At 3 a.m., the landmines in front of the station

She said, at least they should reach the level where they can compete in the same competition as her.

I thought, "Great idea!" She was participating in an individual competition, and I noticed the registration deadline hadn't passed yet. I happen to play an instrument, and I'm a music student too, so I took my instrument and went to participate… and then…

They were eliminated in the first round of the qualifiers...

They were eliminated immediately.

I didn't dare to go looking for her again after that, and I became withdrawn for several years.

I started practicing the piano very diligently. I waited and waited, using all my time to frantically find teachers for lessons. I felt that my skill level had improved a lot.

Then, just this year, recently,

I learned that the organizers of the competition I had failed in were restarting a grand "band competition".

I was thinking, if I find a team in the wild, gather 5 people, and combine them, I might get another chance to challenge my past self?

Even a second-round exit... is still much better than the last one...

So I started browsing posts and saw this message from, uh, Sister Meng. So I came here. Hehe.

Yui made no attempt to hide anything, laying bare her motives for forming the team, and, while Ling Yao listened intently, added:

"Oh right, Senior Cat's level is... about 50 times that of yours."

……

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Chapter 77 I'll use your money to pay your boyfriend's salary.

Sunday.

A new day begins, and undercurrents are stirring.

In Yuan Xiao's eyes, time has already started its "countdown" mode.

"I'm going to start learning the piano with A-Che the day after tomorrow. He'll come to my house and give me a lecture in a dark room... Hehehe... Just thinking about it is a little exciting!"

I rolled around in bed, curled up. If I hadn't made plans to meet my sister during the day, I would have slept until noon.

"No, I should get up and practice the piano for a while, otherwise I won't feel at ease."

The girl poked her head out, wrapped her petite body in the blanket like a mummy, and breathed in the air from outside the blanket.

"The flowers in the house have all come back to life. It's been since he last watered them when he was home. I should give them a second chance today, otherwise they'll all die again when he comes next time."

She has a clear understanding of the health bars of plants.

It's not that I'm too lazy to water it normally.

Rather, it was because he himself was even more withered than a dying potted plant.

Since no one is better off than anyone else, there's no need to take care of everyone's lives; we might as well all die together.

This was Yuan Xiao's thought a few days ago.

And now, I've met "him," he carries me on his back, he lifts me up with his hands.

The black fog receded like the tide, and a new path began to unfold beneath our feet, allowing us to step forward and run.

"hey-hey……"

"Although I'm told to stay in a blank slate and not practice recklessly, how can I resist... I have to maintain my basic skills, right?"

Yuan Xiao smiled and, with one burst of energy, rushed out of the warm embrace of the blanket.

The girl's natural fragrance lingered in the bulge inside the quilt.

"Get up! Take a shower! Dry off! Practice the piano! Go for it!"

The child skipped steps like "eating" and "putting on makeup," since all that mattered was seeing her older sister, eating her food, and using her things.

There's nothing else to consider.

"Oh, right, I also need to talk to my sister about practicing the piano and share some experiences."

My older sister's name is Gu Zhi, and she is not related to me.

Unfortunately, my father never smoked or drank, but he was a bit of a womanizer. Before he knew it, he was seduced by Aunt Gu, which led to the fall of his family.

At first, she hated her older sister, thinking that with her despicable figure, she was definitely not a good person and would definitely follow Aunt Gu's path in the future, seducing honest men everywhere.

Later, when I grew up, I finally understood the truth when I called my dad to yell at him.

The real reason for his divorce was that his birth mother had never let him "touch" her again after they got married. He hadn't been able to touch her even once in seven years, which made Lao Yuan dejected. He was willing to give up half of his property to get a divorce from this wrong marriage.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Xiao understood the old man.

[He's a man, and quite old. Without sex after marriage, he'd wither away like a potted plant. The fact that he's lasted seven years is comparable to a monk.]

Although my dad doesn't mention it, I'm not a child anymore. I know the reason he divorced my mom was because she was frigid and had absolutely no feelings for him; she only married him for his money.

