Ch93 - Goodbye

After Lu Xu finished his mission, he picked up Ba Mei and walked out of Ji Xiunian’s room, and happened to bump into Xu Lele.

When the other saw him he immediately had to share some gossip. “Xu ge, have you taken a look at Weibo yet? I never thought Qu Dehui would be that kind of person…

Lu Xu merely made a noise of agreement. Because of this Xu Lele thought he hadn’t been paying attention to what was happening online. He immediately retold the event of Qu Dehui dropping bombs in his early morning livestream. “How about it, Xu ge, do you also feel like it’s unimaginable? Using other people’s songs for ten years already before coming out with something explosive now. It’s really fantastical.” Xu Lele who had been walking beside Lu Xu moved to stand in front of him, then turned around to make sure there was no one around before saying in a small voice, “Everyone says Qu Dehui was taking drugs, but I think it’s because of ghosts. It’s definitely because that person didn’t die peacefully and came back for revenge.”

Lu Xu glanced at Tao Yingbo, who was waiting at the entrance of his dorm room, and smiled without denying it. “Perhaps.”

“If you’re saying he’s playing dead then he should stay dead, he even dragged down the rest of the production team.” Yesterday, Qu Dehui had been taken away by his manager, and they didn’t really know the entire situation. But so many people had heard of how he had disclosed private matters about himself, and had also raised reports saying he was suspected of overdosing on drugs. No matter how the situation progressed, Qu Dehui’s current situation could definitely not be brought up on the show.

The team was now hurriedly editing or censoring him out of the show; otherwise, the show might not even be able to air.

Xu Lele chatted and chatted until they got to the door of Lu Xu’s dorm room, where he suddenly thought of something. “Wait. Did you sleep in Nian ge’s room?”

He had come out of the instructor’s room so early in the morning, if other people saw that it would definitely be misunderstood as some violation of the rules.

But Lu Xu didn’t seem like that type of person, so Xu Lele’s thoughts hadn’t drifted that way.

Lu Xu nodded, “That’s right.”

“Eh?” Xu Lele glanced at Ba Mei, and his eyes widened. “Xu ge, you guys didn’t… do anything, right?”

“Hm?” Lu Xu didn’t know where Xu Lele’s train of thought had gone, but seeing his speechlessness, he couldn’t help but say, “Just ask whatever you want to ask, I’m starting to get anxious for you.”

“Hehe…” Xu Lele hadn’t known he was being that obvious, and covered his mouth a bit before quietly saying, “Xu ge, don’t get angry at me for asking, and if it’s hard to answer then you don’t have to. That… You and Nian ge didn’t take the next step in your relationship, right?”

“Of course not.” Lu Xu’s eyes crinkled into a smile as he looked at Xu Lele, more or less guessing what he was getting at.

“That’s good, that’s good.” Knowing that Lu Xu and Ji Xiunian hadn’t done anything inappropriate, Xu Lele was relieved. After thinking about it for a while, he also squeezed into beds with his teammates, so men sleeping together wasn’t very strange at all.

But Ji Xiunian was different. After a while, Xu Lele couldn’t help but say something more. “Nian ge really is a great senior. But you should still be careful…”

Seeing Lu Xu look at him with a suspicious look, Xu Lele scooted forward and spoke even more quietly, “I just think that Nian ge treats you too differently from the others, that’s why I think you have to be careful…”

Ji Xiunian was famously known for placing great importance on his own privacy and personal space; no one would even think about his bed.

But it seemed that Lu Xu was an exception.

He had heard before that Lu Xu had been locked out, and had spent a night with Ji Xiunian. It could be said that Ji Xiunian was being kind at that time, but what about now?

“Xu ge, you’re only 18, I think it’s better to be careful. After all, no one has even heard of Nian ge having a girlfriend before…”

There were many gay artists in the industry, and Xu Lele wasn’t trying to speculate about Ji Xiunian, but he just thought that after not dating for so many years and then sleeping together with Lu Xu…

If it wasn’t like what he was thinking, then that was good. But what if?

Xu Lele thought even harder about it before he suddenly felt something patting his head, and he glanced up to see Lu Xu smiling at him. “Look at you, what kind of nonsense thoughts are you coming up with? If Nian ge hasn’t had a girlfriend, then has he had a boyfriend?”

“I don’t think so…”

“Then that’s that.” Lu Xu shrugged, and reached out to push open the door. “Don’t overthink it. If you have time, go and practice your songs and do well in the performance, that’s what you should do.”

Upon mentioning the performance, Xu Lele once again became excited and nervous.

On one hand, he wanted to go up on stage. On the other hand, he was a bit afraid of being eliminated after the performance.

After being reminded by Lu Xu, Xu Lele couldn’t bring himself to chase the matter of Ji Xiunian any further. He just bade Lu Xu goodbye to hurry back to his training.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Lele had already disappeared, as though he had teleported.

That kid really overreacted to everything.

Lu Xu chuckled and shook his head, then pushed open the door to his dorm.

He had left the dorm in the middle of the night, and upon seeing him enter, Xu Haoming even thought he had gone out to look for Ba Mei, so he didn’t think too much about it and quickly asked Lu Xu, “Xu ge, have you seen the news about Qu Dehui?”

“Mn.” Lu Xu placed Ba Mei down on the windowsill and opened up a can for him, then asked Xu Haoming, “It looks like he’ll definitely be unable to be a part of the show. What is your group going to do?”

At that time, it was Qu Dehui himself who had wanted to enter the vocal group, but now that something had happened, the vocal group was missing a mentor, they didn’t even know how the production group was going to coordinate this.

