After school in the evening, Xie Lan saw a Weibo post from Mr. Jiada.
The title is "The empty valley echoes the wailing, using melody to create suspense", which explains an interesting and practical arrangement idea in two or three hundred words, and recommends several famous song excerpts at the end.
Finally, go to the link and start campaigning.
Xie Lan's votes just surpassed Jiada's but were pulled back again.
Dou Sheng sighed, "It's really not easy for gods to fight each other."
After a while, Xie Lan was completely aroused by the desire to win. He carefully read the teaching post sent by the other party and said, "There is still time, come again."
The phone suddenly vibrated.
Dou Sheng was concentrating on cooking the original plain boiled egg for tomorrow morning. Xie Lan glanced at the caller ID and paused subtly.
After a moment, he answered the call in a low voice.
Zhao Wenying said unhappily on the other end of the phone: "Lanlan, why didn't Douzi answer my call? Let him answer the phone."
Xie Lan covered the microphone and whispered, "Turn to mute mode and wait a moment."
Xie Lan silently pressed the speakerphone button and placed the phone next to Dou Sheng. "Looking for you."
The water in the small pot was boiling and the eggs were tapping against the edge of the pot.
"Who is it?" Dou Sheng asked casually.
"You're going to die!!!" an angry roar suddenly sounded.
Dou Sheng shuddered and jumped away from the table, almost knocking over the pot.
He took the phone speechlessly. There was water on the screen, so he had to continue using the hands-free mode.
"Mom." Dou Sheng was speechless, "Why are you so startled?"
"You cursed me into bankruptcy!" Zhao Wenying roared, "Does it have it easy for me? I was away on a business trip for two weeks and didn't come home. Why didn't you call the police and tell them that I was presumed dead outside?!"
Everyone in the dormitory was trying to hold back their laughter. Dou Sheng sighed, "I knew that Lao Hu would have to verify this with you."
"What the hell! Your teacher Hu will understand after a second thought, why are you complaining to me?" Zhao Wenying said, "Poverty challenge, huh? I'm telling you, from today on, you have no pocket money. From now on, you spend whatever you earn, and don't ask me for it!"
"What?" Dou Sheng frowned. "I basically don't accept advertising. The creative incentives are barely enough to pay for my equipment."
"Because your family is bankrupt!!!" Zhao Wenying roared.
"Please take care of Lanlan for me." She said in a gentle tone again, and hung up the phone immediately.
Beep, beep, beep—
Dou Sheng: “…”
Xie Lan turned his head and looked at him innocently.
Dou Sheng's expression froze for a moment before he said, "She asked me to say hello to you."
"I heard you." Xie Lan nodded, "So what are you going to do in your later days?"
Dou Sheng frowned and threw away his phone. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I can only ask you to support me."
"Support?" Xie Lan poked at his phone, "Let me check what it means."
Dou Sheng smiled and said, "I just want you to be my boyfriend."
Xie Lan’s fingers froze.
Dai You and Wang Gou immediately pounded the table and started to make a scene. Wang Gou almost laughed to the point of tears. "Douzi, you are a hooligan, right? Don't scare Xie Lan to death."
"The British are very open-minded. Xie Lan should have seen a lot of them." Dai You coughed twice and said with a smile, "I think the two of you are really just one step away from getting together. Think about it."
Xie Lan sat there without moving, his hair standing on end and his scalp tingling.
Dai You and Wang Gou were both in a joking state and knew nothing about it, but with the way Wang You and Dou Sheng were spending their time now, it was likely that one day it would be accidentally exposed.
The terrible thing is that even with this kind of extravagant lifestyle, I still feel very restrained, and I get so agitated that I want to die at the slightest provocation.
She glanced at Dou Sheng, but Dou Sheng just smiled faintly and continued to cook the eggs.
With Dou Sheng's temper, he would have wanted to take a photo with a church background as his B-station avatar. He would never hide it for long. Sooner or later, he would have to inform his friends and parents.
But no one knows how parents will react.
Xie Jingming has been abroad for many years, and his thoughts are completely Western. All the problems in his mind are caused by wanting to give the whole family a blood transfusion, but other than that, he is quite smart. Two days ago, a colleague found out that his son liked a man, and he almost forced his son to death, but he still tried to persuade him. I just don't know if he can be so open with his own son.
Zhao Wenying… is even harder to say.
Xie Lan retrieved his phone and opened the chat box with Zhao Wenying.
