Only After I Was Reborn Did I Realize That I Had Childhood Sweethearts

The band's special training plan was in full swing.

After Liu Xiaoyu's successful first street performance with Peng Xue, she had clearly become more accustomed to this "rebellious" rhythm.

The day after the performance, Liu Xiaoyu and Peng Xue discussed going to perform in the center of a shopping district's square. As Peng Xue and Liu Xiaoyu talked through their plan, Xia Yuan, seeing that they had adapted to the training rhythm, felt happy for them. At the same time, she began preparing for the next live house performance.

"November is the off-season for traveling, but this also means that some big live houses have more opportunities to offer performances. If I go to more places, I should be able to find a chance…"

Xia Yuan sat cross-legged on the sofa, telling Mei Fang about her band's future operational plans. "But we can't just focus on these live houses. They can help us accumulate experience, but they don't have much effect on building our popularity."

"So, your target is that, right? The place where our YuanYuan's band dream started."

At this moment, Xia Yuan was showing Mei Fang a recent performance notice on her phone. Upon hearing Mei Fang's words, a satisfied smile immediately appeared on her face.

"Yes, yes! As expected of my kindred spirit Ah Fang, you immediately understood my intention."

The notice on Xia Yuan's phone was about the Blueberry Music Festival, which this year would be held in Peng City, the city where Xia Yuan and her friends lived.

And now, Xia Yuan was already a nationally famous idol singer. She was now restarting her band dream as the band's guitarist, Wan Wan.

"To sing and become famous at the place where the dream started, it feels like a very romantic thing."

Lin Youxi, holding Xiao Bai in one hand and Orange in the other, sent them into the nearby cat bed and then added some supplements to their food bowls.

"Youxi, Youxi, by the way… Has Orange gained weight again recently?"

"It does feel that way."

Lin Youxi stroked Orange's back, and it purred comfortably.

"But Orange is growing fast, huh? It's starting to look a bit like its mother."

"Her Majesty… I wonder where she is now, whether she's doing well…"

When Xia Yuan heard Lin Youxi mention this, a sorrowful expression appeared on her face. "These little guys are so carefree, but I wonder if they ever miss their mom…"

"It probably has a lot to do with their own circumstances. Right now, the little ones are very happy, so they don't really care about this. For example, YuanYuan, you're so happy, living so fully, so you don't miss your mother at all."

"Wh-what are you saying, Youxi!"

Xia Yuan snuggled into Mei Fang's arms, combing her hair as she said, "I've just been so busy these past two weeks that I haven't had time to contact my family. It sounds like I'm some sort of filial daughter."

Lin Youxi smiled without speaking. After feeding the cats, she sat beside Mei Fang, resting her head on Mei Fang's lap. Mei Fang, without hesitation, began to gently stroke her head, and the three of them naturally fell into their usual rhythm of casual conversation.

"Speaking of which, I haven't sung in a long time. YuanYuan, don't just play with your band; take me along sometime."

"Sure, sure, what instrument do you want to learn? I'll teach you…"

Xia Yuan paused, "Ah, wait, you're not planning to be the lead vocalist, are you?"

"No, I'm not that mean to Xiaoyu."

Lin Youxi smiled and said, "I don't have time to move forward with your band. I'm just saying, is there a chance we could go to KTV together?"

"Of course, haha, I'll arrange it right away!"

Xia Yuan gave Lin Youxi a heart gesture. "Youxi, it's been a long time since you played with Xiaoyu and Xia Xue. We should call them and bring Xiao Yizi too."

"That doesn't really matter. As long as every night I have Ah Fang and YuanYuan to help me unwind, I'm fine. By the way, my AI is about to be in testing soon. I've been working overtime a lot recently. I plan to apply it to Ah Fang's 3A new game since the NPC generation in an open world is just too massive."

"Wait, you're making progress this quickly?" Mei Fang, who was stroking Lin Youxi's hair, was shocked by Lin Youxi's statement.

After all, the idea of integrating AI into a game was a dream that wasn't even realized in 2023. If Lin Youxi could pull it off, it would be an incredible achievement.

"Ah Fang, you're also too much… Don't just keep accompanying YuanYuan with music. You should pay more attention to your game business. YunYun has almost nothing to do lately, and I haven't seen you contact her."

"Ah, right… I have been a little lazy lately…"

Mei Fang scratched his head in embarrassment, his hands unable to find a place to rest as he fiddled with YuanYuan's round face. "But honestly, making music is pretty fun. It feels faster than making games."

