After offending capital, my songs became more and more popular.

Chapter 23 The Source of the Kid's Voice
The bus drove directly into the school, and the welcoming ceremony in the lecture hall was all set up. However, when they got off the bus, the production team received a notification that Shen Ming'en and Yao Shuli were missing.

"What about people?!"

Director Niu is absolutely furious! The biggest draw of this offline event was Yao Shuli and Shen Ming'en, but these two are nowhere to be found!

"When we got off the bus, Teacher Ming'en said she had a stomachache and went to the restroom. Teacher Yao Shuli followed her, but she didn't come back for a long time. When we went to look for her in the nearby restrooms, we couldn't find her anywhere," the staff member replied.

"She was kidnapped by Shen Ming'en???"

Yao Shuli's assistant, Luo Luo, was also frantically searching for her. When she heard that Yao Shuli had been kidnapped by that blond-haired Shen Mingen, she immediately went ballistic, grabbing a member of the production crew by the collar and shouting, "If anything happens to Sister A Li, I'll never forgive you!"

"...No, what could possibly happen?" The staff member's lips twitched, thinking to himself, "You're making a big deal out of this."

Teacher Ming En is a public figure, after all. What could he possibly do to rob someone of their money and kill them?

"...Make a call, make a call now!" Director Niu's lips twitched.

He suddenly regretted bringing Shen Mingen to this event. Damn it, not only did he not participate properly, but he also lured Yao Shuli away. What a piece of trash!
Once we catch him, Director Niu will definitely trample him to pieces with his ghost fire and tear his shrimp veins apart!

……

The houses in the old town of Linhai were built during the colonial period, so they are more in the style of Central Europe. Walking on the endless streets of houses, Shen Ming'en felt as if he were abroad.

After walking through several intersections, I arrived at the seaside, where white seagulls flew back and forth on the rocks along the coast.

There were quite a few people nearby, all there to feed the seagulls. The period around the Spring Festival is usually the peak season for seagulls to migrate north from the south. It's March now, which is the time when there are the most seagulls here. If you come here in the evening when it gets dark, you can see countless seagulls flying in the sky from an upward angle.

"Wow……"

Girls seem to have an innate love for these things. Yao Shuli couldn't resist the sight of seagulls, but unfortunately, the poor female celebrity had no food on her and was extremely envious of others feeding seagulls bread.

Just then, Shen Ming'en called out "Jia jia," and immediately pulled a small Daliyuan bread roll out of his pocket.

At that moment, Shen Mingen was Yao Shuli's savior. The female celebrity, wearing a white plastic mask, took the bread, broke it into small pieces, and placed them on the rocks on the shore. Soon, seagulls would flap their wings and fly over to eat it.

"Put one in your hand." Shen Ming'en took a piece and put it in his hand. A moment later, a seagull came and ate it from his hand.

"I dare not," Yao Shuli readily admitted.

"Come on, I'll protect you." Shen Ming'en stood beside her, raising his biceps to show his support: "Anyone who dares to peck you, I'll smash their head in!"

Yao Shuli chuckled, feeling for some reason that their interaction was somewhat... ambiguous.

However, seeing the seagull snatch the bread from my hand brought me a strange sense of healing.

"Is it really okay for us to just walk like this and not participate in any activities?" Yao Shuli suddenly asked while feeding the seagulls.

"I don't care anyway. I'm not obligated to participate in their program activities, and I'm not getting extra money," Shen Ming'en said bluntly. "Besides, who cares about their exposure?"

Offline events often result in leaked videos, which can then be uploaded to short video platforms to attract traffic. In the era of traffic, this is especially important for certain "veterans" who don't have much traffic but have a big attitude, such as the infamous "green tea" Zheng Yun.

But our Emperor Ming En is not lacking in this little bit of popularity right now.

Who are you trying to embarrass...? "It's easy for you to say that when you're not the one suffering," Yao Shuli couldn't help but say. "You may not care, but what about me?"

Her eyes seemed to say, "You've kidnapped me too! We both ran away without any explanation. The production team must be in an uproar right now."

“I didn’t force you.” Shen Ming’en laughed.

The sun was shining brightly today, making the sea exceptionally clear. Standing against the light, Shen Ming'en appeared somewhat dark-skinned, but it also seemed to cast a shadow on him...

Wearing that gray baseball cap typical of veteran actors, Shen Ming'en looked very neat, carefree, and natural. His straightforward and outspoken personality made Yao Shuli feel very comfortable around him.

"You didn't say you were just here for fun," the opera singer said bluntly. "What about the research you promised?"

The reason she got out of the car with Shen Mingen was because Shen Mingen said he was going to record some audio material for the next episode's song.

“It’s about gathering material, I never said we wouldn’t.” Hajin started acting like a rogue again: “Isn’t it because you were being held captive by the seagulls?”

"I..." Yao Shuli was speechless for a moment, her pretty face slightly red.

"Alright, let's go." Shen Ming'en laughed and led her north.

Not far from the coast, there was an elementary school. Today was a weekday, and the students were in class. Shen Ming'en revealed his identity to the gatekeeper and said that he wanted to cooperate with the school to record a sound source. After the gatekeeper informed the school leaders, Shen Ming'en and Yao Shuli were soon received by the vice principal.

These two are, after all, big stars. Shen Ming'en sings revolutionary songs, and Yao Shuli sings Peking Opera. These are both national treasures with impeccable revolutionary roots. Therefore, even a middle-aged primary school principal who is not particularly interested in celebrities is quite polite to them.

When Shen Ming'en expressed his desire to find a group of kids to record a voice source so that they could advertise their school on the show, the very conscientious principal readily agreed and enthusiastically offered to spare the time of two classes' physical education class later to accommodate them.

"Oh...isn't this a bit unethical?" Shen Ming'en said.

Yao Shuli, standing to the side, chuckled. "It's not like skipping PE or music classes would interfere with someone's studies, right?"

Unsurprisingly, despite meeting celebrities, the young guys still looked reluctant when helping to record the audio. They all looked like wilted eggplants, speaking weakly and listlessly, which made Shen Ming'en quite helpless.

"You're forcing me..." Shen Ming'en grinned, greeted Yao Shuli, and said he had to go out for a while.

"Where are you going?" Yao Shuli asked curiously.

"Why don't you buy them some snacks and drinks?" Shen Ming'en couldn't help but purse his lips.

Kids don't have bad intentions. If you take someone's PE class for no reason, they're bound to be unhappy. Just give them some compensation.

After leaving the school, Shen Ming'en opened the map app and immediately spotted a Wallace nearby...

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Ming'en finally abandoned Wallace and searched for KFC instead.

Even though he's short of money right now, a person has to live with their conscience, right?
While buying KFC, Shen Ming'en saw a pear soup vendor on the roadside. Remembering that Yao Shuli had mentioned her throat was a bit sore that morning, he sent her a message asking if she wanted some small bowls of pear soup.

But he never expected that these four words would cause such trouble.

……

(End of this chapter)