Defeated By Love

Translated by Fairy_Dust

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After saying hello, they all went into the studio.

Only Li Qing and the assistant were outside.

Li Qing gestured to the assistant next to him and told the people who were going to the audition: “In a while he’ll start calling names, when your name is called, you’ll enter. The singing will come first, the demo will be played once and you’ll need to sing it.”

Afterwards, Li Qing told them a little more about the audition and handed out the script to them: “After singing, there’s a two minutes break for you to adjust and then the script reading will begin.”

Confirming that they had no furthur questions, Li Qing went into the studio.

Everyone quieted down, most people were looking at the script in their hands. Shu Nian stood where she was, still unable to react.

Was Xie Ruhe the music producer mentioned by Li Qing?

Is! It! Possible! For! There! To! Be! Such! A! Coincidence!?

Shu Nian let out a depressed breath and forced her mind to calm down. She took out a pen from her bag, lowered her eyes and began scribbling on the script. Based on what Li Qing had said about the character in the film, she could faintly grasp the emotions and meanings the character was trying to express.

She just needed to let go of her mind and become one with the character.

Beside her, there was two women who started whispering——

“Oh my god, was that Ah He just now? Why is he this good-looking?”

“He’s too handsome!”

“However, I heard that he is very demanding and will scold fiercely. He really hates it when other people sing his songs. Even if it was a famous singer, he wouldn’t give them face at all. It seemed that even Li Sheng was scolded before…”

“…Is he that scary?”

“He’s fair. He doesn’t have any personal feelings which is pretty good.”

“Hey, he’s in a wheelchair… is there something wrong with his body?”

Around ten minutes later, the assistant called one of the women in.

Shu Nian was nervous and her face was tense. She didn’t believe in what they had just said. Xie Ruhe was normally silent and won’t swear much even when he was mad. He would only use his actions to scare people.

Soon, she found out that her thinking was very wrong.

The people next to her came out one after the other.

The women were all quite outgoing and soon they were talking amongst themselves. The people who came out from the audition said that Xie Ruhe didn’t speak but he had an ugly, cold and stern face throughout the entire session.

Finally, the seventh woman who went in got an evaluation from Xie Ruhe.

But it wasn’t a good evaluation.

The woman stuck out her tongue and repeated what Xie Ruhe said. She didn’t seem to care much but it was obvious that she was quite happy: “Teacher Ah He said that he never thought the songs he wrote could be so unpleasant.”

“…”

Shu Nian got more nervous as time passed by.

She couldn’t understand why she was happy after being scolded.

Shu Nian even began to rejoice though.

Fortunately, she didn’t sing his own song in front of him yesterday or else she wouldn’t have been able to escape unscathed.

Soon, the assistant called for Shu Nian.

She swallowed and squeezed her sweaty palms. She stiffly walked into the studio. Shu Nian didn’t dare to look at Xie Ruhe’s direction. She just put on her headphones with her eyes lowered and listened to Xie Ruhe’s voice which was coming from the control room.

“Begin.”

Xie Ruhe sat in front of the computer and played the demo. After it finished, he glanced at her and noticed that Shu Nian seemed to be a little confused. He looked down and played it another two times.

Shu Nian seriously listened to the only piece of advice Xie Ruhe gave her yesterday——to remember the words. She felt that she couldn’t do both things well so she could only try to do one of them to the best of her abilities.

Shu Nian devoted all her brain power to memorise the words.

After a long time, the song in her ears ended.

Shu Nian hardened her skin and introduced herself. When she was about to sing, she suddenly noticed there was a music stand in front of the microphone.

There was a piece of paper on it.

…The lyrics were written on the paper.

At that time, in the control room.

Fang Wencheng stood behind Xie Ruhe and didn’t pay any attention to his behavior. He was so sleepy that he yawned. The producers and directors standing nearby looked solemn and were gaining a headache.

As soon as Shu Nian started singing, the director was stunned: “What is she doing?”

Li Qing also said: “Is she reading?”

Fang Wencheng was no longer sleepy and he laughed rudely: “The tune has gone to the Pacific Ocean.”

Suddenly, Xie Ruhe looked at them with icy eyes.

“Finished speaking?”

Fang Wencheng didn’t recognise Shu Nian as the woman Xie Ruhe had instructed him to follow. He thought that he knew his current affairs very well and ordered the assistant next to him: “Hey, get some tissues for the girl.”

That way when she gets scolded to tears, she would still be able to look decent.

At the same time, Shu Nian finished singing

She was looking through the transparent glass. Her eyes were big and round, the light shone on them making them appear light brown. She looked a little nervous and her knuckles were clenched white.

She waited for Xie Ruhe to say a vicious sentence.

The next second.

“Shu Nian, right?” He asked lazily.

Because of the situation with the lyrics, Shu Nian’s mood was very complicated but it was her own problem and she couldn’t blame the others for it. She stood on her tiptoes and whispered into the microphone: “Yes, teacher.”

Xie Ruhe suddenly raised his head and looked straight at her with a pair of unpredictable eyes.

It lasted like that for a few seconds.

As Shu Nian was stared at by him, she felt that the world was coming to an end and she reluctantly asked: “Is there something wrong?”

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Hearing that, Xie Ruhe withdrew his sight with a blank face. His tone was loose and casual. His voice came through the headphones and into her ears, word by word. They were all very clear.

“You sang pretty well.”

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