Chapter 23: Provoking Anger

  "Girl, what are you thinking? By the way, your performance just now really didn't disappoint me, your master!" Geng Yan walked over and patted her shoulder with one hand. Meng Er stared at this 'master' who had disappeared for more than a week, and suddenly seeing him again was such a scene. "You haven't come to my house recently because you were busy performing?"

  "Didn't Brother Yu order you not to teach me anymore?" Geng Yan was annoyed as soon as she mentioned the last time, it wasn't like he had intentionally hurt his knee or anything. He hadn't even done it on purpose, and he had almost been injured by Brother Yu's beating, what a troublemaker.

  "Is that so? Isn't it just a temporary rest?" Meng'er looked at Geng Yan with doubt.

  Geng Yan replied in a bad mood, "Can't you ask yourself? They're just outside!" As he spoke, he walked out. Meng Er looked at the other three people standing beside her and hesitated about whether to follow him.

  "Go!" said the child, and the two of them also nodded in agreement.

  "I'll be back later!" Meng said, and then she chased after them!

  When they came out to the entrance of the auditorium, those two people were really leaning against the camphor tree by the roadside. The streetlights stretched their shadows onto the road surface. Those two people chatted occasionally, completely disregarding that they had already become the focus of passersby.

  Meng'er quickly walked up to them, calmed her breath and asked: "Brother, how did you come? And why didn't you let Geng Yan continue teaching me martial arts?"

  The two of them exchanged a glance, and then both turned to face Geng Yan. Geng Yan weakly hid in the shadows, avoiding the questioning gaze of the two men.

  "Aren't you going on holiday? Come, I'll take you home! Swordsmanship, your brother will teach you later!" Cang Hai Jun patted Meng Er's head with his hand and replied. Meng Er looked up, just in time to collide with those eyes, the calm and wise pupils seeming to pull her into a boundless world.

  "Yātóu, haven't seen me for too long, miss me?" The low and magnetic voice drove the dreams out of those eyes. Meng'er lowered her head and softly called out: "Qíng Tiān gēgē!"

  "Meng Er?" The sharp-eared Cang Hai Jun heard the name Meng Er and asked in confusion, wanting to clarify. Jing Tian You knew what Cang Hai Jun was going to ask and stopped him with a glance. Although he too felt uncomfortable, ever since she woke up, she had been ignoring his existence, and her greetings had become the most distant. But he didn't want to make things difficult for her, as Jun said, as long as she was happy and healthy, that was all that mattered!

  But just as everyone was quietly waiting, the host's high-pitched voice came clearly from the auditorium: "This time's first prize is, it's, it's encountered a bit of a situation, and then turned that small situation into a perfect performance - Broadcasting and Television News Class 1's 'Friendship Lasts Forever'. And we are also very honored to announce that Chang Hai Meng, who performed in this show, will be joining the 'Yi Huang Entertainment' team, becoming a shining star of tomorrow!"

  "Being taken in by 'Yi Huang Entertainment', Meng Er, what's going on?" Cang Hai Jun hastily looked at Meng Er, wanting to quickly get an answer from her. Meanwhile, Qing Tian You also had a serious expression as he looked at Meng Er, waiting for her explanation.

  "It was just now in the resting room, someone named Yuwen Feng came in and told me to join their team. However, I haven't agreed yet, and I don't know why the host announced it like that, after all this is a performance show, not a real talent show!"

  "Are you sure you didn't agree!" Cang Hai Jun looked at his sister and asked. "Meng Er, brother clearly told you, you can't enter the entertainment circle, Dad and I won't let you enter the entertainment circle either!"

  "Why? I studied this major in order to deal with the media, either in front of or behind the scenes. Besides, it's just a job!" Meng Er looked at her overexcited brother and also somewhat impulsively retorted.

  "For others, it's just a job. But for you, it's not! Geng Ye, tell me what happened inside just now?"

