The days of retirement with the singing queen

Naturally, the serialization on Painting Friends cannot be like an electronic magazine under the maple tree, with any special treatment and several chapters in one publication. There is even a risk of ranking.

Since the publication of electronic comics, Huayou Magazine has felt that online channels have the convenience and universality of interaction, so it has included a voting function at the back of each issue of the magazine to count the popularity of each work.

At the beginning, it was just a ranking. Later, this ranking method gradually became popular, but like the comic magazines such as "Weekly Shonen Jump" and "Manyou" in the previous life, it became a tool for elimination at the bottom.

Therefore, the "Dragon Ball" logged-in painters also need to be ranked.

Zhai Xiao left a message to Lu Anzhi on Qiuqiu: Teacher Lu, "Dragon Ball" is about to be published, and I am a little worried...

Lu Anzhi asked: What are you worried about?

Zhai Xiaodao: I'm afraid of poor grades. I have been dreaming for the past two days that after "Dragon Ball" was published, I was ranked last and was cut in half. I can't sleep when I dream about this.

Lu Anzhi couldn't help but was speechless, and replied: You are also a famous illustrator Qingtian, can you have some confidence in yourself? Besides, even if you don’t have confidence in yourself, you should have some confidence in me.

Lu Anzhi is not sure whether "Dragon Ball" can be a hit at the beginning. When this work became popular in the previous life, it was after changing its style. It really became popular during the Namek chapter. Some people may find the early Arale-style funny comics interesting, but Lu Anzhi has no way of predicting how it will fare in this world.

His own fame and that of the illustrator Zhai Xiao have become variables in this work.

But no matter what, when the popularity explodes, we still have to wait for the Krillin sacrifice to the sky on Namek in the future.

Lu Anzhi was looking forward to that day, but thinking about it, it was already a long time ago.

The serialization of comics is, after all, a long process. You have not seen the pirates for ten years and ten years. Lu Anzhi can only wait patiently for the day when he transforms into a Super Saiyan.

"Are you chatting with Sunny?"

Zhang Suxin saw Zhai Xiao's Qiuqiu avatar in the upper left corner of the chat box on Lu Anzhi's computer and asked.

Later, Song Xiaoqin came over with Xianxian: "What sunny day?"

Zhang Suxin explained with a smile: "She is An Zhi's illustrator. She no longer draws illustrations and has switched to comics. She and An Zhi are working together to serialize two comics."

Song Xiaoqin nodded. She remembered that Zhang Suxin seemed to have told her about this, but she didn't pay much attention to it and forgot about it. She asked: "Really? Has the comic been serialized? Where should it be serialized?"

Lu Anzhi said with a smile: "On Painting Friends. This e-magazine conducts a popularity ranking in each issue. Those whose cards are listed at the bottom several times in a row seem to be cut in half. Zhai Xiao...that is, the pressure is a bit high on a sunny day, so come and complain to me. , saying that he has had nightmares in the past two days, always dreaming about being ranked last and being cut in half."

Zhang Suxin was surprised: "Is she so unsure of herself in Qingtian?"

Lu Anzhi looked at the computer screen and said, "Look, she replied."

Several people looked at the computer screen at the same time, and saw the latest message from Zhai Xiao on Qiuqiu's chat interface: Of course I am very confident in you, Teacher Lu, and in myself... To be honest, I am not afraid of you, Teacher Lu. It’s a joke, I’m a little confident too. It's just different for painting friends. I've studied that ranking, and it's so cruel. Some of the top cartoonists have been eliminated before.

Lu Anzhi replied: Don’t think too much and draw your comics well.

So Zhai Xiao didn't say anything more and replied: Yes.

"Sunny talks like this?!"

Song Xiaoqin looked at the chat between Lu Anzhi and Zhai Xiao, feeling a little surprised. After Zhang Suxin told her, she recalled that Na Qingtian's illustrations in "The Legend of Wukong" were arrogant and sharp, and his illustrations in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" were majestic. He looked like a master in the illustration world.

