Armor: I can only summon the general

Qiao Shefei had sharp ears, and even though there were interferences from the sounds of piano and cooking, he still heard the conversation between Aunt Hui and Minci.

Aunt Hui is still very concerned about Xinnan's lifelong affairs. As soon as she entered the kitchen, she began to test Minci indirectly, but Minci acted very ignorant and just replied to Aunt Hui in a flat manner.

After listening to a few sentences, Qiao Shefei withdrew his mind and focused on the piano. Listening to Xinnan's playing, his heart also relaxed a lot.

After a while, the sound of the piano slowly stopped. Xinnan finished his practice for today. He turned around and saw Qiao Shefei coming. He stood up, closed the piano cover, walked over to Qiao Shefei and sat down.

"Why are you free to come here today? Isn't the bookstore busy?"

"The bookstore is not always busy, but I just happened to pass by here today and came in to see you and Aunt Hui."

Qiao Shefei looked at Xinnan with a smile. He had not forgotten the purpose of coming here today, so he continued:

"The National Piano Competition is just a few days away. If you win this one, you will be the real Piano Prince. Your fans will increase many times over, and you will be a big star in no time."

"That's not so exaggerated. This time we are facing the champions of the other three regions in the country. They must be very strong. I really don't have the confidence to defeat all three of them."

Xinnan spoke modestly and his face looked calm. He no longer had the worries he had in the previous competitions. It seemed that his state of mind had indeed improved a lot.

Qiao Shefei also continued to persuade: "Give it a try, just treat it as the last time, you must have the courage to burn your boats."

Xinnan didn't respond, but just smiled and nodded. At the same time, Aunt Hui and Minci came out with trays and placed several dishes in front of Xinnan and Qiao Shefei.

Seeing such a sumptuous meal on the table, Xinnan couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"Is today a holiday? Why is it so formal?"

Aunt Hui smiled without saying a word, pulled Minci to sit down together, let Minci sit next to Xinnan, and then warmly invited everyone to eat.

As soon as the dinner started, Aunt Hui asked Xinnan to pick up food for Minci from time to time, which made Minci and Xinnan look confused.

Qiao Shefei understood what Aunt Hui meant, but Aunt Hui was indeed a little anxious. This matter could not be rushed, so he started to make a few jokes, which made the atmosphere much better and the dinner could go on.

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In the Night Bar on the other side, after receiving Xizhao's message, a group of shadow warriors rushed here without stopping to meet up.

Ever since Xi Zhao led the Shadow Warriors to take over various entertainment venues in the East District, these Shadow Warriors have been assigned to take charge of each venue.

Under Xizhao's regulations, all the venues under his command were not allowed to make illegal profits and could only make money within the scope of operations in their business licenses. This undoubtedly cut off many lucrative avenues of income.

But the shadow warriors are not fools, and there are many shrewd people among them. So the major entertainment venues in the East District started rounds of innovations, using various gimmicks to attract people to consume, and in the end they made up for some of the losses in the gray industry.

All the places under Xizhao's command are making a lot of money, and the shadow warriors sent there to take charge are also very rich. Now they are living a life like gods.

However, they did not forget their roots. After receiving the news from Xizhao today, all the shadow warriors changed into the suits that were purchased by Ah Hu and Ah Bao when they first came to the Night Bar.

This shows that they have not forgotten their original intention and is also a disguised expression of their loyalty to Xizhao.

After everyone arrived at the Night Bar, Ah Hu and Ah Bao led the way and took them to the basement to gather and wait for Xi Zhao's instructions.

When Xizhao returned to the Night Bar, all his men were already there. All of them were wearing the same suit. When they saw Xizhao coming, they cheered in unison just like they did in the film industry before.

"Welcome Master Xizhao!"

Xi Zhao suddenly covered his forehead with his hands and looked at his brothers with strange eyes.

"I've already told you that you've all left the film industry. Stop doing the same old things. Next time you keep saying nonsense like congratulations, go back to the mountains and catch mice."

"Yes!"

Everyone responded in unison again, which gave Xizhao an even bigger headache.

"Alright, alright, sit down. There's nothing serious about calling you here today. Just relax, or I don't know how to talk to you.

By the way, Abao, go get some melon seeds and fruit for the brothers so we can eat and chat, otherwise the atmosphere will be too tense."

Abao immediately nodded and agreed, walked quickly to the elevator, and took the elevator upstairs to prepare the melon seeds and fruit plate.

Xi Zhao glanced around, then frowned slightly. He raised his hand and Ah Hu beside him immediately walked up to him, lowered his head and waited for his instructions.

"Ah Hu, Bing'er hasn't arrived yet?"

"My eldest sister is here. She said she wanted some quiet time, so I arranged for her to rest in your room."

Hearing this, Xi Zhao looked up at Ah Hu with interest and said jokingly:

"You call her Big Sister? Are you sure? Although I don't know how old you are this year, you were almost an adult when Bing'er and I came to the film industry. Can you bring yourself to call her Big Sister?"

Ah Hu knew that this was Xi Zhao's joke, so he lowered his head and replied: "What you said is true. This is a respectful title. It is given by the brothers out of respect for her character and ability. It has nothing to do with age."

"Oh, you guys are really good at talking, but that's just saying, don't try to use that on me, I'm not necessarily older than you guys, so don't call me big brother or something like that.

Stop talking about abilities. We have all left the film industry. There is no need for the law of the jungle, and there is no need to respect strength. We are all equals, just with different positions. Don't distinguish between high and low."

Xizhao emphasized this to everyone again, and then asked everyone to do their own things first, reminisce about the past, and wait until he saw Bing'er before talking.

This time, everyone did not respond at the same time. They just moved their feet to make the formation look a little messy, but still did not make any sound.

Xi Zhao didn't say anything else. He waved to everyone, then turned around, opened his door, and walked in.

Ah Hu immediately took two steps forward, and after Xizhao entered the room, he quietly closed the door and gestured to everyone, indicating that they could relax.

The shadow warriors then relaxed and began to talk to each other in low voices.

Not long after, the elevator on the underground floor made a "ding" sound, and the elevator doors opened from both sides. Abao came out pushing two food carts.

Ah Hu walked to the elevator door in two or three steps and took a food cart from Ah Bao. The two pushed the food cart among the shadow warriors and brought fruit plates and melon seeds to the table for the brothers.

Once these things were in place, everyone relaxed and sat loosely on the stools, talking around the square table. Their voices became louder and louder, but still remained within a certain range.