Chapter 45: Getting Addicted to Exploiting Glitches

With this gossip revealed, no one could recall their earlier curiosity, and they all turned their eyes to Yu Tao in unison.

"That's so explosive," Bai Chunle whispered, leaning close to Ba Yong's ear.

"Twenty." Not nineteen.

This remark served as a tacit admission that Qi Fei was telling the truth.

"You old fox robbing the cradle, you're almost thirty and yet you're dating someone so young. Tell me, are you a pedophile?"

Qi Fei had found out about this yesterday through her mind-reading ability, and seeing that Yu Tao's attitude was very serious and pointing toward marriage, she wouldn't have brought it otherwise.

"No, how does that make me a pedophile? She's a college junior, okay? Besides, I'm only twenty-seven, where did you get thirty? We've already agreed to get married after she graduates." He and Su Xiang were the same age.

"Feifei, when did they start dating?" Yu Tao was startled by Qi Fei and, genuinely afraid that Qi Fei knew everything, quickly tried to stop her.

Yet he couldn't figure out for the life of him how Qi Fei managed to know.

Su Xiang, driven entirely by a desire for gossip, grabbed Qi Fei and pulled her away: "Come on, let's talk in private."

Seeing that Yu Tao still wanted to stop them, Su Xiang wore an arrogant expression: "If you dare to block us again, you can pay today's bill yourself."

The four of them were currently drinking and laughing so hard their stomachs hurt; the three of them together were simply too hilarious.

Du Hui had previously met Yu Tao at a cocktail party, where he looked every bit the unbridled, cold, and arrogant wealthy second-generation heir.

Had it not been for this private gathering, who would have guessed their personalities were so amusing in private?

Neither of them retained any trace of rich-scion arrogance right now, looking worlds apart from how outsiders saw them. In just a short time, the distance between their relationships had closed considerably.

Qi Fei hadn't expected Su Xiang to be such a gossip. "WeChat sync. Yesterday, when Yu Tao's phone ran out of battery, didn't he play on his tablet for a bit?"

Hearing this, Su Xiang immediately rushed toward the tablet, and at that moment Yu Tao finally realized how Qi Fei had found out.

Imagining Su Xiang seeing their chat logs made his toes curl with embarrassment, so he lunged forward to snatch the tablet first.

"That's enough."

Su Xiang took the hint and backed off.

Returning to her seat, Qi Fei asked, "By the way, how did things turn out today? Is there a result yet?"

When could they resume filming? If it was too late, she still had to return to the crew.

If things dragged on any further, her two schedules would completely conflict. Qi Fei just wanted to finish filming here as quickly as possible and avoid overlapping schedules. After all, once you take someone's money, if they get displeased and replace you, wouldn't that mean the cooked duck is about to fly away?

Yet having just taken ten million from Su Xiang, turning around and walking away casually didn't feel quite right either.

Once matters were handed over to government departments, results wouldn't come out so quickly. Taking everyone's work schedules into consideration, Su Xiang had also weighed her options.

"There's no result yet. Since the bomb detonated, it's impossible to lift fingerprints."

"You all can stay at the hotel for a couple of days. If there's still no result after two days, we'll resume recording once the results come out."

"It just means everyone will have to delay their plans by a few days and make another trip."

Two days was no problem; she had asked for a week's leave when she came.

They all nodded one after another. Without a clear understanding of the situation, filming now would leave a lingering thorn in everyone's hearts.

Regardless of whether the bomb was targeted at the production crew or one of them, failing to clear it up meant who knew if there would be a next time.

This time it was a bomb; next time, even without a bomb, other accidental possibilities existed, because bad people had countless ways to harm others if they truly wished to.

"By the way, the police might come over tomorrow to take a simple statement. You don't need to go out; they will come here."

None of them had any objections. In fact, they had thought they would need to give their statements today.

It was evident that they were all quite worldly.

After the incident occurred, none of their managers had rushed over, and the production team hadn't received any calls either. Su Xiang knew that until now, no one had leaked the matter.

As the conversation turned to business matters, the group's discussion made Bai Chunle a bit bored.

Noticing the guitar on the first floor, he suggested, "Want to go play some guitar?"

"Let's go, I'll show you."

The remark was addressed to Qi Fei, but Yu Tao answered first, sensing that Qi Fei was bored as well.

Su Xiang had business to attend to, so she stood up and led the two of them downstairs.

Qi Fei indeed had no fondness for such matters; once they started talking business, everyone became overly polite and sounded soporific.

