Xia Yuan had dreamed of forming a band when he was in high school.
In order to help Yuanyuan realize this dream, Mei Fang has been helping Xia Yuan find reliable band members, and to a certain extent has given them various material and spiritual support and inspiration.
Now the guitarist (Xia Yuan), bassist (Peng Xue), keyboardist (Liu Xiaoyu) and drummer (Xiang Bingbing) are all here.
However, this does not mean that the construction of the band can begin immediately. Now Liu Xiaoyu and Peng Xue have a grudge due to their different ideas. This kind of thing has a great impact on the team's tacit understanding.
In order to allow his own and everyone else's band dream to continue, Xia Yuan, as the band's leader, needs to do something.
For this reason, she also consulted Mei Fang and Lin Youxi for their opinions. Stationmaster Mei Fang, with his many years of experience in balancing the water, said:
"I don't think this is an irreconcilable conflict. If we can find a way to create an opportunity for the two of them to sit down and talk calmly, the problem can actually be solved."
Miss Lin Youxi thought about it and thought:
"In fact, in addition to liking music, Peng Xue and Liu Xiaoyu follow you largely because they see your face and trust you. The relationship between them is not actually close. This problem does not necessarily occur only to them, but also to Bingbing."
“So I think that in the early stages of team building, we can focus on strengthening team cohesion. Band planning does not necessarily mean rushing to write songs and determine the team name…”
"Youxi obviously doesn't have many close friends, but when it comes to how to manage a team, isn't she very knowledgeable? Hahaha."
"These two things are different. Managing a team is managing a team, and making friends is making friends."
Lin Youxi taught Xia Yuan a lesson in a serious tone, "You can't manage a team like you normally do with friends. You can't just show who you like directly. You need to think more like Ah Fang, that is, learn to balance the water. Everyone knows about your relationship with Peng Xue, but if you act like this in the band, Liu Xiaoyu and Xiang Bingbing might think you are biased."
"I, I won't... I will definitely come for fairness and justice."
"So how do you plan to convey your ideas to other people? Do you plan to hold meetings and explain them publicly?"
"Well... indeed, that doesn't work either."
Xia Yuan nodded. "It seems that we really need to increase team cohesion... However, are there any activities that are more suitable? As for meals, we already had them yesterday. I feel that apart from Bingbing's big belly, there is no other effect..."
"How about an activity like a haunted house escape room or something like that?"
Lin Youxi suggested, "In a dark, claustrophobic and dangerous space, two people who support each other are more likely to like each other. Of course, there is also the saying of the suspension bridge effect... Of course, the premise is that they are interested in this."
"A haunted house? But I feel like the haunted houses in Pengcheng aren't particularly scary..."
"There is a colleague in the programming department of Yuanxi Interactive Entertainment who runs a horror escape room at home. Last time, he invited people from our department to play in the escape room together. I saw that the feedback was good and many girls were scared to tears."
Mei Fang suddenly became alert when he heard this, "? Did that person also invite you to the haunted house?"
"I'm the big boss of the programming department, so he would definitely invite me politely... But I also declined politely."
"What's the employee's work number? Let me see..."
"Why are you looking at his work number, Fang? Is it because you think he has improper feelings towards me and want to fire him?"
"Of course not!"
Mei Fang quickly denied it, "I'm not such a petty person. There are so many people who like you, how can I manage them all... At most I just pay special attention to them, um, that's what I mean..."
Lin Youxi really liked to see Mei Fang's "tough" look, and then looked at Xia Yuan and said, "Let's try that secret room. I can ask the boss to help arrange it so that Liu Xiaoyu and Peng Xue can solve the task together and be chased by the NPC together."
"Okay... It's okay, but..."
Xia Yuan muttered, "I'm quite afraid of haunted houses. I'm afraid of just the four of us going there."
She quickly turned her mumbling gaze towards Mei Fang who was thinking about something.
"Ah, Yuanyuan, do you want me to go with you?"
"No?"
"I feel like my appearance is abrupt, so why don't we call a few more people? Youxi? Why don't you come and accompany us?"
"I definitely can't go... If I go, everyone will treat me as a public enemy, and we won't be in the mood to bond with each other."
"Youxi, what you said is so incoherent... Even if you are referring to the woman who took Ah Fang away, I was also involved in it. Why am I no longer a public enemy?"
“I can only say… those who understand will understand.”
Xia Yuan felt that Youxi was somewhat disrespectful to him!
After making up his mind, the decisive Lin Youxi immediately asked his colleagues in the programming department to temporarily add a script for Xia Yuan and the others for tomorrow, choosing an escape room game that could just fit five or six people.
At the same time, Xia Yuan also invited Peng Xue, Liu Xiaoyu, Xiang Bingbing and Yue Xinyi, and tried his best to persuade everyone to participate in the escape room activity.
