I Am Not Afraid

Finally, Ye Shuang and the others finalized the music festival details in the group chat. The Light Music Club, which had been slacking off and drinking tea, finally had a short-term goal: at the very least, to gain a few little fans during their performance.

The goal was to get 10 followers on the Light Music Club's account.

"Huh? Me?"

On the contrary, when Tang Keke heard they were going to perform at a bar, she pointed at herself, as if recalling something terrible. "It should just be a normal performance, right? There won't be any knife-throwing acts, will there?"

Obviously, a certain fish's knife-throwing performance last time had left a considerable psychological shadow on this child. Moreover, Tang Keke had learned to be smart: as long as it was An Shiyu's proposal, she would refuse it outright.

As long as I'm clever enough, I won't be tricked by An Shiyu.

"Hmph, I won't be that stupid this time anyway," Tang Keke said, crossing her arms.

"There's no knife-throwing act, it's just a very ordinary bar gig. I'll go with you guys when the time comes," Ye Shuang said with a smile. Of course, he wouldn't be performing this time. After all, he was just the club's supervising teacher, and besides, the Light Music Club had more members now.

He should give Ducky, Taozi, and the others more opportunities to perform and accumulate experience.

The result of the performance didn't matter; what was more important was experiencing the process. Even if they didn't succeed, failure was just another part of life.

"Alright then." Hearing Ye Shuang say that, Tang Keke seemed to relax a bit. She would just go on stage to make up the numbers when the time came; the others would be doing the heavy lifting anyway.

"We're going in, Keke," Bai Yuyou said from the side.

"Oh!!!!"

She inexplicably felt a surge of fighting spirit.

...

The day of the bar performance arrived quickly—in fact, it was just the very next day.

At night, a car drove along the city highway, its lights flashing.

Printed on the side of the car were the words "Yinshan Light Music Club."

"Thank you, Mr. Ye." Inside the car, Zhixia didn't forget to thank Ye Shuang. After all, Ye Shuang was driving a nanny van that fit everyone in the Light Music Club, directly solving their transportation issue.

"Well, you shouldn't be thanking me for this." Ye Shuang smiled while gripping the steering wheel, his gaze falling on An Shiyi in the rearview mirror.

He didn't know how Old Master An found out about the bar gig, but the old man had directly sponsored a van for them, even having it specially decaled with the Light Music Club's patterns.

Originally, the back had the words "Little Fish Baby Princess's Ride" on it with a heart, but when An Shiyi saw it, she completely covered it up with several "Novice Driver" stickers.

As a result, many cars behind them could see the back of this van plastered with novice driver icons, scaring them into keeping their distance.

"Will the bar be really chaotic?" Tang Keke asked curiously at this moment. "Like in the TV shows, where people are jumping around together and then they just strip off each other's clothes."

"It won't be like that. Although those places exist, this one is quite proper," Taozi smiled and replied.

"Plus, there are people keeping an eye on the place. Generally, no one does anything out of line."

"Really?"

"Uh-huh." Taozi seemed to want to explain its legitimacy to Keke, but then Tang Keke suddenly asked, "No one's going to grope us, right?"

"Well about that." Taozi thought for a moment and gave a cute smile.

"Aha."

"That 'aha' of yours gives me zero sense of security."

"It won't happen."

At this time, An Shiyi glanced at Tang Keke and finally said, "It's fine. With you as cover, we're very safe."

"They would have to attack the target with aggro first."

"What aggro!" Tang Keke clutched her chest.

Listening to the girls messing around in the back, Ye Shuang just smiled. "Don't worry, Keke. Those are rare cases, and you guys aren't going there to club. You'll just be staying backstage waiting for your performance. There won't be any problems."

"Oh."

After arriving at the destination, Ye Shuang took a glance at the parking lot and noticed quite a few expensive sports cars parked there. If one were to ask where luxury cars could frequently be seen, aside from high-end residential areas and upscale commercial plazas, it seemed bar parking lots were the only other place.

"Looks like there are a lot of rich people," Tang Keke said, leaning against the car window and looking out.

An Shiyi, on the other hand, propped up her face, looking bored.

"A lot of them are rented."

"Are they?"

"Rent a nice car to pick up chicks," An Shiyi sighed. "Seems like that's their only aspiration."

"You say that as if you know all about it."

"Because I've tried it," An Shiyi said. "Cross-dressing as a guy and all..."

Everyone else: "?"

"Just kidding."

"..."

After parking the car and approaching the bar's entrance, Ye Shuang spotted the tall and slender Aunt Li from a distance. With wine-red buzz-cut hair and wearing sunglasses, he trotted over as soon as he saw Bai Yuyou, speaking in a coy voice,

"Oh my little darling, give Auntie a hug."

"Good evening, Aunt Li." Bai Yuyou, who was being hugged, returned the greeting and gently patted his back.

"Oh? You've gained quite a bit of weight, that's great." Aunt Li cupped Bai Yuyou's face and looked at her, then took off his glasses and looked at Ye Shuang. "She hasn't been starving."

"How could she possibly be starving?" Ye Shuang said helplessly.

"Mother dearest." Taozi also greeted him at this time.

Aunt Li gently hugged Taozi as well, smiling as if saying something.

"And these are the members of the Light Music Club, many of whom you've already met." Ye Shuang didn't forget to continue the introductions, then introduced Aunt Li to everyone,

"As for him... just call him 'Big Sister'. He's also the boss of this bar."

"Hi~ sisters."

"Good evening." Zhixia and the others hadn't expected the boss of this music festival to actually be Fugui, and that he would even come out to welcome them.

"Let's go rest at our place for a bit first. The performance will start soon."

"Okay."

Arriving at the backstage area of the bar, there were quite a few bands and individuals resting there. When they saw that Aunt Li had actually brought people in personally, they all looked a bit surprised.

When they saw that Bai Yuyou and the others still looked like students, their expressions grew even more astonished.

Was that... some wealthy family's young lady coming to play, actually having the bar boss personally escort them in?

"Don't be nervous during the performance later. Just perform at your usual level," Ye Shuang said with a smile.

"Okay." But obviously, being thrown together with some real bands, even the usually mature Zhixia started to get nervous. After all, there were quite a few professional musicians here.

At this moment, Ye Shuang also looked at Bai Yuyou. He had originally been worried about whether she would have stage fright, but Bai Yuyou was just standing quietly to the side.

When she noticed his gaze, Bai Yuyou seemed to understand something. She reached out and gently held Ye Shuang's hand.

"I'm not afraid. Ye Shuang, watch my performance closely."

Ye Shuang was stunned for a few seconds, then smiled and nodded. "Okay."