strictlysupreme Chapter 416 Male Deskmate
Chapter 416 Male Deskmate
The applause on stage was like a raging torrent, almost shaking the chandeliers off the Kyoto TV studio.
"Thank you... Phew, thank you Jiang Baizhi."
Hua Shao's voice was hoarse, as if he had survived a disaster.
"I've hosted so many seasons of The Voice of China, and this is the first time I've seen a song that can make so many people cry."
"Bai Zhi, you're not singing 'Later' at all; you're forcibly digging up long-buried memories from the audience!"
"I didn't expect the song to be so popular with the audience, so I felt a strong emotional connection to it."
Jiang Bai smiled helplessly, her pale yellow skirt swaying gently under the light.
[Ding! Host, your "I didn't mean to hurt you" expression is practically the best of the best among high-level green tea bitches.]
"Shut up, Commander."
"I call this the power of art to move people! Didn't you see those four old foxes' eyes were practically swollen from crying?"
Hua Shao turned his gaze toward the mentors' seats.
"Next, please, our four mentors... if you are still able to speak, please offer your comments."
Na-young was the first to speak.
She was blowing her nose with a tissue while slamming her hand on the table, her voice trembling with sobs.
"Bai Zhi! You're too cruel!"
"I almost couldn't hold back just now; I wanted to call my first love from back in the day and ask him where the hell he is!"
"I originally thought you could only sing sweet songs, and I was worried that if Li Ronghao with his small eyes banned your sweet songs, you would suffer."
"Now it seems... they're the ones who should be suffering!"
Nayoung turned to look at the other three, a smug look on her face:
"See that? This is the person I chose!"
"What does it mean to be all-powerful? This is all-powerful!"
"Bai Zhi, I don't have any other requests, but could you sing something upbeat for the next recording?"
"If this keeps up, my old-age heart condition is going to flare up!"
Wang Feng also took off his sunglasses, and his usually sharp eyes were now as red as a rabbit's.
He took a deep breath, his tone heavy with admiration:
"Jiang Baizhi, I banned the healing because I wanted to see how young people in this era face their confusion."
"But I didn't expect you to skip the confusion and lead us straight into suffering."
"This extreme dissection of emotions, this precise strike at regret... Does a world-weary soul reside within you?"
"These lyrics are even too good!"
Jiang Bai's inner thoughts:
"Teacher Wang, you're so accurate. There really is a Zhang Yan who just 'passed away' living inside me."
When it was Zhang Xingzhe's turn, the prince of love songs shook his head with a wry smile:
"I always thought that my love songs could break the hearts of all of Asia."
"But sitting in front of you today, I realize that even my feelings pale in comparison to yours."
"Bai Zhi, you taught me a lesson. The highest level of sorrow is not crying out, but this calm and serene turning away."
Finally, the microphone was passed to Lee Yong-ho, the instigator.
Lee Yong-ho pushed up his glasses, trying to open his signature small eyes wide.
But she found that her eyelids were so swollen from crying so hard that only a slit could be seen.
The moment he opened his mouth, the somber atmosphere of the room was instantly transformed by his signature dry humor.
"Um... Bai Zhi, I was wrong."
Lee Ronghao's first words made the whole audience burst into laughter.
"I swear, I will never dare to arbitrarily ban your song categories again."
"I banned sweet songs, and you immediately put on a tragic show for me. The aftereffects are too strong. I feel like even the Jia Shao Bao in my hand is bitter now."
As he spoke, Li Ronghao suddenly turned to look at Zhang Xingzhe beside him, and asked with a mischievous grin:
"Teacher Zhe, when we were listening to the song just now, I noticed you looked particularly regretful."
"You said you regret not sitting next to your deskmate... Hmm~"
Zhang Xingzhe paused for a moment, then awkwardly touched his nose:
"Indeed...it really reminds me of that afternoon when I was seventeen, the setting sun casting its rays on my desk..."
"What kind of girl is she?"
"Female, or...male!"
Lee Ronghao persisted, his eyes filled with amusement.
The audience stopped crying and stared longingly at the prince of love songs.
Zhang Xingzhe sighed, his gaze lingering on the distance.
"He...he was handsome, not very talkative, but his handwriting was excellent."
"We often discussed sheet music together back then, and I always felt that as long as I didn't say anything, he would always be my good friend."
"Unfortunately, he later went to an art school abroad..."
good friend?
Li Ronghao shook his head with a regretful expression and sighed:
"Oh, so you're a friend. I thought that male classmate you were talking about was someone you liked!"
"In that case, 'The Voice of China' will probably dominate a whole row of trending topics tomorrow!"
The scene was initially deathly silent, then erupted into a deranged burst of laughter that could have blown the roof off!
"Hahaha! My male deskmate?!"
"The prince of love songs later ended up with a regretful relationship with his brother?"
"Li Ronghao, you have such a sharp eye! How could you dig up such a secret!"
Zhang Xingzhe coughed lightly and said frankly and openly:
"Li Ronghao! That's brotherhood!"
"That was purely academic exchange!"
Do you even know what the phrase "Bo Ya and Zi Qi" means?
Lee Ronghao shrugged and then added a sarcastic remark into the microphone:
"I understand, I understand."
"After all, Bai Zhi sang, 'Later, I finally learned how to love~ but you had already gone far away and disappeared into the sea of people.'"
"Whether it's a man or a woman doesn't really matter anymore."
"The main point is—what a pity!"
"What a pity about my male deskmate back then!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
In the audience, several couples who had been crying their hearts out were now laughing heartily.
The intense, oppressive feeling miraculously transformed into a sense of sudden enlightenment during this lighthearted banter about her male classmate.
Yes, regrets are the norm.
Whether it's the goddess's later life or the prince of love songs' male classmate.
After recalling that long-forgotten moment, life must go on.
Cherishing the people in front of you and cherishing the present moment is far more worthwhile than dwelling on the past and tormenting yourself with regrets.