But looking at this chat record now, it feels like he is a new comic who is emotionally unstable. The contrast is too great.

Zhang Suxin asked with a smile: "Why, can't it be like this?" She actually felt that Qingtian was quite friendly like this - although she had sometimes guessed that Qingtian was an old man who was quite young and full of magnanimity when she didn't know about it before. Or a middle-aged uncle.

"Yes, why can't I?"

Song Xiaoqin glanced at Lu Anzhi and said.

The great novelist, songwriter, and arranger can look like Lu Anzhi. Why can’t the illustrator Qingtian look like a little girl?

"Dad, what kind of sunny day is it?"

Xianxian listened for a long time, but didn't understand, so she asked strangely. The little girl who was just three years old was only illiterate and had a prenatal education. She could not read the text on the computer, nor could she understand the nonsense words her parents and sister Xiaoqin were saying. But she was just curious and wanted to ask.

Lu Anzhi replied: "A clear sky is a clear sky."

Xianxian asked again: "What is a clear sky?"

Lu Anzhi replied: "A clear sky means a day without rain."

Xianxian was able to draw inferences from one instance and looked outside the window and said, "It's not raining now."

Lu Anzhi smiled and said, "Yes, it's sunny now."

Xianxian nodded and said, "Yeah, if it's sunny but not raining, there's no need to hold an umbrella."

This little guy's thinking diverges quickly.

Lu Anzhi suddenly remembered a song and said to Xianxian, "How about Dad sing a song for you?"

Xianxian clapped her hands and cheered: "Okay, okay, what song does daddy want to sing?"

"Listen well."

As Lu Anzhi spoke, he clapped his hands and sang to the beat.

Zhang Suxin and Song Xiaoqin were a little curious and listened attentively.

Then they heard Lu Anzhi singing: "When it thunders, it rains, Leo, when it rains, hold an umbrella, Leo, wear a cotton-padded jacket when it's cold, Leo, Leo, when it's hot, use a fan, and wisdom is..."

At this point, Lu Anzhi suddenly stopped singing. Xianxian felt a little anxious and asked, "Dad, why don't you sing anymore?"

Then Lu Anzhi continued to sing: "Why does it thunder and rain? Why do we have winter and summer? There are thousands of unknown mysteries. The wisdom is simple, but not simple." He was a little funny in his heart. He didn't expect Leo in the animation. The twist in the line was changed by Xianxian, and she actually followed it.

There were no words from Leo between each sentence.

After hearing Lu Anzhi finish singing, Xianxian chuckled and said, "Dad, let's sing together."

Lu Anzhi said: "Okay, how can we sing together?"

Xianxian said: "Dad sings about holding an umbrella when it rains, and Xianxian sings about Leo." The little guy had a clear division of labor and immediately made a new plan for the song.

Song Xiaoqin said: "Sister, would you like to sing with you?"

She thinks this childish song is quite interesting, and she is happy to play with Xianxian. Moreover, the song was simple and catchy. After listening to it once, she almost remembered it, so she could sing it casually without any problem.

As for the phrase "Leo" in the song, neither she nor Zhang Suxin suspected that it was the same name. How could they who have never watched "Brothers of Hale" think that this is not a modal particle, but the name of an animated character?

Xianxian didn't choose, she nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay!"

So Song Xiaoqin said "It's thundering and it's going to rain" and she said "Leo", and she was quite happy singing.

Lu Anzhi and Zhang Suxin looked at the two sisters and found it interesting.

But after singing for a while, Xianxian changed her interest, abandoned Song Xiaoqin, and leaned next to Lu Anzhi and said: "Daddy, come, daddy, come!"

"Okay, daddy sing it again."

Lu Anzhi said with a smile that he was going to play "Leo's Song" again. However, Xianxian said: "Change it, change it."

