LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 10 - This Song is Called "Ten Years"
Just drinking Sprite?
Song Qiuzhi’s expression froze slightly, and she unconsciously pressed her lips together.
It probably wasn’t what she was thinking…
After all, he had drunk alcohol the last time he came to the bar with that older man, so he must have long forgotten about those things from the past.
Since reuniting with Gu Yan, although Song Qiuzhi had been trying to avoid him, she couldn’t refuse this bottle of wine he ordered for her today…
Song Qiuzhi couldn’t decline.
The 8,000 yuan commission would be enough for her mother’s medicine and living expenses for a month.
The house they were renting was about to be demolished, and the mother-daughter pair would soon face homelessness. This unexpected windfall of 8,000 yuan was really hard for Song Qiuzhi to turn down.
Even if it meant being humiliated by him, she would have to grit her teeth and accept it, Song Qiuzhi…
After composing herself a bit, Song Qiuzhi turned and walked back to the stage, while Xiao Hai and his group were happy to watch the show — after all, it was rare to see a customer who would casually order wine worth tens of thousands of yuan.
“Sister Qiu, we’re rooting for you~”
Xiao Hai encouraged as he left the stage.
Song Qiuzhi nodded in response to Xiao Hai.
“Huff…”
Taking a deep breath, Song Qiuzhi slowly unzipped her bag and took out her guitar.
She wondered what song she should sing for Gu Yan in this situation.
From when she started university at seventeen until now at twenty-seven, Song Qiuzhi and Gu Yan had known each other for exactly ten years. Even now, thinking back to those university days…
Song Qiuzhi suddenly realized that her memories seemed to be filled with traces of Gu Yan everywhere.
This bastard used to be quite reliable, huh?
Always there when called, able to accept her negative emotions at any time. Since that was the case—
She would sing one good song on her last night at Jia Lan Zhi Ye.
Song Qiuzhi casually strummed the guitar strings, and the crisp guitar notes echoed through the bar through the microphone.
The band that was supposed to perform suddenly left the stage, and Song Qiuzhi, who was responsible for warming up, returned. At this moment, most of the customers in the bar focused their attention on the stage.
With so many eyes on her, Song Qiuzhi didn’t feel stage fright at all.
She knew which song to sing, and this song would definitely be worthy of the thirty-year-aged HIBIKI that Gu Yan had ordered.
Tonight.
It was time to bring a little Chinese musical shock to this world.
“I have one last song for everyone tonight…”
Her slightly deep voice formed a perfect transition with the guitar notes the moment the last two words were spoken.
The gentle melody carried a hint of resignation and reflection. Song Qiuzhi lowered her gaze slightly, completely immersing herself in this unexpected performance.
“If those two words hadn’t trembled~”
“I wouldn’t have…”
“Discovered my pain~”
“No matter how it’s said, it’s still just a breakup…”
When Song Qiuzhi sang the first word, the chatter in the bar suddenly stopped.
This song?
The customers looked at each other, feeling it was quite nice to listen to…
“If there were no expectations for tomorrow~”
“Holding hands, just like traveling~”
“Among thousands of doorways…”
“Someone always has to leave first~”
At the bar.
Hearing this, Gu Yan’s motion of holding his glass suddenly froze.
He slowly turned around, looking at Song Qiuzhi who was immersed in her performance, the emotions in his eyes almost impossible to conceal.
Among thousands of doorways…
Someone always has to leave first.
Song Qiuzhi, is this what you wanted to tell me?
“Since embraces can’t linger~”
“Why not, at the moment of departure~”
“Enjoy while…”
“Tears flow—”
Hearing the last two lyrics, Gu Yan’s hand suddenly tightened around his glass.
But he didn’t have time to react, because — this super hit that had dominated Chinese music for twenty years, its most powerful wave was about to crash in!
Song Qiuzhi’s hand strumming the guitar suddenly paused.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
During these three seconds, only Song Qiuzhi’s slight breathing could be heard in the entire bar.
It was like a string being pulled tighter and tighter in your mind.
Three seconds felt like an entire century had passed—
“Ten years ago~”
“I didn’t know you, you didn’t belong to me~”
Gu Yan suddenly stood up at the bar, his breathing becoming rapid.
He unconsciously took half a step forward, and the distant Song Qiuzhi gradually became blurry…
No, it wasn’t her becoming blurry.
Gu Yan suddenly realized that he had been moved to tears by just two lines of lyrics?
If you were going to leave my world without a sound, then why did you suddenly burst into my world in the first place.
Song Qiuzhi’s performance continued, but Gu Yan’s heart was in chaos. He had planned everything, but at this moment, all his planned scenarios lost their meaning.
“Ten years later, we are friends~”
“Can still send our greetings~”
“But that kind of tenderness…”
“Can no longer find a reason to embrace~”
Gu Yan’s lips trembled slightly, and he suddenly turned away.
A tear slid down his cheek — Gu Yan didn’t want to show his vulnerable state to Song Qiuzhi.
“Brother, are you okay?”
Bartender Brother Hai, who had returned to the bar, saw Gu Yan’s reddened eyes and asked with concern.
Gu Yan slowly shook his head and raised his hand to wipe the moisture from the corner of his eye.
“I’m fine…”
“The wine, open another bottle, the same as before…”
As the words fell.
Brother Hai’s motion of handling the bottle suddenly stopped, his entire person frozen in place.
“What, what? Ahem, customer, you mean?”
Gu Yan nodded, “Yes, that 66,000 yuan wine from before, open another bottle, still for her…”
Brother Hai pondered for quite a while before finally nodding heavily.
This kind of customer, even in all his years in the business, he had rarely seen.
Too intense.
One bottle at 66,000 wasn’t enough, had to open a second one…
The two bottles together were over a hundred thousand, ordering them without even blinking an eye.
After composing himself, Gu Yan turned back to look at Song Qiuzhi.
Actually, everyone knew Song Qiuzhi sang well. Anyone who knew her in university knew this.
But besides Gu Yan, basically no one knew that Song Qiuzhi’s talent wasn’t limited to just singing.
For instance, now—
This song, like the few times he had heard in university, should also be one written by Song Qiuzhi herself.
After all, he had never heard this song before.
A song’s duration is very short, and during the time when Gu Yan lost control of his emotions, it slowly came to an end.
“Until we became friends for many years…”
“I finally understood my tears~”
“Weren’t flowing for you~”
“But flowing for others too~”
Song Qiuzhi sang these last few lyrics with a tone of acceptance.
Gu Yan frowned slightly.
He knew Song Qiuzhi too well, so he could hear the emotions she wanted to express in these final lines.
Acceptance?
Before, I went along with everything you said, but now things are different…
Song Qiuzhi, I don’t agree.
I absolutely won’t agree to end things just like this.
What’s ending is this song, not us.
“This song is called ‘Ten Years’, thank you everyone.”
Song Qiuzhi slowly stood up and bowed deeply to the customers in the bar. When she raised her head, she unconsciously glanced in Gu Yan’s direction.
A moment later, she nervously shifted her gaze away.
How embarrassing, why was this guy staring at her without even blinking?
Perhaps because of the distance, Song Qiuzhi hadn’t noticed Gu Yan’s reddened eyes. She lowered her head, packed up her guitar, shouldered her bag, and hurriedly left the stage.
Then.
Thunderous applause erupted in the bar.
Some customers excitedly checked their phones, grateful they had thought ahead to record the song just now.
Soon, someone uploaded the live recording of the song to Douyin.
At this moment, no one yet realized that this super hit, which almost everyone in another world could hum a few lines of, would cause…
What kind of sensation in this world’s Chinese music scene!