Chapter 25

<details><summary>Characters List</summary></details>

<details>Le Han – Main Character</details>

<details>Gua Gua Gu – In-game main character’s name Daji / Enchanting Imperial Concubine – In-game alternate character’s name</details>

<details>Qi Xun – Male Lead</details>

<details>Mu Yi Cheng Zhou / Mu God – In-game main character Zhan Ge – In-game trumpet’s name Spark’s singer</details>

<details>Zhou Yao – Qi Xun’s best friend</details>

<details>Meng Bu Meng – In-game main character’s name Spark’s member</details>

<details>Luo Yan – Zhou Yao’s husband</details>

<details>Lu Jiao (Emperor of Qi) – In-game main character’s name Spark’s drummer</details>

<details>Qin Yuyuan (Princess Qin) – Qi Xun’s pursuer</details>

<details>Axue – In-game main character’s name</details>

<details>Zhang Yang (Prince Tang) – Le Han’s pursuer</details>

<details>Qiao Rui – Le Han’s roommate and friend</details>

<details>Spark’s bassist</details>

<details>He Yiming – Le Han’s previous crush and senior student</details>

<details>Zhao Yifei – Le Han’s high school classmate</details>

<details>Yu Manman – Le Han’s high school classmate and He Yiming’s ex-girlfriend</details>

Edited by: Bubbles

In addition to Qiao Rui, Qi Xun, and Zhou Yao, Spark also had a drummer called Luo Yan.

Luo Yan lived in the bar, and since Qi Xun and Zhou Yao were here today, it meant that all the band members would gather there tonight.

“Is your band performing today?” Le Han asked curiously.

“No, we plan to use the bar as our band’s performance venue in the future, but things aren’t ready yet. It’s just a coincidence that everyone is here today,” Qiao Rui said.

The name of the bar was S, which was the S of Spark.

As for why the bar didn’t have the same name as the band, it was because Qi Xun and Zhou Yao said that it would be too showy. If they did, the bar might be full of the band’s fans every day, so they would rather have fewer guests.

Le Han: “…”

Le Han asked, “…Are they so confident?”

Qiao Rui nodded slowly. “Forget about Zhou Yao. Although Brother Qi doesn’t say it, he has always been very confident.”

Le Han burst out laughing.

Qiao Rui also laughed and said, “But don’t laugh. Our band has a lot of fans. Before I joined, they released an album and sold a lot. The bar hasn’t been open for long, and we haven’t announced the address yet. Also, the three of them haven’t performed much in the bar. I have sung a few times, so the fans haven’t noticed yet. When they find out, it might really be full every day.”

Le Han imagined the scene, rubbed his hands, and said, “I think I should ask for all your signatures first. Maybe one day they will be quite valuable!”

Qiao Rui laughed.

T University was close to the scenic spot of City C, which was quite lively. Qi Xun’s current apartment was also nearby, so they finally set the bar at this location. Le Han and Qiao Rui walked for more than ten minutes to arrive.

The bar was on a small road, and people were coming and going.

As soon as they entered, there were already several tables full of guests. There was no one performing on the stage for the time being. Everyone was drinking and chatting, and it was still quiet.

Le Han followed Qiao Rui all the way, the latter planning to take Le Han to a place where he could watch him sing later. As a result, when they got there, they bumped into an acquaintance, and both of them were stunned.

Seeing Yu Manman, Qiao Rui reacted faster than Le Han. He opened his mouth and asked tentatively, “Why are you here?”

Yu Manman was alone today, with a glass of cocktail and a plate of fruit in front of her.

She was startled when she saw them. When Qiao Rui asked, her face was about to show a sneer when she suddenly thought of something. She quickly converged her expression, curled her lips, and said, “…What, I’m a guest. Can’t I come in? The people at the door didn’t stop me.”

Qiao Rui: “You—”

Le Han held him back.

Qiao Rui frowned and glanced at Le Han.

Le Han told him in a low voice, “Forget it, you can’t write who is not allowed to enter at the door. Don’t worry about it.”

Qiao Rui said uncomfortably, “I’ll let the waiter see her and drive her out!”

The two were in front of her, so Yu Manman could hear what they were saying. Her expression changed, and she stared at Qiao Rui firmly.

Le Han knew Yu Manman’s personality. She usually wanted a lot of face, but if she was really angered, she dared to tear the other party’s skin and would never make others feel better.

Le Han wasn’t afraid of her, but this was the band’s place after all. What’s more, the bar was funded by Qi Xun, Zhou Yao, and Luo Yan. Qiao Rui was still a student. How could he get a share? Le Han would be embarrassed if he asked Qiao Rui to drive her out and caused trouble to Qi Xun and the other two.

So Le Han shook his head, pulled Qiao Rui aside, and said, “Don’t pay attention to her; it’s okay.”

Qiao Rui looked at Yu Manman with a warning in his eyes and said to Le Han, “Why don’t you follow me backstage?”

“Do I have to hide when I see her? Why?” Le Han was still calm at the moment, and he said with a soft tone, “It doesn’t matter. You can do your own thing. I’ll just sit here.”

Qiao Rui tsked, feeling that the day had been ruined.

