Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 757 Is this how singing skills are improved?
It's another Monday.

Like every Monday after the start of the semester, Li Luo got up early for a morning run, and then prepared to attend Xu Rongsheng's Modern and Contemporary Literature class.

However, unlike before, Yan Zhusheng now has her own car, so Li Luo no longer needs to drive her to the music academy across the river.

This saved Li Luo a lot of time.

The price was that after returning to Bihai Lanting from my morning run, I had to spend more time cuddling with Yan Zhusheng in the piano room.

"Zhusheng, shouldn't we go?"

Li Luo sat on the black bench in front of the piano, holding Yan Zhusheng who was straddling his lap, and said with a hint of helplessness.

"You should call him teacher," Yan Zhusheng said seriously. "It's teaching time now."

"I feel like I've already mastered the craft."

"Really?" Yan Zhusheng tilted her head. "Then sing that song 'Nameless' for me."

Why this song?

“My mom and I have tried all five of your songs related to ‘The Beginning.’ The others were fine, but this one feels better when you sing it yourself,” Yan Zhusheng said. “Aunt Luo said your demo actually sounds better, but you still need to improve your singing skills.”

"It's not that I can't sing this song, but how can I improve my singing skills?"

"Aren't I teaching you right now?" Yan Zhusheng said earnestly.

"You call this being serious?"

"Yes, very serious." Yan Zhusheng nodded seriously, then kissed Li Luo on the lips. "Knowledge flows like a stream from high to low, and singing skills should follow a similar logic, so you just need to stay still for now."

"Your twisted logic is really something else."

"Be good, don't move." Yan Zhusheng sat on Li Luo's lap, her head a head higher than his, and would peck at him every now and then, or give him a deep kiss.

As for whether his singing skills have improved, Li Luo wasn't entirely sure.

Perhaps they've made some progress.

"Where are you people?"

Ying Chanxi's voice came from outside, followed by a knock on the door.

The next second, Ying Chanxi opened the piano room door from the outside. When she saw what was happening in front of her, she narrowed her eyes.

"Zhusheng, is this what you meant by wanting to discuss the new song with Li Luo?"

"Mmm." Yan Zhusheng remained calm, showing no panic at being caught cheating by Ying Chanxi. She simply got off Li Luo and casually made up a story, "I was teaching him to sing."

"Does teaching him to sing require sitting on someone's lap?" Ying Chanxi chuckled, her clever mind completely disbelieving.

“Sister, you don’t understand,” Yan Zhusheng said seriously. “There are many scientific ways of vocalizing, and everyone’s preferred and strongest method is different.”

“Li Luo used to have a very plain voice. I have to teach him the resonance points of each vocal cavity so that he can produce a feeling in his voice.”

"Sitting on him is just to make it easier for him to point out where the sound is produced."

Ying Chanxi was a little confused. Yan Zhusheng seemed to be making a lot of sense, but something seemed off.

However, Yan Zhusheng didn't give her time to think it over carefully. After getting off Li Luo, she pulled Li Luo outside and said, "Let's go to class."

"Do you even need to tell me?" Ying Chanxi chimed in from the side, "I came here to call you to class, okay? It'll be eight o'clock in twenty minutes. If you go downstairs now, it'll take you more than ten minutes to drive across the river. Be careful not to be late."

"It's okay." Yan Zhusheng shook her head. "My teachers are very kind to me, so it's alright if I'm late."

“Special privileges cannot be used casually,” Ying Chanxi reminded her. “Aunt Yuan has a good relationship with the dean of the music academy, but you can’t just take advantage of that relationship.”

“Xixi is right.” Li Luo nodded in agreement and patted Yan Zhusheng’s head. “You can’t take other people’s kindness for granted. You should be more careful in the future.”

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng nodded obediently, then asked, "Is it only natural that Li Luo is nice to me?"

"That's possible."

"Hmph." Ying Chanxi snorted coldly from the side.

“It’s the same for Xixi.” Li Luo raised his hand and patted Ying Chanxi’s head again.

The next second, the corners of her mouth, which had been turned down by the cold snort, suddenly began to curve upwards.

"I'm not a child." Ying Chanxi slapped Li Luo's hand away, and said with a proud but insincere expression, "It won't work on me to coax me like that."

Li Luo chuckled and patted her head again, just like smoothing the fur of a frizzy kitten.

The three of them went downstairs together, got into their own cars, and drove towards Qianjiang University.

At the entrance of Zhu Luxuan's dormitory building in Zhuyuan, Ying Chanxi drove the Audi A8 that Li Luo had given her and parked it.

After receiving her message, her three roommates came downstairs at the appointed time. Led by Qiao Xinyan, they walked out of the dormitory and headed towards Ying Chanxi.

