Captivated by You - Chapter 9

Chapter 9

A week later, the radio drama《A Look At JiangShan》has basically completed and was just waiting to be released . In the official circle of the Ninth Heavens Dubbing Group, there were still non-stop chitchats every day .

Post-Production-Shui Shui Ruo Er: Well, at 8 . 30pm tonight Flower Burial is having a YY song party, Xiao Luo Bo will be an honoured guest, anybody wants to join in the fun?

Producer-Honey Lemon: Dang, Flower Burial is my goddess* okay, must go!

(the female version of male god that’s normally used to address SC)

Post-Production-In A Flash Rosy Cheeks Becomes Old: Okay, let’s go together, I heard that she also invited Mi Da, but don’t know if Mi Da would actually join .

Screenwriter-Ran Ran: I don’t think it’s very likely, except for Ninth Heaven’s activities, to my knowledge and understanding it doesn’t seem that Mi Da normally join any other YY activities, just goes to show that male god is indeed aloof =3= .

Artist-Tasseled Pendant: But isn’t he quite close to Flower Burial? It wasn’t easy for Mi Da to accept new works, maybe he’ll perform for his old friend .

Flower Burial invited Secretly Captivated?

Mo Lan, who have been watching silently was shocked .

Flower Burial was a master singer from Sound of Charm, she’s a composer as well as a singer, and occasionally also a lyricist, she could be considered as an integral hot* singer who’s instrumental in the ancient style circle, and she’s one of the gurus among the female singers .

(炙手可热 zhì shǒu kě rè – lit . burn your had, feel the heat/ fig . arrogrance of the powerful/ a mighty figure no-one dares approach/ hot (exciting or in favour))

Ever since the debut of Flower Burial, people who requested for her arrangement were an innumerable number of people just like the carps in the river . It was precisely because of this, from then onwards, she was constantly part of a CP*, constantly being gossiped . However, she had never given any positive response to this, beside—

(Couple Pairing, ship)

Mo Lan remembered very clearly, three years ago, when Secretly Captivated was at the peak of his popularity, he once recited in Flower Burial’s ancient drama love song . Afterwards, naturally, they were CP-ed together . Much later, at Flower Burial’s first YY interview, the host asked Flower Burial a question, if she were to choose a boyfriend from these circle of friends, whom would she choose .

At that time, Flower Burial hesitated for a moment, and finally answered that she would pick Secretly Captivated . The reason is because he’s handsome and he doesn’t talk much, very safe .

A stone spurs a thousand waves, the information from this sentence was simply sufficient and enormous enough for small fans like Mo Lan .

After she learnt about it, Mo Lan purposely went to listen to the interview of Flower Burial, it actually wasn’t fake .

Then, a few of the CVs in the circle, singers included, one by one, proceeded to play the matchmaker . Bai Yu Luo Bo, who had always loved to join in the fun and the crowd, was one of their biggest advocate .

At that time Bai Yu Luo Bo posted on Weibo, the main gist was that when they actually met face to face, both Secretly Captivated and Flower Burial, from the start to the end, did not exchanged words with each other, he didn’t expect that just like that caused a girl to not forget . Ultimately, he conveniently tagged Secretly Captivated as well .

However, the other party never responded .

Later… Secretly Captivated hid .

Much later, the fans had almost forgotten about this pair of CP .

Unexpectedly, three years later, Flower Burial started a song party, and even invited Secretly Captivated .

The QQ group continued bustling and was as always exceedingly chaotic, while Mo Lan with her chin in her hand, worried silently .

As a fangirl, she could accept it if her favourite was shipped with somebody of the same gender, but if the other party was replaced with someone of the opposite sex, she would still feel more or less a little uncomfortable .

That kinda feeling… how do you put it, a bit sour*, a bit tart .

