In the music series, the male protagonist writes a self-help manual for the inner world

"Music is very much about the Matthew effect. Good musicians can earn a lot. But the bad ones still have to rely on odd jobs to supplement their family income."

"Study hard and try to get into a good university."

Chen Xinghua increasingly felt that he had become the kind of materialistic adult that children hated the most, putting the children's future above their dreams.

26. Dreams without material foundation are nothing but castles in the air.

Dreams without material foundation are nothing but castles in the air.

If you can't even afford tomorrow's meal, and you still pursue your dreams, you are more likely to starve to death than to win a one-in-a-million miracle by luck and finally realize your dream.

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior." Zuo Li bowed to Chen Xinghua. "From now on, I will support your activities as the leader of an amateur band and a fan of heavy metal music."

"Wait a minute." Looking at Chen Xinghua who was about to leave, Xiduo said hurriedly.

"Do you have anything you want to say to me?" Chen Xinghua turned around and asked.

Kita stayed where she was, opening her mouth to say something, but in the end she couldn't even utter a word of rebuttal.

Can you accomplish anything as long as you have a dream? Kita herself doesn't believe this idea.

Because she practiced guitar every day to the point where her fingertips had to be wrapped with Band-Aids, but she could only play the "booming" bass.

What that person said seemed to be right.

Being hit by a top band is something every musician in a professional band has to go through.

Unless that band has no intention of reaching the top of the Budokan and becoming a top band. They just want to be a low-level underground band and stay at the bottom.

But cruel adults are so annoying. They always talk about some big principles and then put reality before dreams.

....even though what they say is true.

But it's just particularly annoying.

Because people always like to eat sweet things and don’t like to eat bitter things.

Even good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease.

"Reality is so disgusting, it's such a crappy game." Kita said angrily.

Unfortunately, this game cannot be uninstalled, edited, or saved or loaded.

"Reality is an unfair game. Some people are born with maximum wealth, while others are born with maximum talent." Chen Xinghua sighed.

"But no matter how unfair this game is, we have to keep playing. Otherwise, what else can we do? Should we just cancel our account if we can't continue playing?"

"I'm done. I have to go to my next live show."

Chen Xinghua estimated that he still had to perform a few more live shows, and three more... I think four would be enough.

Want to learn how to drive? That way you don't have to walk every day.

Almost forgot, Chen Xinghua slapped his forehead.

Although his mental age is over 18, his physical age is not yet old enough to obtain a driver's license.

Chen Xinghua will have to wait a few more years before he reaches the age to learn to drive.

"Is this building going to be demolished?" A notice posted on a passing building came into Chen Xinghua's sight.

At the same time, a blue-haired girl, like Chen Xinghua, was also looking at the notice in front of her.

"Bankrupt? I haven't received my salary for this month yet." Toyokawa Shoko stamped her feet and waved her arms. "What an unscrupulous company! They clearly agreed to give me double overtime pay this month."

"So you made this promise after you planned to move away?"

Toyokawa Shoko used her upbringing as a young lady to suppress the anger in her heart for a long time and prevented herself from saying words that were highly suggestive of her ancestors.

However, after the anger subsided, only powerlessness remained.

Shoko Toyokawa leaned weakly against the wall.

"Tomorrow's rent..."

The rent is due tomorrow, but all the money in the house has been spent by my idiot dad on drinking.

Why buy the most expensive wine in the supermarket instead of the cheap Demon Slayer wine?

Is there anything else in the house that can be sold?

The electronic keyboard...and the one that accompanied me through my career in the "CRYCHIC" band can be sold.

It was clearly me who ended the "CRYCHIC" band, but in the end, can I even put these important memories I spent with them on the shelf and sell them?

Shoko Toyokawa, Shoko Toyokawa...why did things turn out like this.

Can I not sell the keyboard? Of course I can, but what about tomorrow's rent and today's dinner?

You can live on the street and eat whatever you want.

...I'm so hungry and so tired.

Since this morning, Shoko Toyokawa has not eaten a grain of rice.

Since last night, Toyokawa Shoko, who was almost mad at her father, has not slept for a minute.

She was really, really tired.

After all, Shoko Toyokawa is just a freshman in high school.

The evil fruits brewed by long-term irregular, insufficient and extremely monotonous diet and long-term high mental stress have finally matured at this moment.

"Ugh..." Shoko Toyokawa lay on the ground and vomited hard, vomiting out today's breakfast and lunch.

As for why there was only liquid in her vomit and no solid food.

That's because she ate nothing but air for breakfast and lunch today, of course.

Of course, eating air will only result in exhaling air.

"?" Frightened by the sound of the blue-haired girl vomiting, Chen Xinghua jumped out suddenly and leaped several meters.

Is it a honey trap?

He hurriedly looked around, and after finding that there was no one lying in ambush around, he slowly approached Toyokawa Shoko.

This girl’s back looks so familiar, have I seen her somewhere before?

