Since they are reborn, they must be supported by the school beauties.

Chapter 107 Lonely Patients

Chen Cheng felt a little embarrassed.

Who would have thought that Liu Shiyu would return to the music room and even hear one of the songs from a later era?

This song won't be released for at least eight or nine years, so if I make up a story about its origin, it definitely won't stand up to scrutiny.

Fortunately, Liu Shiyu only heard this one song; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to recall the origins of any of the songs she sang tonight.

So, he could only shamelessly say, "I just wrote it on the electronic keyboard for fun during my summer vacation when I had nothing else to do. No one else has heard it except myself."

Liu Shiyu asked in surprise, "So I'm the first listener?"

"Correct."

Liu Shiyu then asked, "What's the song called? 'I Don't Sing Love Songs with a Loud Voice'?"

Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "This name is too long. It should be called 'The Lonely Patient'."

"Lonely people..."

Liu Shiyu murmured a sentence, then nodded and said, "This name is indeed more suitable."

After saying that, she asked Chen Cheng, "With such a complete work, why not try submitting it to a record company? Maybe it will become a hit."

"never mind."

Chen Cheng sincerely said, "I never thought about becoming a singer."

Liu Shiyu asked in bewilderment, "Isn't being a singer good? Some singers can live off a few hit songs for the rest of their lives. You're only eighteen. If you can really write ten or eight songs of this caliber, you'll definitely become the most watched male singer in mainland China!"

At this point, she said excitedly, "Jay Chou has released three official albums in two years since his debut. He's already showing signs of becoming a superstar. You're younger than him, so maybe you'll become a superstar in a few years too."

Chen Cheng waved his hands awkwardly, "No, no, no, I can't do this job. Even if you really made me a king, I wouldn't want to be one."

Liu Shiyu didn't understand: "Why? If there's a real chance to debut, wouldn't it be easy to realize your life's dream? It's much easier than working while studying and then having to find a job after graduating from university, right?"

Chen Cheng said earnestly, "Being a celebrity is too tiring, and you're also subject to the control of capital. My dream is to be an outstanding entrepreneur."

Liu Shiyu rolled her eyes at him and asked, "Fine, fine, you don't want to be a celebrity and be controlled by capitalists, so you want to be a capitalist and control celebrities, right?"

"That's not the case."

Chen Cheng smiled and changed the subject, asking her, "Why is Teacher Liu coming to the music room so late?"

Liu Shiyu casually said, "I came here to practice the piano."

After saying that, she asked him curiously, "Did you drink baijiu tonight? Why do you smell so strongly of baijiu on you?"

"Correct."

Chen Cheng didn't hide anything and said, "A big client invited me to dinner before, and I drank half a jin of baijiu with him."

Liu Shiyu nodded. No wonder she didn't see Chen Cheng at the store that night; he must have been out socializing.

Then, Liu Shiyu looked at the plastic bag in his hand, which contained several open beer cans, and asked him, "You drank half a jin of baijiu and then came to the music room to drink beer. Aren't you going to practice tomorrow?"

Chen Cheng chuckled twice: "I was in a bit of a rage, so I drank a little more, but it's okay. Singing and sweating it out, I don't feel dizzy."

Liu Shiyu knew he worked at a nightclub and would inevitably have to drink and socialize, but she still said with concern, "There's a lot of physical activity during military training, so you should drink less alcohol so your body can't handle it during training."

Chen Cheng nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, Teacher Liu, our military training will end next Monday. I won't drink a drop of water until it ends."

Liu Shiyu smiled and said, "There won't be many days left. After the military training is over, you'll have more time, right? Come and practice the piano more then!"

Chen Cheng said, "We'll start school right after our military training, so we probably won't have much free time. But I can still practice the piano during dinner time every day."

Liu Shiyu knew that the school's schedule was quite tight, with military training ending next Monday and classes officially starting next Tuesday. So she said, "Okay, but you also need to pay attention to balancing work and rest. I'll try to make time to teach you more. If I don't have time, you can come and practice more on your own."

"Okay, Mr. Liu."

Chen Cheng agreed, saying, "Then Teacher Liu, you can practice the piano. I'm going back to my dorm."

After saying that, he planned to slip away quickly.

Liu Shiyu called out to him, "Don't go! Come back, come back!"

Chen Cheng asked her, "Is there anything else, Ms. Liu?"

Liu Shiyu pointed to the piano and said, "Sing some of your other songs for me too? I'd like to hear your opinions."

"That won't work."

Chen Cheng shook his head: "That's all, just this one."

Liu Shiyu was a little angry and asked him, "Chen Cheng, if you're going to lie, at least use some skill, okay? When I came in just now, you asked me how many songs I listened to. It's obvious that there couldn't have been only one song."

Chen Cheng could only lie and say, "The other songs are not yet mature and complete. Let me improve them first. I won't embarrass myself in front of Teacher Liu."

Liu Shiyu knew he didn't want to sing for her, and she was a little annoyed, but after thinking about it carefully, she could understand. After all, not everyone has a strong desire to perform.

So she said to Chen Cheng, "It's still early, why don't you sing 'Lonely Patient' for me in its entirety? I can help you sort it out and see if there's any room for improvement in the arrangement. Also, I think you have a good voice, but you haven't had professional vocal training. The way you sing now is very taxing on your voice, and there's still a lot of room for improvement."

After a brief consideration, Chen Cheng nodded in agreement.

