Chapter 39: Finished
And that was exactly what happened.
After that day, Yu Haoshen noticed that his younger sister carried her guitar every day and left early in the morning, only returning late at night.
At first, he thought it was just a temporary interest that would last a few days.
But to his surprise, this continued for an entire month.
Then one day, while passing by a public square, he saw three girls performing and singing on the street. Only then did he finally understand what his sister had been doing all month.
At that moment, all he felt was helplessness.
Still, since he was her brother, he went over to take a look.
To avoid being noticed, he stayed at the back of the crowd and watched quietly.
Although their speakers and microphones were low quality, the beautiful singing voices seemed to make up for everything.
The touching melodies and energetic rock music fired up everyone watching.
Some people even shouted their names.
"Yu Siying, I love you!!"
"The Girls forever!!"
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Listening to the crowd's cheers and watching the performance, Yu Haoshen could not help feeling moved.
For the first time, he felt that maybe he had underestimated his sister.
Perhaps she really did have the talent to become an idol.
As the crowd grew larger and larger, they soon attracted the attention of the city management officers.
After the officers came to stop the performance, the three girls had no choice but to pack up and leave.
After the crowd dispersed, Yu Siying, who was squatting on the ground packing her things, noticed a pair of feet standing in front of her.
She looked up and immediately smiled.
"Brother!"
"So this is what you've been doing for the past month?" Yu Haoshen looked down at her, his face expressionless.
Hearing his question, Yu Siying stood up and proudly rubbed beneath her nose.
"You saw it just now, right? So? Isn't your little sister amazing?"
"Foolish!" Yu Haoshen scolded loudly. "How is this any different from street performers? Is this what you call becoming an idol?"
Seeing that her brother not only failed to understand her but also called her foolish, Yu Siying immediately protested.
"Hmph, you're the foolish one! We're not just performing on the street. We're chasing our dreams! And if a talent scout discovers us out here, becoming popular idols would be easy!"
"And what if no talent scout ever finds you?" Yu Haoshen asked. "Are you planning to keep singing on the street forever?"
Hearing that, Yu Siying's confidence weakened a little, but she still stubbornly shouted back,
"Anyway... that's... none of your business!"
At that moment, Ye Feilu and Wu Yuxin, who had finished packing their instruments, noticed something was wrong and walked over.
Both of them looked at Yu Haoshen cautiously.
Ye Feilu asked,
"Siying, who is this man? Is he bothering you?"
"Hateful man! Yuxin won't let you bully my friend!" Wu Yuxin said as she stood in front of the two girls and spread her arms protectively.
Yu Siying, standing behind them, quickly explained,
"He's my brother. You don't need to do that."
Then she stepped forward and said to Yu Haoshen,
"Since you're not willing to help me, then don't worry about my business."
With that, she turned around and prepared to leave.
Looking at the backs of the three girls as they walked away, Yu Haoshen suddenly spoke.
"What if I said I'm willing to help you?"
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Because Yu Haoshen had professional knowledge in this field and knew many people in the industry, The Girls quickly became a somewhat popular local idol group under his management.
However, Yu Siying was not satisfied with that.
Her dream was to make The Girls a world-famous idol group and hold concert tours all around the world.
Not long after The Girls started gaining popularity, an orange-haired girl found their practice room and said that she wanted to join The Girls as well.
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—Back to the present, two years later—
After listening to Yu Haoshen's story about how The Girls was founded, Li Nuo finally understood why they refused to give up on the band.
They wanted to fulfill the dream that Yu Siying had left unfinished before her death.
However, there was still one question in his mind.
How exactly had Yu Siying died?
From the conversation between Yu Haoshen and An Ran'er in the practice room before, it did not seem like she had died from natural causes.
And when he searched online, he could hardly find any information about it.
It was as if someone had deliberately erased everything.
The truth seemed clear, yet at the same time it was still full of mysteries.
After getting out of the car, Li Nuo followed behind An Ran'er while thinking about one thing the whole time.
Did An Ran'er see him as Yu Siying?
When they reached the apartment door and An Ran'er was about to unlock it, Li Nuo finally could not hold back any longer.
"Classmate An, there's something I want to ask you."
"What is it?" An Ran'er stopped and turned around instead of opening the door.
But when Li Nuo looked at her, he suddenly did not know how to ask.
If he asked whether she saw him as Yu Siying, would she think he was being self-important?
But if he did not ask, the question would continue bothering him.
While he was still struggling inside, An Ran'er spoke again.
"Why aren't you saying anything?"
After thinking for a long time, Li Nuo decided that now was not the right time to ask.
He forced a smile and said,
"N-Nothing. I just wanted to ask what you want for dinner."
"Dinner?" An Ran'er thought for a moment. "Hmm... Shrimp fried rice. The shrimp fried rice you made last time was really delicious."
"Shrimp fried rice? Okay, got it. There are still some shrimp left in the fridge."
"Hehe. After dinner, get ready for my special training. I promise you won't lose focus while filming the MV tomorrow."
"W-What!?"
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After dinner, An Ran'er started her so-called special training.
At first, Li Nuo thought it would be some scary training program.
But instead, she simply made him stare at a cat teaser wand for a whole hour, saying it was to improve his concentration.
Then she waved the wand from side to side and told him to keep his eyes on it at all times.
According to her, this was training his ability to find the camera.
The whole process almost tortured Li Nuo to death.
Meanwhile, Roubao happily played alongside them the entire time.
Fortunately, hard work paid off.
Over the next few days, Li Nuo gradually stopped missing the camera during MV filming.
His improvement was so fast that even Lin Quan called him a genius.
Lin Quan even said that he might have talent for becoming an actor.
In the end, they successfully finished filming all the MVs on the fifth day.
The remaining five days were spent recording the new songs.
Since many of the songs only had lyrics and melodies but lacked full arrangements, they spent a lot of extra time working on the arrangements.
Thankfully, they still managed to finish the new album within ten days.
The album was titled "Amusement Park."