Chapter 316: Chapter 211: On Fire!

Just as Shen Qiushan anticipated, Lin Moxuan indeed put the blame on him.

It just goes to show that prejudice against someone isn’t easily changed.

After all, Shen Qiushan does have a “record”!

“Don’t get so worked up yet.”

“Let’s see how Momo and her friends perform. Besides, participating in such a popular show isn’t necessarily a bad thing!”

Chen Qingzhu hurriedly opened her mouth to advise.

“She is the deputy secretary of the student union at Sanjiang University, a leadership position at the university. What is she doing participating in such a program?”

“Also, recording the show will inevitably conflict with her school work. Is she going to ask for leave?”

“If she asks for leave, the school leaders at Sanjiang University might grant it out of respect for me, but it will certainly be gossiped about!”

“What kind of university leader takes time off to participate in a singing show!”

“It’s simply not doing one’s job properly!!”

Lin Moxuan complained with a stern face, though his eyes never left the TV.

Although he was strongly opposed, his daughter did participate in Voice of Hua Country, such a popular show, and in no time his superiors, subordinates, and familiar colleagues would all know about it.

If Lin Xiamo performs well, it could still be somewhat acceptable.

If she performs poorly, he would be embarrassed too, and people would certainly say that Director Lin’s daughter didn’t do her job well, joined a music talent show, and ended up getting eliminated!

Luckily, Lin Xiamo and her group performed well on the show, receiving unanimous approval from the mentors and the audience.

“Momo and they did great!”

“All four mentors are competing for them!”

Chen Qingzhu’s face was full of smiles; she never opposed her daughter pursuing a career related to music, after all, she is a singer in an art troupe herself.

And since Lin Xiamo inherited her good voice and musical genes, she has high hopes that her daughter could achieve success in music.

Seeing Lin Xiamo shining on such a big stage like Voice of Hua Country made her feel exceptionally happy!

“I know what you’re thinking!”

“Eager for Momo to sing, huh?”

Lin Moxuan certainly understood his wife’s thoughts, and he said angrily, “If Momo hadn’t inherited some of your genes, she wouldn’t do such a thing!”

“Momo is my daughter, of course she inherited my genes!”

Chen Qingzhu wasn’t to be outdone, directly retorting and then pointing to the TV screen, “Look how much Momo is enjoying the stage!”

“This is the life she likes, not the one you arranged for her!”

“Having me pave a path and arrange a job for her is her luck!”

“How many people are queuing up for me to arrange for them!”

Lin Moxuan snorted coldly, “She’s just blessed but doesn’t realize it.”

“Had she followed the route I planned, by the time she retired, her rank might not be much lower than mine.”

“And what of it?”

Chen Qingzhu countered.

“What of it?”

Lin Moxuan frowned, the question truly stumped him.

Spending a lifetime in the system until retirement.

Aside from the so-called “stability,” there really isn’t much to it.

“You’ve never even asked Momo what kind of life she wants.”

“It’s always been your way, in the past Momo was young and didn’t dare to resist.”

“Now she’s over thirty, long since developed her ideas and plans; I believe her participating in Voice of Hua Country might have nothing to do with Qiushan.”

Seeing Lin Moxuan at a loss for words, Chen Qingzhu pressed the advantage, continuing to express her views.

“What’s the future in singing anyway? Besides, she’s over thirty; how many singers debut at such an age!”

“Look at those youngsters competing alongside her, they’re eighteen, nineteen, just over twenty; that’s the age with limitless potential.”

Lin Moxuan argued from another angle, not waiting for Chen Qingzhu to respond, continuing, “In any case, I don’t agree with her participating in this singing show!”

“You must align with me!”

Hearing this, Chen Qingzhu sneered, “Still trying to be a dictator at home?”

“I’m telling you, there’s no aligning!”

In the past, Chen Qingzhu almost always went along with Lin Moxuan, but this time she decided to stand on her daughter’s side.

“You!”

Lin Moxuan didn’t expect his wife, Chen Qingzhu, to oppose him; he was at a loss for words, and after a moment, he angrily waved his arms, “The young ones don’t understand anything; now the old ones don’t either!”

“If you don’t take charge, I will!”

Having said that, Lin Moxuan picked up his phone and dialed his daughter Lin Xiamo’s number.

Yet the phone rang for quite a while, and no one answered.

The pub hadn’t closed yet!

Because it’s Friday, many students don’t return to their dorms to sleep, so the pub was still bustling with customers.

Especially after Voice of Hua Country aired, quite a few students from the surrounding universities came for a visit!

As the proprietress, Lin Xiamo was busy and had no time to check her phone.

Plus, with a live singer performing in the pub, the phone’s ringtone was completely drowned out.

By the time Lin Xiamo saw the missed call on her phone, it was already half an hour later.

Lin Xiamo had long anticipated her father’s explosive anger upon learning about her participation in Voice of Hua Country, but this time she wouldn’t disband her band to obediently listen, as she did during her university days when her father got angry.

After all, she had already resigned, cutting herself off from any fallback.

No matter what, I have to give it a try on the path of music.

