Chapter 174 Sending flowers to Ashu?
Today is Saturday, so Xiao Anning doesn't have to go to school.
Tan Yiyi stayed home with Xiao Anning, while Shen Qingshu and Wen Jingxi took Bai Jianwen to her class and then went to the studio together.
As soon as she entered the studio, Lu Xiaohan stood up from her workstation and pointed to the front desk, "Sister Qingshu, someone sent you flowers."
Shen Qingshu paused, then glanced at the front desk.
A bouquet of white roses stood on the front desk, particularly eye-catching.
"Feng Yuncheng again?" Wen Jingxi frowned, somewhat disgusted. "Can't he come up with something new?"
Shen Qingshu didn't even glance at it, turned around and walked towards her office, saying to Lu Xiaohan, "Same as always, give it to the coffee shop downstairs."
Lu Xiaohan: "Okay!"
Wen Jingxi followed Shen Qingshu into the office and turned to close the door.
The two sat down on the sofa.
Shen Qingshu looked at Wen Jingxi and said, "Shen Chuxi recently participated in that talent show."
"Shen Chuxi?" Wen Jingxi searched his memory for information about this person. "Who is that?"
“The second daughter of the Shen family,” Shen Qingshu said. “She’s famous now. You can open any app and search her name to see her highlights in the competition.”
Wen Jingxi opened his phone and clicked on a Douyin video.
Searching for the three characters 'Shen Chuxi' immediately brings up clips of her performing her original song during the competition.
After watching it, Wen Jingxi gave a very fair assessment: "The song is very good, but the singing is just average."
Shen Qingshu said, "Look at the comments."
Wen Jingxi opened the comments.
Then he was dumbfounded!
Why is everyone praising Zhou Yuchu?
Upon closer inspection, wow!
The song that Shen Chuxi performed was actually written and composed by Zhou Yuchu?!
"How could Zhou Yu have composed such a piece?"
Wen Jingxi frowned. "This piece uses an intangible cultural heritage instrument, and if I'm not mistaken, it also uses the pentatonic scale. My teacher's wife said that Zhou Yu, a second-year junior high school student, couldn't play a decent tune even after studying the stringed instrument for a long time. How could she compose such a piece?"
Wen Jingxi grew up under the influence of his grandfather and had some understanding of the five-tone healing music.
The song that Shen Chuxi sang in the competition was called "Grandpa's Paintbrush". The melody incorporated pentatonic scales and the lyrics also used Minnan dialect.
How did Zhou Yu first learn the Minnan dialect?
"What is the relationship between Shen Chuxi and Zhou Yuchu?" Wen Jingxi asked.
"Lin Lanyi and Shen Chuxi's mother, Lin Yunmei, are biological sisters, while Shen Chuxi and Zhou Yuchu are cousins."
Wen Jingxi: "So, Zhou Yu first introduced Shen Chuxi to this talent show?"
“That’s right. Zhou Yuchu has already made arrangements in advance. Shen Chuxi will at least make it into the top three in this talent show. If nothing unexpected happens, Shen Chuxi will be the predetermined champion.”
"They're rigging this!" Wen Jingxi rolled her eyes. "I get it now. Zhou Yuchu helped Shen Chuxi secure the championship spot, and Shen Chuxi used the songs she performed in the talent show to help Zhou Yuchu cultivate a persona of a talented singer-songwriter!"
"That's right."
"Fine!" Wen Jingxi laughed in exasperation. "No wonder you're Zhou Yuchu, doing two things for one price! It's a shame you're not a spy with that kind of cunning!"
Shen Qingshu asked, "Aren't you curious where they got this piece of music from?"
Wen Jingxi scoffed, "They must have bought it from someone! Some self-proclaimed singer-songwriters in the entertainment industry do this all the time, it's nothing new!"
Shen Qingshu looked at him and smiled slightly.
The moment she smiled, Wen Jingxi immediately sensed something was wrong!
"Wait!" Wen Jingxi stared at Shen Qingshu. "You're not going to tell me that you wrote this song, are you?"
