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Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Sang Qiao, what the hell are you performing?

The director nodded in satisfaction, finally, there was a performance that the elderly could enjoy.

However, the pleasant singing failed to move the villagers, who still wore expressions like those of old men staring at cellphones on the subway.

The song ended.

Most of them reluctantly stretched out “4” or “5” fingers. The director announced, “Meng Wangge and Lin Weichen, four and a half points.”

“Grandpas and grandmas, can I ask what was wrong with our singing?” Meng Wangge asked with a smile on her face, not expecting to fall below the passing mark!

The villagers replied, “It was mediocre at best, not even comparable to the opera singers in our village.”

“Yes, yes, and the folk singers too.”

It was then that Meng Wangge realized, her singing style was too “modern” and didn’t suit the taste of the elderly.

If she had known, she would have performed an opera instead, but now it was too late to say anything.

The director and guests: “…”

[Watching them sing “Grateful Heart,” I was totally confused. Don’t they know that the crew paid the villagers to cook and rent this Siheyuan?]

[I couldn’t stop laughing under my blankets; my mom dragged me out and scolded me for disturbing the upstairs neighbors, so sad.]

[Hahaha, that’s too tragic for the person above!]

[I remember singing “Grateful Heart” back in elementary school, it was for the teachers.]

The third pair, Lu Tianxin and her team, took the stage—they removed their jackets, spread them on the ground, and kneeled down resolutely for three bows before standing up to face each other.

“From today onwards, we cut off all ties of gratitude and righteousness! We’re no longer husband and wife from this moment on!”

“It should have been this way long ago!”

Lu Tianxin and Gu Nanmo then performed an opera scene they had just researched online.

But with their desolate expressions, they genuinely matched the preferences of the older villagers.

The act concluded, and the pair bowed to signify the end.

“This boy really doesn’t know what’s good for him, letting go of such a pretty girl!”

“Well done!”

“Clap, clap, clap.” A round of applause rang out.

Then, the villagers gradually held up eight fingers.

“Lu Tianxin, Gu Nanmo team scored eight points!” observed the director, casting a rare look of approval to the pair who did more harm than good.

[Hahaha, I was stunned when they suddenly knelt on the floor, I thought they were begging the villagers for high scores.]

[I found the play awkward! But the elderly seemed to be engrossed in it.]

[Different generations, different tastes. I remember not understanding the puppet shows in the village as a kid, but my grandfather loved them and went to watch every day.]

Next up were Sang Shen and Liang Mengyun.

From their meeting this morning, the two hadn’t spoken to each other, let alone discussed what to perform, so they were completely unaware of each other’s plans.

Liang Mengyun, however, wanted to strike a conversation, but each time she mustered the courage to speak, he would unobtrusively avoid her.

She regretted impulsively speaking her mind yesterday; if she hadn’t, at least she could have continued to cooperate with him until the end of the third episode.

But now, it seemed difficult for them to collaborate in the future.

Before she could think further, Sang Shen next to her had already started his spiel, “Thank you to all the villagers for caring about us today. On behalf of the entire team, I express our sincerest gratitude. My heart is filled with appreciation, thank you.”

Liang Mengyun could only awkwardly follow up, “Me too, thank you, all the grandpas and grandmas.”

The villagers seemed to sense their perfunctory effort and held up three fingers.

The director frowned, his face twisting into a knot, “That was too perfunctory. Sang Shen and Liang Mengyun get three points.”

“What the hell, this is unfair! They put in so little effort and still got three points, yet I danced my heart out for just one point?” Yao Hui felt his mindset crumble on the spot.

Was his best jazz dance truly that horrendous?

“…I couldn’t even understand your dancing, let alone the grandparents,” Meng Wangge muttered under her breath, referring to Yao Hui’s earlier twists, thrusts, and head tosses, which she didn’t appreciate.

“That’s not about not understanding, it’s about lacking taste,” Yao Hui shot back, his face red and neck thickening.

Eventually, he resignedly went to stand in the corner, quiet as a chicken.

[Yao Hui deeply affected, maybe I’m just too unrefined. I can’t appreciate it either.]

[Before the performance, Yao Hui: “Watch me charm everyone!” After the performance: “What kind of taste do they have?”]

[I spilled my drink laughing at that!]

Next up were Sang Qiao and Si Chenli performing.

Sang Qiao stepped forward, beginning to read from a scam prevention SMS she had just received, “Today I want to share some knowledge on scam prevention. Warning about scams: Do not click on unknown links, do not trust unfamiliar numbers, there’s no such thing as free pie from the sky, never leak your personal information to strangers, and always double-check before making a transfer. Please, take this seriously; some people have been scammed for thousands.”

“Oh my, is it really that bad? I wonder if I have any scam links in my phone. Young lady, could you please check for me?”

“Me too, me too. I even received a call yesterday telling me my bank card had an outstanding debt. I told them I don’t have a bank card, but they insisted if I didn’t transfer money, they’d come to get me today, which could affect my child’s future employment and education. I was planning to go to the bank to transfer money later, but now it seems it might be a scam?”

“My kid asked me to transfer money yesterday, could it have been a scammer pretending to be them? No way, I better call and check.”

In a flash, all the villagers began checking their phones, calling relatives, and inspecting messages.

Even the grandparents who couldn’t read asked the guests to help them.

“Grandpa, please don’t go sending money to this scammer. These kinds of messages with links are frauds.”

“Alright, alright.”

The director watched silently, “…”

After everyone had finished checking, several elderly people held up ten fingers.

“Sang Qiao, Si Chenli’s group gets ten points!” The director announced the score, more silently than before.

He had imagined all kinds of bizarre performances from Sang Qiao but never expected her to directly talk about scam prevention.

“This young lady shared some really useful knowledge. I was about to go out and transfer money to a scammer today.”

“These days, scammers have no conscience at all, even conning elderly people.”

[LOL, Sister Qiao literally saved a grandpa from getting scammed. Everyone, take this as a warning! Don’t give scammers a chance.]

[Brother Li didn’t say a word and still scored ten points, nailing the lazy win!]

[Folks, it’s terrifying if you think about it. The other day, a scammer pretending to be a police officer wanted me to pay up for some nonsense criminal record. Lucky for me, I’d downloaded an anti-scam app. Could I believe that scammer? Of course not! I confronted him straight away. If it really comes down to it, come and arrest me, I’ve got no money to give!]

[Sister upstairs, good job! Everyone should learn a bit about scam prevention. Don’t let the scammers fool you!]