NCCnovel Chapter 403 "Worship"
Chapter 403 "Worship"
When the first line of lyrics came out, Wang Po's hand holding the palm-leaf fan stopped.
While the male guests were singing, Wang Po was always busy on the side, either clapping, cheering, or handing them water; her hands never stopped.
But as soon as Lu Ran spoke, her hand stopped, and she stood still, completely motionless.
It wasn't because she was stunned by the singing, but because this voice was unlike any she had ever heard before.
She could tell that the male guests were singing, and that they were singing with effort, hard work, and seriousness.
But Lu Ran's voice didn't sound like singing; it sounded like telling a story, using melody to say something. He spoke calmly and restrainedly, but every word struck people's hearts.
The audience fell silent.
In the past, when someone sang, there were always people in the audience talking, laughing, and whispering.
But after Lu Ran spoke, the sounds gradually disappeared, as if someone had pressed a mute button.
Shen Yuege stood next to Granny Wang, her mouth slightly open beneath her mask.
She had heard Lu Ran sing many songs—in the recording studio, in the RV, and in bed.
But she had never heard this song before.
It's another new song.
Moreover, it was a completely unfamiliar new song that she had never heard before, one that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
"I thought we could be different from others, I thought the impossible wouldn't be impossible..."
Lu Ran's voice echoed above the stage, without accompaniment or reverberation, just his raw, fleshy voice.
But his voice has an indescribable quality, a rich, warm quality, like a piece of wood that has been polished for a long time.
When he sang the chorus, he didn't raise his voice; instead, he lowered it a bit.
When you reach that emotional point, you don't need to amplify your voice to emphasize it; singing with restraint is actually more powerful.
"Kites have the wind, dolphins have the sea, my existence is outside of you..."
This song is called "Adoration," and it's a song by Fish Leong from a past life.
The melody is so simple it couldn't be simpler; it's just a few notes repeated over and over.
But the power of this song lies not in its melody, but in its lyrics. Every word is like a knife, carving away at the heart, and not only that, it rubs salt into the wound.
When Lu Ran sang this song, he was thinking about the original singer's performance.
When he sang the last line, his voice became very soft, as if it could be blown away with a single breath.
"I exist, outside of your existence..."
The last note faded into the air, slowly dissipating.
The entire room fell silent for a few seconds.
Then applause broke out.
This time, the applause was noticeably different. Unlike the sparse and polite applause before, this was genuine, heartfelt applause that you just had to give.
Some people were whistling, some were shouting "It sounds good!", and some were asking what the song was called.
Granny Wang put down her palm-leaf fan, walked up to Lu Ran, looked him up and down for several seconds, and then said something that made everyone burst into laughter.
"Young man, you're not here for a blind date, you're here to cause trouble."
Lu Ran smiled but didn't reply.
Granny Wang turned to Shen Yuege: "Young lady, did you hear that? What do you think of this song sung by young Lu?"
Shen Yuege looked at Lu Ran, her eyes above the mask holding an indescribable light, something she herself couldn't quite put her finger on.
"It sounds nice," Shen Yuege said.
The voice wasn't loud, but when Wang Po held the microphone to her mouth, everyone in the room could hear it.
"So, will you choose him or not?" Granny Wang pressed.
Shen Yuege did not answer immediately. She looked at Lu Ran, and Lu Ran looked at her as well.
The two people looked at each other from a distance of a few steps, across the gaze of hundreds of people, through masks and hat brims.
"Choose," she said.
Another uproar erupted from the audience.
Granny Wang laughed, her eyes narrowing into slits: "Alright! How about you add a tuk-tuk?"
Lu Ran took out his phone from his pocket, opened the TUTU QR code, and handed it over.
Shen Yuege also took out her phone and scanned another TUTU number.
Both of their phones vibrated at the same time.
Someone in the audience shouted, "It's done!"
The whole audience burst into laughter.
Granny Wang took Lu Ran and Shen Yuege's hands, placed them together, and shouted to the audience, "Everyone, witness this! This couple is together! Although I don't know if they can go the distance, at least today, at this moment, they've joined hands!"
Another round of applause and whistles erupted from the audience.
Lu Ran held Shen Yuege's hand and felt that her palm was a little damp, she was sweating.
He squeezed it slightly, and Shen Yuege responded by squeezing it back.
The two held hands for a long time, under the gaze of hundreds of people, in the lens of mobile phones, and amidst Wang Po's laughter.
When they came down from the stage, Lu Ran and Shen Yuege were still holding hands.
It wasn't intentional; Shen Yuege's shoes were a bit slippery when they went down the steps, and Lu Ran subconsciously helped her up, and then they naturally took each other's hands.
The two people walked around to the side of the stage, went outside the crowd, and found a quiet corner to stand in.
Shen Yuege took off her mask, took a deep breath, and her face was flushed as if she had just run 800 meters, with a thin layer of sweat on her forehead.
"What was the name of the song you just sang?" she asked.
""worship"."
Who wrote it?
"I write."
"When was it written?"
"Just now."
Shen Yuege glanced at him, clearly not believing him.
But she didn't press the matter, because she knew it would be pointless.
Lu Ran is that kind of person. If you ask him when he wrote the song, he will always say "just now".
If pressed, say "yesterday"; if pressed even further, say "never mind."
"Sing this song for me," Shen Yuege said.
Lu Ran was taken aback: "You're going to sing?"
"The key of this song is suitable for female voices. You sang in a male key just now, which was already quite low, but I think it would be more comfortable to sing in a higher key. Also, the lyrics are written from a female perspective, 'I thought we could be different from others,' which is clearly a female voice."
Lu Ran thought about it and felt that what she said made sense.
The original singer of the song "Adoration" was a woman, and Fish Leong's version is already a classic.
He sang JJ Lin's male version today purely because it was a last-minute decision on stage; he didn't think too much about it.
"Okay. Go back and record a demo for you to try."
"Don't go back to record. Record now."
"Now? Here?"
Shen Yuege pointed in the direction of the RV: "Isn't there recording equipment in the vehicle? Let's record a simple version, with guitar and vocals, just like 'Chengdu'."
Lu Ran thought it was a good idea.
Since the equipment is all in the car, recording a demo won't be a problem.
The two walked towards the parking lot.
Halfway there, Lu Ran's phone vibrated.
He took it out and saw that it was a friend request from Shen Yuege on TUTU.
He glanced at Shen Yuege, who was looking down at her phone with a smile on her lips.
"When you added me on stage just now, did you really scan it?" Lu Ran asked.
"Of course I really swept it. You think I just struck a pose to fool Wang Po?"
"Then why are you sending a friend request now? We're already friends."
"That was a friend from before. This one was added on stage just now, they're different."
"What's different?"
Shen Yuege thought for a moment and said, "My previous friend was 'My Husband Lu Ran'. The one I just added is 'Little Lu Singing 'Adoration' at Wansui Mountain'. These are two different people. And this is a new account I just created."
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