(Jealous in Mandarin literally means eating vinegar hence the sourness me thinks)

Suddenly she thought of something from a long time ago, when she found out that Jay Chou was engaged and planned to get married the following year, his one true fan Rong Xia Xia cried until she was out of breath, called Mo Lan out for a drink in the middle of the night, drank until she was half drunk, where she croakingly explained, “My idol whom I’ve liked for seven years is going to marry someone else… for what reason ya? We have gently and cautiously liked him and protected him for so many years, that woman did nothing, and managed to snared him just like that, isn’t this world just a tad unfair?”

(Jay Chou wiki page, one of his more popular song which always appears in novels! He is a very popular Taiwanese singer . )

Perhaps, this was a fan’s mentality .

You would like him as if you were hovering between life and death*, fangirling until you’ve muddled up day and night, but, sooner or later he would belong to another person . No matter how painful or tormenting it was, you would still have to smile and send them your blessing, because in this whole wide world, this person was lucky enough to marry him and there would only be that one person . And this person, would not be you .

(死去活来 sǐ qù huó lái – an idiom – to suffer terribly/ within an inch of one’s life)

Just like Secretly Captivated, sooner or later he would belong to another person .

With a soft sigh, Mo Lan, who have always been tranquil and calm, was a bit frustrated to find that she was still thinking too much, falling in too deep . Even if he has a girlfriend one day, she, just like all the other fans, could only send their unenthusiastic mediocre blessing . Moreover, as An Xiaoluo said, she was only one out of the 1 . 2 million fans, she added him on WeChat, chatted with him, heard him sing, and now… wrote the script for his new drama .

Even if people were normally greedy, but she was already very lucky, no reason to not be satisfied .

Nearing 9pm, Mo Lan finished her meal and washed her dishes, with the thought that Secretly Captivated will attend the party, she followed and entered Flower Burial’s private YY channel .

About 4,000 people were in there, although a part of them were squatting and were waiting for Secretly Captivated, it wasn’t considered little .

As soon as she entered, she heard Flower Burial’s voice, a very impressive hard to resist older sister’s voice, just by listening, gave people a favourable impression .

“Thank you very much for coming to my song party today, actually, today’s song party was decided by me on a whim, so it may be quite simple, I didn’t invite a host, it should only be me and my caption team . As for my esteemed guests, I have invited a few of them, for now it’s a mystery, but trust me, you will not be disappointed . So, next, I’ll sing a few songs for everyone, if you have any preference, feel free to post it on the public forum, I will pick a few songs at random . ”

In her earphones, as soon as her voice fell, the public forum scrolled by in waves:

“Goddess please sing “Don’t Forget To Yearn”! Please see me!”

“Mystery guest? Looking forward to it! QVQ”

“Flower Burial SAMA, I want to hear you sing “Complaining for A Thousand Years”, I feel that it really complements your voice . ”

…

Mo Lan was a bit bored looking back and forth at the public forum, as she wasn’t really Flower Burial’s fan, so she didn’t join in the fun . In her headphones, Flower Burial was singing ancient style songs one after another, popular and not so popular, original and cover songs .

En, regardless of how you put it, her voice was very pleasant to hear and very goddess-y .

Mo Lan minimized YY, and while listening to Flower Burial sing, she opened the word document and started counting .

After writing for a while, Mo Lan was a little amazed to find that her condition today was extraordinarily good, her train of thoughts just gushed out, simply an unstoppable rhythm .

The more she wrote the more absorbed she was, in the end, it seemed that one couldn’t even hear the impressive high-pitched and penetrating soprano .

Not sure how much time have passed, suddenly, a low male voice sounded in the headphones, the next second, Mo Lan seemed to have come back to her senses, and her fingers stopped stiffly on the keyboard, unable to move .

“Hello everyone, I’m Secretly Captivated . ”

The magnetic low voice, somewhat languid, somewhat gentle . The ending raised slightly, extremely breathtaking, it was his distinctive alluring voice . No matter how many times one listened, it was still as addictive as the first time one heard it .

Mo Lan opened her eyes slightly in surprise .

