4.Bunny and L.L
1594 Words
Damien had a little sister named Bunny. She was the youngest girl in the Ashfield family and was adored by everyone. Even Damien, the young and powerful head of the family, was quite gentle with this child.
However, this angelically pure little girl was born weak and sickly. Even the best doctors couldn't save her life.After several years of treatment, Bunny passed away at the age of sixteen.
Before she died, she grasped Damien's sleeve with difficulty and begged this elder brother to do her one last favor.
Bunny, who wasn't allowed to leave the family's private hospital, made friends with a person named L.L online under the name of “Dulce Bunny”.
Bunny liked L.L so much that she begged Damien to continue to keep in touch with L.L in the identity of “Dulce Bunny” on her behalf.
Damien refused without hesitation. And this attitude was also within Bunny's expectation. The dying girl managed to show a weak smile on the hospital bed and said:
“Then, please don't tell L.L about my death. Just say... Bunny is really busy in real life and probably won't be able to go online recently.”
Damien promised.
After Bunny's funeral, Damien logged into Bunny's account,then the avatar of L.L on the other side started jumping merrily:
L.L: Bunny! Long time no see🥰! You're finally online. I missed you so much！
Damien frowned and was thinking about how to say goodbye to L.L in the name of Bunny when an MP3 file was sent over.
L.L: Last time you said you wanted to hear me sing 《Through It All》 when you were online next time. This song is so difficult! But guess what? I made it!
At that time, PM had just won the throne of the world's number one music company. As the CEO, Damien Ashfield is basically buried by his work.
So many popular singers wanted to present their new songs to him, and so many people were eager to sign contracts with PM.
There was even a saying in the industry that one minute of Damien Ashfield's time was worth ten million dollars, and he only stopped for the best songs.
Therefore, Damien had originally planned to ignore this message.
But somehow, he remembered what his sister had said to him earnestly beside the hospital bed:
“You should listen to her song — I'm serious. L.L is better than any singer I've ever heard of.”
Damien clicked on the file.
The moment L.L started singing, Damien almost thought he was hallucinating.
This should be the voice of an elf.
Her voice was like the wind blowing through the forest and the water moistening the moss.
It felt as if... the dew was blown by the wind, sliding from the leaves onto the stone slab, and the slab was reflecting the sunlight.
PM had no shortage of singers with excellent singing skills, but Damien had to admit，Bunny was right.
Although L.L still lacked the polishing of skills, there was a kind of strong magic in her voice, which was highly infectious.
L.L said that this was a song dedicated to Bunny who was sick. And her feelings, across time and space, were conveyed to Damien in the form of a song.
Dulce Bunny: Not bad.
L.L: Thank you! But, Bunny, what's wrong with you today? Are you in a bad mood? You sound a bit strange.
Damien encountered difficulties.On that handsome face as solemn as an iceberg, there was a bit more helplessness.
Bunny was a lively little girl, and she liked to attach a lot of cute animal emoticons.
This was naturally very different from Damien's concise and to-the-point speaking style.
How could a young leader of a noble family, the CEO of the world's number one music company, a billionaire, mimic a sixteen-year-old lively and cheerful little girl?
The family disputes, starting a business, investments and decisions never bothered him.
However, this powerful, intelligent, and extremely proud man had troubled by talking to a girl, well, as a girl.
It took him a full three minutes to clumsily imitate Bunny's tone and reply to L.L.
Dulce Bunny:I'm fine! Your voice is so beautiful. I'm just hooked! Thank you very much! (Rabbit emoji)
This made the CEO annoyed: In his life, he had never done such a thing before.
No, it was just a song. He shouldn't care about the other person so much.
Just when Damien had confirmed his intention, decided to carry out the original plan, say goodbye to L.L, then delete this damn app and log off, several voice messages were sent from the other side again.
L.L: I'm so glad you liked the song. 🥹 I'm really worried about you, Bunny. Are you feeling better?