Zhao Wenying chats with him every other day and cares about him more than her own son. He likes Aunt Zhao from the bottom of his heart, but... he seems to have a premonition that Zhao Wenying will not accept it so easily.
Dai You and Wang Gou went out to fetch water, and Dou Sheng also stood up and passed by, gently pressing the water on the head of the water.
"Don't think about those messy things." Dou Sheng said calmly, "I will take care of your troubles."
The voting for the mathematics competition preliminaries ends one day later, and the final exam will be held directly after the preliminaries, so all things are pressed together.
Xie Lan didn't go home for two consecutive weekends. He spent 10 hours a day doing exercises. He used the rest of the time to write short melodies and post them on Weibo to solicit votes. He pieced together scattered inspirations and came up with random names.
"The rumor-mongering mother beats beans", "Eating people at midnight", "Eating people at midnight 2", "Exploding bean pods", "Bean tailor shop", "A short life", "The story of a bite of crispy meat", "Bean buckle is a failure", "Beans are defeated", "Eating people at midnight n"
…
These names are casual records of a certain Douban's daily poverty, originally just for fun, but fans' attention soon began to stray.
-Exciting updates every day!!
- Expand in your mind and understand the meaning of the words
-Can you explain clearly what kind of eating is eating people in the middle of the night
- The pods burst... burst
-It's so funny, it should be that Douzi had his sleeves torn off while playing basketball today, and he posted a status saying
-It's so funny, now I don't play any audio at all, I only play the avi in my head
-Pay attention, Lanzai doesn't understand anything.
Xie Lan regretted it every time, but the next day he couldn't help but continue to complain to his fans by naming them.
Dou Sheng had a simple life but became a pervert. He started to cheat and beg for meat. One day, the sleeve of his clothes was torn while he was playing basketball, so he sewed it himself. He developed a skill in sewing and forced others to do it. He charged money for his help, 50 cents for a button, and one free for every three buttons he sewed.
It would be fine if he sneaked up every night while the girl was asleep to "eat her", but the outrageous thing was that his actions became more and more intense, and he must have kissed the seam of the girl's shirt collar. It was reasonable to suspect that someone did it on purpose, and was so obsessed with making money from sewing that he went too far.
The handsome guy was speechless.
The summer heat at the end of June was chaotic. On the official website of "Young Lady on the Strings", Xie Lan and Jia Da were fighting each other more and more. The chief profile picture kept changing back and forth. At first, it was changed every day, then it gradually changed to morning and evening, and finally it changed every few hours. The supporters of both sides had a dispute at first. One side said that Xie Lan's arrangement was full of enthusiasm and had no rules, while the other side said that Jia Da was full of commercialism because he only talked but did not practice. But after a few rounds of chasing each other, no one stopped scolding.
—This turned into a bloody tug-of-war.
I don’t know from when, fans of both sides began to call each other comrades.
-Maotietie: How is the canvassing going on today for my friend on the other side
-Jia Ge Dada: It's getting more and more difficult. Lock the account and device, one person one vote. I have already treated the whole class to milk tea, but there are still a few who have voted for Xie Lan, mua.
- Devil em: My friend on the other side shook hands, but I was out of ammunition and food. The homepage list was annoyed by me.
-Oh Oh Jiajia: Come on, fellow comrades on the other side, we will do our best too! Let’s see who will win (excited for a second)!
With one week left before the ballot closing date, the local daily unexpectedly published a report which was then forwarded by the Communist Youth League.
"Regardless of gains and losses, both unpolished jade and green vines can be appreciated." The media praised this fight between the gods as a true contest of real people's popularity, conveying a series of new social trends that Xie Lan could not understand.
Jiada immediately forwarded the message: "I've been here for a long time, and I hope it will last forever."
Xie Lan frowned and read the awkward title a few more times, "Jia Da means you are the green vine, so I am this what jade?"
"Unpolished jade," Dou Sheng said. "A beautiful jade that has never been carved."
"Hmm..." Xie Lan wrote the word "Pu" several times on the rough paper, frowned and said, "Why do I feel more and more that you are saying that I am not professional enough?"
Dou Sheng shook his head wildly, "It's obvious that he's saying that Jiada smells artificial."
In fact, Xie Lan really felt that Jiada was worthy of the word "god". The popular science posts about music arrangement posted by Jiada every day had become his daily homework. Not only did he learn them secretly, but he also took time to look up some extended materials.
