Chapter 79: I’m Free of Worries
But the Bai Yu Ling Xiaoli knew was gentle and refined, completely unlike the man in the photos.
Only by looking carefully could one make out the faintest two points of resemblance.
Bai Ziyu was a pop singer who debuted at seventeen.
At eighteen, he released his first album, which immediately became a nationwide sensation.
After that, he released one album every year, and every single one became a massive hit.
Back then, people used to say that Bai Ziyu ruled the Chinese-language music scene.
However, when Bai Ziyu was twenty-five, an unexpected disaster destroyed everything.
His face was badly burned, and his voice was completely ruined.
A legendary king of the music industry had fallen.
Calculating the timeline, he should be thirty-one this year.
Ling Xiaoli subconsciously clicked on one of Bai Ziyu’s songs.
“I’m free of worries, I’ll throw all my worries away…”
The intro quickly ended, and an energetic voice drifted out from her phone.
The singer’s voice was cheerful and exceptionally clear.
In an instant, Ling Xiaoli thought of the hoarse, smoky voice she had heard today.
She fell silent.
“Hey, young lady, you listen to Bai Ziyu’s songs too? That’s pretty rare. When he left the industry, you were probably only in middle school, right?”
Hearing the song Ling Xiaoli was playing, the taxi driver couldn’t help asking a few questions.
He then hummed along with the music:
“I’m free of worries, I’ll forget all my worries…”
Ling Xiaoli looked out the car window and murmured softly:
“Yeah. My older sister liked Bai Ziyu, so I grew up listening to his songs…”
The city lights glittered in all kinds of colors at night.
Behind every ray of light, there was perhaps a story.
“Whatever mess it is, don’t even think about coming after me. I’m, I’m, I’m free of worries…”
………
After returning home, Ling Xiaoli immediately opened her laptop.
She went through information about Bai Ziyu piece by piece.
From his early variety-show appearances to his concerts, from official announcements to rumors and gossip.
She also listened to all those songs of his that had once become hugely popular and widely loved.
On the music platforms, every one of his songs had more than 999 comments and barrage messages.
Phew—
It seemed that in this world, the name Bai Ziyu was undoubtedly known by everyone.
Even though he had been away from the public eye for six years!
The more Ling Xiaoli read, the more regret she felt.
Hmph. And he told me he was quite satisfied with his current life? How am I supposed to believe that?
His songs, as well as everything he had ever said publicly, were all filled with an intense love for music.
With emotions that strong, there was no way she believed six years could make him forget it all!
But… even if his voice had become hoarse, that didn’t mean he couldn’t sing at all.
Why had he simply given up?
What about genres like heavy metal rock or folk music? Couldn’t he sing those?
Oh.
Heavy metal was probably out of the question.
Bai Yu hadn’t naturally had a hoarse voice. His vocal cords had been injured, so he couldn’t develop that kind of harsh, distorted vocal technique.
But ordinary rock or folk music should still be possible, right?
It seemed there were still things about this situation that she didn’t know.
Hmm…
Perhaps his throat could only handle speaking and couldn’t be overused, meaning he had completely given up singing?
The more Ling Xiaoli thought about it, the more search terms she entered.
“Which male singers have hoarse voices?”
“Good folk songs”
……
And this search left Ling Xiaoli stunned!
First of all, what this world considered a singer with a “hoarse voice” was essentially still a clear voice!
You dare call that hoarse?!
She took it a step further and searched:
“Can a smoky, alcohol-roughened voice sing?”
Someone in the search results answered:
Are you kidding me? A smoky voice singing? Why don’t you just go fly to the sky?!
Hey, hey, hey! Where does that leave Yang K, Ah D, and Wu B then?!
Fine.
Those people didn’t exist in this world.
Secondly!
This world had never experienced the rise of campus folk music decades ago, nor had the new wave of independent folk music emerged several years ago.
The folk-music genre here was still stuck in the realm of mountain songs, field songs, and labor chants.
There wasn’t even such a category as urban folk tunes!
Oh my god!
Had she just discovered a huge treasure trove?