Shen Qingshu raised an eyebrow. "What do you think?"
"Holy crap!" Wen Jingxi exclaimed excitedly, standing up abruptly. "It really is you!"
"Well, actually, if I hadn't seen the video of Shen Chuxi participating in the competition, I would have almost forgotten about it."
"What's up?"
“I started composing music on my own when I was about twelve or thirteen years old. My grandfather bought me a notebook, and I wrote down all my compositions in that notebook. There were about a dozen of them. After my grandfather passed away, I was taken back to the Shen family, and I took that notebook with me.”
Wen Jingxi sat down again. "So, Shen Chuxi stole your notebook?"
“When the Shen family kicked me out, they wouldn’t even let me take a piece of clothing with me, so naturally I didn’t take my notebook either.”
Wen Jingxi frowned. "Then Shen Chuxi probably only found this notebook recently. Otherwise, given the Shen family's ambition, if they really wanted to use your songs to make Shen Chuxi famous, why would they wait until now?"
“That’s what I think too,” Shen Qingshu said. “Shen Chuxi probably saw that Zhou Yuchu has recently become popular again, so she took her notebook to negotiate with Zhou Yuchu, and the two eventually reached this cooperation agreement.”
"How shameless!" Wen Jingxi was furious. He then asked, "So what are you planning to do now? It's your creation. Are you just going to let Zhou Yuchu and Shen Chuxi benefit from it?"
“Of course not,” Shen Qingshu said. “But there’s no rush. I’ll expose them myself when Shen Chuxi wins the championship.”
"I agree with your idea, but how are you going to prove that you composed all those pieces?"
“Since it’s my piece, I’m sure I have a way to handle it.” Shen Qingshu smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I already have a plan in mind.”
"Alright, since you're confident, I won't worry about it anymore."
…
At five o'clock in the evening, Shen Qingshu and Wen Jingxi returned to Yun Gui together.
Fu Siyan has arrived.
Accompanying him was a chef from a five-star hotel whom he had hired at great expense.
Fu Siyan is hosting this dinner tonight, and he has arranged everything from the ingredients to the cooking.
Bai Jianwen has been back for a while and is playing with Xiao Anning in the living room.
Fu Siyan wasn't there. Bai Jianwen said he brought the chef over, but he left again after receiving a phone call.
"Good riddance!" Wen Jingxi sneered. "You'd better not come back!"
There were several toy gift boxes on the coffee table, obviously bought for Xiao Anning.
Shen Qingshu only glanced at it indifferently.
Wen Jingxi really didn't want Fu Siyan to have it too easy, so he simply called and invited Jin Que over as well.
Unexpectedly, Jin Que did not come alone.
Jin Que was accompanied by Feng Yuncheng, Xiao Nian'an, and Zhang Yun.
Upon seeing Feng Yuncheng, Wen Jingxi was dumbfounded. He looked at Jin Que and asked, "Dr. Jin?"
Jin Que smiled apologetically, "Mr. Feng just happened to bring Xiao Nian'an to my follow-up appointment. When you called me, Xiao Nian'an heard it and he missed Xiao Anning very much. He kept asking to come and see Xiao Anning. I thought we all knew each other, so we came together."
Wen Jingxi: "..."
Feng Yuncheng held Xiao Nian'an in his arms and gently reminded her, "Nian'an, quickly say hello to your Uncle Wen, or you won't get dinner."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Nian'an immediately looked at Wen Jingxi, blinked her big, dark eyes, and said, "Hello, Uncle Wen."
Looking at that tender and adorable little face, Wen Jingxi really couldn't bring himself to give her a hard time.
He reached out and patted Nian'an's head. "Nian'an is such a good girl. Xiao Anning is playing over there. Go find her!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Nian'an turned to look at Feng Yuncheng.
Feng Yuncheng smiled, bent down, and put him on the ground.
Xiao Nian'an landed on both feet and ran straight towards Xiao Anning—
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