Jiang Qin was not one to lack self-awareness. So when she got a cheat, she wasn't going to act all high and mighty and refuse it.
On the contrary, she was just happy—happy that fate had finally smiled upon her for once.
However, she was a little confused about her reputation value.
It was a whopping 138,466 points!
According to the system's algorithm, there were over eighty customers and more than twenty staff members in the bar tonight.
If each person only generated 1 point of reputation value, she should only have had a little over a hundred points.
How could the number be so ridiculous?
She couldn't figure it out. But since she was the one benefiting, Jiang Qin could only put her doubts aside. She chalked it up to a bug in the incomplete system, which wasn't all that surprising.
"Miss Jiang, are you ready? The next soothing session is about to begin."
After having some water and browsing the system store for a bit, a staff member came to get her.
Other than Jiang Qin, there were no other females in the bar. All the employees were males, so she had her own private room.
The boss had prepared some amenities for her here, and there was even a partitioned-off area with a bed where she could rest.
Honestly, Jiang Qin was very satisfied with this job.
She only had to sing two songs a day for a monthly salary of a million, with room and board covered, and plenty of other benefits.
After answering the staff member, she sat down at the piano again and waited to go on stage.
***
Meanwhile, the bar's front desk was in chaos.
"Hey, you at the register, can you hurry it up? The soothing session is about to start, isn't it?"
The male responsible for collecting the entrance fee had sore hands from the nonstop work of taking Star Coins and registering guests.
"Stop rushing me, stop rushing me! I'm already going as fast as I can."
For some reason, a steady stream of customers had been pouring into their bar since 8:30.
There were now nearly a thousand customers inside the bar, with several hundred more still waiting in line.
Without a doubt, these people had all come after watching An Zeyu's livestream.
His livestream tonight had hit the city's trending list, drawing in a flood of local viewers who happened to catch the moment Jiang Qin was singing.
As a result, many had come to debunk the claim, but plenty of others had come simply because they were drawn to Jiang Qin's beautiful voice.
You Wei was ecstatic when he saw this. He asked his friend smugly, "See? What did I tell you? I, You Wei, never make a losing deal."
"This Miss Jiang... she's really something else."
C-level soothing shouldn't have any effect on them, but Zhu Yongkang had just checked and discovered that his own Riot Value had actually dropped by 0.01%.
It wasn't much, but it was still astonishing.
He added with a hint of pity, "If her Level were any higher, I bet even males from the Main Star would come to court her."
"This is good enough as it is. If she were an A-level or S-level female, we wouldn't even be in the picture."
'That was true. If Jiang Qin were a High-level female, forget about her working in a bar—they probably wouldn't even be allowed a single glance.'
The moment the lights dimmed, all the males fell silent as one.
The males on security duty formed a tight circle around the stage, worried that some of the others might lose control and try to get close to the female.
Jiang Qin was still in the same simple white dress.
The light danced on her slender fingers, making them seem to glow.
"The next song I'll be performing for you is 'Anonymous Comfort'."
Jiang Qin played with concentration. As the sweet notes drifted through the bar, a sense of peace settled over everyone.
I'm no longer crying now
I try so hard to feel this imperfect world
This journey of so many victories and defeats
Understanding the strange twists of reality...
The gentle, ethereal voice seemed to possess a Magic Power capable of cleansing the soul.
The dull ache in their heads began to subside as their minds grew calm.
In that moment, to these males constantly tormented by the pain of their Genes, Jiang Qin truly seemed like an angel.
She was so gentle and serene that it was impossible to harbor a single ill thought toward her.
Ke Lu closed his eyes, listening intently to her voice.
He was a mercenary who spent most of his time fighting in the wilderness. His Riot Value was a staggering 75%, meaning he was only a few years away from going completely feral.
As a result, not a moment passed when his body wasn't in pain.
He hadn't known what it felt like to be at ease in a very long time.
He'd only started frequenting Moonlight Bar because it was cheap. He never expected to find such an incredible surprise here.
The only shame was that a single song was over all too soon...
Sometimes I'm weary but I hear, "don't lose heart"
Someone stands in the distance, watching over me
Silent, but so precious
This loneliness is too perfect...
"Anonymous Comfort" was one of Jiang Qin's old favorites.
Whenever she finished an exhausting day of work, listening quietly to music was the most relaxing part of her day.
Listening to these heartwarming songs always made her feel that even the darkest life would eventually come to an end.
That she, too, would one day see her dawn.
I tell myself that after the heartbreak comes another chance
Thank you for the beauty of this loneliness...
After she finished, a mechanism in the stage lowered her backstage once again.
To prevent accidents, the boss had told her it was best not to get too close to the customers.
After all, the patrons were all single males. It would be a disaster if one of them lost control and did something to hurt her.
The bar would therefore protect her by ensuring she always maintained a safe distance from the customers, with no physical contact.
***
Only after the female had left did the males, who had been holding themselves back, finally dare to speak.
They clinked their glasses, gulping down an Inhibitor that mimicked the taste of alcohol. They felt better than they had in ages.
"I feel like today's soothing session will be enough to get me through a trip into the wilderness."
Some of the males had already noticed the drop in their Riot Value, but none of them spoke of it.
After all, even a bar wasn't a place that males like them could afford to visit every day.
This was despite Moonlight Bar's entrance fee already being 100 Star Coins cheaper than other establishments.
So they knew that if this got out, they could kiss their chances of getting this kind of soothing goodbye. For their own sakes, they naturally chose to keep quiet.
Even An Zeyu was no exception.
He turned away from the camera and checked his Riot Value again. This time, it had dropped by 1%.
In other words, for just a handful of Star Coins, his Riot Value had dropped by 3% in a single night!
He wouldn't have to beg a female or become some female's partner. As long as Jiang Qin kept working at Moonlight Bar, he could potentially go his entire life without a mate and be perfectly fine.
The temptation was too great. Even if Jiang Qin only worked here for a few years, he stood to gain immensely.
So, after a moment of silence, he chose to issue a "clarification" on his livestream.
"Actually, what happened earlier was a misunderstanding. I just realized there seems to be a problem with my Light Computer; the app for measuring Riot Value is inaccurate.
I'm so sorry for misleading everyone. My apologies."
[I knew it. How could someone's singing soothe you? That's impossible.]
[Exactly. There are so many singers in the Interstellar, not to mention Beastmen with the Mermaid Gene. Their singing sounds nice, but that's it. It has no real effect.]
[Gonna blacklist this bar. To pull in customers, they actually made a young female use a gimmick like this to get attention.]