After dropping out of school, I chose to join a girls' band.

It's like the difference between underwear and swimwear. Even if you wear similar clothes, the feeling of shame can be different in different places, let alone when they're in the bathroom.

She carefully sat down in the bathtub, hugging her legs tightly to her chest, curling up in a corner, trying to avoid eye contact with Aine.

Seeing Riki's shy expression, Aine didn't say anything to provoke her further. Instead, she quietly asked, "So, what does Riki want to say to me?"

Riki gritted his teeth and asked Chihaya Aine, "Aine, what do you think our band's ultimate goal should be?"

"Huh?"

In the bathroom, Chihaya Aine never expected that Shiina Tatsuki would ask such a serious question in this setting.

When the Stage Begins: Chapter 146 The Legendary Method of Apologizing

"Today is a very auspicious day for Scorpios; there's a good chance something good will happen..."

Yue's gaze fell on the television screen, where a horoscope program was being broadcast, but her thoughts had already drifted far away.

Ai Yin had meant to tease Li Xi with a comment, but it actually got him inside, making her curious about what was happening there.

In fact, it wasn't just her; Takamatsu Akari, who was writing and drawing in her notebook, and Kaname Rakuna, who was sitting on the sofa with her eyes fixed on the direction of the bathroom, were also clearly very interested in what was happening in the bathroom.

Her fingers gently twirled a strand of hair, looking somewhat bored and helpless. The news anchor on television was solemnly recounting the day's major news, but it seemed to have nothing to do with Yue.

"Ding-dong~" The familiar doorbell rang, and a question mark instantly popped into Yue's head. All her friends who might come over were currently in the bathroom.

"Who could it be? Su Shi? She shouldn't know where my house is, and she wouldn't come back to my house, would she?" Yue pondered silently in her heart.

"Aoi? Given her personality, she usually wouldn't stay out all night. As for taking leave to stay out overnight, she hasn't done that since she did it once at Momo's instigation."

"It can't be... Peach, right?" Yue remembered the text message she had received from Peach, saying that they needed to find a time to have a good talk.

"It's almost ten o'clock now, it can't really be a peach..."

As she walked towards the door, a mixture of doubt and nervousness filled her heart. She gently opened the door, and only when she saw the familiar figure standing outside did she understand what it meant for her to have her wish come true.

Standing outside the door was Momoko Kurosawa, dressed in simple casual clothes, with a sly smile on her face, making her seem both familiar and unfamiliar.

"Peach? What are you doing here?" Yue asked in surprise, her voice filled with disbelief and doubt.

Peach chuckled softly, a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Oh dear, Xiaoyue, you seem quite surprised? Can't I come to your house?"

Yue was momentarily at a loss for words. She couldn't very well just tell him directly, "I thought you'd been avoiding me ever since that happened last time."

Looking at Momoko Kurosawa in front of her, whose face revealed a cunning look, she felt extremely uneasy.

"Damn it! I didn't even consider the possibility of this happening. Doesn't this mean I'm completely at their mercy?" Yue sighed inwardly, her mind racing as she tried to find a reasonable solution.

"Peach, I just... didn't expect you to come so suddenly." Yue tried to make her voice sound calm.

Peach chuckled softly, a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Xiaoyue, do you think I won't come looking for you again?"

Yue felt a tightness in her chest and involuntarily took a few steps back, already sitting in the entryway. Fortunately, there was a partition between the entryway and the living room in Yue's house, so Xiaodeng and Lenai did not notice what was happening there for the time being.

Her eyes darted around, avoiding direct eye contact with Peach, clearly caught off guard by this unexpected visitor.

However, Peach did not let her off the hook. She stepped in and her smile became even more cunning.

"Is Yue avoiding me?" Momo stepped forward quickly, took Yue's hand, and looked at her with a pitiful expression. Her eyes were slightly red, as if she might burst into tears at any moment.

Tsuki was even more flustered by Momo's actions, her heart racing and her cheeks flushing slightly. She tried to pull her hand away, but Momo's grip was surprisingly firm.

Her voice trembled slightly, "Peach, it's not like that, I just... I just didn't expect you to come to my house at this time."

Peach's eyes softened, filled with a hint of pleading and sorrow. She gently shook her head. "Xiaoyue, I really care about you."