“Speaking of this, it’s really annoying, ai. I also don’t know if they’ll invite another mentor over. At least Manman goddess is here, and can hold up the vocal section.”

Han Tianyu nodded from the side and couldn’t resist adding, “Actually from the start it was Manman jie who was directing everyone. Qu Dehui wasn’t much use over there. Sometimes he wasn’t able to point out the issues, and sometimes he just spoke nonsense. It’s the same with or without him.”

Song Zhe and Xu Haoming both took things seriously, so they would naturally think Qu Dehui wasn’t very professional at times during the recording, completely unlike a composer and singer who had debuted ten years ago.

Now that the knots had unraveled, they realised that it wasn’t because this person wasn’t used to recording shows, but because this person didn’t actually have any skills.

Once they thought of how they had been directed by this talentless thief for so long, Song Zhe and the others only felt disgust.

But all of this were things they could only think of. Now that the situation was like this, they could only cooperate with the program staff’s arrangements, attempting to minimize the negative effects of this incident.

Lu Xu nodded and cheered them on.

When he left the dorm, he saw Tao Yingbo still squatting there thinking of who knew what.

The other party immediately floated upwards when he saw Lu Xu come out and came forward to ask Lu Xu, “Master Lu Xu, may I go to the underworld now?”

“Hm?” Lu Xu measured Tao Yingbo with his gaze and asked as he walked, “Are you not preparing to see Qu Dehui’s downfall?”

“No.” At one time, Tao Yingbo’s entire heart had been set on watching Qu Dehui fall from his altar, and taking back the songs that were his own.

But he had realised not too long ago that the happiest of his times hadn’t been watching his enemy collapse, but the fulfillment he had felt when he had been with his friends.

When the other members of the F4 had been there, even being a ghost had been a joyful thing.

Tao Yingbo hadn’t felt much when he had bade his didis goodbye, but afterwards he slowly began to realise that the days he had been practising for the show with the F4 had been his happiest.

Rather than waiting listlessly over here, it was better to directly rush towards a new direction with his didis.

“I really miss Xinghua and the others. I don’t want to remain waiting here for another moment.”

“Okay.” For Lu Xu, it was naturally a good thing if clients proactively reached out for services. He brought Tao Yingbo to a corner without anyone else and waited for him to sign his consent form before sending him off.

“Everything is correct.” Tao Yingbo finished checking the form and was about to leave when he suddenly thought of a person. “Master Lu Xu, Nian ge has helped me so much but I haven’t had a chance to thank him yet. Wouldn’t it be too sudden if I just left like this?”

Like the three others in the F4 when they were leaving, Tao Yingbo also remembered to bid farewell to Ji Xiunian. After all, he had interacted with Ji Xiunian even longer than his three didis and had deeper feelings towards him.

Tao Yinbo originally thought that if he left this time he wouldn’t know when he would see him again, so he had even more of an attitude of needing to properly say goodbye.

After all Ji Xiunian was only 27 years old, and at his peak. He might have to wait for several decades before reaching the end of his life.

At that time, they might have already long since reincarnated. Leaving this time, might really be the last time they saw each other in life or death.

As he carried these thoughts, Tao Yingbo really wanted to bid Ji Xiunian a respectful farewell.

But Lu Xu said there was no need. “You go first. Maybe you can see him in a few days?”

This somewhat stunned Tao Yingbo. What did he mean by seeing him in a few days?

It had to be known that the underworld was completely different from the mortal realm, and the passageway between the two was always sealed. The only explanation for being able to see each other in a few days after separation was that he would come to the underworld in a few days.

Wait a moment, what did this mean?

After understanding this possibility, Tao Yingbo’s first reaction was that he had heard incorrectly. Ji Xiunian was living well, how could he suddenly just die?

He wanted to ask Lu Xu further, wanting to confirm that he had heard incorrectly.

But Lu Xu didn’t answer again, and merely opened up the passage to send Tao Yingbo off.

Seeing that he had no intention of saying any more,Tao Yingbo smartly shut his mouth and merely gave a song to Lu Xu. “Master Lu Xu, this is a song I wrote recently in the span of two days. If you don’t disdain it, you can use it for the competition.”

“Okay.”

Ghosts did not have physical bodies and it was difficult for them to affect things in reality. Holding a pen to write songs wasn’t very realistic, but it was a good thing that the ghost networks were wide in coverage. After writing it, Tao Yingbo directly sent it over to Lu Xu, then went on to his rightful path.

When Ji Xiunian came out, he didn’t see Tao Yingbo, and went to ask Lu Xu about him.

Lu Xu raised his brows, his face carrying a hint of amusement despite his calm tone. “His greatest wish was realised, so he went to where he should be.”

“Oh oh, that’s very good.” Ji Xiunian also knew that Tao Yingbo and the others had remained in the mortal realm due to unfulfilled wishes, so choosing to leave today was actually a good thing.

It was just that leaving without bidding him goodbye felt off. Ji Xiunian looked at the extremely tranquil Lu Xu, and suddenly couldn’t resist the thought—would Lu Xu suddenly leave one day without saying goodbye?

If that happened, how would he feel about it?

Ji Xiunian only felt that this kind of thought was stifling, and told Lu Xu, “If you are going somewhere else in the future, can you make sure you remember to properly bid me farewell?”

Lu Xu didn’t understand why he would suddenly bring this up, and merely smiled as he agreed. “Nian ge, don’t worry. I will always be here.”

Until the day that Ji Xiunian’s life was extinguished. That would be the time of their true farewell.