Her brain seemed to have crashed for a few seconds, after reacting, she hurriedly and flusteredly opened the YY window, saw at a glance that the number of people in the channel have actually soared to more than 9,000 . But, when Secretly Captivated first announced that he was accepting new works and attended that interview, the numbers reached 27,000, which set a new record . Thus, 9000 can’t be considered as much, there should be many more people who thought he wouldn’t have come, so they didn’t come to squat and watch* .

(蹲守 dūn shǒu – to hang around keeping a watch out for something, lit . squat/idle about and keep watch/defend)

Inexplicably thinking that she benefited, Mo Lan who was in a good mood looked towards the mic sequence in the upper left corner, the 2 mics over there, with astonishment it was Secretly Captivated’s red sockpuppet .

He really came .

The public forum was already practically bursting, and at this very moment Mo Lan’s mood have been stirred up and she was a little speechless:

“Oh Oh Oh unexpectedly I managed to watch*! Male god, I did feel that you would come! Sure enough our true fan hearts were in sync, don’t you think so?!”

(Same watch from squat and watch above)

“I simply can’t believe my ears… Secretly Captived DaRen* I love you! Confessed! Offer flowers!”

(大人 dà ren – lit . big person, adult/ grownup/ title of respect toward superiors)

“Mi Da, are you really here? Are we discovering the rhythm of the live version of the song “Bamboo Poetry” sung by you and Flower Burial SAMA three years ago? I’m so excited ying ying ying!”

“WTF my ears are pregnant all right! It shows that even if male god’s opening remarks stays the same for another ten thousand years, I will never be tired of it!!!”

As a result, in an instant, the public forum flooded Jinshan .

In her headphones, Flower Burial sounded a bit helpless: “Ah Mi, should I have not invited you over? It’s too much that the soldier have overpowered the master, until I feel that I don’t have any sense of existence right now . ”

Secretly Captivated chuckled: “Your new song is coming out soon, congratulations . ”

As soon as he spoke, the fans one by one got excited endlessly:

“Male god isn’t the number of times you come on YY the same as the number of times you go to the beach house? How come this year’s quota of 2 have been used up so quickly, I’m terrified!”

“Laughing again! No way! The blood tank is empty! Passionately come and save me TAT”

“Male god, does your family know that your voice is so pleasant to hear QVQ”

Flower Burial also laughed, her voice was very candid and relaxed: “Speaking of it, we haven’t been in contact for about three years now? You’ve withdrawn really cleanly, I couldn’t even find you . ” Her voice paused, she continued somewhat with misgivings, “Actually I’ve always wanted to ask you, what’s the reason for your comeback this time? When I was chatting with Qingmo and the rest before, we all felt that, if according to your character, it was very possible that from now on you wouldn’t have returned . ”

Mo Lan followed the hands of the public forum and came to a standstill .

To be honest, this particular question, she’s afraid that not only Flower Burial but everyone must really want to know, of course, it included her .

Secretly Captivated kept silent for a few seconds, then, he opened his mouth, light as water, flowing like jade, distinct and aloof like a Buddha picking a white lotus, but indescribably made people feel there’s a kind of fuzzy tenderness: “Oh… it’s probably because, I want to be seen by someone . When I stand tall, only will she see . ”

The public forum flared up .

Mo Lan was astonished .

Want to be seen by someone? Want… to be seen by whom?

“ying ying ying Male god please clarify if the ta* is male or female?

(written as a pinyin ta in the raws . 他 tā – can either be a he or her that’s why the comment . But earlier on when SC spoke, it was a 她 tā which is a her)

“This answer is too cruel, I’m going to the rooftop don’t stop me TAT . ”

“(Heartbreak) see you on the rooftop +1”

“You have a girlfriend?” In her headphones, Flower Burial sounded surprise, in her tone, almost inconceivably wobbly .