Although Yue Xinyi is not a member of the band, she is very popular and loved by everyone in the team because of her outspokenness, just like Xia Yuan. She is also an indispensable friction in the team.
However, after receiving the invitation to the escape room, Yue Xinyi seemed to be more interested in playing another role, so she did not appear on the list of participants in the escape room.
…
The next day, everyone agreed to meet at the gate of Mei Fang's community, because Mei Fang would be bringing four people to play in the escape room at that time.
Peng Xue, who lived nearby, arrived at the gate of the community early, followed by Liu Xiaoyu and Xiang Bingbing.
Xiang Bingbing greeted Peng Xue warmly, and Peng Xue also smiled and had a cordial and friendly exchange with this big loli. Although the two did not have much interaction, Xiang Bingbing's energetic warmth quickly made her and Peng Xue become friends.
As for Liu Xiaoyu, Peng Xue and Liu Xiaoyu made eye contact and nodded politely, but there was no further interaction between the two.
…
Peng Xue thought that maybe the words she said during her interaction with Liu Xiaoyu yesterday were inappropriate. She was thinking about going up to say something to Liu Xiaoyu, but a black Benz S550 slowly drove out of the community and stopped in front of the three of them. Peng Xue gave up for the time being.
The car window rolled down to reveal Xia Yuan's clean and sweet face. She waved to everyone excitedly:
"Come on, everyone, get in the car, we're ready to go!"
"oh oh!"
Xiang Bingbing was about to happily follow Peng Xue into the back seat, but Mei Fang stopped her and said, "Bingbing, you are the tallest, so remember not to sit in the middle."
"knew… "
Xiang Bingbing gave up her seat to Liu Xiaoyu somewhat reluctantly, with a puffed face and a pouting expression.
"Afang, you think I'm too big, right?"
"That's not true! Don't let your imagination run wild... Look at the atmosphere before you speak. You should know the situation now that you are old enough..."
"I know, I'm kidding haha."
Xiang Bingbing playfully stuck out her tongue at Mei Fang, which made Mei Fang suddenly want to teach her a lesson.
Of course, at most it would be to "teach Yuanyuan a lesson" at night.
After Mei Fang finished coaxing Xiang Bingbing, she looked at Peng Xue who had been sitting in the back seat with her head down playing with her phone:
"Student Peng Xue, long time no see!"
"It feels like your temperament has returned as soon as you graduated, and your rebellious feeling is back."
"If you want to say I'm old, just say so."
"Haha, where did I mean that?"
While responding to Mei Fang's words, Peng Xue lowered her head to play with her phone, still looking like she didn't want to pay too much attention to Mei Fang.
Although she and Mei Fang had met during the winter vacation, they didn't talk much, and they basically didn't talk much after that.
Peng Xue had already reminded Xia Yuan about this matter. She told Xia Yuan that she still couldn't let go of Mei Fang in her heart, so she didn't want to bother with him.
Xia Yuan understood this, so she didn't pay much attention to Peng Xue's indifference to Mei Fang. She gently patted Mei Fang's shoulder and said, "Ah Fang, Ah Fang, we are ready. We can set off now. Go, go, go!"
"Fasten your seatbelt. Smooth your hair... Really, you are just like a kid."
Mei Fang helped Xia Yuan pull down the dressing mirror, and then tidied up her appearance. The feeling of an old couple overflowed the screen, making Xiang Bingbing very envious:
"You two are so in love, aren't you? This dog food is too filling, I can't eat it!"
"Don't be so exaggerated. If it's to the point where even Bingbing can't eat any more, how much more should we stuff into her..."
As Xia Yuan spoke, he looked at Peng Xue and Liu Xiaoyu who were playing with their phones with their heads down and not talking to each other, and he felt very uncomfortable.
"By the way, have you read the theme script for today's escape room, Xiaoxue and Xiaoyu?"
"Yes, I have seen it."
Liu Xiaoyu nodded. "I remember it was a script about a corporate worker who died suddenly from overwork and turned into a ghost, and then everyone tried to find a way to exorcise the ghost... I heard that it was a new script that just came out this year, a micro-horror type, with a twist in the ending. There might be a surprise then..."
"You've already mentioned the twist, what other surprises can there be..."
Peng Xue suddenly scolded Liu Xiaoyu, but Liu Xiaoyu refused to give in. "I just talked about what was already in the introduction. It's not a spoiler. I think it's a minimum respect to know the general content of the script before playing the escape room."
“I think if we do some research first, it will be hard to express the immersive experience of playing a role in a secret room…”
Peng Xue said, "Playing in a secret room is for fun. This is not homework. Why are you making yourself so tired?"
"I just don't want to waste everyone's time, so that everyone can have a better gaming experience..."
