Chapter 3
Cui Yeyi: "Do you think you're so great? You couldn't even sing the transition in the high notes, I don't even want to talk about you."
Fan Hongyi: "That's right, Bian Rui, you're always pointing out other people's problems, what, are you the only one who's perfect?"
Cui Yeyi: "Fan Hongyi, and you too, you swallow a note in every sentence, are you incapable or just lazy?"
Bian Rui: "If I couldn't find the second person in the whole Chengbei High School who knows how to play the drums and bass, do you think I would have picked you?!"
The three of them poked at each other's weak points, arguing irreconcilably, only Shen Bei silently buried his head and ate, occasionally glancing up, with a guilty look on his face.
Bai Sinian slammed his bowl hard on the table, and the three immediately quieted down.
The other tables of students also turned to look at them.
Bai Sinian quickly spoke up, "Can you all just calm down? I just want to ask you one thing, do you really want to form a band or not?"
"Want, but I don't want to be with him." Cui Yeyi glanced at Bian Rui.
Bian Rui remained silent and did not speak.
"Eat first, and we'll talk while eating." Bai Sinian glared at the students who were still looking at them curiously, and they quickly turned their attention back to their own meals.
Bai Sinian picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it in his mouth, chewing, and said, "I'll take care of the new venue, as for the technical issues, just practice more, it's not a big deal, who didn't start as a beginner?"
"The urgent thing is what to do about the instruments?!" Bai Sinian raised the question, successfully defusing their conflict.
Shen Bei timidly raised his right hand and said softly, "I can ask my brother to buy me another one."
Seeing that no one else spoke, Shen Bei added, "I, I will work hard to practice, I won't hold the team back."
Bai Sinian smiled approvingly. If everyone could be like Shen Bei, there wouldn't be any arguments. With a little more effort, it wouldn't end up with Shen Bei footing the bill for the entire band.
He felt sorry for Shen Bei.
Bai Sinian: "Then we still need the amplifiers, drum set, bass, and microphones. In the future, if we want to record songs, we'll need even more equipment."
Bian Rui, as the lead singer and also the captain, couldn't just let Shen Bei contribute all the money. So he said, "I'll go home this weekend, I can use the red envelope money, but it's probably not enough."
"Definitely not enough." Fan Hongyi sighed. "But I don't have that much money either. My parents give me a fixed 1000 yuan living expenses every month, no other pocket money."
Bian Rui said seriously, "Then you'll pay 1000, and this month you eat on my card."
Shen Bei waited until everyone was quiet before saying, "I, I can also contribute 1000 yuan, my own savings."
"Okay." Bian Rui looked at the silent Cui Yeyi. "What about you?"
Cui Yeyi mumbled, "I don't have extra money, my parents have confiscated it all."
After all, during his freshman year, when he dated early, he was severely educated by his parents and had all his bank cards taken away. Otherwise, with his financial capacity, he could have easily bought all the equipment in one go.
Fan Hongyi examined Cui Yeyi's outfit, "Hey, that pair of shoes, isn't it the limited edition from last month? The one that cost over 9000?"
Everyone's gaze fell on Cui Yeyi's raised leg, and hearing "9000," it was as if they saw the shoes emitting dazzling golden light.
"Uh... what's wrong?" Cui Yeyi was puzzled, but he felt the four pairs of unfriendly eyes, and quickly put his leg down, sitting up straight.
"Sell it second-hand, you can still make five thousand... Bro, consider it?" Fan Hongyi suggested.
Bai Sinian thought this was a good idea. After all, Cui Yeyi's family had so much money that they couldn't even spend it all. Rather than letting him waste it on dating, it's better for him to sacrifice it for musical equipment, so he'll treasure music more in the future.
Bai Sinian: "That light blue sportswear is the new spring collection from Adidas, it should be worth several hundred too. Put it up on the second-hand website, you can at least sell it for three hundred."
Cui Yeyi gave him a horrified look.
Shen Bei had already finished eating, he put down his chopsticks and carefully examined Cui Yeyi, telling the others, "I live on the same floor as Yeyi, I've seen him wearing different Nike sports shoes every day..."
The others heard this, their eyes shining, with the clear expression of "sell them, sell them all."
Cui Yeyi angrily took a bite of his food, grumbling, "You guys are a bunch of heartless monsters!"
In this one meal, he painfully lost several sets of clothes and a few pairs of valuable sneakers.
It truly was a case of "those who hear are saddened, those who listen weep."
The matter was basically settled. Bai Sinian added them all on WeChat and created a group, naming it "Dazzling Star, no nagging."
After night self-study, Fan Hongyi and Shen Bei accompanied Cui Yeyi back to the dorm to take photos and upload the clothes and shoes to be sold on the second-hand website.
Bai Sinian and Bian Rui went to the school to find a venue to be their future practice place.
Chengbei No.1 High School was an old school with a history of decades. The new teaching building was put into use a couple of years ago, and the abandoned old teaching building and old administrative building were some distance away from the new building, so most people wouldn't come to this side of the old building.
The activity room had already been locked up by the school, and the stairs leading to the rooftop were also sealed.
Bai Sinian and Bian Rui stood in front of the blocked staircase, looking up at the winding stairs, sighing, "If we could go to the rooftop, no one would bother us, that would be great!"
