Chapter 213 I'll Just Compensate Him With You
"Happy holidays, Mom and Dad~"

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. When Liu Manli returned home carrying lots of bags, she even pretended to be young and cried out in a girlish manner. However, she found that one of her parents was busy in the kitchen, seemingly not hearing anything, and the other was sitting on the sofa watching TV, motionless.

Oh no, the old man didn’t stay still.

He glanced at Liu Manli slightly, then continued watching TV.

Liu Manli did not feel aggrieved or surprised about this.

As the saying goes, every festive occasion makes us miss our loved ones more.

This is for those who are away from home.

As someone who is often with my parents but is older and single, I am urged to get married during every festive season.

Liu Manli has long been accustomed to the fact that her parents would not be happy with her during the holidays.

After all, the old couple can only hold on for a few minutes, and they won’t be angry for long.

Daughters are still very good at controlling their parents, and they act like spoiled brats~
Liu Manli, who always looks like a queen or goddess outside, immediately turns into a little girl when she gets home, and there is no sense of incongruity at all.

Oh, no, she would occasionally play the role of a little girl at Bai Youlou's place.

Just like Jiang Yuanchu would occasionally play the role of a royal sister and give orders to Youlou in dialogue.

It's all part of the play~
They didn't even know that they were cosplaying with each other.

In short, Liu Manli did coax her parents into submission in no time and remained their good daughter.

But today, it was obviously not so easy for her to get through this crisis.

After all, she didn't even have a partner before, so her parents could only get angry in vain and urge her at most.

But now, there is a boy who is very pleasing to the eye, both far away and right in front of you.

"Have you finished shooting the movie you were working on recently?"

Hearing this question, Liu Manli didn't think much about it and nodded. "It's only been two days since we finished filming, and we have to wait for the review. If Director Bai is willing to work overtime, I hope we can still finish it before the end of the year and plan to release it during the summer vacation next year."

"Director Bai, Xiao Bai, right?"

"Don't you know me? Why are you trying to ask me some questions?" Liu Manli said coquettishly.

At the same time, he secretly thought that something was wrong. This brat Bai Youlou had been involved in such a scandal with An Luning, why were the two elders still thinking about him?
Liu Manli’s parents: We are old and don’t use the Internet, so we had no idea.

"What are you trying to say? Didn't you tell us before that Xiaobai is an orphan? It's Mid-Autumn Festival and he has no relatives. Why don't you bring him over for a simple meal?"

wonderful!
Liu Manli was convinced.

My parents are really good at finding angles.

Are orphans involved?

She now regretted dragging her parents into this matter in order to "tease" Bai Youlou.

After all, although she herself is very open-minded, her parents are obviously very traditional.

I didn't care about the age difference between them at all. I finally had a target and I was really going to catch a frog and squeeze the piss out of it.

Even the excuse of being an orphan was used.
"Don't worry, he should be very lively there."

"Ah? Is he an orphan?"

"Yes."

"Who did he spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with?"

Liu Manli thought for a moment and checked the time. "Hey, the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala is about to start, right?"

"Don't change the subject."

"I didn't change the subject. Bai Youlou went to watch the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala."

The old man turned on the TV and found the CCTV channel.

"Where?"

Liu Manli:
Got it!

"I said he went to watch the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. He's in the audience. Maybe he'll be spotted later. Let's eat first and you two can look for him later."

Her parents looked at each other, obviously not believing it.

However, this time the marriage-urging program has almost come to an end. If the two elders could really put so much pressure on Liu Manli, she would not be so "arrogant" until now.

Of course, if the pressure is too great, I guess I will go home less often.

But Liu Manli said that she was not lying this time. Bai Youlou did go to watch the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala and asked her if she wanted to go with him.

How come Bai Youlou doesn't have parents, but she does~
Cough!

These words were not said by Liu Manli, but were said by herself after rejecting Bai Youlou's invitation to watch the party together.

As shameless as ever.

Normally, most orphans are prone to inferiority complex and sensitivity, or at least a little sad about this aspect.

But Bai Youlou is arrogant and crazy.

He makes fun of himself as an orphan all day long.

Are orphans amazing?
Want to give you an award?!

However, most people would think that Bai Youlou is careless and doesn't care much about this matter.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

But scientists still don't understand women as a species.

Liu Manli is definitely not the first woman who thinks Bai Youlou is "pretending to be strong".