Lu Anzhiquan leaned against her and said, "Okay, let's change it to another one." He thought for a while and said, "Wait a minute, I'll bring a guitar." As he said that, he went to the basement, and soon he got a guitar. , came to sit on the sofa in the living room.

Zhang Suxin said with a smile: "It's your fault too, if anyone else can't cope with this little guy's demands."

Lu Anzhi said: "Looking at what you said, it's as if our daughter is a scourge."

Zhang Suxin rolled her eyes at Lu An and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Lu Anzhi smiled slightly, tuned the note twice, and started playing.

A leisurely and evocative prelude sounded. Zhang Suxin and Song Xiaoqin couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this.

The two women did not expect that the new song Lu Anzhi played was not a children's song. However, this intro is really nice.

It's simple, it's clean, and it sounds great.

As soon as the prelude sounds, it is so attractive to the ears. Lu Anzhi, this guy, always likes to make songs that make people fall into love with the intro.

Xianxian was shaking her head. The little guy couldn't understand the emotion in the song, but he just thought it sounded good. However, Zhang Suxin and Song Xiaoqin both listened quietly and heard Lu Anzhi singing:

"The little yellow flower of the story has been floating since the day I was born. The swing of my childhood has been floating in my memory until now..."

Sure enough, the lyrics are also full of nostalgia.

What are you missing in this song? Zhang Suxin suddenly remembered her husband's identity as an orphan. Judging from the emotions and feelings in this song, the life in the orphanage in An Zhi’s memory can’t be too bad, right?

She suddenly felt a little grateful that the orphanage, which her husband said had been demolished and written off, had used its gentleness submerged in time to raise such a gentle and excellent husband for her.

"Re So So Si Do Si La, So La Si Si Si Si La Si La So, blowing the prelude and looking at the sky, I think of the petals trying to fall..."

Such simple and casual lyrics, but they sound so pure and beautiful.

Zhang Suxin and Song Xiaoqin couldn't help but have such thoughts in their hearts. Listening to Lu Anzhi's singing, the corners of their mouths couldn't help but smile.

"The day I skipped class for you, the day the flowers fell, how could I not see that room in the classroom, the rainy day that disappeared, I really want to get wet again..."

The smile at the corner of Zhang Suxin's mouth disappeared in an instant.

The raised corners of Song Xiaoqin's mouth were quickly wiped away by herself, and then she secretly glanced at her best friend beside her.

And Xianxian didn't understand the twists and turns in adults' hearts. She just thought it sounded good. Her little head swayed, listening to the trembling music of the guitar strings and her father's beautiful singing, with a smile on her face. meaning.

"Once upon a time, there was someone who loved you for a long time, but the wind blew away the distance. It was not easy to be able to love you for one more day, but at the end of the story, you seemed to have said goodbye..."

Lu Anzhi's singing still continues. Song Xiaoqin still thinks this song is simple but nice, full of nostalgic emotions.

But it's this kind of emotion that makes people feel uneasy. Such light and strong, strong and light nostalgia and sadness made people feel so real and sincere. Song Xiaoqin only felt that she smelled a dangerous atmosphere.

She kept secretly looking at Zhang Suxin and sighed secretly when she saw that Zhang Suxin looked stunned and hesitated to speak.

After Lu Anzhi finished singing this song, she quickly spoke: "Okay, Lu Anzhi, how dare you write such a love song behind our backs! Tell me, which old lover are you missing?"

Lu Anzhi smiled silently and said: "What old lover? If I have an old lover that I miss, will I sing a song about my old lover in front of you?"

Song Xiaoqin said: "Then why do you sing this song so sincerely?"

Lu Anzhi said: "We have already talked about this topic once, okay? I have experienced whatever songs I want to sing and write, so have I also been the godfather of some party in the beautiful country? And "Perfume" "Toxic", what do you think happened to me to write such a song?"

When Zhang Suxin heard what Lu Anzhi said, she couldn't help but laugh.

