Chapter 50: Chapter 50: July New Song Chart

After finishing her conversation with He Zhuoqun, Jiang Qin spoke for a while with the people who had chosen the other two songs.

Once she confirmed they had no objections to the contract, she had them sign it and then sent over the two songs, “Joy is enough” and “Once You.”

It was quite a coincidence.

The singers chosen for these two songs both turned out to be artists under Tianwen Entertainment.

However, they were not very famous.

Interstellar People didn’t particularly care for their slightly rougher voices, preferring the sound of younger men or adolescents.

As a result, the few songs they had released before never gained much traction.

They only heard these two songs because their company had sent a recording of Jiang Qin’s livestream to a group chat.

But they hadn’t approached her specifically for those two songs.

Instead, they had sent a recording and asked Jiang Qin to choose for herself, requesting a chance if she felt they were suitable for any of her songs.

If not, that was fine too; she could always contact them again when she had something suitable.

After telling them they could ask her if they had any questions, Jiang Qin left them to it.

***

The fans, who had been excited all night, eagerly went online as soon as the sun rose.

On the first day of July, many new songs would surely be released to climb the new month’s charts, so it was time for them to start hunting for gems among the new releases!

After all, they had listened to last month’s songs on repeat until they were sick of them and were in desperate need of a new favorite to save their ears.

Those who were quietly following Jiang Qin immediately searched for her name.

A long list of songs appeared instantly.

“Thank You, the One Who Loves Me”

“Love You”

“Honey”

“Buming”

“Emperor’s Flower”

“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”

“Beauty’s Song”

“Tomorrow Will Be Better”

“Flower Fragrance”

As one of Jiang Qin’s most loyal fans, Wen Xueli, who was far away on the Main Star working with a research institute, immediately clicked on a random song.

It happened to be the last one on the list, “Flower Fragrance.”

The song began with a melodious instrumental intro. Wen Xueli didn’t know what instrument was being played, but she found it beautiful.

“The wind blows without direction

The rain begins to fall in sorrow

No one can tell me

When love quietly slipped away”

Jiang Qin’s voice was as beautiful as ever.

But most importantly, the songs uploaded this time actually came with music videos!

In the beginning, a girl was wearing a white top, black pants, and a small floral apron, with her hair tied back by a yellow ribbon.

She stood in a sea of flowers, and when the gentle breeze blew, dandelions danced in the air.

In the distance, a male was riding a vintage-style bicycle toward her, against the wind.

The moment they looked at each other and smiled, it was as if love itself had materialized before their eyes.

The plot that followed was about a pure human female who ran a flower shop and a Beastman male from a prominent family.

Their love was not approved of by their families, but they continued to meet secretly in that sea of flowers.

They didn’t need to do anything; just sitting there quietly, a single glance was sweet enough.

They hadn’t even held hands, yet you could feel the overwhelming love that filled their hearts.

Wen Xueli listened to the song, cupping her face with a fond, doting smile.

“Oh my god, they’re so perfect for each other! Who are the people in this music video?”

Her partner next to her couldn’t answer the question and could only search the Star Network, but the search yielded no results.

This could only mean that the two were non-celebrities, not stars.

“I couldn’t find anything. They’re probably non-celebrities.”

Wen Xueli nodded in agreement, her eyes practically turning into hearts.

“Probably. They look like they’re still students. I wonder if they could film a romantic drama together someday. I’d definitely watch it!”

However, the music video ended with the pure human girl, who had a poor Physique, dying of illness in that sea of flowers, while the Beastman male was taken away by his family…

He could only take the dried-flower necklace the girl had given him; he couldn’t take her with him.

…

Then, Wen Xueli cried so hard her emotions forced her Spiritual Body to manifest as a sad deer.

After it appeared, the Spiritual Body did nothing but fall into her arms and cry…

Wen Xueli’s partner: … ’I want to comfort her, but I don’t even know where to start.’

***

This same scene was playing out elsewhere.

Wen Jiaqi’s favorite was still “Emperor’s Flower,” so she had been eagerly waiting for Jiang Qin to upload the song for a long time.

But as she waited, Jiang Qin was suddenly kidnapped by Star Thieves!

Star Thieves!

Females who were kidnapped rarely, if ever, made it back alive. She panicked, terrified of a world without Jiang Qin.

After so many years, the Federation had finally produced someone like Jiang Qin!

She never wanted to listen to those messy Cantonese songs again.

To rescue Jiang Qin, she contacted Bounty Hunters. Later, she saw that many others had the same idea.

So she went ahead and started a crowdfunding campaign.

The funds raised were enough to hire a full twenty Bounty Hunters, five of whom were S-level males.

’A team with that kind of lineup should be more than enough to rescue her,’ she had thought.

Unexpectedly, before the Bounty Hunters even arrived, someone found information on the group of Star Thieves.

Jiang Qin was rescued soon after.

The Bounty Hunters didn’t have to do anything, but since they had dropped what they were doing and traveled from all over, they collected half their fee, and the other half was refunded.

She had been busy until late last night, finally managing to refund half of everyone’s crowdfunded money.

So as soon as she woke up, she immediately went on the Star Network to search for the song.

She searched directly for “Emperor’s Flower.”

“Huh, Jiang Qin actually made a music video for this song.”

But Wen Jiaqi didn’t think much of it, just assuming Jiang Qin had arranged for it before she was kidnapped, in preparation for the July charts.

As for whether it was filmed just today, she thought that was impossible. After all, even the fastest music video shoot would take at least a few hours.

The music video opened with a classical beauty pressing a red paper to her lips in front of a mirror, while an old matron combed her hair from behind.

The bride, in her red wedding dress and phoenix coronet but without a red veil, was helped by the matron to the wedding hall.

There were no guests, no elders to pay respects to—only the bride and groom and two servants.

The groom was also dressed in a red robe, wearing a golden crown.

Female voice: “Falling petals fill the sky, obscuring the moonlight

I borrow a cup of wine to offer upon the phoenix altar

The Emperor’s Flower offers incense with tears…”

It was a male-female duet, with Jiang Qin seamlessly singing both parts.

In the music video, the Princess and the Prince Consort soon reached the scene where they drank the nuptial wine and both collapsed.

On their wedding night, at the hour of their death.

The end even included details of the backstory.

Wen Jiaqi’s eyes were red, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

She could almost see the defeated nation, and the Princess and Prince Consort who should have been so happy.

’Actually, this is a good ending, too. The Princess and the Prince Consort died together. At least in the end, they were still together!’

But… but…

“Waaaaaah…”

BANG BANG BANG—

Someone was frantically knocking on her door, shouting, “Wen Jiaqi, what are you doing in there? You’re crying like a whistling kettle!”

“Open the door! Who bullied you? Tell me, and I’ll go beat them up for you!! What’s the use of hiding in there crying?!”

Wen Jiaqi opened the door and wailed, “Waaah… The Princess and the Prince Consort both died.”

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