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"The next song is called 'Listen to Mom'."

As soon as Jiang Che finished speaking, everyone in the room was stunned.

This name has absolutely nothing to do with the murderous aura that Chen Ming exudes.

Everyone is waiting for a powerful hardcore rap, and for a head-to-head battle.

The name Jiang Che gave was this gentle and soft one.

A murmur arose from the audience.

"Listen to Mom? What's that song title?"

"Is Jiang Shen going to back down?"

"Did you sign up for battle because you've wandered onto the wrong set?"

Chen Ming stood to the side of the stage, his brows furrowed.

He didn't understand what Jiang Che was trying to do.

……

The prelude begins.

The clean piano, accompanied by a light and cheerful rhythm, unfolds gently and softly.

The melody has a childlike warmth, like a child doing homework on a desk on an afternoon.

Many people in the audience looked at each other in bewilderment.

This is not what a battle should be like.

Chen Ming's provocative expression froze.

He was prepared for a tough battle, but he didn't expect the other side to pull this stunt.

……

Jiang Che spoke.

"Little friend, do you have many questions?"

Why are other people reading comics?

"But I'm learning to paint and talking to the piano."

"Others are playing games."

"But I leaned against the wall and memorized my ABCs."

The moment the song entered our ears, everyone's expectations were shattered.

It's rap, but it's as gentle as a word of advice.

There was no hostility, no aggression; every word fell softly.

The comments section was initially buzzing with discussion.

"Is Jiang Shen admitting defeat? Why is he singing children's songs now?"

"What happened to the promised head-on confrontation? Something's not right here."

"Is singing this in a battle too soft?"

But after listening to only one verse, the wind started to change.

"Wait, this word... it reminds me of my mom."

"Why does my nose suddenly feel sore?"

"This song is so catchy, the more I listen to it, the more addictive it becomes."

"Stop talking, I'm already looking for my mom's WeChat."

"These lyrics are so poignant, every single line hits home."

……

"I said I wanted a big airplane."

"But what I got was an old tape recorder."

Why should you listen to your mother?

You'll understand this when you grow up.

The on-site reaction was more direct than the comments on the live stream.

The restlessness ignited by Chen Ming gradually subsided.

Instead, there was a quietness that hadn't been seen on this stage for a long time.

Someone in the front row secretly teared up.

This song has no flashy techniques, no aggressive moves, and no sharp edges.

It simply puts the shell of rap into the softest core.

These two words are the things in the world that need the least explanation.

No matter who you are or where you come from, hearing a song about your mother will soften your heart.

Jiang Che chose this song to follow up Chen Ming's hardcore performance, seemingly avoiding direct confrontation.

In reality, this battle has shifted from a contest of skills to a contest of human nature.

When it comes to winning people's hearts and minds, no one understands it better than him.

He then realized that the outcome was already decided when Jiang Che uttered that gentle song title.

……

"I began to understand as I grew up."

Why can I run faster than others?

"Fly higher than others"

"In the future, everyone will be reading the comics I draw."

"Everyone is singing songs I wrote."

"I don't want you to see how hard Mom works."

"A heartwarming recipe resides in her heart."

"Hold her hand more often when you have time."

"Holding hands and sleepwalking together"

Chen Ming, who was on the side of the stage, slowly relaxed his grip on the microphone.

He had been harboring a lot of ruthlessness, ready to fight Jiang Che to the bitter end.

But once this song came out, all his energy lost its footing.

You can't compete to see who's tougher by singing a song about mothers.

For the first time, he discovered that his pride in his aggressiveness was utterly useless in the face of such gentleness.

……

Listen to your mother, don't let her get hurt.

"I want to grow up quickly so I can protect her."

"Beautiful white hair, sprouting amidst happiness."

"The magic of angels, warm and compassionate."

The silence at the scene held a strange resonance.

Everyone sees themselves reflected in this song.

It revealed the person who was always nagging, yet gave her the best of everything.

This resonance is more powerful than any high note or any fancy technique.

The song gradually came to an end.

The final, gentle note faded, its lingering resonance still echoing in the air.

There was no explosive ending, no deliberate sentimentality.

But no one in the audience could immediately detach themselves from that lingering feeling.

That's the most ruthless part of this song.

It doesn't win people over with a sudden burst of power, but with sustained momentum.

Affectionate.

Those words of advice and concern hidden in a mother's words, one by one, fell into everyone's heart.