Many women admire strong men, but they are also overly sympathetic.

There is actually no conflict between the two.

Skillful!

Bai Youlou actually mastered both of these characteristics.

He is both strong and "pitiable".

It can be described as beautiful, strong and tragic.

He attracts girls' attention with his talent, and draws sympathy with his status as an orphan. It's hard not to want to hold him in your arms and comfort him.

However, the amazing thing about Liu Manli is that she came to her senses!

Damn brat, he's used this trick once or twice, and it's become his catchphrase.

Liu Manli directly suspected that he did it on purpose and was definitely not "pretending to be strong".

God knows how many girls he has seduced with this trick.

But it doesn't matter anymore, does it?

After not talking about the topic of finding a partner and getting married, Liu Manli still gets along very happily with her parents.

After dinner, we sat together and watched the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.

The older generation likes to watch the news broadcast and various evening parties, which are the cornerstone of the ratings.

However, seeing her parents staring at the TV with wide eyes, Liu Manli was very happy.

Do you really want to find Bai Youlou in there? How can it be such a coincidence?

As a result, the slap in the face came too quickly.

The next second she stopped laughing.

When the camera was turned to the audience, Bai Youlou's face really appeared on the screen.

"Hey! Manli didn't lie this time, it's really Xiaobai." Mother Liu said in surprise.

"Yes, it's him." Father Liu also nodded.

Although Liu Manli felt a little embarrassed, she still smiled and said, "How could I lie to you~"

Her parents didn't respond to this.

Of course, Bai Youlou didn’t get many shots at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, so he just stayed for a short while.

The main shots are still on the stage.

"Why did he go to watch the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala? Do you young people still like this?"

Hearing this question, Liu Manli said while eating melon seeds: "What's so strange about this? There are still many young people who listen to crosstalk now."

"I do know this. In recent years, various crosstalk theaters have been quite popular. Your mother and I have also watched them. They are just too noisy."

Liu Manli chuckled, how could it not be noisy when crosstalk became a fan circle thing?

But now everything has become fan circle-oriented, there’s nothing we can do about it.

Of course, Bai Youlou is definitely not the kind of young person who likes "traditional culture".

His hobbies are actually quite youthful, drinking and hanging out in bars. As for why he went to the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.
For the next show, Liu Manli narrowed her eyes slightly.

Song: "Left Hand Pointing to the Moon"

Singer: Zhang Xiaorong

Lyrics and music: Bai Youlou
"Is this a song written by Xiao Bai? No wonder he went to watch this show. The title of the song is quite suitable for the Mid-Autumn Festival. He is really talented."

Liu Manli felt that her parents seemed to sit up straighter and stare at the TV more seriously.

I couldn't help feeling helpless.

It’s over. I guess I’ll have to urge it again later.

I don’t know how many more years I can hold on. If it really doesn’t work, why not borrow some things from Bai Youlou and give me a grandson for them to play with?
This kid's genes must be excellent! It's many times better than taking a chance in the gene bank.

And there is no need for artificial surgery. Liu Manli said that she can make sacrifices and use the most natural way.
But the main reason is that I can’t make up my mind.

God knows if my parents will be happy or mad if I do this~
But normally, as time goes by, their demands will gradually decrease.

When they were urging Liu Manli to get married a few years ago, they had very high requirements for her partner and asked her to find a certain type of person.

But as the years passed, the Liu Man chestnut was like a copper pea that could not be steamed, cooked, pounded, fried or popped, and the demands of the two elders naturally decreased year by year.

Bai Youlou is also fine.

Ahem, the "okay" here means that even if it's much smaller, it doesn't matter.

Just when Liu Manli was thinking about all sorts of random things.

A "Chang'e" appeared on the TV screen.

"Hold the earth in your left hand and the sky in your right hand"

"The palm lines cracked with lightning in ten directions"

"Time hastily turned into years"

"Three thousand worlds are like nothing you have ever seen"

"Holding a flower in the left hand and dancing with a sword in the right hand"

"Ten thousand years of snow fell between the eyebrows"

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Zhang Xiaorong's on-site performance was naturally excellent.

The audience's reaction was as enthusiastic as usual. After all, at this kind of evening party, even if the song sung on stage was "I Offer Oil to the Motherland", they were still enthusiastic.

But the situation online is more "intense".

