Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 245 - 167: Who Knows, We Might Have Another Grandchild Next Year!

Chapter 245: Chapter 167: Who Knows, We Might Have Another Grandchild Next Year!

With a "bang," the security door closed.

Chen Qingzhu muttered softly, "Momo, it seems she’s actually enlightened. I thought she’d just escort him to the door!"

Upon hearing his wife’s words, Lin Moxuan, whose attention was focused on the livestream, suddenly looked up, "Momo went out?"

"Didn’t you ask her to see Xiaozhang off?"

Chen Qingzhu pursed her lips in response.

"What Xiaozhang!"

"Your daughter went to find that boy, Shen Qiushan!"

Lin Moxuan sulkily slapped his thigh.

Judging by his experience, it seemed that their second daughter might really be set beyond their reach.

"Can’t be."

"It’s already so late."

Chen Qingzhu instinctively glanced at the clock on the wall.

8:18 PM.

And at that moment, through the living room’s floor-to-ceiling window, one could see the headlights of the white Audi parked at the door slot lighting up before quickly disappearing from Chen Qingzhu’s sight.

"Quick, change your clothes!"

"Come out with me!"

Lin Moxuan urged, striding toward the door with large steps.

"Where to?"

Chen Qingzhu was speechless.

"To that bar where Shen Qiushan sings!"

"What are you getting involved for!"

"If I don’t go, by next year we might have another grandchild!"

Lin Moxuan grumbled back.

Hearing this, Chen Qingzhu softly muttered, "Maybe it’ll be a granddaughter..."

Near the subway station by the community.

Lin Xiamo stopped the car, "Teacher Zhang, it’s too late, I won’t take you all the way home!"

"I only walked the short distance here myself. It’s not far."

Zhang Chaofan did have a car, but when Lin Moxuan suggested having a drink together, he left it at home.

"Secretary Lin, Brother Shen truly is outstanding."

"If I were a woman, I’d probably choose him too!"

"I hope you both have a happy ending!"

With that, Zhang Chaofan pushed open the car door and got out.

This Associate Professor Zhang naturally liked Lin Xiamo, but alas, the one-sided affection bore no fruit.

Walking toward the subway entrance, slightly tipsy Zhang Chaofan couldn’t help but mumble to himself: Blossoms wither, water flows on; one kind of longing, two places of mournful thoughts; this feeling has no solution, just lifts from the eyebrows, to rest in the heart.

At this point, Lin Xiamo naturally wasn’t paying attention to Zhang Chaofan’s state.

After he got out, she revved the engine and headed straight for Pulse Bar.

It was already the tail end of rush hour, so the roads weren’t busy.

By 8:45 PM.

Lin Xiamo had parked at the bar’s entrance and then hurried inside.

"Miss, you’ll need to wait for a table."

The bar was already full, and a welcoming staff member quickly stopped her.

"I’m here to find someone."

Lin Xiamo replied casually and continued walking inside.

Meanwhile, Shen Qiushan had just finished singing a song on stage, and the audience erupted in applause and cheers.

"Next up is an original song called ’Red Rose’."

With that, Shen Qiushan pulled up a high chair and took a seat, nodding at Hu Tingting.

She was the bassist and also played the keyboard in the band.

If a song required more keyboard, she would take on the role of keyboardist.

The accompaniment for this ’Red Rose’ heavily featured the keyboard, so Hu Tingting took the keyboardist role.

Her fingers landed on the keys.

The poignant intro played, instantly bringing the previously bustling bar into a silence.

Then, Shen Qiushan’s singing began:

A dream you can’t wake from a dream

Red confined within the red thread

...

Having reached nearly the bar counter, Lin Xiamo reflexively stopped.

An original song.

And it’s called ’Red Rose.’

Who wrote this song?

Could it have been specifically written for their band?

As she listened with rapt attention, a series of questions flooded Lin Xiamo’s mind.

The unattainable always remains in turmoil

Those favored have nothing to fear

The rose’s red, the dream prone to hurt

Held tightly yet slips through fingers

Once again lost

...