"Ah Fang… speaking of which… weren't you writing a song before?"

"No, no! I finished it, I finished it! I've just been busy accompanying you lately and forgot to send it to you. I'll show it to you now."

"No, I don't want to read the sheet music myself."

Xia Yuan pouted and leaned into Mei Fang's arms, saying, "I want you to play it for us directly."

Lin Youxi, at this moment, also turned her head, looking up at her lover, while extending her hand to gently caress Xia Yuan's cheek. Even in this "death angle" of perspective, she could handle it easily.

Mei Fang, unable to resist the teasing from both Lin Youxi and Xia Yuan, longed for a "three-black" group play session:

"Alright… one song is enough for me to handle, but you two are coming together—"

"The reward will come after you finish playing. Otherwise, you'll just take off without landing!"

Xia Yuan smiled brightly at Mei Fang, making a "silence" gesture with one hand. At this point, Lin Youxi had already gotten up from Mei Fang's lap and suggested to Xia Yuan, "Well then, let's relive the memories of middle school days and have Ah Fang sing for us."

"No problem! I'll go get my long-forgotten guitar!"

Mei Fang rushed excitedly to his room and then played for Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi the latest single he had prepared for the Yixia Band—"Arriving as Promised."

This song, which was adapted from Hao Ge's work, had a simple and cheerful melody. Even the guitar solo had a rhythmic sense of melody. When Mei Fang played the guitar, he looked much younger, and both Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi really enjoyed it. Even the cats were curious and gathered around Mei Fang, meowing along with him.

This song expressed the pure emotions between friends, the pure wish to gather with old friends more often, and the sincere hope that good things would always arrive as promised.

In fact, this song was meant for Liu Xiaoyu, and Mei Fang had thought about it for a long time. Considering that in her past life, Liu Xiaoyu had sung a song in the top ten singers competition, Mei Fang felt that if he gave her the song now, it would feel much more complete.

But considering the lyrics and intention of that song, it could easily bring about some unnecessary trouble for both him and Liu Xiaoyu. Most importantly, it would raise doubts from his wives, so he eventually ruled out the idea.

This was the best!

Both Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi really liked the topic and meaning of Mei Fang's song. After listening, they both clapped their hands together.

"Good! I think Xiaoyu will definitely like singing this song."

"Why don't you say that as long as it's written by Ah Fang, she'll like it?"

"Ah, you know that Xiaoyu has a crush on Ah Fang!"

"Well, that's pretty obvious, right? Xiaoyu never says anything, but you can't hide the way she looks at someone she likes… She's so great, and yet she hasn't found anyone yet. Doesn't that say something?"

"Uh… when you put it that way, it does make sense… But Xiaoyu is really a good person. She won't cause trouble for Ah Fang or for us. Really, don't have any misunderstandings about her."

"…"

Lin Youxi smiled and sighed, "I really don't know whether I should say you're too innocent, YuanYuan, or whether it's because you're such a good person that all these good girls are around you."

"Bad girls do exist… but they basically have no chance to be introduced to Ah Fang, haha."

"So you're just watching them look stupid, YuanYuan?"

"What do you mean, 'watching them look stupid,' hey!"

While the sisters were undergoing special training, Xia Yuan also informed the Yi Xia band members about the plan to register for the Blueberry Music Festival.

"The basic requirement for the Blueberry Music Festival is that a band's Weibo followers must exceed ten thousand. We still have about a month's time, so if we go to live houses twice a week to accumulate followers…"

"If… I mean, if!"

The curious baby, Xiang Bingbing, raised her hand and asked, "What if, before the registration deadline, our Weibo followers still haven't reached ten thousand? What should we do then?"

"Our strength is very strong, with a little effort, we should be able to do it! Don't speak negative words!"

Peng Xue reminded Xia Yuan from the side, "If, if, Bingbing saidif!"

"If… such a low-probability event really happens…"

Xia Yuan said seriously: "Then we'll go on C-site and let the operations push traffic!"

"I will make sure we get into this Blueberry Music Festival!"

So Peng Xue and Xiang Bingbing both patted their chests, "Hearing YuanYuan say such a shameless thing, then everyone can rest assured."

Xia Yuan's determination was affirmed!

In the following period, everyone continued their special training while attending more live houses. From initially being unknown to gradually gaining fans, Liu Xiaoyu, who still had a little shyness, became everyone's favorite. She was slowly learning to manage the crowd.