Secretly Captivated was indifferent as he laughed and quickly answered: “Nope . ”

Consequently, the public forum calmed down .

Mo Lan also calmed down .

After she heard Secretly Captivated denied it, Flower Burial seemed to be relieved . She was slightly embarrassed and cleared her throat, then, to lessen the embarrassment, she proposed: “It wasn’t easy for you to grace us with your presence, how about we sing a duet?”

Duet?

Mo Lan’s heart that had just calmed down a little suddenly sped up again, except for the previous time when he sang in her presence, she remembered, from beginning up until now, Secretly Captivated, had never in any occassion or any form sang any song .

If he sings a song with Flower Burial tonight… in that case it was simply precisely a colossal benefit, even if you’re dreaming you’ll be woken up by your laughter okay!

What a pity, before the fans could finished getting excited in the public forum, Secretly Captivated already refused in a tranquiled tone: “I don’t sing, I could help you recite instead . ”

No singing …

Mo Lan was a bit deflated .

But if he was reciting lines it would also be quite good, by thinking this way, Mo Lan was revitalised, and flooded the public forum together with the other fans:

“Also blessed to be to able to listen to your recitation!”

Flower Burial chuckled, knowing that there was no other way: “In that case, sure, I know you won’t budged, let me see…” Her voice stopped, it seemed that she was looking for the music accompaniment, after a while, she asked: “How about《Tribulation of A Burnt Heart》?”

“No problem . ” Answered in two simple words, the jade voice was just as refined and stirring .

“Male god, I’ve been waiting for you to recite this song for a very long time already! Excited until I can’t carry my laptop anymore!”

“A very brutal song, does male god want to cheat me of my tears!”

Mo Lan also responded and typed: “It turned out to be《Tribulation of A Burnt Heart》… simply benefited T^T”

《Tribulation of A Burnt Heart》was the fourth ED* of a BL* fiction radio drama, it was a single that Mo Lan once had on a loop for a very long time, a very satisfactory sorrowful ancient style song .

(If anybody knows what would ED mean here, do let me know . When I googled the song title, this song was the ending song for the fourth episode of a radio drama . According to the MV, the guy gave up his life and went through tribulations for his lover, in the end it was a happy ever after . )
(At the start of Chapter 6, I translated 耽美 dān měi as “beautiful” but that doesn’t work here . I found that it’s actually connected with Boy-Love themed works since 1970s . )

In the whole song, there was only a short recitation at the beginning, but it left an utterly profound impression, setting up the right atmosphere .

The music echoed softly, distress pouring out from the song, instantly enveloped people .

Mo Lan was wearing her headphones, she daren’t breathe, feared that she would miss Secretly Captivated’s monologue .

“All of one’s life I have never yearned, only just understood yearning, soon caused more harm by yearning… Ah, previously, how did I not understand?

A very serene voice, one’s superficiality all washed away, leaving only a heart filled with desolation and a speck of distress . A low chuckle resonated, originally a gorgeous and distinguished laugh, but unexpectedly somewhat hoarse, the tone unexpectedly full of despair implying a cold and dejected heart, it truly… made one feel very sad .

Mo Lan felt the bottom of her heart trembled all at once .

Extremely… agonising .

Even Flower Burial was astonished by his voice and almost missed the intro .

Annoyed at the unwarranted thought
Blending into the thousand world of mortals
It’s as cold as a promise, difficulty recollecting
To distance oneself from an old friend, to distance onself until the next morning, dreaming
Otherwise disappointed and frustrated from distancing oneself immediately
It’s like a first encounter, alone and helpless watching your back, silently under the banyan tree
The whole person enveloped in moonlight
Watching calmly but feeling as if I’m at the other end of the world
Who’s the fickled minded person putting on a show?”

(this wasn’t a very good interpretation of the song but it’s not very important so I’m not giving it as much attention :P)

Flower Burial’s faintly discernible female voice came through, it was quite pleasant . As for Mo Lan, however, she was still submerged in Secretly Captivated’s monologue from before .