Liu Shiyu is a Berkeley graduate, so she's definitely more professional than his piano teacher from his previous life. Since she's willing to give him guidance, he can't be ungrateful. So he nodded and sat down at the piano again, and Liu Shiyu moved a round stool over and sat down beside him.

She had barely sat down when she quickly stood up and said to Chen Cheng, "Wait a moment, teacher!"

As Liu Shiyu spoke, she got up and took out a JVC videotape DV camera from a cabinet, replaced it with a blank tape, and then took out a tripod from the corner.

Chen Cheng asked in surprise, "Teacher Liu, you're not going to record this, are you?"

"Yup!"

Liu Shiyu said, "Since I am your first audience member, this can be considered your debut performance, so we definitely need to keep a memento. This DV is my personal item, which I use to film some performance videos. Don't worry, I won't share it with anyone."

After saying that, he added, "But if you don't want to, then forget it."

Chen Cheng was initially hesitant, but after careful consideration, he realized that since he had already sung the song of the future generations, he must find an opportunity to release it.

Even if it has to be posted anonymously in the future, it must be posted.

Because if there is no interference, when the song is released normally, an amazing "coincidence" will occur. When the song is released again by Eason Chan, Liu Shiyu will definitely be very surprised.

To prevent this from happening, he said frankly, "If it's convenient for you, teacher, could you please make a copy for me later?"

"Row!"

Liu Shiyu nodded and readily agreed.

Eason Chan's "Lonely Patient" is the song Chen Cheng plays most well.

The main reason is that Chen Cheng himself really likes this song, because the melody and lyrics are both excellent.

Compared to most love songs that are either melodramatic or overly sycophantic, this song is unique in that it preserves the singer's "self" quite well.

Moreover, the main instrument in this song is the piano, and the arrangement is very suitable for piano playing and singing. Even if there are no other instruments, one piano is enough.

So, his ten fingers slowly danced across the piano keys, and after the prelude, he began to sing again.

Laughter and cheers

They hyped up the atmosphere, but their hearts were cold.

The spotlight is a blessing.

But I couldn't just shout "Wait a minute..."

As soon as Chen Cheng spoke, Liu Shiyu's regret was made up for; she knew that this was the part she had just missed.

Listening to Chen Cheng sing up close is a completely different experience from eavesdropping through a door. Up close, you can hear that Chen Cheng's voice has a sense of vicissitude that is completely inconsistent with his age.

In Liu Shiyu's opinion, young people like Chen Cheng, when it comes to the emotional expression in their voices and singing, generally fall into three categories: youth, rebellion, or feigned sentimentality.

I've never encountered such a natural sense of vicissitude before.

Moreover, after listening to the entire song, she felt even more strongly that it was extremely well-made.

After listening to Chen Cheng sing the entire song, Liu Shiyu remained immersed in the song for a long time. She looked directly at Chen Cheng and asked the question that had been on her mind the most: "How can you write such a lonely and sad song when you're so young? At your age, shouldn't you be writing punk songs like 'Stillness' like the Flowers Band?"

Chen Cheng clicked his tongue and said awkwardly, "Maybe... I'm a precocious person, and there are some things on my mind that I can't tell others."

Chen Cheng's words were half true and half false, but the latter half came from the bottom of his heart.

Liu Shiyu had no doubts. She knew that Chen Cheng was also a relatively complicated person. She also knew that although both Chen Cheng and she had two faces, her second face was only for relaxation and to be carefree, while Chen Cheng's second face was for making money and for his career.

By this calculation, Chen Cheng seems to be more mature than me, because he has to juggle his studies and career, and doesn't even have a chance to relax.

However, women are always curious about men.

Even if they know that men have secrets they don't want to tell, they still hope that they can be the exception.

So she looked at Chen Cheng and said in a gentle yet firm tone, "If you have anything on your mind that you don't know who to talk to, you can tell me. I won't tell anyone else."

Chen Cheng nodded politely in thanks, then glanced at the time and decided to slip away again.

At this moment, Liu Shiyu looked at Chen Cheng and said very seriously, "Sing it again, and I'll help you sort out the problems with your vocalization. Then we'll adjust it line by line. What do you think?"

Chen Cheng thought to himself, "Teacher Liu, are you using me as a song on repeat?"

However, he didn't hesitate and sang it again immediately.

This time, Liu Shiyu picked up a pen and paper and began to quickly scribble and draw on it.

After listening to Chen Cheng sing it three times in a row, Liu Shiyu absolutely loved the song. Knowing that she had recorded it in advance, she felt much more at ease and stopped torturing Chen Cheng with the song on repeat. She said very seriously, "Your vocal technique is not quite right. Try to make your vocalization move towards your abdomen and resonate towards your head. Don't just rely on your throat to sing."

As she spoke, she adjusted her singing style and sang the chorus a cappella.

When Chen Cheng first heard her sing, her voice was amazing. He had assumed she was an instrumentalist, but he hadn't expected her vocal skills to be so good as well.

Liu Shiyu taught him how to vocalize and also optimized some of the playing, making the accompaniment smoother and more in line with the song's flavor, which greatly benefited Chen Cheng.

Seeing that it was getting late, she said to Chen Cheng, "Let's call it a day. Don't keep you from getting back to your dorm. Come over again tomorrow night if you're free."

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "I won't be coming tomorrow night. I didn't go to work today. I have to go to my workplace tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)