Although he had a protective attitude towards Le Han, he also knew that it was unreasonable for the other to hide from Yu Manman. Qiao Rui reluctantly said, “Then you sit here for a while. I’ll ask someone to send you something to eat and let him pay attention to her for you.”

“ En , all right!” Le Han said obediently.

Qiao Rui walked to the bar and said a few words to the waiter behind the bar station. The waiter looked at Le Han and nodded to Qiao Rui.

Le Han sat down on the sofa.

Yu Manman’s position was behind his left side. He wasn’t out of her field of vision, so Le Han could feel Yu Manman’s gaze from beginning to end.

He didn’t know why Yu Manman would be here alone tonight. Did she have an appointment with someone?

Yu Manman’s attitude was very restrained today. Le Han was quite surprised.

Le Han thought about it for a while and felt that he was wrong. Then a guess came from the bottom of his heart.

After he sat down for a while, the waiter came over with a fruit plate and a cup of freshly squeezed juice. After putting down the things, he smiled at Le Han and said, “Please call me if you need something.”

“Okay, thank you.” Le Han also smiled at him.

Le Han was lost in his thoughts and absent-mindedly drank the juice, playing with his mobile phone. Soon, someone walked up to him. Le Han looked up and found that it was Yu Manman.

Yu Manman was holding a fruit plate and a cocktail in her hands. It looked like she wanted to share a table with Le Han. She didn’t seem to be waiting for someone.

Le Han looked at Yu Manman and didn’t speak. Yu Manman pursed her lips and glanced at the bar station. The bartender was obviously paying attention to them as if she was a dangerous person, which made her very uncomfortable.

However, she endured it, raised her chin to Le Han, and asked, “Is there anyone next to you?”

“Someone.” Le Han turned around and continued to look at his mobile phone.

Yu Manman gritted her teeth, put her things on the table, and sat down on the other side of the sofa.

Le Han ignored her, and within a minute, Yu Manman couldn’t help but say, “Are you familiar with the people in the band?”

As expected .

Le Han thought in his heart.

Yu Manman really came here for the Spark band.

She turned out to be a fan of the band!

In the past, when Yu Manman saw Le Han, her first sentence was either laced by sarcasm or ridicule. There was no such thing as talking. Le Han knew that Yu Manman hated him from the bottom of her heart, yet now she even changed her attitude to inquire about the band, which was surprising.

But how could Le Han harmonize with Yu Manman just because of her novel good attitude?

It was impossible for them to reconcile.

So Le Han still didn’t lift up his head and said coldly, “I’m not familiar with them.”

Yu Manman knew that Le Han wouldn’t cooperate, so she angrily said, “Your roommate is a member of the band, and you still say you aren’t familiar with them?”

After Yu Manman went to university, she met Le Han when she had gone to see He Yiming and never paid much attention to Le Han’s roommate. Moreover, the man named Qiao Rui joined the band later, and the band didn’t have much activity in the year after he joined. Yu Manman basically only paid attention to Qi Xun, so she didn’t know that Qiao Rui was the bassist of the band until the day of the welcome party!

Le Han turned out to be roommates with a member of Spark!

That night, Yu Manman was still calm and rational and didn’t follow them on the spot. Later, when she went back to the dormitory and thought about it, she was really angered. Qiao Rui said that he knew what she did to Le Han in high school. Le Han obviously had said a lot of bad things about her to him before!

Le Han was too disgusting!

She and Qiao Rui only met a few times, and Le Han tried his best to speak ill of her. Oh, how much he wanted to pretend to be pitiful in front of others!

Qiao Rui’s impression of her was like that. What if he also told Qi Xun the bad things Le Han had told him? What was Qi Xun’s impression of her?

It was a rare opportunity to get close to the male god. How could Yu Manman endure the other person hating her?

Yu Manman resisted the impulse to find Le Han to settle the account and only went to the Mathematics Department to inquire about Qiao Rui quietly. She found out that Qiao Rui was singing in a bar near the university. At that moment, Yu Manman remembered that Zhou Yao’s Weibo did mention that they had opened a bar. Her heart moved as she asked about its location, and came over.

Yu Manman hadn’t yet met Qi Xun and the others, but when she saw Qiao Rui, her heart was already half set. The bar they opened was definitely this one! Before, Yu Manman only knew that the members of Spark lived in the same city as her, but she didn’t expect they would be so close to her!

Yu Manman was really excited.

Her friend had class tonight. She didn’t have the patience to wait until tomorrow, so she came here by herself. Before she came, her head was full of Qi Xun, and she didn’t expect to meet Le Han at all.

When she bumped into him, Yu Manman had to face a problem. Although she hated Le Han, Le Han was familiar with the band. If they had a bad relationship, wouldn’t she be unable to approach Qi Xun?

Therefore, despite the unwillingness of thousands of people, Yu Manman still told herself that it was more important to get close to Qi Xun.

She had adored Qi Xun for so long and treated him as a God. She never thought that she could meet him in reality, but now the possibility to interact with him came true!

For Qi Xun, she could bear anything. When she succeeded, it wouldn’t be too late to turn her face.

