Rehearsal 02

However, without Zhixia and Linlin, the Light Music Club was still missing two of its main damage dealers. On top of that, whether it was Keke, Peach, or Wei Xi, they were all relatively inexperienced newcomers, so everyone could only rehearse more and practice harder.

Keke was arguably the earliest member among them, but she loved slacking off, which was why she had made no progress all this time. Still, since this would be her final performance, she would probably put in a proper effort and practice hard.

The music festival was two months away. It wasn’t a particularly long time, but neither was it especially short. At the very least, mastering one or two songs would be no problem. Besides, given the girls’ stamina, it seemed unlikely that anyone except the two fishes would be able to perform through the entire event.

“Speaking of the performance, the screen shouldn’t fall down again this time, right?” Tang Keke recalled the last time she had performed with Aunt Xian. That gigantic screen falling from above had been terrifying.

And if Peach hadn’t reacted quickly at the time, who knew how terrible the consequences might have been? Anyone who happened to get grazed by it would probably have been crushed to pieces.

“It was probably just an accident last time,” Peach said with a faint smile. “The odds of something like that happening even once are probably less than 0.1 percent. If it happened again, then the heavens would really be out to get you.”

Tang Keke also felt that it was unlikely she would encounter the same problem twice. If concert screens fell that easily, they would be trending on the hot-search lists every day.

“As for the music festival, I’ll have people inspect everything carefully. You don’t need to worry,” Ye Shuang said when he saw that Keke and the others were still thinking about the screen that had fallen last time. The incident had indeed left everyone with quite a psychological shadow, and after suffering that setback once, he had definitely sent people to eliminate every possible hidden danger.

Ye Shuang suspected that Jin Sha had tampered with something, but he had never found any concrete evidence. After all, it wasn’t particularly difficult to erase all traces before making a move.

Hearing Ye Shuang say that, Tang Keke and the others scratched their heads. “There’s no need to go to such lengths. We were just talking about it. The odds of it happening twice in a row are tiny, and it’s not like someone did it on purpose.”

“Maybe someone did do it on purpose,” An Shiyu suddenly chimed in. “Maybe someone is secretly plotting against us.”

“Huh? Why? Have we offended anyone?” Tang Keke asked, her eyes widening.

“Yes. Your backpack is too big and has oppressed other people,” An Shiyu said with a perfectly serious expression. “You’re obstructing the progress of humanity.”

“So that’s what you meant by something so terrifying?!” Tang Keke exclaimed.

Seeing Tang Keke and An Shiyu fooling around, Ye Shuang was somewhat surprised by Little Yu’s perceptiveness. In reality, Little Yu and Xiaoyi probably didn’t know anything about Jin Sha. The old man likely wouldn’t tell them about matters that involved such dangerous possibilities.

Even so, Ye Shuang felt that the two of them might be able to notice something from the faintest clues.

Before they knew it, club activities had come to an end. Since a new member had joined them, everyone suggested going out for a meal together. After all, Wei Xi had never gone out to eat with them since joining.

Having tea and sharing a meal was also something of a tradition in the Light Music Club. Otherwise, Ye Shuang wouldn’t occasionally refer to it as the “Eat, Drink, and Have Fun Club.”

“Dinner? Sure!” Wei Xi immediately raised her hand in agreement. “Let’s go to an all-you-can-eat buffet. I know a good one—seafood for just thirty-eight yuan, all you can eat!”

The moment Wei Xi finished speaking, everyone present turned to look at her. Their gazes seemed a little strange.

“Senior, did I say something wrong?” Wei Xi asked, blinking curiously as she sensed that something was off.

“I can understand a thirty-eight-yuan buffet, but a thirty-eight-yuan all-you-can-eat seafood buffet? Even though Haizhu is a coastal city, can you really get seafood at that price?” Tang Keke asked.

Based on the prices she had grown up with, ninety-nine yuan was enough for one meal at one of those so-called seafood buffets.

Even then, the ingredients that looked as though they might let you earn your money back—oysters and the like—usually required standing in line for half an hour. They were deliberately served slowly and in small batches. She had even heard that some restaurants put antidiarrheal medicine in the condiments.

“Those frozen seafood cuts were probably passed down from World War II,” Anshi Yi added. Even she had never heard of a thirty-eight-yuan all-you-can-eat seafood buffet.

“The older they are, the tastier they get?” Bai Yuyou asked curiously.

As expected, a foodie’s focus was different from an ordinary person’s.

“No, no, no, no. No matter how you think about it, zombie meat can’t possibly taste better, right?” Tang Keke said to Bai Yuyou. “Yuyou, do you really want to eat seafood that’s as old as someone’s grandpa or grandma?”

Bai Yuyou’s beautiful eyes flickered at that. A few seconds later, she tilted her head. “Cured meat… can be eaten.”

“That makes so much sense,” Tang Keke said helplessly. Cured meat really was delicious, but seafood wasn’t exactly something that could be preserved easily, was it?

After seeing their all-you-can-eat buffet suggestion rejected, Ye Shuang smiled and said, “Forget the thirty-eight-yuan buffet. Let’s go have a three-hundred-and-eighty-yuan meal instead.”

“It’s on me.”

The moment Ye Shuang finished speaking, the two fishes immediately stood up.

“Let’s go, let’s go! Time to eat!”

“Teacher Ye, are you really sure? Wouldn’t that be too extravagant?” Wei Xi asked. A meal like that would probably cost at least one or two thousand yuan, wouldn’t it?

Wei Xi remembered that the teachers at Silver Mountain Academy didn’t have particularly high salaries.

“It’s fine. It’s not that extravagant,” Ye Shuang said, unable to hold back a laugh when he saw her expression.

“Come on, Wei Xi. Your brother’s got a few gold coins to spare, so don’t worry.”

“Eh? Really? Are you sure?”

In the end, Ye Shuang and the others found a hotel and had a proper seafood buffet. Even at the three-hundred-yuan price point, however, they couldn’t exactly eat lobster to their hearts’ content. Most of the dishes consisted of ordinary prawns, crab meat, and the like. It was basically impossible to eat enough to get your money’s worth.

After taking some food and sitting down, Ye Shuang began peeling shrimp for Bai Yuyou and the others. However, he also sensed that something was a little off.

Ye Shuang froze. He instinctively glanced beneath the table, but found nothing.

He raised his head, his gaze landing on An Shiyu and Anshi Yi across from him. The two fishes were busy scooping cheese-baked lobster with their spoons and didn’t seem to be looking this way. The other girls were also focused on eating and weren’t paying any attention to him.

“What’s wrong?” Bai Yuyou asked curiously when Ye Shuang suddenly stopped peeling the shrimp.

Thinking that he was tired of peeling them, she picked up a piece of shrimp from her bowl and fed it to Ye Shuang.

“Ah~”