Song Xiaoqin couldn't help but laugh. Seeing Zhang Suxin's reaction, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did he curiously ask: "Okay, you're right. What's the name of this song?"

Lu An's way: ""Sunny Day"."

Song Xiaoqin asked: "Sunny day?" She thought for a while, and there was no sentence in this song about sunny days, but using "Sunny Day" as the title of the song did give people a very different feeling.

She joked again: "Oh... I understand, your illustrator Qingtian is a girl, and she has been working with you for such a long time. Are you childhood sweethearts who lived together since childhood? She is the heroine of Qingtian, right? ?”

Lu Anzhi said speechlessly: "You're done, aren't you?"

Song Xiaoqin smiled "hehe" and said no more. The association she just made was so outrageous that of course no one would believe it.

Zhang Suxin couldn't help but laugh.

Lu Anzhi glanced at Zhang Suxin and gently held his wife's hand. Zhang Suxin immediately felt the warmth of her husband's palms and the affection contained in that warmth, and her heart completely fell back into her stomach.

Lu Anzhi smiled and said: "Forget it, if you are not satisfied with this song, then I will sing it another one."

Xianxian listened to the adults talking nonsense for a long time, half-understanding, but she finally understood what Lu Anzhi said, and immediately clapped her hands happily and said: "Okay, okay, daddy sings!"

Lu Anzhi smiled, rubbed his slender little head, and plucked the strings again.

"The evening breeze is blowing the pines, and the sound of the wind chimes is like the sound of nature. Standing in the silence of this city, let all the noise go away..."

Listening to the singing voice coming from Lu Anzhi's mouth, Zhang Suxin and Song Xiaoqin suddenly became quiet again. The evening breeze, the pine waves, the city with wind chimes, the green mountains, white clouds, butterflies and clear streams, as well as the sunset and returning birds, the scenes are outlined in the lyrics into such a harmonious picture, and the song is also so plain and natural, lonely and comfortable.

"Who painted this world, and painted me and you, making our world colorful. Who made us cry, and gave us surprises, so that we could fall in love and meet each other like this. We always have to say goodbye, get together and separate, always Walking on the long road..."

Listening to Lu Anzhi's singing, Zhang Suxin felt that she suddenly understood why Lu Anzhi suddenly packed up his bags and left for another place more than three years ago. She recalled the scene last summer when she first met An Zhi in a small restaurant on Jiu'an Road in Haidu.

At that time, she felt that the man who got up from across the dinner table was standing in front of her, but he was so clean and far away, quiet and indifferent, as if he was far away from the world and as if he had trudged from the wind and rain. That kind of feeling of separation and harmony with the world was something she had never seen in anyone else before, and it made people feel calm.

"Only the green mountains are hidden among the white clouds, and butterflies walk freely in the clear streams. Look at the sunset in full bloom on the horizon, and a group of birds returning to the west..."

Lu Anzhi continued to sing, repeating the lyrics he had already sung.

But both Zhang Suxin and Song Xiaoqin can tell that Lu Anzhi's song is not just about the scenery between heaven and earth. The scenes in the song are both moving and still, each with a unique meaning, expressing a feeling of loneliness and freedom.

They all seemed to see a lonely traveler wandering away from the world in this song.

"Snap, snap, snap!"

After Lu Anzhi finished singing the song, Xianxian applauded enthusiastically with her little hands, which brought Zhang Suxin and Song Xiaoqin back from their thoughts.

Lu Anzhi asked Xianxian: "Does it sound good?"

Xianxian said: "It sounds good."

Lu An said: "Then kiss daddy."

"Wooden ah!"

The little guy kissed Lu Anzhi hard on the cheek.

Zhang Suxin couldn't help but smile softly as she watched the interaction between father and daughter. Unexpectedly, this traveler who came out of the world would be pulled into his life so abruptly.

Looking back now, it is really magical and inexplicable.

But speaking of it, it was her husband's unique temperament that made her feel relieved, and she finally sat across from him in the restaurant on Jiu'an Road.