Apart from the missed calls from his dad, Lin Xiamo also received phone calls and WeChat messages from some friends due to the broadcast of “Voice of Hua Country”.

Although the impact of the internet is significant, it’s still not as “legitimate” as a TV program, especially a hit variety show like “Voice of Hua Country”.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the exposure from appearing on this show is much more valuable than going viral online with a couple of videos!

Lin Xiamo walked through the tavern’s back kitchen to the relatively quiet back door and returned a call to his dad, Lin Moxuan.

“So you’ve got wings now, huh?”

“You participated in a TV program without telling me!”

The moment the call connected, his dad’s reprimanding voice came through.

“Because you wouldn’t agree even if I told you.”

“So you decided on your own?”

“Dad, I’m already 31, a matured adult capable of civil responsibility, able to be accountable for my decisions!”

Lin Xiamo confidently responded.

“Still growing wings, I see!”

“Where are you? Get home immediately!”

“Tomorrow, it’s too late today, the tavern just opened, it’s all guests now.”

“Plus, Yanran and Jiayu are here helping too, I can’t just leave!”

“So Jiayu also got dragged into this by that Qiushan kid!”

“That kid, really knows how to take advantage of our family!!”

Lin Moxuan gritted his teeth with anger, but the situation being what it is, he had no other choice, after a moment of silence he said, “Tomorrow, bring him along!”

“Tell him he must come!”

“If he doesn’t come, I’ll go find him!”

“Understood.”

Lin Xiamo acknowledged before hanging up the phone.

After hanging up, she let out a long sigh of relief; although she hadn’t completely gotten her dad to accept her pursuit of singing, at least she had laid it all out.

Lin Xiamo is the type of person who can’t hide things on her mind; keeping her resignation and participation in “Voice of Hua Country” a secret had been weighing on her, but now that her dad knew, she felt relieved.

The tavern closed at midnight.

Shen Qiushan and his group returned to the Jinjiang Bay mansion.

Everyone was so exhausted from the journey that they didn’t even feel like talking, even the usually talkative Lin Jiayu leaned back on his seat, closed his eyes to rest, not saying a word.

Due to the dormitory having closed, Xu Pipa followed them to the Shen Family.

It was her first time visiting Shen Qiushan’s new home, and the more than 300 square meter luxury mansion surprised Little Mushroom Head; she only knew that Uncle Shen was well off, but she had no concrete idea.

Today, “well off” became tangible!

Such a big house, with such luxurious decor, indeed exceeded Xu Pipa’s realm of understanding.

She was assigned to the guest room where Lin Yufei and Kong Xiaoyi had stayed.

Even though it was just a guest room, its lavishness and spaciousness far surpassed the master bedroom of a typical house, naturally making it extremely comfortable to sleep in.

Lin Jiayu and Shen Yanran, both waitstaff, were too tired to even have a bedtime chat; both took a shower and fell asleep immediately.

The most energetic one of the group, naturally, was Shen Qiushan; he’s a “monster” with all basic attributes maxed out, holding the title of Endurance King, the work at the tavern didn’t even faze him.

Once in bed, he checked out the online discussions about Red Rose Band’s appearance on “Voice of Hua Country”.

The result was nearly unanimous praise.

The video clip of Red Rose Band’s performance posted on the Voice of Hua Country’s Quick Sound account received over 400,000 likes and tens of thousands of comments within just a few hours.

This clip had the highest number of likes and comments among all performance videos, significantly surpassing others.

Moreover, any user who posted clips or related videos of Red Rose Band’s performance on Quick Sound saw high engagement, with various variety show commentary media quickly putting out related videos to catch the enormous wave of traffic.

The more people discussed, the more people watched the videos, forming a virtuous cycle.

#RedRoseBand# quickly became a trending topic on Quick Sound.

It can be said that Red Rose Band became an “overnight sensation”.

Even the band’s Quick Sound account saw rapid follower growth, from over 300,000 followers before the show aired to over 700,000 within hours after the show aired.

At this rate, they’ll soon surpass a million followers!

They’ve made it big.

It seems they’ve really made it big!

Shen Qiushan’s lips couldn’t help but curl up; seeing Red Rose Band achieve such success, he suddenly felt a gratifying sense of “development”.

Red Rose Band’s success, apart from Lin Xiamo’s outstanding personal qualities and the four members’ seamless collaboration, is undoubtedly also thanks to Shen Qiushan, the “unofficial member” of Red Rose Band!

He browsed through the comments on Red Rose Band’s Quick Sound account, and while his mood was initially good, he then frowned.

Dammit!

There’s a bunch of people crazily calling Lin Xiamo “wife”!

Disgusting!

Have some self-respect!

Shen Qiushan cursed inwardly.

However, to be fair, if Lin Xiamo’s presence on the “Voice of Hua Country” stage had to be described in two words, it would be “absolutely beautiful”.

No wonder netizens were passionately flooding the screen calling her wife.

And reading through these netizens’ messages, Shen Qiushan’s mood shifted from anger to delight, his lips unconsciously curling into a mischievous smile.

He opened the WeChat chat with Lin Xiamo and sent three words: Don’t lock the door!

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