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After seeing Wang Weimin off, Li Changle returned home. Looking at the closed door, he felt conflicted.

However, he decided to call Wang Siyi. Before that, though, he needed to reheat their food.

"Open the door, Siyi. Your dad's already gone."

"Aren't you hungry? You have to eat something."

Li Changle called out helplessly outside the door for a long time, but there was still no response.

Wang Siyi had stopped crying. She couldn't cry anymore.

It felt like all her tears had dried up. When she heard her father leaving, she felt a sense of relief. She had said such harsh words, and she didn't know how she would face him.

Actually, Wang Siyi hadn't intended to say such harsh things at first. But whenever the topic involved Li Changle, she couldn't help but become emotional.

She could give up singing, but she liked the feeling of being with Li Changle here. This, she supposed, was what liking someone felt like?

Wang Siyi had realized before that she might have fallen for Li Changle. She didn't know when it started.

He had saved her from a few thugs. Ever since then, she hadn't had any bad impressions of him. As for why she liked him...

Perhaps it was because he always appeared at just the right moment when she was most helpless.

He was always so warm. When she forgot her keys and couldn't get into her apartment, he brought her home.

When she got drunk, he took care of her tirelessly without any ulterior motives.

When she was sick and injured her foot, he took meticulous care of her. When she had a fever and didn't want to take her medicine...

Every time, before she took her medicine, he would make rock sugar pear soup. She would eat a spoonful of the soup, then a pill. When she ate the medicine like that, it wasn't bitter anymore.

When she threw tantrums, he was very patient with her. Wang Siyi didn't know how many other girls he had treated this way.

But she knew he was the first boy to treat her like this.

When he said he was leaving, she felt sad. When she dreamt of him with other girls, she would be heartbroken. When she woke up, it seemed like tears were streaming down her face.

She probably, maybe, must have really fallen for him.

Wang Siyi had grown up under the protection of her parents. As an only child, she had been fiercely shielded, so much so that even after entering the entertainment industry, she maintained a distant demeanor.

Her popularity was entirely due to her exceptional qualities: a voice with explosive talent, angelic looks, and a singing voice as beautiful as a fairy's. It was rare to find many like her in the entertainment industry.

Her cool and aloof personality perfectly matched her appearance and singing voice. The persona she unintentionally cultivated was highly admired.

Although she regretted and was saddened by her decision to give up singing, she had never felt the same level of distress and reluctance as when her father told her to come home.

It wasn't that she was attached to the house or her belongings here. It was because the person she cared about was here. In just two months, Wang Siyi realized how dependent she had become on Li Changle.

He could cook for her, write songs and sing for her when she was unhappy, and find ways to make her take her medicine when she didn't want to.

When she was sad and upset, he would worry. This feeling of being cared for was wonderful.

If possible, she wished she could rely on Li Changle forever. But would he be willing to be relied upon by her for a lifetime?

Wang Siyi was unsure. If he treated every girl this way, wouldn't she be hoping for something that wasn't meant to be?

What should I do? A barrage of questions popped into Wang Siyi's mind, making her feel agitated.

She heard Li Changle calling her from outside again. Wang Siyi felt conflicted. Should she go out?

She was too tired from crying earlier, and she was a bit hungry.

Feeling a little cowardly, Wang Siyi opened the door. Her complexion was still poor, and tear streaks were clearly visible on her face.

Her face, like fine jade, now looked like a little panda's. Li Changle's heart tightened. It seemed she had cried very sadly.

"What?"

Wang Siyi wrinkled her nose and frowned, looking at Li Changle, who was staring at her blankly.

Li Changle snapped back to attention and quickly pulled her hand towards the dining table in the living room. Wang Siyi's face flushed slightly as she let Li Changle lead her forward.

Li Changle released Wang Siyi's hand, took a step forward, pulled out a chair, and gestured towards Wang Siyi, saying, "Eat first, then we'll talk about other things."

Wang Siyi nodded. She sniffed the air and asked with a frown, "Did you smoke just now?"

How is this woman's sense of smell so sharp...

Li Changle nodded awkwardly. "I was chatting with your dad here earlier, and I had a cigarette..."

Wang Siyi didn't say anything. She looked up at him, then dejectedly began to eat.

She was indeed quite hungry. As she sat down, she realized Li Changle had already served her rice and soup.

She had felt a little touched initially, but now, smelling the smoke on him, that bit of warmth vanished.

Drinking the soup, which had been simmering for over an hour, tasted richer and had more purines, but it was delicious.

Young people, what are purines? What is gout? None of it matters.

"It doesn't matter what your dad said to you. Before he left, he said he would support whatever you do."

Li Changle finally spoke a word in defense of Uncle Wang. Although he had made Wang Siyi cry at first, Li Changle later realized that Wang Weimin hadn't meant to. Perhaps it was his fatherly love being too profound.