Her progress was obvious…

Peng Xue, who was supervising and guiding Liu Xiaoyu, was very pleased with her growth.

Teaching YuanYuan was always a bit abstract, Bingbing was a bit uncontrollable, but Xiaoyu was just right…

Yi Xia band was taking a brief celebration backstage after their excellent performance at today's live house. Everyone was talking and laughing about the details of today's performance at the table, while Peng Xue was adjusting her bass, enjoying the brief afterglow of the stage's passion.

At that moment, a gray-haired, curly-haired woman walked up to her and patted Peng Xue's shoulder.

"Wow, it's really you… Mi Xue, you're Mi Xue, right?"

Peng Xue was somewhat surprised when someone called out her old name and nickname. She was even more confused after seeing the person.

"It's me, Beila, we met in Rong City, don't you remember?"

"Xiaoyu's friend?"

Lin Wanwan was a bit curious, "Is it a friend from that year, Xiaoyu?"

"I really don't remember… If we're friends, I'd definitely remember."

Peng Xue patted her head.

"Ah, you really are forgetful."

The curly-haired woman said, then took off her sunglasses. When Peng Xue saw the nose ring on the woman, she slowly started to recall something:

"Oh, oh, you were the lead singer of the Chunxi band, Beila, right?"

"Hahahaha! How many years ago was that? I don't even form bands anymore, my bandmates were just holding me back."

"That's true." Peng Xue nodded, "If your band had changed the lead singer, the overall quality and level would have been much higher."

As soon as Peng Xue said this, Lin Wanwan and the others immediately understood.

This was the woman who had some bad blood with Xiaoxue.

Beila made a girly, annoying sound, "Aiya, please, Mi Xue, how could you still hold grudges! Didn't we just argue a few times in that bar? You're still holding a grudge?"

Peng Xue smiled, "Which incident are you talking about? If you say the name, I might have some impression, but I really don't remember what happened between us."

"It doesn't matter if you don't remember. Are you participating in the Blueberry Music Festival this year? You'll remember me at the festival."

Beila said as she started running her fingers through her hair, "Actually, after I went solo, I participated in some variety and talent shows. Now I have about 40,000 or 50,000 followers on Weibo!"

"Wow, you're impressive."

Peng Xue smiled, "So now you're a big shot in the entertainment industry, why are you still watching these low-level live house events?"

"It's not like I heard there's a new band in Peng City that's pretty hot, so I came over to see for myself. Hohohoho—"

Beila covered her mouth and made an obnoxious laugh, "I really didn't expect to see the singer of 'Special Ability Song' in such a small place. Where have you been these past two years? You're back in a band again?"

"Mm, yeah."

Peng Xue nodded, "Being in a band is really fun. People like you, from outside the circle, can't even feel it anymore."

"Hahahaha, I really can't feel it, since in one month I earn enough to pay your salary for a whole year."

Beila now acted like she had reached the pinnacle. When encountering a woman she didn't get along with in the past, the petty-minded Beila couldn't resist mocking her a few more times.

"With your ability and talent in folk music, why not participate in 'The Voice' and get famous, instead of hiding in this small band as a bassist?"

"I just do music. The entertainment industry and variety shows are too deep for me to handle…"

"Speaking of which, you're the Mi Xue who wrote 'Special Ability Song,' right? You must have been invited to perform at the Blueberry Music Festival, right? Ah… you didn't get the invitation, did you?"

"We got it, we definitely got it!"

At this moment, Lin Wanwan stood up to defend Peng Xue, "Our supporters will be attending the festival with us!"

"Well, you guys better perform well, the fans at the music festival are much stricter than those at live houses. Hope your performance won't fall flat, ahahaha! Ah, my manager's calling, I have to go shoot an ad, bye-bye!"

"Take care, no need to see off."

Peng Xue sent off the annoying Beila. Lin Wanwan seemed a bit surprised, "This woman… how does she give off such a villainous aura?"

"Women who love to cause trouble are like this, don't mind her." Peng Xue was very carefree, "We just need to keep our own rhythm, don't mind this trash."

"Xiaoxue cursing is so satisfying! I want to try it too…"

Xiang Bingbing followed suit, "Hmph, just a troublemaker, nothing more."

Lin Wanwan immediately showed a very terrified expression, "Don't learn this, Bingbing!"

The writing is done, time for bed!