After Chen Chufan was completely dressed up, half an hour had passed. Wearing a brand new work uniform and the leather shoes Liu Yuanyuan had just bought, Chen Chufan's entire demeanor was different, in Luo Yi and Liu Yuanyuan's eyes, he looked like a completely different person.

  A well-fitting white shirt and black trousers showcased Chen Chufan's tall, lean yet not rough physique. His originally delicate facial features paired with his tall and lean body gave him a few more points of majesty. Paired with the boy's confident expression, he looked somewhat overbearing.

  "The young man is quite handsome when dressed up, why wear those tattered clothes and make yourself look so decadent!" The logistics department's Luo Ayi muttered another sentence, which sounded like a compliment but made Chen Chufan feel very strange.

  He actually wanted to discuss with Luo Yi the issue of how students should dress up. However, it was clear that HR Manager Liu Yuanyuan would not give him a chance to perform.

  "Alright, Chen Chufan. It's getting late, it's already 3:30. You'll be taking your positions at 5 o'clock. I'll take you to greet your colleagues. Hold up your clothes, there's a dedicated changing room in the rest area!" Liu Yuanyuan looked Chen Chufan up and down, nodded silently, and urged him on.

  After leaving the logistics department, Chen Chufan, dressed in new clothes, followed Liu Yuanyuan and began to shuttle inside the club again. Fortunately, Chen Chufan had already changed his clothes, at least no one else gave him a strange look, even if they did, it was just a fleeting glance.

  It wasn't until then that Chen Chufan realized how vast the Qing Shui Bay Club was. In short, after navigating through the club for nearly 10 minutes, walking through three outdoor corridors, he finally arrived at his workplace in Zone C. If it weren't for Chen Chufan's memory suddenly becoming exceptionally sharp, he would have suspected that he could get lost in the club's complex of buildings.

  Finally, Liu Yuanyuan led Chen Chufan through three buildings and entered a relatively quiet building. They stopped in front of a door with a sign that read "Band Practice Room". Standing outside the door, Chen Chufan could hear the faint sound of music coming from inside, which sounded like Beyond's song "The Earth".

  "It's here, get ready to say hello to your colleagues!" Liu Yuanyuan turned her head and said to Chen Chufan standing behind him, then knocked on the tightly closed door. The music stopped abruptly, and a response came out after a moment.

  "Who is it?" a lazy male voice inside asked.

  "Me! Open the door quickly!" Liu Yuanyuan replied impatiently.

  "Liu Jie, wait, I'm coming!" It was still that lazy male voice, but this time there were also some miscellaneous sounds. It sounded like someone had knocked something over.

  A young man with very long hair opened the door and saw Liu Yuanyuan waving at him: "Sister Liu, why did you come to our place today?" Then his eyes were sizing up Chen Chufan. "Who is this?"

  "Alright, Xiao Liu, let go, I'll introduce you to them!" Liu Yuyuan pushed away the long-haired young man blocking the door, who she called Xiao Liu, and led Chen Chufan into the band's practice room.

  The entire band practice room was quite spacious, with an area of about 50 to 60 square meters. In the center of the room was a platform, and on it was placed a piano for practice. Five young people were fiddling with their instruments around the piano on the platform, while Xiao Liu, who had opened the door earlier, followed closely behind two of them.

  Liu Yuanyuan stopped in the middle of the room, clapped her hands, and shifted everyone's attention to herself. Then she pulled Chen Chufan forward and introduced him: "This is Chen Chufan, the newly hired pianist at the club, part-time, mainly responsible for weekend C-area piano solo performances. Of course, if someone requests a song or there's an entertainment event, you'll all need to work together. Got it?"

  No one applauded to welcome him, and no one responded to Liu Yuanyuan's words. The practice room suddenly became cold. It seems that the band is not welcoming Chen Chufan's joining. However, Chen Chufan didn't feel embarrassed at all. As long as Liu Yuanyuan was still here, it seemed that he didn't need to say anything else?

  "What's wrong with you? Aren't you welcome?" As expected, seeing that no one paid attention to her words, Liu Yuyun's face turned somewhat unpleasant, and she continued to speak.

  At this time, a young man who had been lowering his head and fiddling with the guitar on stage raised his head. A very handsome young man with big eyes, straight nose, thin lips, and angular facial features, paired with a head of shiny black long hair, basically has the potential to be an idol star, if he can smile more brightly instead of that lazy expression.

  "Liu, didn't you say last time that Xiao Liu would take over as the pianist for Zone C? How come it's changed again so soon? Xiao Liu hasn't touched a keyboard in over a year and has been practicing piano diligently, all of you have seen it with your own eyes. What does it mean to suddenly bring out another pianist now?"

  "Ho Yuxing, didn't you just hear? Mr. Chen Chufan is part-time. He only plays from Friday to Sunday, the other times are still played by Xiao Liu!" Liu Yuanyuan explained.

