I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

The production team deliberately threw out the ridiculously stupid topic that "the people at the ends of the earth are the same person," intentionally luring everyone into a trap.

Once everyone has been fooled, reveal the truth and tell everyone that they've been cheated.

Thinking of this, Yingzi revealed a contemptuous expression.

She gave a cold laugh, crossed her arms, and took the lead in stepping into this so-called private music collection.

"I'd like to see what other tricks you guys have up your sleeve."

She said those words as she passed by Xu Xiangxiao, which startled Xu Xiangxiao.

Then, Xu Xiangxiao turned to look at Jiang Xinhai and grabbed her arm.

"Xinhai, you and I... go in together."

Jiang Xinhai was dragged inside before he could figure out what was happening.

The group walked in noisily, with the camera following behind.

The photographer skillfully carried his camera and circled the entire music archive, finally revealing the whole room to everyone.

This is a three-story building with a circular interior and a church-style vaulted ceiling. The walls are lined with wooden bookshelves with frosted glass panels that obscure the contents.

The cameraman tugged at the glass doors on the bookshelf and found they were all locked and could not be opened.

Directly in front of the door was a glass curtain wall, which was completely dark at the moment, and its purpose was unclear.

There is also a spiral staircase in the room, which leads to the second and third floors. Standing in the center of the room, you can see that the second and third floors, like the first floor, are also filled with bookshelves of unknown purpose.

Everyone was gathered around the touchscreen in the middle of the room, which resembled a podium, and the camera followed, filming the object.

A line of text lit up on the screen:

Welcome to the Music Collection.

“This museum was built in 2018 and houses all of Mr. JX’s musical works, as well as the collections of all the musicians he collaborated with.”

"The purpose of this museum is to express our gratitude to Mr. JX and all other great musicians in the world for their outstanding contributions to healing the human soul."

After reading the three paragraphs on the screen, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Xu Xiangxiao and Jiang Xinhai stood at the front, looking at each other.

Who is Mr. JX?

"do not know."

Jiang Xinhai was initially heartbroken that Chen Ya hadn't given her the private music collection, but the current situation overwhelmed her and left her no time to shed tears.

Xu Xiangxiao said, "It seems like this screen is clickable. Let me try clicking it?"

"Give it a try."

She carefully tapped the screen with her finger, and sure enough, a change occurred.

However, it wasn't that the screen changed.

Instead, the screen directly facing the crowd suddenly lit up, displaying black text on a white background, exactly the same as the text on the central screen.

Xu Xiangxiao was somewhat at a loss.

“This looks like it’s for exhibitions,” Gao Xiaobo said. “Xiangxiao, try clicking it again.”

Xu Xiangxiao tapped it again, and the text on the touchscreen changed along with the text on the curtain wall—

"This museum is currently a private collection and is not open to the public."

"To view all items in the collection, please obtain the curator's permission first."

"Do you wish to verify the owner's identity?"

"whether"

Looking at the two buttons on the screen, Xu Xiangxiao felt a little flustered.

"What should we do? We need the curator to unlock it."

Chen Xi said from the side, "Sister Xiangxiao, have you forgotten? You know the password, so you're the owner, right?"

"But...but how can I verify it?" Xu Xiangxiao said. "Will they take a picture of me and then send it...send it to Zhichi?"

Nobody knows the answer to this question.

Things have progressed in ways that have completely exceeded everyone's expectations.

Wang Feng looked around and said, "All the cabinets are locked; there's no way to open them."

"Can we break it open?" Gao Xiaobai asked, fanning himself. "The builders here didn't think things through. If someone grabbed a chair and smashed all the glass, wouldn't they be able to see the collection?"

Wang Feng tapped on the glass and said, "I think it should be very difficult to break; it seems to be tempered glass."

The live stream chat was flooded with comments:

"Don't keep us in suspense! I really want to see what's inside."

"It must be all the works of Zhichi and Tianya. We could have predicted that when the door opened."

"They're just making things complicated and obfuscating."

"Zhichi is a weirdo by nature and likes to pretend."

……

Xu Xiangxiao looked at Jiang Xinhai with some helplessness, and Jiang Xinhai said sourly, "Try clicking it."

It seems there's no other way besides clicking it.

She gently tapped "Yes" with her hand.

New text appeared on the screen again:

Based on your understanding of Mr. JX, please answer the following questions in order.

You have one chance to make a mistake, but you only get one.

If you answer incorrectly, the facility will enter a dormant state. Please leave in an orderly manner and wait for your next chance to try.

