Although, just tell me if it’s rock and roll enough!

Unable to recall, Hai Mingli lowered his head and blinked, then raised his head again embarrassedly:

"Um... I'm so sorry, I've had a brain attack lately and my memory is declining rapidly, so I may not be able to remember people..."

"I know," Ms. Idichi nodded. "Your father told us that you were not feeling well recently and might not remember people. I know that."

You know what? No need to explain it.

Hai Mingli nodded without saying anything, which was considered as tacit agreement to the explanation given by Ms. Yijizhi.

"so……"

The yellow-haired lady looked up and looked around: "Why are you staying here?"

"because……"

The awkward atmosphere spread, and the boy scratched his head. For a moment, he didn't know how to start the conversation.

It's impossible that he said that he didn't bring any money when he ate out, and the restaurant owner found out and ended up detaining him here to wash dishes, right?

Is he still shameless?

“This… is…”

Hai Mingli suddenly looked up and said, "I'm working part-time here. Yes! It's a part-time job!"

Don't ask me how much I earn, or how long I work a day. If you ask, I'm just doing odd jobs here. If you ask for details, I'll just make up some nonsense because I can't tell you.

I'm not familiar with the details of the incident, such as being caught for eating a free meal or something. What, are you talking about me? This is defamation, I'm going to sue...

"……is that so?"

The lady's suspicious eyes were scanning the boy up and down. Hai Mingli felt a chill on his back and his legs almost went weak.

Fortunately, Ms. Yidizhi did not pursue the matter further. She sat in the booth in front of Hai Mingli, clasped her hands together, and said in a very gentle tone:

"A bowl of beef rice, thank you."

……

After working all afternoon, Hai Mingli stood at the door and saw off the last customer. Seeing that his body was about to collapse, he slowly sat down, holding onto the wall.

"Oh my god, this almost cost me my life!"

Having just dropped out of high school, his body was still too young and had not experienced the hardships of society. Hai Mingli worked very hard all afternoon, and by the end of his job, he could hardly walk.

Sitting on the ground in a very ungraceful manner, the young man tremblingly took out the pack of cigarettes from his pocket. It was not for any other reason, but because he really needed to smoke to relieve his fatigue.

Haiming wanted to light up the cigarette and take a few puffs, but before he could light it, a hand covered in wounds snatched the cigarette away from him.

Hai Mingli raised his head with difficulty and saw that it was the restaurant owner.

"Children have just entered society, don't think about learning to smoke." The restaurant owner put the confiscated cigarette into his mouth, and then lit it without hesitation, "Read more books, it's good for people."

No, you can educate me, but can you please stop snatching my cigarette? Hai Mingli almost cursed, but thinking that he owed him money for a meal, he let it go.

"Hey, uncle, can you let me go?"

Hai Mingli said helplessly, "You have squeezed my surplus value completely."

"Look at you, even if I chase you away now, you won't have the energy to go home, right?"

Seeing the young man gasping for breath, the uncle couldn't help but want to laugh. If others saw this, they would think he had killed him.

This guy is great. He never spares any effort when working. Whether it is unloading goods or serving customers, he is always at the front.

Although this guy is wearing a school uniform and has a pretty face, and although he doesn't look like a gangster, the uncle doesn't think he is a good person.

As a result, after working together for an afternoon, the young man's unambiguous work attitude slapped the uncle in the face.

This young man is not a bad person and can indeed get along with others. The reason is simple - when something happens, he really gets things done.

The uncle slowly blew out a smoke ring and looked at the boy with a loving look in his eyes: "Do you want me to call you a taxi?"

"No need... Taxis are so expensive. I'll just walk back later."

Hai Mingli said weakly: "Also, uncle, I've been busy all afternoon. Don't tell me that I used all my money to pay off my debts and there's no salary left."

"Of course there is a salary," the uncle took out a few banknotes from his pocket, counted them, and handed them to Hai Mingli:

"But according to the current price of temporary workers...900 yen per hour, I'll give you ."

Hai Mingli sat on the ground and took the salary with trembling hands. Wow, these three thousand yuan were really worth his life.

...Wait, Hai Mingli suddenly realized, he was here to eat! How come he was making money?

Forgot the main quest!

"Well, I'll go back first."

After resting for a long time, Hai Mingli felt that he could walk and jump. He stood up with the help of the wall, and slowly walked away under the gaze of the uncle.

"Hiss... How about adding a contact method?"

The uncle called Hai Mingli from a distance, "I'll call you when I need help in the future. Do you have time to come here and do some odd jobs? Is that okay?"

"OK, no problem."

Dragging his body, Hai Mingli turned around and took out the phone from his pocket, "What friend do you want to add?"

"Add friends? What do you mean by adding friends?"

The uncle looked at his Nokia phone, then at the phone in the boy's hand, and was suddenly confused: "What kind of phone is this?"

"Huh?" Hai Mingli lowered his head and touched his phone. "What kind of phone is this? Isn't it the kind you buy on the street?"

Isn't this just an ordinary smartphone? The boy lowered his head and muttered while playing with his phone.

"On the street? This thing?"

In the eyes of the uncle, the boy was holding a glowing brick in his hand. He pointed at the brick, and the glowing brick immediately changed into various shapes.

In this era, most of the mobile phones used by ordinary people are button phones, such as the "brick" Nokia and so on. Touch-screen phones like the Haimingli are simply unheard of.

