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Chapter 97 Professional Singer Competition Section [15 Chapters, Seeking First Subscription]

Suddenly, a large, bright red "危" (danger) character appeared above his head.

Xia Shen looked at Zhou Yumeng, who was still smiling, and felt a chill run down his spine.

This is like what?
It's like when you die, your browser history and disk haven't been completely deleted.

"Uh, well, let me explain."

Xia Shen immediately felt a little embarrassed and tried to make an excuse: "This is what happened."

"Go ahead," Zhou Yumeng nodded with a smile.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Would you believe me if I said I was doing this to research the market? After all, you have to consider what company I signed with. You wouldn't understand what we do in this industry. We need to stay online. This is about some academic discussions. That's the situation."

Yes, that's right.

"Do you even believe what you're saying?" Zhou Yumeng looked at him and sighed softly.

However, just as Xia Shen was feeling extremely uneasy, his mind began to race with images of Zhou Yumeng pinning him to the ground as a child, her fighting prowess of breaking red bricks with a single palm strike due to her family's martial arts skills, and some rather 'unpleasant' memories, and then he began to imagine the possible consequences he might suffer.

He was just about to admit his mistake.

Zhou Yumeng chuckled and said, "What are you afraid of? I didn't care, it's nothing."

"Ok?"

Xia Shen was stunned for a moment.

“That was all in the past,” Zhou Yumeng said. “Besides, it’s normal for a normal man to have physical urges. I should be worried if you’re hanging out with people like Lao Chen every day and you don’t have those in your favorites.”

At the same time, Old Chen, who was busy in his office, was still wearing his usual floral shirt, with a sparse buzz cut and a beard, round-framed glasses, a big belly, and playing with walnuts in his hands.

During this period, he was in high spirits. When facing his career crisis, he proved his ability with a successful marketing campaign, demonstrating that he was capable of taking on the role.

Now the entire company looks at him with new respect, and the boss is very satisfied with his performance.

These past few days, he's been wearing a beaming smile wherever he goes.

He was humming a little tune.

Then suddenly, he felt an itch in his nose.

After a moment of preparation, a loud sneeze erupted.

ah-

The commotion was so great that the table shook.

"That's strange. Did you catch a chill from drinking last night? You don't seem to have caught a cold."

In the studio.

Xia Shen and Zhou Yumeng had a long and detailed conversation for a while longer.

Of course, these were all other things; she didn't say anything about the borderline videos.

They exchanged ideas about their relationship, as well as their thoughts and experiences over the years.

They kept talking about when they started having feelings for each other.

For Xia Shen, it was naturally after their reunion.

He originally thought Zhou Yumeng was like that too.

But to his utter surprise, as Zhou Yumeng recounted her story, he gradually became shocked.

It turns out that Zhou Yumeng has liked him for so many years.

He was completely unaware of it, keeping it all in the dark.

“I had given up hope, and of course, I wasn’t planning on dating. I wanted to focus on developing my career and making a name for myself in music before considering these things. But then I met you again,” Zhou Yumeng said with a smile.

"Thank you for your hard work." Xia Shen didn't know what to say.

"Do you know how happy I was when we met again? I thought to myself, I can't miss this time, or I'll regret it for the rest of my life. Because I found that even after more than ten years, when I see you again, my heart still races uncontrollably."

Zhou Yumeng looked at Xia Shen reproachfully, "I don't know what kind of magic you have." "Maybe it's because I'm handsome?" Xia Shen joked.

"That's true." To his surprise, Zhou Yumeng nodded without hesitation.

However, she replied with a smile, "Of course, the main reason is that there are some things only you know. Things like you peeing on me and I playing in the mud can't be known by a third person. We've already played in the mud, how could I let you get away?"

but
Say so.

But when it comes to the exact time and opportunity when one's heart truly begins to flutter with romantic feelings...
Zhou Yumeng didn't tell Xia Shen, but the afternoon from more than ten years ago silently floated into her mind.

Xia Shen, with a 'you're awesome' expression, pinched the newly sprouted bamboo shoot and loudly exclaimed, "Wow! Zhou Zhou! You have pectoral muscles! These are muscles! Is this the benefit of practicing family-inherited martial arts?"

Then Zhou Yumeng chased after him and beat him all day.

These are all wonderful memories, and now that we've both grown up.

After a long and detailed conversation, Xia Shen had initially thought that after so many years, the change in their relationship might bring them some awkward situations, and they might not know how to face each other with their new identities.

But after spending some time together, they were surprised to find that they didn't feel that way at all. On the contrary, they got along surprisingly well, as if everything was just right.

Ultimately, they attributed the reason to the fact that they were indeed too familiar with each other and already knew each other inside and out.

Sometimes, things just happen naturally.

At this point, Xia Shen added, "Actually, if I wasn't afraid of dragging you down, I probably would have made things clear much earlier. After all, the gap between us is too big, whether it's our family background or other things. If I hadn't made money now and achieved some success in my career, I wouldn't be unable to face my aunt and uncle, and I probably wouldn't have spoken up today."

There's a saying that goes, "How could someone with clean hands dare to wrong a beautiful woman?"

“You’re overthinking it,” Zhou Yumeng said. “My parents have been talking about you a lot since they found out we’ve reunited. They have a pretty good impression of you.”

In fact, they are very open-minded about this. Most parents care more about whether their children are happy and whether they can live a joyful life. The most important thing is whether a person has good character and whether they are someone they can trust.

They've practically watched you grow up, so they were somewhat prepared for this. Plus, I didn't hide anything from them, so they didn't say anything against it. On the contrary, my dad, after getting your birth date and time and having someone calculate it, expressed his full support, saying that you and he are a perfect match.

Do you know what? His eyes were practically shooting lasers.

He even wants you to do nothing and stop thinking about your uncertain music career. You can work at his company, just hang out with him every day, and he'll pay you tens of thousands a month. You won't have to worry about anyone else; you can just deal with him directly and even say you can talk back to whoever you don't like.

Of course, nobody expected you to make such a splash in your career so quickly, and from then on, his opinion of you rose even higher.

Zhou Yumeng smiled.

"So you're saying I don't even need to consider the most difficult hurdle, the father-in-law? What about all the time we wasted before? What does that even mean?" Xia Shen laughed.

"You're just unlucky," Zhou Yumeng snorted.

After they opened up, the two of them felt they had even more to say to each other.

After all, both sides had been quite restrained, worried that talking too much might cause other problems and arouse the other's suspicion, so tomorrow's chat will actually be very short.

I've realized that there's never enough to say.

But for the two of them, there was something even more important: they shared a common cause, and their careers were already deeply intertwined.

So some things can only be said later; they have other important matters to attend to.

For example, there was another reason why Zhou Yumeng came today.

Xia Shen asked, "Didn't you say you came to see me today because you had something to discuss? What program is it? Tell me?"

"Here's the thing, the production team of the 'Singer' program contacted my agent these past few days and invited me to participate in this season of the program."

"Is that the show on Hunan TV?" Xia Shen was also taken aback.

“Yes.” Zhou Yumeng nodded.

"It was them." Xia Shen pondered.

He is naturally very familiar with this music variety show, which can be said to be unique in China and no one can surpass it.

If "Treasure Voice" is nominally a competitive program aimed at grassroots singers, it is about discovering and nurturing new talents in the music scene.

Then "The Singer" is definitely the king of competitive programs aimed at professional singers!

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