Bian Rui touched the lock, "Let's break it."
"Oh."
Bai Sinian picked up a long iron wire from the ground, wrapping the end into a circle and leaving the tip sharp, inserting it into the lock that was no bigger than the palm of his hand.
He skillfully turned it in the lock hole, and in no time, the lock clicked open.
Witnessing the whole process, Bian Rui had an expression of disbelief on his handsome face.
"Let's go!"
Bian Rui turned on the flashlight on his phone, and the two walked up the stairwell side by side, carefully watching their steps.
"Have you done this before?" Bian Rui glanced at Bai Sinian.
Bai Sinian: "Huh?"
"Lock-picking."
Bai Sinian didn't think much of it, "When I used to live in the dorm, I often got locked out late at night, lock-picking is so easy!"
After all, when he was a graduate student, he often forgot the dorm closing time due to staying up late experimenting.
Bian Rui looked at Bai Sinian with interest, "I didn't expect you, the model student, to have times when you didn't return to the dorm on time."
"I just came back late!" Bai Sinian promptly changed the topic, "This stairwell is quite dark, the motion sensor lights aren't very sensitive."
They need to change the sensor lights and clean up the stairwell later.
The two reached the fifth-floor rooftop, and the night breeze blew away the fatigue and restlessness of the day.
Bai Sinian stretched comfortably, "This place is too good! Performing under the starry sky, accompanied by the bright moon, the stars will be your audience, it's so beautiful!"
Bian Rui put his hands in his pockets and came to the railing, looking down. The familiar playground in the distance had shrunk to the size of a palm, and the vehicles moving at the school gate were like ants.
If they could really practice in such a high place, it should be a wonderful thing.
"Why did you name the group 'Dazzling Star'?" Bian Rui turned around, looking at Bai Sinian, who was frenziedly taking photos.
Bai Sinian remembered the time when reporters interviewed them and asked the same question.
Back then, the slightly inexperienced Bian Rui had said, "I hope our band can become the most dazzling star among the myriad stars, guiding the lost to a clear future."
"I hope you can become the most dazzling star among the myriad stars, guiding the lost to a clear future." Bai Sinian repeated.
"How's it? Is this a good place to practice?" Bai Sinian put away his phone and stood beside Bian Rui, looking out at the distance.
"Mm." Bian Rui stared at Bai Sinian's profile, thinking about how he looked at Cui Yeyi and Shen Bei today, and asked, "Did you know Cui Yeyi and Shen Bei before?"
Bai Sinian's heart tightened. How did he figure it out!
Not only did he know the two of them, but he also knew all four of you! He was a hardcore fan!
"What do you mean?" Bai Sinian played dumb.
Bian Rui: "Otherwise, how coincidental that on the first day we formed the band, you just happened to run into us?"
Bai Sinian: "It should just be a coincidence. I was on my way back to the dorm and heard the sound, so I went to take a look, and that's when I saw you guys."
Bian Rui's face showed a skeptical expression. He couldn't figure out why Bai Sinian's gaze at them seemed different from a first meeting, but it didn't matter, he would observe more slowly.
A gust of wind came, and the few strands of hair on Bian Rui's forehead danced around his eyebrows. At that moment, Bai Sinian was captivated again. The idol had been handsome since he was young!
Bian Rui felt something, and he stared into Bai Sinian's infatuated eyes, seriously saying, "The people in our team all like girls."
Bai Sinian: ???
Bai Sinian tried his best to defend himself, "What a coincidence, I like girls too!"
Bian Rui's face clearly showed the expression of "do you even hear what you're saying?" Liking girls, but looking at guys with that kind of gaze?
I really am a fan's love for an idol! Bai Sinian almost swore to the heavens, but now he had no way to refute.
Bian Rui turned and walked back, and Bai Sinian quickened his steps to follow. With Bian Rui's long legs, he soon reached the stairwell, and this time Bai Sinian thoughtfully turned on his phone's flashlight to light the way down.
Why does he look more and more like a professional manager?
"Tomorrow after night self-study, bring them over to scout the place, go buy the instruments this weekend, and we can officially start training next week."
"Okay, okay, I'll notify them later."
After leaving the old building, Bai Sinian closed the lock but didn't latch it, as they would need to come in and out frequently in the future.
Back in the dorm at night, Bai Sinian lay on the bed after showering, scrolling through his phone.
It was a double room, and Bai Sinian's roommate was someone who only focused on studying. Aside from occasionally asking Bai Sinian for help with some questions, the two barely interacted.
[Tears Ripped Open My Aorta: Guys, I've already sold two pairs of shoes, who will accompany me to mail them out tomorrow?]
Seeing this silly name, Bai Sinian knew it was Cui Yeyi.
[Male Model Cried for Me: I'll go with you.]
Bai Sinian replied.
[Tears Ripped Open My Aorta: Bro, your nickname is so silly haha]
Bai Sinian thought, isn't yours sillier?
On the other side of the screen, Bian Rui stared at the group nicknames of these two, falling into deep thought. Didn't he say he didn't like men? He's even got a "male model" crying for him, and the nickname with Cui Yeyi has the word "tears" in it.
Bian Rui's eyes were deep and penetrating, as if he had seen something.
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