Li Yingsnow was busily cooking, and Li Chenchuan had finished eating.
Li Yingsnow grew up in a wealthy family but did not develop the spoiled princess syndrome. She learned to cook from a young age and could do other things as well.
Li Chenchuan could feast on her delicious food.
After finishing the meal and washing the dishes, Li Yingsnow's friend came over. She was a delicate-looking girl, holding a bag. Li Chenchuan thought it should be the best notebook brand in the Chinese Empire—Huaxin. Huaxin produces both phones and computers, which are exported worldwide.
The Chinese Empire and America hold the most core technologies in the world—ranging from large ones like aircraft engines, supercarriers, and space planes to small ones like camera components and electronic chips... A Huaxin notebook, for example, costs around 2,000 to 3,000 National Currency (the official currency of the Empire) for residents, but it would cost about 10,000 National Currency abroad.
Seeing Li Chenchuan, the girl's face turned slightly red—girls of their age had little resistance to a handsome boy with beautiful eyes. Li Yingsnow, seeing her good friend Zheng Weiwei's reaction, felt proud of Li Chenchuan's handsomeness but said, "You girls are so immature, blushing at the sight of a slightly good-looking boy."
"Hey, hey, hey..." Li Chenchuan couldn't stand it anymore: "Is it appropriate to say that in front of friends?"
Zheng Weiwei bit her lip: "It's fine... Brother Chenchuan."
The two girls chattered on the sofa...
Although Li Yingsnow could be a bit spoiled and sometimes spoke like a little sharp-tongued girl, Li Chenchuan still liked this younger sister. Even in the toughest times at home, she never gave up her pride and mindset. She didn't feel inferior or overly sensitive because of the family's decline; she remained the same as before.
The family had no money, even selling the cars originally prepared for Li Chenchuan and Li Yingsnow, and their computers as well. Li Yingsnow was sad behind the scenes but acted as if nothing had happened, inviting friends over to play and occasionally using their computers. It was no big deal.
"Is your brother doing well recently?" Zheng Weiwei, thinking about what happened to Li Chenchuan, asked Li Yingsnow with concern.
"He's fine now! He just got first place in the entire grade!" Li Yingsnow quickly said.
"Really? That's great." Although Zheng Weiwei said this, she didn't quite believe it. Many people said Li Chenchuan had a mental problem, and it wouldn't be easy for him to recover. She was just thinking that such a handsome Li Chenchuan, who played the guitar and sang so well, was now...
Really, it was a pity.
"Let's go online." Zheng Weiwei quickly changed the topic: "I heard that Rongcheng No.1 High School has two hit songs this week... They seem to be self-composed, self-written, self-performed, and self-sung!" Zheng Weiwei cheered like a kitten: "I deliberately saved the suspense for today, to see what kind of talented guy it is!"
"Hit songs?" Li Yingsnow: "Like 'Buying and Selling Love'? That one is a bit too much."
"No, no, no! It's a compliment!" Zheng Weiwei quickly waved her hands: "Both songs are very good! The lyrics are well-written and have made many people cry."
"Is that so... Let's listen quickly!" Li Yingsnow also loved music.
"Okay!"
Zheng Weiwei smiled and connected the notebook to the internet.
The Empire's internet service was highly developed, with Wi-Fi covering almost every corner of cities at the county level and above, and the price was very cheap, only five cents of National Currency per hour.
Therefore, notebooks and smartphones could be used anywhere in the city.
Zheng Weiwei typed 'Rongcheng. Deskmate' into the 'Qianxun' search engine, and many results appeared.
Zheng Weiwei clicked on a video, which only showed a noisy crowd, and the figure was blurry... Moreover, "Deskmate" was only the latter half, probably because the first half wasn't recorded in time.
"Who married the sensitive you? Who comforted the crying you? Who tied up your long hair? Who made your wedding dress..." The person who uploaded the video added subtitles, probably to ensure everyone could hear the lyrics clearly.
The two could only see the lyrics and barely hear some of the melody.
"Really quite good," Zheng Weiwei praised. "The songwriter must be very talented!"
"Um..." Li Yingsnow nodded casually, feeling that the voice was somewhat familiar, but she didn't dare to believe it.
"This is too blurry, let's find a clearer one." Li Yingsnow indeed said.
"Okay!" After searching for a long time, Zheng Weiwei finally found a clear version. It was a student who, while trying to record Li Chenchuan's embarrassing moment, accidentally captured the complete version of "Deskmate" and uploaded it.
"Finally, we can hear the complete version!" Zheng Weiwei and Li Yingsnow first saw the image adjusting focus, still unable to see the person singing clearly, but the guitar melody was already audible: "..."
"Such a beautiful guitar sound!" Zheng Weiwei sighed. "I wonder who the talented boy's deskmate is? She must be so happy!"
Li Yingsnow remained silent, feeling that something was strange.
The song officially began—
"Will you remember tomorrow
The diary you wrote yesterday
Will you still think of tomorrow
The you who used to cry the most..."
"Too good!" Finally hearing the clear version, although they still couldn't see the person singing clearly, Zheng Weiwei and Li Yingsnow were very excited...
"Really, really good, and a very well-written song!" Zheng Weiwei couldn't help but clap her hands. "So touching... Ah, after graduation, will we also miss our deskmates so much?..." Zheng Weiwei paused nervously and then said, "Hey, Yingsnow, have you noticed? This voice is very familiar..."
"How does it sound like my brother's...?" Li Yingsnow found it more and more similar, and her brother was indeed a guitar-playing and singing expert, but after he became dull, he couldn't sing anymore, right? How could it be...? Li Yingsnow couldn't believe it.
Zheng Weiwei also found it more and more similar but didn't dare to believe it... Just then, the focus was finally adjusted, and the high-pixel camera of the Huaxin phone clearly showed the person playing the guitar on stage.
"Ah!"
After seeing the person playing the guitar clearly, both of them couldn't help but exclaim!
It was really Li Chenchuan!
The one singing and writing the song was really Li Chenchuan!
Zheng Weiwei's face was full of shock: "It's really your brother!"