"Then you are truly selfless and great."
"I just don't want to cause trouble to others." Liu Xiaoyu turned his head away.
Mei Fang glanced at Liu Xiaoyu who turned away and Peng Xue who lowered her head to play with her phone in the rearview mirror, and couldn't help but sigh:
"I find that you two are quite a good match."
"Are you serious?"
Peng Xue looked up and pulled at Mei Fang's chair with an angry look, and Liu Xiaoyu also showed an expression of disbelief.
"Because the classmate Peng Xue I know is always cynical and plays with life, always looking for fun. In fact, it's rare to see her take people other than Yuanyuan so seriously..."
"The Peng Xue you knew was buried in Rongcheng two or three years ago. That's it."
Peng Xue's tone was very serious. "The word 'matched' is usually used to describe people. You could say that Yuanyuan and I are a good match and give Yuanyuan to me. But it's a bit speechless when you use it this way."
"I also suggest not to use the word 'match' so casually. It really makes people feel speechless."
Although Liu Xiaoyu's answer was in a low voice, it was powerful and his tone was firm.
After Mei Fang teased the two, he turned around and showed off to Yuan Yuan:
"See what I'm doing, Yuanyuan? If two people are having a quarrel, then we can find something they both hate so that they can have something in common, like a creature like the plum dog."
"I learned it, I learned it."
Xia Yuan also took notes while talking, "But Ah Fang calls himself Mei Gou, that's too weird!"
"Be realistic. They all think so anyway. As long as our Yuanyuan band can work together, it doesn't matter if they call me a Mei Gou every day, haha..."
Mei Fang's teasing words made Peng Xue and Liu Xiaoyu couldn't help laughing. The two of them did have the habit of calling Mei Fang a "Mei Gou" behind his back.
Tsk…
It really is a dog.
Peng Xue silently cursed Mei Fang's actions in her heart, but her hostility towards Liu Xiaoyu also gradually weakened.
That's true. We are all people whose feelings have been deceived by creatures like Meigou. There is no need to be unhappy with each other...
The group came to the secret room introduced by Lin Youxi. After a brief introduction to the background story, everyone got their own character card.
In addition to experiencing the content according to the process, everyone needs to complete their own tasks according to their own character card.
Manager Cao, played by Mei Fang, is the supervisor of the ghost of the deceased woman. He returns to the office this time to dispose of the evidence that caused the deceased to work overtime like crazy.
This character needs to act together with Assistant Lin frequently in the story. Assistant Lin is the mortal enemy of the female ghost who died suddenly in the story. She often abuses her hidden relationship with Manager Cao to bully her colleagues. The female ghost who died suddenly is also the target of her bullying. On the day of the incident, it was she who forced the female ghost who died suddenly to work overtime.
Of course, the role of Assistant Lin was played by Xia Yuan. After reading the script, Xia Yuan got into the role in a second and began to try to make herself more like a vixen, holding Mei Fang's arm in a very intimate manner.
Liu Xiaoyu, Peng Xue, and Xiang Bingbing also have their own tasks. In terms of interactivity, Liu Xiaoyu and Peng Xue's characters often act together, while Bingbing's solo task is the longest, and she seems to be enjoying it:
"It's okay, it's just a haunted house. I used to play there a lot in my hometown. The haunted house is not scary at all. It's not even as spooky and scary as the old house in my hometown!"
Although everyone was calm outside the venue, when everyone followed the GM into the room and saw the eerie costumes and props, Xia Yuan suddenly felt unsettled and trembled as he held onto Mei Fang's arm:
"A-Afang... I feel a little dizzy now. I suddenly remembered that I didn't feed the cat at home. How about we go back first?"
"I fed it once before I went out today, Youxi saw it!"
"Then, let Youxi do it! I'm really scared to death, wuwuwu--"
Seeing that Xia Yuan was about to be shrouded in the shadow of defeatism, Mei Fang quickly pinched her face to encourage her to cheer up:
"Don't forget the purpose of your visit! You are the leader and soul of the band, you can't say no—"
"Then, kiss me! I need some energy from Ah Fang's special training!"
"This store is our employee! It will be troublesome if we are seen..."
"This won't work, and that won't work... I, I can't do it anymore..."
Xia Yuan, with her legs weak, threw herself into Mei Fang's arms and sobbed. Mei Fang suddenly felt an incomparable sense of happiness and being relied upon.
However, this happiness didn't last more than a dozen seconds, Xiang Bingbing was already ready to go:
"I'm ready! I'm ready! I'll just charge forward!"
Xiang Bingbing happily ran in to do the task. Seeing her energetic look, it was obvious that she was looking forward to the next development.
It seems that the joys and sorrows between people cannot be generalized...
(End of this chapter)