Chapter 72 I am Chu Ze, not Chu Ju
Xu Min, with a gloomy face, took out a few tissues and wiped Xia Anruo's round face which was sprayed with tea.

No, are you polite?
Xia Anruo choked on the tea and coughed for a long time.

Liao Qing was confused for a moment, not understanding what Chu Ze said: "What do you mean by calm and at ease?"

"Ahem, well...Anzhiruosu is an idiom, which means that when encountering difficulties or unusual situations, one remains calm as usual and does not mind at all." Xia Anruo quickly took a tissue to wipe her mouth, and hurriedly explained before Chu Ze opened his mouth.

Liao Qing: “…”

I thank you!
Do I look illiterate to you?

"Did I ask what this word means?" Liao Qing was speechless.

"Then what are you asking?" Xia Anruo asked back.

"I just didn't understand what Teacher Chu Ze meant by this word he suddenly said just now?" Liao Qing said.

"Aren't you still asking what this word means?"

"I'm not asking what the word means, I'm asking what Mr. Chu means by the word."

“Isn’t this still the same idea?”

"..."

Liao Qing scratched his head.

It's over. I feel like I've been tricked.

Can't tell.

"Chu Ze said this to ask you to be more natural, don't act so excited and polite, just be calm and composed." Xia Anruo explained forcedly.

"Really?" Liao Qing looked at Xia Anruo suspiciously, then looked at Chu Ze.

"Ah, yes, yes."

Chu Ze nodded and did not expose Xia Anruo. He just wanted to laugh when he saw Xia Anruo racking her brains to force an explanation.

It's fun.

Although he wanted to continue teasing Xia Anruo with this, he felt that it was impolite to Liao Qing, so he stopped and said nothing more.

"Is that so? I didn't lose my composure just now." Hearing this, Liao Qing recalled his performance just now. It seemed that he didn't seem very excited.

Maybe it's because Chu Ze is still a college student and hasn't entered society yet, so he's not used to such polite occasions.

Liao Qing didn't dwell on these little things anymore, because she realized that Chu Ze had been standing here for a long time. She slapped her forehead and said embarrassedly, "Oh, look at my brain. I almost neglected it. Teacher Chu, please take a seat quickly. I'll ask the waiter to serve the food."

After saying that, she hurried out the door to call the waiter.

Taking advantage of Liao Qing's absence, Xia Anruo immediately changed her expression and glared at Chu Ze: "Did you do this on purpose?"

"What do you mean by intentional?" Chu Ze pretended to be innocent.

"That calm and composed one!"

"Isn't that your agent's number? What's wrong with us catching up? What does it have to do with you?" Chu Ze came to the table, pulled out a chair and sat down, looking at Xia Anruo with interest.

Xu Min wiped her face and watched with interest the flirting between the couple she thought was a couple.

Although I couldn't understand their conversation, I roughly understood that it should be a little secret between the two of them...

So was that just a little fun thing between the two of you?
Then can you two just have your own fun without dragging her into this?
The story of two people should not involve the name of a third person.

The water was sprayed on her face, so that I could feel a little involved between you?
"you……"

Xia Anruo was choked and didn't know what to say for a moment. At this time, Liao Qing just opened the door and came back. She could only grumble in a low voice: "Just wait for me!"

Chu Ze almost laughed out loud.

These harsh words, which are almost like telling primary school students not to leave after school, really have no deterrent effect.

"The dishes will be here soon. Teacher Chu, please have some appetizers first." Liao Qing also sat back in his seat, turned the turntable on the table, and moved the appetizers to Chu Ze.

Xia Anruo was just about to take a few bites of food to calm down angrily, but ended up taking nothing.

Even more angry!
"Sister Liao, just call me Chu Ze. I'm still a college student. It's weird for you to call me teacher." It was the first time Chu Ze heard someone call him teacher. He was not used to it, and the other person was older than him. "The wise are the teachers. With your level of songwriting, Teacher Chu, aren't you a teacher?" Liao Qing said.

