Chapter 2 We Are Two Crazy People
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[System prompt: Please urge the other party to start a performance as soon as possible]
[Reward: Unknown]
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Because she ate too much outside, Reba had no appetite at all at the moment.
But in order to avoid being scolded by her mother, she still forced herself to eat dinner.
After eating, she rubbed her bulging belly and quickly went back to her room and lay on the bed, fearing that she would vomit.
However, her eyes were always fixed on the upper left corner.
Because a line of virtual small words appeared there.
Even if she closed her eyes, this line of virtual small words still remained on her retina.
It's just driving me crazy with obsessive compulsive disorder.
There was no other way, she could only trick Lu Feng into going out and singing a song to complete the task.
"Lu Feng, come out for a moment, I have something to tell you."
On the way back, the two added each other's contact information, but there was no WeChat in that era, and QQ on mobile phones was difficult to use, so they could only communicate through text messages.
"I'm already asleep. We can talk tomorrow if there's anything."
It's only 11 o'clock in the evening and it's just getting dark. Are you going to sleep?
Is this the routine of young people?
Reba hesitated for a moment and sent another text message: "We can talk about it tomorrow morning. What time do you get up? I'll wait for you downstairs."
"I usually get up at 7 o'clock. You wait for me downstairs. Tomorrow morning, I will treat you to [soup and rice]. I heard that there is a particularly delicious one over on Hotan Street."
In his senior year of high school, which just ended, Lu Feng gets up at 6 o'clock every day. His schedule is very regular, and he only sleeps in for an hour during the summer vacation.
"Get up at 7 o'clock... Treat me to soup and rice? Okay, I will definitely come."
Seeing that Lu Feng was going to get up at 7 o'clock, Reba was stunned for a moment and wanted to refuse without hesitation.
Because 7 o'clock in the morning here is equivalent to more than 4 o'clock in the morning in the mainland. In her eyes, Lu Feng is a complete lunatic for getting up at this time.
But thinking about the deliciousness of the [soup rice], she decided to go crazy with Lu Feng for once.
The soup rice here is completely different from the soup rice in Jiangsu and Zhejiang... When Lu Feng ordered it for the first time, he thought it was the kind of rice soaked in clear soup. After it was served, he was shocked.
A bowl of soup and rice came up, which contained mutton slices, minced pork, and some miscellaneous vegetables. It tasted sour and spicy, and was quite appetizing in the summer.
After eating it once, he became a little addicted.
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The next morning.
As the sky was getting light, Lu Feng couldn't help but get up.
The first thing to do when you wake up is to check the system.
"Today is a good day. There are no messy tasks. I can relax and have fun all day."
In fact, even if there was a mission, Lu Feng could have ignored it, but there was no way. Looking at the line of small words swaying in front of his eyes, he couldn't help it.
The most important thing is that this broken system will make a beeping sound every hour, reminding him to complete the task quickly.
It's so annoying.
After washing up, Lu Feng looked at himself in the mirror and couldn't help feeling proud.
——Look at my thick hair and handsome face. I do have some taste for acting.
It’s great to be 18 years old. I’m so handsome that I don’t even recognize myself.
Lu Feng is willing to give an A-level rating to his face.
"I will always remember the summer wind..."
Humming a little tune as he went downstairs, Lu Feng soon saw Reba, who looked haggard and yawned.
Seeing Reba's face, Lu Feng couldn't help but joked: "Did you hear that I was treating you to soup and rice, and you were so excited that you couldn't sleep all night?"
Reba rubbed her face, glanced at Lu Feng's back, and couldn't help asking, "Lu Feng, where's your guitar? Why don't you carry it on your back?"
How can you perform without a guitar?
How can I do my job if you don't complete a performance?
I can’t finish the tasks, and that broken system makes a beeping sound every hour. How can I sleep?
I'm only 15 years old. Am I going to be driven crazy?
"I'm going to have breakfast, why should I carry a guitar?"
Lu Feng was speechless.
