was amiss, quickly cut off the second half, thought for a moment, and hurriedly tried to remedy it.

"Uh... I mean, I agree to practice singing with you! Don't let your mind wander."

Lu Li smiled without speaking, seeing through it without exposing it.

Forget it, better not expose her, otherwise, if the tsundere little cat fluffed up her fur again later, that wouldn't be good.

"Alright, then you listen to the demo a few more times, and I'll go busy myself with some other things first?"

At this moment, Shen Qingxue was wishing she could have a moment of peace by herself, nodding back and forth like a chick pecking at rice.

Seeing this, Lu Li didn't disturb her anymore, turned around and walked into the room, preparing to refine the arrangement of bubble once more.

...

Time passed surprisingly fast.

Lu Li sorted through the arrangement again, adjusted a few instrumental details, and then exported the accompaniment.

Then he and Shen Qingxue went through it over and over again in the living room.

Shen Qingxue's state was indeed very good, but the difficulty of the song bubble truly exceeded expectations.

The span of high and low notes was large, breath transitions were frequent, and emotional progression required a very delicate grasp.

If it were up to Lu Li, he admitted that he would indeed find it very difficult to achieve.

Because even Shen Qingxue inevitably made many mistakes while practicing the song.

This was enough to prove the difficulty points of this song.

The two of them mutually supervised each other like this, polishing it over and over again.

Until twilight descended, Lu Li finally called a halt.

"Alright, let's stop here for today. The throat comes first, we'll continue tomorrow."

"Okay."

Shen Qingxue nodded, placed her earphones on the coffee table, picked up her water cup to take a sip and moisten her throat, and then leaned back against the sofa.

It was quiet for a while.

Shen Qingxue suddenly spoke up.

"The weather is gradually turning cool, my hands feel a bit..."

But before she could finish her sentence, Lu Li directly placed his hand over the back of her hand.

"It's fine, my hands are warm, not cold."

Shen Qingxue didn't speak, but her hand very honestly flipped over and then grasped his hand back in return.