Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 331 - 222: Christmas, Shen Yixiao’s Second Trip to the Capital
"I knew it would be a hit, the song is so well written!"
Chen Qingzhu naturally followed up on the aftermath of the program’s broadcast last night. In fact, even if she didn’t follow, people around her were all talking about it.
In the retiree sisters’ group, they were chatting about "The Most Popular National Style" going viral early in the morning.
Someone in the group even shared a video of people using this song as background music on the square.
And since "Voice of Hua Country" is a program on Sanjiang Satellite TV, its influence is greater in the Sanjiang area, and the average viewership is slightly higher than in other provinces and cities.
After all, audiences tend to pay more attention to programs from their own provinces and cities, and offline feedback is such that songs that went viral on the show spread faster locally in Sanjiang.
The program aired yesterday, and today people are already using it for square dancing.
It’s the internet+ era, and the speed of information dissemination is far beyond what it used to be.
Something that happened ten minutes ago might be known nationwide ten minutes later.
Overnight, Chen Qingzhu’s Fast Sound account gained 110,000 followers.
The previously unnoticed works also saw a surge in comments, but many people were calling her "Mother-in-law" in the comment section of her work, which left her a bit frustrated.
Turns out her followers were all attracted by her daughter.
Besides these "son-in-law fans," the ones who follow Chen Qingzhu the most are men over fifty, many of whom private messaged her to ask if she’s looking for a partner, which is simply absurd!
It’s true what they say, the internet is full of all kinds of people.
Previously, Chen Qingzhu’s account didn’t have much attention, so she couldn’t feel the "garbage" side of the internet, but now she truly sees it!
Those older men spewing foul language made her so angry she directly closed the private messaging feature!
Jinjiang Bay.
Shen Qiushan just woke up, and his son Shen Yixiao cheerfully sidled up.
"Dad, the song you wrote is really amazing."
"It’s especially popular online now, even Grandma is in on the fame."
"Mm, I saw it."
Shen Qiushan replied casually.
"Dad, we learned a few massage techniques in our physical therapy class, let me try them on you..."
With that, Shen Yixiao began massaging his dad’s shoulders.
Shen Qiushan gently raised an eyebrow. Offering something without any reason usually means an ulterior motive!
"Come on, what do you want?"
"Dad, tomorrow is Sunday, Christmas Day, and tonight is Christmas Eve. I want to go to Beijing."
Shen Yixiao directly stated his request.
"Going to Beijing again?"
Shen Qiushan patted his cheeky son’s thigh: "Is your leg better now?"
Last time he went to Beijing, Shen Yixiao came back in a wheelchair.
Less than three months have passed, and he wants to go again!
"Dad, don’t worry. This time that kind of situation definitely won’t happen again."
Shen Yixiao patted his chest, promising.
"What are you going for this time?"
Shen Qiushan asked knowingly.
"Uh, to see Yu Fei!"
Shen Yixiao didn’t hide it. During his recuperation period, he and Lin Yufei chatted on WeChat daily, sharing daily experiences and such.
Although they aren’t formally a couple yet, their interactions are very similar to a long-distance relationship.
And this time, Shen Yixiao plans to break the last layer of the ice and make a proper confession.
"Mm, go ahead!"
"I’ll transfer twenty thousand to you in a bit, is that enough?"
Shen Qiushan knew his cheeky son’s thoughts, holding him back would be useless, and besides, he didn’t plan to. He quite approves of Lin Yufei as a "daughter-in-law."
"Enough, enough!"
"More than enough!"
Shen Yixiao nodded repeatedly, his face beaming with a bright smile: "Thanks, Dad~!"
"Don’t chicken out this time!"
Shen Qiushan patted his cheeky son on the arm. Last time when Lin Yufei left Sanjiang to return to Beijing, Shen Yixiao went to send her off, and she gave him the chance to confess.
Sadly, his cheeky son chickened out, and in the end, didn’t say the words the girl wanted to hear.
When Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao, the brother and sister pair, bickered, she often used this to mock him.
With the "romance funds" from dad, Shen Yixiao immediately bought a plane ticket to Beijing, then packed his already-prepared backpack and headed out the door.
After having breakfast at home.
Shen Qiushan drove his daughter Shen Yanran to the Red Rose Tavern.
Ever since the success of the Red Rose Band, the Red Rose Tavern has been packed daily. Today is December 24, Christmas Eve in the Western tradition.