At this point in the fight, it is impossible to say that either side has no desire for victory.
To use an idiom I learned recently, it would be: Let's wait and see who will win.
The day before the math competition preliminaries, Xie Lan and Dou Sheng went to the debate club to sit in on the last daily practice of the semester.
The members recruited in this batch were all big guys, and they were very self-organized. The girl with a high ponytail named Lin Bei led everyone in daily practice and discussion. When Xie Lan arrived, the blackboard was already densely filled with pros and cons. Everyone stood on their own standpoints to help the other side find ways to close the mouth, and the discussion was in full swing.
Every time, Xie Lan suspected that he was here for class. Not long after he sat down, he couldn't help but take out a pen and paper and start taking notes.
After the discussion, the blackboard was filled with logical arrows. Lin Bei turned around and asked, "Do the two presidents have anything else to add?"
Xie Lan shook his head. "I have learned a lot from all of you, but I can't give you anything. The end-of-term activities are coming soon. I feel a little ashamed."
The debate club's end-of-term activity is a debate competition. The time will be determined by the Student Union. The preliminary round will be held tomorrow. Two groups of four teams will advance. The two winning teams will play a final in five days.
Xie Lan paused, "Tomorrow is the math competition preliminaries. Dou Sheng and I won't be there to accompany you. Good luck in the preliminaries, and see you in the finals."
"Will the seniors come to the finals?" Lin Bei looked at Xie Lan expectantly. "On the day of the finals, the student union will evaluate the outstanding clubs of the semester, and there will also be a leader of the most cohesive club. One of my classmates is the roommate of the student union president, and he said you have a good chance!"
Xie Lan waved her hands quickly, "You deserve the Outstanding Club Award, but don't ask me for the Leader Award. I didn't do anything."
"This award is given by the student union. The fact that you can get everyone together to practice and compete in a down-to-earth manner, and revive the debate club that has been dormant for so long, is the greatest achievement." A boy laughed and said, "Anyway, I came here just to see you."
"Me too."
"I also."
"The film club wanted to see me but I didn't go. How can watching a movie be as fun as watching Senior Xie Lan listen to me attentively?"
"Yeah, playing chess is not as fun as teaching Senior Xie Lan to argue."
"How can reading a classic be as joyful as reading... ummm and... ummm... live fan fiction?"
A group of people burst into laughter. Xie Lan pretended not to understand and could only sigh.
"Just do what a spiritual leader should do." He curled his lips and said, "This is the last daily training this semester. I'll treat everyone to ice cream. If you want anything, please send it to the group."
Dou Sheng immediately stood up and said, "You chat with everyone, I'll go buy it."
Xie Lan said, "Then I'll transfer the money to you first."
Dou Sheng wanted to immerse himself in the experience of poverty and had already untied his bank card in advance. It was really unreasonable.
He lowered his head and transferred money to Dou Sheng, a normal action, but an ambiguous chuckle could be heard from behind him.
Xie Lan turned back helplessly, "What are you laughing at again?"
Lin Bei winked and said, "Ah, when I think about eating popsicles, I feel like laughing out loud."
There was another burst of laughter from the audience, and the group of people followed suit and took out their phones to place orders in the group.
Dou Sheng privately sent a message to Xie Lan.
-Renjian Greedy Cool Beans: What does little Xie Lan want to eat
-Lunch grape ice: see nickname.
-Renjian Tanliangdou: Yes, sir.
After Dou Sheng left, Xie Lan continued to discuss tomorrow's competition with everyone. The topic of the preliminary round was decided long ago - "Do robots need to ask for human consent when they fall in love with each other?"
Everyone was preparing for the weekend, chatting away, with Xie Lan occasionally chiming in. As they were talking, the phone on the table suddenly vibrated, it was an unfamiliar local landline.
Xie Lan would receive a few spam calls every day, and would just glance at them and hang up.
After he gave the members a few more words about the next arrangements, his cell phone started ringing again.
Hang up again, ring again.
Lin Bei took a quick glance and said, "This number seems to belong to a small store."
A small shop
Xie Lan suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
After a pause, he picked up the phone.
The boss's rough and bold voice almost pierced my eardrums—"Are you Dou Sheng's parent? Come and get the money to redeem him! Ah, you bought something worth nine or eight yuan from me, and you don't have any left!"
The sound insulation of the mobile phone was not very good, and the whole classroom suddenly exploded.
