Huayu: From "Good Fortune Across the Sky" to becoming a top star

After dinner, a gentle evening breeze was blowing.

The two strolled side by side on the street, ostensibly to digest their food.

Soon, they arrived at a musical instrument shop.

Jiang Xun thought that he would be singing later, and the effect would be much worse if he sang a cappella without accompaniment, so he went inside.

The room is filled with a wide variety of musical instruments; you can find almost anything there.

"Hello, I'd like to look at guitars," Jiang Xun said to the shop assistant who approached him.

"Okay, please follow me." The shop assistant smiled and led the way.

"You even know music?" Tian Xi asked curiously, genuinely impressed by Jiang Xun's abilities, as she, an art school student, didn't know any of it.

Keeping a small distance from the shop assistant, Jiang Xun lowered his head and sang to her: "Fluffing cotton, fluffing cotton~ Half a pound of cotton fluffed into eight ounces and eight ounces~"

Tian Xiwei stood there, stunned for two seconds, then chuckled.

Jiang Xun followed the shop assistant around the store and finally stopped in front of a guitar.

He picked it up casually and plucked the string; the tone was good, and the feel was just right.

"How much?"

"Twenty-eight thousand."

Tian Xiwei's pupils dilated slightly as she looked at Jiang Xun, only to see that Jiang Xun's pupils were also dilated, and for a moment both of them felt a little awkward.

This is robbery!

"Could you please get me a three-thousand-yuan Eastman sword and give me an invoice?" Jiang Xun said.

I don't know if the travel agency can reimburse him, but even so, he's doing this for the travel agency.

"Alright, let's go back to Xinlong now." Jiang Xun said, carrying his guitar. "Is there anything else you want to buy?"

Tian Xi shook her head slightly: "No, I'm only staying for a few days."

Jiang Xun nodded, and just as he took out his phone to call the driver, the phone rang first.

"Hey, Mr. Zhang, we're just about to head back."

A low sigh came from the other end of the phone. He shouldn't have let Jiang Xun go out; he'd probably go crazy having fun once he saw the outside world.

"Let's set off tomorrow morning. It'll be dark soon, and it's not safe to drive at night. You can take that girl to a hotel. Remember to keep the receipt; I'll reimburse you."

"Alright."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xun said to Tian Xiwei, "Thanks to me, you can stay at a luxury hotel tonight!"

"Is there not enough time?"

"Yeah, it took too long to eat with you."

Tian Xi waved her hand slightly: "Is it my fault?"

When Jiang Xun finally chose a hotel on Meituan, he still considered the interests of the travel investment company and only booked two standard rooms at Senyuan.

Thinking that Tian Xiwei might be tired, Jiang Xun didn't explore much and took her back to the hotel.

Jiang Xun handed her the room key and said, "I live next door to you. Call me if you need anything."

"Okay, bye-bye." Tian Xi waved and went into the room.

After taking a shower, Tian Xiwei lay on the bed and took out her phone to reply to WeChat messages one by one.

She was a very polite person; she never took out her phone to browse when she was with Jiang Xun.

The first one was from Xiao Lu; I sent her a bunch of messages:

"Xiaotian, have you arrived yet?"

"Xiaotian, how's Jiang Xunren? Is he as handsome as he is in the video?"

"Xiaotian, is the scenery in Xinlong nice?"

She typed back: "I'm in Chengdu, just got off the plane. Jiang Xunren is quite interesting, and he's quite talented. He wasn't as unfamiliar as I imagined. We're going to Xinlong tomorrow."

The moment the message was sent, Xiao Lu's voice and video calls popped up.

"Just finished showering? Where's Jiang Xun?" Xiao Lu, who was still on the school playground, asked Tian Xiwei, whose hair was still a little wet.

"Please, we just met, we can't possibly share a bed, can we?" Tian Xi rolled her eyes.

"Hehe, that's true. I'd really like to see Jiang Xun."

"Shall I send you his WeChat later?" Tian Xi joked with a smile.

"Forget it, they're interested in you, not me."

