Chapter 92: A Stage for Two People

  Guo Xiaoyu was just about to turn around and wash up, but the phone rang again. As soon as Guo Xiaoyu picked it up, Deng Ziqi's anxious voice came out: "Xiaoyu, I'm stuck now."

  "Huh?"

  Kuo Hsiao-yu was about to ask a question, but the other side had already started speaking: "My home has been blocked by reporters. My assistant told me that I couldn't go out and play today, and I have to go to Hongguan for rehearsal."

  "Uh..."

  Guo Xiaoyu had just opened his mouth, when Deng Ziqi said again: "Then let's meet at the Red House, okay? I'll wait for you there." As she spoke, she completely didn't give Guo Xiaoyu a chance to respond and hung up the phone.

  "This guy……" In just a day or two, Deng Ziqi's calm and elegant demeanor completely disappeared in front of Guo Xiaoyu. Now she looks more like an immature little kid. Being with her makes Guo Xiaoyu feel very comfortable.

  Deng Zi Qi's home was surrounded by paparazzi, but no one knew where Guo Xiao Yu was, so it was very easy for him to go out. He hailed a taxi on the street, although he wasn't very good at speaking Cantonese, but yesterday he had learned some from Deng Zi Qi, including the two words "Red House".

  After arriving at the Red Pavilion, a staff member led Guo Xiaoyu inside. In the center of the spacious Red Pavilion was a huge stage, with various equipment set up around it. The staff were busy rushing about. Deng Ziqi held a song sheet and walked back and forth on the stage, singing a few lines, looking at something, then singing a few more lines, and looking again.

  Suddenly, Deng Ziqi looked over in Guo Xiaoyu's direction. When she saw him, Deng Ziqi stood on the stage and waved vigorously at him. Guo Xiaoyu waved back, smiled, and walked towards her, asking: "How's the concert preparation going?"

  "It's okay, just this song has some issues."

  "What's wrong? Which song has a problem?" Guo Xiaoyu leaned over to take a look, and it was indeed the "Foam" they wrote in the restaurant that day.

  "What's wrong with this song?"

  "I don't know." Deng Ziqi shook her head and said: "Specifically, I don't know either. After singing a few times, it just feels like it's not quite right."

  Seeing Deng Ziqi's worried look, Guo Xiaoyu rubbed his chin and said, "How about you sing the whole thing for me to hear first?"

  "Hmm..." Deng Ziqi glanced at Guo Xiaoyu and said, "Alright, if you can't find the reason later, then you're treating me to dinner tonight!"

  "Alright." Guo Xiaoyu hastily agreed and urged Deng Ziqi to hurry up and sing, this was just how Guo Xiaoyu was, usually careless but when it came to things he cared about, he was more serious than anyone else, just like back then when inviting the dads and babies to participate in "Where Are We Going, Dad?"

  After a while, music slowly sounded on the stage, and then Deng Ziqi's singing voice rang out.

  Foam under the sun is colorful, just like me who was deceived, is happy.

  Investigate what's right and wrong, your lies, but you still love me

  Beautiful foam, although fleeting fireworks, all your promises, though too fragile

  But if you fall in love with foam, what's sad is that you can see through it

  。。。。。。

  Deng Zi Qi finished singing and walked up to Guo Xiao Yu, asking expectantly: "How was it? Did you hear the problem?"

  Guo Xiaoyu thought for a moment and asked: "Don't you feel that something is off somewhere?"

  "Hmm..." Deng Ziqi thought for a moment and then shook her head.

  Seeing this, Guo Xiaoyu said: "I'll sing a paragraph cleanly, you listen carefully, and see what's different from yours." As he spoke, Guo Xiaoyu began to sing:

  Everything is just foam and fleeting fireworks; all your promises are too fragile.

  And your outline, I blame myself for seeing through it, which is why I'm so heartbroken

  Loving each other, how can I search for others with my eyes? Embracing yet feeling lonely, is it really not lonely?

  Love is like foam, I blame myself for seeing through it, which makes me so heartbroken.

  。。。。。。

  Guo Xiaoyu sang these few sentences and then asked Deng Ziqi: "How is it? Is there any difference between you and me when we sing?"