Before leaving, he knew where his problems lay and actively communicated with Wang Siyi. Li Changle felt he should say something on his behalf, especially since he had helped him find a path he could follow for a lifetime.

"Don't talk to me about this while I'm eating."

Wang Siyi frowned and said to Li Changle in a muffled voice, very unhappy.

Li Changle remained silent. The two of them didn't make a sound, each eating their own meal. After they finished eating, Li Changle quietly cleared the bowls and chopsticks, not saying a word.

Seeing Li Changle's demeanor, Wang Siyi's heart tightened. She wondered if she had been too harsh just now. He had spoken to her with good intentions, and her attitude had indeed been poor.

She wanted to apologize to Li Changle, but looking at his busy figure, she opened her mouth, then ultimately didn't say it.

Li Changle busied himself cleaning the room, while Wang Siyi sat motionless on the sofa. The atmosphere was a little awkward.

Li Changle was thinking. He had wanted to help Wang Siyi for a long time. She still loved singing.

Li Changle could tell. She said she had given up, but had she really?

So just now, he had wanted to start a conversation and steer it toward singing. He hadn't expected to open the conversation the wrong way.

Wang Siyi was very resistant to anything related to Wang Weimin. However, Li Changle still decided to write the song and show it to Wang Siyi, letting her choose.

If she saw the song he brought out and didn't like it or didn't want to sing it, that was fine too. Regardless, he wanted to help Wang Siyi.

Even if she had truly given up and planned to retire from the music industry, Li Changle would have no regrets.

If she liked it, then he would help her release a new album. He didn't have money, but he had songs.

He had as many songs as she wanted, enough for Wang Siyi to release albums for a lifetime.

While cleaning the room and thinking, Li Changle had figured it out, so he simply stopped.

Then he went to find his guitar, intending to sing it once for Wang Siyi to hear and see if she liked it.

Wang Siyi finally saw Li Changle stop. Just as she was about to call out to him, he walked away again.

Wang Siyi felt a bit regretful. She hadn't been like this before. Where had that decisive Wang Siyi gone?

Hesitation leads to defeat, Wang Siyi.

Wang Siyi was angry at her own timid behavior in her heart, unable to help her own lack of progress.

She felt like she was losing herself. That guy was also something, just staying silent.

She was a shy person, she knew this, and Li Changle knew it too. So when he heard Wang Siyi's unhappy reply, Li Changle felt he had been too hasty. He should have let her calm down first.

Wang Siyi sat silently on the sofa, pretending to look at her phone but actually spacing out.

She was thinking about how to explain the misunderstanding from just now, that she wasn't angry with him.

But before she could come up with a solution, Li Changle had already walked over, carrying a guitar.

What did this guy want now? Was he going to sing for her again?

Wang Siyi still liked Li Changle singing for her. Although in his eyes, Li Changle made many mistakes when he sang.

But no matter how many mistakes there were, they couldn't hide his sincere voice. It was sung just to coax her.

Just like the song "Always So Quiet" last time, it was beautiful, and she liked it very much. But that song wasn't suitable for her to sing.

"Do you still want to sing?"

Li Changle walked straight over, holding his guitar, and sat down in front of Wang Siyi.

"What?"

Wang Siyi looked at Li Changle in confusion.

"I said, do you still want to sing? Release an album, darling."

Wang Siyi didn't know how to answer the question. She nodded, then shook her head.

Then she said calmly, "I don't know."

"So, do you want to or not?"

"I do. But my parents don't agree, and the company won't find songs for me. I might not even have the right to decide if I get to sing the songs I find myself."

Wang Siyi said weakly, sounding a bit pitiful.

Li Changle sighed.

"Your dad said he would support you. As for song applications, I happen to have one here. If you want it, I'll sing it for you. You can record the song yourself. You don't necessarily have to go through the company, as long as the company can release it."

Li Changle felt this woman's IQ was dropping again. How could she be so capable when talking to her dad?

"I... I'm afraid that even if the album is released, the company won't promote it, and it will still fail..."

Li Changle slapped his forehead and covered his face with one hand.

"In the worst-case scenario, can it be worse than it is now? If you really want to sing, then record the song first, release the new album, and then we'll see. Whether the new album is successful or fails, that's not something you should consider. You're just a singer, isn't that what you used to say yourself?"

"Oh..."

Wang Siyi also felt she was acting strangely. She definitely wouldn't have thought so much before.

Last time she went to Shanghai, she was full of anticipation. She never thought about whether the album would be successful, she just wanted to sing the songs and release the album.

But now, she always thought about this and that. Suddenly, her expression froze.

She looked at Li Changle. Everything she had said was just an excuse.

Her parents didn't agree, the company wouldn't help promote it. She never cared about these things before. As she said, she just wanted to sing.

But now, she was hesitating. The real reason might simply be that she didn't want to leave Li Changle.

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