  "Liu sister, we're all old folks now, you can fool the newcomers with this nonsense, but not us. In the clubhouse playing music, the time to gain face is only these three days, he's taken up the golden time slot, how are our Little Six going to get by? Are they supposed to just stop playing piano and come back to play keyboard? The clubhouse is being a bit unfair, isn't it?" Huo Yuxing said in his usual half-dead tone.

  "Hey, Huo Yuxing, you've got a lot of nerve! It seems like you have a big opinion about the part-time pianist we hired. Are you saying that the club has to let him go just because you don't want to? Let me tell you something, Huo Yuxing, it was General Manager Liu's decision to invite Mr. Chen Chufan to C district. If you have any opinions, you should go talk to General Manager Liu about it!" Liu Yuanyuan seemed to be getting really angry as she shot back.

  "Oh? So it's Liu's recommendation again? I don't dare to breach the contract, but what's this kid's name? Chen Chufan, right? Does he really have the skills to take on the C-district performance? I'm very skeptical. Is he capable or not? Don't tell me he's just relying on some backdoor connections to get by! What if something goes wrong during an important show and we have to cover for him? Look at him, he doesn't even have a full beard yet, can he be trusted? Hey, brother, are you even an adult?"

  Huo Yuxing's words made Chen Chufan very annoyed. He really didn't think that he just wanted to make some money and improve his life, but he would encounter such a play. If this kind of thing happened in the past, Chen Chufan might have endured it, after all, there was still Liu Yuanyuan by his side, and behind him, there was Liu Ni supporting him, so he wasn't afraid that those guys could do anything. If not, he would just pat his butt and leave. You can't afford to provoke, but you can avoid it. However, after experiencing the failure of his first love and the conflict with Zhang Peng, Chen Chufan's personality changed a lot. At least he felt that people couldn't be too kind, otherwise they would be bullied. Many times, your tolerance will only bring others' disdain and more severe bullying.

  Especially in the recent period, Chen Chufan's physical changes have made him think about things from a different angle. He has clearly accepted that he is no longer an ordinary person. So his perspective on problems has become more transcendent, although some ideas are still a bit immature, but indeed changing little by little. For example, in the past, he would never have dared to write songs after learning music theory for just over a month. But now he not only dares to think about it, but also seriously tries, which is a change.

  Many things, in Chen Chufan's current view, are not taken too seriously, just like a game. This is transcendence. Just as the verbal humiliation by Huo Yuxing just now did not make Chen Chufan feel any anger, but rather more annoyance and depression. It's like an adult with a clear mind wouldn't argue with a crying baby.

  It's not that Chen Chufan is willing to swallow his anger just because he doesn't show it. This also involves Liu Niang, who has a good impression of him, and his own empty wallet, let alone the brand new leather shoes on his feet, which were just bought by Liu Yuanyuan beside him. If he just turns around and walks away? Who should pay for the shoes? More importantly, this is not his familiar school, but just a place where he works part-time, and he doesn't know anyone here. Even if he lets loose a bit, he's not afraid of getting into trouble because of showing off.

  So Chen Chufan first spoke up to Liu Yuanyuan, with a calm and collected expression, tone not angry or fiery, but the content was explosive enough: "This Mr. Huo, first of all, whether I'm good at playing the piano or not has nothing to do with my age. Also, I want to correct you on one thing, how to calculate if someone's hair is long or short, I'm not very clear about that. But what I can be sure of is that my hair is definitely longer than yours. Lastly, if there really is an important performance, I hope you guys can be more reliable and not make any mistakes, don't let me have to clean up after you, because cleaning up after others is really annoying!"

  The arrogant words made the practice room fall silent again. Liu Yuanyuan turned her head to look at Chen Chufan with some surprise, she really didn't expect that this big man who looked harmless would respond so fiercely to provocation.

  After a while, Xiaoliu's angry voice finally came from behind Chen Chufan: "What the hell are you talking about! You're so arrogant in front of He Ge, who do you think you are!"

  "What did I just say? Didn't you hear me? Or are your ears only for decoration? You can't even hear clearly when I'm standing right next to you, and yet you claim to be a pianist? Don't you need to practice piano listening exercises regularly?" Chen Chufan continued to provoke the nerves of those present with his sharp words.

  In the practice room, the young people who were sitting quietly on the platform and playing with their instruments all put down their hands, and some had already stood up, looking at Chen Chufan with a bad face.

  "What? Want to fight? Here?" Chen Chufan looked at the movements of several people and provocatively said: "I thought this was a band practice room! I thought this was a place where music speaks! Or did I go to the wrong place, is this actually a combat training room? Can play fists? But playing with fists is pretty good, haven't exercised in a long time, just right to exercise the muscles and bones, come on together, or one by one?"

  Sarcastic tone, a look that's begging to be punched, Chen Chufan continued to provoke the crowd. It wasn't that Chen Chufan had become mean-spirited, but rather he felt that due to the band's rejection, he had wasted too much time and today was his first day of formal work, so he didn't want anything to disrupt his debut show. So he decided to cut to the chase! Get this over with as soon as possible.