Although foreign holidays have started to cool down in recent years, many young people still value them. As merchants, they always find an excuse for marketing.
But the Red Rose Tavern doesn’t need marketing; the seats for tonight were already fully booked.
The tavern initially opened at one in the afternoon, but due to its popularity, it has become a hot spot for tourists at Sanjiang, so the tavern moved the opening time earlier to eleven o’clock.
Hu Tingting quit her previous job to help at the Red Rose Tavern, initially thinking it would be relaxed, only to find it much busier than her old job.
But the benefit of working here is the sense of belonging, after all, the tavern is named after the band, and there is a portion of profit sharing.
Of course, the main advantage is the convenience of practicing and rehearsing for the band.
The wealthy boss Shen Qiushan bought a set of top domestic audio equipment while renovating the tavern.
"Brother Shen, your song is a hit again, so impressive!"
Shen Qiushan walked into the tavern as Hu Tingting greeted him with a smile.
It was not yet ten o’clock, and most of the staff had not arrived. The tavern was filled with ’our people.’
Lin Xiamo, Hu Tingting, Lin Jiayu, Xu Pipa, Fang Xiaoya.
And Feng Sicong and Bao Beibei, who come almost every day to help for free. Both of them, Shen Qiushan’s roommates, voluntarily offered to help after the Red Rose Tavern became successful!
Shen Qiushan knew these two guys were interested not in the tavern itself but initially wanted to be his son-in-law. But since Shen Yanran wasn’t interested, they shifted their target to the tavern guests.
Feng Sicong, eloquent and being a student at Sanjiang University, indeed met quite a few girls.
As for Bao Beibei, he had fewer wins; this "Shanghai Young Master" was clearly quite reserved, yet liked to show off when chatting with the girls.
His method of flaunting was rather low-end, either boasting about the latest phone or bragging about how many properties his family owned in Hu City.
Girls naturally dislike this kind of flaunting, but he didn’t completely strike out; some gold-digging girls were willing to add him on WeChat and chat.
Shen Qiushan sat down in the front of the stage while Lin Xiamo was practicing her songs on stage.
Red Rose Band has already succeeded in qualifying among the top five in the nation for "Voice of Hua Country."
Next weekend is the championship night of this season’s "Voice of Hua Country," and this time it’s not pre-recorded but live, which is a huge test for the contestants.
"Old Shen, help with a few autographs." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Feng Sicong approached Shen Qiushan with a laugh, hugging a few notebooks with cute covers.
Such requests were not new to Shen Qiushan; he had long been used to them.
"Sicong, I advise you to focus your energy on your studies. There is beauty in books, and there is gold in books, don’t waste time on such meaningless things."
Shen Qiushan signed the notebooks while earnestly advising.
"Haha, I’ll stop once I find a suitable girlfriend."
"I think Yueyue is quite suitable, you scumbag, sleeping with her and then refusing to acknowledge it!"
Bao Beibei chimed in with a righteous rant.
"You talk nonsense!"
"Who knows better, you or me?"
Feng Sicong didn’t show as much courtesy to Bao Beibei, the Shanghai Young Master, as he did to Shen Qiushan.
These two were well acquainted, and their banter had become the norm.
"Tsk~!"
"Just a scumbag!!"
"Such a nice girl, how could she be so blind..."
Bao Beibei also had a good impression of that girl called "Yueyue," but alas, she wasn’t interested in him, the Shanghai Young Master.
Shen Qiushan was long accustomed to their banter; he smiled as he signed the notebooks, when suddenly, a delicately packaged gift box was handed to him.
"Old Shen, Merry Christmas!"
The gift-giver was Fang Xiaoya. The gift box wasn’t large, beautifully packaged, and rectangular shaped.
"Uh, Xiaoya!"
"You should save the gift for your boyfriend!"
Shen Qiushan waved his hand, then glanced at Lin Xiamo on stage with his peripheral vision. Their relationship was still in a hidden state.
Fang Xiaoya, Lin Jiayu, and Xu Pipa were all unaware.
Therefore, Fang Xiaoya was unrestrained in giving gifts.
"I don’t have a boyfriend!"
"Just take it!"
With that, Fang Xiaoya tossed her long hair behind her ear and turned back to the bar to continue working.
"Xiaoya Senior is truly persistent!"
"Old Shen, why not consider it! Xiaoya Senior is so young!"
Just now squabbling, Feng Sicong and Bao Beibei shifted gears to gossip about Shen Qiushan.
