hanzhang:This one has transmigration 80 years into the future, reunions between shixiong and shidi (

hanzhang:This one has transmigration 80 years into the future, reunions between shixiong and shidi (not the main CP), a lot of feels and accomplishment in reviving an old, cultural art, entertainment industry, old vs. new juxtapositions. Overall a sweet, short and ABSOLUTELY healing danmei! Involves xiangsheng, aka crosstalk (you guys can google what xiangsheng is in general if unfamiliar), and a heck lot of poetry.Summary80 years ago, Qi She Jiang roamed the streets and made a living with as a skilled xiangsheng artist - he didn’t earn much all his life, and during the political strife and dangers of the republican era, he was separated from his young shidi, and ends up dying with regrets a few years later, having soft regrets about the inevitability of time and death.He wakes up in the body of a same-named young idol-to-be 80 years later in the same setting, who’s known for being a flower vase who has mommy issues as his mother is a well-known singer, but his original self isn’t all that talented at ANYTHING at all, plus is adamant on not living under the shadow of his mother’s name. Qi She Jiang is wow-ed at the current scale of entertainment, and wonders, “Isn’t this like when he performed at teahouses back in the day for xiangsheng?”He ends up on his first performance out of nowhere, and returns to his what he’s best at - xiangsheng. He’s great at traditional instruments as well with a lovely voice for chinese opera to boot, plus an incredible sense for music and art, and wows his first stage. Everyone is amazed, and that motivates him to actually move from idol work to xiangsheng work, reviving the art and performance in modern times.There’s just one thing though, who’s that band singer who has an open, public beef with him? Zhang Yue has always detested Qi She Jiang (who similarly detested him) for his lack of talent, and they openly make scathing vague remarks of each other on social media and even on stage. The new Qi She Jiang finds Zhang Yue incredibly cute, and they find each other’s muses in one another, even though their music styles are seemingly world’s apart.ReadNovel (Online) | Novel (Print) - Traditional CN Ver. + Simplified CN Ver. | Novel (Translations)Characters1. Qi She Jiang 齐涉江 - Kind with soft ambition, who ends up being thrown into modern times and getting a second chance at life performing again, to a different but similar audience. He goes on variety shows, is definitely way more mature than the previous QI She Jiang was, and immediately repairs the relationship between him and his parents. Everyone thinks that he can’t make it, as he only has a pretty face and is known basically for being terrible at everything, so it takes some time for people to warm up to the idea that hey, this flower vase is really going to move into traditional arts?! Not afraid of hard work as there’s so much more to learn and do now, and he hits back playfully at Zhang Yue’s public banter from time to time in his xiangsheng performances, so much so that the man becomes embarrassed, but also intrigued by this new Qi She Jiang.2. Zhang Yue 张约 - A band singer who doesn’t see eye to eye with Qi She Jiang, but finds the man completely changed. They get on a variety show together and realize that he and Qi She Jiang can sing in perfect and absolute harmony, both technically but also emotionally. He starts getting interested in Qi She Jiang, and almost always turns up at the man’s physical events and gets poked fun at in QI She Jiang’s script. Ends up falling in love with him.Other Things I Liked in the NovelQi She Jiang obviously makes a bunch of uncle/grandpa friends who respect him a lot as he makes his way through prestigious xiangsheng associations as the very style and technique he has always practiced all his life is a lost art in the modern timesTHE CP is so sweet?!?!?! Like Zhang Yue is famous for his comment on Qi She Jiang when he was asked if he heard Qi She Jiang singing, and he said, “I listened, and he looks very handsome!” - Very much shading him that he cannot sing - he really gets on with him later though, and becomes Qi She Jiang partner in both music and lifeQi She Jiang of course, coming from a more traditional/conservative time, is wrapping his head around liking a guy, but it doesn’t take him long to be like fuck it, I do like that dudeQi She Jiang’s shidi, now a 90+ year old man of a prestigious/wealthy family realizes that this is his shixiong just from his performances, and not gonna lie I fucking bawled during that chapter because they were separated during conflicts and both lived with so much regret and worry all their livesEverytime QSJ wows at a performance I’m telling ya I feel so accomplished even though it doesn’t have anything to do with me -- source link

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