All of one’s life I have never yearned, only just understood yearning, soon caused more harm by yearning…

Her brains were in a great mess, it was full of this forbearing and desolate soliloquy .

The grief was greater than the death of one’s heart, by and large it was this kind of feeling .

“It’s like meeting you again, the picture of your usual clothes in that very same year
Ultimately the faint smile striking in the cold night
Burning all the yearning, surpressing the heart indefinitely
What is there to fear in defying the natural order”

…

The last line of the lyrics concluded, although Burial Flower’s voice was really pleasant, she grasp the emotions very accurately, but at this very moment the public forum, was endlessly full of Secretly Captivated’s initial monologue .

“Listened until crying…”

“Can male god please tell me how did you actually grasped this absolute one sec kill feeling? Why am I paralysed as soon as you opened your mouth QVQ”

“So good until I forgot to record mourning TAT”

“Ears are pregnant again, Mi Da I want to birth your baby!!”

“Upstairs, I have recorded, see you in Tieba!”

Mo Lan, who was still a little unaware of what happened tonight, saw the enthusiasm of everyone flooding the public forum, and finally recovered a bit .

The music ended, Flower Burial slowly began, with a slightly unnatural tone: “Was it because I haven’t heard you spoke in ages? Really a little overwhelmed, why is your voice still as if ten years equalled to a day of evil? The Heavens is just so unfair you know!”

Secretly Fascinated merely chortled, he spoke serenely: “It’s almost time, let Lo Bou come on the mic, I’ll go off first . ”

It was still his gentle and indolent natural voice, as expected he once again disengaged from the performance in a second, this inborn sense simply demanded a human life T^T

Secretly Captivated’s voice just finished, the next second, an unfamiliar voice suddenly appeared in the room:

“Secretly Captivated DaDa I love you! I can’t hold my confession!”

It was a girl’s voice, quite loud, somewhat shrilled, very excited, bringing a slight tremor .

There was a moment of silence, after a few seconds, Secretly Captivated asked in his low voice: “And you are?”

The other party had no response .

Flower Burial cleared her throat, and then explained a little embarrassedly: “Just now, that was the administrator… she has been your fan for a long time, she couldn’t help but recklessly confessed, and she has now shyly ran away from the crime scene . Actually, I didn’t even noticed that she went on the mic herself and just screamed… she was really brave . ”

Mo Lan also 囧 for a moment, she silently recalled, that voice… was really enthusiastic . However, this kind of mood, she could fully understand .

Secretly Captivated laughed, then said softly: “Thanks for liking* me . Good night everyone, see you at the anniversary celebration . ”

(喜欢 xǐ huan – to like – most use this to confess to a person one likes . It’s a bit hard to explain this phrase as everybody uses it differently . At times, one could also use this in replace of the word love . So it really depends on the stage of the relationship and the atmosphere . But obviously in this context, it’s not love, but the girl did use the actual love word when she “confessed” . We’ll see if this comes up again in later chapters!)

Hearing his calm yet tender voice, Mo Lan suddenly felt her heart softened . That girl, if she heard those lines, should be happy for a long time . In fact, Secretly Captivated truly was a very attentive, very considerate, and a very… warm person .

Was he really leaving? Mo Lan was surprised, after she came back to reality, she discovered that the red sockpuppet in the mic sequence have already disappeared, and on the public forum, everybody was frantically posting “Male god good night” and “Male god sweet dreams” .

Can’t help but sighed, Mo Lan thought somewhat regretfully, he left so quickly, every time after he finished an activity and left YY, she would have this kind of disappointed and frustrated feeling as if she lost something .

As she massaged her slightly stiff neck, Mo Lan also withdrew from Flower Burial’s YY channel .

After closing the YY window, immediately it was quiet all around .

As she felt the emptiness in her heart got bigger, Mo Lan couldn’t help but picked her phone up, opened WeChat, found Secretly Captivated’s WeChat name, and then gathered her courage to send a message:

Momo: Male god… your monologue was just too nice .

