January 25th.
Sunday!
The weather was beautiful today, sunny and cloudless.
In the afternoon, Rhodey accompanied Gwen to their evening performance rehearsal.
In the rehearsal room, the girls poured out their sweat, full of passion.
Rhodey, meanwhile, sat by, quietly enjoying their dedicated performance.
Tonight, Free City was hosting a grand concert.
Gwen's band would represent Midtown High School on stage, and it was said that tens of thousands of people would attend.
So the girls were very nervous.
They didn't want any mistakes to occur in their evening performance!
After rehearsing for a while, it was time for a break.
Gwen walked over and sat next to Rhodey.
"How do you think our performance sounds?" Gwen asked.
"Great!" Rhodey praised, "Don't worry, don't be too nervous, you're all excellent! Especially you, exceptionally excellent!"
Hearing her boyfriend's praise, Gwen was very happy.
Actually, she wasn't particularly nervous.
At least compared to her best friends, Gwen was already quite relaxed.
The lead singer was under the most pressure.
Gwen's side was fine; she was confident in her own abilities anyway.
If, with her control over her body, she still missed a beat due to nervousness, that would be truly unacceptable!
...
In the evening, at the Free City Music Festival.
Rhodey initially stayed backstage with Gwen, waiting for her to go on.
Only when Gwen and her band were about to perform did he leave backstage and go to the VIP area, waiting for them to take the stage.
"You must be Rhodey?"
"Two nine three" The VIP area had already been reserved by Rhodey, so only he and Gwen's parents were present.
Seeing Rhodey approach, Gwen's mother smiled and nodded, seemingly very pleased with her daughter's boyfriend.
"Hello, Auntie! Hello, Uncle!" Rhodey politely greeted Gwen's parents.
Gwen's mother welcomed Rhodey's arrival warmly, even pulling him aside to ask about his progress with Gwen.
Meanwhile, Director George, standing nearby, had a sullen expression.
Ever since Rhodey appeared, he had been scowling.
Clearly, Director George did not like Rhodey.
If his daughter wasn't truly fond of this boy, he might have already stepped forward to teach this brat a lesson!
He was clearly a playboy, yet he came to bother their precious little girl.
Simply despicable!
Rhodey also knew that Director George disliked him, so he didn't go forward to invite trouble.
At this moment, the band on stage finished their performance, and the next band came on.
And this time, the band taking the stage was Gwen's band!
"Auntie, Gwen and her band are on." Rhodey reminded Gwen's mother, who was still holding him and asking various questions.
Sure enough, this immediately drew her attention away.
Rhodey secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
No matter how strong he was, facing his girlfriend's parents always seemed to have a natural suppressive effect.
However, Gwen's mother was still a good person.
She was very polite to him.
Unlike Director George, whose face was as sour as could be.
On stage, Gwen smiled and waved to the three people below.
"Next, please welcome the Mary Janes band for their performance!" The host loudly announced, then yielded the stage to Gwen and her band.
Then the music began, and Gwen's performance started!