She couldn't help but recall the time when they first met. When she walked into the hotel with Xianxian in her arms, she was actually quite uneasy. It wasn't until the moment she saw An Zhi that her uneasy heart calmed down.

Lu Anzhi, who was calm and indifferent and incompatible with the hustle and bustle around him, infected her emotions at that moment, allowing her to sit down opposite him with peace of mind.

And when he sat there, he took Xianxian with him, and brought Xianxian, the father who seemed to have emerged from the dust, back to the world.

- Just like now.

"How's it going? Is this song good?"

Lu Anzhi asked.

Zhang Suxin smiled tenderly and didn't need to say anything more. Lu Anzhi and her looked at each other and everything was lost in words.

However, Song Xiaoqin nodded and commented: "It's not bad, but this song sounds like you were born."

Lu Anzhi said with a smile: "I won't sing songs like this when I'm born."

Song Xiaoqin asked: "What song should you sing?"

Lu Anzhi sang directly: "Namorayana, Dalayaya, Namoariyaya, Sagarabellejana, Uhara Jaya, Datagadaya..."

Song Xiaoqin said quickly: "Stop, stop, stop! Stop! Why are you still reciting the sutra?!"

Lu Anzhi stopped and said with a smile, "This is for singing."

"..."

Song Xiaoqin was silent for a while and said speechlessly, "You can really sing anything!"

"Pfft!"

Zhang Suxin couldn't help laughing.

"Giggle!"

Xianxian also followed suit and didn't know why she was laughing.

Zhang Suxin asked: "What was the name of the song just now?"

Lu Anzhi replied: "Travel."

"travel……"

Zhang Suxin murmured again and nodded. This simple name is also the most suitable. Just like "Sunny Day" just now.

As for the song "Leo's Song", neither she nor Song Xiaoqin was interested in knowing the title.

Lu Anzhi said: "Okay, I have listened to the song, and now we should continue to discuss the following arrangements. It is May now, and it will be June soon. Where is the best place for us to go to play?"

"Go to the playground!"

Xianxian was the first to comment.

Everyone laughed.

Zhang Suxin said: "Okay! Okay! There are playgrounds everywhere. Wherever we go, we will take you to play in the playground, okay?"

Song Xiaoqin said: "Yes, yes, let your little guy experience amusement parks in various places and see what's different."

Xianxian smiled happily and narrowed her eyes: "Okay!"

Next, Zhang Suxin and Song Xiaoqin discussed for a while. They had already made some strategies last night and today, and now they had some ideas in mind, unlike the clueless discussion they had yesterday.

After the discussion, they had a direction - they finally decided to go to Mongolia Province, in this June season, to see the vast grassland and the high sky above the grassland.

After reaching a consensus, Lu Anzhi had no objection when asked about it. So their next travel destination was decided.

But before that, they still had to make some preparations before leaving.

The sky is high and the sky is high in the province, which is more suitable for a self-driving trip. However, they took Xianxian with them and did not want to drive the car directly from Xijing to Mongolia. They only planned to temporarily rent a car in Mongolia. Regarding car rental, Lu Anzhi had been contacted before. At this time, he only needed to make a phone call to make a reservation.

Before setting off, they still need to resolve all their worries.

——Others are easy to say, mainly Lu Anzhi.

He needed to prepare a few more chapters of the manuscript for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and also worked hard to re-confirm an illustrator to work with.

Don't worry about the script from Zhai Xiao. The one given to Zhai Xiao before was enough to last for a while.

And the most important and urgent thing is the remaining song he and Du Bing competed with but didn't record.

He contacted Yuan Yi urgently.

Yuan Yi was preparing a new album. When she heard that Lu Anzhi asked her to sing, she was singing a song recognized by the recently popular Xianxian Jingting "Arrangement Game". She was so surprised that she immediately asked Lu Anzhi to wait. After confirming that Lu Anzhi was in Xijing, he flew directly to Xijing overnight.