Entertainment: Starting with a Song of Rice Fragrance

"What's wrong, brother? Your eyes are all red."

Zheng Jingjing has no classes tomorrow morning, so she'll be coming back to stay tonight.

See, this is one of the advantages of studying at a university in this city.

While eating the delicious dinner her mother had prepared, she looked curiously at her older brother.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just got some chili water in my eyes while washing the vegetables."

Zheng Ning gave a perfunctory reply, saying that he hadn't practiced the song well enough yet, and that he would give them a big surprise once he had mastered it.

"Hmm, it doesn't look like it~"

She bit the end of her chopsticks, looking slyly into her brother's eyes.

"Thinking about that woman again? Hey, let me tell you, why are you so infatuated? She already said she doesn't want to see me again, she must have found someone new over there!"

Despite her young age, Zheng Jingjing spoke with an air of maturity, offering guidance to her older brother like a caring older sister.

"Yes, Xiaoning, you're not still thinking about him, are you? Sigh, I've been there, so let me give you some advice: a woman like that just wants to find a companion in college, someone to bring her food, care for her, love her, and keep her company."

Ren Yuhuan looked at her son with heartache and picked out a large piece of chicken leg meat for him and put it in his bowl.

"It's not like I haven't seen her before. After being a teacher for so many years, do you think I wouldn't be able to tell what kind of person she is at a glance?"

"Besides, given our family's current situation, your dad has been hospitalized for so long and it has cost a lot of money. We don't know how much it will cost in the future. I guess that's one of the reasons she broke up with you. Sigh... In the end, your parents are the ones who are sorry for you."

"Mom, please don't say that!"

Zheng Ning immediately became anxious upon hearing this. How could they say such a thing?

Oh, when her family was rich, she would eagerly try to get close to him.

When their own family needs money and it seems like they're about to become poor, they quickly sever ties and leave themselves behind.

This kind of person has actually stopped wanting to do it a long time ago.

I was just listening to music when I reminisced about the sweet memories of the previous three years.

Perhaps it's more about reminiscing about one's lost youth and that misplaced affection.

After finishing their meal, the two siblings cleaned up the dishes in the kitchen.

"Brother, stop thinking about him. How about I introduce you to one of my classmates?"

With her hands covered in dish soap foam, Zheng Jingjing, who was scrubbing a plate, nudged Lao Ge next to her with her shoulder and asked mischievously.

"She's guaranteed to have a smooth and attractive figure, a real beauty, and she's never been in a relationship before!"

"Hey, you little brat, all you do is tease your older brother!"

Zheng Ning turned around and flicked him on the forehead with a sharp sound.

"Seriously? You don't even want beautiful women? Are you even a normal man? Huh?"

Zheng Jingjing gave her older brother a fierce once-over with her beautiful big eyes and said provocatively.

"Sigh, never mind, I'll tell you anyway, your brother here has written another new song!"

"Wha...what? You wrote another new song?"

The younger sister, who had been wearing a teasing smile, was now completely dumbfounded!

"Dude, when did you become so prolific? You only finished writing 'Rice Fragrance' a few days ago!"

"Hey, what's that? I just finished writing it a few days ago, that was written ages ago, okay?"

Zheng Ning quickly and cleverly covered up his previous statement.

As soon as I finished washing the dishes, my sister urged me to go back to my room, pick up my guitar, and play it for her.

After all, she had only practiced for an afternoon, and Zheng Ning's playing was still quite rusty.

But since I deeply empathize with these lyrics, my singing was actually quite good.

"Sure, bro!"

His sister slapped him hard on the shoulder with a loud crack!

"I never expected you to have this skill!"

"I originally thought that the song 'Rice Fragrance' was just something you guessed, or that it was the best of all those bad songs that we don't know about over the years."

"Who knew you could actually mass-produce them! Impressive, very impressive!"

Then, as if she had suddenly thought of something, she looked at her older brother with a meaningful expression.

"You still say you were thinking about that woman? Humph, isn't every single word in this song about her?"

"Um, this..."

Zheng Ning was now speechless with frustration, as this was the only lyrics the system had given him.

What can I do?

"Alright, I know you lovelorn men can't forget your old flames. But buddy, as the saying goes, out with the old, in with the new. Take this classmate I'm going to introduce you to, for example. She's stunningly beautiful, with a lovely voice..."

This younger sister is great in every way, except that once she starts talking, she can't stop.

At this moment, Zheng Ning admired her mother's ability to name children, but unfortunately, even the two characters "Jing" (静, meaning quiet/still) couldn't subdue her sharp tongue.

……

"What's wrong, Sister Zhao? You look so listless."

On the other side, Hengcheng.

Back at the company, Zhao Lu sat listlessly in her office, making work arrangements on her computer while listening to the rambling of her artists beside her.

"Nothing much, just went to Shuncheng, I'm tired."

"No way, Sister Zhao, you really went to Shuncheng? You went to find Zheng Ning, right? How did it go? Did you find him?"

Wang Yushu held a milk tea with three-tenths sugar in one hand and asked his agent curiously.

"Look at my expression, do I look like I've found it? Don't you have any sense?"

Zhao Lu pouted indignantly and rolled her eyes.

"I waited there for three days and was about to leave when I suddenly heard online that someone was busking under the big banyan tree on Chundong Road again. I even forgot to change my high heels and rushed over."

"When I finally got there and squeezed through the crowd, I found out it was just some minor internet celebrity trying to gain attention, singing awfully and clowning around like a banshee. I guess he was some kind of comedy streamer..."

"well……"

After saying this, Zhao Lu sighed deeply, her tone full of regret for not being able to obtain what she wanted.

"Hey, so that's what happened. Sister Zhao, you've really shown some respect for those who are talented..."

Wang Yushu patted her shoulder with a hint of regret.

"I also said that if you meet him, you could ask him if he's selling that song. I'm thinking of buying it myself."

"How could that be? That's how they built their business, why would they sell it to someone else?"

Zhao Lu curled her lip and said disdainfully.

"Oh? I saw in the comments that that guy is just trying to become an internet celebrity and using this to attract followers, isn't that right?"

"Of course not. Listen to those comments on the live stream; many of them are saying that Zheng Ning is that female anchor Xiao Yanzi's blind date. Do you really believe that?"

"Believe it or not is one thing, but I'm genuinely curious about him. Sister Zhao, look, his song has already climbed to number 13! My goodness, I'm only number 9!"

"How many resources did my company invest in me? How many resources does he have? He probably doesn't even own a company, right? He became so popular entirely through organic traffic; that's really impressive!"

Wang Yushu gripped the milk tea cup tightly, so tightly that the cup became somewhat deformed.

"Hey, I'm getting more and more interested in him. Who knows, he might end up being my formidable rival, you believe me?"