What kind of black technology is this? The uncle wondered, why have I never seen this new thing before?

Just when he was confused for a moment, Hai Mingli looked up at the sign and wrote down the store's phone number.

Then he rushed into the store, said, "The phone number has been left in the store's address book," and turned and left.

Uncle: Wait...

Why does he feel like... he has really encountered some black technology?

Thinking about the nonsense this guy just said...

Could this kid really know some industry insider information?

Volume 1 Wow!: Chapter : The Rise of Second-Hand Rose ()

"If I had known earlier, I would be exploited for my labor even when I was eating..."

Along the way, Hai Mingli was so tired that he walked on the street like a zombie. Passersby were afraid to get close to this thing and quickly left a path for him.

This dead look was not intentional by Hai Mingli, but it was because——

This restaurant owner is so exploitative!

After a busy afternoon, from washing dishes and carrying plates to moving food when the truck came, Hai Mingli worked with the restaurant owner for half a day, which almost cost him his life.

"I won't come next time he calls." Hai Mingli supported his waist and cursed all the way.

Hai Mingli was exhausted, and as soon as he got home, he didn't think about anything else, and just lay down on the bed. He just wanted to sleep quickly to get rid of the fatigue.

Hai Mingli tilted his head and was just about to go to sleep when a message came from his cell phone.

"Who is this..."

Reluctantly opening his phone, Hai Mingli looked at it with resentment, and what caught his eye was a text message.

Short message?

Hai Mingli was stunned. As for text messages, apart from using them to log into software or something, he almost ignored their existence the rest of the time.

For him, who had gotten used to the life ten years later, the sudden appearance of this text message made him finally realize that he had traveled back ten years ago.

A strong sense of age is overwhelming...

Suddenly seeing someone sending him a text message, Hai Mingli was really unable to react for a moment...

"This is……"

Clicking on the text message, Hai Mingli began to read from top to bottom:

[To Hai Mingli:

Mr. Hai Mingli, I have now persuaded my father to help me withdraw from school.

My father said that since I dropped out of school, he and I had severed our father-daughter relationship and we would have nothing to do with each other from now on.

Remember to take your medicine. Also, we'll move in six days. I'm waiting for the big house and big band you promised me. (o˙▽˙o)

——Suzumiya Ryuna]

"Suzumiya Ryuna just dropped out of school..."

Looking at the text message on the mobile phone, Hai Mingli was silent for a long time.

Is the story between me and Suzumiya Ryunasaki only limited to the stage of forming a band?

Hiss... Knowing what would happen to the band in the future, Hai Mingli suddenly smiled contemptuously. The girl didn't know yet that if she followed him to form a band, she would have to suffer for a long time.

Suddenly, Hai Mingli felt soft-hearted and typed a string of words into the chat box. The content was:

"Think about it for a while, and don't act on impulse. I actually regret forming a band. Let's forget about those promises, okay..."

He doesn't want the girl to suffer...

It is inevitable to suffer when forming a band. After all, a new band is like a seed. If there is any disturbance, birds will eat it, or insects will eat it, and if it fails to survive, then... there will be no more.

It’s really not profitable to start a band. The start-up period is too long. Many bands end before their first album is released or their first performance begins…

Even as a band as stable as Ershoumeigui, Hai Mingli almost had a sudden thought and prepared to disband the band when the bank ran into financial crisis several times.

It is true that it is not easy to make money from music. Maybe the first money you make from music comes from selling your musical instruments second-hand...

"but……"

Hai Mingli stared at the text message, his eyes focused on the emoticon at the end of the entire message.

She is actually in the mood to type emojis, which means she is very happy at the moment. For Suzumiya Ryunasaki, it may not be a good thing for her to regret now, go back to school and study again, and hang out with her father again...

In the text message, the girl showed no sadness about severing ties with her father. Instead, she added a playful emoticon at the end to express her excitement.

This guy...actually doesn't want to hang out with his father at all...

Hai Mingli couldn't help but think of another girl - Xiangzi.

If I hadn't possessed Xiangzi's father and done so many things for Xiangzi, Xiangzi would probably be like Suzumiya Ryunasaki now, and would be full of disgust towards her father...

"Heh...what are you thinking about..."

After thinking for a long time, Hai Mingli felt that it would be better not to persuade her. He pressed the delete key and deleted the words he had just typed in the chat box.

The young man was lying on the bed, and couldn't help but laugh at himself, "What's wrong? Why would I want to stop Suzumiya Ryunasaki from joining the band? I was the one who pointed the way, but she was the one who chose the path..."

Given a chance to start over, Hai Mingli would of course choose to form a band without hesitation for the sake of his musical dream.

If you give the girl a chance to start over, perhaps for independence, or to escape from her father, I'm afraid she would choose to form a band without hesitation, right?

Since the final choice is the same, there is no need for Hai Mingli to make trouble.

[Okay, after you finish over there, come over to my place!

Also, which band name should I choose? I think Second Hand Rose is good.]

After sending the message, Hai Mingli threw his phone aside, turned over, and then his head was dizzy...

What are system tasks?

In a daze, Hai Mingli opened the system interface.

[Task Description: Live in another world and teach the girl a song]

[Mission Reward: 12 yen]

...That's right!

The system said it would teach the girl a song, but it seemed...