In music anime, band girls won't be alone.

Toyokawa Shoko immediately realized what was happening, her eyes gleaming with anticipation.

"Does that mean you want me to compose music for this song?"

Shirakawa Ze nodded.

"Yes."

"There's also the work of arranging the music."

"The arrangement should be suitable for the band to play."

"If it can be completed within a week, there will be a reward of 200,000 yen."

"If it is completed within two weeks, the reward will be only 100,000 yen."

Toyokawa Shoko immediately grabbed Shirakawa Sawa's hand happily and shook it twice.

"I will work hard!"

"I'm sure I can compose a melody that matches these lyrics!"

Volume 1: Chapter 165 Forever Loving the Scented Shoulders of the Lamp

After leaving the music store, Shirakawa returned home and began writing the script and character designs for the second series of video trailers.

The second series features six human female characters from Middle-earth.

For now, he plans to only work on the elf and human series in Middle-earth.

After all, regardless of the audience's acceptance level, the difficulty of imitating other races is something that Yutenji Ruomai alone cannot handle.

He planned to wait until the other team was fully assembled before adding the other races, and finally string together all the short stories and plotlines of all the characters into a recap episode as the conclusion of the Middle-earth theme.

Although I don't remember many details very clearly, I still have no problem writing scripts for several video series and a compilation episode.

Around 3 p.m., Shirakawa Sawa heard the door open, so he got up and went out of the bedroom. He saw that Takamatsu Akari had already come in, but she was just standing at the bottom of the steps at the door without changing her shoes.

Upon seeing the former, a smile appeared on the latter's face.

"Ze-jun, shall we set off now?"

Shirakawa Sawa smiled and walked over, kissed the other person, and then the two went out together.

On the way to the mall, Shirakawa Ze slowly began to speak.

"Deng-chan, I met with Miaomeng this morning. After our conversation, we decided to continue our collaboration."

"As before, I will be in charge of the copywriting, character design and background music."

"The background music will be the same as before; I'll ask Xiangzi to help me record it."

Gao Songdeng listened attentively and nodded slightly.

The boy continued,

"Speaking of Xiangzi, Dengjiang probably knows her better than I do; she has an extremely intelligent mind."

"So I want to collaborate with her more in the future."

"As things stand now, I'm the one leading her to make money, but once she's accumulated enough, this situation may very well reverse, and she'll be the one leading me to make money."

A look of approval flashed in Takamatsu's eyes, and he hummed in agreement, before a look of concern appeared in his eyes.

"Does Xiaoxiang...really need money right now?"

Shirakawa Sawa was stunned for a moment.

"I'm sorry, Deng-chan, I don't know how to tell you about Xiangzi."

A smile appeared on Takamatsu's face as she took the other person's hand.

"I didn't mean to force Ze Jun."

"If there's anything I can do to help, just let me know."

Shirakawa Ze nodded.

"There really is something I need Lantern-chan's help with."

Gao Songdeng's expression instantly turned serious as he stared at him.

The boy continued,

"This morning I gave Xiangzi a copy of the lyrics and asked her to compose the music."

"After she finishes, I'd like Deng-chan to sing this song, is that alright?"

Gao Songdeng hesitated for a moment.

"I've never sung a song written by someone else..."

"I don't know if I can sing well..."

Shirakawa knew that if he wanted her to sing it, he had to first get her to resonate with the song.

"After we get back tonight, I'll show you the lyrics first, and you can see if you get the feel for them before we decide."

Takamatsu nodded, his eyes shining with anticipation.

After arriving at the mall, Shirakawa Sawa began to take Takamatsu Akari to try on various types of clothes, and eventually bought two slip dresses and two shoulder-covering outerwear.

The dresses were chosen by the former, mainly because both dresses could perfectly highlight Gao Songdeng's delicate and rounded shoulders and well-defined collarbones.

I will always love Deng's fragrant shoulders!

Shirakawa Ze thought to himself.

Image: "Shoulder Light", Location: "Images/1720749981-100405463-111882132.jpg"

The outer garment was chosen by the latter because she was too embarrassed to go out wearing such an off-the-shoulder dress, and even after changing, she didn't dare to come out of the dressing room.

Even after the two finished shopping and left the mall, the embarrassment on the latter's face had not completely faded.

The two then went to a nearby pedestrian street, where they strolled around and sampled some snacks.

As they passed a dessert shop, Takamatsu Akari noticed a promotional poster on the window that read, "New Arrival! Matcha Daifuku!" She glanced at the boy beside her and gestured in greeting.

"Ze-kun, I feel like Lena will like this."

Then, as if remembering something, she asked,

"Ze-jun, did you explain this to Le Nai a couple of days ago?"

Shirakawa was startled, and an apologetic look appeared on his face.

"Sorry, Deng-chan, I forgot."

These past two days have been filled with one problem after another, keeping him so busy that he completely forgot about this matter.

He didn't make any excuses for himself, since he had indeed made a mistake.

Gao Songdeng stopped, his gaze softening.

"I'm not the one who should apologize."

"Then let Ze-kun buy matcha dumplings as an apology to Lena."

Shirakawa responded and went into the store to buy some matcha dumplings and other desserts.

After leaving the store, Gao Songdeng took the bag he was carrying.

"Ze-jun, text Le-nai now and ask if she has time to come over to your house tonight."

"It's a good opportunity for us to have a meal together."

Shirakawa Ze nodded and sent a message to Kaoru Nai on his phone.

After a while, he received a voice message that was several tens of seconds long.

[Can Lena really talk for dozens of seconds straight?]

It seems she's really angry.

With a mix of curiosity and trepidation, Shirakawa Ze clicked on the voice message.

Then he discovered that apart from the opening phrase "now past," there was no sound until the last few seconds when he heard a slightly puzzled "Hmm?"

At this moment, Shirakawa Sawa realized that he had been overthinking things.

It seems that the cat kept pressing the record button the whole time, rather than recording something for several tens of seconds.

The two then went to buy some groceries.

When they arrived at their doorstep, they saw that Yoro Nai was already there, peering intently through the window.

It seems they were anxious because no one answered the doorbell when they rang it earlier.

"Lena."

Shirakawa Ze greeted him.

The cat immediately turned its head, and upon seeing the two of them, a displeased expression appeared on its face.

"so slow."

Then she noticed the matcha daifuku that Shirakawa was carrying, her eyes lit up, and she leaned forward to take it.

Shirakawa raised one hand while opening the door with the other.

"Don't rush, Lenai, go in and wash your hands first before you eat."

After entering the room, Le Nai first looked at the shoe cabinet, then sniffed to make sure no new woman had been there before changing her shoes, walking into the living room, and going straight to the bathroom to wash her hands.

Shirakawa and Takamatsu first placed the desserts and snacks they had bought on the table, and then carried the ingredients to the kitchen.

By this time, Yao Lenai had already washed her hands and come to the living room. She opened the packaging bag and started showing it off.

In the kitchen, after putting down the bags of ingredients, Takamatsu Akari took the hand of the boy beside her and spoke in a low voice.

"Ze-jun, go and talk to Le Nai."

"I'll prepare the ingredients first."