Liu Xiaoyu came here with Xiang Bingbing this time. In addition to petting cats, she also came to confirm with Mei Fang the selection of theme songs related to the OST.
Since the project of "Code: End" was launched last year, Guo Yun has completed the design of the heroine and the first three bosses.
Mei Fang organized and packaged the finished draft of BOSS and the background story and put them in the music requirements. Liu Xiaoyu and Xiang Bingbing needed to complete the design of three new songs based on Mei Fang's music requirements, so the two sat on the left and right of Mei Fang's triangular computer desk and listened to Mei Fang show the design inspirations of several characters.
"The first boss we met was Guardian Sirid. She was one of the last people to be infected and lose consciousness. Although she was called a guardian, she was not actually chosen as the guardian. Her sister was chosen instead."
"Despite this, as a candidate for the guardian, Sirid still took on the responsibility of protecting the White Witch and sent the last hope, the White Witch Lily, to the sanctuary. She is worthy of the name of the guardian."
“The protagonist’s savior becomes the first boss the protagonist encounters, and she is also a beautiful girl. Overall, it is full of irony.”
"Ah... Ah Fang, this setting of yours is so heartless."
Xiang Bingbing waved her fist at Mei Fang and said, "I want to beat you to death just by hearing this setting."
"Don't take it seriously. My body can't stand your beating."
While Xiang Bingbing and Mei Fangzheng were complaining, Liu Xiaoyu was taking notes seriously and then took the initiative to ask questions:
"Because she's a nun, the overall style of her music will be more religious, right?"
"Well, this is a melody mainly based on the cello, but when it comes to the scene design, the organ will be needed to sing the aria, and then some vocal accompaniment will be needed, just like the state of the choir singing hymns."
"Well, I know how to continue this voice."
Liu Xiaoyu nodded. "You mentioned before that this BOSS has two stages. Does the second stage require a variation?"
"Yes, the second stage is a variation of the boss battle in the first stage. It is faster and more intense overall, but it also needs a bit of distortion and confusion. My description may be a bit abstract, because when Celide is completely corrupted in the second stage, she will show her jealousy towards her sister nakedly."
"Okay, I understand. Bingbing and I will finish the first stage of the music first, and you can do the second stage of variations after you are sure."
"No problem, let's continue? Let's talk about the next BOSS..."
Xiang Bingbing did not receive any professional and systematic music theory knowledge. It was only after she came to university last year that she began to study systematically with Liu Xiaoyu in the university art troupe. Although her drumming skills are pretty good, she has not released any music after all, and has actually always been helping Liu Xiaoyu.
At this moment, she saw Mei Fang and Liu Xiaoyu talking happily, and they seemed to have a tacit understanding. She wanted to interrupt but couldn't, and suddenly she felt some inexplicable complicated emotions.
"Bingbing, do you have any questions?"
"Ah? I, I'm not very good at expressing the terms you mentioned. I think the first BOSS has a foreshadowing of my sister, but I don't know if my sister will appear later."
"My sister will come out too. She is BOSS No. 5."
Mei Fang explained, "The younger sister had always complained that the older sister abandoned her and the other companions, but the older sister actually sacrificed herself deep in the cathedral in order to buy time for the younger sister. In fact, she was right under the younger sister's feet. It felt like that."
“It hurts, it hurts too much!”
Xiang Bingbing cried and pulled Mei Fang's shoulders and pushed him, "Ah Fang, you are such a scoundrel!"
"The more painful it is now, the sweeter it will be when it heals."
Mei Fang smiled and said, "What's more, these bosses will be redeemed after being defeated, and then become substitute messengers of the witch, helping the witch to save others and purify their filth."
"Is that so... I feel like you are a human being now."
Just as Xiang Bingbing finished expressing her feelings, the cute Xia Yuan suddenly appeared and hugged Mei Fang's neck from behind, and then began to spoil the story for Xiang Bingbing:
"But, but, filth cannot be transferred. The accumulated filth will eventually return to the heroine. You can imagine what happens in the end—"
"Ahh! Ah Fang, I can't kill you a thousand times! The protagonist won't die, right? She won't die, right? Such a cute white-haired loli, are you really willing to let her die!"
"Don't be so excited, Bingbing. Calm down. The true ending will definitely be a good one."
"Really? You're not lying."
"Fang lied to you that you were a puppy!"
Xia Yuan rushed to Bingbing and stuck out her tongue, then began to get intimate with Ah Fang, "How long will it take you to finish your work? Didn't we agree to go to the musical together this afternoon?"
