Chapter 31
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Soon, the video of Su Yang singing spread around the campus like wildfire.
“Look! Some passerby is singing at our campus entrance and his voice is amazing!”
“Is this some television recording a show?”
“Huh? He looks like one of us. I’ve seen him before.”
As the video spread to the Faculty of Art, Su Yang’s identity was revealed, and soon the whole campus knew about the student from the Faculty of Art who could sing very well and was busking in front of the campus.
The song that he sang was ‘Beijing Beijing’.
Although no one knew why Su Yang sang the song of Beijing in front of a campus in Shanghai, it did not stop them from enjoying his beautiful voice.
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In the office building on campus, Old Zhou was enjoying his tea from his Thermos flask while he looked at his phone. He was grinning at a clip that was playing as Su Yang’s emotional singing belted out from his phone speakers.
“Not bad, not bad.” Old Zhou took a sip of tea from his flask and even chewed on some goji berries.
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In the age of the internet, the spread of information could reach lightspeed. Right after Su Yang finished a single song, the video of him had spread to almost half of the campus and was about to go out of the campus. Nonetheless, he had no idea about that.
After he shouted the last note, he bowed deeply at the students who had stayed for his show. He returned the guitar to the busker and left despite the students begging for one more song.
On the way back, Su Yang realized that several of the academic chat groups that he was in, such as the one with the class, the one with the part-timers, and even the group with the straight-A students, were spamming him with messages. Every single one of them tagged him.
Indeed, even the straight-A students had a chat group and Su Yang was a member of the group.
As a matter of fact, other than his poor command of English, he was considered the top student in his other subjects. His results were considered one of the best, if not the best, in his entire course and even the faculty. Otherwise, he could not have gotten into a prestigious university with his borderline English.
After Su Yang tapped on the messages, he realized that his busking session had been recorded and had spread like wildfire on campus. However, he smiled and was not overly concerned.
University students were young adults who could barely stay put. The slightest commotion would catch their attention and they would share the most interesting things among themselves. However, how many of them would remember what they shared, especially an impromptu performance?
Of course, being recognized by almost half of the campus was something Su Yang considered joyful.
‘I simply play the guitar and sing a song, and you people almost freak out. I find their ignorance amusing.’ That was what he told himself on the way home with a smirk on his face.
However, right after he reached home, his good mood flew out of the door.
His basement was in a mess. Books were scattered everywhere, his bed was turned upside down, his chair had fallen, and his desk was not where it usually was. Su Yang was bewildered by the scene.
Most importantly, Gru, the withered twig, had transformed. Its body had grown at least five times and was now as robust as a log. The two sprouts at its tip had become vines and were being brandished around like whips. Gru angrily growled its name when Su Yang came in, “Gruuu, Gruuu!”
3Apart from that, the husky bolster, Little Hus, was nowhere to be found.
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