Downstairs, Bai Chunle discovered that not only were there guitars, but all sorts of other musical instruments were fully stocked as well, and when the sliding door in the back opened, there was even a stage.

"My god, bro... this equipment is way too extravagant."

Without looking closely, one wouldn't realize it, but picking up the instruments now revealed that every single one of them was of collector's grade.

"I liked these things when I was young." Some of these had been bought back then, while others were added gradually over time.

Qi Fei had a vague understanding of the luxuries in this world, and instruments completely baffled her.

Yet seeing Bai Chunle so excited, she guessed these must be top-tier items.

"Feifei, what are you going to sing? I'll provide the accompaniment."

[If not for knowing Qi Fei's identity, who would have guessed she not only dances well, but sings amazingly too?]

Qi Fei: "..."

Why didn't she just stay upstairs eating fruit instead of coming down here to suffer? The original owner actually knew how to sing? And sang very well?

What kind of nonsense was this? Was bugging out today becoming an addiction?

Could she tell them she hadn't even heard two songs from this world? And even if she had, it was just a line or two.

Ask her to provide accompaniment? Forget it. Qi Fei didn't even know how many strings a guitar had. In the apocalypse, she had used every ounce of strength just to survive; where would she find the time to cultivate sentimentality?

A guitar? She had only ever seen such things in the hands of the children of base higher-ups.

Seeing the expectant looks on both their faces, she could only bite the bullet and go ahead.

Yet after pondering for several minutes, Qi Fei still didn't know what song to sing. "Just sing anything, Feifei, just for fun."

Humming a few notes of the melody, she softly sang:
"Love began when the chaotic universe first awakened"
"This romantic old story"
"Love in the hazy past life, present life, and future lives"
"Afraid of missing it and never knowing"

"Wait a second, Feifei."

"This song... I'm certain I've never heard it before." And it was in Cantonese.

How was he supposed to accompany this?

Yu Tao shook his head as well; he had never heard it either.

"Then why don't you sing?"

She genuinely didn't know the songs here. For the past month, she had either been stuck indoors, acting as unpaid muscle helping Zhao Shan, or spending the rest of her time with the film crew.

"No, no, no, Feifei, you sing. This song sounds wonderful."

Although she had only sung a few lines, they had to admit the song was incredibly catchy, and Cantonese naturally sounded more melodious than Mandarin.

"Adding a DJ beat would be good too." Qi Fei had heard a DJ version of this song before; even without live instrumentation, she could make do with that.

"Leave it to me."

Yu Tao had once been in a band, and he quickly found a suitable pure electronic track and played it.

"Come, come, come, Qiqi, sing it from the beginning."

Qi Fei truly felt like she was being pushed into a corner now. Having just said they could do without background music, look at her now.

Although it wasn't a complete match, one song with different lyrics would have to do. Since she was just singing for fun, Qi Fei didn't fret over it too much.

"How to act in love, how to be wrong, how to look at it, how difficult"
"How can it teach people to follow each other through life and death"
"Love is a taste that cannot be spoken of, only tasted"
"Never return without getting drunk after trying"
"Until her beauty grows haggard"
"He remains so perfect"
......

With the backing track setting the atmosphere, the restless genes within Bai Chunle could no longer be suppressed, and he immediately started dancing on the side.

Seeing the others coming down from upstairs, Yu Tao no longer worried about disturbing anyone. Handing the microphone over to Qi Fei, he turned up the background volume by more than double, and the atmosphere instantly ignited.

Seeing the microphone, Qi Fei instantly grasped Yu Tao's intention. Seeing Bai Chunle let loose so thoroughly, Qi Fei stopped being coy; with the increased decibels, her stage presence multiplied manifold.

Qi Fei's body naturally swayed with the music, completely immersing herself in the moment.

"Love when heaven and earth first opened"
"That rose already in full bloom"
"Love is breaking through the mortal world and searching through the autumn waters simply because"
"Those who have loved never say they regret it"

"Wait, why didn't you call us when you were holding a concert downstairs?"
"This is way too hype."
"What's the name of this song? How come I've never heard it?" Su Xiang headed straight for Yu Tao the moment she came down.

Yu Tao had no time to spare for Su Xiang right now.

As the song concluded, cheers erupted across the room one after another, and Su Xiang even let out a whistle.

"What's the song called?"

Bai Chunle spread his hands: "It's my first time hearing it too. It must be a song Feifei wrote herself. Super awesome."

"『Eternal Lovers』," Qi Fei chimed in to enlighten the group.

"Is Feifei planning to release an album?" Du Hui thought Qi Fei was about to venture into the music industry, especially since singing was something she could be considered professional at.