"We should be able to make it in time. It's still early, isn't it?"
Although Xia Yuan had no intention of sending them away, Liu Xiaoyu had already consciously patted his thigh and stood up. "It's getting late, and we should go back to class. Mei Fang, you sent me the document about these requirements before. If there's anything you don't understand or are unsure about, Bingbing and I can go over it with you again."
"Ah... ok, no problem."
"Ah, that—"
Although Xiang Bingbing wanted to say something else, she shut up immediately when she saw Liu Xiaoyu winking at her.
Mei Fang stood up and saw off Liu Xiaoyu and Xiang Bingbing with Xia Yuan.
On the way back to school, Xiang Bingbing, who was always cheerful and optimistic, suddenly began to sigh. Liu Xiaoyu was curious and couldn't help asking her:
"Bingbing, what's wrong with you?"
"I just think Fang is amazing, not just because he's a boss. He writes his own songs, composes his own music, writes his own code, makes his own games, and even creates his own game scripts. How can one person be so talented?"
"Yeah... He's pretty special."
Liu Xiaoyu nodded, and then couldn't help but complain, "That's why Yuanyuan and Youxi both like him."
"But I think Yuanyuan and Youxi like Ah Fang not because he is so outstanding, but because the three of them grew up together and have a deep relationship..."
"Don't underestimate this. Think about what everyone was like when they were young. Not to mention puberty, even in elementary school, boys who played with girls in class were laughed at. You should have experienced this, right?"
"Um... there are fewer people on our Shenlongjia side, and the boys and girls play the games on both sides together, so no one laughs at each other."
“Ah… that’s the environmental issue.”
Liu Xiaoyu stretched his body, then rushed towards Bingbing and smiled:
"In short, it's really amazing to be able to maintain a friendship from childhood to adulthood. Even you and your good friend Rourou may not understand each other one day, right? But they can always have something to talk about."
"This is not just a result that can be achieved with Mei Fang's efforts. His compatibility with Youxi Yuanyuan is also very important. This is a two-way love."
"All three of them are rushing to the capital!"
Xiang Bingbing complained to Liu Xiaoyu, and they both smiled awkwardly at the same time.
Xiang Bingbing let out a long sigh, "Actually, I think... if the three of them and I were childhood sweethearts, maybe I, I would also-"
Liu Xiaoyu looked at Xiang Bingbing who was hesitant to speak, and immediately felt sorry for her thoughts, "Bingbing, are you still thinking about Mei Fang?"
"I... I don't really know."
Xiang Bingbing scratched her head. "Actually, when Youxi asked me last time, I was very conflicted. I used to be able to openly admit that I liked Ah Fang, but now I just... can't."
"Because my love before was very pure, just like friends' love... Because Fang wasn't my type from the beginning. Look at how tall I am, right? I can't date a boy who is much shorter than me. Of course, Fang isn't short, he's almost 1.80 meters tall, it's just that I'm too tall."
"That's right..."
Liu Xiaoyu asked in a gentle voice: "Did you gradually develop feelings for him after sitting at the same table with him?"
"Because he's really good to me! When I first broke my bones, he helped me get food and treated me to delicious food. He has a very good personality and never swears at anyone. He's always polite to everyone."
Xiang Bingbing said angrily, "Such a warm-hearted man is now the president of such a big company. I feel it's unreal when I look at those posters on Station C."
He is a very unreal person...
Liu Xiaoyu complained about Mei Fang in his heart, and Xiang Bingbing muttered, "What about you, Xiaoyu, don't you think it's unreal?"
"I... I'm not sure."
Liu Xiaoyu smiled and said, "But no matter what, the Ah Fang you like is definitely not the Ah Fang who dominates the business world on the company's stage, but the gentle Ah Fang who sits next to you, right?"
“Yes, yes, yes!”
Xiang Bingbing said seriously, "It's really a happy thing to sit at the same table with Ah Fang. Every time I can choose my own seat, I will sit next to Ah Fang. I don't know why, but I feel at ease when doing homework, taking lunch breaks, chatting, taking exams, etc. next to him."
Rest assured...
What does that feel like
Liu Xiaoyu had never sat at the same table with Mei Fang, nor had they even been in the same class together. Most of the time, he just listened to Xia Yuan telling the story of herself and Mei Fang. Although he yearned for it, he knew it was unreal. But when he listened to Xiang Bingbing's story, he felt that it was within reach.
