When Xiangzi saw the car coming, he opened the door with a cold face and sat in the passenger seat without even a word of greeting.
Tian Nalin, on the other hand, greeted him awkwardly: "Good morning, Xiaoxiang. I'm so sorry about last night."
"drive."
Xiangzi opened his red lips and uttered these two words, then turned his head to look out the window and ignored him.
"Ok."
Tian Nalin said no more and did as he was told.
The two of them then walked in silence until they quickly arrived at Mujica's office.
It was still half an hour before 8 o'clock, but Chu Hua was already sitting in the room and had bought breakfast for everyone.
Judging from the gravity of this character, Tian Nalin estimated that the other party had gotten up at dawn and rushed over, sitting here waiting obediently like a loyal dog.
When Chuhua saw Xiangzi opening the door and coming in, the joy on his face was beyond words.
However, when she saw the slap mark on the girl's face, there was obvious surprise in her eyes. She immediately remembered what someone said yesterday and turned to glare at the latter.
"Mr. Tianna, could it be that you..."
Tian Nalin scratched his head embarrassedly, "Well, the situation was a bit special at that time, so I..."
Xiangzi interrupted in a voice devoid of emotion: "Chuhua, do you have any plans for today?"
Chu Hua quickly averted his gaze, "Yes, but I can adjust."
"Please turn it down now."
"it is good."
Chu Hua walked out of the room with his phone and contacted his agent to rearrange his schedule.
Xiangzi sat on the sofa, picked up a sandwich at random, unwrapped it, and ate it with milk in an elegant manner, exuding an aura of "don't bother me".
Seeing this, Tian Nalin also relaxed and started eating breakfast like him.
After a while, Chuhua and Hailing came back together.
Although the latter was a little surprised to see the slap mark on Xiangzi's face, he tactfully said nothing and enjoyed breakfast with him in silence.
After a while, Miao Meng hurried over with a handbag. The first thing she did when she entered the door was to look at the clock on the wall. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she was not late.
However, after realizing what happened to Xiangzi, Miao Meng was slightly startled and looked at everyone's faces cautiously.
After confirming that no one took it seriously, Miao Meng asked considerately, "Xiangzi, do you want us to help you put on some makeup?"
"No, just leave it like this."
Xiangzi replied calmly.
Miao Meng's eyes rolled, and he roughly understood the other party's intention, so he said nothing more.
Xiangzi wiped the corner of his mouth with a tissue, stood up, and said in front of the whiteboard: "I know everyone is curious about my situation, but before I explain the details, I want to ask you a question..."
Xiangzi looked around at everyone and said, "Are you afraid of becoming enemies with the Toyokawa family?"
Miao Meng immediately raised her hand and asked, "Xiangzi, what do you mean by enemies..."
"Literally, if you want me to continue to be the captain of Mujica, I will face suppression and blockade from the Toyokawa family in the future, and the band may even be unable to recover."
"I'm fine! Xiaoxiang."
Chuhua was the first to respond.
"Thank you Chuhua."
Xiangzi bowed slightly, then turned to Hailing, "How about you, Hachiman-san?"
Hai Ling pursed her lips and thought for a few seconds before nodding solemnly, "I have no problem either."
"Thank you for your recognition, Hachiman-san."
Xiangzi also bowed and turned his gaze to Miao Meng.
"Can we..."
Miao Meng was about to propose some conditions, but gave up after just starting to say it, "Forget it, let's join too."
"Ms. Yutenji, please think carefully. There's no turning back after you do this. You might never be able to enter the entertainment industry again."
Miao Meng sighed and waved her hands, "It's okay, just consider it as repaying A-Lin's kindness."
Xiangzi's mouth curled down unhappily, but he still bowed and said, "Thank you for your help."
Seeing that the girl seemed to be ignoring his opinion, Tian Nalin pointed at his nose and asked, "Wait, what about me?"
As expected, Xiangzi ignored him and continued, "What I'm about to tell you involves the Toyokawa family scandal. Please keep it strictly confidential and don't let anyone outside the band know."
