83: Chapter 83 Water Buffalo

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It has to be said, Lin Chuyan is truly gifted at making people angry.

What does it mean to say "it's wrong to scold people, but he scolded the right person"?

Think about it, really think about it—is that even something a human would say?

No wonder the fans of those few families are acting like they're crazy, attacking him wave after wave.

But how should I put it? While there are many people who can't stand Lin Chuyan, those three—Cai Xu, Song Ziqi, and Jiang Pei—aren't exactly good people either. If I have to say it, they are actually even more annoying than Lin Chuyan.

Lin Chuyan is constantly trending, but the others buy their spots just as much.

Lin Chuyan's acting is bad, but are the others any better? You can find a handful of terrible dramas they've filmed.

You don't know until you compare; comparing them one by one, many people suddenly realized that Lin Chuyan is actually the one who performs better among them. At the very least, he can sing, and he isn't effeminate...

Even the Haters started to counterattack—

"We Haters scold Lin Chuyan on a daily basis, but since when is it your fans' turn to come here and talk trash?"

And so, Lin Chuyan didn't even need to say anything; the fans of those other families were actually retorted by others...

That works too?

Regarding this phenomenon, Lin Chuyan expressed that he didn't understand it, but was greatly shocked.

Shaking his head, he stopped paying attention to the matter. Wu Yue sent him a WeChat message saying that the album rating on the music platform had been released.

120,000 people voted, with a rating of 9.0, just barely hitting the 9-point threshold.

On a 10-point scale, what does breaking 9 mean?

Anyway, Tianxing posted on Weibo immediately.

"We are very happy to announce a piece of news to our vast number of fans:

The album rating for rebirth on both platforms has reached as high as 9.0!

This is the perfect answer sheet handed in by Singer @Lin Chuyan after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus.

Physical album purchase address: Click to reserve."

Although Ruan Xingyu was busy out of town, she specifically called him.

"Congratulations! Now no one can say you're bad!"

"You're so naive, Ruan Xingyu."

"What!"

"The Haters will find fault from all sorts of tricky angles." Lin Chuyan said with a smirk, "Only you think I'm good in every way."

Ruan Xingyu disagreed: "Wrong! I don't think you're good in every way either."

"How so?"

"Your skin is very thick; to be able to say such things, hahaha."

"That seems to make some sense." Lin Chuyan didn't argue back and returned to the main topic, "So this rating is considered very high, right?"

"Of course! You can't get above a 9 by cheating; these are basically must-listen albums."

"Sounds pretty impressive."

"It's very impressive!"

Lin Chuyan felt a little embarrassed: "If you're like this, I'll get arrogant."

"I don't care, I want to praise my boyfriend~"

"Alright then, I'll continue to post on Weibo later to annoy the Haters."

Ruan Xingyu was eager: "Okay, do you want me to repost for you?"

Lin Chuyan couldn't help but laugh: "How does that saying go... 'Husband and wife with one heart, their sharpness can cut metal'?"

"That's right, so I want to help you shout about it too."

She was quite poised; even hearing words like "husband and wife with one heart," she wasn't shy at all.

"Hey, why do I feel like you're even more enthusiastic than I am?"

Ruan Xingyu suddenly felt guilty: "What, so many people like your songs, can't I be happy for you?"

Lin Chuyan narrowed his eyes: "Ruan Xingyu, you're acting suspicious."

"Alright." Ruan Xingyu surrendered quickly, "I just feel that this brings us closer to making our relationship public."

And so, Lin Chuyan's desire to see Ruan Xingyu became even stronger: "By the way, will I be able to see you before the New Year?"

The two of them were truly both very busy.

Lin Chuyan was slightly better off, just focusing on filming. Ruan Xingyu, besides preparing for her tour after the New Year, also had to appear on two satellite TV Spring Festival Galas during the end of the year.

"I want to too... when will you finish filming?"

"Just these next few days. There are only one or two scenes left, then I'll head back to Beijing, pack up, and then probably head back to my hometown for the New Year."