Yue felt the warmth of Taozi's hand. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, but the turmoil in her heart could not be completely concealed. "Taozi... I think we need to have a proper talk about that matter."

Peach sighed softly, tears finally streaming down her face. She wiped her cheeks with the back of her hand, her voice choked with emotion, "Xiaoyue, I'm so sorry, but I really don't want to lose you as a friend."

A complex emotion welled up in Yue's heart. She looked at the peach in front of her, and its pitiful appearance softened her heart.

She still felt that something was off. Peach's tactics gave her a familiar feeling, as if some shameless person had used them on her many times before.

However, although Momoko doesn't know how to read minds, Sakura Sakura told her before she came that she must not give Tsuki a chance to think.

Sakura Sakura's foolproof apology secret to Momoko Kurosawa at the time was, "The best way to deal with Satsuki is to act cute. As long as you act cute towards her, she will not be able to resist. And you must launch a continuous attack and never give her a chance to think."

However, Sakura Sakura did not expect that the effect of Momoko Kurosawa's coquettishness on Hinasaki was completely opposite to the effect of her own coquettishness on Hinasaki.

The reason why Sakura Sakura's act of acting cute towards Hinasaki worked before was because she saw a mature woman who was almost thirty years old acting cute towards her, and it was the kind of acting that was particularly cringe-worthy, which she couldn't accept no matter how she looked at it.

On the one hand, Sakura Sakura's anger usually stemmed from issues that weren't particularly serious; on the other hand, she had no choice but to accept the apology in order to avoid further emotional distress.

But now, with sixteen or seventeen-year-old Momoko Kurosawa acting all cute and charming towards her, she really couldn't resist. Yue felt her heart race, and a blush gradually spread across her face.

However, considering that Momoko Kurosawa was now highly suspected of being the mastermind behind everything, she resisted the urge to forgive her.

"Moon, are you running away from me?" Peach's voice was soft and tinged with grievance. She gently held Moon's hand, her eyes filled with a pitiful expression.

She lowered her head slightly, her lips slightly pouting, like a kitten that had been abandoned.

Yue struggled with all her might to resist Momo's seductive advances. "Something's not right...something's definitely not right...Momo shouldn't know these kinds of tricks..."

She felt her mind was in complete disarray, her brow furrowed, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. Rubbing her aching head, she tried to calm her turmoil and said to Peach, "I'm sorry... Peach, although I really want to talk to you in detail, today is really not the right time."

When the Stage Opens: Chapter 147 The Cunning Peach

Peach was clearly not swayed by Yue's words. She slightly raised her chin, her eyes flashing with a cunning glint.

She decided to press her advantage, her voice soft yet firm, "Xiaoyue, if you don't give me an answer today, I'll wait here forever."

Upon hearing Taozi's words, Yue's expression immediately turned somewhat strange. A hint of doubt and helplessness flashed in her eyes, and she asked Taozi again uncertainly, "Are you sure?"

Peach nodded slightly, her eyes revealing a tenacious determination. She gently bit her lower lip, as if to express her resolve, "Yes, I'm sure. I won't leave until you're willing to have a proper talk with me."

Yue took a deep breath, a wave of helplessness and bitterness washing over her. She looked at the peach in front of her, its pitiful yet resolute appearance giving her a headache. "What should I do? She really won't give up..."

"Xiaoyue? What happened?"

The next moment, what Yue was worried about happened. Takamatsu Akari saw that Yue had gone to open the door and hadn't returned yet, so she came over to check on the situation.

At that moment, the two girls in the bathroom had just finished showering. The bathroom door was pushed open, and the two girls in their pajamas walked out of the bathroom and headed towards the living room.

Upon hearing the sound of the small lamp, they instinctively turned their heads towards the entrance, where they happened to witness Taozi holding Yue's hand, her eyes filled with affection.

Ai Yin spoke first, her eyes wide, her mouth slightly agape, her face filled with surprise and curiosity, "Moon???"

Lixi's expression froze instantly. Her gaze darted back and forth between Yue and Taozi, her face slightly flushed, clearly embarrassed. "What... is going on?"

She hadn't expected that the two of them, who had clearly fought at the Shengxiang Underground Theater before, would be behaving so ambiguously now.