L.L: No matter what you like, other people's songs or the songs I wrote, I'll sing them for you. So you must get well soon.
L.L: Treating diseases costs a lot of money. If you don't mind, would you like to tell me your bank account number? I want to help you. I know you're rich and I don't have much money, I still hope you'll accept it as a gift.
The sweet voice rang out, like a clear spring in the mountains, tinkling, hitting the CEO's heart again and again.
Damien was unusually lost in thought for a while.
When the computer screen went black, he saw from the black screen that, since his sister's death, a faint smile had unconsciously appeared on his own lips for the first time.
He reopened the computer.
The extremely intelligent CEO had defeated countless competitors.
Now, it wasn't really that difficult for him to imitate his sister's tone.
“Thank you (cute puppy.gif). I don't need money. I've recovered. I'll never be tortured by illness again...”
The man calmly typed the sweet words.
Everything was just to fulfill his dead sister's wish, Damien thought, completely unaware that he had already refused Bunny's first request.
After that, the relationship between the two became closer day by day.
But Damien is a gentleman. He knew that Lyra has a boyfriend so he buried his feelings.
Exactly because Damien is a gentleman, though he sees Lyra's talent, he doesn't force Lyra to be a singer since Lyra's indecisiveness.
Today, at the last moment before the registration ends, Lyra sees it through.
But... Damien frowned: Where on earth had Lyra been during this period when she disappeared?
Ryan had been waiting for a long time by then. He didn't know the complicated mental journey of his boss. Ryan knew that the usually decisive Damien was frowning, looking rather dissatisfied.
Usually, Ryan would definitely follow the boss's wishes and throw this email into the trash bin.
But now, he thought this singer named Lyra was really outstanding and had the potential to become a superstar.
So, Ryan summoned up his courage and said, “Boss, do you think there's something wrong with this song?”
This voice brought the CEO's thoughts back. Damien glanced at Ryan. He made Ryan feel a bit scared, so Ryan took a step back:
“Although I think it sounds okay, if you don't like it, I will reject her admission.”
After an awkward silence,the CEO's magnetic voice rang out above Ryan.Although it sounded cold,there was a rare hint of a smile in it.
“Your taste in music is much better than your taste in women.”
Ryan was taken aback for a moment,then he quickly understood the meanning of the CEO's words.
Ryan admitted that when it came to women,he was a vulgar guy who only cared about looks and figures.
And when Damien said that,wasn't he also agreeing that this applicant named Lyra was a good singer?
“I understand,Boss!”Ryan smiled.“The shortlist of the audition winners has been announced on the official website.But this song...was indeed sent to us before the deadline.It was my mistake that I didn't notice it.”
“Quite right.You won't get your bonus this month.”The man replied casually.
“...”Ryan wished he could slap himself.Why did he have to open his big mouth!
“I'll go and add this...Lyra Lowell to the list of winners right away.”Ryan pulled a long face and left dejectedly,opening the door as he did so.
"The third season of《Rising Music Stars》is important.If you handle it well,you may still have your generous year-end bonus.”
“Yes,sir!”
Ryan was so cheered up by this that he replied in a full and energetic voice.Then,under Damien's smiling gaze,he left the CEO's office.
After closing the door,Ryan couldn't help muttering softly to himself:
“The boss is in an unusually good mood today.I really don't know what's going on.And...”
Ryan shook his head and told himself not to think too much about it,but he still said that classic line:
“I've worked at PM for so many years.I haven't seen the CEO smile for a long time...”
After the door closed,Damien,who had obviously become much more relaxed,turned his attention back to his computer.
He had indeed been a bit too excited just now—although in the eyes of others,it was just a smile.
And the reason why Damien was in a good mood wasn't just because he learned that Lyra had signed up;it was also because Lyra had finally logged in.
Most importantly,Damien had received the first message from Lyra after a week.
L.L:Hi,Bunny...I broke up with my boyfriend.
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