Chapter 19: Honey

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As always, when it comes to sweetness, the leader remains unmatched. So Jiang Qin purchased another song titled "Honey" from the system’s store.

Once again, a guitar strummed a rhythmically rich prelude, followed by a lively melody.

“Honey, honey, honey
Honey, you place love within my heart
Closing my ears, I listen with my soul
You craft for me a pair of intimate headphones with your love...”

Each utterance of “honey” practically melts one’s heart.

On the screen, a slender, petite girl cradled a guitar, playing with a cheerful and sweet tone, tapping her foot in time. Her long black hair fluttered in the breeze, seeming to dance along with the song.

“Order a song for Honey filled with sweet words
Send it across the distance with heaps of emojis
Update each other’s latest secrets~~”

Not only the males were captivated; several females from the Music Department at Dalton University were also watching the livestream, already enthralled by the sweetness.

“Ahhh, such a sweet song, I really want to learn it!”
“I can’t wait for Jiang Qin to upload more songs—I want to buy the performance rights!”

Surprisingly, these two females clutching their hearts in the livestream were a pair of twins, their appearances nearly identical. Their hair was dyed pink, adding to their cuteness.

Besides them, two other girls in the dormitory were somewhat curious upon hearing this.

“You said you were just here to watch the gossip online; why are you listening to songs now?”

Because the two twins wore headsets, their roommates hadn’t heard the livestream’s audio and thus were unaware of the gossip or the song.

In response, the younger twin, Hua Yue, removed her headset, visibly excited.

“Didn’t you see XingNet? That Liliya from Dorm 303 accused a rising music star of plagiarism, then they had a showdown, and that annoying Liliya lost!”

After she finished, her older sister, Hua Rong, quickly chimed in, “Liliya couldn’t accept the loss and logged off without fulfilling the bet. Then that newcomer started streaming live.”

The other two expressed understanding. As future music industry insiders, they naturally recognized the importance of online popularity.

Now was the perfect moment to start a livestream and gather fans.

It might even be a scripted drama orchestrated by themselves.

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“Then why are you so excited?” one roommate asked, puzzled.

“Because Jiang Qin boldly announced she’d compose songs live, and viewers could randomly choose the genre! Everyone picked a sweet song, and you have no idea how sweet Jiang Qin really is! I’m done for—I’m swooning. I, a female, am swooning over another female,” Hua Yue said, covering her face shyly.

But everyone was used to her antics.

After all, she could fall in love ten times a day watching livestreams.

She’d quickly shift her affections to the next attractive male or female.

That’s how the conflict between the twins and Liliya began.

They were in Dorm 302, right next door to 303.

In Dorm 303, only Liliya and Jiang Rumeng were reasonably good-looking. Being appearance-focused, Hua Yue had wanted to befriend them right from the start of the semester.

But in the end, they realized some people aren’t as wonderful as their looks suggest.

Jiang Rumeng was just distant and boring, nothing more.

But Liliya was different—she always overshadowed the twins to show off. Over time, the twins saw through her true nature.

When they heard Liliya claim someone stole her song, their first reaction was disbelief.

They knew Liliya’s level all too well after spending so much time with her!

If she could compose songs like “As Wished,” “Ningxia,” or “Anonymous Consolation,” she wouldn’t be holding back from releasing them; she’d have debuted loudly by now.

Everyone knew she had been a sycophant for a male composer for one song.

If she weren’t a D-tier female, unable to soothe a male with A-tier mental strength, that guy might have accepted her long ago.

After all, when females take initiative, it’s a whole different story.

Unfortunately, he looked down on her for her low mental strength.

Liliya knew that as a D-tier female—only slightly better than a pure human female—most people didn’t consider her an orc female.

At best, she could soothe a C-tier male once a week, which was less effective than an inhibitor.

So she constantly disguised her personality, hoping to enter showbiz, become a star, increase her value, and climb towards higher-quality males.

Because C-tier males were bottom-tier people she looked down upon.

The twins were well aware of Liliya’s intentions, so their immediate thought was that she was trying to harm someone.

Anyone Liliya harmed had to be a good person!

Determined not to watch her cause harm, they jumped into the livestream to speak out as classmates and expose her true colors.

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Unexpectedly, the female victim was so formidable that she won everyone’s trust purely on her own merits.

Naturally, she also won the hearts of the twins.

Now their minds were filled with that sweet, lingering “honey~”

They had never imagined that a song blending a rare Western language with Galactic Standard would have such a unique charm.

Today, the Federation’s main language was once the official language of Old China, while other native languages from their homeworld had become minority dialects.

Many languages had vanished over generations.

Those who spoke with accents faced discrimination, so every planet adopted Galactic Standard as the common tongue.

The new generation abandoned ancestral dialects, leading to fewer speakers.

Only a few traditionalists persisted, determined to pass down their ethnic languages.

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After finishing “Honey,” Jiang Qin sipped some water before continuing:

“Next, I’ll count down from three and take a screenshot. Whatever the last comment requests, that’s the genre I’ll sing.”

[How about a song in a rare Western dialect? There are fewer than a hundred such songs in the Federation’s entire library.]

[No, I want a love song—I don’t understand that Western language!]

[I want to hear a minority language too, not necessarily Western; other ethnicities work.]

After leaving their homeworld, all English-speaking nations were grouped as Westerners, while Old China became the Central ethnicity.

Using Old China’s official language as the Federation’s main tongue was because most Federation citizens now had Central ethnicity blood.

Thus, countries like Japan and Korea became minor ethnicities, their languages turning into obscure dialects.

Those who knew them either inherited them from ancestors or studied Ancient Linguistics.

Western languages were still spoken on some small planets and taught in schools.

Out of curiosity, many wanted to hear such songs.

Of course, Jiang Qin knew someone was trying to muddy the waters, aiming to challenge her.

After all, she was illiterate.