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“Shut up, Jude. That’s just how she is. It doesn’t mean anything,” Alex said with a laugh.“Really? Then how come I don’t remember her kissing me like that?”“Because you don’t work with her. Now cut it off.” Alex patted him.“My mom wants you and Anna to come over. She wants to specially thank both of you, especially you. I told her you were the one who obtained the videos,” Jude said.“Alright. I’ll see about it. Maybe Sunday,” he replied.“Anyway, do you have anywhere to go this evening? Maybe we can go somewhere and drink?” Jude asked after a pause.“No. Besides, I don’t want people recognizing me,” Alex replied.“But you normally disguise yourself,” Jude pointed out.“Derek was able to recognize me yesterday. Who’s to say I won’t be recognized again? Anyway, I’m going on a date.”“With who? Pink? That was fast,” Jude said.“Pink your head. I’m going out with Amber. I owe her two dates,” Samuel replied, kicking him in the butt.“Oh, that’s right. Are you guys going to start dating
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The video began.It showed Alex exiting the men’s washroom and walking down the corridor.Moments later, the woman rushed out of the women’s washroom and grabbed his arm.“Please help me,” she said urgently. “My friend is dying.”She pulled him inside.Inside the washroom, Alex looked around in confusion.“Where is she?”The next moment, everything happened extremely fast.The woman suddenly grabbed his hand, pulled it around her waist, and kissed him.A loud gasp spread across the courtroom.Before Alex could even react, the door burst open.Security rushed inside.The woman immediately shoved Alex away and began crying.“Help! He tried to force himself on me!”The video ended.The courtroom erupted with murmurs.The prosecutor’s confident expression had vanished.Across the room, the woman who had accused Alex looked visibly shaken.“That footage proves nothing,” the prosecutor said quickly. “The victim could have been coerced before the recording began.”Alex’s lawyer calmly folded
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After Anna left, Alex went to take a long bath. As soon as he finished, Jude hurried into the bathroom as well. He had decided to stay over so they could go to court together the next day at nine a.m.Famished, he headed to the kitchen first. Luckily, there were noodles in the cupboard and hot dogs in the fridge.By the time Jude finished bathing, the noodles were already prepared and set out on a small table in the room.“Gracious, Alex, how did you know I was so famished?”******Saints City Court was more crowded than usual that day because of the media.“Don’t talk to the journalists no matter how much they try to get you to speak. After all this, we are going to press charges against those girls. They will never go free,” Anna said seriously.“Yes, we understand,” Alex and Jude answered at the same time before stepping out of the car together with Anna.“Mr. Alex, how do you feel about today? There’s solid video evidence against you and your producer, so how do you plan to defend
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Alex hurried to the car, eager to check his system notification, which he had purposely ignored earlier to avoid getting distracted.“Why the hurry, Jax? Slow down,” Anna called.Alex paused and smiled in amusement.“Are you going to get stuck calling me that name?”“Well, it sounds cool. Hey, Tilly, catch up already! See? Both names sound cool.” She laughed.Alex smiled and got into the car. He immediately opened the system.Ding!(400 star points have been rewarded.)Ding!(The host made thousands of children and parents genuinely happy, attracting the spirit of good luck. Reward: 200 star points.)Alex smiled gleefully. So something like that exists too?“System, show me my stats,” he commanded mentally.Ding!Host level:Entertainment skills:Star points: 810Singing: level 7Dancing: level 4Composing and songwriting: level 9Acting: level 7Music production: level 5Instruments:Guitar: level 7Charisma: 6Special skills:Resonance level one:Resonance enhances the emotional imp
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Jax smiled.“Today we heard that thousands of the bravest children have gathered here for Happy Trails Live. So we came to bring you a little song. A song about sunshine, dreams, and the magic that lives in your hearts.”He lifted the guitar and strummed a bright, playful chord.“But this song only works if you help us sing it.”The children leaned forward eagerly.“When we sing ‘La-la, la-la,’ you sing it with us as loud as you can. Can you do that?”“Yes!” thousands of voices shouted back.Jax nodded approvingly.“Good. Then let’s begin.”He strummed the opening melody, a light, cheerful tune that bounced across the venue. Tilly began waddling in circles beside him, shaking his tambourine with dramatic flair.Jax sang.“Rise, little sun, rise and play,Chase the silver clouds away.Clap the morning, sing the sky,Dreams grow tall when hearts fly high.”Tilly clapped loudly above his head, encouraging the children to follow along. Thousands of small hands began clapping with him.Jax
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Happy Trails Live was a children’s show held once a month. This year, more than eight thousand children and parents from different cities attended, the largest crowd since the show first began.In previous years it had rarely drawn more than five thousand, but the show was clearly growing in popularity.A car pulled up outside the venue. The doors opened, and a beautiful, mature woman stepped out from the driver’s seat.The back door opened next. A tall man emerged with an exaggerated beard and wild hair, small glasses perched on his nose. He held his chin high and wore farmer’s clothes, moving with deliberate theatrical exaggeration. An old guitar hung across his back.From the other side of the car stepped a round, cheerful man with a wide grin and rosy cheeks. He wore bright patchwork overalls over a striped shirt, huge suspenders stretched across his belly, and oversized shoes that squeaked with every step. A floppy little hat sat crooked on his head, and his face was painted pure
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