Chapter 34 "Really? I don't believe it"
"On the condition that she is willing to accept it."
Wolf Fang immediately let out a disapproving "woof".
With his small brain, he couldn't understand why Tu Yao would reject the beautiful stone.
Xu Chi raised an eyebrow, briefly recalling the events.
She was a girl who was both naive and unaware of her own intelligence.
They are exceptionally sensible and know how to be grateful.
He wasn't unaware that after mistaking him for someone else, she had been preparing a basket of things every morning, waiting for Wolf Fang to come and collect them.
He simply didn't intend to have any extra interactions with outsiders, even though she did give him a natural sense of attraction.
Unexpectedly, he held back, but Wolf Fang couldn't.
Taking advantage of his inattention, he grabbed a basket of greens and took it away, successfully reciprocating the favor and returning home laden with his own.
Wolf Fang was still squatting by the shelf, his ears drooping dejectedly.
After a while, Xu Chi got up and walked to the wooden frame.
I took down a few books about agriculture and planting from the third floor.
"She'll like these."
...
The rain continued until the next morning, and the weather suddenly turned cool.
Tu Yao collected the remaining sweet cakes and gave them to Da Pang.
Da Pang's mood was just like the weather today. School started today, and he only finished his homework last night.
I took a bite of the sweet cake, and my heart sank to ashes.
"Xiao Mao, I'm leaving."
Tu Yao nodded: "Let's go."
Big Fatty packed his schoolbag, then remembered something and leaned over to ask in a low voice, "Little Mao, are you going?"
In the past two years, Tu Xiaomao has often gone to the market alone to sell things. Sometimes it's dried wild herbs, sometimes wild mushrooms, and sometimes finished sweet cakes.
The road is too far; it takes her a long time to walk there each time.
Today is different; they can go together in the car his dad borrowed.
Tu Yao shook her head, glanced at Ding Yingjun who was busy packing his luggage, and whispered, "No need to go, I'll have money soon."
Big Fatty's eyes lit up: "Really!"
He thought of something, gestured a square frame, and exclaimed excitedly, "Then can we build a second greenhouse!"
Then he worriedly added, "Is there not enough cow dung? Without my help, can you find enough?"
"And there are greenhouses, can you manage all that by yourself?"
Tu Yao said seriously, "We have to wait until the first batch of mushrooms comes out before we can talk about it."
Small-scale trial planting should be conducted first, and if successful, then it should be promoted on a larger scale. The order cannot be reversed.
Ding Dapang asked worriedly, "Do we still have to keep this from my mom?"
A little over a month ago, Tu Xiaomao suddenly said he wanted to grow button mushrooms, so the two of them spent a day collecting cow dung. When they got back, his mother gave them a good beating.
Her mother wouldn't let her dabble in this; she wanted her to go to school once the household registration issue was resolved.
"Xiao Mao, why did you suddenly think of planting that?"
Tu Yao rested her chin on her hand: "Didn't I tell you before? It's about making money."
"But you used to make money selling herbs and making sweet cakes."
Tu Yao paused for a moment, then looked out the window. After the rain, a patch of newly sprouted corn seedlings had fallen over, and villagers were rushing to the fields, trying to salvage the crops that depended on them for survival.
But even if you don't want to know, you can't be sure that, according to past practice, there will inevitably be losses after heavy rain.
She slowly shook her head: "...Too slow."
He then subconsciously glanced at the progress bar on his forehead.
"...I'm afraid it will be too late."
Big Fatty seemed to understand but not quite, and squeezed out two tears while lying on the table: "I don't want to go to school, I still want to collect cow dung with you."
Luo Meili, who was passing by, slapped him across the face.
He behaved himself.
At noon, Ding Dapang reluctantly got on the bus back to school. Even as the bus was about to leave, he reached out to hug his Tu Xiaomao.
The director sighed as he watched; on one side, two good friends were saying their goodbyes, while on the other side, good friends were about to fight.
A day passed, and the equipment was repaired, but he dared not start broadcasting.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and he wanted to ask Tu Yao for her opinion.
