"You're the person he was just trying to poach, aren't you?" Chu Lina raised her eyebrows as she looked at the masked, sexy Xiao Qiang.

Xu Yanyu gazed at the sky speechlessly.

What kind of situation is this? She was just bored and wanted to know what the current market conditions are for signing with companies, and then this happened.

Xu Yanyu said rudely, "My abilities are none of your business. Now, please move aside, I'm going on stage. Big sister, you're blocking my way!"

Xu Yanyu's use of the word "elder sister" immediately infuriated Chu Lina, causing her chest to heave with anger.

"You...you..."

Chu Lina, you've been talking for ages, but you haven't uttered a single word.

She knows she's doing the wrong thing.

But she was furious. Right after the competition ended, the mentor named Kong Liang practically pointed at her forehead and accused her of indecent behavior.

After stepping off the stage, she saw the agent who had previously advised her to participate in the competition fawning over her opponent.

With all sorts of injustices intertwined, the fact that she hasn't exploded yet is a testament to her composure and magnanimity!

Aping whispered, "Lina, mind your image, come down here first..."

"What did you call me? Where is this? You called my name?" Chu Lina turned her gaze to her agent and vented her anger on him.

"I'm not, Li... the enchanting fox..." Aping waved his hands frantically in front of him.

See, that's how short-tempered Chulina is; she'll give him the cold shoulder at the drop of a hat.

Xu Yanyu crossed her arms and looked at the two of them with a hint of mockery, "If you two have a conflict, you can discuss it after you come down."

The staff also chimed in, "Yes, Enchantress can take her manager back to the lounge to discuss this."

"Hurry up! I still have to perform on stage," Xu Yanyu urged.

Chu Lina angrily climbed down the lift and said to her agent, "They don't even want you. You'd better just wait for me to climb up."

The agent's forehead veins throbbed from the criticism.

Xu Yanyu ignored them and climbed onto the lift with the help of the staff.

Seeing the smug look on the sexy Xiaoqiang, and remembering that her own song wasn't as good as Xiaoqiang's in the last competition, Chu Lina was even angrier.

She turned to go back to the rest area, but saw her agent still staring longingly at the lift platform.

She said bluntly, "Leave. What are you still doing here? Look, they don't have an agent or assistant."

Are you just going to stay here and wait until she steps down, continuing to fawn over her? Like that courting male bird, showering her with attention?

After she finished speaking, she tossed her clothes and walked into the lounge.

"Hey! Hey hey hey..." The manager stomped his feet and followed her.

He still looked back at the direction of the elevator with lingering reluctance, his desire to sign a top general to restrain Chu Lina growing stronger.

After the host finished reciting a long string of advertising slogans on stage, he finally began to announce the song to be sung by the next contestant.

"Welcome our last contestant, Sexy Xiaoqiang, who will be performing 'The Ordinary Road' for us."

The mentors on the stage all sat up straight, bracing themselves for Sexy Xiaoqiang to come on stage.

Zhang Yinghao leaned over to look at Kong Liang, "You shouldn't have spoken so bluntly just now. That seductive fox was so angry that her cloak fell to the ground."

What did Kong Liang just say?

Kong Liang said, "Once you're on stage, no matter what your previous profession was, as long as you don't take off your mask, you're all a singer."

This stage is for showcasing music, and I hope you have a noble heart for music.

Zhang Yinghao still shakes his head when he thinks about it now.

He finally understood what Kong Liang's words meant: every sentence was succinct, yet each one carried a hidden meaning.

Kong Liang didn't speak, but just stared intently at the stage.

"You said you..."

Suddenly, a melodious tune drifted in.

"Quiet down, listen to music," Kong Liang said, frowning.

"Wandering on the road,"

Are you leaving? via via...

"Fragile, yet proud, that was once what I was like."

...

Xu Yanyu went on stage wrapped in her black robe, her voice soothing and gentle.

Her gaze was distant and serene, as if it were fixed on the audience, or perhaps looking out at the vast world.

She walked step by step towards the center of the stage.

At this moment, the stage lights did not have any of the various fancy and dazzling colors.

All the lights went out, leaving only a beam of white light shining on Xu Yanyu.

The white light, like a path of light, gradually illuminated the way behind Xu Yanyu as she walked.

The lights condensed into a road, just as the song describes, a road that is both ordinary and redemptive.

Kong Liang then turned to Zhang Yinghao and said, "This is music. It can be sexy, it can be ordinary, it can be sad, and it can be happy. But I don't like using music as an excuse to do things that skirt the edge."

Zhang Yinghao stared intently at the stage and exclaimed, "Yes. This is what music should be like."

His heart was at peace, and the emotions that had been stirred by the seductive fox had calmed down.

Not only the mentors on the stage, but also the audience felt a sense of mental cleansing and expansiveness.

"She was clearly singing, but it felt like she was telling me a story. What song is this? It's so beautiful."

One audience member's head involuntarily swayed to the music.

"Yes, the lyrics are very well written. It's so pleasant to listen to."

The audience members next to them stretched out their bodies and slowly leaned towards the back of their chairs.

His eyes followed the stage lights.

The lights followed Xu Yanyu as she moved until she reached the center of the stage, at which point all the lights were turned on.

She raised the microphone and sang with deep emotion and earnestness:

Are you really listening to the story?

"I have crossed mountains and seas, and I have also walked through crowds of people."

"Everything I once possessed vanished like smoke in the blink of an eye."

...

The story she had heard on the bus earlier that day came back to her mind.

The family worked hard to buy a house and a car, and raise their children.

I'm sick, and I don't have money for treatment, but I still have a home, a daughter, and loved ones.

Wealth that cannot be grasped may vanish like smoke, but love etched into one's bones will never fade.

Ordinary people may walk ordinary paths, but their extraordinary will is also striving for a better life.

Amidst the sea of ​​people, everyone is living an ordinary life.

The singer is Xu Yanyu, but the listeners see a different story, different people, and different paths.

They seemed to hear the lyrics questioning their own hearts.

That period of your struggle.

Just like that father, he drove with a smile, telling his story to his passengers, all for the sake of a small cake.

One audience member, who had just finished the college entrance examination, broke down in tears and hugged her mother tightly, saying, "I don't know how I did on the exam, but I've tried my best."

I'm really not smart. I listened carefully to the teacher's explanations, but when the test came up, I just couldn't remember them..."

Her mother hugged her and said, "Mom knows you tried your best. As long as we've tried, that's enough. Mom is proud of you."