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Chapter 149 Are there too many genius girls?

"The legendary End Band—it really is a group of girls."

The sound engineer, invited by Garden Feather, looked at the four young and beautiful girls in the recording studio with a somewhat surprised tone.

Having worked in the music industry for so long, she knew all too well the ins and outs of it, but this also made her thinking so deeply ingrained that before actually meeting Ichiji Nijika and the others, she still thought that the all-girls band [End Band 1] was just a gimmick created by some company for publicity.

Unexpectedly, the "band members" were actually these four beautiful girls.

Moreover, according to the beautiful boss who hired her to record the album, in addition to the End Band, another girl band will also be performing, and their performance will be no less impressive than the End Band's. Their music will be absolutely amazing!

"But who is that guy? His manager? He seems a little too close to them, doesn't he?"

Seeing Chen Xiao's close interaction with the four members of the End Band, the sound engineer had a familiar feeling, as if she were seeing those rock bands she had encountered before, with their chaotic relationships between men and women.

The former looks like multiple women pointing arrows at a single man, while the latter is a chaotic network of arrows between multiple men and women, like an electrical circuit, or a time bomb.

"It should be fine, right?"

As Chen Xiao walked out of the recording studio, the sound engineer curiously observed him for a moment and found that the man looked ordinary; she would have subconsciously ignored him under normal circumstances.

Looks like I was overthinking it. Would a girl who plays rock music even be interested in an ordinary guy like that? He's probably just one of that lady from the garden's employees.

With that thought in mind, the sound engineer stopped worrying.

This was clearly influenced by Neko's (cat's) abilities, but Chen Xiao only activated the minimum level of cognitive influence, leaving others with a level where they could barely remember him, but would have difficulty recalling who he was afterward.

So the sound engineer quickly got into the zone and signaled to the end band in the recording studio that they could begin tuning.

Buzz!

"Oh?"

Upon hearing Goto Ichiri's guitar playing, the sound engineer's formulaic expression instantly changed. Then, the others also began to try playing a piece, which completely dispelled the last bit of doubt in her mind.

Not far behind the sound engineer, Chen Xiao walked up to Ichiji Hoshika and asked, "Hoshika, are we going to wait here for Hongxia and the others to finish recording?"

"Well, after all, it's my sister's first album recording."

Ichika nodded, then said with a half-smile.

"But you, shouldn't you go outside and comfort Jingqin Rencai? Because of that last time—um, their Thorn Group's debut date has been postponed again."

"That's true, so rather than risk getting into trouble with Rencai, I'd rather stay here with you!"

As he spoke, Chen Xiao leaned against Ichiji Hoshika and reached out to embrace her.

"Hey! There are outsiders here!"

Ijichi Hoshika's previously calm expression suddenly turned panicked.

"It's okay, she won't notice us—besides, Xingge, your thinking seems even more outrageous than mine. Do you think I'm the kind of person who would start something anytime, anywhere?"

Chen Xiao gently stroked Xing Ge's cheek as if teasing a cat.

"Ugh—!"

A blush instantly spread across Ijichi Hoshika's face when she was mentioned.

"Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have mental abilities—you bastard! What if Nijika and the others see this?!"

Ichiko struggled slightly, but in the end she collapsed weakly into Chen Xiao's arms. It was unclear whether she was no match for Chen Xiao's strength or because she never intended to escape and was just pretending to play a game.

"Don't worry, they can't see it from this angle."

After saying that, Chen Xiao reached out and lifted Ichiji Hoshika's chin, silencing her.

Half an hour later.

After finishing their performance, Ichiji Nikka and the others came out covered in sweat.

"That was amazing—it worked in one go!"

The sound engineer felt that even without her tuning, their original sound was enough to blow most bands in the industry away!

"Hehe—it's not that amazing~!"

Upon receiving the praise, Goto Ichiri flashed a smile reminiscent of Shin-chan from Crayon Shin-chan.

However, when they saw Ichiji Seika and Chen Xiao not far away, the four of them instantly sharpened their eyes, because this "cheating couple" was also covered in sweat, their hair was disheveled because of the sweat, and some of it was even stuck to their faces. Ichiji Seika's shirt had many more inexplicable wrinkles.

"Sister, stealing food is wrong."

"Ichi Nijika pouted and complained."

If Xingge weren't her sister, even she would have exploded in the face of such a blatant act by her wife!

"Feel sorry----"

"It's all your fault!" said Ichiji Hoshika apologetically, then suddenly poked Chen Xiao in the stomach and whispered, "It's all your fault!"

Hehe~

Chen Xiao showed no sign of learning from this experience.

Then the members of the Thorn Gang were allowed to come in and record. When the group entered the recording studio, the first people they saw were Chen Xiao and Ijichi Hoshika.

"Tsk—!"

Jing Qinren noticed the abnormality between the two at first glance. Her face turned slightly red, and she muttered "shameless" under her breath. She reached out and poked Chen Xiao in the waist, then stormed into the recording studio.

"Xiao, although I know you're a real adult now, you should still consider the circumstances when it comes to these things."

"As an adult," Momoka Kawahara said in a serious tone.

Chen Xiao also has reason to refute this.

"You, who dragged me into the fitting room in the clothing store, have the right to say that?"

"Forehead----"

Tao Xiang guiltily looked away and remained silent.

"Well, as long as outsiders don't find out, it'll be fine. We're all family, right?"

Lupa didn't seem to have any objections to this.

"Even so—you should at least pay attention to your image! If this continues, Xiao will become more and more perverted."

Ebi Satoshi blushed slightly and tugged at Lupa's sleeve, signaling her not to go along with Chen Xiao so much.

"It already went astray not long ago."

An and Subaru muttered something under their breath, which immediately froze Ebizuka Satoshi, causing his legs to tremble involuntarily.

Although the physical effects have worn off, the mental effects are still there.

The female sound engineer on the other side, watching the interaction of the group, although influenced by Chen Xiao's abilities and unaware that what they were saying was inappropriate, still felt that a group of beautiful girls surrounding a man was a bit strange.

However, she was just doing her job for money; let the employer worry about the emotional issues between the employees.

She then signaled to Inoue Rina and others who had entered the recording studio to audition.

hum!

As Momoka Kawahara's guitar playing began, the sound engineer was stunned again.

"Wait, when did so many talented young girls suddenly appear in the rock scene?"

The sound engineer felt as if she had traveled through time to a world where girls could also become rock and roll geniuses.