Yan Yang, who was passing by, grabbed him.
After considering it for a moment, he suggested, "...Why don't you ask someone else?"
Director: "Why? Don't let her seemingly simple-minded appearance fool you, she's actually very smart."
Yan Yang: ...Is that so?
Before the director could ask, Tu Yao had already slipped away.
Inside the house, a group of people gathered to watch Tu Chaoxi and Mingzhou argue.
When Tu Yao arrived, she just happened to see Tu Chaoxi slamming his fist on the table!
"If you don't revise your song according to my instructions, it will never become a hit!"
Tu Yao snatched all the melon seeds from Ma Zhiyuan's hand.
"Really? I don't believe it."
Ma Zhiyuan: ...
Tu Chaoxi: ?
He turned his head, displeased, and asked, "Which side are you on?"
Tu Yao chuckled: "Of course it's on your side!"
Mingzhou scoffed, "You don't even believe your little fans, yet you dare to shamelessly say my song is bad. Tu Chaoxi, you're too thick-skinned."
As soon as she finished speaking, Tu Yao blurted out, "Then let's try changing it!"
The two of them turned to look at each other simultaneously.
Tu Yao cracked sunflower seeds, completely unfazed.
"After the revisions, everyone votes! Whoever gets the most votes is right!"
So netizens waited all day, and when the broadcast finally started, they were bombarded with a voting link.
Wait, the voting link? ???
Looking up, the three people who "never see each other again" were found to have borrowed the villagers' gongs and drums to use as a makeshift drum set, brought over the program crew's sound equipment for testing, and requisitioned Jiang Ye's guitar.
When Jiang Ye was contacted, he was chatting with his junior about his graduation project via video call, just like he always did.
Tu Chaoxi didn't want to disturb them, and just as he was leaving, Jiang Ye called him back.
"Wait, my junior brother said his business isn't urgent, he'll lend it to you first."
Tu Chaoxi was taken aback: "Then... thank you."
Jiang Ye paused for a moment: "Junior brother said, no need to be polite."
With the tools ready, the three of them rearranged the music starting from the intro, according to Tu Chaoxi's idea.
As viewers watched, they were surprised to find that despite the premise of never interacting with each other again, the three of them had a chillingly tacit understanding.
Mingzhou strummed out a chord, and Tu Chaoxi could immediately compose a reverb.
As soon as Tu Chaoxi adds a melody, Mingzhou can immediately change a lyric.
Yan Yang naturally tried singing, casually strumming a few notes and tapping out a few beats.
[Holy crap, this gives me the creeps. Those three guys are like one person.]
They're all all-in-one songwriters.
[Mingzhou's expression looked reluctant, but he changed it even more smoothly than Tu Chaoxi...]
【Wait, why did they change the song together? Weren't they arguing?】
During a break in Yan Yang's rehearsal, he noticed someone tugging at his clothes.
Turning my head, I saw it was Tu Yao again.
He still felt a lingering fear whenever he saw this girl, and his tone was cautious: "...Is something wrong?"
Tu Yao shook her head with a smile: "It's nothing, I just wanted to ask you when you and my brother met?"
Yan Yang was taken aback.
Why do you ask that?
Tu Yao threw the remaining melon seeds back to Ma Zhiyuan.
Ma Zhiyuan: ...
"Because they don't look like people who met halfway through the show."
Upon seeing this, some fans posted the only stage performance they had ever collaborated on.
The stage of "Trainee" two years ago.
The format of the show at that time was that each contestant would find their own contestants and collaborate on an original program within two days.
While the other contestants were still getting to know each other, Tu Chaoxi, Mingzhou, and Yan Yang immediately and in unison announced their names.
They quickly delivered a stage where the collaboration flowed smoothly.
However, the competition rules were later changed, and the three of them never worked together again, or even appeared together on screen again. Yan Yang and Ming Zhou were eliminated.
Looking back at the show from back then, one can easily see the familiar chemistry that flowed between the three of them.
"We've known each other for ten years."
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