If I do this, people will think I'm crazy.
"Aka, you look really handsome with a guitar on your back. Please, can you carry the guitar on your back? And I can help you carry the speaker. Let's continue singing in the Grand Bazaar today, okay?"
In order to complete the task, Reba had no choice but to compromise, sell her soul, and called out "Aka" crisply.
"Firstly, I have a day off today and I don't plan to go out and sing. Secondly, I haven't changed my guitar strings in a long time. When I played it yesterday, the tone was a little wrong, and my hands hurt a little when I played it."
When Lu Feng was playing yesterday, he felt that the tone and feel were not right, and it almost gave him an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
"Aka, I'll pay for you to change the strings."
"It's useless even if you pay. I'm not familiar with this place and don't know where to get the money."
No matter how Reba acted coquettishly, Lu Feng really didn't want to go out for breakfast with his guitar on his back.
The disabled system's tasks are basically refreshed once a week, and he has already completed this week's tasks.
With 6 days left, he can relax.
There's no need to push yourself, right?
If I continue like this, wouldn't it be like I'm doing tasks every day?
What else is fun in life?
I am the one who games the system. I cannot let the system game me.
"Aka, I know where I can change the strings. I'll take you there."
But Reba obviously doesn't think so.
Because her task has not been completed yet, the system is still torturing her, causing her obsessive-compulsive disorder to erupt at any time.
Seeing that Lu Feng was still indifferent, Reba could only act more like a spoiled child, with an aggrieved look on her face: "Aka, please...at most, I'll treat you to a cheese bun."
Although the cheese buns are delicious, Lu Feng is not a child.
He curled his lips and said nonchalantly, "Do you think I'm you, a greedy old man? I'm not interested in cheese buns."
Don’t like food?
Then you must like beautiful women.
Reba suddenly had an idea and said, "Aka, how about this? You go to the Grand Bazaar to sing, and I'll introduce my senior from the Art Academy to come and listen to you sing. Give full play to your charm, and maybe you can find a wonderful love?"
"I'm glad you're so considerate of me. But it's not necessary. I don't like long-distance relationships."
I'm going to Shanghai to study soon, what's the point of finding a girlfriend here?
Lu Feng was very pleased with Reba's understanding, but he refused without hesitation.
At this time, his phone rang.
Lu Feng glanced at the caller ID, made a shushing gesture to Reba, picked up the phone, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Qin, you got up so early today."
"My mom will take me shopping later. By the way, Brother Lu Feng, has your admission letter arrived?"
There was a crisp voice on the other end of the phone, which sounded very gentle.
"I received it two days ago. It's also a school in Magic City."
"A school in Shanghai? Could it be Shanghai Conservatory of Music? You told me before that you wanted to apply to the music school. Congratulations, your dream finally came true."
The person on the other end of the phone was Li Xiaoqin.
She is currently studying at a Chinese opera academy. If nothing unexpected happens, she will enter the entertainment industry next year and play the role of young Xue Baochai in the new version of "Dream of Red Mansions".
During the winter vacation, Lu Feng went to his grandmother's home in Kunshan to celebrate the New Year and accidentally discovered that Li Xiaoqin's home was just across the street from his grandmother's home.
Li Xiaoqin's father and Lu Feng's mother have known each other since childhood and were classmates in junior high school.
So, after a winter vacation, the two of them became very familiar with each other.
"Xiao Qin, it's not a music school. From now on, I will study in the same school as you. When you register in September, remember to come to the school gate to help me pick up my things. I brought you a gift."
Although Shanghai Theatre Academy and Shanghai Chinese Opera Academy are a university and a technical secondary school respectively, their campuses are in the same place.
Similar to Beijing Dance Academy and its Affiliated High School.
"Ah? You want to study at the Chinese Opera Academy too? No, the Shanghai Theatre Academy! Why did you come to the Shanghai Theatre Academy? How did you get in? You're amazing."
Li Xiaoqin on the other end of the phone was obviously very happy and her speech was a little incoherent.
