"Time cannot sever... even if another ten thousand years pass, deep affection will not change..."
The melodious and drifting singing voice, accompanied by the sound of wind blowing through the osmanthus tree, lingered continuously in front of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
From Liufang being you, to Yeping being you, it has always been you, my preference is for you.
To Agreed Not to Love You, yet I haven't agreed with myself.
To the lingering gaze, Unchanging in This Life, gazing at the sword as if seeing the person.
Scenes from the book seemed to appear before their eyes once again.
The three songs ended, yet the sound of the wind did not stop.
Only, the people had scattered...
The osmanthus tree rustled softly.
Fang Qiu stood under the swaying lantern. The lights were waning, and the slightly cool sea breeze brushed past, stirring the white hair at her forehead.
Quiet as water.
After a long while, Yun Jin and Hu Tao finally reacted. They wiped the clear tears from their faces and applauded Fang Qiu one after another.
"As expected of Miss Fang Qiu, every song makes me recall the content of the book."
Yun Jin exclaimed in admiration, "And you sang truly beautifully."
"Yeah, yeah. Although the lyrics are a bit vernacular, they allow people to understand the meaning precisely. This is what is called the shared appeal of the vulgar and the elegant."
Hu Tao nodded along, offering her appraisal.
Hearing Hu Tao and Yun Jin speak like this, Fang Qiu hurriedly offered a few humble words.
They chatted for a long time outside Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. As the sky grew darker, they bade farewell to Hu Tao and rose to leave.
Yun Jin returned to Heyu Tea House.
Fang Qiu went home.
Hu Tao escorted Fang Qiu home.
Meanwhile, on the second floor of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
Zhongli sat before his desk. A draft blew into the room, and the firelight indoors immediately flickered and swayed.
Under the rippling firelight, Zhongli's face drifted between brightness and shadow.
He picked up the cup of thoroughly cooled tea and drained it in one gulp. He then cast his gaze toward the set of Sword and Fairy laid out on the desk.
The pages of the book had been turned to the final few.
The main text described Xu Changqing summoning a heavy snow for Zixuan.
"I should go out for a walk."
After a long time, Zhongli sighed deeply. He closed the book and placed the entire set onto the antique shelf.
He turned and walked out of the room.
Although Yun Jin shared the same path as Fang Qiu and Hu Tao, they parted ways halfway.
Yun Jin strolled alone under the quiet, lantern-lit night.
"Miss Fang Qiu is truly a wonderful person. Multi-talented. It's enough that she writes novels so well, but she sings so amazingly too. Moreover, she wrote the songs herself."
Looking at the quiet street, Yun Jin muttered softly to herself, "However, there wasn't much chance to discuss opera matters with Miss Fang Qiu this time. Setting aside other things, Sword and Fairy itself should be adaptable into an opera, right?"
"Speaking of which, it seems Xinyan has been back in Liyue Harbor for some days now. She should be holding a concert very soon, right? I'll call Fang Qiu and Hu Tao to go together when the time comes. I wonder if Miss Fang Qiu likes Rock 'n' Roll."
"Although Miss Fang Qiu looks delicate and frail, not quite like someone who would enjoy Rock 'n' Roll, even that fastidious Guest Consultant from Wangsheng Funeral Parlor likes listening to Xinyan's Rock 'n' Roll, so Miss Fang Qiu might like it too?"
"Miss Fang Qiu sings so well; she surely shares many common topics with Xinyan. Speaking of which, Miss Fang Qiu's first book was about music, wasn't it? I'll go back and read for a while tonight before sleeping."
Hu Tao escorted Fang Qiu all the way home.
"Do you want to come in and sit? Drink a cup of tea?"
Fang Qiu asked.
"No need, no need. Didn't you say you've already written for a whole day? You also accompanied us to watch opera and sing; you're already very tired. I won't disturb you."
Hu Tao shook her head and said.
"Alright then."
Seeing that Hu Tao had already made up her mind, Fang Qiu said no more.
After leaving Fang Qiu's door, Hu Tao strolled along the street.
Under the moonlight, she walked while singing a song.
This time she wasn't singing a Hilitune, nor was she singing "When the sun's out, bathe in sunlight. But when the moon's out, bathe in moonlight~". Instead, she was singing the song Fang Qiu had sung.
"Cancel all of yesterday, now you are before my eyes... determined that you are the answer... my preference is for you..."
Hu Tao liked this song very much.
Preference for you.
After Hu Tao left.
Fang Qiu became like a Salted Fish. Her alluring body nestled straight into the Jumpy Dumpty.
Looking at the manuscript of Your Name in front of her, Fang Qiu fell into deep contemplation.
She seemed to have encountered a very serious problem.
Should she continue writing the novel, or should she sleep?
After hesitating for a while, Fang Qiu made a choice.
That was to sleep.
It wasn't that she was being lazy and slacking off this time.
Rather, she had already written for a day, gone out to listen to opera, and sung songs; her energy was long since depleted.
Since her energy was low, the quality of what she wrote would also decline.
Better to sleep.
Thus, Fang Qiu rose and walked to the floor-to-ceiling mirror, slowly taking off her dress.
"Speaking of which, has my chest gotten bigger again recently..."
Looking at the delicate woman with a naked body in the floor-to-ceiling mirror, Fang Qiu, who was preparing to change into her nightdress, couldn't help but furrow her brows.
Her forearms were slender and weak, her waist and lower abdomen didn't have a shred of flagon, and her legs were also without a trace of excess flesh, slender and straight.
There were no changes in these areas.
But her chest seemed to have gotten bigger...
Although they were still round and perky, without the slightest sagging... she just felt they were a tiny bit bigger.
"Let's measure it."
Fang Qiu sighed lightly. She took a cloth tape measure from the drawer, placed the strip against her back, pulled it to her chest, and finally joined it at the center of her chest.
The taut white cloth strip pulled tight against the tender, fair soft flesh, causing the snowy whiteness to deform slightly under the constriction of the strip.
"It really did get bigger... Sigh..."
Looking at the previously noted size, Fang Qiu sighed slightly, feeling somewhat melancholy.
Sure enough, she had gained weight.
She had money recently, so the food was too good.
So, she took the tape measure and measured the other data of her body.
She didn't know if it counted as good news...
The other data of her body hadn't changed in the slightest.
Arms hadn't changed, waist hadn't changed, thighs hadn't changed, calves hadn't changed.
Which meant that the fat from gaining weight had all run to her chest.
"It should count as good news, I guess. At least I don't need to diet."
Fang Qiu pondered for a moment and said.
If the chest is a bit bigger, then let it be bigger. At least it hasn't reached the point of affecting aesthetics.
The lewd pics posted by some group members in her past life were truly too big; it felt like they had completely departed from the realm of aesthetics, simply being big for the sake of being big...
A more proportionate figure was still better.
For a "pigeon" author, systematic exercise would really be the death of her.
Not to mention she was sickly in this life.
The type who panted after running two steps; she had basically bid farewell to exercise.
However, the chest getting bigger also had a drawback.
Fang Qiu cast her gaze toward the nightdress Sister Ying'er had given her, the one that constricted the chest.
When wearing that nightdress, it would probably squeeze her even more uncomfortably...
It seemed she would have to find Sister Ying'er another day to make a loose set of panda pajamas. Otherwise, being squeezed like this every day—who could stand it?
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