You have the opportunity to call for off-site assistance, but you're not guaranteed to get the right answer.

After these words slowly emerged, new words appeared on the screen.

[Question 1: If the ultimate pursuit in life is one of the following options, which do you think it should be for Mr. JX?]

A. Money

【B. Opposite sex】

【C. Showing off】

"..."

After reading the question, everyone was speechless.

Xu Xiangxiao waited for a long time, but the fourth option did not appear. Only then did she realize that there were only these three options.

"Huh? No ideals or anything like that?" Xu Xiangxiao asked in surprise. "Why are there only these three?"

Jiang Xinhai covered his face: "He probably didn't expect that this quiz would be broadcast live nationwide..."

Now, Xin Hai is quite certain that the so-called Mr. JX is Chen Ya.

That's totally his style.

His crucial first question was a complete embarrassment to the entire nation; Jiang Xinhai was so embarrassed he felt like he was digging his toes through the floor for Chen Ya.

"Choose B, the opposite sex," Jiang Xinhai whispered, wanting to get through the question quickly. "The answer to this question is B."

Xu Xiangxiao was a little surprised: "Huh? Is it someone of the opposite sex?"

Qin Yun Chu was speechless for a while before nodding and saying, "Yes. It's someone of the opposite sex."

The two of them already knew Chen Ya quite well.

What else could a guy who can create a "heartbroken boy shelter group" possibly be after?

Xu Xiangxiao hesitated for a moment before choosing B.

As a result, the screen turned red.

[Incorrect answer! You have one more chance to answer.]

"How could this be?!" Jiang Xinhai exclaimed. "If it's not a woman, could it be money? Hmm, he's not short of money..."

Xu Xiangxiao looked at her and said, "Xinhai, I think it should be C."

"why?"

Xu Xiangxiao did not answer, but directly selected option C.

Sure enough, the screen turned green.

[Correct answer!]

Jiang Xinhai's face fell.

The correct answer was surprisingly "pretentious".

Yan Yunzhuo burst out laughing.

"Just as rumored online, Zhichi is a show-off."

Her expression of disgust, as if to say "how tacky," resonated with the viewers in the live stream.

"He acted like he had such lofty aspirations before, but it turns out his ultimate pursuit in life was just to show off..."

"Should we say he's being honest, or that he's just a petty person who's gotten his way?"

"To be honest, this private collection is pretty pretentious. With that money, we should use it to improve the lives of the poor."

……

Xu Xiangxiao explained, "No, once, I was drinking juice with Tianya, and I asked him..."

Seeing the expression on Jiang Xinhai's face, she quickly explained:

"Because I need to protect my voice, we usually don't drink alcohol. After the performance, we'll drink juice together, and it's become a regular thing..."

After the explanation, Jiang Xinhai felt it was better not to have explained at all.

Xu Xiangxiao blushed and continued:

"I asked him what his purpose was in making music."

He said that initially it was out of passion, but once that passion got too much, he could make some money from his hobby.

"I asked again, 'What happens after you make money?'"

He said he wanted to use the money to give back to music and make the music he most wanted to make.

"And then what? What if you've finished making all the music you wanted to make?"

"Then all that's left is to show off."

"Showing off?"

"Pretending to be cool is a life attitude," Chen Ya said. "Humans can hardly understand each other, you know?"

"Huh?" Xu Xiangxiao felt that what he said was an outrageous statement.

"No matter how good your music is, if you're facing someone who has no artistic talent, all your music is just playing drums and gongs to them. You say you're making art, and they say you should sing it at a funeral. They'll never understand people like us, you know?"

"Uh..." Xu Xiangxiao found it hard to believe that such people really existed.

But it's true that people often say her pronunciation is unclear when she sings, and even many media outlets say so.

Therefore, she could understand what Chen Ya meant.

“So, at this point, you have to show off,” Chen Ya said. “When you’re dealing with that kind of person, he can’t understand the beauty of the music itself, but he can understand how much money you’ve made. If you drive up to him in a Maybach, he’ll treat you with utmost respect, even though he doesn’t like your music at all.”

"He can understand that your music has made it to the charts, and people next door who are much richer than him like your songs."

"Artistic language can't move people, but pretentiousness can. You know what I mean?"

"I don't really understand, but I think I understand a little bit," Xu Xiangxiao said.

"That's the essence of showing off," Chen Ya said. "Showing off is using a radical method to make others deeply understand you, to be admired by all, to be respected by all, to have your power spread throughout the land, and to spread your virtue to the world... Got it?"

Xu Xiangxiao was completely baffled.