A song from Chengdu revived a closed-down pub.

After getting everything sorted out, Su Fan logged into Weibo and posted a new message.

"Didn't you think it wasn't sophisticated enough? Then check out the next song and see if it suits you!"

At this moment, the two groups of people who were arguing heatedly online both fell silent upon seeing Su Fan's Weibo update.

Su Fan's fans cheered with joy.

"Master Su has struck again! At this speed, while the other side is still organizing reports, his new song is already online!"

"I haven't even recovered from 'Ten Yuan Renminbi' yet, and here comes another one? Su Fan, are you writing songs or a diary?"

"Part 2 of the 'Find Yourself' series! Sunflower seeds, peanuts, and bottled water for sale in the front row—move your feet in!"

"Laugh before you click. Look at the song title, 'Upside-Down Song,' is it going to include all the people who turn black into white?"

"Never mind, I'll listen first! Brothers, charge!"

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Those who stood against Su Fan were not so relaxed at this moment.

They stared at the new Weibo post, their fingers hovering over the screen, hesitant to tap it.

Someone hesitated before asking in the group chat, "Are we still going to listen?"

After a few seconds of silence, someone replied, "Listen to him, let's see what he's up to this time."

His tone carried a hint of guilt.

After all, the aftershocks of the previous song haven't subsided yet, and now a new one has arrived.

There is pressure, there really is pressure.

The page loads, and the play button is pressed.

When the intro started, everyone was stunned for a moment.

It's not rap, it's not rock, but a melody with a touch of folk flavor.

The suona, gongs and drums, and erhu, like a band performing at a rural temple fair, opened with great fanfare.

Su Fan's voice also changed.

It lacks the sharpness of the "Ten Yuan Renminbi".

Instead, it carried a hint of nonchalant mockery.

It's like someone who's had a few drinks at a dinner table and starts telling absurd stories.

"If you throw a turtle into a yellow toilet bowl, it will feel superior."

Riding a donkey to a court ball, it could rival a princess.

Sunlight cannot illuminate the night's ghosts and beasts, who cannot comprehend the flavors of human life.

It always thought that its tonsils were more swollen than its brain.

……

Many listeners were confused, wondering to themselves, "This word sounds like an insult, but I don't know if it is?"

Some people didn't understand it, but they thought the tune was nice and the lyrics were witty.

However, some people understood the underlying meaning.

That's a portrait of a certain type of person.

Originally unremarkable, he was thrown into a dirty and low-class environment, which led to an unrealistic sense of superiority, making him think he was someone of high status.

There is another type of person who uses external things or a false identity to infiltrate higher circles. Even though they are completely out of place, they are self-absorbed and fantasize that they have already joined the upper class.

But things that are inherently dark cannot be illuminated by true light.

Creatures with limited cognitive abilities will never be able to comprehend the complexities of human nature and the world.

In the end, all they had left were their stubborn self-imagination and closed-minded cognition.

When one's thinking is filled with prejudice and arrogance, all that remains is blind self-indulgence.

Most people didn't think that much about it; they just thought Su Fan's song was quite interesting and made them want to sway along.

When a dog lies down with a bone in its mouth, you can see its tail.

When you step on a crab and then look at it, you'll find a turtle.

The world is full of complexities, and people's words and hearts are all confused.

The road is slippery, and so are the people; you might accidentally step in poop.

……

These sentences are even more straightforward.

But there's an irony hidden beneath the straightforwardness.

A dog that shows its tail for profit.

A crab that looks strong on the outside but is weak on the inside.

Only after stomping on it did I realize it was just a turtle.

This world is complex and chaotic, filled with deceitful language, unpredictable people, and rife with cunning and filth.

Su Fan pointed out these absurd, hypocritical, and arrogant faces one by one in an almost mocking way.

As the song continued, the melody suddenly became more archaic.

"Gathering ivy and water, coming to pluck the hibiscus flowers from the treetops."

In the cornfield, a single scallion is bigger than a corn cob.

Flies only bite eggs without a pore.

I picked a wild chrysanthemum when I thought of it.

……

When this segment came out, most of the listeners in the live stream were still commenting "good" and "addictive".

But a few truly knowledgeable people suddenly sat up straight.

Liu Mingxuan is one of them.

In his office at the Kyoto Conservatory of Music, wearing headphones, he heard this passage, his fingers hovering over the keyboard, unable to fall for a long time.

He stared at the lyrics on the screen, reciting "Gathering ivy in the water, plucking lotus from the treetops."

This is a line from Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs: Lady Xiang".

The original meaning is a beautiful pursuit.

Now it has become an absurd act of doing things backwards.

The creeping fig (Ficus pumila) grows on land, yet people go to the water to harvest it.

The lotus grows in the water, yet it is picked from the treetop.

Su Fan incorporated this line into the lyrics, not by copying it directly, but by adapting and recreating it.

This kind of technique cannot be mastered simply by reading a few books; it requires a solid foundation and a natural talent.

The transition between the following sentences is also seamless.

In a cornfield, a single scallion can be bigger than a corn cob, and flies will only graze on the flawless egg.

Every sentence speaks of absurd people and events.

Some people act unconventionally, pursuing unrealistic goals.

Some people are ordinary yet arrogant and conceited.

Some people deliberately nitpick and create conflict.

After seeing through all this chaos, Su Fan chose "picking a wild chrysanthemum" in his song, meaning to avoid getting entangled in the corrupt world, to cultivate oneself, and to return to a state of natural tranquility.

Of course, based on Liu Mingxuan's understanding of Su Fan, a sentence suddenly popped into his mind.

"You bastards, you're not qualified to target me!"

After listening to this song, many people's first feeling was that it was good.

But they couldn't quite put their finger on what was good about it.

As a result, some people searched online for information about this song.

Qu Feiming also listened to the song and saw the requests for science popularization online.

He wanted to speak up for Su Fan.

But it's not good for someone his age to have conflicts with younger people.

But now, the opportunity has arrived.

So he opened Weibo and began to interpret "The Upside-Down Song".

"The Upside-Down Song" is not a song of cursing, because cursing doesn't need to be so particular. It's a song of advice, a song of advice to those who have made a joke of themselves, to wake up sooner.

"The first paragraph describes how a turtle in a chamber pot feels noble, and a donkey riding in the palace compares itself to a queen. It depicts people who are unworthy of their position and arrogant. It's not that they are truly noble, but that their environment is too low, so low that even a turtle can claim to be king. This is not mocking their ambition, but rather their ignorance and unawareness of their own limitations."

"The sunlight can't illuminate the ghosts of the night, not because the sunlight isn't bright enough, but because the ghosts simply dare not stand in the sunlight. Animals can't understand human taste, not because human taste is too little, but because their tongues can't taste it. When the tonsils are swollen bigger than the brain, it means that a person is only self-inflated and their brain has long stopped working. The words are crude, but the reasoning is sound."

"The second paragraph, 'A dog carrying a bone will reveal its tail when it lies down,' means that when faced with profit, the tail that cannot be hidden will always be exposed. 'Stomping a crab reveals a turtle,' means that a person who is strong on the outside but weak on the inside will be easily exposed, just a paper tiger. 'Words are blind, and so is the heart,' not that they are blind in their eyes, but in their hearts. In this world, there are many cunning people and few honest people; one can easily fall into a trap. This uses jokes to tell the truth, and absurdity to reflect absurdity."

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