Chapter 66: You in the Photo
Jiang Yun skillfully drove the car, occasionally glancing at the rearview mirror at the silent young man and woman sitting behind her.
Why were these two unable to relax while sitting in the car?
Could it be because she was an outsider?
“Cough!”
Jiang Yun pretended to clear her throat and smiled.
“Wanwan, it’s been quite a while since you last went to the recording studio…”
“I haven’t received any good songs recently.”
Yu Wanwan was tapping away on her phone, seemingly chatting with someone about something.
Students were not allowed to bring phones to school, but whenever Jiang Yun came to pick her up, she would thoughtfully bring her phone along so she wouldn’t be bored on the road.
Judging from the phone, it was definitely not cheap.
Pu Tong did not receive this kind of treatment.
During the morning, his old broken phone would just lie on his desk for the entire day.
“How much does your recording studio charge?”
Although there were many recording studios, their pricing standards were still different. A recording studio in a first-tier city probably wouldn’t be cheap.
After all, someone else was helping him. It would be inappropriate if he also made them spend money.
“No charge. Don’t feel pressured.”
Yu Wanwan didn’t even raise her head while looking at her phone.
“It’s mine.”
“……”
Then never mind.
Pu Tong shrugged and decided not to say anything.
This phone, this car, this destination…
Sure enough, money really could buy material happiness.
Summer had already arrived. During the day, the hours of sunlight were noticeably longer than nighttime. Although the students had already finished school, the sky still looked relatively bright.
Pu Tong looked at the traffic outside the window and had only one thought.
This car…
Was much more comfortable than a taxi.
The other two people in the car had no idea what he was thinking. Otherwise, they might have started complaining loudly.
Jiang Yun drove very seriously, occasionally secretly observing whether anything was happening between the two people in the back seat.
However, both people involved were much calmer than she expected.
She didn’t think there was anything that could become an obstacle between these two.
The Yu family couldn’t.
Public opinion couldn’t.
The key problem was that both of them needed to take that first step at the same time.
And that…
Was something she couldn’t help with.
Meanwhile, inside a small group chat with three people.
Yi Zhi Xuenai:
“How is it? Did you get him drunk? Did you drag him home?”
Lin Yuxi:
“Don’t look at their relationship from such a dirty perspective!”
Lin Yuxi:
“Wanwan, remember to take safety precautions.”
Yu Wanwan:
“……”
Yu Wanwan:
“Am I really that shameless in your eyes?”
Yi Zhi Xuenai & Lin Yuxi:
“Isn’t that true?”
Yu Wanwan angrily closed the group chat.
Lin Yuxi and Yi Zhi Xuenai were only joking.
They actually understood her quite well. She would never do something like that.
She did have feelings toward Pu Tong, but that didn’t mean she would lower herself or deliberately please him just to make it happen.
Don’t belittle yourself, and respect the other person.
That was the lesson her mother had taught her.
She hid her overwhelming affection deep inside her heart.
Not because she wanted to pretend she didn’t care, but because she didn’t want to put any psychological pressure on Pu Tong.
She knew her feelings were precious.
And because of that, she also needed to cherish other people’s feelings.
“What are you looking at me for?”
“I’m looking at the scenery outside your window!”
Yu Wanwan played with her hair and pretended to admire the view.
After all, she was an actress.
Acting was her specialty.
Pu Tong was about to tease her, but when he looked up, he noticed a faint smile reflected in the rearview mirror.
Manager Jiang’s smile.
An aunt’s knowing smile.
“I should have been under the car. I shouldn’t have been inside it.”
(Reference to the famous internet joke: “I should have been under the car, not in the car.”)
“Then I’ll take a photo of the scenery outside the window!”
Yu Wanwan suddenly said.
She suddenly remembered that she seemed to not even have a photo of Pu Tong.
This was the perfect opportunity to take one openly.
Yu Wanwan picked up her phone, adjusted the angle, and took several photos of the young man leaning against the window.
“This angle…”
“What? You’re sitting in my car and I’m not even allowed to take a picture of you?”
“Sorry, President Yu!”
Under someone else’s roof, one had to lower their head.
Someday, when his own company became successful, he would definitely make her call him President Pu just to balance things out.
Yu Wanwan looked through the eight consecutive photos that had appeared in her album.
For a moment, she couldn’t stop looking at them.
This guy actually looked quite handsome in photos…
“The scenery outside the window is really beautiful!”
“With the car moving this fast, the motion blur in your photos must look amazing.”
Pu Tong snorted.
“Of course. Art is supposed to be unclear!”
Yu Wanwan immediately retorted.
The two of them seemed to have lowered their guard and started teasing each other.
Their constant jokes and playful insults left Jiang Yun completely stunned.
Did young people nowadays express affection by attacking each other?
She really was falling behind the times.
Not long after, the car stopped in a relatively quiet area that wasn’t very crowded.
They had arrived at their destination.
Busy areas had too much noise.
The sounds of engines, car horns, store advertisements, and people talking all gathered together into a huge sound field.