Some people recalled how their mothers taught them to write when they were little.

Some people remembered the advice given before leaving home: "Wear more clothes."

……

Lin Xi'er was the first to grasp the secret.

She sat up abruptly.

Others are only concerned with whether it's warm or not.

She was listening to the underlying message.

The current Chinese rap scene is frighteningly aggressive.

It's always the same few things: cars, houses, money, and girls.

Whoever has the fiercest flow and the dirtiest diss is the one who seems more awesome.

Rap seems to have become a game of who can be the most ruthless.

But Jiang Che's song pulled rap back from its showy and aggressive tendencies.

It pulled us back to expression, it pulled us back to warmth.

This is a reduction in the dimension of the concept.

No matter how strong Chen Ming's aggressive rap is, it only reached the top in its original genre.

Jiang Che's song completely changed the track, and set the ceiling of this track in a place that others could not reach.

The two people are comparing things on completely different levels.

The more Lin Xi'er listened, the hotter her heart became.

She grew up immersed in the music industry and has listened to countless rap songs.

She listened to almost everything, from underground to mainstream.

She couldn't think of anything that was both gentle and substantial.

Another original song with no known source.

……

The reactions from the mentors' seats further illustrate the point.

Cheng Xue quietly pressed the corner of her eye; her eyes were wet.

She is a national diva who has seen countless big events, but at this moment, she was moved to tears by a rap song.

Qin Lie slowly put down his teacup, immersing himself in the song.

This legendary singer-songwriter, who is extremely sparing with words, didn't utter a single word for a long time.

Shen Yan leaned back in his chair, let out a long breath, and turned to say something.

"So this is how rap can be written."

This short sentence perfectly encapsulates the sentiments of all professionals at this moment.

This was the first time this group of people had ever heard a rap song like this.

It is both extremely gentle and extremely meaningful.

It doesn't win by being ruthless, but by its sincerity that can penetrate people's hearts.

……

The song continues to that line.

Listen to your mother and don't let her get hurt.

"I want to grow up quickly so I can protect her."

When that line was sung, the entire audience was completely overwhelmed.

Many people couldn't hold back their tears and they burst into tears on the spot.

Some people thought of their mothers back in their hometowns, while others thought of a phone call they hadn't made in a long time.

The audience burst into tears.

Chen Ming stood there, stunned, on the side of the stage.

The defiant look on his face crumbled inch by inch.

In the end, all that remained was bewilderment.

He's been doing rap for so many years and he's always felt that rap should be ruthless and explosive.

It was only then that he realized that rap could be written in this way.

Ruthlessness is never the only path.

The song continues.

The lingering resonance of the line "Listen to your mother and don't let her get hurt" hadn't faded when the next paragraph gently fell.

Jiang Che gradually spread the tenderness hidden in the melody throughout the entire venue.

He didn't use any fancy techniques.

His pronunciation is clear and his breathing is calm, delivering each word steadily into the listener's heart.

This kind of restraint is harder to achieve than any showy technique.

……

The audience had long forgotten that this was a battle.

A middle-aged audience member in the front row covered his mouth, his shoulders trembling slightly.

Several young people, their eyes red, hummed along softly.

Some people even took out their phones to record the stage, their hands shaking.

At this moment, no one is competing to win or lose.

Everyone was drawn into that memory of their mother.

……

Lin Xi'er listened intently.

She noticed that the song's arrangement was so simple it was almost austere.

A piano, a light and cheerful rhythm, without any unnecessary embellishments.

It is precisely this simplicity that makes those words of advice all the more clear.

The more skilled someone is, the more they dare to simplify.

This level of skill is something that an ordinary third-year college student could never possess.

Once again, she had a big question mark about Jiang Che's background.

……

On the other end of the network, the response came even faster.

Clips of this battle were released almost simultaneously.

The hashtag "[Jiang Che listens to his mother]" is climbing to the top of the trending searches at a visible speed.

"I'm impressed that rap can be written like this."

"Jiang Shen has pinned his opponent to the ground, then gently helped him up."

"The battle performance brought the entire audience to tears; I've never seen anything like it before."

"Others battle with ruthlessness, he battles with a higher level of understanding."

"This is true sophistication."

……

He suddenly realized something.

Today, he lost far more than just one game.

P.S.: "Listen to Mom", sung by Jay Chou, lyrics by Jay Chou, music by Jay Chou.