  Deng Zi Qi furrowed her brow, nodded and said: "Hmm, your pronunciation method is different from mine, but it sounds more comfortable." After that, Deng Zi Qi asked with a puzzled face: "Xiao Yu, how did you achieve this singing method?"

  Guo Xiaoyu was originally going to tell her, but seeing her anxious face, Guo Xiaoyu couldn't help but tease her and said: "I can tell you, but..."

  "But what?"

  "However..." Guo Xiaoyu dragged out her voice and said: "But you have to treat me to dinner tonight."

  "Cut it out..." Deng Ziqi slapped Guo Xiaoyu, saying: "I thought it was something big, but it's nothing. Teach me your singing method quickly."

  "Haha..." Guo Xiaoyu chuckled twice, and didn't tease her anymore. He said: "You also noticed that in the previous segment, the last word of each sentence, my pronunciation is slightly different from yours. I used a bit of glissando singing method, but this glissando singing method is somewhat different from what you know. Glissando is originally used to give special treatment to certain notes, but I didn't do that. I just used the glissando singing method to emphasize the pronunciation, which is similar to the folk songs in our mainland Shaanxi province. Come on, I'll sing it once, and you follow me..."

  Then Guo Xiaoyu taught her sentence by sentence, again and again. In this way of personal instruction, Guo Xiaoyu found that Deng Ziqi was really quite stupid at times. After teaching a sentence four or five times, she still wouldn't learn it. When Guo Xiaoyu said she was stupid, she would always smile and ask Guo Xiaoyu to teach her again. There was no choice but for Guo Xiaoyu to teach her again, just like this, again and again, every time until the last time, until she had completely mastered it.

  "Big sister... My lips are all numb from singing, shouldn't you have learned it by now?" As she spoke, Guo Xiaoyu deliberately flipped up her lip to show him.

  "Hmm... You're really disgusting." Deng Ziqi pushed him away and said, "Considering you taught me how to sing today, I'll give you a surprise." After that, Deng Ziqi also playfully blinked her eyes.

  "Surprise?" Guo Xiaoyu said without hesitation: "What surprise? Are you treating me to a big meal? Where are we eating?"

  "You just know how to eat." Deng Ziqi gave him a slap and pointed to the stage behind her, saying: "How about it? Come on up here and perform a song?"

  "Me?" Guo Xiaoyu pointed at himself in surprise, his face filled with incredulity. This was the Red House! This was a concert! This was the pinnacle of a singer's career! As long as you were singing, it was an irresistible temptation that you absolutely couldn't refuse! Even Guo Xiaoyu, who was confident about his future, couldn't help but tremble at this moment. He was completely defenseless against this fatal temptation and fell for it easily.

  Guo Xiaoyu looked at Deng Ziqi, pointed to herself and asked again: "Me?"

  "Is it you or who?" Deng Ziqi pushed Guo Xiaoyu onto the stage, and asked her like this: "Xiaoyu, what song are you going to sing?"

  "Ah?" Guo Xiaoyu reacted and said firmly: "The life that bursts out in anger will sing this song."

  "What a passionate life?" Deng Ziqi remembered that Guo Xiaoyu's previous songs were relatively soft, so why did she choose this high-pitched song this time? Although she didn't understand, she still quietly retreated and stood beside the stage, her eyes fixed on Guo Xiaoyu.

  Guo Xiaoyu cleared his throat and sang along with Ban Yue:

  。。。。。。

  How many times have I lost direction

  How many times have dreams been extinguished?

  Now I no longer feel lost

  I want my life to be liberated

  I want a life of unbridled passion

  Like flying in the vast sky

  Like traversing the endless vast wilderness

  Having the power to break free from everything

  I want a life of unbridled passion

  Like standing at the top of a rainbow

  Like traversing a glittering starry river

  Possessing extraordinary power beyond the ordinary

  Kuo Xiao Yu's high-pitched voice echoed throughout the entire Red Hall. Deng Zi Qi gazed at the boy on stage who was flying with his song, and for a moment, she was dazed.

  This moment, this stage belongs to them two!

  PS: Sorry, today's chapter is finished. I was typing away and forgot about the time. If it wasn't for chatting with friends in the book group, I wouldn't have noticed the time. Very sorry.