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When Liang arrived, she was fully armed, covered in high-end musical instruments.

Although everyone knows that Liang's family is quite wealthy, she should have spent all her allowance. Where did she get the money to buy these things?

Hongxia, her face dark, picked up a bass guitar and examined it for a while: "Where did you get the money to buy these?"

“A loan.” Liang seemed to have no hesitation at all, and even seemed to take it for granted. “A record company has already contacted us. After signing a contract, the money will definitely come in big amounts. It’s time to reward ourselves.”

"You should at least restrain yourself a little!" Xingge was naturally angry when she saw Liang had done something like this.

"Liang, you don't really think you can get money as soon as you sign a contract, do you?" Youzhen stopped Xingge and stood in front of Liang, staring at her with a serious expression. "You guys aren't famous right now. Even if you sign a contract, you probably won't get many resources. You can't possibly not know that, right?"

Liang felt cold sweat breaking out all over her body. She had been so overwhelmed with joy yesterday that she had completely forgotten about these things.

She immediately opened her phone to see if there was any way to salvage the situation.

Fortunately, her loan channels were relatively legitimate, and she didn't resort to any high-interest loans. As long as she repaid the loans on time, everything was fine.

"You should think about the consequences." Xingge finally couldn't hold back and gave Liang a chop to the neck.

Just then, Kita ran over in a panic and told everyone that Pochi was acting strangely today.

As soon as she finished speaking, Boqi, who was fully armed just like Liang, came in front of everyone.

She took out two gift boxes and handed them to Xingge and Youzhen: "I'm quitting my job today. Thank you all for taking care of me."

"Although I am very reluctant to leave this place, I will still come back to visit occasionally."

She spoke sincerely, but Yuzhen and Xingge couldn't see any reluctance in her smile. Instead, they could tell from her outfit that she had gone to great lengths to make it happen.

Poch was wearing a sweatshirt and a cross necklace today, both designer brands. In her words, she wanted to look like a successful rock band member.

Seeing her looking like she had escaped from misery, Yuzhen placed the gift she had given her on the bar.

"Pochi, your next sentence will be, 'Although I don't know much about record companies, they'll definitely pay me, right? I'm going to seize this opportunity to quit my job,' right?"

Boqi stopped imagining things and stood there stunned when Yuzhen guessed what he was thinking.

“You’ve all been blinded by joy,” Xingge sighed, looking helplessly at Boqi.

“Even if you do manage to sign with a record company, the money you get will depend on how many albums you sell,” Yuma explained to them. “In other words, you’ll remain in your current state until you become famous.”

Yu-ma's next words shattered their illusions: "I investigated this record company after I came back from the music festival yesterday. It is indeed legitimate, but it was only recently established and doesn't actually have many resources."

Currently, only one band is signed with this company, called 'Klimt Nights,' but they are only active online and have not released any records yet.

Hongxia wasn't surprised; she had asked her older brother and sister last night, so she knew the answer.

Kita didn't react in any special way, but Pochi and Ryo were in a much worse situation.

Liang now wants to fill her schedule with work at the performance hall and also work at Youzhen's restaurant to pay off her loan. Boqi, on the other hand, has spent all her video earnings and now has to continue working.

……

After the band left together, Yuma and Hoshika opened the gift that Bochi hadn't taken back; perhaps she was too afraid to.

Yuma opened her gift, which was a brooch in the shape of a cross, something that only immature teenagers would wear.

Xingge's necklace is quite pretty.

Neither gift was cheap; it seems Boqi really went all out to avoid working.

Fortunately, they still had the receipts from the purchase, so they knew where they bought the items.

They closed the gift box for the time being, deciding to return the items and pay Pochi back for them later.

"We're going to Enoshima in a couple of days." This was something Yuma had promised them. "And then it'll be our wedding."

Yu-zhen's parents completely forbade him and Xing-ge from participating in the wedding setup, saying they wanted to give them a surprise.

Previously, Yu-Hsing and her husband wanted to keep a low profile, so they held it according to the usual standards.

However, Kenzaki Yuriko felt that leaving everything to the wedding planning company made her feel uninvolved, so this time she basically didn't let Yuuma and Hoshika get involved, and she and Kenzaki Ikuma spent so much time tinkering with it.

"Are you...ready?"

Xingge felt nervous when the topic was brought up.

She felt a little embarrassed thinking about the wedding dress and the kissing ceremony that would take place during the wedding. The thought of so many relatives and friends watching them being so affectionate made her feel a bit awkward.

“I’ve already talked to my dad, and he’ll be coming back then.”

"That's good." Yuzhen said, looking at her blushing face, and couldn't help but laugh.

"What's so funny?"

"It's nothing, it's just that you're the same as before." Yuzhen stroked her soft, long golden hair. "We're husband and wife now, there's nothing to be embarrassed about."

“It seems that’s true.” Xingge glanced at Youzhen, then closed her eyes, leaned against him, and rested her head on his chest.

"What's wrong? You were shy just now, but now you're not afraid of being seen by others?"

Yuzhen moved her chair closer to her and then put her arm around her shoulder.

"Anyway, it's just the two of us here now..."