"What the hell is going on, hahaha!"
"Senior, you didn't have money to buy something, and someone detained you?"
“Is it reasonable that this is not on the B station hot list?”
"I laughed my ass off when Xie Lan called Dou Sheng's parent."
"Really, parents"
"Hurry up and turn on the speakerphone! Turn on the speakerphone!"
What is hands-free
Xie Lan turned her head and saw someone else on the other end of the line. Dou Sheng's low voice rang close to her ear, "Boyfriend, save me."
Xie Lan quickly stood up and took two steps outside. Although he knew that others couldn't hear him speaking so quietly, he still felt guilty.
He lowered his voice and asked, "Didn't I give you money?"
"It turns out that my phone is out of payment, and there is no wifi in the cafeteria." Dou Sheng sighed, "On the last day, God played a trick on me."
“…” Who is playing whom
Dou Sheng's tone was not hurried, and he still spoke in a lazy tone, "Master, please come and redeem your private property. I beg you. It's so dark and cold here, I'm so scared."
"… "
Xie Lan walked straight out, shutting out the eyes of the crowd who were watching the fun and not minding the trouble, and then said angrily after walking out of this corridor: "If you don't redeem yourself, let the boss destroy you."
Dou Sheng took a deep breath in an exaggerated manner, "You have to destroy it yourself, otherwise I will not die. Although you are shameless, I am loyal."
The shop owner said angrily: "Can you find someone here?"
Dou Sheng turned cold again in an instant, "Why are you in such a hurry? I'm begging for money, right? Do you still want money?"
"I don't want to, put the popsicle down and leave!"
Xie Lan: “…”
At dinner time, the playground was full of people.
I jogged all the way to the door of the canteen and saw Che Ziming coming out with a popsicle in his hand.
"Hello." Che Ziming greeted, "Where's Dou Sheng?"
"Huh?" Xie Lan had a confused look on his face, and subconsciously glanced inside the door, "You came out of the store? Didn't you see me?"
"Yeah, where can I see it?" Che Ziming waved his popsicle at him, "Let's go first."
Xie Lan walked in confused. Dou Sheng was standing by the counter of the store. There was a plastic bag of ice cream in the freezer.
"Finally here." Dou Sheng was relieved. "I was scared to death. The people here are very unfriendly."
The boss looked at me coldly from the side.
Xie Lan quickly paid the money and asked in confusion, "Did the car come here just now?"
"Yeah." Dou Sheng smiled and picked up his things and walked out, saying confidently, "Luckily I hid in time, otherwise I would have been redeemed by him."
Xie Lan: “…”
"How can I do that?" Dou Sheng sighed, "At least on a daily basis, no matter how poor you are, you can't run away with others."
"Shut up now." Xie Lan said expressionlessly, "Please."
At 12:00 pm, the first phase of online voting for the main arrangement of the OST of "Young Lady on the Strings" ended.
At the last moment, Xie Lan was leading Jiada by more than 200 votes, but the gap was narrowing, by 100 or 200 votes every second.
When the phone screen jumped to 0:00, Xie Lan had not yet refreshed the page.
Dai You and Wang Gou were both asleep, breathing deeply and pinching their fingers silently.
Dou Sheng reached over from the other side of the bed railing and said in a very low voice, "Let me refresh it. I'll tell you the result later."
"I want to do it myself."
Xie Lan immediately shook his head, closed his eyes, and pulled down to refresh.
First place: Xie Lan.
The rankings did not change, and at the last moment the gap between the two was only an absurd four votes.
Xie Lan suddenly felt his head numb and swollen, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He went to his personal homepage on Bilibili and refreshed it casually. He could see that the number of comments under his most recent post had increased by thousands.
-Woo woo woo Congratulations cat
-We won the first stage!
- I want to cry, I finally waited for this day
-My comrades on the other side really tried their best
-It's not easy! The cat has only been on the small broken station for a few days
- Jiada is not very old, but his popularity in the industry is really unparalleled. Xie Lan can't help it.
-I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I want to take off.
With such a small difference in votes, everything depends on the final interview.
Xie Lan put aside his worries for the time being and decided to deal with them after the exam.
Dou Sheng reached out and rubbed the cat's head, saying softly: "Cats are always the best."
The official account of Xianshang Shao released a statement on both Bilibili and Weibo immediately, congratulating Xie Lan on winning the first stage, and Jiada also quickly stood up to say a few words.