“Ahh—”
Xiang Bingbing suddenly started sobbing like a madman, attracting everyone's attention. Liu Xiaoyu felt that she was very embarrassing, so she pulled Xiang Bingbing aside.
"W-what's wrong with you?"
"I regret it now. I regret that I reacted too late."
Xiang Bingbing puffed her cheeks with a sad and aggrieved expression, "Xiaoyu, I found that I like Ah Fang very much now. I am unhappy all day because I can't play with him. I also want to watch the musical with them. Why don't you let me go?"
"They're going on a date, you definitely can't interfere."
Liu Xiaoyu held Xiang Bingbing's hand and said, "I have reminded you so many times before that you must pay attention to your sense of boundaries. Girls without a sense of boundaries are the same as green tea girls, especially boys like Mei Fang who have a partner. It's okay to do it occasionally, but if you always ignore the distance between you and Mei Fang, Yuanyuan Youxi will be angry."
"Yuanyuan won't be angry with me, she's not that petty!"
As Xiang Bingbing spoke, she began to speak in a low voice, "I'm not saying that Youxi is stingy, it's just... if I get too close to Ah Fang, I think she'll be unhappy with me and probably jealous. I felt it when she spoke to me before."
Liu Xiaoyu couldn't help laughing as he listened to Bingbing's complaints.
Will it? Really
It seems that Yuanyuan Youxi completely treats Bingbing as a younger sister or a larger daughter...
"Youxi is indeed possessive... But as long as you don't do too many things that go beyond your sense of boundaries, Youxi probably won't say anything to you."
Liu Xiaoyu said in a gentle voice, "After all, to the outside world, the three of them are all single. It would be weird if we were too cautious."
"I'm not trying to poach them! Yuanyuan and Youxi are both my best friends, how could I possibly do something to let them down?"
Xiang Bingbing muttered, "I just thought that Ah Fang has less and less free time now, so good friends should get together more often if they have the chance. In the future, everyone will have their own careers and jobs, as well as families and so on, so it will be difficult to meet again. That would be a pity, just like my best friend Rourou."
"By the way, she got pregnant a few years ago. I feel like I'll have fewer opportunities to meet her in the future."
"Is she 20 years old? How come she's going to have a baby so soon?"
Xiang Bingbing had a very good friend named Rourou in Shenlongjia, but she got married after graduating from the college entrance examination. When everyone went to Shenlongjia to play together before, Xiang Bingbing also brought Rourou with her, but the two of them really couldn't be as close as before.
Perhaps it was because she had lost her best friend that Xiang Bingbing valued this period of youth even more, hoping to leave behind many endless beautiful memories.
Originally, Liu Xiaoyu thought Bingbing was just a naive child, but after hearing what she said, she felt that there was some truth in it.
Yeah... I am no different—
Xia Yuan had mentioned to Liu Xiaoyu more than once that she planned to marry Mei Fang directly after graduating from university and then stay at home to take care of the children.
Xia Yuan told Liu Xiaoyu all the jokes about how she was thought to be pregnant and was planning to give birth to the child.
If Yuanyuan entered the stage of being a good wife and mother, then she and Yuanyuan would have fewer common topics.
More importantly, it also means that Mei Fang will have to focus more on her family and it will be harder for her to focus on her career...
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu?"
Xiang Bingbing gently patted Liu Xiaoyu's shoulder, and Liu Xiaoyu was immediately brought back to her senses. She showed a somewhat patient expression while kneading the shoulder that Xiang Bingbing had patted, and asked Xiang Bingbing: "What, what's the matter?"
"You seemed to be in a daze just now, what were you thinking about?"
"Um... I think you're right."
Liu Xiaoyu said in a gentle voice, "While we are still young, we should get together more often if we have the chance."
"Since you agree with me, I'm going to mention it!"
Xiang Bingbing smiled and said, "I have a basketball game next week and I want to invite Ah Fang and the others to watch the game. What do you think is okay?"
"Yeah, sure... Let's make an appointment. Make more appointments when we have the chance."
Liu Xiaoyu was thinking about something, and then smiled and said, "I also made an appointment with them to have dinner together."
"Can I go? I want to go too."
"Of course you can, I originally wanted you to come along..."
"Great, great! Take advantage of your youth so that you won't end up with regrets in the future!"
"Yes," Liu Xiaoyu nodded gently, "so as to avoid regrets in the future."
(End of this chapter)