novellhall Chapter 15 Children's Song Album
Chapter 15 Children's Song Album
In the space.
With reddened eyes, An Qianqian rushed over to Zhou Xiaobai as he entered.
"Waaah... Mom hit me again... Waaah..." Anxi cried with snot and tears streaming down her face.
After a long while, she rested her head on Zhou Xiaobai's lap, lay comfortably on the grass, and began to recount how bad her mother was.
When she got excited, she waved her little fists at the air and said fiercely, "Later, we'll hold Mom down and spank her too, then let's see if she'll still hit the kids."
These words made Zhou Xiaobai tremble with fear.
Hit Liu Xiaoli?
You're going to kill me! I get scared just looking at her eyes, and my hands go weak before I even get close.
However, in order to appease the baby on his lap, Zhou Xiaobai could only force himself to endure the cold and agree: "Okay, I'll beat her with a black stick later—"
He paused, and to prevent Anxi from hitting him openly, he suggested, "We need to cover your mother's head with a black headscarf so she can't find out we hit her."
"Yes, hit and run." An Qianqian wiped her snot on Zhou Xiaobai's clothes and started thinking about where to run after the fight.
"Mmm!" Zhou Xiaobai smiled and patted An Qianqian's head. Kids are so easy to coax.
"And also, we're like gods now. If Mom wants to ascend to heaven in the future, she'll have to beg me to call her 'Big Sister'," Anxixi vented her resentment.
"Pfft!" Zhou Xiaobai couldn't help but burst out laughing.
He shook his head. This child was hopeless, but he really wanted to teach Liu Xiaoli a lesson and show her the consequences of spanking a man…
Just as he was having a sweet dream, An Qianqian's words pulled him back to reality: "Xiaobai, let's run away from home."
"Run away from home?" Zhou Xiaobai was so frightened by these words that his hair stood on end.
This is suicidal! This is a gang crime, and in the end, the responsibility will definitely fall on their own shoulders.
Not to mention whether Liu Xiaoli would hunt him down, even Zhou Wenqiong would want to kill him.
"Yes, let's go to Sister Bingbing's place. It's too cold where Sister Yaya is in winter. Let's accumulate 10,000 popularity points first, and then we'll go and kidnap Sister Bingbing after the New Year."
Anxi gritted her teeth and nodded in confirmation.
During the summer vacation, they were like sisters. After becoming members of the system, they realized that they were also rising stars and would be good comrades-in-arms to hold hands in the future.
She also knew that Fan Bingbing and Tong Liya had called Zhou Xiaobai quite a few times during this period.
Running away from home definitely requires finding someone you know. Besides, Fan Bingbing is a grown-up; she can definitely take care of herself.
Zhou Xiaobai plans to go find those two girls in the next year or the year after.
But An Qianqian is even more impressive. She figured it out: everyone recommended by the system is a ruthless person. While she was thinking about next year or the year after, this little tyrant was already thinking about six months from now...
He had just started to mutter to himself when he received another small punch on the head.
"I'm asking you a question!" An Qianqian's eyes widened. Ever since she met Zhou Xiaobai, she would resort to violence whenever she was unhappy.
Rubbing his forehead, Zhou Xiaobai realized he was penniless and couldn't run away even if he wanted to. He was both annoyed and amused: "Do you have any money?"
"I have several dozen yuan, and I'll receive lucky money during the Lunar New Year, so that'll be enough," Anxixi said, showing off her small wallet as she pulled it out of her pocket.
"That's not enough, we still need to eat and drink." Zhou Xiaobai did the math and realized that this amount of money was definitely not enough. He added, "We're young, we can't travel by ourselves."
Anxi poked Zhou Xiaobai's forehead with disdain: "You're so stupid! Kids don't have to pay for rides, and we can't sneak onto the bus? Can't you use your brain like me?" She was extremely proud of her own cleverness.
After a pause, An Qianqian delivered a scathing remark: "You're really useless. You call yourself a boy? You're a penniless bum."
Her train of thought stunned Zhou Xiaobai. To prove he was also incredibly smart and capable of making money, Zhou Xiaobai's mind raced—
A search of the system's video library revealed no suitable roles for a young girl like An Xixi.
Even if there were, they would either be young monks or boys.
I would actually be happy to see Anxixi shave her head and put on a big show; it might even become one of her most memorable moments.
But this idea simply wouldn't work. First, there were no resources. Most importantly, asking her to shave her head would definitely cause a huge uproar.
Besides, there's no need to go through all that trouble—according to the system's assessment, she's on the beauty track, relying on her natural acting style; she can conquer the world with just her face.
As for acting skills? Only ugly people need them.
If acting doesn't work out, perhaps we can use Grandma Wang's connections to get Anxixi to record a record first.
Songs are not limited by age, and Anxixi comes from an artistic family. Grandma Wang has been a music teacher all her life and also has the resources of a record company.
It doesn't matter if she doesn't have good singing skills. The song we gave Anxixi wasn't anything difficult, just a children's song.
As long as you have a sweet voice and clear pronunciation, and you get a few years of practice in a studio, I'm sure you'll succeed.
Although I haven't looked at the video library in detail yet, I imagine there must be a lot of children's songs.
Without hesitation, Zhou Xiaobai gritted his teeth and said, "Qianqian, let's learn the song. We'll rely on ourselves and work hard to build this business. The hard times won't last long."
"Huh?" Anxi was young and didn't know much, so she looked confused.
"Don't you have a CD player and a tape recorder at home? You can record the songs you've learned onto CDs or tapes like that." Zhou Xiaobai gestured as he fed An Qianqian her dreams.
"And then?" Anxi asked, puzzled.
"Then we sell them. If people like them, they'll buy them. Once they buy them, we'll have 'money,' and we can also build up popularity points."
After only two days of getting to know each other, Zhou Xiaobai knew that An Qianqian was a little money-grubber, and she was particularly obsessed with money.
"But how am I supposed to record it? I can't sing, who's going to sell it?"
Upon hearing that it could make money, Anxixi's eyes lit up.
A thought flashed through her mind in an instant—if she made money, she could show off in front of her mother and run away from home.
By accumulating popularity points, you can bind Fan Bingbing and Tong Liya, and even make your mother a soldier under your command...
"You just need to sing well. During this time, you can learn to sing from Grandma Wang and then practice in the space. I'll figure out the rest. How about that?" Zhou Xiaobai touched An Qianqian's little face and instructed her, "However, this has to be kept a secret! At most, tell your mother that you're learning to sing. If you tell us anything else, we won't be able to explain it."
"Okay, okay."
Anxi nodded her head vigorously. Keeping it a secret suited her perfectly; the two of them were on the same page.
Zhou Xiaobai felt much more at ease.
Releasing a record is the first step on the path to immortality; besides, I can't tell outsiders about the system.
Grandma Wang was at ease and didn't need to explain further.
Others, even close relatives by blood, if they cannot become special talents in the system, then it will be troublesome if they cannot explain themselves.
Zhou Xiaobai also asked the system if he could recruit Grandma Wang, but the answer was no.
Although the system is a bit quirky, it doesn't show any leniency when it comes to matters of principle.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have electrocuted himself so badly at the start that people would think he was an idiot.