The atmosphere fell into a brief silence.
Morita Yumi stared blankly at Morita Yui, neither of them speaking.
After about ten seconds, Morita Yumi slammed the table!
"Impossible, how could he be Jiangnan!"
Unbelievable!
Simply too unbelievable!
Although Jiangnan and Ting Yu both belonged to the entertainment industry, the music and film industries were entirely different concepts.
Could one person achieve top-tier status in both industries simultaneously?
Morita Yumi didn't believe it!
"Heh, I didn't believe it at first either, but there's no way around it, this is the fact," Morita Yui opened the wine and took out two glasses, pouring two cups, and handed one to her sister.
Seeing her sister still in disbelief, she sighed, "If he wasn't Jiangnan, given his personality, would he have any contact with me?"
According to Su Yu's personality, without a collaborative relationship, he wouldn't waste a single extra word with anyone else.
Although this person appeared calm on the surface, he treated everyone the same regardless of their status. But beneath that calm, he possessed a principled indifference; he could chat and laugh with you, but that was all.
Having spent half a day with Su Yu, Morita Yui was deeply impressed. Su Yu had never harbored any intentions towards her, nor did he want to get close to her; he always maintained proper boundaries. He could be a partner or a friend, but to progress further would be as difficult as climbing to heaven.
"He is Jiangnan..." Morita Yumi finally accepted the fact.
She sighed, picked up her wine glass, and drank it down in one gulp.
"Can you tell me about what happened today?" Morita Yui looked at her sister, finally dropping her hostility.
What was there to be hostile about? The two sisters were kindred spirits.
At least in terms of emotions, that was the case.
Morita Yui didn't refuse. She sat cross-legged beside her sister, drinking as she recounted the day's events. At first, she was somewhat boastful, after all, she had eaten with Su Yu, gone shopping with him, and even had drinks with him.
She had already won so much.
But her sister Morita Yumi's final remark shattered her defenses: "You used to mock me for liking someone who had no future, now you're just like me."
Indeed, the two sisters were now the same.
They had fallen for the same person, someone who had no future.
That night, the two sisters drank themselves into a stupor until they lost consciousness.
...
The next day.
The highly anticipated fourth episode of "Era Music King" was about to begin!
At the end of the previous episode, the production team confirmed Japan as the competition venue, so many tourists had already flocked to Japan days earlier.
As the biggest event in the global music scene, "Era Music King" garnered attention comparable to the Olympics.
Therefore, the location where each competition was held would boost the local economy.
The governments of every country wanted the competition to be held in their own country and actively communicated with the production team.
With half the schedule already passed, the locations for the remaining four episodes, with only the finals already confirmed for France, meant there were three more episodes and three more countries.
So far, the official channels had not revealed any news, but there was a rule that after the halfway point of the schedule, the person ranked first on the points list could designate a country.
Currently, the person ranked first on the points list was Hua Guo's Ting Yu.
Therefore, if he won this episode's competition and maintained his first position, he could designate a country.
And as Ting Yu was from Hua Guo, it was highly probable he would choose Hua Guo.
Of course, if Ting Yu lost, Sean, who was behind him, could move to the top of the points list, and then the next episode would be for the United States.
In this way, the location of the next episode depended on Ting Yu's win or loss.
"I hope Ting Yu wins. Such a grand event held in Hua Guo would greatly boost the Chinese music scene!"
"Didn't Miyamoto Sawa lose to Ting Yu once yesterday? I think Ting Yu has a great chance of winning."
"Not necessarily. That win or loss was just based on the votes of over a hundred people in the store. The competition involves voting from all of Japan, so Ting Yu's match still has considerable suspense."
"Ting Yu's luck has always been bad. His opponent in the last episode was playing on home turf, and this time he's facing Miyamoto Sawa on his home turf again."
"Luck is vulnerable to strength. Ting Yu has had a consistent trait since his debut: he completely crushes opponents when they use their special moves."
"That's right. Defeating an opponent in the very way they are most skilled at is what makes Ting Yu so amazing."
Hua Guo netizens naturally hoped Ting Yu would win.
Because this way, they could witness Hua Guo hosting this grand world-class competition.
Furthermore, Su Yu's sparring session with Miyamoto Sawa before the competition had filled them with confidence in Ting Yu.
...
Capital of Japan.
The hotel prepared by the production team.
"Susu, the internet is saying you went drinking with a girl at a bar."
Lin Yanyu said meaningfully on the phone.
"Uh... we were just discussing the theme song for 'Initial D'," Su Yu scratched his head, not knowing how to explain.
The reason he went to the bar was entirely because he was attracted to the singer named Zhang Shengchu.
When he heard him sing "Vast Sea and Sky," it was as if he heard the original singer's voice.
That's why he became interested in going to the izakaya to learn more about this Zhang Shengchu.
"Pfft... look at you, when have I ever bothered you about something like this?" Lin Yanyu couldn't help but laugh.
It wasn't that she was overly confident in herself.
Lin Yanyu's view on love was that if you love someone, you must trust each other unconditionally. If not, then don't love, because suspicion is the greatest harm to a relationship, not just to each other but also to herself. After all, Su Yu was so outstanding; there would definitely be various women around him. If she didn't trust Su Yu, she felt she would fall into a cycle until she broke down first.
Instead of being suspicious, it was better to trust her own judgment and Su Yu's character.
This way, she could give Su Yu the greatest respect.
For a man as exceptionally outstanding as Su Yu, sometimes giving him freedom was more effective than restricting him.
This was the art of managing a husband taught to her by her mother, Chen Rong.
Back then, Lin Zhaoyang had more than ten times the number of women surrounding him compared to Su Yu, but Lin Zhaoyang still chose Chen Rong wholeheartedly because she knew how to give Lin Zhaoyang the greatest freedom and respect.
After a little more affectionate banter between the two.
They were about to hang up the video call.
However, at this moment, Lin Zhaoyang walked over.
"Xiao Yu, do you have confidence in winning this competition?"
He leaned towards the camera, showing Su Yu his signature gentle smile.
But this smile sent an inexplicable jolt through Su Yu's heart.
It was too familiar.
This was the expression Lin Zhaoyang made when he was about to arrange something for him!
"Dad, if you have something to say, just say it directly..." Su Yu touched his nose.
Whether it was participating in the city championships, the Masked Singer, or the Love Song King, Lin Zhaoyang always had this smile.
Every time he showed this smile, Lin Zhaoyang definitely had something to arrange.
So Su Yu didn't beat around the bush with him.