[Wow! This high-pitched voice is not pointing at the moon, it can even pick the moon! ]

[It's over. The more I listen, the more ethereal it becomes. The more I listen, the more ethereal it becomes.]

[The sound was extremely penetrating. Although I wasn’t there, I could hear it from two streets away.]

[The stage design of CCTV is really amazing. Teacher Zhang is so beautiful! She is Chang'e herself! ]

[I was so excited. I was dozing off in front of the TV, but this singing woke me up. I couldn’t help but accept it.]

[On Mid-Autumn Festival, see the gods, this is what I deserve]

[This must have been written by Bai Youlou. The songs he sings are never this difficult. He left all the difficult ones to our teacher Zhang. Ugh! 】

[Lou Ge has finished filming his movie, so it’s time to write more songs. Won’t he release an album this year? 】

[Don't count on it. Brother Lou has become too arrogant and doesn't look down on us fans. He has no new songs to sing this year and has given them all to Long Ziqiang and Zhang Xiaorong. But it's OK this way. I don't really want to hear him sing anyway.]

[He is not arrogant, he is dating An Luning, how can he have time to sing after filming the movie~ Alas. I actually quite like him and Zhang Xiaorong, but unfortunately, I guessed wrong. ]

【.】

Praise Zhang Xiaorong and scold Bai Youlou.

The rhythm on the Internet made Liu Manli laugh.

The key point is that those who curse Bai Youlou are obviously his fans.

It is really rare to see fans like this who are sarcastic to their own idol all over the internet.

But it can also be seen from this that the scandal between Bai Youlou and An Luning really has no impact on him.

Not many of his fans like him because of his “single personality”.

After all, he started out by "seducing the second sister-in-law", so there's no such thing as a single character.

His fans are too resistant to poison.

"This girl sings really well, she sounds like a singer."

"It's really nice, and she's pretty too."

"But I still like the dance song better."

Hearing her parents' discussion, Liu Manli was stunned for a moment, "This song is not good enough? Mom, your standards are a bit too high~"

"You silly girl, I didn't say no, I said I like that one better."

"Which one?"

"Xiao Bai gave it to me. If you search online, it's called "Above the Moon". Isn't this name more impressive than "Left Hand Pointing to the Moon"? "

Liu Manli certainly knew that Bai Youlou had composed some songs for his mother and those aunts to dance in the square.

But the problem is
"I can't find it. It's not even on the Internet."

"How could that be? That's the name. The song is still saved in my phone."

"Let me hear it."

Liu Manli became interested. She had indeed never heard of these "square dance music" before.

My own mother hid it like a treasure. When she heard that someone asked her for it but she refused to give it back, she almost got into a quarrel with another old lady.

The old ladies also have their own circles. Anyway, I heard that thanks to these songs, my mother has become the leader in the square dance circle.

In the words of the underworld, that means becoming a big boss.

Definitely the leader.

“I am looking up, above the moon! So many dreams are flying freely”

After listening to this, Liu Manli felt a little confused.

This song is in a completely different style from the song "Pointing to the Moon with the Left Hand" that was just performed at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.

"Pointing to the Moon with the Left Hand" combines opera and coloratura soprano singing. The range spans three octaves and is quite Zen-like. Zhang Xiaorong's singing is shocking in its high notes yet quite ethereal.

As for the song "Above the Moon", the smell of grassland is simply overwhelming.

Hmm. It's a bit earthy, but sounds very addictive.

It’s hard to imagine that this was sung by the “Chang’e” on the stage just now. The styles conflict severely.

The recording was rather rough, and Liu Manli could even hear Zhang Xiaorong's uncontrollable laughter.

She obviously enjoyed singing this song.
Indeed, Liu Manli felt very happy when she heard it, and her legs started to tremble.

Then she checked again, even using a song identification app, but still couldn't find the song online.

Then there is only one truth!

Bai Youlou didn't post it online at all
"It's over, Mom, you owe me a big favor!"

Liu Manli said gloatingly.

"What's the matter?"

“Is this song nice?”

"It sounds good. We sisters all like it."

"It suits the public's taste, right? Xiaobai didn't upload it to make money, but made a song just for you. Do you know how much he sold his previous song for?"

"How many?"

"Two hundred million!"

Liu Manli felt nothing wrong in doing something like scaring her own parents.

But she still ignored her parents' psychological endurance.

The two elders exchanged glances.

Two hundred million, right? No big deal.

"I'll just give you to him as compensation."

(End of this chapter)