After the signal base station for Li Ze's concert was destroyed, the company compensated the country with a large sum of money and then moved the concert to another location.
The company was still worried that if this matter got out, people would criticize Li Ze for causing inconvenience to nearby residents because of his performance, so they spent money to suppress the news.
But now Li Ze has long forgotten what his manager told him. His manager was asleep and couldn't stop him, so he just blurted it out on the spot.
However, the few online viewers who haven't focused on this criticism have instead begun to notice the unusual connection between Xu Qiuyuan and Li Ze:
[An ordinary, unambitious person: I checked online, and it really was Li Ze who dug it up. Although there's very little information, we can still deduce it from some minor details. Li Ze's company even had to pay a huge sum of money in compensation.]
[Yao Yuan: They're quite destined to meet; they had already met before coming to this show.]
[A-Tan Always Wants to Eat Zongzi: I hereby declare the Midnight Diner CP locked in today! A seemingly gentle and refined but actually cunning and highly educated female host X a seemingly unrestrained but actually pure and straightforward top-tier rapper! I'm swooning!!!]
[The zongzi that always wants to be eaten: Why are you bumping into everything upstairs? Go to sleep!]
[Little Not Sweet: But it's so sweet and adorable! Qiu Yuan seems gentle, but she's actually quite cunning. I still remember her witty comebacks: one was, "You're not even livestreaming, yet you're still so eager to perform," and the other was, "Since you're so shy, why don't you give up your room allocation rights?" She always really puts those pretentious people to shame. Li Ze is so naive; I feel like he'll be completely under Qiu Yuan's thumb from now on. Besides, there's also their "offline" romance!]
Xu Qiuyuan had always wanted to repay the person who helped her disconnect from the internet. She had even tried to find out who it was, but she couldn't.
Hearing that it was Li Ze's team that broke the deal, she was both surprised and delighted: "Great! How can I repay you?"
Li Ze said nonchalantly, "I was just kidding. It wasn't made especially for you. Our team accidentally broke it."
Xu Qiuyuan's smile faded slightly, and she looked at Li Ze with exceptional seriousness: "Your unintentional act saved my life. Before the internet was cut off, I thought I might really be like that for the rest of my life. I never expected to get out of this so quickly. So I am really grateful to your team. You and Jinju, one gave me a new life and the other saved me from a fire pit. I really want to repay you."
Looking at her gentle eyes and brows, Li Ze couldn't understand: "You've experienced so much injustice, how come you haven't turned to the dark side? You're still grateful to the world?"
Xu Qiuyuan was amused by the question: "I do want to turn evil, but my age doesn't allow it."
She leaned back in her chair and laughed for a while before stopping: "I'm almost thirty, and I've experienced hardships that others might never have the chance to go through in their entire lives. I've come to terms with everything. My mindset has become more and more stable with each experience, and I won't be unable to withstand any storms."
Li Ze nodded; he already had a vague idea of the theme of the new song.
He then asked, "So, should you be grateful for these hardships?"
Xu Qiuyuan shook his head: "I will always hate hardship. Some people like to flatter themselves, saying things like 'I scold you for your own good,' 'I make you suffer so you can wake up'... But that's not true at all. I should thank my own strength for growing up, for Zhenzhen and Sister Yi for helping me get along, and for you and the team for digging up the foundation. It's definitely not the hardship itself, nor the people who kicked me when I was down. I would rather have peaceful days ahead than experience any more hardship."
Li Ze was deeply struck by the line "forever hate suffering," and the inspiration for his new song became clearer and clearer.
Whenever someone suffers, there will always be someone who stands up to blame the victim, even going so far as to call it "scolding them awake."
Actually, no. True care should be about offering comfort from someone's perspective and providing help.
Instead of kicking someone when they're down or radiating hostility from a superior position.
The people we should truly thank are ourselves for enduring the hardships, and those who genuinely care about and help us.
When things seem to turn around, you should be grateful that you've kept moving forward.
You've been reborn from the ashes; you should be grateful that you yourself are a phoenix!
Lyrics kept popping into Li Ze's mind, and he quickly asked his AI assistant to write down a few lines for him:
"The evening breeze of the harbor blows into the girl's dreams."
"In this quiet night, broken hearts are slowly revealed."
"Some things from the past are not worth keeping, and do not deserve to be mentioned."
"What I should thank is the noodles served late at night, and you who have weathered countless storms with me..."
After humming these few lines of lyrics, Li Ze looked up at Xu Qiuyuan and said, "Give me some feedback. This song was inspired by you. What do you think of it?"
Xu Qiuyuan carefully recalled the lyrics he had just softly sung, and asked incredulously, "You're not talking about me, are you, young lady?"
Li Ze nodded and said seriously, "That's right."
Xu Qiuyuan smiled helplessly: "In two more years I'll be thirty and still be a girl."
Li Ze smiled and explained, "In the eyes of us creators, 'girl' is an adjective, referring to a woman who maintains a pure and kind mindset. You do have that quality, but you have more open-mindedness and clarity than a real girl."
He genuinely felt that Xu Qiuyuan was very insightful and always remained kind.
Before she was involved in the triple homicide incident, her act of protecting that singer was already a well-known story in the singer-songwriter circle, and singers all had a good impression of her.
In the previous episode, she saved Grandma Li. Although she was criticized by many people, they only criticized her online.
In real life, most people would enjoy being around someone like Xu Qiuyuan who is helpful and selfless.
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