After rebirth, I found out that I have a childhood sweetheart

"Ah Fang...what's wrong? Why is it taking so long...is the teachers giving him a hard time? Is it because of the theme of the love song..."

"Well... the reason behind this is a bit complicated. Let me explain it to you slowly."

So Mei Fang told Xia Yuan that the teachers wanted her, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi to organize a guitar medley program together, and told Xia Yuan about making the accompaniment melodies for "I'm Willing", "In That Not Far Away Place" and "Memories of Lanshan".

At first, Xia Yuan was very happy when she heard that she could perform on stage with Mei Fang, but when she heard that she had to compose the accompaniment for three songs within a week or two, she immediately frowned.

"Yuanyuan, you don't have to worry too much about this. If we really don't have enough time, we can ask someone to do it online. A professional team should be able to compose the music quickly, as long as they pay enough."

"That, that won't do! This is the first time the three of us will perform on stage together, so it would only make sense if we compose the accompaniment music ourselves! At most I can ask Xiao Yu to help, if the two of us go together, we should be able to make it in time..."

"Don't force yourself. This must be very time-consuming..."

"It's okay! I've been learning how to arrange music for so long, it's easy to make some accompaniment music!"

It's a rare opportunity for me to show my ability in front of Ah Fang... I can't let Ah Fang down.

Otherwise, it will be hard for me to have a place in the game development of Ximilu Studio in the future...

Xia Yuan is determined.

Chapter 164 Two More Songs

With the development of Internet technology, producing music accompaniment no longer requires complicated physical instrument recording processes. It can be easily done with the help of a suitable arrangement software on the computer.

Of course, easy is just a relative concept. There is still a very long process between making an accompaniment and making an accompaniment that satisfies you and has your own unique style.

The recording of a complete song includes writing lyrics, composing music, arranging (accompaniment), vocals, and mixing synthesis. Now the three songs that Mei Fang and his team are going to deal with have already completed the lyrics and music, and the arrangement will be created based on the melody of the guitar score when composing the music.

Xia Yuan's idea for creating the accompaniment was to take advantage of this opportunity to design a complete musical accompaniment, which required outputting the guitar track first, and then muting the output guitar track with the help of arrangement software.

In this way, she can strike while the iron is hot and directly release her own original songs.

Of course, computer arranging is different from actual performance, and you need to be sufficiently familiar with the software.

Xia Yuan is not actually good at applying this type of software, but she has been following Mei Fang's advice and learning computer music arrangement tutorials since the summer vacation.

After all, it was Mei Fang's instruction, and Xia Yuan himself worked hard enough, so it was handled quite easily.

In just one day, she completed the first version of the accompaniment of "I'm Willing".

"I always feel like something is a little weird, as if it's too bland. Ah Fang, listen to this... This is just the first version, there's still a lot to be changed."

Xia Yuan stuffed the earphones into Mei Fang's hands, leaned against his back, hugged his neck, and waited for his evaluation.

"Well... this song is mainly based on guitar. If you add a piano in the first bar of the prelude and use finger snapping as the beat, would it be more cheerful?"

"Hmm, good idea!"

Xia Yuan hugged Mei Fang and swung him around, "Fang, you are awesome!"

"Stop shaking, stop shaking, I'm going to faint!"

Mei Fang used his memory of the song from his previous life to guide Xia Yuan in the creation of the song. However, if he had not learned the basic music theory, it would have been difficult for him to make Xia Yuan understand it so quickly. The two of them worked together very well.

During this period, although Lin Youxi could not help much with work, she stayed with Xia Yuan and Mei Fang, preparing fruits for them, serving tea, pouring water, making milk, and occasionally participating in the evaluation of the accompaniment.

Three days passed like this, and on Friday night, Xia Yuan talked about the progress on Liu Xiaoyu's side.

"Xiaoyu has been helping me with the accompaniment for 'Not Far Away' these days, but it's hard to borrow a computer from the school's computer room on weekends, and it's not very easy to use. I think we should bring our laptops to the club room on weekends, work with her, and ask Teacher Chen for some advice on arranging music."

"So, Fang, do you have anything to deal with this week? If not, can I borrow Xiaoyu's notebook?"

Mei Fang was about to say something when Lin Youxi reminded him, "Ah Fang is going to release a new game package this week, so you can borrow my computer. It's the same, it won't affect anything."

Lin Youxi pinched Mei Fang's shoulders again as she spoke: "Besides, if some strange study materials are found in Ah Fang's computer, Student Liu will probably be embarrassed..."

"Yeah, that's right, that's true..."

Xia Yuan nodded frantically, "It's better to give it to Youxi."

"Why do you think I must have collected a lot of short films..."

Mei Fang deliberately put on a righteous expression, "I am a gentleman."

Normally, the two of you are enough for me to deal with. How can I have the mood and private space to watch other things...

"But Fang, as a boy at your age, it's normal for you to watch those things, right?"

Xia Yuan held her chin and grumbled, "Youxi and I don't really care about this. It would be a problem if you didn't read those things, right?"

"Just because you two usually read those obscure novels in your room, don't think that I'm the same kind of person as you, okay?"

Xia Yuan's face immediately turned red after hearing this, and she pointed at Mei Fang and cursed:

"Ah Fang, how could you peek into our privacy? Did you sneak into our room? You rascal!"