Many students who had just left home to go to class noticed the Audi A8.

When the window of the Audi A8 was rolled down, revealing Ying Chanxi's pure and lovely face, many passersby instinctively stopped to look.

Such an understated luxury car seems a bit odd paired with a girl like Ying Chanxi.

But at the same time, many people felt envious.

Look at others, then look at yourself, comparing yourself to others is truly infuriating.

However, most people wouldn't think that Ying Chanxi bought the car himself; they probably assume his family is wealthy.

At this moment, Qiao Xinyan had already led Lin Zhixia and Jiang Lai to the car.

After Qiao Xinyan got into the passenger seat, the other two people sat in the back seat.

Because Ying Chanxi's car license plate had not yet been entered into the school's access control system, she hadn't driven it to school much.

Today marks the first time Jiang Lai and Lin Zhixia have ridden in Ying Chanxi's new car.

As soon as she sat in the back seat, Jiang Lai couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, her eyes full of envy: "Xi Xi, where did you get this car? Did your dad buy it for you?"

Compared to Jiang Lai's astonishment, Lin Zhixia was more composed, mainly because she didn't care much about these material possessions and wasn't as surprised as Jiang Lai.

Upon hearing Jiang Lai's question, Ying Chanxi smiled shyly, started the car, and glanced at Qiao Xinyan.

Receiving a look from her best friend, Qiao Xinyan also helped to explain, "It wasn't her father who bought it, it was Li Luo who bought it."

“Li, Li Luo?” Jiang Lai was stunned when she heard this. “Is this an Audi A8? I remember it’s not cheap, it must cost at least a million.”

Jiang Lai is very knowledgeable about various luxury goods, and she is naturally very familiar with well-known car brands such as Audi.

But precisely because of this, Jiang Lai was immediately surprised when she heard that Li Luo had bought the car.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Lai suddenly realized, "This car must be the one Li Luo bought for himself, right? I remember he had an Audi before, so it's normal for him to get a new one now."

“No,” Qiao Xinyan shook her head. “This car was bought by Li Luo as a gift for Xixi. He himself still drives his original car.”

Upon hearing this, even Lin Zhixia was momentarily stunned.

One million...

Although they had all heard of Li Luo's achievements, they guessed he was quite wealthy.

However, spending millions to buy a new car for his girlfriend before getting married was still a bit beyond Lin Zhixia and Jiang Lai's thinking.

Jiang Lai felt quite envious, wondering why she couldn't meet a boyfriend like that.

Ying Chanxi, meanwhile, was beaming with joy, happily driving her roommates towards the classroom. Meanwhile...

Meanwhile, Yan Zhusheng had already arrived at the Zhenjiang dormitory building in her Mercedes-Benz.

Cheng Jinyan, who had heard that Li Luo was going to buy a car for Yan Zhusheng, was already waiting here, along with her two roommates, Su Wei and Shen Zhaoyin.

Yan Zhusheng parked the car in front of the dormitory, rolled down the window, and waved to the girls.

Cheng Jinyan's eyes lit up, and he quickly ran over and eagerly sat in the passenger seat of Yan Zhusheng's car.

But the next second, Yan Zhusheng patted her shoulder, signaling her to get out of the car.

"Huh?" Cheng Jinyan was stunned for a moment, thinking that Yan Zhusheng didn't want her to sit in the passenger seat.

Yan Zhusheng, however, said, "You drive it."

"Huh?!" Cheng Jinyan was instantly shocked upon hearing this. "Really? Didn't you say before that you definitely wouldn't give me one?"

"I was just joking with you." Yan Zhusheng got out of the driver's seat and walked around to the passenger side. "You can drive if you want to go to and from get out of class."

Yan Zhusheng was rather lazy in this regard, so with Cheng Jinyan as a free laborer, she naturally chose to make good use of him.

Yan Zhusheng only planned to drive herself when she went to find Li Luo.

Otherwise, it would be such a waste for Cheng Jinyan to have gotten his driver's license.

"I love you so much, Zhusheng!" Cheng Jinyan cheered and immediately got out of the car and went to the driver's seat. He rubbed his hands together impatiently, but was also a little nervous.

Su Wei, sitting in the back seat, curiously looked around the car and couldn't help but ask, "Did Zhu Sheng buy this car herself, or did your mother buy it for you?"

"Li Luo bought it for me." Yan Zhusheng raised her chin slightly with a hint of pride.

"This car should cost over a million," Shen Zhaoyin said calmly. "It's a bit expensive."

"One million?!" Su Wei exclaimed in surprise. "Is Li Luo really that generous? He just gives it away like that?"

"Don't you even know who Li Luo is?" Cheng Jinyan touched the steering wheel and sighed deeply. "That's Reignite! A million is nothing!"