"Feng Xiangzi? Is that you?"

"My name is not Feng Xiangzi." Fengchuan Xiangzi's overworked brain refused to think, but she still subconsciously rejected the title of Feng Xiangzi.

"What's your name?" Chen Xinghua asked.

Chen Xinghua did not get an answer for a long time because low blood pressure caused by malnutrition can cause people to fall into a coma.

And Shoko Toyokawa is obviously not an iron warrior made of steel and oil.

She is just a soft high school girl who pretends to be strong, both mentally and physically.

"Oh my god, he fell down. Ambulance, ambulance." Chen Xinghua didn't care about the live performance he had to catch up with at this moment, because he would not let Feng Xiangzi, who had helped him, pass away like this.

Just a few scheduled live shows, how can they compare to Feng Xiangzi's precious life.

So after dialing the ambulance number, a white ambulance drove towards Chen Xinghua at lightning speed.

Before he had time to sigh about how empty his wallet would be, Chen Xinghua entered the ambulance with the unconscious Toyokawa Shoko.

This scene was witnessed by Kita who happened to come here.

Did the man in the skull mask take the blue-haired girl into the ambulance? What's going on?

Before Xiduo's wallet could react, Xiduo's body was already sitting in the taxi he had just stopped.

There was no time to cry about Kita’s empty wallet, as it was Kita who rushed to the ambulance and headed to the hospital!

"Taxis are so expensive." Kita covered his forehead with his hands and mourned for his empty wallet for a few seconds.

27. Tell me

"Malnutrition plus excessive fatigue caused low blood pressure, leading to coma." Chen Xinghua frowned as he heard the doctor's diagnosis.

Malnutrition and excessive fatigue...

This made Chen Xinghua think of something extremely bad.

Are there some financial problems in Feng Xiangzi's family?

That's why he asked Gao... How old was he? Chen Xinghua himself didn't seem to know Feng Xiangzi's age.

How old is Feng Xiangzi? He's not yet an adult.

The poor financial situation at home forced the underage Feng Xiangzi to go out to work every day to earn money, and he could only eat the super cheap half-price bean sprout bento in the supermarket.

Over time, overwork led to illness, which led to the bitter consequences of today.

"Is it serious? How much will it cost?"

"This disease is easy to treat." The doctor sitting opposite Chen Xinghua used a pen borrowed from another doctor to write a treatment plan for Chen Xinghua.

Chen Xinghua took the white paper with crooked but recognizable handwriting.

"Three meals a day, rest on time, drink plenty of milk..."

"Is that all? Do you need any more medicine?"

"No." The doctor spread his hands. "Strictly speaking, all she needs is plenty of rest and three regular meals."

"Go to the counter and pay the bill later." The doctor placed a bill in front of Chen Xinghua, which was so cold and cruel that it was enough to make Toyokawa Shoko lose her body temperature.

"This money is enough for her to eat pork chop bento for a month." Chen Xinghua complained as he looked at the numbers on the bill.

"...She doesn't have health insurance?"

"No," the doctor said coldly.

Chen Xinghua felt in his pocket, but only found his cell phone, not enough money to pay the amount listed on the bill.

He went out with enough cash for a round trip on the tram, and even enough to buy a big watermelon on his way home.

But it wasn't enough to pay a medical bill.

"I didn't bring much money with me when I went out."

Chen Xinghua still has a lot of royalties, but they are all in his card, and his card is still at home.

Why hasn't mobile payment been popularized in this country yet? Chen Xinghuazi complained in his heart.

Did the manager of the live house give me the performance fee just now?

Thinking of this, Chen Xinghua frantically rummaged through the guitar bag on his back.

"A guitar, a baseball bat, pepper spray, a football helmet, no... no."

The doctor looked at Chen Xinghua, whose face was covered by the skull mask, and silently placed his finger on the emergency dial button of his mobile phone, ready to call the police at any time.

He wears a skull mask and carries a baseball bat with which he smashes other people's skulls.

Could this person be a gangster from somewhere?

Guitar? The doctor's eyes caught sight of Chen Xinghua's guitar lying flat on the side.

If you are a rock music lover...that's fine.

As a rock guitarist, it makes sense to wear a skull mask and a baseball bat.

Guitarists who play heavy metal rock all wear butcher's clothes and splash blood on their bodies to create a good effect for the show.

Wearing a skull mask and a baseball bat, this is just the beginning.

"Not enough." Chen Xinghua ordered the performance fee given to him by the store manager.

"Our hospital supports installment payments," said the doctor.

"I can pay it later." Chen Xinghua held the guitar. He only needed to perform a few more shows in a few live houses. Wouldn't that be enough to pay the medical bills?

"Wait a minute, I'll go get the money."

But before going to the live house to earn performance fees, Chen Xinghua still has to do one thing.

“I almost forgot to pick it.”

He took off the skull mask on his face and put it in his guitar bag.