A band, or a battleground?

After a brief moment of surprise, Qi Yuan was the first to react, turning around and asking, "What do you guys think? Nod if you agree."

Ning Qianyu was the first to nod: "Of course I agree! This would be perfect for the show!"

Qiu Mengxue nodded and said, "I also think it's a good idea. If she's willing... since she's already asked us, she must be willing, right?"

Jiang Yi said helplessly, "Then I don't need to say anything, right?"

Ning Qianyu: "Why not? The best solution is the one that passes unanimously!"

Qiu Mengxue asked, "Is there anything you feel is inappropriate?"

Jiang Yi wanted to say, "Have you all forgotten the commotion that Shen Yihan and Qi Yuan caused on stage back then?" However, seeing that her teammates didn't seem to have thought of this aspect, she said, "There's nothing inappropriate about it. Okay, I agree."

Qi Yuan then looked at the camera and announced, "I have some good news for everyone. Our guest who will be on the same stage with us in the next episode will be doing a live stream with us soon. Yes, it seems everyone has guessed it, it's Ms. Shen Yihan."

The live chat window is full. Numerous messages are being sent every second, and they're constantly being overwritten before they can be displayed. Therefore, only a small portion of the messages are actually visible.

Even these few comments only had time to appear for two or three seconds, and they all expressed the same emotion: shock.

[Shen Yihan is going live?]

Are you kidding me?

I've never heard of Shen Yihan's live stream.

It's hard to imagine her playing with a band.

How much did your company spend?

My roommate is a huge fan of Yihan, and he says I lied to him.

Qi Yuan glanced at the chat window, about to say something more, when a voice chat request appeared on the screen.

The chat window is being scrolled through even more frequently.

Because everyone saw who sent the live stream request.

Qi Yuan nodded in agreement.

The next moment, the live stream split in two. One half showed Kasuga Kage's side, and the other half...

"Hello everyone, I'm Shen Yihan, a temporary member of the Spring Shadow Band."

At this moment, Shen Yihan was dressed in ancient costume, looking like a character who had stepped out of a fantasy world. Indeed, she was the female lead in a fantasy drama that was currently being filmed.

Someone immediately posted in the comments section: "Wasn't he supposed to be a collaborating guest? How did he become a temporary member?"

Of course, most people didn't dwell on these details, but instead commented things like "It's actually real" and "Shen Yihan is alive."

Qi Yuan smiled and said, "Long time no see, Sister Yihan."

The girl on the screen smiled brightly: "It hasn't been that long. Those few days I stayed in your dorm feel like yesterday to me."

Ning Qianyu leaned closer and asked, "Sister Yihan, are you filming?"

Shen Yihan replied, "Of course, the director only agreed to let me do a live stream because I had already completed my task for today. Otherwise, I wouldn't have even considered it."

"We just read a comment a while ago asking if we wanted to make a movie..." Qi Yuan said, noticing Shen Yihan seemed a little stunned, but he didn't think much of it and continued, "The Spring Shadow Band can't make movies, but our temporary members can. What movie are you making? Would you like to tell everyone?"

Ning Qianyu immediately complained, "Hey, this is our live stream, don't advertise for them!"

"Hahahaha," Shen Yihan covered her mouth and laughed, "That's right, I won't advertise the band's live stream. I just thought you guys were having fun reading the comments, so I wanted to join in."

Qiu Mengxue said, "It's a pity you didn't tell us beforehand. There were so many interesting comments before..."

Shen Yihan readily agreed, "It's okay, we can have an encore. If you have any interesting questions in the comments, feel free to add me and we can chat."

“Okay, I remember there’s one question that…” Ning Qianyu couldn’t resist adding fuel to the fire, “Who’s in charge in the band? Yihan, what do you think?”

Shen Yihan replied without hesitation, "Of course it's Qi Yuan."

Qi Yuan retorted, "No, no, no, we discussed it beforehand."