Very soon, the other party replied:

GYM: You were there just now?

Momo: En! I practically never missed any of your appearance!

She must be kidding, was her four-years of fangirling all in vain? = =

GYM: Have you logout of YY?

Mo Lan glanced, she just closed the window of Flower Burial’s YY channel, but she hasn’t logged out .

Momo: Not yet .

GYM: Just nice, go to the room, sing for you .

Mo Lan was astonished .

So astonished until she was speechless, so astonished that she was unable to budge .

Her brain was still dazzled upon his distinct and cold voice, just a moment ago… who was the one who made a solemn vow on YY saying that he doesn’t sing?

Mo Lan reached out with a trembling hand, touched her phone to light up the screen which had darkened, and repeatedly studied the sentence several times, to confirm that she didn’t misread it, with gratitude she responded with an “Okay”, and then at the speed of light entered Secretly Capivated’s private YY channel .

As soon as she entered, she was pulled into a room by the other party . Secretly Captivated, was currently on the mic .

Hearing her heart bouncing around with an extremely irregular excessive frequency, Mo Lan took a deep breath and just wanted to go on the mic to say something, instead she heard the other party’s distinct voice:

“Sing《A Cup of Joy》, all right?”

The melting supple tone resonated in the silence of the room, gently making Mo Lan feel that her heartbeat skipped for a second .

Continuing her deep breaths, she pressed F2 and spoke softly: “Male god, how did you know I like to listen to《A Cup of Joy》?”

“I saw it on Weibo, you want to hear me sing《A Cup of Joy》, didn’t you?” The other side spoke, his tone carried a smile, like a candlelight on a cold winter day, so warm making people unable to restrained from wanting to reach out to grasped tighter .

A long time ago, 5sing‘s official blog once posted on Weibo, the main idea was to ask people which song would they like their favourite to sing, at that time, Mo Lan also forwarded that post, she said, she hoped to hear Secretly Captivated sing《A Cup of Joy》 .

She didn’t think, this little wish that she had never expected, would actually be seen by him after three years due to an unexpected turn of events, not only that, but he also actually truly said, he was going to sing for her .

Suddenly she felt that her nose turned sour, Mo Lan quickly released her finger which was pressed on “F2”, fearing that the other party would have heard her sniffles .

Everything was excessively beautiful, so beautiful… that it doesn’t feel real, she daren’t believe it .

Somewhat choked with emotion and somewhat speechless, without any other option Mo Lan had to reach out and typed her reply:

Ye Lanshan: Okay, male god you sing, I’m listening .

The other party was quiet for a moment, then, the music accompaniment for《A Cup of Joy》resounded, quiet, sorrowful .

杯歡 bēi huān – A Cup Of Joy

He opened his mouth, his singing really resembling as if water was pouring down:

Entering sunset, grasping a pot (of liquor) to clear my mind of worries and to restrict happiness
Flippantly deliberately joining the infrequent quarreling
Leaning against the window in one’s former hometown
To taste sorrow and joy in the dark
The moonlight illuminates the song of afterlife
Singing from love and hate till it separates
Let it dissipate in the ten thousand overturned world of mortals
Why did you stubbornly look into the eyes?
Disaster and fire meets again, spring arrived in the vast skies
Who told me this was going to be a painful dream?
Painfulness turned into experiencing spring breeze
Using one’s life to read and understand you”

Disaster and fire meets again, spring arrived in the vast skies, who told me this was going to be a painful dream .

Suddenly thought of when《A Cup of Joy》was written: One’s time on earth is like being drunk, there seems to be an evil fire when drunk . Perhaps, all of my sorrow and joy, only you would pay no attention .

Mo Lan’s lips curled into a gentle and refined smile, a little obscurity shown . Suddenly she felt that her heart was distressed, that’s right, all of my sorrow and joy, only you would pay no attention .