This sound field would directly transfer into the buildings where recording studios were located, causing the entire studio to be surrounded by noise.
Under such circumstances, recording could easily be affected.
Pu Tong got out of the car, but since he didn’t know the way, he could only obediently follow the two girls into the building.
“We’re not actually recording. We’re just using the equipment and environment inside. You guys go do your own things!”
The staff secretly glanced at the person behind the two women.
Their expressions became even stranger.
Why did Miss bring a boy here?
However, since Jiang Yun had already said that, they couldn’t ask too many questions. They could only silently leave.
Entering the recording studio, Pu Tong was once again shocked.
In his previous life, someone like him—a small unknown musician—rarely had any chance to enter a professional studio.
He had only heard about them.
The completely enclosed environment was extremely quiet.
Jiang Yun found a guitar for them and then left, saying that she didn’t want to disturb them.
“Wow…”
“Actually, we’re just composing a song. Isn’t coming to a recording studio a little too formal?”
“Otherwise, where else would we go?”
Yu Wanwan gritted her teeth.
“We need somewhere we can go together, where we won’t be disturbed, where it’s quiet, and where the equipment is complete…”
Pu Tong was stunned.
When she put it that way, she was actually right.
“Then… I’ll play and sing, and you record. I’ll sing one line, and you write one line. Is that okay?”
“No problem!”
Yu Wanwan took out paper and a pen, sat down beside him, and prepared herself.
“Then, should I start?”
Pu Tong put on the guitar.
He only played one note.
But the sound immediately went off-key.
“Hmm?”
Such an obvious mistake was way too ridiculous.
Yu Wanwan frowned, unable to understand what he was doing.
“Sorry… I got nervous.”
He really was nervous.
It wasn’t that Pu Tong was bragging, but whenever he played music, his mindset was usually excellent.
Even if there were many audiences watching him, he wouldn’t get nervous.
But now…
Facing only one person, his hand actually trembled slightly.
“It’s okay. Try again!”
Yu Wanwan smiled.
“Everyone makes mistakes sometimes.”
“Okay…”
Pu Tong took an almost unnoticeable deep breath, trying his best to calm himself.
Forget the environment.
Forget the person beside him.
A simple opening melody flowed from the guitar.
He stopped and waited for the girl to write.
Yu Wanwan frowned slightly.
After thinking for a moment, she wrote some numbered musical notation on the blank paper.
“Continue!”
Pu Tong found his rhythm.
The entire process of composing the song began moving forward smoothly.
The recording studio had excellent soundproofing.
Jiang Yun waited outside for a while, but she couldn’t hear anything happening inside.
Although she knew they came today to compose music for Pu Tong’s work, she actually didn’t know what kind of song it was.
It should be very good, right…
Jiang Yun couldn’t help becoming curious.
She quietly walked closer to the door and peeked inside.
She wanted to see what those two kids were doing.
“This part doesn’t feel right!”
Yu Wanwan scratched her head.
There was one section where she couldn’t quite grasp the feeling.
“Should I play it again?”
“No need. I roughly remember the melody. Let me try playing it myself!”
Yu Wanwan put down the pen and stood up.
She walked directly toward Pu Tong and reached for his guitar.
One of her hands lifted the guitar.
Her other hand reached toward the strap behind Pu Tong’s neck, preparing to remove the guitar from him.
Yu Wanwan was one head shorter than Pu Tong.
To make it easier for her, Pu Tong instinctively lowered his head.
But because Yu Wanwan still couldn’t reach it, she stood on tiptoe.
And then—
Their foreheads collided by coincidence.
“Ah!”
Yu Wanwan covered her forehead.
When she looked up, she suddenly realized that the two of them were extremely close.
“Sorry…”
Pu Tong quickly removed the guitar and felt slightly awkward.
“It’s fine!”
Yu Wanwan took the guitar and quickly sat down.
Her little face was slightly red.
The recording studio was extremely quiet.
So quiet that at that moment, they seemed able to hear each other’s heartbeat.
“Should we… continue?”
“Okay. I’ll fix this part first.”
Yu Wanwan placed the guitar on herself and began playing the section she couldn’t figure out earlier.
The two quickly forgot about the little accident and returned to creating music.
Amazing.
Absolutely amazing!
Jiang Yun watched the entire scene from beside the door.
This kind of ambiguous interaction was simply too entertaining.
Even she, who was only secretly watching, became excited.
Fortunately, she suddenly had the idea to take a look.
Otherwise, she would have missed such a wonderful scene.
Jiang Yun had to admire her own timing.
This kind of youthful and innocent ambiguity only felt natural when young people did it.
If an older unmarried woman and a middle-aged bearded man acted like this…
That would probably just feel awkward.
Jiang Yun had already seen what she wanted to see.
To avoid being discovered, she returned to the waiting area and continued waiting for the two inside to come out.
She should have already seen tonight’s main event.
There couldn’t possibly be anything even more ambiguous than that, right?
(End of Chapter)
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