Problems? No Big Deal

"It's okay. You have to believe in yourself. Besides, 'Red Bean' is a great song. I'm sure your fans will love it, so don't worry!"

Li Changle clearly hadn't gone to sleep either. He replied instantly.

Wang Siyi lay on her side, the corners of her eyes crinkling slightly.

"You're really that confident in the song you wrote? What if nobody likes it?"

"If they don't, they don't. I'll write you another one then."

Li Changle didn't really take Wang Siyi's what-ifs to heart. "Red Bean" had become a hit all across Earth, and he believed it could do the same here. He'd only said that to comfort Wang Siyi.

"Then what kind of song would you write for me?"

"What kind of song do you want?"

"A love song. One about liking someone."

Wang Siyi answered without hesitation. She wanted Li Changle to write a song that belonged entirely to her.

"No big deal. If this album really flops, I'll definitely write you one."

"No! You have to write me one even if this album sells like crazy!"

"What are you, a bandit? Just snatching songs from me like that?"

Wang Siyi didn't reply in words. Instead, she sent a meme that said, "Go die."

Then she said, "I'm going to sleep. Good night."

Li Changle smiled and replied good night, but he didn't go to sleep.

He had something on his mind. He'd realized that Wang Siyi was much bolder online than she was in real life.

With the internet between them, it was as if she'd gained a courage buff. She'd turned into a meme expert, sending one after another, and she was much bolder in the way she spoke. She was like a completely different person from usual.

Still, Li Changle thought this side of Wang Siyi was pretty cute. He was starting to feel that something was missing if they didn't chat a little every day.

Whenever she didn't reply, he found himself checking his phone more often. He even caught himself wondering:

What's she doing? Is something wrong? Did something happen? Why isn't she replying?

Then he might even start to get anxious. At that thought, Li Changle froze.

Oh no. It seemed he'd caught Wang Siyi's poison.

The next morning, at eight.

Li Changle got up and, as usual, sent Wang Siyi a good-morning meme. To his surprise, she didn't reply.

When he turned on his computer, though, he saw a news notification: "After a year away, rising music star Wang Wanjun returns with a new album! 'Yearning' releases at noon—stay tuned!"

Li Changle shook his head and closed the ad. He'd already heard the news last night.

He wondered if he'd been searching for the name Wang Wanjun a little too often on his computer lately.

The news feed kept recommending stories about Wang Siyi, both recent ones and old reports about her time in the entertainment industry.

For the past few days, Li Changle had done practically nothing but read entertainment gossip.

He'd spent nearly several days reading through Wang Siyi's entire journey in the entertainment industry over the past three years.

Now, if someone asked him what awards she'd won or what songs she'd sung when she debuted, he could talk about it at length.

He was a true fan through and through.

But he hadn't told Wang Siyi about it. Li Changle felt that if she found out he'd been secretly following her journey in entertainment over the past three years, she'd tease him mercilessly. So he had to keep it to himself.

Li Changle had finished washing up and eating breakfast, and Wang Siyi still hadn't replied. He had no idea what she was doing. She was probably busy, so he simply got to work writing.

Before long, Li Changle realized he wasn't in the right frame of mind. Even with the memories in his head to guide him, he couldn't focus. He checked the time: ten o'clock. Then he looked at what he'd written. A thousand words in an hour. Ridiculous.

Li Changle felt unsettled. It had to be Wang Siyi. She usually replied to him very quickly.

Not knowing what she was doing made him anxious, so he followed his instincts, picked up his phone, and called her.

She didn't answer the first call, but she finally picked up the second. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Wang Siyi's sleepy voice from the other end.

"Hello~?"

Li Changle froze and asked uncertainly:

"Were you sleeping?"

Hearing that long-unheard voice, Wang Siyi was still a little groggy and grumpy from being woken up.

"Mmm~ What is it?"

Hearing Wang Siyi's sleepy voice, tinged with irritation from being woken, made Li Changle's scalp tingle. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

Wang Siyi came around, too.

"Oh! I overslept!"

"Um... I have to hang up now. Wait a moment."

Li Changle looked at his phone's call-ended screen, feeling a little speechless. He'd been wondering what she was doing, and it turned out she'd been asleep.

Wang Siyi was fully awake now, startled awake. Somehow, she'd managed to embarrass herself all over again.

Then she buried her face deep in her pillow, pulled the covers over herself, and kicked her arms and legs around. It was so embarrassing! What had she just done?

After a good while, Wang Siyi finally stopped. Her cheeks flushed as she got up to wash.

"Morning, Sister Wanjun."

Xiuxiu was sitting on the living room sofa watching TV. When she saw Wang Siyi come out, she greeted her.

She knew Wang Siyi had been busy lately and hadn't been sleeping well, so it was only natural that she'd sleep in on her rare day off.

"Huh, Sister Wanjun, why is your face so red?"

Wang Siyi didn't answer Xiuxiu. She just ran off.

"That's strange."

Xiuxiu shook her head in confusion.

After washing up, Wang Siyi's face had returned to normal. She sent Li Changle a meme without expression, then asked:

"Why did you call me?"

"You usually reply to me in the morning, so when you didn't today, I thought you might be feeling unwell or something. I wanted to call and make sure."

Li Changle replied right away. He could write as many as a hundred thousand words in a day at his fastest, so sending a WeChat message took him less than three seconds, from typing to sending.

"I was pretty tired the last few days, and today was my first day off in a while, so I slept in."

Wang Siyi explained why she hadn't replied. Then she asked:

"Why did you think I might be feeling unwell?"

"When you were living here before, whenever you disappeared for a while, it was always because you'd either gotten drunk or come down with a fever."

Li Changle couldn't help teasing her.

As Wang Siyi read Li Changle's message, her heart soared. He did care about her! He really did have a place for her in his heart. He just might not realize it himself.

"I'm fine. You don't have to worry."

Then Wang Siyi sent him a hugging meme.

Li Changle looked at the meme. He was used to Wang Siyi sending them by now, but lately, they'd all seemed a little unusual.

They were either saying "I miss you" or "hug me."

"Glad you're okay."

For some reason, Li Changle suddenly felt awkward and didn't know what to say to Wang Siyi, so he forced himself to send that reply.

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