"We understand."
Chu Hua took the lead in responding.
Seeing that the girls all agreed that he would follow to the end, Tian Nalin sighed lightly, stopped talking and listened carefully to Xiangzi's story.
After listening to it, Tian Nalin finally figured out Xiangzi's background and the root cause of his depression.
First of all, Xiangzi's father was a son-in-law, which is similar to what netizens expected, and his surname before marriage was Wakaba, which means that Wakaba Mu and Xiangzi are indeed related by blood.
As for why Xiangzi's father was expelled from the family, it was because he made several consecutive mistakes of principle. Not only did he embezzle the family's public property without authorization, but he also revealed the family's secrets to his mistress, causing the Toyokawa family to lose in the confrontation with its opponents.
Because of all his foolish actions, even the Ruoye family didn't want to accept him back, as they despised his incompetence.
After leaving the family, Xiangzi's father, who was used to spending money lavishly, soon owed a lot of debts. Knowing that there was no hope of repaying the debts, he never recovered.
The second is about Xiangzi himself.
Because her father was a son-in-law and she was a girl, although Xiangzi was a member of the family, she was not trained as an heir. Xiangzi was not the only child in the Toyokawa family, and there were many people of the same generation as her.
Therefore, the role that Xiangzi was assigned to since childhood was to become a tool for capital or political marriage, and a showpiece for external display. That was her greatest value as a member of the Toyokawa family.
Xiangzi herself was naturally unwilling to do so. Having been accustomed to the ugly human nature and the exchange of interests since childhood, she hated this kind of thing from the bottom of her heart, so she chose to leave the Toyokawa family with her father.
Xiangzi's mother thought her daughter was just being rebellious during adolescence, so she decided to let her go out to experience the dangers and hardships of the lower classes. She hoped that after she had enough trouble, she would learn the lesson and come back home. This is why Xiangzi still kept the surname Fengchuan.
Unexpectedly, Xiangzi not only did not change his mind, but also persevered. A year later, he even planned to use his family connections to create a commercial band to earn money to pay off his father's debts.
Now Xiangzi's mother could no longer sit still. After all, she was her own daughter, and there was no need for her to suffer for such a scum.
5
Chapter 5 Remember to wake me up when September ends.
"Mother, please give me a chance to prove myself. I will definitely bring more benefits to the Toyokawa family."
Looking at her own daughter's determined expression, although Xiangzi's mother was dissatisfied, she still chose to agree.
In her opinion, although her daughter has some talent in music, she is not yet able to understand the market rules and develop the band into a big star.
It would be better to take this opportunity to make Xiangzi realize the cruelty of reality and extinguish his idea of rebelling against the family.
So the two of them made an agreement that if Xiangzi failed to pay off his father's debts, he would have to go home and accept all arrangements on the day of his failure without any objection.
The subsequent development was indeed as Xiangzi's mother had expected. The performance of the Mujica band was not outstanding and the profits were pitifully low in her eyes.
However, just when Xiangzi's mother thought the situation was settled, the situation suddenly took a turn for the better. Mujica became famous with the help of a martial arts performance. Not only did he pay off his first debt, but his life became more and more comfortable.
Just when Xiangzi's mother was thinking about how to make her rebellious daughter change her mind, she happened to learn that her father had passed away, and she planned to use her guardianship to forcibly take her home.
At the same time, Xiangzi's mother also notified the Wakaba family and issued a subtle ban, forbidding Wakaba Mujica to participate in Mujica activities, in order to prevent her daughter from continuing to be wild.
"So, Xiaoxiang, your main problem now is how to convince your mother to give up her original plan?"
Chu Hua asked first.
"It's not that simple. My future was arranged by my family, not just my mother's will."
"Wow... So what are you going to do, Xiangzi?"
Miao Meng regretted that she had agreed so quickly, because unless she could have the power to shake the decision-making level of the Toyokawa family, there was almost no hope for this matter.
Xiangzi said calmly: "We must take it step by step. First, we must change my mother's opinion."
