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Chapter 381 - 382: Stealing the Spotlight_1

Chapter 381: Chapter 382: Stealing the Spotlight_1

"Honey, you are the best." Upon seeing Li Changlin look over, Qian Ziwei immediately waved her hand excitedly and shouted.

This girl, no matter when and where or under any circumstance, would always loudly declare her sovereignty.

Just now she had heard many women calling Li Changlin a male god, and although Qian Ziwei didn’t care about that, she still felt a sense of urgency inside.

There was no helping it, after all, Li Changlin was too handsome, and Qian Ziwei was a latecomer. Moreover, she had some secrets she was keeping from Li Changlin, so naturally, she felt a lot of pressure.

Standing next to Qian Ziwei, Zhou Ziyu wasn’t about to be outdone and also shouted out loud, "Brother Changlin, you can do it!"

"Young man, that’s your support group, eh!" Elder Gu and the others saw Qian Ziwei and Zhou Ziyu, Elder Gu smiled leisurely, then continued, "Listen up, young man, my next variation is: ’Clouds Grow Long, long! long! long! Long rise and long fade away.’

"This one’s going to be tough." As Elder Gu’s words came to an end, almost everyone on and off the stage frowned.

And, worried that Li Changlin might not understand the meaning, Elder Gu took up the brush from the table and wrote down his variation on a piece of A4 paper while he spoke.

The four judges and two hosts all looked toward the paper on the table.

At first glance, they couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air.

Originally, when they heard Elder Gu speak, they thought the middle characters would be commas or semicolons.

But who knew, what Elder Gu had written out were all exclamation marks.

With that, the difficulty had just gotten much greater, and it was uncertain whether Li Changlin could respond appropriately.

At once, they all looked over at Li Changlin.

Li Changlin gave a sheepish smile and couldn’t help but stretch out his hand and touch his nose.

The difficulty of this variation had naturally increased somewhat, after all, those exclamation marks were really tricky to deal with!

But obviously, this was not going to stump our Brother Changlin!

Without delay, he too picked up the brush and began to write on another piece of paper.

The female host next to him seemed quite nimble, probably worried about damaging Elder Gu’s calligraphy, she hastily took the A4 paper with the writing on it.

"Show it to our friends here on and off the stage," Elder Gu misunderstood the host’s intention and he smiled and nodded.

"Of course," the female host really wanted to cry, she never intended that. Elder Gu’s calligraphy was quite valuable on the market, so she was thinking of keeping one for herself.

Now she knew for sure that there was no chance of that happening.

Because with Elder Gu’s prompting, the judges would probably all ask for it soon.

"Young man, how do you read this?" At this point, Li Changlin had already written out his matching verse in one go.

Since Elder Gu didn’t use any homophonic characters, Li Changlin naturally wrote using the regular characters.

But this resulted in everyone not understanding it, Elder Gu was surprised as well, and so he asked aloud.

"Elder Gu, and the four judges, my response is as follows: ’Sea tides surge, surge! Surge! Surge! Morning tide rises and falls,’" Li Changlin said with a raised eyebrow and a light smile, as he calmly stated his response.

"Impressive, that’s the flavor!" Upon hearing Li Changlin’s completion, the female judge resembling The Half-Old Dame couldn’t help but give him a thumbs up.

Just now, the four of them had also quietly calculated it, but they had not expected such an ingenious response.

Indeed, everyone was now clear in their hearts that Li Changlin’s response could only be composed within the couplet’s bottom line that he provided.

However, the word ’常’ (meaning ’often’), like ’长’ (having several meanings such as ’long’), is a polyphone and polysemous, so the meaning and artistic conception beneath the composition would definitely vary greatly.

To match the change in artistic conception within Elder Gu’s opening couplet, the considerations Li Changlin had to make were naturally extensive.

It was precisely for this reason that the female judge gave Li Changlin a thumbs up in praise.

"Thank you." Li Changlin, neither arrogant nor rash, calmly thanked the female judge and then raised his eyes to look at Elder Gu again.

"Good." Elder Gu nodded, closed his eyes, and then said in a deep voice, "Young man, listen carefully, my next change is: ’Clouds Grow Long, grow long and swell, swell long and fade.’

This change dealt with the polysemous word. Now ’长’ should be read as ’常’ (meaning ’often’).

Only with this understanding could one truly grasp the artistic conception of the opening couplet. After hearing this, many immediately showed a contemplative expression on their faces.

Having listened to six changes just now, everyone was already anticipating what might come next.

Therefore, if one could just set the ’朝’ (meaning ’dawn’) and ’潮’ (meaning ’tide’) in Li Changlin’s line correctly, then approaching the response to Elder Gu’s changes was also not far off.

At this moment, there began to be whispers among the audience both on and off the stage.

In fact, at this time, everyone could get involved somewhat.

At this point, the clever couplet had already been essentially explained by Li Changlin.

After all, with the proper use of homophone words, naturally, there was no pressure.

So, it did not take long before Zhou Ziyu, standing next to Qian Ziwei, shouted out loud, "Brother Changlin, Brother Changlin, I have a response, I have a response."

"Oh!"

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads in unison to look at Zhou Ziyu.

This little brat was not shy at all and didn’t wait for Li Changlin to speak; he rushed to the center of the stage and began, "Elder Gu, my response to this change is: ’Sea tides at dawn, dawn’s tide, tide at dawn dissipates.’

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Seeing the boy offering up his treasure, Li Changlin could not help but laugh and cry, but he still raised his hand in appreciation and patted Zhou Ziyu on the shoulder, "Not bad, you’ve responded well. Brother Changlin thought the same."

"Haha, the kid is impressive!" At that time, Elder Gu had already reacted and immediately laughed in approval, "Youth should be feared indeed, youth should be feared!"

"Little brat, little brat, just loves to show off!" At Yi Meng Cake Shop, invisible to all, Little Meng Mei was watching the live broadcast with her phone. Seeing Zhou Ziyu’s offering, her spirited eyes immediately began to twirl, "Well, this kid is quite interesting. If Li Changlin really ends up taking first place, I might just tell him my name, eh? Interacting with him seems quite appealing!"

Little Meng Mei chuckled softly. If Zhou Ziyu could hear her words, he would probably be excited enough to jump three meters high!

Of course, Zhou Ziyu certainly had no way of knowing what was happening at Yi Meng Cake Shop. At the moment, after hearing the praise from Li Changlin and Elder Gu, he was already so excited he was practically beside himself.