Chapter 19: Honey

As the saying goes, when it comes to sweetness, the Sect Leader is the one to beat.

So, Jiang Qin bought another song, "Honey," from the system mall.

It started with the same guitar, strumming out a rhythmic intro, followed by a melody that remained cheerful throughout.

“Honey, honey, honey. Honey, you put love into my heart. I close my ears and listen with my heart. You use love to craft custom earphones for me...”

Every "honey" sung was enough to melt anyone’s heart.

On the screen, the girl, slim and petite, held a guitar, playing with a cheerful and sweet tone while tapping her feet to the beat.

Her long black hair, fluttering in the wind, seemed to be dancing along with the song.

“Dedicate a song to Honey, sweet nothings. Transmitted through the air with tons of emojis. Updating each other’s latest secrets~~”

It wasn't just the males who were captivated; several females from the University of Toronto’s music department were also watching the livestream.

At this moment, they were howling with excitement, completely sweetened by the performance.

“Ahhh, such a sweet song! I really want to learn it!”

“I can’t wait for Jiang Qin to upload the song. I want to buy the performance rights!”

Surprisingly, these two females, who were clutching their chests in admiration at the livestream, were actually twins; their appearances were almost identical.

They even had pink hair, which made them look quite adorable.

Besides the two of them, there were two other girls in the dormitory who, hearing this, asked curiously, “Didn’t you say you were going online to watch the drama? Why are you listening to music now?”

Because the two were wearing headsets, their roommates hadn't heard the sound from the livestream, nor did they know what drama the twins were following, let alone hear the singing.

Hearing the question, the younger sister, Hua Yue, took off her headset, looking visibly excited.

“Haven’t you checked the StarNet? That Lilia from Dorm 303 framed a popular newcomer in the music scene for plagiarism, and then they had a PK. That annoying Lilia lost!”

After the younger sister finished, the older sister, Hua Rong, quickly took over, “Then Lilia couldn't handle the loss, didn't fulfill the bet, and just logged off. Then that newcomer started a livestream.”

The other two expressed their understanding. As people who would eventually enter the music industry, they naturally understood the importance of traffic.

This was the perfect time to start a livestream and harvest fans.

It was even possible that this was a scripted drama directed and acted by the parties involved.

“Then why are you so excited?” the roommate asked, puzzled.

“Because Jiang Qin just declared that she would compose songs at random in the livestream, and we netizens can choose whatever type of song we want!

As it turns out, everyone chose a sweet song, and you have no idea how sweet Jiang Qin is!

Wuwuwu, I think I’m done for. I’m heart-struck. I, a female, am actually heart-struck by another female.” The younger sister, Hua Yue, covered her face, acting shy.

However, everyone was used to her behavior.

After all, she could get heart-struck ten times a day watching livestreams.

She would change her mind as soon as she saw the next good-looking male or female.

That was how the conflict between the sisters and Lilia had started in the first place.

They were in Dorm 302, right next to 303.

In Dorm 303, only Lilia and Jiang Rumeng were decent-looking, so as someone who valued appearances, Hua Yue naturally wanted to be friends with them as soon as school started.

However, in the end, they discovered that some people really weren't as beautiful on the inside as they were on the outside.

Jiang Rumeng was fine; at most, she was just distant and boring.

But Lilia was different. She would always step on them to make herself look better. Over time, the twins saw through her character.

When they heard her say someone stole her song, the twins' first reaction was disbelief.

After spending so much time together, if others didn't know Lilia’s level, they certainly did!

If she could write songs like "Wish," "Ningxia," or "Anonymous Comfort," she wouldn't have kept them hidden; she would have debuted with a high profile long ago.

Who didn't know that she used to be a sycophant to the males in the composition department just for a single song?

If it weren't for the fact that she was a D-rank female and couldn't soothe that A-rank mental strength student, that person might have accepted her long ago.

After all, when a female takes the initiative, it’s really just a matter of a thin veil.

Unfortunately, the guy looked down on her low mental strength.

Lilia also knew that a D-rank female was only slightly better than a pure human female, but in reality, most people didn't even view her as an orc female.

She could only soothe C-rank males at best, and only once a week; the effect wasn't even as good as an inhibitor.

So, she had been disguising her personality, wanting to enter the entertainment industry, build herself into a star, and raise her status so she could climb up to some high-quality males.

After all, C-rank males were just people living at the bottom; she didn't look at them at all.

The twins were very clear about Lilia’s thoughts, so their first reaction was that she was trying to harm someone.

Anyone harmed by Lilia must be a good person!

Thinking they couldn't just watch her harm someone, they entered the livestream immediately, wanting to speak up as classmates and expose her true colors.

They hadn't expected the victimized female to be so capable, winning everyone’s trust through her own strength.

Of course, she also successfully made the sisters fall in love with her.

Now, their minds were filled with those sweet "honey"s~

They had never imagined that a song combining Western minority languages with the official language would have such a unique flavor.

The main language of the interstellar era was the former official language of China, while the languages of other countries and ethnic groups on the mother planet had become minority languages.

After so many generations of change, many languages had disappeared in this era.

After all, people who spoke with accents were generally discriminated against, so all planets used the interstellar language uniformly.

The new generation abandoned the inherited dialects, and fewer and fewer people could speak them.

Only some more traditional people persisted, wanting to pass on the languages of their own races.

***

After the song "Honey" ended, Jiang Qin picked up her water glass and took a sip before continuing

“Next, I will take a screenshot after counting down from three. Whatever the request in the last comment is, that’s the type of song I’ll sing.”

[How about a song in a Western minority language? Currently, the entire Federation music library doesn't even have a hundred such songs.]

[No, I want to hear a love song. I don't understand that Western language!]

[I also want to hear a song in a minority language, it doesn't have to be Western, other races are fine too.]

After leaving the mother planet, all the countries and ethnic groups that spoke English were classified as Westerners, while China was categorized separately as Centralers.

The reason the official Chinese language was used as the Federation’s main language was that the official language of the Empire had been changed to Chinese many years ago.

Even the ten thousand races had to follow suit later on.

As for countries like Sakura or Kimchi, they all became small ethnic groups, and their languages became very obscure minority languages.

Those who knew them either inherited them from their ancestors or were students of ancient linguistics.

Western language, however, was still used by some small planets, and schools also had language courses for it.

So, out of curiosity, many people wanted to hear it.

Of course, Jiang Qin understood that someone was muddying the waters, trying to use this to make things difficult for her.

After all, she was an illiterate, right?