To prevent such a tragedy from happening to her, Yuan Xiao decided from a young age to learn from this experience and study adult knowledge diligently, determined not to let her future husband feel bad and wither away like a potted plant.

"By the way, since today is a rare opportunity, why don't we ask my sister?"

"My sister must know a lot about this stuff, after all, last time I secretly went through her closet and found something I didn't recognize that looked like a motor, as well as some red rope."

"Ah."

Yuan Xiao stood in front of the marble mirror in the bathroom, looking at herself in the mirror. She felt that she had grown into a big kid, and compared to last week, she had matured a lot and could now think about problems from the perspective of an adult child.

"Hehe, how about we bother Ah Che a little?"

Torn between two options, clutching my phone, I thought for a moment and held back.

Because he knew that he would be very busy on weekends, especially with his part-time job, which often required him to spend his weekends working.

"It's a pity, I wish I had lots and lots of money."

Yuan Xiao pouted and turned her gaze to the valuables in the house outside the door behind her.

"Dad's poor, and the house might have to be mortgaged. Could I secretly take a painting and sell it for a little money to give to A-Che so that his life can be a little better?"

She seriously and carefully considered the feasibility of this matter.

Although he rejected my suggestion last time, I still couldn't suppress my restless feelings and kept thinking about doing something for him.

"otherwise……"

"Should I ask the mature older sister I just met?"

Suddenly, Yuan Xiao had a flash of inspiration.

I thought of the few people I had in my network, the "new friend" with the most life experience—

Ningning, the proprietress of "Night Listening".

"Yes, yes, she owns a bar and has seen all sorts of people. She'll definitely be able to solve my problem and give me truly reasonable advice!"

The more the child thought about it, the more convinced they became that it was true.

"Besides, A-Che works for her too, and no one knows A-Che better than her! Shouldn't I really ask her?"

"If I can successfully solve the funding problem without using my dad's resources, wouldn't that prove that I helped him with my own abilities? And that I even listened to him and didn't act recklessly or willfully?!"

"Socks! I really am, sometimes, like a genius!"

Yuan Xiao became increasingly excited, even losing interest in taking a bath. She quickly rinsed herself off with a shower and then grabbed her phone to call Ning Ye.

Generally speaking, the bar owner wouldn't get up around 10 a.m.

But the last time I saw her like a post on her WeChat Moments, it was a post where she was whispering in bed early in the morning, expressing that she didn't know how to convey her feelings to her crush, and it was set to be visible only to her… (the person she blocked was the person in question, Mou Che).

Although it was deleted within a few minutes, it's certain that the shop owner might refresh the page before going to sleep in the morning.

"Sister Ningning! Sister Ningning!"

She directly chose to send a voice message of a bird howling.

"Hey, I'm here. What's up, cutie?"

Defying the heavens, Ning Ye replied to Yuan Xiao instantly.

Yuan Xiao was taken aback at first, thinking that she had been marked as an "important VIP customer" by Sister Ningning.

Feeling a sense of accomplishment, he grabbed a large bath towel, wrapped himself up, and vigorously dried himself while continuing to speak in the voice message:

"I have a question for you! It's about adults! I feel only a 'bad older sister' like you with a lot of social experience can answer it!"

"Oh? Tell me about it."

Ning Ye was clearly also very interested.

"I want to know! If I want to make money, what should I do? Sister Ningning, could you please help me analyze this based on my situation?"

Yuan Xiao loudly stated her needs.

"Is it your situation?"

"Yeah! I'm going to university soon, and my grades are at the bottom of the class! I don't like studying! I'm not very good at manual labor either! I don't like socializing! I can't handle anything too mentally taxing! I... I want to make a lot of money!"

"........."

Generally speaking.

Such conditions.

Add them all up,

It's practically a "dead end problem".

If it were an ordinary person, they would definitely reply, "Then go dream about it."

but,

Sister Ningning is no ordinary person.

With her extensive experience, she immediately offered Yuan Xiao a "money-making plan" that best suited her needs.

He chuckled and said, "Isn't that simple?"

"You can come work at my shop."

"If you plan to spend all the money you earn on Che, I can pay you three times your salary, all you have to do is play on your phone at the bar."