Chapter 4

After cleaning up the entire meal set, Lin Zaishan felt about seventy percent full and sat on the hospital bed, chatting with Bai Ge.

"Old man, don't be lazy. Play the guitar to help digest your food?"

Bai Ge couldn't forget the melody Lin Zaishan had adapted before.

Although she herself was tone-deaf and couldn't sing, she had been exposed to Lin Zaishan's music since childhood, thanks to her mother. Her sense of music was very good.

She always had her own unique insights and feelings about music, and her ability to critique music was quite strong.

"You really are impatient."

Lin Zaishan smiled warmly and ruffled Bai Ge's little head.

"Hehe, like father, like daughter."

Bai Ge handed the guitar to Lin Zaishan and took out a professional recorder, ready to record Lin Zaishan's creation, showing an unusually positive attitude.

Lin Zaishan didn't keep Bai Ge in suspense.

He picked up the guitar, crossed his legs, and faced the night scenery outside the window, feeling the warm sea breeze blowing from the nearby sea. Inspiration flowed, and with his left hand forming a G chord and his right hand slowly strumming the strings, he played the prelude of "Listen to the Wind" by Puxu.

The central theme of this song is the confusion about the past, yet it also conveys a sense of letting go.

The entire song has a calm and composed feel, using notes to express the怀念 of a person who has changed, as if nothing ever happened. But at night, the heart still aches. This is a song that remembers the past but also wants to forget those memories, leaving them to be buried by the wind.

Using the professional recorder to record Lin Zaishan's creation, Bai Ge was so captivated by just a short segment of the melody that she got goosebumps.

The Lin Zaishan of the past could never have played such a calm and melancholic melody.

When Lin Zaishan started singing with his deep, magnetic voice, Bai Ge was completely entranced—

...

The night suddenly fell,

The lights are dim as if from another world,

Yesterday is already far away,

The view outside my window is blurry—

...

The sound of the wind, as if nothing happened, so many memories,

How can I let go of your hand,

I'm afraid you'll say, those days blown by the wind,

Tighten my heart in the deep night—

...

"Knock, knock, knock!"

The heavy knocking on the ward door interrupted Lin Zaishan's gentle singing.

"Annoying! Who is it!"

Bai Ge pouted, looking extremely unhappy!

Both of them turned to look back and saw a middle-aged nurse push open the ward door, frowning and scolding them, "Can you be quiet? You've disturbed the rest of the patients next door! If you want to play the guitar, go outside. This is a ward, not a recording studio!"

Bai Ge quickly reached out and grabbed Lin Zaishan's arm, making a sad face and whispering, "Dad, don't be angry, I'll handle it."

She thought Lin Zaishan would get angry, as the Lin Zaishan of the past would have exploded if his creation was interrupted.

Although she was unhappy that the nurse interrupted Lin Zaishan's singing, Bai Ge was more afraid that Lin Zaishan would lose his temper and act recklessly.

Looking at Lin Zaishan with pleading eyes, she saw that he didn't yell at the nurse, which made her feel a bit more at ease.

She got up, twisted her small bottom, and left the ward.

Closing the ward door, she bowed in the corridor and secretly apologized to the nurse.

Returning to the ward,

Seeing Lin Zaishan smiling and not showing any signs of irritation, Bai Ge let out a sigh of relief and comforted him, "Dad, don't be angry. I recorded what you just sang. Let's go to the small garden and continue singing. The style of this song has changed a lot, and it's so well-written! What's the name of this song?"

"Let's call it 'Listen to the Wind.'"

"Listen to the Wind? So romantic!"

"Let's go to the small garden, and I'll sing the complete version for you."

Lin Zaishan took Bai Ge to the small garden in the hospital's convalescence area.

...

Just as the two of them left the ward, Sun Yuzhen came to visit Lin Zaishan.

"Knock, knock."

She gently knocked on the ward door.

No one responded.

Sun Yuzhen looked through the glass on the door into the ward, but no one was inside.

She wasn't sure if Lin Zaishan was in the bathroom.

Hesitating for a moment, Sun Yuzhen pushed the door open and entered.

The ward had its own bathroom, and the door was open, but no one was inside.

Where could he be?

Sun Yuzhen placed the fruit basket and two boxes of supplements on the bedside table, holding the white helmet from her motorcycle. She suddenly felt very hungry and almost couldn't stand up.

She sat on the stool next to the bed, resting for two minutes, waiting to see if the father and daughter would return.

That evening, they were supposed to work overtime in their Art and Entertainment Group 3.

In November, Dragon TV would launch a new music variety show called "The Strongest Singer-Songwriter" on Sunday prime time.

This show was produced by the Art and Entertainment Group 3, where Sun Yuzhen worked.

The members of Group 3 had been working overtime for the past two months to perfect the pre-production work for the show.

Sun Yuzhen had been so exhausted recently that she almost worked through the night every day, suffering from severe sleep deprivation.

The accident this morning happened because she was so tired from working late last night that she almost fell asleep while riding her motorcycle.

This morning's incident scared the 25-year-old girl, who hadn't experienced much in life.

She was really worried that if Lin Zaishan became a vegetative state, she would have to take care of him for the rest of her life, ruining her own future.

Fortunately, Bai Ge called her in the evening and told her that Lin Zaishan had woken up and was fine, which relieved her greatly.

However, Sun Yuzhen was still very nervous, afraid that Lin Zaishan would extort her.

As a new PD who had worked for less than three years, she only earned a fixed salary of 5,000 yuan per month, half of which went to rent. She also had to send money home every month and cover her own expenses, so she had saved very little over the past three years.

