I was slacking off on a dating reality show when the female guests treated me like a treasure chest.

Just as everyone went to the villa next door, Chen Nian took the aluminum can in his hand back to the trash can in the house and threw it down. Just as he was about to go out, he saw a wad of paper thrown on the table in front of him.

Seeing this, he subconsciously glanced at the photographer beside him and found that the camera had just moved away.

"..."

"It's finally here!" Chen Nian was a little surprised. He picked it up and quietly opened it. After seeing the contents, he was surprised, but after glancing at the bonus, he swallowed hard.

"Wow, a 100,000 yuan bonus, that's a huge sum!" Chen Nian hesitated for a few seconds, then immediately made a decision: he had to take the job!

He then threw the note into the trash can, left the villa, and went to the villa next door.

Everyone gathered in the living room, asking Li Tian and Su Xiao how they won. When they learned that the two were hiding in Li Tian's room, they were immediately surprised.

Liu Ting and the others glanced silently at Chen Nian, who had arrived from behind.

"What's wrong? Wasn't the competition over?" Chen Nian walked over and asked, puzzled, when he saw everyone looking at him.

"Tonight's name tag ripping game is officially over. Prizes will be distributed in the third stage."

"Now, for the last ten minutes, please double-check the program for tomorrow night's show. If there's anything to add, please let us know." The butler suddenly came over, interrupting everyone's thoughts.

"Can it be changed?"

Everyone was a little surprised. The daytime rehearsal had already ended, and it was supposed to start tomorrow night. They changed it, and they had to find time to rehearse again.

So no one had any particular thoughts.

Just as everyone remained silent, Chen Nian suddenly raised his hand and asked, "I'd like to add a performance, a duet. I wonder if that's still possible?"

After he finished speaking, everyone looked at Chen Nian with surprise.

In the live stream, the viewers were also a bit confused. Just a second ago, they were protesting that the broadcast was about to end, but Chen Nian's words brought the viewers' attention back to the present.

The butler nodded upon hearing this, "That's fine, but for a duet, do you already have a partner?"

"Hmm..." Chen Nian was a little troubled when he heard this. He didn't know how to sing the current songs. Were there any songs that he could sing and that the other person could sing as well?

Lost in thought, his gaze fell on Su Xiao and Liu Ting.

As for Su Xiao, he didn't remember the song "Sketching the Folk Song" either, and he hadn't heard the song "Listening to the Sea" either.

That leaves only Liu Ting.

After a moment's hesitation, Chen Nian looked at Liu Ting and asked, "Liu Ting, would you like to sing a duet with me?"

"what?"

"Me?" Liu Ting was stunned, looking surprised. She thought Chen Nian was looking for Su Xiao to sing a duet with, so why was it suddenly her?

"Is that not possible?" Chen Nian asked, seeing her hesitation. He then decided to ask Su Xiao for help.

"Sure, no problem. Which song do you want to sing? You have a plan?" Liu Ting snapped out of her reverie and agreed.

Upon hearing this, Chen Nian was overjoyed and said, "Yes, I will write down the score for you later."

"no?"

"Tell me, what song is it!"

"We want to hear it too!"

The live stream chat exploded with comments, and just as the broadcast was about to end, Chen Nian kept everyone in suspense.

However, the viewers in the live stream never got to hear what Chen Nian had to say next.

As 10 o'clock arrived, the live stream ended as scheduled, and the comment section was immediately filled with groans of despair.

Outside the window, a crescent moon hangs in the sky.

After the staff left, they sat lazily on the sofa, waiting for Chen Nian to come down from the room.

"Is the aged wine still ready?"

"It's not that song from later, is it?"

"That's quite possible!"

As Liu Ting listened to everyone's discussion, her eyes lit up and she became expectant.

However, as time passed, an hour had gone by.

As the crowd gradually dispersed, Liu Ting was left alone in the living room. She lay on the sofa, idly flipping through the books on the coffee table.

"The principles of music arrangement!"

"These must be old books, right?"

Liu Ting flipped through the book and found that she could barely understand what was written in it. She could roughly understand it, but she couldn't learn anything from it.

As a graduate of Yanxi Opera, she crossed over into music, but ultimately she can only sing and is not an original singer.

"Speaking of which, if I had studied music back then, I would be a top-tier singer by now, right?" Liu Ting was muttering to herself when she heard footsteps behind her.

Before she could get up and look, Chen Nian's voice came first.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. I spent some time on the sheet music. Take a look, it's roughly like this. I'll accompany you on the instrument, and then you sing."

As they were talking, Chen Nian sat down on the sofa and handed the two manuscripts in his hand to Liu Ting.

Liu Ting sat up, excitedly taking the manuscript. Seeing the title, she exclaimed, "It really is the later lyrics and music!"

Then, she read the lyrics carefully and liked them even more.

As for the sheet music...

"You can accompany me, I'm just so-so at playing the guitar," she said, then suddenly remembered something and a smile appeared on her lips.

Chen Nian nodded, "Okay, I'll accompany you. Thanks, I thought you would refuse."

"We were neighbors after all, so it's good to help each other out," Liu Ting said with a smile, then stood up and straightened her skirt. "I'm going back to take a shower now. See you tomorrow morning."

"Um."

"By the way, we need to go over tomorrow morning and rehearse for an hour," Liu Ting said.

As Liu Ting left the villa, she was filled with excitement.

"Now that I've sung on stage, I have no choice but to sell them, hehe!"

Chen Nian watched Liu Ting leave and breathed a sigh of relief. With this, the 100,000 yuan was secured. As for the song, if a complete arrangement couldn't be made by then, there was no way it could be made.

If he chooses local songs, it will be difficult; he won't be able to learn them so quickly in a short time.

It's late at night...

In Guangzhou, Lin Ran stared at the now-blacked-out live stream screen, her ominous premonition growing stronger. This guy might actually sell that song to Liu Ting later on.

Although Chen Nian had the right to do so, the other departments wanted him to sell the song to singers within the company.

"Let it be." After a long while, Lin Ran thought to herself. At this point, she would not interfere. It was rare for him to write such a good song, so she would just go along with his wishes this time.

The next day...

After Chen Nian finished his run and took a shower, his live stream began. Today was the sixth day, and it was Qi Feng's turn to make breakfast again.

After having breakfast, the group waited at the entrance of the girls' villa. Once they met up, they headed to the operations center, where they had a lot to do today.

Upon arriving at the operations center, Chen Nian and Liu Ting went ahead and borrowed the center's dance practice room to practice for an hour during the break.

Su Xiao and Zhou Yu watched the two figures leave, feeling regretful.

They were well aware of what it meant to have Liu Ting sing this song. Once Liu Ting became the first singer in the true sense, it was very likely that the audience would accept her voice.

Unless Chen Nian sings it himself.

"Why don't you try to fight for it?" Zhou Yu asked.

"I...I tried," Su Xiao whispered. She did try to get one song, but perhaps her efforts weren't obvious enough.