Chapter 57: Survival of the Fittest

  On the stage, a 1v1 PK session is underway. XiXi and Dong Qi took their seats not long after, and soon it was Gu Xiang's turn to take the stage. On such an unlucky night, perhaps not missing Gu Xiang's performance was the greatest comfort.

  A song determines go or stay, although he knew he would advance, Gu Xiao still couldn't help but feel a little nervous, he wanted to be more than just top ten.

  In this world, it is survival of the fittest; he was born with too little, so he can only rely on his own two hands to fight for it.

  The stage lights dimmed, and Gu Xiao, wearing a white T-shirt, sat neatly on the stool in the center of the stage with a guitar in his arms. The spotlight shone on his face, calm and quiet, yet more dazzling than anyone else.

  Such a simple and unadorned performance seems to move people's hearts more than a dazzling display of skills, let alone the fact that the performer is Gu Xiao. Even if he doesn't open his mouth to sing, just standing on stage like that would drive a large crowd wild for him. This young man has an aura about him that can enthrall people's hearts.

  Heavenly singing voice, quietly flowing in everyone's heart.

  "I often think of the flowers from back then,"

  Is it as fragrant and beautiful as you?

  I often recall what you said.

  Want to watch me grow up slowly?

  Where does the summer breeze blow to?

  Where have your footsteps taken you?

  Mom, mom?

  I often gaze up at the stars in the sky.

  Imagine you and I talking?

  ……”?

  No complex melody, no beautiful harmony, everyone is immersed in the sorrowful atmosphere created by Gu Xiangyang, and the music lingers in their hearts for a long time.

  The two energetic dance contestants from just now were also invited onto the stage, but only one person can be left between them.

  Gu Xuan's face still lingered with a faint sadness, as if he was still immersed in the song, and didn't care about leaving. The host, Shu Hua, called him twice before he came back to his senses, and said apologetically: "Sorry, I haven't walked out of the song yet."

  "It's clear that Gu Xuan and his mother have a deep relationship, I wonder if Gu's mother is here today?" Shu Hua immediately helped him continue the topic, not because she didn't hear the underlying tone in his singing voice, but because her years of hosting experience made her keenly aware that this young man had a story to tell, and this story would be beneficial for the show's ratings and attention.

  "My mom is no longer with me, but I believe she's watching over me from above and cheering for me."

  When he spoke, his face was always rippling with a faint smile, clean and simple, without too many words, just one sentence, everyone was moved by his strength and optimism.

  Xia Xi Xi looked at Gu Xiao on the stage, covering her mouth and crying uncontrollably. She clearly knew every step he had taken, so she couldn't help but be moved. From a simple little boy to the proud young man he was now, he had walked a long and lonely road with no one to cheer him on, enduring the pain of life and death separations. But in this song, she seemed to see that simple young man still vividly alive, his original appearance.

  She always willingly believes in the goodness of the world without reservation, but reality is often not that simple.

  Shu Hua sized up Gu Xiao, secretly admiring him. This young man was not simple, with such talent, and even more rare was his cleverness and tact, grasping the right tone. As for the story behind him, he only needed one sentence, which moved people to tears without being annoying. He had already won over almost all of the audience's hearts.

  "I don't know if the audience likes Lin Hai's energetic songs and dances or Gu Xiao's sincere and heartfelt ones, let's wait for the results." But everyone knows that Gu Xiao will definitely win.

  The judges' panel, Fang Fei suddenly spoke up: "From a professional point of view, Lin Hai's performance is flawless, but Gu Xiao's acting is awkward yet clever." Everyone thought she was going to vote for Lin Hai when Fang Fei changed her tone, "Gu Xiao, I want to write a song for you and let you continue singing on this stage."

  She saw through his eyes a side of him that was vastly different from his appearance, precocious, clever, and desperately wanting to stand out, just like her former self.

  As soon as Fang Fei's words fell, they immediately triggered the audience's cheers, and these cheers were accompanied by astonishment. Almost everyone knew that Fang Fei rarely wrote songs for others, and such an honor was undoubtedly a step up several levels for Gu Xiao, who had just stepped into the entertainment circle with one foot.

  The outcome of the game was completely predictable.

  Xia Xi called Gu Xiao on his way home, his tone was calm and natural, but there was a hint of joy in his voice that was hard to detect.

  Gu Xiang Zheng is getting closer and closer to his dream.

  And what about her? What is her dream? After witnessing Gu Xiao take step after step towards his dreams, Xia XiXi began to think about the word "dream" from a realistic perspective for the first time. When she was very young, her dreams seemed within reach, as long as she dared to imagine them, and she even dared to fantasize about traveling through space without bounds. But as she grew older and understood more, she became afraid to dream again.

  Dreams become more and more practical as we grow up, from elementary school to middle school to high school, it seems that everyone has already gotten used to this arranged life. Everyone is moving forward along the track of the college entrance examination, in front of the cold scores and rankings, she rarely thinks about the dreams that once filled her heart with stars.

  Good grades, good prospects, she knew this was what she should strive for, but shouldn't life have countless possibilities?

  Xia Xi hung up the phone and fell into a long silence, only then did she realize that the saddest thing was not knowing the destination without a way to get there, but having countless ways to get there, yet not knowing where to go.

  When she got home, it was already 11 o'clock at night. To her surprise, her mother, who usually went to bed early, was sitting on the sofa waiting for her. The two of them went into her bedroom together.

  Xi Xi changed into casual clothes and sat on the edge of the bed to listen. She knew this was a conversation her mother had been planning for a long time.

  "Your daughter is so good-looking, there must be many boys in her class chasing after her?" Ye Lan started the conversation with a joke.

  "Of course, in droves." The best denial is to admit, and being evasive is the most suspicious. Xia Xi had known this principle since she was a child. She changed her tone and added, "But they're all a bunch of weirdos, I don't even look up to them."

  After hearing this watertight answer, Ye Lan finally realized that her daughter had grown up and was no longer the little girl who would pout and throw tantrums over small things. She now had secrets of her own, those naive and immature thoughts separated from her by an insurmountable gap.

  It was also the first time she realized that she had really grown old, and this feeling of powerlessness was a hundred times stronger than when she saw the first fine line at the corner of her eyes in the mirror.

  Ye Lan pinched Xia Xi's face and let out a soft sigh: "Mom is getting old."

  Xixi heard this and suddenly felt her nose was sore, "No way, Mom will always be young!" She hastily denied Yelan's words, as if by not admitting it, they wouldn't grow old.

  "Nonsense, you're going to become an old monster." Ye Lan laughed and said.

  As she grew, she always continued the topic with "after I grow up...", never thinking of using "as parents gradually get older...". Time gave her increasingly strong arms to hold up a piece of sky, but at the same time it also cruelly took away youth and vitality from her parents.

  She always refused to face the reality that they would eventually grow old.

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