Chapter Thirty-Seven: Night Talk

  "Quan Shui sister, I've already made up my mind to sign with the company, but I'll be learning all the music skills on my own, so after I join, can you teach me how to sing?"

  A person's imagination is very powerful. Although Zhou Xiao's appearance is only 18 years old, he actually has a 30-year-old soul and is not related to the feeling of being a young boy. However, Sakai Izumi had only seen him twice and didn't chat with him for long, so many impressions were based on association. For example, when she saw Zhou Xiao's text message at this moment, her mind instantly associated it with the image of an 18-year-old boy looking a bit pitiful and begging for himself.

  Once maternal love erupts, even a big star can't resist it. Sakai Izumi replied without hesitation: "No problem! Even if I'm not enough myself, I'll ask Oda-san, Inaba-san, and Matsumoto-san to teach you, and guarantee that you'll learn the fastest!"

  Of course, the Oda-san is not Oda Yuji or Oda Nobunaga but Oda Tetsuro. And this Inaba-san is not the one who cooks Inaba rice in Kamakura, but rather Inaba Koshi from B'z. The other one is naturally Matsumoto Takahiro. Probably only three people in Japan can say this sentence, and that includes Sakai Izumi's little sister.

  "That's really thanks to Sister Quan Shui." Zhou Xiao replied.

  "You say you're Japanese, have you been to China?" Sakai Izumi asked, sidestepping the question without forgetting her purpose.

  "No, but since my parents both speak Chinese, I received a Chinese education at home. My grandparents also told me many things about China." Zhou Xiao thought for a moment before saying this. He was of course very familiar with China, but his identity couldn't be faked. Once he became a star in the future, almost all of his past experiences would be dug up, so when faced with Sakai Izumi's question, he didn't dare to lie.

  "I've actually been to China several times, and I'm quite interested in Taoism..." said Sakai Izumi.

  Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiao's head suddenly became big, how did he suddenly bring up this topic?

  He didn't study this thing at all, after careful consideration, he had no choice but to reply: "Why would you like Taoism?"

  When chatting with a girl, when you can't control the content of the conversation, then control the rhythm of the conversation. When you can't say what the other person wants to hear, then let the other person say what they want to say. Although Zhou Xiao didn't have any chance to fall in love from his previous life to this life, as a die-hard otaku who has been exposed to computers and the internet since 1999 for fifteen years, his chatting skills have already reached an extremely high level.

  "Bang!" The originally dim yellow light in the room suddenly went out, and the charging display on the mobile phone also disappeared. Zhou Xiao raised her head and heard the chaotic curses of the neighbors around her.

  "Has the main switch tripped?" Zhou Xiao got up, the entire building was out of power, and it must have been the main switch that had tripped. Normally, this wouldn't have anything to do with Zhou Xiao, but since the main electrical switch just happened to be near his door, he reluctantly got up, replaced the old fuse with a new one, and when he pulled the switch again, the entire building was once again restored to brightness.

  "Thanks, Zhou Sang!" In the past when Zhou Xiao changed the fuse, the surrounding residents would open their doors and wait for him to finish, watching from a distance. However, no one would thank him, which was normal in this kind of place where people were mixed together like fish and dragons. At night you slept here, but during the day who knew what gang or organization you belonged to? As long as it wasn't necessary, everyone tried to minimize interactions with each other, which was a good way to protect themselves from one another.

  But today's voice, Zhou Xiao knew without lifting his head that the one who shouted this sentence must be Chun Cai Ai living on his head. Zhou Xiao stiffened his scalp and waved a greeting before quickly drilling into the room.

  After closing the door, Zhou Xiao couldn't help but shudder. The first thing he did was to close all the doors and windows and lock them up! He was really afraid that Chuncai would climb in through the window at midnight and get into his bed!

  Lying back on the tatami mat, Zhou Xiaozhen picked up her phone again, and chatting with Quan Shui sister was now the most important thing for her.

  "Sleep?" Zhou Xiao found that Quan Shui sister saw that she hadn't sent a message for a while, so she sent a message and curiously asked.

  "No, the circuit breaker tripped. I went to fix it, otherwise the whole building would have lost power." Zhou Xiao explained.

  "Electric gate? Where are you living now? What kind of house is it?" Sakai Izumi asked.

  "It's actually quite all right living near Gao Yuan Temple Station. As long as there's a place to lie down, it's fine." Zhou Xiao said with a pretended air of nonchalance.

  "How can I be at ease if you're living a hard life, little brother?" said Sakai Izumi.

  "It's okay, my dad always said that girls should be raised rich and boys should be raised poor." Zhou Xiao said.

  "This sentence sounds so philosophical, is it a Chinese proverb?"

  ……

  ……

  That night, Zhou Xiao and Sakai Izumi talked for a long time, until his old black-and-white screen phone was almost overheating, and the two finally stopped and went to sleep.

  Two people can chat for so long, first and foremost, it's gotta be Zhou Xiao's chatting skills... Maybe when facing each other in person, he might seem a bit awkward with words, but when he faces the keyboard and screen, his otaku talent is fully unleashed.

  While Sakai Izumi has enough interest, it's also necessary. No way, Sakai Izumi spent ten years searching for that so-called half-person, and during those ten years, she poured in a lot of effort from being diligent to being on the verge of giving up in disappointment. Just when she was about to give up, this person seemed to really appear in front of her. In this situation, she absolutely didn't want to lose him again. In fact, although the two people chatted through the screen, if you ask Sakai Izumi's true inner thoughts, perhaps she would have liked to rush to Zhou Xiao's side and hug him tightly, never letting him leave her line of sight again.

  Of course, apart from this, there is another very important point, which is that Sakai Izumi does not dislike Zhou Xiao. This point is also very important. If she doesn't like his appearance or personality after seeing him, then all the previous conditions would be useless.

  In short, when looking back on everything, the 18-year-old boy and the 33-year-old woman, who was still a bit naive and innocent in terms of personality, may have already sealed their fate during this second meeting.

  The next morning, Zhou Xiao arrived at Being's headquarters.

  In the few days when Zhou Xiao "disappeared", Sakai Izumi did another thing in the company. Although she only listened to this song "Little Love" once, a good melody would be deeply etched in her mind for a long time, especially for someone who had been immersed in music for the most energetic decade of her life. So when Zhou Xiao left that day and Sakai Izumi and Kawashima couldn't find the boy again at the subway station, the first thing she did after returning to the company was to transcribe the entire song silently.

  There are certainly some subtle differences, and Sakai Izumi must have added her own understanding to it, but the overall style and atmosphere haven't changed much. Moreover, she even sang it with a guitar for the company's composers, although at that time, Oda Tetsuro, one of the best in the industry, had already left, but the company still had many excellent composers like Hayama Takeshi and Kuribayashi Seiichiro, who immediately recognized the value of this song.

  "Find this person and try to get him to join the company! Give him a good contract!" Nagatani Yukihito also heard Sakai Izumi's singing, as the captain of the company, his approval set the tone for how the company would treat Zhou Xiaoding next. Being really needs new people to join, since entering the new century, the only truly fresh blood that has been popularized under Being is Kuraki Mai alone. Although other singers and groups have also released a lot, unfortunately, these people eventually became supporting actors in the big era... PS, the recommendation ticket is not powerful enough...... Today I've already updated 4 times......