Seeing Le Han’s indifferent appearance to her at this moment, Yu Manman told herself to wait until she accomplished her ambition. Upon successfully approaching Qi Xun, and he had a good impression of her, let’s see how Le Han could still pretend!

Le Han felt ridicule towards Yu Manman’s bold manner of questioning him. He didn’t plan to chat with her, so he chose to coldly deal with it and kept silent.

Yu Manman gritted her teeth and cursed in her heart. At this time, two figures appeared in the corner of her field of vision. She turned her eyes and saw a slender and handsome man coming out with Qiao Rui. She was so excited that she almost jumped up— Qi Xun! Qi Xun came out!

Seeing Qiao Rui and Qi Xun, Le Han’s mood also improved.

As soon as Qiao Rui came out, he looked at Le Han and saw Yu Manman beside him. His eyebrows twisted, and his steps stopped.

Qi Xun noticed his actions, followed his gaze, and frowned.

Yu Manman knew that the two of them were looking at her and felt nervous. She didn’t dare to show that there was a contradiction between her and Le Han. She just grabbed her clothes and looked at Qi Xun with an expression of expectation.

Qi Xun’s eyes swept over her coldly, looked at Le Han, and nodded slightly to him.

Le Han smiled at him.

Noticing the interaction between them, Yu Manman was nervous and jealous.

Qiao Rui was appeased by Le Han’s gaze and stepped onto the stage with an annoyed face.

When the two of them sat down, the other guests in the bar noticed them, and the conversation went down. Whether they knew them before or saw them for the first time today, they were all waiting for them to start.

Qi Xun wanted to sing tonight. Knowing that Qiao Rui would sing two songs later, he directly asked him to be in charge of the guitar.

He adjusted the microphone bracket, looked down, and asked Qiao Rui casually, “Why did your roommate sit with that woman? Didn’t they have a fight last time?”

Qi Xun was deeply impressed by Yu Manman.

Qiao Rui said uncomfortably, “Who knows? Han Han definitely didn’t look for her.”

After a pause, he squinted his eyes and looked at Yu Manman. Suddenly, he realized something. He looked at Qi Xun and said uncertainly, “Brother Qi, she seems to be here for you!”

Qi Xun subconsciously looked back and met Yu Manman’s eyes. When Yu Manman saw him looking over, her eyes brightened, and her face looked like a peach blossom.

Qi Xun: “…”

At once, Qi Xun felt like choking.

Qi Xun had too many fans; there were all kinds of them, but today was definitely the most frightening. It was difficult for him to express his feelings.

He was in a bad mood because he had been bothered by the situation with Gua Gua all day. Now, his face turned black, and he tsked in annoyance as Qiao Rui did before.

Seeing Qi Xun’s face turn ugly, Qiao Rui didn’t feel as irritable as before, and he was rather gloating.

Yu Manman turned out to be a fan of Brother Qi!

Didn’t she know that she was already an exotic flower in Brother Qi’s heart?

Qi Xun felt that he was really unlucky. He quickly turned his eyes away to avoid making himself more upset and urged, “Okay, leave her alone. Let’s start.”

Qiao Rui coughed twice, straightened up, and plucked the strings.

The moment the music sounded, the bar went silent.

It wasn’t the first time that Le Han heard Qiao Rui play a song, but this was his first time hearing Qi Xun sing.

The moment Qi Xun began singing, Le Han was in a daze.

When Qi Xun spoke, his voice was melodious and deep. Le Han felt that he could be a voice actor, and he would definitely be the leading actor. On the other hand, Qi Xun’s singing voice could be described as sexy.

There was a slight nasal sound, and the voice was lower than usual because of the rhythm. It was as intoxicating as wine, and Le Han’s heart went numb when he heard it.

There was no spotlight on the stage, yet this man seemed to attract all the light in the bar, making it impossible to look away.

Beside Le Han, Yu Manman covered her mouth and stared at Qi Xun, her face flushed.

In the bar, almost everyone was listening to the man singing quietly.

The women were all astonished. The rest of the rational people hurriedly took out their mobile phones to take a video.

The men also stopped talking. Some were still smoking, but some completely forgot to take a breath of their cigarette.

Qi Xun lowered his eyes and began singing, looking for a particular feeling. At the same time, he wanted to take care of his irritable mood.

In the audience, Le Han was listening attentively to Qi Xun’s singing. Suddenly, he heard Yu Manman beside him saying, “Le Han, can’t we take a step back from each other?”

Le Han was stunned and turned over to look at Yu Manman.

Yu Manman was still looking obsessively at Qi Xun on the stage. When Le Han turned his head, she also turned over and stared at Le Han as she said, “I apologize to you. You can take me to meet Qi Xun.”

Yu Manman’s heart was beating wildly.

She must meet Qi Xun.

Qi Xun was not an idol; he was just an ordinary person.

She had an opportunity. She had confidence in her looks. As long as she chose to take a step back, she would have a chance to catch him!

Translator’s Note:

Thank you for the ko-fi 🥳!

And, yes! The author finally lets us know Luo Yan’s real identityq(≧▽≦q). If you haven’t guessed yet, he is also part of the band! They know each other in real life~