I study alone in another city. Although the school is good and I have good relationships with my classmates, I can’t help but miss home sometimes.
Meeting a fellow villager, or even a next-door neighbor, and studying in the same school together, is exciting enough just to think about.
"Brother Lu Feng, I suddenly admire you very much."
"Xiao Qin, I admire you too. Not everyone can be the fifth generation Du Liniang. You must be good-looking, have an excellent temperament, and be very skilled. You are the best girl I know."
Li Xiaoqin felt a little shy when Lu Feng praised her, and said in a delicate voice, "My mother is calling me, I won't talk to you anymore."
Then he hung up the phone.
"Reba, are you hungry? Come on, Aka will treat you to some soup and rice. A good day starts with a nutritious breakfast."
Turning around, Lu Feng saw Reba’s depressed face and thought she was hungry.
Reba followed Lu Feng, sighed slowly, and couldn't help but murmur in her heart.
"No wonder Lu Feng is not interested in the seniors from our school. It turns out he has a girlfriend, and she's the fifth generation Du Liniang."
Although she didn't know what the fifth generation of Du Liniang represented, Reba had heard of the story of "Du Liniang Sinking the Treasure Box in Anger".
The Xiao Qin that Lu Feng mentioned must be very beautiful.
When she called just now, her voice was delicate, and she spoke slowly and gently.
Reba almost imagined a beautiful girl from Jiangnan area, wearing a green gauze dress, gentle and quiet, smiling at people, with two dimples at the corners of her mouth.
"Delicious food and beautiful women have no effect on him."
"In this case, how can I trick him into completing the performance? It's really a headache."
"Lu Feng is a completely unacceptable guy. He's driving me crazy!"
"Ahhhh! I really want to force him to go with a knife!"
Reba gradually went mad and was about to explode internally.
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“The soup rice here is really delicious, and it lives up to its reputation.”
Maybe it was because of the 3,000-kilometer filter that Lu Feng had been looking at after living here for a month. He ate a lot of local delicacies. Except for the extremely spicy ones, which he declined, all other foods were delicious.
In one month, he gained several pounds.
However, when he turned around, he found that Reba was distracted and had not eaten much.
"Reba, you seem a little strange today. Why can't you eat? Is there something on your mind? Why don't you talk to Aka?"
"You are at the age of puberty. Is there a boy you like, but he has fallen in love with someone else? Otherwise, how could you lose your appetite like this?"
"Tell Aka about your love story. As someone who has experienced it, Aka can help you analyze the situation."
Reba definitely didn’t have a premature love affair, because teacher Murati was very strict.
Apart from dancing, all she does is eat.
Lu Feng was just teasing her on purpose.
"Who said I can't eat? Besides, you've just reached puberty. You smiled so happily when you received a call from that girl named Xiaoqin. You must like her."
Reba knew that Lu Feng was teasing her, so she retorted a few words in an unpleasant tone.
However, the soup rice is still delicious.
Reba likes to eat this very much.
Today, she was indeed worried.
This concern is indeed about a boy.
However, it has nothing to do with youth or anything like that, nor is it a sweet love story...
Looking up at Lu Feng, Reba was really depressed. What could she do to get this guy to perform?
Reba herself couldn't think of any good solution.
However, she suddenly had an idea and thought of her own support group.
While Lu Feng was walking around, Reba quickly sent a message to Teacher Murati: "Dad, as a singer, under what circumstances would you particularly want to sing? The kind that makes you have to sing."
"It's very simple. Just tell me that someone sings the same song as me, but sings it better than me. I absolutely can't stand it!"
Teacher Murati was very helpful and gave the answer in a few seconds.
Provocation method.
Dad is awesome!
It sounds very effective.
After receiving the answer from Teacher Murati, Reba suddenly became full of confidence and felt that the soup and rice in the bowl this morning was particularly delicious.
"My dear daughter, why are you asking me this question all of a sudden? Is there something wrong with you? Last night, mommy cooked a table of delicious food for you, but you had no appetite."