  Geng Yan looked at the suddenly tense atmosphere, somewhat perplexed. However, he couldn't just not respond: "Just now when Meng Er and the others were performing, all the audio equipment inside suddenly went silent. So, Meng Er improvised and danced over to the guqin on the side, playing out the melody. But, Brother Jun, Meng Er's guqin skills are really good, that aura and posture, even I, an outsider, was captivated!"

  Geng Yan said something that was a bit out of line, but he was immediately silenced by an eye signal from Qing Tianyou.

  "Didn't I tell you not to show off your musical skills in front of everyone? You're so arrogant!" Cang Hai Jun became somewhat agitated, his words also starting to become sharp. Beside him, Qing Tian You promptly pulled back the still-wanting-to-speak him.

  Meng'er felt a pang in her heart when she heard her usually doting older brother speak to her like that. She just didn't want the program they had rehearsed for so long to be ruined, and she didn't want to see them standing on stage in a panic, being laughed at by the people below. Besides, she was good at playing the piano, and their invitation to her hadn't been accepted, so she didn't understand where she was wrong? What was wrong with her that made her brother so agitated? So, she also started to retort sharply: "Yes, I'm showing off, I wish everyone in the world knew how smart and talented Meng'er is!"

  "Hmph! So you've grown up, have you? Your wings are full, are they? The sky of the Cang Hai family is so vast, yet it's not enough for you to fly? Are you trying to see how badly you can fall? Trying to see how far you can go without the protection of the Cang Hai family? Let me tell you, I, Cang Hai Jun, will never allow my own sister to enter the entertainment circle! Don't even think about it!"

  "I'm not your little sister, okay?! I just want to make myself fall and bleed, I just want to break free from the title of 'Miss Big Sister'! Okay, fine!" After shouting that out, Meng'er saw that Canghai Jun was looking at her like she was a stranger. Meng'er knew that she had hurt this big brother who loved her dearly, but words spoken couldn't be taken back.

  "Good! Very good! A dream of the vast ocean!" Cang Hai Jun said, finishing his words. He shook off the hand that Jing Tian You had grabbed him with, and walked away alone, disregarding the gaze of the crowd.

  Meng'er watched as her brother walked away in the distance, still standing there stubbornly. She felt very wronged - she hadn't even agreed to anything, so why was her brother yelling at her like that?

  "Meng'er, you just stay in school first. I'll go talk to your brother's side, and I'll come pick you up tomorrow!" Qing Tianyou patted Meng'er's shoulder and walked towards Cang Haijun's direction, and Geng Yan also followed closely behind!

  Qing Tianyou was seen leaning against the car door from afar, his eyes gazing into the dark distance. The smoke he exhaled swirled around his face, making it even more indistinct in the night colors.

  "Jun, why are you acting like this? Meng'er isn't her, and besides, Meng'er didn't even agree to it. You should have investigated clearly before getting angry!" Qing Tianyou walked over and stood firmly beside him in the same posture. "Besides, didn't you say that as long as Meng'er is happy, nothing else matters?"

  "But, You, you know how deep the water is in the entertainment circle!" Cang Hai Jun's eyebrows were tightly furrowed after hearing Jing Tian You's words.

  "Don't you think that with our abilities, we can't protect her completely? On the other hand, you should let bygones be bygones!" After saying this, Cang Hai Jun opened the car door and got in.

  Cang Hai Jun used his fingers to extinguish the cigarette, threw the butt into a nearby trash can, and walked over to open the car door and get in. Only Geng Yan was left standing there, still looking confused and bewildered.

  "Xiao Yan, are you going back by yourself?" Jing Tianyou stuck his head out of the car window, looking at Xiao Yan who was standing there in a daze.

  He was still thinking about the meaning of their words, when he heard the sound of Qian Tianyou's voice, and immediately reacted. He patted him on the head, smiled awkwardly, opened the rear car door, and got in.

  Qingtianyou looked at Gengyan through the rearview mirror and shook his head involuntarily. This kid became dull as soon as he stepped onto the battlefield.