When Xia Yuan refuted, he did not notice that Lin Youxi opened his mouth and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

At this time, Mei Fang spread his hands and said, "Look, I just said it casually and you confessed it. Yuanyuan, you are really easy to deal with... You should stay by my side in the future, otherwise you will always be deceived."

"You, you lied to me, didn't you? I hate you so much!"

Xia Yuan picked up her bath towel and threw it at Mei Fang's face, but Mei Fang caught it.

Seeing that his first strike failed, Xia Yuan was about to stand up and beat Mei Fang. Just as Mei Fang was about to stand up and slip away, Lin Youxi behind him suddenly pinched Mei Fang's shoulders and pressed him to the position to be hit by Xia Yuan.

The new guitar medley program requires a readjustment of the singing rhythm. After all, they now have a total of five songs to sing, and of course Mei Fang only needs to sing one.

"Come to think of it, which two songs were you originally going to sing?"

Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi looked at each other and said, "Actually, I was thinking of letting you know on the day of the performance."

The song they originally prepared was not an original song. One was "One is Like Autumn and the Other is Like Summer" by Fan Weiqi.

This is a song praising the friendship between girls. Although it is more like the relationship between best friends, it is also suitable for Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi to sing together.

As for the other song they sang, it was "I Know", the famous song by the super popular twin idol group bye2 at that time.

When Mei Fang heard Xia Yuan mention the name, he immediately understood why Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi were unwilling to tell him at the beginning.

Because this song describes the love story between the older sister of the twins and the male protagonist.

However, this song is sung by twin sisters after all, and given the sensitivity of the twins' identities, it was misunderstood by many people as a story of a love triangle.

In fact, if you watch the MV carefully, you will understand that although there are scenes of Bai Xue in the MV, the younger sister is just a pure CP character.

Of course no matter what, from the form of singing, this is indeed a love song sung by two girls to a boy.

Mei Fang was stunned for a long while after learning about the song. He did not dare to think whether the two people had any special intention in choosing this song. He just scratched his head and smiled:

"This song is quite similar to the one I'm going to sing. Did you want to sing this one after listening to my song?"

"narcissism."

Xia Yuan made a face at Mei Fang, "We had planned to sing this song a long time ago, you are the one who got there by chance!"

"Damn it! You guys were obviously singing a love song, so why did Mr. He target me? I know. He must have seen that I'm handsome and talented, and he was afraid that I would seduce all the girls in the school."

"How shameless of you!"

After the joke, the three of them fell into a somewhat subtle silence.

Xia Yuan also thought of what Peng Xue had said to her.

Ah Fang should also understand how Youxi and I feel about him...

However, asking him to make a choice would indeed be a cruel thing for him.

After all, that also means hurting another person's feelings.

Is there a way to have the best of both worlds?

Later, everyone discussed and confirmed the performance order of the guitar medley.

Xia Yuan was the first to go on stage, playing the guitar and singing "In That Not Far Away Place".

Then Lin Youxi came on stage and sang "Lanshan Memories" solo, and Xia Yuan played guitar accompaniment for Lin Youxi, which fulfilled a wish that Xia Yuan had long had.

This song was given to Lin Youxi by Mei Fang, and Xia Yuan felt bad about taking it away and singing it.

Then the two sang "One is Like Summer and the Other is Like Autumn" together, with Xia Yuan singing and playing guitar accompaniment.

Then the two of them performed the song "I Know" together. Because it was a more lyrical song, they needed to focus more on singing. At this time, Mei Fang came on stage to accompany them.

After the fourth song was sung, it was Mei Fang's turn to perform for the finale.

Mei Fang will present an original song, "I'm Willing" on guitar.

The above is the performance process of the entire guitar medley.

Chapter 165 Drinking Chicken Soup

The rehearsal of the program and the arrangement of the song's accompaniment were carried out almost simultaneously.

Mei Fang has now achieved a certain level of accomplishment in fingerstyle guitar playing. For a melody like "I Know" that can be found everywhere on the market as a reference guitar score, he can play it smoothly after practicing for an hour or so.

On weekends, he practiced the guitar accompaniment of "I Know" with Lin Youxi at home, while Xia Yuan brought his computer to school to accompany Liu Xiaoyu to compose the music. The two sides worked together for nearly two weeks, and the composing and rehearsal work was finally coming to an end.

Liang Meijuan knows that the children want to express themselves on stage. Unlike other parents, she does not worry about whether it will affect their studies. She has been silently supporting and encouraging Mei Fang and others.

"Come... Ah Fang, Youxi, I made chicken soup for you. Stop what you are doing and drink it while it's hot."

"Here I come, Aunt Liang."

Mei Fang and Lin Youxi obediently went to the dining table to drink chicken soup. Lin Youxi scooped it up for Mei Fang one ladle at a time and also scooped in a lot of chicken gizzards.

"I don't eat chicken gizzards, don't scoop so much..."

“You can’t be picky about food.”

Lin Youxi emphasized this point as always, and then scooped up a spoonful of soup and handed it to Mei Fang.

"If you don't drink your soup properly, I'm going to feed you."

Liang Meijuan was now cleaning up the dishes in the kitchen. Lin Youxi's action scared Mei Fang. He quickly took Lin Youxi's spoon and drank the soup obediently.

Lin Youxi knew that Mei Fang was afraid of being seen by outsiders when they were being intimate, so she always used this matter to tease Mei Fang.

Of course, she was just teasing, and she definitely had no bad intentions.

"Ah Fang, be careful of the heat."

"Ah, bah, bah—"