Closing her eyes, Mo Lan was reluctant to even breathe, quietly became intoxicated with his singing, enduring silently, the tenderness, and sorrow .

(after the interlude)
When I woke up, a stained glass lamp
Obviously destroying the rest of my life
The plum flower withered and falls in the middle of the night
I’ve been drowning over and over again
The moon wearing winter frost at the tip of his brows
In those days light up your fireworks to your heart’s content
Igniting the fragrance of the wine from the fields
The excess embers one person one goblet (short pause)
Your presence warms up the heavens
Lightly rippling the cup of joy

Originally, this kind of sorrowful till cold indifferent song, he could also just casually grasp, the grasp of emotion was not lacking in any way .

Secretly Captivated’s voice was very magnetic, low, calm from beginning to the end . Yet, this feeling was like putting your heart on top of the stove, and then delicately torturing it with a small fire . It’s not the kind of sorry that ultimately makes you give up hope, rather it slowly, calmly and unhurriedly, bit by bit, torturing you until you can’t live in peace .

At the end of the song, Mo Lan inhaled and breathe out a long sigh of relief .

“Did you like it?” He spoke softly, his last syllable blended into the desolate and mellow accompaniment, quietly fading into the dark .

“Really… like it . ” Mo Lan said, striving to exercise control to stop her fluctuating mood from choking with emotion in the next second .

She heard the other person chuckled softly: “Glad you liked it . ” Then, he asked, not really minding, “Do you like me singing more, or dubbing?”

Singing, or dubbing?

Mo Lan frowned slightly, and thought about it many times in her heart, but still couldn’t answer . In the end, she merely pursed her lips and answered in a somewhat perplexed, quiet voice: “I don’t really know too… it should be, I like it all, as long as it’s you who speak, it’s just like magic, in the split second you can capture my ear . ”

And then, live in my heart .

Of course, this sentence, she didn’t have the courage to say it out loud .

“Your WeChat name is Momo, and your other name is Ye Lanshan, umm… would you mind telling me, your real name? I mean, in the 3D world, your real name . ”

The other party seemed to have forgotten his previous question, his low voice sounded, faintly, light as water . But inexplicably it made people feel that, if you don’t tell him, it was simply the biggest sin .

Mo Lan opened her mouth, and was about to tell him, after pausing for a bit, she felt that it might not be clear enough if she spoke directly*, consequently she reached out to typed and posted it on the public forum:

(because you can have the same sound but with totally different words and meaning)

Ye Lanshan: I’m called Mo Lan .

She bit her lip and looked at the sentence she sent, thought about it, and then added: “Um… you can just call me Momo . ”

Within her calm and gentle voice, there was a touch of bashfulness .

Every time he called her Momo, Mo Lan couldn’t help but blushed .

“I’m called Gù Yè Mí, the yè from bài yè (拜謁 to pay a formal visit), the mi from zháo mí (著迷 to be captivated) . Really happy to meet you . ”

(Secretly Captivated = 暗裡著迷 = àn lǐ zháo mí)

The other party’s tender voice sounded as if it was illuminating the dark .

Gu, Ye, Mi .

The mi from zháo mí…

Mo Lan silently thought over the name in her heart countless of times, and then only spoke, meekly and softly: “Me too, really happy to meet you . ”

She actually knows the name of her 2D favourite, moreover, it was such a nice name .

She felt… that their distance seemed to be getting closer all of a sudden . It was like breaking the fourth wall, the other person, was no longer the remote and faintly discernible person from before .

Although clearly that it was someone whom she had never met before, but just chatting like this, Mo Lan suddenly felt that the other party seemed to be very close to her, very close .

So close, that even her breathing was thrown into disorder .

Her brain couldn’t help but evoked the song he just sang: “Your presence warms up the heavens, lightly rippling the cup of joy…”

She bowed her head and couldn’t helped but quietly and sheepishly smiled .