"That's fine... Never mind. It's up to you."

Chu Ze wanted to correct it, but he estimated that if he did, it would become...

Okay, Teacher Chu!

Yes, Teacher Chu!

This is a classic plot among classics.

Better stop making yourself uncomfortable.

After a while, the waiter knocked on the door and came in. When Xia Anruo heard the voice, he quickly put on a mask to prevent being recognized.

Because Liao Qing had already asked the hotel to prepare it in advance, after notifying the waiter that the dishes could be served, the waiter quickly brought all the dishes at once, and they were all served in a few minutes.

After they ate for a while, Chu Ze took the lead and said, "Sister Liao specially invited me to dinner today. Maybe she has something to discuss, right?"

"Teacher Chu is worthy of being someone who can write excellent songs easily. You are so smart that nothing can be hidden from you." Liao Qing was surprised when he heard this, and then praised.

"..."

No, can this be praised?

That’s about it…

He thought that he was just Chu Ze and not Chu Ju.

Even if you want to improve so much, it's useless to praise him.

But he had to admit that it felt pretty good to be flattered like crazy, although he was still a little uncomfortable with it.

"The reason I asked An Ru to ask you out today is that, first, I really want to meet you, and second, I want to thank you for taking care of our An Ru for so long." Liao Qing's expression became serious when he talked about business.

"Take care?" Chu Ze was stunned.

"If you hadn't written the song "Legend" for An Ruo, An Ruo wouldn't have the popularity she has now. She would have probably gone downhill a long time ago. And after the new album had problems last month, it was only thanks to the two new songs written by Teacher Chu that we were able to make up for it in time." Liao Qing expressed his gratitude to Chu Ze for what had happened before.

I have to say, people who know how to speak make people feel comfortable when they talk.

He felt relieved thanks to this.

Unlike Xia Anruo, I haven't heard her say thank you until now.

"Oh, is it this kind of care?" Chu Ze understood.

"Are there any other aspects?" Liao Qing was stunned.

Taking care of all aspects of life, all the care at home.

Xu Min ate the food silently and complained in his heart.

"What I mean is, isn't this what should happen? I make money by writing songs, and she pays for my songs. It's a supply and demand relationship, and we each get what we need. There's no such thing as favoritism." Chu Ze really didn't think this was favoritism. Wasn't it just a transaction?

"That's not the case. You can't buy high-quality songs just because you want to. What's more, you have written several songs for An Ruo in a row." Liao Qing shook his head.

After all, quality songs are not easy to come by. Most big-name songwriters, if they have quality songs, basically give them to fixed and familiar co-operating singers. The ones that can finally be circulated in the market are basically either those that the singers they know don’t want, or those that are written by some unknown authors by chance when they have a burst of inspiration.

So this is not just a simple transaction relationship where you write the song and I pay for it. Being willing to sell you a quality song is already a great favor.

Moreover, a talent like Chu Ze who can wholesale high-quality songs can completely become famous with the song "Legend" and then look for bigger singers to collaborate with. With his strength, even superstars would be happy to do so.

It can only be said that the fact that Chu Ze is still willing to help Xia Anruo write songs is enough to surprise Liao Qing. After all, although Xia Anruo is very popular now, she is only an ordinary first-line singer. There are still many top singers who are better than Xia Anruo.

Of course Liao Qing didn't know that Chu Ze only wrote songs for Xia Anruo simply because he only knew Xia Anruo, a singer. He didn't care about other big stars, and they didn't ask him to write songs for them.

Moreover, Chu Ze's main job was to write online articles, and he didn't want to make money by writing songs. He wrote songs only because Xia Anruo pestered him for it.

Up to now, these songs are also what Xia Anruo wanted. Chu Ze would give them to her when he was in a good mood. If he was in a bad mood, he would wait and tease her before giving them to her.

Ok?
Why does this sound weird?

(End of this chapter)