Chapter Fifty-One: The Gradual Spread

  "Sudden love... don't know where to start..."

  "Time slips away in silence... The passionate encounter that surged up in my heart has vanished without a trace..."

  The girl singing a man's song always has a unique flavor, this sudden love was originally sung by the boy to the girl, but at this moment it was sung by Cheng Zhīnèi, and when she sang, she was staring at Cūn Gāng's words, the atmosphere became ambiguous.

  Tokyo Love Story is a legendary Japanese drama, and this sudden love song by Oda Kazumasa is almost familiar to everyone in Japan. When it was sung by Miyako Harumi, the subtle imagery in the lyrics can be said to be Miyako's confession to Mura Koji!

  "If we had never met... our relationship would have remained forever a subtle stranger..."

  "Now you've changed your mind..."

  Everyone was staring at Cun, everyone was waiting, wanting to know how he would respond to the girl's voice.

  And Village Gang... listened to the girl sing a whole song, he slightly opened his mouth, as if stunned.

  "Slap!" The senior slapped him on the head, and this slap was loud enough.

  "What's holding you back! Go sing!" said the senior.

  "Ah! Yes! Yes! I'm going up now!"

  When he took the receiver from Kojima's hand, Murakami gazed at the girl with a piercing gaze. Although his eyes never met those of Kojima, who had been looking down since the beginning, and the lighting in the room was dim, Murakami could still vaguely see the red glow that covered the girl's face as she looked down.

  "I don't even know if that song is in the KTV." Village Gang stood in front of everyone, fiddling with the song selection machine, thinking anxiously. Zhou Xiao's song, Village Gang had never heard anyone mention it before, and even when he searched online, he didn't get any information at all. In this case, Village Gang dared not guarantee that the song was in the KTV, and he thought it would be normal if it wasn't there.

  "If it really doesn't exist... " Murong Gang couldn't help but think: "Then why not just use Qing Chang? No, that's not good either... But... Is Qing Chang the only choice?"

  With a slight tremble, Cun Gang pressed the search button.

  After just a fraction of a second, the searched song appeared on the screen.

  Little love! It really exists!

  "I'm really sorry to have worried everyone, and thank you all for your concern. Lately, I've been feeling extremely suppressed, as I've been thinking about so many things that I almost missed the most important thing. This song... is my current state of mind, please listen... 'Little Love'."

  A sound that no one in the room had ever heard before, except for Village Gang, appeared on the speakers.

  "What's that song?" "Little Love? I've never heard of it." Many people couldn't help but think, even in the city, the eyes looking at Murakawa were filled with doubt.

  Generally speaking, when someone sings the theme song of "Tokyo Love Story" to confess their love, you should respond with a familiar song that everyone can understand at once. Moreover, this song is very easy to choose, it's one of the three pure love songs popular in Japan in the 90s: "Love Rotation", "Tokyo Love Story", and "101st Proposal". Since the person sang "Tokyo Love Story", you could have directly sung "Say Yes" from "101st Proposal", what a perfect ending! Why didn't you choose this simple yet great result, but instead chose that "Little Love" song?

  When the bass sound came on, Village Gang's low and negative voice also sounded.

  "Too low!" Many people couldn't help but think. Such a low and depressing opening didn't seem like a good omen, but the low and muffled sound was accompanied by quite rhythmic music, at least this point gave everyone a glimmer of hope.

  "In the universe, the only blue earth, vast world... a small love song echoed, sent to you on a small island...". As he sang this, Village Gang's line of sight finally met with Cheng Zhīnèi, who had been keeping her head down since handing over the microphone. He looked at her, and her eyes seemed to shine like stars in the night sky.

  "Met you, time is fleeting, thoughts of you, increasing with every exchanged letter..."

  "Unconsciously, the two of them called out to each other, sometimes fiercely, sometimes sorrowfully, calling out their wishes, to a distant shore..."

  "A gentle song... is changing the world..."

  The village's voice arrived here, after experiencing several sudden changes, finally became agitated.

  Everyone held their breath, for they knew that the low, muffled sound was about to erupt!

  "Look, the one you want to get, the most important person! Zheng is by your side! Just hope you receive that resonating love song!" Zhou Xiao's voice was young and somewhat immature, a tone that wasn't quite suitable for this small love song... On the other hand, Cun Gang's slightly hoarse, somewhat off-key, and slightly out-of-control voice was more fitting for this song! So many days of suppressed emotions, so many things he wanted to say to the girl, finally burst forth at this moment!

  "Listen! Listen! This resounding love song!" Murakawa stood in front of the crowd, stretching out his hand far away, aiming at the city inside.

  "Listen, this is what I couldn't say, the little love song that I've always kept for you!"

  If a music critic were to comment on this song by Cun Gang, they would probably say that it's nonsense, ruining the music and far inferior to Zhou Xiao. But for Cun Gang and Cheng Zhi, and everyone present, they wouldn't think so at all. They've known Cun Gang for a long time and know how introverted he is, how hard it is for him to express his feelings. And that's exactly what makes this song so moving, right? That's when their little romance was confirmed.

  Finally, she walked up to him in the city, and just as the village was singing "Although it can be said, but only want to hug you", she gently hugged him!

  "This song is really nice." The female boss inside the castle said with some emotion after seeing everything settle down.

  "Yes, that's right. It's not just because of what happened between the village and the city, I really think this song sounds good." The village chief's male superior also said, at this moment his eyes were clear and bright, looking like he hadn't had too much to drink and was speaking nonsense.

  "Hey, what's this song called again!?" someone suddenly asked. Cun Gang had indeed said the name at first, but at that time almost no one really paid attention to it.

  "Leaving the city's inner village, Gang said: 'A small love song, this song is called "Small Love", and it's sung by a singer named Zhou Xiao!'"

  "It makes you want to thank him!" said Tiantian, pulling Village Gang into the city.

  "Yes, if I have the chance in the future, I will definitely repay him properly! Thank you!" Cun Gang said to Cheng Zhi.

  "Is it a small love?" Everyone present remembered this name.

  It's no longer necessary to describe the last scattering of this day. For Zhou Xiao, there was only one useful thing, and that was that everyone who heard Village Gang's song on that day went to the CD store the next day to find the song "Little Love"!

  But these people in the workplace, unlike the relatively closed father and daughter, and introverted Village Gang, are willing to recommend them to people around! They will even sing this song to others in KTV!

  A small romance begins in a small scope and spreads through word of mouth!

  At this time, Tokyo, this city, finally played its role.

  Mongol800 is a rock band from Okinawa, and their song "Little Love" took almost a year to spread nationwide after its release. The main reason for this was that Okinawa is relatively isolated as an island!

  But Tokyo is different, this city is huge! Most people in this city, especially those in the workplace, have to come into contact with many, many people every day!

  So, "Little Love Song" started spreading gradually after selling only 96 copies in the first week.