"No problem!" Ruan Xingyu's voice became cheerful again, "Then I'll head back in a few days too!"

"Alright, don't let it interfere with your work, though."

...

Lin Chuyan's last scene on the set of the hovering blade arrived quickly.

Su He had wrapped up filming a few days ago; his role wasn't big to begin with, and he went offline early in the film—stabbed to death by the father played by Zhao Jinpeng.

Pei Li was the same; after wrapping up, she went back to being her Douyin influencer. It's estimated that she will continue to appear in other film and television dramas, eventually starting to take on lead roles.

Both of them sent him messages, mainly congratulating him on the widespread acclaim after the release of rebirth.

Su He: "Awesome, brother. Can I pick you next time I go to KTV?"

Pei Li: "Congratulations Brother Chuyan! Brother Chuyan is so amazing! I've been looping your songs for the past few days."

Lin Chuyan replied one by one.

He sent a "scram" to Su Su, and a simple "thanks" to Pei Li.

Meng Xinle was still on set; his scenes were more numerous than Lin Chuyan's, and he was basically filming every day.

However, ever since he was retorted by Lin Chuyan that day, the kid hadn't said a word to him outside of filming. After seeing him retorting everyone on the internet these past few days, whenever he saw him, he would turn his head and walk away, afraid that he would make a fool of himself again.

In reality, Lin Chuyan couldn't be bothered to pay him any mind. Every day, aside from filming, he spent the rest of his time in Zhang Wentang's nanny van.

Then he regretted it a little.

He had originally wanted to discuss acting, but he didn't expect Zhang Wentang to be obsessed with his music.

"Xiao Yan, those few songs of yours are really good."

"You like them too, Senior Brother?"

"I do, especially lonely season. I learned to sing it myself and even uploaded my own version."

"Is that so?"

"Yeah, there's an app called Quanmin K Ge where you can upload your own covers. I mess around with it whenever I'm free."

Lin Chuyan suddenly remembered that when his Senior Brother introduced him to the the hovering blade crew, he had mentioned that he loved Singing.

Could there be a hidden master?

Lin Chuyan actually got curious: "If Senior Brother is performing, it must be incredible. I want to hear it, I want to hear it."

Zhang Wentang waved his hand: "I'm not good. I know my level; I'm not professional in this regard."

Lin Chuyan didn't quite agree with this point: "You're wrong there, Senior Brother. I'm not from a professional background either, yet I still debuted as a Singer, didn't I?"

Zhang Wentang was still declining.

Lin Chuyan continued to persuade him: "Trust me, sometimes Singing doesn't need too much technique. As long as you have enough emotion, the audience can empathize. Many people in bands actually have very average Singing Ability, but their live performances are very charming. The songs are good, the stage is good, and the emotion is abundant."

Zhang Wentang caught the keyword: "Emotion? I have that."

"Then that's it!"

He wasn't nervous after acting in so many dramas, but when it came to the field of Singing, Zhang Wentang suddenly got nervous again—the netizens on Quanmin K Ge were one thing, but in reality, he had never played his Singing for anyone.

"Alright then, I'll play one... lonely season?"

"Come on!"

Click.

The prelude began.

Zhang Wentang's voice was very low.

"The wind blows down the last leaf, my heart is drifting with snow..."

"Love can only be stacked in memories, oh ~ for the next season..."

...

As soon as Zhang Wentang's Singing came out, Lin Chuyan wanted to call a stop.

But out of respect for his Senior Brother, he had to endure listening to the whole song.

Torture, truly torture.

His Senior Brother was right; there was indeed a lot of emotion, but that was all there was.

This wasn't just a problem of being off-key; the entire tune didn't know where it had run off to.

Coupled with all sorts of jumping the beat and weird timbres.

Lin Chuyan only wanted to use one sentence to describe it:

What a soulful water buffalo...

Yes, that's right, it's a water buffalo voice!

Senior Brother, you're neglecting your proper work!

Forcing himself to finish listening, Lin Chuyan still decided to tell the truth: "Um, Senior Brother, how about we just focus on acting..."

Zhang Wentang: "..."