Mr. Jiada: I have regained my enthusiasm recently. Let me tell you something interesting. Silentwaves is a great person I followed on the Internet. You were not the only one who was dumbfounded when you were exposed. So I have been canvassing for votes these days. In short, it is very exciting to compete with you on the domestic platform. I look forward to the final competition. Xie Lan_em
Xie Lan gave a thumbs up, then fell on the bed with a long sigh of relief.
There was no light in the dormitory, so it was a bit dark.
A while ago, every night when the other two were asleep, a poor guy would sneak over and eat them. Maybe tonight, when we were together to watch the voting results, someone still hadn't made any move.
Tomorrow is the preliminaries, but what Xie Lan is thinking about as she lies on the bed is that tomorrow Dou Sheng will end this trial of poverty.
It was light above his head, and Dou Sheng had not yet gone to sleep.
Xie Lan sent a message.
Almost at the same time, the message from the other party also popped up.
-Renjian Tanliangdou: I have money, I want to repay my boyfriend by treating him to meat.
-Grape ice cream at noon: End the experience of poverty. Shall we go out for dinner tomorrow
Someone laughed softly overhead.
Xie Lan sighed and stuffed the phone under the pillow.
As soon as I closed my eyes, I felt someone moving. After a while, a soft kiss came down from above, gently touching my lips, a kiss like a dragonfly splashing water.
The dormitory was filled with the snoring of two other people sleeping soundly, one after another, and the sound became louder and louder.
Dou Sheng whispered, "I'm so hungry in the middle of the night. My days of cheating on my boyfriend to survive are coming to an end."
Xie Lan opened his eyes and looked into his eyes.
During this month of experiencing poverty, Dou Sheng lost 3-4 catties, and his height grew by another centimeter to 185 cm. When he wasn't joking with Xie Lan, he was quieter than before, and entered power saving mode, which made his black eyes look calmer and brighter.
But the light in those eyes never went out, and every move he made was filled with the unique excitement of a young girl.
Dou Sheng leaned close to Xie Lan's ear and whispered, "I will think about this month often."
“In fact, you can cheat even if you have money.” Xie Lan said in a low voice.
"Is it."
Dou Sheng's voice was low, with a chill that didn't fit in with the stuffiness in the room. After a few seconds, he suddenly leaned down, put his lips on Xie Lan's collarbone, and then opened his mouth to bite down.
The moment his teeth hit the skin pushed up by the bones, Xie Lan subconsciously shrank his shoulders, put one arm on his closed eyes, and pressed Dou Sheng's neck with the other hand.
The pain of the teeth hitting the bones became more obvious, and in the dark, the air pressure between the two people changed subtly.
After a while, Xie Lan finally let go and let Dou Sheng return to his side.
The summer night was getting hotter and hotter, and his face seemed to be covered with sweat. Xie Lan turned over and faced the wall for a while before he reached for his phone again.
-Lunch Grape Ice: Are we being too blatant in the dormitory
-Renjian Tanliangdou: Blatantly...
-Lunch Grape Ice: Oh. We won’t find out, right
-Renjiantanliangdou: Don’t worry, I can hear both of you snoring.
-Lunch Grape Ice: Yeah
-人間贪凉豆: It's been so long, it's okay. Go to sleep.
Xie Lan sent a good night expression and turned over to sleep.
…
A long time passed.
The two breathing sounds here became even, and the snoring sound from the other end of the dormitory finally stopped.
Wang Gou took out his cell phone and tremblingly sent a message to Dai You.
-Gouzi Wangwang: Brother, are you really sleeping or just pretending
No one replied. The room was very quiet. Even Xie Lan and Dou Sheng were asleep.
Wang Gou was desperate to withdraw the message when the phone screen suddenly flashed.
-Latte: I wake up earlier than you and pretend more than you, thank you.
-Dog Wangwang: Holy shit!!
-Latte: Holy crap!!
-Dog Wangwang: Groundhog screaming.gif
-Latte: Groundhog Screaming.gif
-Latte: I… I stayed up alone three nights ago, so I’m basically calm now.
-Gouzi Wangwang: Brother, I am a little confused. Do all the friendships among boys in big cities develop to this point, or are there something… bizarre between the two of them
-Latte: ... What do you think? It's bent like a Möbius strip.
-Gouziwangwang: Oh no, it’s over.
-Latte: Beans, my brother from the past.