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Seeing that Zhang Yue often surfed the internet, he decided to ask him and truly got an answer. Qi Shejiang seriously nodded, “Thank you.” Zhang Yue: “……” He fell silent for a moment, suddenly turning his head and covering his cold face with the quilt, shaking it silently a few times.
The next morning, Zhang Yue got up early, preparing to warm up his voice, but he found that someone was up even earlier than him: Qi Shejiang. By the time Zhang Yue went outside, Qi Shejiang was already outside strumming his instrument. He had finished practicing the basic skills for crosstalk and was now onto the “zidi shu,” with the sanxian serving as its accompaniment, a practice he couldn’t slack off on throughout the day. Upon hearing Zhang Yue’s movements, Qi Shejiang glanced back at him. “Morning.” Zhang Yue, a bit surprised, walked over with his hands in his pockets. “…Are you practicing?” “Got to work during the day, so I’m taking this time to practice a bit,” Qi Shejiang replied calmly. Zhang Yue, while surprised, also felt somewhat unsurprised.
Having heard Qi Shejiang sing, he should have realized that the outcome couldn’t be the result of half-hearted effort. Qi Shejiang looked at him again, suddenly smiled, and plucked the strings. In just a few notes, Zhang Yue recognized the melody — it was his own song, the one Qi Shejiang had praised in the restroom before, his signature piece “Autumn Water.” “I’ve only heard it once, so I’m not playing it very accurately,” Qi Shejiang commented.
Zhang Yue was a bit taken aback, “You’ve only heard it once?” If it weren’t for the sincerity written all over Qi Shejiang’s face, Zhang Yue would have thought he was lying to him; his original piece wasn’t even a sanxian piece. And if Qi Shejiang really had only heard it once, did that mean his comments in the restroom weren’t meant to provoke him?
Zhang Yue looked at Qi Shejiang, but Qi Shejiang was focused on pressing the strings.
Qi Shejiang remembered that time when audiences loved novelty and enjoyed various cross-dressing plays and comedic acts.
