Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Tomorrow Will Be Better

Unfortunately, Dong Haoning couldn’t find anything on the Star Network.

It was also bad timing. The people who had heard Jiang Qin sing at the bar on the first day were all quietly waiting in her livestream room. Who had time to browse the Star Network?

The main reason was that no one was foolish enough to post about it and expose her. After all, the people who first realized there was something different about Jiang Qin were not idiots.

Who would want to miss an opportunity for a free purification session that only cost the price of a bar’s entry fee?

So, under this unspoken agreement to keep it private, everyone kept their mouths shut, not leaking a single word.

Of course, even if they did say something, probably no one would believe them.

If listening to songs could solve the Riot Value problem, then what would the Interstellar’s thousand years of research count for?

Dong Haoning thought so, too.

If he was really purified by one percent just from listening to the young female’s song, wouldn’t that make the Interstellar’s many years of effort a complete joke?

So he thought about it. ’Could it be that I measured it wrong this morning? Or were my eyes playing tricks on me?’

’Or maybe it was a phantom number that just dropped on its own after a while.’

Okay, these reasons were all a stretch, but compared to them, the idea that listening to a song could cause purification was even more absurd.

Unable to figure it out, he could only hurry back to Jiang Qin’s livestream room. True or not, he would know for sure after another experiment.

***

At this moment, Jiang Qin was singing her fourth song.

This time, the request was for a children’s song.

That’s right, another difficult theme. The Interstellar had children’s songs, but they were purely instrumental pieces used as lullabies.

So far, there were none with lyrics.

But the request for Jiang Qin was that it had to have lyrics and also be suitable as a lullaby.

This kind of deliberate challenge actually made Jiang Qin laugh.

’Do they have any idea how many children’s songs are in Earth’s music library?’

’I’m having a hard time choosing.’

Considering how monotonous the childhoods of Interstellar People were, how many things they had never seen, and how their early years were filled with only various high-tech gadgets and nanny robots, Jiang Qin decided to choose a relatively simple one.

Sitting on the sofa, she casually began to strum her guitar.

“Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high…”

That’s right, it was the classic children’s song, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.”

Jiang Qin finished singing it with no difficulty at all.

[Whoa, compared to the last few songs, this one feels so childish.]

[If a children’s song was too difficult, who would it be for? Adults? Then why call it a children’s song?]

[Exactly, this song is really nice. It’s simple and interesting.]

[Hehe, I’m going to open a starry sky simulation room for my little cub tonight and sing this song to him.]

“Alright, on to the next one.”

Although many people had pulled in friends to flood the bullet comments, hoping Jiang Qin wouldn’t have to sing such difficult song requests, the number of paid commenters was just too high.

All they could do was keep sending comments and hope for the best.

Maybe she would happen to screenshot a comment from one of the few of them.

But it actually worked. This time, Jiang Qin picked a comment that let her choose freely.

“Since I can choose, I’ll sing a song called ’Tomorrow Will Be Better’.”

Everyone understood the meaning just from the song’s title, and their hearts instantly warmed.

In an era with such a harsh environment, “tomorrow will be better” was truly a wish that everyone longed for.

“Gently awaken a sleeping heart

Slowly open your eyes

Look at this bustling world

And see if it’s still spinning on, lonely and without end.”

Her ethereal voice, tinged with sweetness, found its way into the hearts of everyone in the livestream room.

Lan Yuyan closed his eyes, listening in silence.

He hadn’t sent a single bullet comment, simply listening quietly in the livestream room the entire time.

As the director of the composition department, he was more focused on the quality of the songs themselves.

Jiang Qin’s few songs had all been in different styles, but without exception, the emotions within the melodies were rich and full.

They were very different from the hollow songs on the market.

It was just a shame that she had rejected his invitation.

If he could poach her for Tianwen Entertainment Company, he was confident he could resurrect the composition department.

He had no idea what kind of compensation that little bar was giving her to keep her so firmly rooted there.

But Lan Yuyan wasn’t prepared to give up. He was willing to wait, even if it meant biding his time until Jiang Qin’s contract with Moonlight Bar expired.

Actually, there was another shortcut he could take.

’I don’t have a female master yet. If I could become her partner…’

’But a C-level female can’t soothe me. I have to consider what’s more important: living longer, or my career…’

Jiang Qin had no idea someone was already thinking of using a honey trap to poach her. At that moment, she just felt her mood become much calmer.

Her entire Spirit Sea felt as if it could smell the fragrance of fresh grass.

“Let our smiles

Be filled with the pride of youth

And offer a pious prayer for tomorrow…”

[I really hope that one day, our graduations will no longer be farewells of life and death, but all kinds of sprints toward the future.]

[Seeing my little one so carefree every day, I really wish she would never grow up.]

[I hope the Interstellar will one day see true peace.]

[Sigh, I wonder where this year’s Alien Beast tide will appear.]

Every year, two Alien Beast tides occurred in the Interstellar, and the timing was only ever approximate, never precise.

And the arrival of these Alien Beasts was always very sudden.

The transport black holes could appear on any planet, with it even being a possibility on the Main Star.

However, High-level Planets generally had better defenses, so they were easier to deal with.

There were also various subsidies after the battle.

This was also why everyone wanted to become a citizen of a High-level Planet.

In a place like a Barren Star, aside from the weapons and guards in the Central City, the people living on the outskirts could only rely on themselves to survive.

To resist the Alien Beasts together, everyone would unite to kill them.

All disputes would be put on hold until after the Alien Beast tide had passed.

Jiang Qin had also experienced many Alien Beast tides, and the tragic devastation was truly shocking to behold.

***

The comments in the livestream room grew friendlier and friendlier. Even those who had blindly followed the trend to hate on Jiang Qin at the beginning were gradually being moved.

This was not what Jiang Ruming wanted to see.

But she was not one to act rashly. Her gaze merely darkened as she continued to observe.

As for Lilia, she was on a call, interrogating the person who had given her the idea to frame Jiang Qin.

“Didn’t you say you could definitely ruin her reputation and that no one would believe a word she said?

Why did you give me that garbage song and make me look like a fool???”

The man on the other end of the call frowned. “Miss Lilia, that was the work of a Gold-level composer, not some garbage song. Our boss paid a high price for it.”

Lilia laughed sarcastically. “A composition by a Gold-level composer is actually worse than a female from a Barren Star?

Did he buy that level or something?”

The man’s eyes turned sharp as he warned, “Miss Lilia, please watch your words. Even if you are a female, you cannot baselessly slander a Gold-level composer like this!”

“Hah, wasn’t it you people who paid me to frame Jiang Qin?

If I can slander Jiang Qin, what’s stopping me from slandering a loser who couldn’t even beat her?”

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