Being a gigolo was too much for him, so he had to become a music superstar.

She held up four fingers.

"I endured it for four days!"

Lin Buyi had no choice but to smile slightly.

"You're quite tolerant."

"Of course!" Lin Qingxue raised her chin. "I've been secretly watching your videos every night for the past four days, watching them countless times. Brother, you're really popular online now! Even the nurses in the ward are talking about you. They say this Lin Buyi is quite handsome."

"Alright."

Lin Buyi reached out and gently pressed her head.

"Watch less of this stuff."

Lin Qingxue was forced to lower her head, but immediately raised her face again.

"So you really went to participate in the talent show, right?"

Lin Buyi remained silent for two seconds.

Can't hide it.

Looking at his sister's excited and expectant face, he suddenly realized that he might have thought of her as too fragile.

"Yes," he said, "I participated in a competition called 'Future Star'."

Lin Qingxue's expression became even more agitated.

"I knew it!"

She excitedly patted the bed, attracting the attention of the aunt in the next bed.

She quickly lowered her voice and moved closer to Lin Buyi.

"Brother, you sang so well! I've listened to 'Sorrow' twenty times, no, thirty times, anyway, many times!"

Lin Buyi had prepared a whole host of explanations, such as why he kept it from her, why he went to the competition, and how complicated the competition was. But now, none of those words mattered.

She didn't ask him why he didn't tell her; she was simply happy for him.

She was happy that her brother could stand on the stage and that so many people could hear his songs.

Lin Buyi looked at her and breathed a sigh of relief.

He whispered, "The prize money for the champion of this competition is five million."

Lin Qingxue opened her mouth.

"Five...five million?"

"Um."

Lin Buyi looked at her and said calmly.

"I'm going there to win the championship."

Lin Qingxue was stunned.

She knew what money meant.

She knew how much money her illness had cost her family, and she also knew how tired her brother had been all these years because of her.

Just because she doesn't usually ask doesn't mean she doesn't know.

Lin Buyi continued, "Your surgery fee is far too low. I've tried many methods before, but none of them were enough. This competition is currently the fastest way."

Lin Qingxue's eyes reddened slightly.

She quickly lowered her head, blinked, and suppressed the slight dampness.

When she looked up again, she tried to smile.

"Does that mean I'm going to have a champion brother?"

Lin Buyi was stunned for a moment.

Then he laughed.

That smile was relaxed, unguarded, and genuine.

He only smiled like that in front of Lin Qingxue.

Lin Qingxue was even happier to see him smile.

She pushed the study guide aside, sat cross-legged on the bed, and kept asking questions.

Are you nervous when you go on stage?

"A little."

"Are those professors really good?"

"That's impressive."

Is Xue Xinghe handsome in person?

Lin Buyi glanced at her sideways.

"Why are you, a patient, concerned about this?"

"It's just an objective fact!" Lin Qingxue said seriously. "She's a celebrity, what's wrong with me asking?"

"good."

"What do you mean by 'okay'? Is he handsome or not?"

"Not as handsome as me."

Lin Qingxue burst out laughing.

"Brother, you're joking now."

Lin Buyi was also amused by her.

Lin Qingxue then asked, "So what are you going to sing next? Can you sing it for me first?"

"cannot."

Why?

"The match must be kept secret."

"I'm your sister, not an outsider."

"You can't either."

"elder brother!"

Lin Qingxue drew out her words in dissatisfaction.

Lin Buyi handed her her water glass.

"Drink water."

Lin Qingxue took the water glass and muttered, "You're starting to have a celebrity image to maintain now."

"no."

"have."

"no."

"Then sign your name for me."

Lin Buyi: "..."

Lin Qingxue had already taken out a pen and a blank exercise book from the drawer and handed them to him.

"sign."

Lin Buyi looked at her.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course," Lin Qingxue said. "When you become famous, this will be the first autographed copy, and it will be very valuable."

Lin Buyi had no choice but to take the pen and write his name on the first page of the exercise book.

Lin Qingxue took it back like a precious treasure and examined it carefully.

"It's really badly written."

Lin Buyi looked up: "Say that again?"

Lin Qingxue immediately hugged the exercise book to her chest.

"Not ugly at all, it's an artistic signature."

Seeing her like this, Lin Buyi relaxed.

He thought of the online slander, the program's suspension notice, Wang Shaohui's methods, and the complicated relationship with Su Nianwei.

He didn't tell Lin Qingxue a single word about these things.

No need.

She is very happy now.

All she needed to know was that her brother was singing on stage and that he would win.

He can bear the bad things himself.

Lin Buyi stayed at the hospital for more than two hours.

He went downstairs to buy lunch.

Lin Qingxue didn't eat much, but she clearly had a better appetite than usual today.

She kept asking about the competition while she was eating.

"Bro, is your competition venue really huge?"

"good."

Are there many viewers?

"Quite a lot."

"Did they really cry? Online comments say the whole audience cried, is that an exaggeration?"

Lin Buyi thought for a moment.

"Several people cried."

Lin Qingxue immediately spoke seriously.

"That means you sing well."

"It could also be that the lights were too dim and they were sleepy."

"Don't talk nonsense." Lin Qing-xue glared at him. "I feel like crying when I hear this."

Lin Buyi paused for a moment while holding his chopsticks.

"You cried?"

"No," Lin Qingxue immediately denied. "I didn't."

Lin Buyi didn't expose her.

Lin Qingxue lowered her head and ate her rice. After a while, she said softly, "I just feel really uncomfortable listening to that song."

"Where does it hurt?"

"I can't quite put my finger on it," she thought for a moment, "but I just feel that when you sing, you must have a lot on your mind."

Lin Buyi fell silent.

Lin Qingxue knew him too well.

Even through the video, even if she didn't know what had happened, she could still hear it.

Lin Buyi picked up a piece of food for her.

"Have a meal."

Lin Qingxue did not press the matter further.

She knew her brother didn't want to talk about it.

She wouldn't pressure him.

After dinner, Lin Buyi peeled an apple for her.

The apple peel fell in circles between his slender fingers without breaking.

Lin Qingxue leaned against the headboard, watching quietly.

"elder brother."

"Um?"

"You will definitely win the championship."

Lin Buyi paused for a moment while peeling the apple.

Lin Qingxue's tone was very serious.

She emphasized "it definitely can," full of confidence.

Because he is her brother.

So she believed it.

Lin Buyi cut the peeled apple into small pieces and put them into a bowl.

"Take care of yourself first."

"I know."

Lin Qingxue picked up a piece of apple with a toothpick, took a bite, and then looked at him.

"Brother, you can tell me about your future competitions too."

Lin Buyi looked up.

Lin Qingxue's smile faded, and her tone became much more serious than before.