47: Chapter 47, with its single performance, shattered everyone's preconceived notions!

At the scene.

After Lu Li said those words, the living room fell silent for a second, and then someone couldn't help letting out a chuckle.

Meanwhile, in the livestream chat, the netizens' reactions varied.

[Acting all mystic and spooky, completely inexplicable.]

[Can this cheating bastard be banned already?]

[A bit interesting. Is he pretending to be deeply affectionate?]

[actor? Is this hinting that his ex-girlfriend was acting?]

[Whatever it means, a cheating man singing anything is still just a cheating man.]

Lu Li placed his hand on the piano keys and pressed down gently, and one low note after another flowed from his fingertips.

The prelude was very slow, with a somewhat hollow and oppressive tone, carrying an indescribable sense of desolation.

The moment this prelude came out, the expressions of the several previously absent-minded guests instantly changed.

Naturally, Zhou Yichen and the others took the lead among them.

No, that's not right! Something's wrong!

Lu Li's fingers wandered across the piano keys, the melody becoming clearer and more oppressive.

"Keep it simple, let the way of speaking be simple."

"Please omit the progressive emotions."

"You're not an actor anyway."

"Don't design those plotlines."

The moment Lu Li's voice rang out, the air in the living room seemed to freeze.

Even Shen Qingxue, upon hearing this segment of singing, subconsciously looked at Lu Li, feeling deeply shocked.

[Holy shit, is it already this good right from the start?]

[To be honest, the moment the prelude came out, it blew me away.]

[Forgive me for having low culture, all I can say upon opening my mouth is holy shit.]

[Uh oh, now I really feel like there's a plot twist.]

[You guys are just a bunch of fence-sitters; this is obviously just playing to the emotions.]

In the livestream chat, quite a few netizens were instantly won over, but despite this, many people still maintained their own views.

The live performance continued.

"No objections."

"I just want to see how you're going to spin this."

"Your sadness is too superficial."

"Like an actor with no talent."

"The audience can see it at a glance."

When Lu Li sang up to this point, his tone carried a trace of subtle mockery, as if he were talking about a certain person or a certain matter.

The public opinion in the livestream chat began to shift.

[Wait, these lyrics... why do I feel like there's some substance to them?]

[Your sadness is too superficial... Who is this lyric talking about?]

[Could it be subtext subtly mocking his ex-girlfriend?]

[No, can you guys stop analyzing the lyrics for a second? This song is genuinely good.]

[What's the use of it sounding good? No matter how good a song is, if the person's character is no good, it's still trash.]

Although the bullet comments were still arguing, it was obviously not as one-sided as just now.

More people began to quiet down and listen to this song earnestly.

Lu Li was still going, never stopping.

"I played blind to the performance you needed me to put on."

"Forcing someone who loved you the most to improvise."

"When did we start putting away our bottom lines?"

"Yielding to the changes of the times, watching those clumsy performances."

When singing up to this point, Lu Li's tone noticeably deepened by a few degrees, and his fingers on the piano keys exerted even more force.

For a moment, the emotions at the scene were pulled to the extreme.

The guests at the scene were dumbfounded.

No way, so you were playing the pig to eat the tiger all along???

Even Shen Qingxue, although her expression remained cold and detached, had a distinctly different emotion added to those eyes.

In the livestream chat, the netizens had completely fallen into chaos.

[Holy crap, these lyrics... aren't they written too ruthlessly?]

[Who is this pointing at? An ex-girlfriend? Or certain people?]

[No matter who he's talking about, these lyrics truly pierce the heart.]

[I suddenly started believing a bit that he was wronged. Lyrics like these can't be written without personal experience.]

[Don't get carried away, upstairs. It's just a song, what can it prove?]

[Exactly, a cheating man writes a song and he can whitewash himself? You guys are way too easily fooled.]

The curses were still there, but significantly fewer.

More people began to listen to the song and look at the lyrics earnestly.

"Yet you used to love me so much, why act out the details?"

"What should I become to delay the weariness?"

"Turns out all these things after love lays down its guard..."

"...are the real test."

When Lu Li sang to this point, his voice lowered slightly, as if recalling some unpleasant past events.

The original body's memories surged in his mind, and those scenes of deception floated before his eyes one by one.

To be honest, he felt it wasn't worth it for the other version of himself, but he could only vent those unspeakable emotions through this method.

"Actually, the audience off-stage is just me alone."

"Actually, I could also tell you were a bit reluctant to part."

"The scene is also used to us tugging back and forth."

"What are we still fussing over?"

"Actually, those who say they can't separate aren't necessarily true."

"Actually, the scariest thing in a relationship is dragging it out."

"The further the dramatic scenes are played, the less one can cry."

"Is it still worth it?"

As time passed, the audience in the livestream chat became completely numbed by Lu Li's singing.

[It hurts, it's truly too painful.]

[Perhaps only those who have experienced it can understand that when a relationship reaches its end, the one who doesn't love pretends to be deeply affectionate, while the one who loves plays along with the performance.]

[Why did you sing my exact experience right out? My psychological defense has collapsed, wuwuwu.]

[Loving to the end, with no sincerity left, only acting skills remain. Seeing through it without spelling it out, is this what an actor is?]

[The further the dramatic scenes are played, the less one can cry... These lyrics made me instantly break down in tears.]

The song also gradually reached its conclusion.

"It's because I love you that I chose to perform."

"This kind of fulfillment..."

When Lu Li closed his eyes once again and slowly sang out these last two lines of lyrics.

Director Zhou was hiding behind the monitor with a gloomy expression, subconsciously raising his hand to wipe away a few tears at the corner of his eyes.

How can this song be so painful!

It made him think of his own white moonlight, but unfortunately, in the end, she still got into a Mercedes and ran off with someone else.

"Hey, Director, why are you crying? You're even crying!"

After discovering this scene, the Deputy Director by the side immediately grinned broadly with a chuckle and sidled over.

"Shoo, shoo, shoo, get lost to the side. You're the one who cried, your whole family cried!" Director Zhou's face darkened as he pushed the Deputy Director aside with extreme impatience.

Such a good mood and atmosphere were ruined just like that.

Damn it!

Just at that moment, Director Zhou suddenly noticed.

After experiencing a brief silence, the bullet comments in the livestream chat surged out again in a near-frantic manner.

[Wuwuwu, listening to this made me cry; these lyrics are too heart-wrenching.]

[Brought me to tears. Loving someone to the point where you can only play along with their fake affectionate performance.]

[So this song is actually Lu Li's response to that relationship of his?]

[Where is the female party involved in the cheating incident? Come out and say a word.]

[Holy crap, now that you mention it, I suddenly realized that until now, we haven't seen the female party come out to speak.]

[Then it's probably a rumor. After all, no matter how you look at it, these lyrics don't look like something the cheating party could write.]

[Maybe it's just a guilty conscience pretending to be deeply affectionate.]

[You can fake this too? Fake one for me to see then?]

[Stop arguing, let him finish speaking first.]

The online viewer count of the livestream directly broke the peak record since the broadcast started today.

Sitting behind the monitor, Director Zhou's fingers were trembling as he looked at the backend data.

It's freaking terrifying; why is this traffic so huge? It'll be fine if we manage to catch it, but if we don't, wouldn't we be completely screwed?