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"A musical instrument? Wasn't he saving up to buy a cello? Shall we buy one for him?"

"Then he definitely won't want it."

Yin said quietly from the side, while slightly adjusting the lollipop in her mouth with her tongue, and continued in her calm tone.

“You all know his personality. He’ll definitely give you the money he’s saved up and buy it from you… In that case, you might as well not give it to him at all.”

"Just don't collect it when the time comes."

"[The record player] will cry when things get desperate."

"Huh? Really?"

"...Just kidding. And don't look like you're really looking forward to it. Don't bully them, or we'll beat you up."

"It's not like you don't want to watch..."

"We want to see it, but that doesn't stop us from beating you up. After all, you were the one who suggested it."

"Ha ha--"

The crowd burst into laughter again.

"Prepare a portable musical instrument for him, and make sure it's not too expensive. Then find a suitable excuse to get him to accept it."

Li said casually.

"Don't even think about the piano and violin. He can't take the piano with him, so he definitely won't accept it. He still has a violin to use right now, so he definitely won't accept that either. He's planning to buy a cello, so even if he accepts it, he'll definitely give us money... or something else."

"As for the others... the first thing that comes to mind is the guitar. Would [the record player] accept it? He doesn't play that, does he?"

"How about... an accordion?"

"Are you serious?"

"Or a harmonica? They're portable and not too expensive. The record player company would probably take them, right?"

"How about we send him something else, like... a camera? Or maybe we can help him get a new device?"

"Why would you give him a camera? Just to take pictures of him? Or do you want to drag him into DSLR hell?"

"I think the guitar is fine."

Yin opened his mouth.

"We'll just say we want him to play the guitar and sing for us, and we have a guitar that's reasonably priced."

As he spoke, Yin turned on the projector in the hall and projected the screen of his laptop onto it.

"Hey, the boss wasn't just making things up... she's already picked out several for us to choose from?"

"Clearly, you came prepared, boss!"

"Why is there a shamisen mixed in here? A record player isn't suitable for playing this, is it? Big sister, even if you're biased, you can't be this biased at home..."

"It has a body, a neck, and strings... Confirmed! It's a guitar!"

"These two are different, aren't they?!"

"If you feel it's not suitable, we can discuss it further."

Yin took the lollipop out of his mouth, pointed to a few different kinds, and continued speaking.

"Besides giving him musical instruments, we can think of other things, mainly things he can use in the future."

"……money?"

"Well said, but don't say it again. Li, hit him!"

Boom!

Before Yin could finish speaking, Li punched the man on the head.

"What else can we do? Isn't money the most practical thing?"

"When the record player gets angry, we'll push you out and see how he scolds you."

"We could offer him some ways to make money... Hey, what do you guys think? If we record him singing and post it online, would anyone listen?"

"There should be some, right? The viewership should be very high."

"Then we can just give him the profits. Hmm, that way it'll be money that [the record player] earned through his talent, not money we give him directly... What do you guys think?"

"Awesome, that's a good idea, boss, big sister, wanna do it?"

"……Can."

After thinking for a while, Yin nodded in agreement.

"Let's prepare the equipment and stuff. We'll bring up the revenue sharing issue with [Record Player] later, so they won't get angry with us again."

"Actually, I'd really like to see the record player cry in desperation..."

"You're still thinking about that? I already told you it was a lie."

"I just think that kind of record player is kind of cute, hehe..."

"...Could this guy have turned into Nan Tong? Boss, do you want to beat him up to bring him to his senses?"

"........."

"...Boss?"

"Li, what's wrong?"

"……nothing."

Li frowned as he looked at the message on the terminal.

"[The record player] said he would be back late today because he has something to do."

"Oh? That's rare. Is that good boy, [Record Player], finally going out late tonight? Is he going out with someone? That girl named Eden he mentioned before?"

"Lately, he hasn't mentioned 'classmate' when he refers to that girl's name anymore."

"Looks like you've gotten quite close."

"But if he comes back later, we'll have more time to discuss things..."

"……oak?"

"……fine."

Yin noticed that Li hadn't spoken for a while, so she looked up at him and asked a question. Li just frowned and thought for a moment before shaking his head to indicate that nothing was wrong.

Looking down at the lollipop Xi Wang had given him, Li spat out the plastic stick he was still holding in his mouth, unwrapped the packaging, and then put it in his mouth.

"...Hopefully I'm just overthinking it."

Feeling the sweetness spreading in his mouth, Li frowned and muttered to himself.

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tick-

It was the sound of rain falling.

At night, heavy rain clouds piled up in the sky, obscuring the twinkling stars and making it difficult for even the moonlight to penetrate. Only a few pale rays of light managed to squeeze through the gaps in the rain clouds, bringing a little brightness to the dark night.

tick-

It's late at night, and the rain is still falling.

In the rather deserted street, only the building where Li was located still had its lights on.

"what happened……"

"Why haven't they come back yet...?"

"Are you going to stay out overnight? But he's never done anything like this before, has he? Or are you going back to your school dorm?"

"Even so, they would have told us, right?"

"Can't get in touch... No reply to messages..."

"Is nothing going to happen?"

"Don't talk nonsense! If you jinx it, we'll beat you up!"

"Okay, don't make any noise."

With a lollipop dangling from his mouth, Li sternly silenced the crowd's chatter.