“That’s not the same concept.” Su Wei shook her head. “Having a million and being willing to spend a million on your girlfriend are very different.”

Su Wei is not wrong.

But Yan Zhusheng didn't care about any of this.

In reality, whether Li Luo is willing to spend this money on her or not will not change the relationship between the two of them.

"Let's go," Yan Zhusheng said to Cheng Jinyan, "We're going to be late for class."

"Okay, I understand." Cheng Jinyan gripped the steering wheel a little nervously. "When you guys said this car costs over a million, my hands started shaking. If it gets bumped or scratched, I can't afford to pay for it."

……

Li Luo was unaware that his two girlfriends were showing off in front of their roommates while driving.

He drove to the teaching building, walked into the classroom, and sat down next to his dear roommates.

Seeing Li Luo sit down, Wen Zexuan continued his topic: "Our school has a music festival this weekend, let's go check it out together, there will definitely be lots of beautiful girls."

"What about your gym plans?" Li Luo asked疑惑地, "Didn't you find a suitable girl for Cheng Xin?"

"Don't even mention it." Wen Zexuan waved his hands repeatedly. "He's hopeless. I was almost ready to give up on him."

"I did exactly as you said," Cheng Xin said innocently. "It's just that the results weren't as good."

“I already said, his playstyle relies heavily on character modeling,” Li Luo chuckled.

After chatting for a while, class began.

However, after being reminded by Wen Zexuan, Li Luo remembered that he still had a music festival to attend.

Their band, Sheng Sheng Bu Xi, has such great chemistry that they don't need to practice too frequently.

With Yan Zhusheng present, there shouldn't be any major problems.

With that thought in mind, Li Luo stood up and began calling out Xu Rongsheng's name.

A class on modern and contemporary literature passed quickly.

When get out of class ended, Xu Rongsheng called Li Luo over and asked him to come to the end of the corridor.

“I’ve looked into the matter you asked me about last week,” Xu Rongsheng said. “If you have some free time now, I’ll tell you in detail.”

"I'm free." Li Luo lied through his teeth, skipping the next class, and smiled at Xu Rongsheng, saying, "Let's find a place and talk slowly?"

"Where to go?"

"The milk tea shop near my uncle's place?" Li Luo said. "There aren't many people there right now, and you can even enjoy the air conditioning."

"also."

Xu Rongsheng nodded in agreement and got into Li Luo's car, which soon took him to Lin Xiufeng's milk tea shop.

The two found a booth in a corner and sat down. After pulling the curtain closed, they created a small, private space.

Xu Rongsheng took a cup of freshly made milk tea from Li Luo, took a small sip, pondered for a moment, and then said to Li Luo:
"Regarding the subsidy you mentioned, Qianjiang University does have a complete set of plans that you can choose from."

"Our school offers several options for donations or subsidies from individuals or companies."

"First, you can donate directly. You can apply through the Qianjiang University Education Foundation. Just follow the procedures; it's the simplest way."

"But this is definitely different from the subsidy program you mentioned. It's just a simple donation of money, and you can't decide how the money is used."

"Second, donations can be made in the form of materials. For example, some alumni will donate a teaching building to their alma mater after they have achieved success."

"Thirdly, there is the establishment of scholarships, but this is also the most complicated one."

"On the one hand, Qianjiang University itself has various subsidies and scholarships."

"On the other hand, this also involves the work of the college. It's not enough to simply set it up; the operation of future subsidies also needs to be taken into account."

"Therefore, this matter not only requires the Qianjiang University Education Foundation to approve the application, but also the recommender to submit it to the university's Party Committee for approval before it can be formally established."

At this point, Xu Rongsheng took another sip of milk tea to moisten his throat, and his expression became slightly more serious: "So I need to confirm with you again."

"Are you really planning to set up a special grant fund, or do you just want to donate some money?"

"If you just want to donate money, you can just donate to the education foundation, and you don't need to go through all this trouble."

Upon hearing these words, Li Luo's face immediately broke into a smile.

Xu Rongsheng was probably afraid that Li Luo was overthinking things. If Li Luo hadn't thought that much about it, then he wouldn't have had to run around doing all the work.

But after being given some pointers by Li Guoru, Li Luo already knew very well what he should do.

So he said with a serious expression, "Uncle Xu, if possible, I would definitely choose the third option."

"You said that the nominees need to submit the application to the university's Party Committee for approval. As the vice dean of the School of Humanities, this should be more than a matter of course for you, right?"

"If possible, I'd like to trouble you even more."

Upon hearing this, Xu Rongsheng smiled with relief and immediately nodded, saying, "How could this be troublesome? Since you have this intention, I will naturally help you to the end."

At this point, the two exchanged a glance and immediately smiled knowingly.

(End of this chapter)