She didn't have the means to pay a large sum of money.

She had already spent 3,000 yuan on Lin Zaishan's hospitalization, which had almost drained her savings. She was really afraid that Lin Zaishan would ask for more money.

If she couldn't pay, would Lin Zaishan hit her?

Or cause trouble at their station and make things difficult for her?

If that happened, her career would be ruined!

Thinking about this, Sun Yuzhen felt extremely depressed.

She regretted hitting him.

And why did it have to be Lin Zaishan, a notorious old rocker?

Sun Yuzhen was distracted all day, constantly worrying about this.

Actually, when she first hit Lin Zaishan, Sun Yuzhen didn't realize that this frail middle-aged man was the talented rock star from 20 years ago.

For someone of her generation, the name Lin Zaishan was like an antique.

When Lin Zaishan was famous, they were still learning to speak.

However, as a media worker, Sun Yuzhen was not unfamiliar with Lin Zaishan's name. After all, he had a classic hit that was popular across the country.

Later, when she saw Bai Ge with a guitar in the hospital, helping Lin Zaishan, she suddenly remembered something.

Looking more closely at Lin Zaishan's face, which was still pale and haggard, Sun Yuzhen suddenly realized that she had hit the notorious old rocker, Lin Zaishan!

That day at work, Sun Yuzhen searched for news about Lin Zaishan's past with a heavy heart.

The historical entertainment news about Lin Zaishan on mainstream websites was all negative—ruining his career, talent running dry, drug use, promiscuity, conflicts with record companies, smashing record companies, assaulting managers, celebrities, journalists, girlfriends, and passersby, and so on. There was not a single positive news report.

The last news report about Lin Zaishan on mainstream media was seven years ago.

At that time, Lin Zaishan got into a fight in a bar and severely injured a son of a wealthy family. The victim refused to settle and sued Lin Zaishan, who was sentenced to three years in prison.

After that, there were no more reports about Lin Zaishan in mainstream entertainment media.

The once-talented rocker was ultimately portrayed by the media as a fallen failure who had squandered his early success and become violent and promiscuous.

Sun Yuzhen had seen photos of Lin Zaishan from the past and compared them to his current appearance. She couldn't believe that this once-talented man had aged so much.

She felt a bit sorry for him, but at the same time, she was afraid that he would cling to her and make things difficult.

She really didn't want to have anything to do with such a person.

That evening, they were supposed to work overtime, but Sun Yuzhen's mind was in chaos, and she had no ideas, making it impossible to work.

She took a leave from the main PD, skipped dinner, bought a fruit basket and supplements, and withdrew the last 2,000 yuan from her bank card to visit Lin Zaishan in the hospital.

She wanted to apologize to Lin Zaishan in person and pay him a one-time compensation to settle the matter.

After waiting in the ward for a few minutes and seeing that Lin Zaishan and Bai Ge hadn't returned, Sun Yuzhen couldn't sit still.

She picked up the large motorcycle helmet, which could be used for self-defense, and went to ask the nurse where the patient had gone.

The nurse told Sun Yuzhen that Lin Zaishan and his daughter seemed to have gone to the small garden at the back of the convalescence area, so Sun Yuzhen left the hospital building and went to the garden to find Lin Zaishan.

The small garden in the convalescence area of the hospital had a very pleasant environment, built by the beach with palm trees and romantic night lights. Patients could enjoy a relaxing walk in the evening.

As soon as she entered the garden, Sun Yuzhen was attracted by the sound of guitar and singing coming from not far away.

Accompanied by the warm sea breeze, the man's magnetic voice, like a poem floating in the wind, was particularly moving—

...

Half the day has passed,

Those dreams can't be completed,

You are still chasing hard,

Where is this road leading—

...

The sound of the wind, as if nothing happened, so many memories,

How can I let go of your hand,

I'm afraid you'll say, those days blown by the wind,

Tighten my heart in the deep night—

...

Oh,

Time is so crazy,

I have been obsessed and rushed,

Faint sadness,

No time to forget,

Only the wind can bury it—

...

Sun Yuzhen became more and more captivated as she listened, and her steps involuntarily followed the sound of the song.

The new variety show "The Strongest Singer-Songwriter" that their group was preparing to produce was looking for talented musicians who could both create and perform.

The main PD, Park Dae-cheng, had already instructed the staff of Group 3 to use their connections to find suitable candidates, whether they were in the industry or not, and recommend them to see if they were suitable for the show.

It was well known that a good music variety show was not just about the format; the real attraction was the musicians involved.

The higher the musical quality and the more controversial the participants, the greater the possibility of the show becoming popular.

Sun Yuzhen was always on the lookout for good original songs and good voices, considering whether they could be suitable for their new show.

At that moment, listening to this romantic and melancholic, highly infectious performance by the sea, Sun Yuzhen felt a sense of emotion.

She thought the singer's voice had a faint sense of沧桑, full of stories!

This song must be an original folk song, right?

At least she had never heard it before.

Just a short segment of the melody was enough to make her addicted!

It was truly moving!

Captivated by the romantic and melancholic song, she forgot the psychological shadow Lin Zaishan had cast on her and stopped thinking about finding him. Instead, she quickly approached the voice.

The sound of the song grew closer, and Sun Yuzhen's anticipation grew.

She really wanted to see what kind of man was singing this song.

Finally, from a short distance behind, she saw the slender back of a man sitting on a garden bench, facing the sea, playing and singing, and the even slimmer back of a short-haired girl beside him.

Sun Yuzhen was stunned!

Isn't that Lin Zaishan?

No way!

This notorious old rocker is singing this song!