Shen Yihan: "After we discussed it, Qi Yuan has the final say."

Qi Yuan: "No, I..."

Ning Qianyu patted him on the shoulder: "Admit it, tyrant, this is just your style."

Shen Yihan added, "Yes, I also experienced the tyrant's style firsthand. During those days, Qianyu, Mengxue, and Yiyi were really like partners to me. Only Qi Yuan was like a teacher, constantly scolding me."

Ning Qianyu asked knowingly, "Oh, how did he reprimand you?"

Shen Yihan imitated Qi Yuan's tone and said, "You're off-beat here! The pitch is wrong, go higher! How did you sing just now... Look, like this."

This caused an even bigger uproar in the comments section.

Is Qi Yuan really that domineering?

[They're musicians, after all]

[Is Shen Yihan really that good-tempered?]

She sang so off-key, I wouldn't even have the face to go on stage if I were her.

[Yihan, keep going! You're the best!]

Wow, a fan called!

After a brief silence, Shen Yihan smiled and said, "But as it turns out, Qi Yuan's decision was not wrong. His guidance also helped me achieve a truly good musical performance."

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At the same time, in front of Shen Yihan was not only the phone used for live streaming, but also Assistant Zeng sitting next to the phone.

Assistant Zeng was also holding a whiteboard, on which was written:

Please talk less about Qi Yuan and more about the other three.

Seeing that Shen Yihan was chatting with Qi Yuan again, Assistant Zeng shook the whiteboard vigorously, afraid that she wouldn't notice.

Shen Yihan sighed and said, "Before joining temporarily, I didn't know much about the Spring Shadow Band, just like the audience. But after joining, I discovered some things I never knew before. For example, our little Yiyi can actually sing, and she sings so well."

In the scene, Qi Yuan moved back slightly, leaving the camera focused on Jiang Yi.

The girl looked confused: "Huh? Are you talking about me again?"

Shen Yihan laughed and said, "Do you still think we've talked about you too many times? No, we've talked about you too few times! Didn't Qi Yuan say he was going to write a song for you? Has he written it yet?"

Jiang Yi touched her cheek and whispered, "He wrote it, and we wrote it together. It's just that it's not finished yet..."

Viewers in the live stream: [Ohhhhhh] [Oh my...] [Is writing songs together really that romantic?] [Who just said you can't date in a band?]

Moreover, not only the audience, but even Shen Yihan was a little dumbfounded.

As everyone knows, all of Chunriying's songs were written by Qi Yuan; he was the sole creator. So why did he bring Jiang Yi along to write them?

Shen Yihan was about to ask further when she saw someone in the camera already asking for her.

Qiu Mengxue: "How come I didn't know?!"

Ning Qianyu: "No, when did you guys start writing songs together? Tell me the truth!"

Shen Yihan couldn't help but laugh.

It seems there's no need for me to ask anymore.

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108 Yi Yi's acting talent

"...So, Qi Yuan sang you a very girly song, and because the style was too girly, he didn't finish writing it, so he asked you to help him complete it?"

Ning Qianyu rested her chin on her hand, listened to Qi Yuan's explanation, and then looked at Jiang Yi, asking this question.

Jiang Yi nodded.

She realized that a remark she had made unconsciously had caused a stir. This stir was evident simply from the live chat comments.

Writing songs with Qi Yuan is still a bit ambiguous.

Jiang Yi knew that in her heart, this was more than just ambiguity. The night they watched the moonlight together and he sang "Moonlight Sonata" deeply stirred her heartstrings.

But she couldn't say it.

There were countless viewers in the live stream, perhaps tens of thousands... and the truth she inadvertently revealed just now caused her previous statement that "there are no romantic relationships within the band" to waver.

Fortunately, Qi Yuan explained quickly and clearly.

Shen Yihan suddenly asked, "What kind of song is that? Can you sing it for us?"

Jiang Yi shook her head instinctively. However, after shaking her head, she was a little puzzled as to why her first reaction was to refuse.