There was indeed something wrong with Reba's condition in the past two days, which made Teacher Murati a little worried.
"Dad, I'm fine. I won't say any more."
Seeing Lu Feng with his hands in his pockets, as if he was going home to play games, Reba suddenly became anxious and replied to the text message very quickly.
When Teacher Mulati received this text message, his eyes widened and he stared at the phone screen for a long time, becoming more and more worried.
When you chat with your dad, you used to send a full 70-word text message, but now you only send a few words? And you said to me "I won't talk anymore"... Are you okay?
This is a big deal!
I must ask this clearly when I get home tonight!
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"Lu Feng..."
"What's the matter? Are you hungry?"
Reba caught up with him, and her hesitant look made Lu Feng think of something and looked surprised.
It’s such a big portion, I’m almost full, don’t tell me you’re not full.
"No!"
Reba glared at Lu Feng and was speechless.
The image of me in your mind is just that of a greedy old man?
When I suddenly heard this unfamiliar word yesterday, Reba became curious and went back to look it up on the computer to find out what it meant.
It turns out to be a unified dialect in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, which describes a person who is greedy and has a long mouth.
All I can say is that this word struck her soul directly. It was such an apt description that it made Reba helpless and furious all night long.
However, now is not the time to worry about this.
Reba pretended to be very angry and said, "Lu Feng, I just received news that the song "Why Not" that you sang at the Grand Bazaar yesterday has been pirated. Someone sang the same song as you, and sang it better than you, which caused rounds of applause and made a lot of money."
"What? Better than mine... Impossible, I don't believe it, you must be lying to me!"
Although, in another time and space, Lu Feng did not do very well after graduating from the music conservatory, he was at least a professional.
He always felt that it was because of his bad luck and the generally bad environment of the Chinese music scene that he could not make it.
But he would never admit that he was just not good enough.
"Lu Feng..."
"Don't try to persuade me. Now, come back with me to get your guitar! Oh, and tell me where the guitar store is. I need to change the strings on my guitar. It must be because the strings were not good yesterday, which affected my condition. Today, I want to show them how amazing I am when I give it my all!"
Seeing Lu Feng's fighting spirit, he wanted to run home immediately, take his guitar, rush to the International Grand Bazaar, find the non-existent singer, and fight to the death.
Reba fell behind and couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing.
I thought he was really unsympathetic, but it turns out that this guy is really obsessed with being an idol.
Thanks to my father for his on-the-spot guidance. Next time I will use the method of provoking him to help me complete the task.
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A few minutes later, Lu Feng put on full armor and hurried downstairs.
Seeing Reba looking nervous and her face flushed, Lu Feng asked her to calm down.
It's no big deal.
"Reba, don't worry. In this world, I am invincible in singing, except for the superstars! I will never allow a nobody to step on me to get to the top!"
"Lu Feng, I believe in you! You are so handsome when you sing. You will become a superstar in the future, just like Jay Chou!"
S+ potential future superstar, the system should not lie!
When Reba said this, she was particularly sincere because she really believed that Lu Feng could do it.
Her powerful words surprised Lu Feng.
I haven't thought about it myself. Even if it's plagiarism, not everyone can reach Jay Chou's level. Girl, you really have confidence in me.
At this moment, Lu Feng was somewhat moved, and the look he gave Reba suddenly became much warmer.
——You are in for a treat! Tomorrow, Aka will treat you to some cheese buns from Grape Tree!
"Lu Feng, work hard on your singing and surpass Jay Chou!"
"Reba, please keep your voice down. People are looking at us. They think we are crazy."
Two figures, one big and one small, one carrying a guitar and the other holding a speaker, walked together, shouting "surpass Jay Chou", which attracted many people's attention.
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Street corner, warm wind, Yamaha guitar.
And there is the one who clamors to surpass Jay Chou.
This was my summer vacation when I was 18 years old.
(End of this chapter)
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