"What did you say? I can't hear you." Yuzhen lowered her head slightly, gesturing for her to repeat herself.

“I said…” Xingge paused, burying her face in his chest, “Thank you for coming back to me…”

"You were the one who caught me." He still remembered that chokehold from that day.

"I'm back..." PA returned to the exhibition hall and saw the two of them huddled together. "Huh? Did I come back at the wrong time?"

Chapter 141 Enoshima

Hongxia and her band are doing well; they've signed a contract as exclusive artists with the record company.

The record company provides funding for the band to write songs, and then the company sets these songs up for membership or releases them on video websites.

If the song's sales and play counts are satisfactory, they will fund the production of mini-records for them.

In short, apart from helping them financially support their creative work, everything else is the same as it is now.

Hongxia thought it was pretty good, considering they weren't very famous.

But after Ryo and Boqi confirmed these things themselves, they started to panic.

Liang quickly called to ask if she could return the bass she bought, while Boqi thought that she could probably return her dress by putting the tag back on.

"Boqi, here you go." Youzhen took some money out of her pocket and gave it to Boqi. "We've already returned the gifts you gave me and Xingge, so here's the money back. Don't be so impulsive in the future."

Boqi looked at Youzhen and Xingge with gratitude, then at the money in her hand. The two bosses had been so good to her, yet she was still thinking of quitting her job. She felt like she deserved to die.

Just as Pochi was about to commit seppuku to atone for her sins, Yuma and Hoshika quickly pulled her back.

"I will continue to work hard in the future!" Pochi suddenly knelt down and made a firm declaration, before being pulled back to the rehearsal room by Kita and Nijika, who couldn't bear to watch any longer.

"Will I get paid too?" Ryo asked, moving closer to Yuuma and Hoshika and extending her hand.

Xingge glanced at her: "We don't owe you any money. You'd better figure out how to pay off your debts yourself."

Liang went to the rehearsal room dejectedly.

The basses she bought can be recycled, but at secondhand prices, so she still needs to pay back a considerable amount of money.

Yamada Ryo's life of working to pay off his debts is about to begin.

……

The next morning, Yuma took them to Enoshima. After all, she had promised to bring them here to comfort them.

Besides, everyone has been working hard and stressed about the music festival lately, so it's good to come out and relax together.

"Ichiri-chan, let's take a picture." Kita took a picture with Pochi as soon as she got out of the car.

Pochi now looks a bit half-dead. After seeing the groups of tourists and intimate couples, she triggered the underlying code, and the energy in her dark corners began to dissipate.

Fortunately, Kita was always by her side, using his positive energy to counteract her, otherwise Yuuma felt that he might have become unmotivated today as well.

"I'm going to get a sea salt ice cream," Liang said, trying to break away from the group. "You guys go ahead."

"You still have money to buy ice cream?"

Hongxia's merciless questioning brought Liang back to reality, but in the end, Hongxia still bought Liang an ice cream.

"Hongxia is the best." Liang praised Hongxia in a monotone tone, "I like it, this ice cream is delicious."

"You seem perfectly at ease spending Hongxia's money." Youzhen tapped Liang's head.

He was holding Xingge's hand and following behind the four little ones, with PA holding a parasol beside them.

"Why do I have to come too?" PA looked exhausted after staying up all night. "Isn't this trip supposed to be a reward?"

“You helped campaign for votes too, and you’ve been minding the shop while we’ve been going out lately,” Xingge listed PA’s contributions. “It’s normal to take you out for some fun, right? You shouldn’t always be staying at home.”

"Doesn't the store manager sit in the store all day and never go out?" PA looked at her. "He only goes out when the two of you are having some alone time."

However, I'm really grateful that they took me along on this trip.

Seeing everyone regain their former energy, Yuma took out a tourist guidebook and said, "Alright, everyone, have a good day and relax."

It wasn't until everyone reached the bridge that Pochi, who was being supported by Kita, came to his senses.

Yuma took a group photo of the four of them with the sea, and Hoshika and PA were also dragged over by Nijika and Kita to take a group photo.

"Brother, come and take pictures with us too." After Yuzhen took two pictures, Hongxia pulled him over and made him stand next to Xingge.

Yuma was the tallest, and Kita reached behind his back and pulled out a selfie stick from somewhere, handing it to him.

'Where did she pull that out from? Isn't that mysterious four-dimensional backpack something only Kamen Riders have?' Yuma thought to herself as she attached her phone to the selfie stick.

"There are too many people, everyone squeeze in." He looked at the screen on his phone and directed everyone to adjust their positions.

Finally, Hoshika leaned completely against him and was held in his arms. Kita was squeezed between Pochi and Ryo, while Nijika was held in PA's arms.

“This way we can take pictures of everyone,” Yu Zhen said.

But how could Kita, someone who uses a selfie stick all the time, not know that he was doing it on purpose? It's just that Yuuma was helping her and Ryo stick together so he didn't point it out.

After taking photos and leaving the bridge, you can see the crowds gathered there, and there are various vendors on both sides of the road.

Hongxia and the others bought takoyaki, and even PA bought one.

Food with extremely low cost-performance ratio.

This is Yuuma and Hoshika's assessment of this kind of thing.