Because it's a song that belongs to you and Qi Yuan, and you don't want others to hear it?

Qi Yuan explained for her, "Because the song isn't finished yet, there are only some fragments, so we won't sing it."

Ning Qianyu rested her chin on her hand, deep in thought, and said, "Qi Yuan always finishes writing songs in one go. Is it possible that he can't finish writing them even after many days?"

Qiu Mengxue said, "Yes. He also wrote a song for me, but it wasn't finished either."

Ning Qianyu slapped her thigh: "Oh right, that was before he wrote the song after reading my novel! That makes sense, and we've never heard the song he wrote for you..."

Qiu Mengxue smiled and said, "And I won't sing it until it's finished, because that song is related to my personal experience. So I can actually understand Yi Yi quite well."

The band members were chatting away, but the bystanders were completely baffled.

Shen Yihan then asked, "Did he write a song for each of you?"

Qiu Mengxue: "Inspiration is a very elusive thing. Sometimes, experiencing certain things, or even just chatting, can generate new inspiration. Rather than saying that he wrote songs for us, it's more accurate to say that we inspired him to write songs."

Jiang Yi quickly chimed in, "Yes, that's exactly it!"

Shen Yihan: "Qianyu, so the song he wrote after reading your novel..."

Ning Qianyu replied simply, "There's no need to ask me to sing. I'm not good at singing. I'm the only one in our band who can't sing. Besides, you've all heard that song, 'A Thousand Years Later.'"

Shen Yihan's eyes lit up: "Then I'll have to read your novel!"

Ning Qianyu: "A poorly written sci-fi short story, not worth mentioning. If you want to read it, I'll send it to you later."

Shen Yihan smiled and said, "Okay, it's a deal!"

As for the comments in the chat box, such as "I want to see it too," "We all want to see it," and "Let me see it! Let me see it!", there's nothing we can do about it.

As the topic shifted so naturally, Jiang Yi silently breathed a sigh of relief. Moving away from the center of the camera's focus, she secretly glanced at Qi Yuan, wondering to herself—was he also relieved?

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The live stream has successfully concluded.

After two hours of silence, Liu Weiting finally spoke up: "Just now, the operations staff of Dida Live contacted me and asked if you could broadcast live here regularly and make it a regular program."

Without needing to discuss it, or even exchange a glance, the four band members all refused.

Qiu Mengxue: "Let's forget about this."

Ning Qianyu: "If it's like a homework assignment that needs to be completed on a time limit, then it's a bit boring."

Jiang Yi: "We still have to go to school..."

Qi Yuan: "Look, it's a unanimous rejection."

Liu Weiting laughed and said, "I knew you wouldn't agree, so I didn't agree. I just said I wanted to ask for your opinion. But I understand their thoughts, because your live broadcast just now was really great."

Ning Qianyu's little face was full of pride: "See, I told you it would be a lot of fun!"

"From now on, you'll be in charge of managing the accounts on these platforms. It's nine o'clock now, I can finally go home. Do you guys have rehearsals tomorrow? Get some rest..."

Liu Weiting yawned and said goodbye.

The four members of the band went to different rooms. Ning Qianyu took her laptop to the bedroom to check the live stream data, Qi Yuan took his guitar to the living room to practice his basic skills, and Jiang Yi went to the bathroom to wash up and prepare for bed.

Just as Jiang Yi finished getting ready, changed into her pajamas, and sat on the edge of the bed, there was a knock on her bedroom door.

"Please come in... Mengxue?"

Qiu Mengxue pushed open the door and entered. She walked to the bedside and sat down next to Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi stared at her blankly and asked, "Do you want to chat with me?"

Qiu Mengxue said in a low voice, "I guess so. There's something I want to talk about... Actually, it's mainly about a problem."

Jiang Yi: "What's the problem?"

Qiu Mengxue didn't ask directly, but said, "During the live stream just now, you said that Qi Yuan wrote a song for you."