241: Chapter 241: Write a Song for Yourself (Published)

Lu Li was momentarily choked up by the question.

He opened his mouth to say something, but found that he actually didn't know how to refute it.

When he thought about it carefully, he really hadn't released any new songs under his personal name in a while.

Although he had sung those three songs, "garden party", "a smile alluring", and "heart wall", in between, those were sung for her and hadn't been officially released yet.

"Ahem, I just felt that... writing songs for you is more interesting."

Shen Qingxue looked at his hesitant appearance and couldn't help reaching out with both hands to pinch Lu Li's face.

"Then singing for yourself is boring, huh?"

"It's not that it's boring..."

Lu Li scratched his head and straightened his posture.

"Fine, fine. Then I'll ponder it and see if I can write a new song to sing for myself."

Shen Qingxue nodded with satisfaction and didn't say anything more.

Lu Li leaned back on the sofa with his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling as he seriously began to ponder this matter in his mind.

Writing a song for himself.

To be honest, he really hadn't thought about this matter seriously before; after all, he was used to slacking off.

But now it was indeed different; his identity had changed.

As he thought about it, the corners of Lu Li's mouth began to curve upward wildly...

"What are you thinking about?"

Shen Qingxue's voice came from beside him, carrying a hint of curiosity.

Lu Li turned his head to look at her and seriously threw out a reason.

"It's just... I'm thinking about what kind of song could match this handsome face of mine."

Shen Qingxue couldn't help letting out a chuckle.

"Can you be a bit more serious?"

"I'm very serious."

Lu Li straightened his posture, his expression deadpan.

"Just think about it, as a creator blessed with both good looks and talent, writing a song for myself requires careful consideration. I can't just brush it off casually."

Seeing him act so earnestly, Shen Qingxue laughed even harder, and it took her a few seconds to recover.

"Fine, fine, take your time considering it carefully. I won't disturb you."

With that, she truly didn't speak again, simply hugging the teddy bear and leaning against the other end of the sofa, quietly browsing her phone.

The living room quieted down.

Lu Li leaned back against the sofa cushion again, closed his eyes, and began earnestly searching through his mental playlist.

A song to sing for himself first needed to suit him.

Suddenly, a melody emerged from the depths of his memory.

Lu Li didn't know why the melody of this song had suddenly popped into his mind.

It was probably some mysterious, unseen force.

However, come to think of it, this song actually suited him quite well.

That's it, this is the one!

"model!"

In the world before his transmigration, this song was one of the representative works of the small-eyed strawberry seed.

Not only was the melody enduring and pleasant to listen to, but more importantly, the difficulty of the song was right within his comfort zone.

"It feels like there's potential here..."

As Lu Li thought about it, he couldn't help muttering to himself.

Hearing him talking to himself, Shen Qingxue raised her head and gave him a curious look.

"What? Have you got an idea?"

Lu Li opened his eyes and turned to look at her.

"Yeah, I have a concept. I'm calling this song "model", and it's... well, how should I put it, it should be liked by a lot of people."

""model"?"

Shen Qingxue repeated the word and tilted her head slightly in thought.

"The name is quite interesting. Is it written about models? Or is it just imagery?"

"Consider it imagery."

Lu Li straightened his posture, reached under the coffee table to pull out that stack of blank manuscript paper, picked up a pencil, and prepared to get to work.

Seeing this, Shen Qingxue didn't disturb him further.

"Then go ahead and get busy. Call me when you're done."

"Alright, once I sketch out the framework of the lyrics and melody tonight, I'll sing it for you tomorrow."

"Okay."

That night, Lu Li locked himself in his room and spent about two hours completely writing out the lyric and melody framework for "model".

As for the arrangement, he decided to take a minimalist route.

Early the next morning, Lu Li recorded the demo.

Of course, this demo was still the shabby version.

After all, it wasn't the first or second time he had used this excuse to make Shen Qingxue guide him "hand-in-hand".

It had already started to form muscle memory.

After all, if she didn't teach him hands-on, singing wouldn't have any feeling.

After breakfast, Lu Li handed the headphones to Shen Qingxue.

"Listen to this first."

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

The moment the prelude started playing, her eyes instantly lit up.

After the prelude passed, Lu Li's voice came through, carrying a hint of laziness and relaxation.

"Wearing gorgeous clothes, standing for primitive desires."

"Using a perfect expression to hold on for the fragile city."

"I coldly accept, trapped by your anxious waiting as well..."

"Like countless models living inside display windows..."

Shen Qingxue sat on the sofa, listening quietly.

Although the recording of the demo was somewhat crude, after all, he had completed all the work by himself, plus it was made with a synthesizer.

But overall, the texture of this song was already very excellent and had a great feel to it.

Once the entire song finished playing, she took off the headphones.

"This song... is very recognizable. Your positioning for yourself is very clear."

Lu Li raised an eyebrow.

"How so?"

Shen Qingxue looked at him, her tone carrying a sense of certainty.

"Only you can sing this song. Anyone else wouldn't be able to sing that feeling; it just wouldn't feel right."

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing.

"With an evaluation like that... I'm going to record it and use it as my phone ringtone later."

"Cut it out."

Shen Qingxue gave him an exasperated roll of her eyes, but the curve of her lips couldn't be suppressed no matter what.

"Then when do you plan to release it?"

Lu Li thought about it, took out his phone, and glanced at the calendar.

"How about after the Golden Melody Awards end? We'll avoid the peak popularity period of those few days to prevent the two events from colliding and splitting traffic."

Shen Qingxue nodded.

"Mhm, this arrangement is reasonable."

Over the next few days, Lu Li refined the arrangement of "model" once more and recorded the official version.

Over on Xu Ran's side, "boundless oceans, vast skies" also entered the final stages, and the few of them could already run through the entire song completely.

It could be said that even if Lu Li didn't join them, they would still be able to perfectly perform this song.

As for Lu Li's role, being a qualified mascot in the band was fine; just being able to drop a few "yo yo yo"s would be OK.

Time quietly arrived at the day before the awards ceremony just like that.

Shen Qingxue received the official invitation sent by the Golden Melody Awards organizing committee, which included both of theirs.

The invitation was sent via email and also came with a detailed schedule of the awards ceremony's flow.

Shen Qingxue sat on the sofa and read through it carefully.

"The awards ceremony is at 7:00 tomorrow evening, and the location happens to be the Modu Grand Theatre."

"Then our red carpet time... is arranged around 6:30. According to the nomination order, we are placed a bit past the middle."

Lu Li was sitting cross-legged nearby, browsing the news on his phone, and raised his head upon hearing this.

"Red carpet? We still have to walk the red carpet?"

"Mhm, all nominees have to walk it."

Hearing this, Lu Li couldn't help smacking his lips. Aside from walking it once on a dating variety show before, in his two lifetimes of existence, he had never walked such a thing.

Before, when he was slacking off, he could remain calm and collected.

But now his mindset was gone; for goodness sake, please don't mess things up in a huge way when the time comes.