"What does it mean?"

"Otherwise, why wouldn't he ask me to film a short video? Our photos on the official website are side by side."

Tian Xiwei felt that Xiao Lu's words made a lot of sense, and couldn't help but think that Jiang Xun had great taste.

"Then I'll introduce him to you after we get to know each other better."

"Okay, okay, I'll hang up now, I'm going to eat."

After hanging up the phone, Tian Xi dried her hair and walked to the window.

The genius outside was slightly dark.

The night is long, and I can't sleep.

She took the clothes off the hanger and went to chat with Jiang Xun.

She knocked on the door, and Jiang Xun quickly opened it.

The hotels in the provincial capital have excellent facilities; they even have air conditioning.

Inside the room, Jiang Xun was wearing a white T-shirt. He had also taken off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of clear eyes and neat short hair.

Compared to when we first met, it looks completely different.

"Did I disturb you?"

"No, I'm not some old scholar who goes to sleep right after watching the news. I'm a night owl, just like you." Jiang Xun stepped aside to let her in.

Upon entering the room, Tian Xiwei saw that Jiang Xun's newly bought guitar had been taken out of its box and tossed onto the bed.

"Are you debugging it?" Tian Xi asked.

"Yeah, it's been a long time since I played. Let's see if I can still play." Jiang Xun said, sitting on the edge of the bed, picking up the guitar, and casually strumming a few notes, producing a soft sound.

"Let's play one," Tian Xiwei said without any hesitation.

"What would you like to hear?"

"Hmm... as long as it's not cotton fluffing, it's fine."

Jiang Xun cleared his throat and placed his fingers on the strings.

The prelude flows from the fingertips, a series of clean and crisp arpeggios.

He played the original key, but with a slightly slower tempo.

Tian Xi leaned against the table, quietly watching him with support.

After Jiang Xun finished playing the prelude, he lowered his head slightly and approached the sound holes on the instrument, and began to sing.

Why should I be disappointed? I'll hide my tears in my heart.

His voice is different from when he speaks.

He speaks with a nonchalant laziness, but when he sings, his voice suddenly becomes very clean, like a stream flowing over stones, clear and crisp.

"The past doesn't lie, so don't dwell on it. We don't need to do that between us."

His piano playing gestures were relaxed, with his thumb resting on the bass strings and his knuckles undulating slightly.

"The bittersweet experience of cultivating love ~ learning to let go of past desires ~ how difficult it is to forget our beliefs ~"

Tian Xiwei had stopped leaning against the table and was standing up straight, staring at him with wide, unblinking eyes.

Dude, you dropped out of junior high? It's one thing to be able to sing, but your guitar skills are amazing too?

Scared!

She had heard this song many times.

After a long while, Jiang Xun's lingering voice slowly dissipated in the room.

There was silence for several seconds.

Tian Xiwei then realized that she had been holding her breath and quietly exhaled.

"Does it sound good?"

Tian Xi nodded vigorously, wanting to say something, but feeling that whatever she said would seem insignificant.

Finally, she said something very cliché: "You're really amazing."

He put the guitar aside and casually said, "It's alright, actually I've been practicing for a long time."

It wasn't that Jiang Xun was being modest; in his previous life, he had indeed practiced for a long time. He thought it was cool to play the guitar, and it was simpler than other instruments. Fortunately, he was a very persevering person with plenty of time, so he learned it gradually through playing.

"How long have you been practicing?"

"It's been intermittent, for at least a month!"

"Really?" Tian Xiwei initially thought Jiang Xun was exaggerating. "He can play like this in just one month?"

"Really? It's not that difficult. If you're interested, I'll teach you later."

"Great, great! It's always good to have more skills."

The two chatted for a while longer, and then the TV in the room started playing the weather forecast. Since they had just met, even though they were both outgoing, they didn't always have something to talk about, so Xiaotian got up to say goodbye.

"I'm going back to sleep now. See you tomorrow morning."

"Goodnight." Jiang Xun put away his guitar and waved to her.

P.S.: What good songs do you guys think came out after 18?