The chorus arrived.

Initially about to rush the stage, Lin Xiamo suddenly found herself calming down.

This song reminded her of a passage in ’Red Rose and White Rose’:

"Maybe every man has had two women like this, at least two.

If a man marries the red rose, over time the red becomes a smear of mosquito blood on the wall, while the white is still the bright moonlight before the bed;

Marry the white rose, and the white becomes a rice stain on clothes, but the red is a cinnabar mole on the heart."

So, the unattainable always causes unrest!

The best one is always the one you can’t have.

And those you can hold in your hands may eventually fall through like grains of sand...

As Lin Xiamo’s thoughts drifted, the melody of ’Red Rose’ gradually faded away, the bar erupting again with clamorous cheers and shouts.

She even recognized some familiar voices in her ear.

"Wow, Brother-in-law is amazing!"

"Even his original songs are this good!"

"Of course my old Shen is amazing!"

"Jiayu, don’t you think Old Shen really has the potential to be a star!"

"Brother-in-law is a famous Nebula Award-winning writer now, he wouldn’t become some star!"

"..."

Following the direction of the voices, Lin Xiamo saw Lin Jiayu and Fang Xiaoya sitting right by the bar.

"Sis!"

"Why are you just getting here!"

As Lin Xiamo discovered her sister, Lin Jiayu also spotted her standing nearby.

Both sisters had been focused on the performance, so they hadn’t been aware of their surroundings. Now the song was over, their attention less concentrated, so it was easy for them to notice each other.

"It’s already so late, why aren’t you back at school!"

Lin Xiamo stepped forward, patting Lin Jiayu on the shoulder.

"It’s not even nine yet, we have until 9:30 to leave."

Lin Jiayu glanced at the time on her phone as she spoke.

"Did you know he was going to perform here?"

Lin Xiamo asked, puzzled.

And naturally, this "he" referred to Shen Qiushan.

"Brother-in-law told me at noon."

"Noon?"

Lin Xiamo instinctively glanced at Shen Qiushan on stage.

Thinking: So he had this planned from noon!

Meaning, not long after the online noise started, Shen Qiushan had already decided to take action and shield her from criticism! 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Yet he hadn’t mentioned a word to her.

He even acted as if he wasn’t concerned about her sudden fame.

In reality, he had executed a classic ’smokescreen’!

Teaming up with three of his bandmates to orchestrate such a big event.

"I’ll drive you both back to school later."

"Don’t wander around here."

Lin Xiamo instructed, then headed directly to the bar’s backstage area.

After waiting a while, the four who had finished performing, including Shen Qiushan, entered the dressing room, talking and laughing.

Upon seeing Lin Xiamo waiting backstage, all four were momentarily startled.

"Momo, you got here real fast."

Hu Tingting grinned as she approached.

"With Brother Shen here, how could she not be quick!"

Zhu Xinyue echoed with a laugh.

"Traitor!"

Lin Xiamo feigned anger, casting the two a sidelong glance.

"Momo, don’t be wrongful now."

"Though we cooperated with Brother Shen, it was for your sake!"

Hu Tingting nudged Lin Xiamo’s arm, her face lighting up as she spoke, "Momo, let me tell you, Brother Shen’s even written us a self-titled single for our band!"

"By the way, did you hear that ’Red Rose’ just now?"

Lin Xiamo nodded, thinking that ’Red Rose’ might have been written by Shen Qiushan, given he could write novels, a song wouldn’t be a stretch.

And now Hu Tingting provided the answer.

"Alright Tingting, pack up your stuff."

"Let’s get out of here quickly and give them some space!"

"Don’t you have any sense?"

This time, Xiao Huamao Fang Di, while putting the guitar into the bag, remarked.

"Yes, yes!"

"Speed it up!"

Zhu Xinyue immediately echoed from the side.

"Oh yes!"

"My bad, my bad!"

Hu Tingting also felt that Fang Di made sense, she quickly packed her items and left the dressing room, pulling Fang Di and Zhu Xinyue out, thoughtfully closing the door behind them.