"Then what should we do, Toyokawa-kun?"
"I need……"
Xiangzi looked at Tian Nalin and explained her thoughts again.
"what?!"
Tian Nalin immediately jumped up and refused, "No! I won't agree."
"Tenna-kun, are you trying to run away?"
Xiangzi repeated what he had said last night, "Don't let me look down on you."
"But doing this is too shameful, you might as well kill me."
When Tian Nalin thought about the plan the other party had just mentioned, he was so embarrassed that he could figure out 3LDK (similar to the three bedrooms and two living rooms in China) with his toes.
Xiangzi pulled out his sewing box from his shoulder bag with an expressionless face. "Okay, please, Tenna-kun, please follow the agreement and commit suicide by swallowing a thousand needles."
Looking at the girl in front of him who was talking about the agreement, Tian Nalin resigned himself to his fate. "Alas... I was just joking, Xiaoxiang, don't take it seriously."
After dealing with the main characters, Xiangzi continued to look at Chuhua.
"Chuhua, I hope you can help us."
"Xiao Xiang..."
Chu Hua lowered her head. She finally understood why the girl refused to accept her feelings. She was unable to meet her needs based on objective conditions alone.
However, when she thought about Xiangzi being taken back to the Fengchuan family and married to someone else as a tool for marriage, she would rather he be with Tian Nalin.
After figuring this out, Chu Hua nodded with a bitter look on his face, "I understand, Xiao Xiang... I will let it go."
"Thank you for your help, Chuhua."
Then Xiangzi looked at Miao Meng, who was also silent, and said, "Ms. Yutenji, what do you think?"
"Humph, A-Lin has already promised you, what else can I say."
Miao Meng puffed her cheeks unhappily.
"Thank you very much, Miss Yutenji."
Needless to say, Hai Ling had nothing to do with Tian Nalin, so she naturally supported the radical plan just proposed by Xiangzi.
Then everyone talked for a while and finalized the details of the plan.
At the end, Xiangzi waved his right hand and said with great momentum: "Everyone, time is running out, please act now."
……
Shibuya Crossing at dusk.
This is the busiest intersection in the world and the heart of Tokyo's 11th ward, a symbol of the dynamism of this metropolis.
The street is usually busiest during peak hours between 5pm and 7pm. Every time the green light comes on, a surge of people, accompanied by the sound of birdsong, cross the road from all directions. These include office workers, students, people with special needs, tourists, and more. At times, there can be nearly 3000 people crossing the road.
Today, Shibuya Crossing welcomed a new group of visitors.
Several beautiful girls dressed in trendy and stylish clothes got off the van carrying various musical instruments and related audio equipment, and began to debug them in the open space next to the green belt in front of the station, as if they were ready to perform on the spot.
The crowd passing by saw this scene, and some stopped curiously, intending to see what these people were going to do. Of course, most people just walked by with indifference on their faces. After all, those who stopped like the ones mentioned above were a minority.
Not long after, a dark-haired Asian man, dressed in a black shirt, black jeans, and black leather shoes, approached with a confident and colorful gait. His bright red tie fluttered with his movements, making him look incredibly bold and handsome.
Taking the guitar handed to him by one of the girls, the young man plucked the strings a few times to tune them, then stood in front of the newly set up microphone to test the sound.
After he felt that there was nothing wrong with the equipment, he looked at the people behind him. One of them, a disguised girl wearing sunglasses, gave an order through the headset and nodded to indicate that they could start.
"Hi everyone."
The young man greeted the police and explained that he had obtained a performance permit from them. He put on some armor to prevent being reported before getting down to business.
"Today I'm going to sing a song for a friend. Her father tragically passed away in an accident a few days ago. Unable to bear the grief, she locked herself in her room. When her mother called her, she only said one sentence to her mother..."
The young man paused deliberately to keep the other person in suspense, drawing more attention to himself, and then slowly uttered the words.
"When September ends, remember to wake me up."
As soon as the words fell, the guitar strings were plucked, producing a soft and pleasant sound, awakening people's ears that had been tired all day.
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