"Is it true that the more you interact with students at Shengxiang, the better your relationship becomes?"

In a way, Shiina Tatsuki even discovered a truth about Seisho Music Academy, although it seems that this rule doesn't quite apply to girl bands at the moment.

Xiaodeng stood to the side, clutching her notebook, a look of disbelief on her face. She gently bit her lower lip, her eyes filled with confusion and unease, "Yue... Taozi... you guys..."

Lena looked at Yue and Momo with amusement. Since joining the band, she had been discovering more and more interesting things around her. "Interesting women."

Yue suddenly felt a headache coming on. She took a deep breath and tried to explain, "It's not what you think..."

Peach quickly understood why Yue had said today wasn't a good day. "So it's because we have guests at home?"

But she was unwilling to let this opportunity slip by. Her eyes remained pitiful, and she even leaned slightly closer to Yue. "Xiao Yue is just... talking to me about something."

Ai Yin couldn't help but laugh and playfully leaned forward, "Talking about business? It doesn't seem like it, it feels more like a little interaction between lovers."

Lixi's expression darkened after hearing Aiyin's words. She coughed lightly and said, "No matter what, you and Yue should let go of each other's hands first."

Upon hearing this, Peach obediently let go of Yue's hand. When she learned that Yue had guests at home that evening, she knew that her plan to apologize today had probably failed.

However, she wasn't discouraged. Judging from Yue's somewhat softened expression just now, Sakura Sakura's advice was indeed effective. If she hadn't chosen the wrong time, she should have already won Yue over.

"I'm having such bad luck today. The horoscope on TV said my luck should be great today."

A sly glint flashed in Peach's eyes, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, as if she was already planning her next move.

Yue breathed a sigh of relief, her inner tension easing slightly. She felt the cold sweat on her forehead beginning to subside, but she still felt somewhat helpless and embarrassed.

She glanced at her friends in front of her, trying to regain some composure. "I'm sorry, everyone misunderstood earlier. Although Peach told me she had something to say, I didn't expect her to come today."

"So... that's why Xiaoyue hesitated at that time?"

Takamatsu Akari recalled that she had noticed Yue had something to say but didn't say it when she was outside Ring's recording studio. Now it seemed that this was the matter.

Lixi looked at Xiaodeng in surprise after hearing her words, "Xiaodeng? You already found out?"

Takamatsu Akari nodded: "Mm."

"Ah! So that's why Yue didn't suggest coming to your house from the beginning." Chihaya Aine also realized why Yue hadn't suggested coming to her house from the start.

Yue's gaze returned to Momoko Kurosawa, and she thought to herself, "In that case, she should leave on her own."

Momoko Kurosawa clearly felt the gaze directed at her by Yue, but she didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, she was thinking about how to take advantage of the opportunity.

She knew that asking to stay overnight would seem too deliberate, so she had to come up with a suitable reason, which she had thought of before she came.

Momoko Kurosawa looked at everyone and said with feigned surprise, "I didn't expect Xiaoyue's house to be so lively today. It seems that I'll have to talk about Xiaoyue and me later."

After saying that, Peach casually took out her phone and looked at the time, pretending to be surprised, "Oh dear... it seems to be getting late, the last bus is about to leave."

After hearing Taozi's words, Yue took out her phone to check the time and found that it was indeed as Taozi said; if she rushed to the station now, she would definitely miss the last train. Yue felt a sense of helplessness, clearly understanding Taozi's thoughts. From the moment Taozi arrived at her door, she had already prepared herself to stay at her house.

Looking at Peach's innocent and adorable expression, Yue felt a little helpless. She sighed softly, after all, it was already so late and it wouldn't be good to kick her out.

Yue said to Momoko, "Alright, since it's so late, let's stay."

Upon hearing Yue's reply, a hint of smugness flashed in Peach's eyes, but she maintained her innocent demeanor and smiled as she said, "Thank you, Yue. I'll trouble you then."

Lixi leaned close to Yue's ear and couldn't help but ask, "Yue, are you really okay?"

Tsuki whispered to Shiina Tatsuki, "It's okay, let's all stay together for one night, there are enough rooms anyway."

Although she said that, Hinasaki herself wasn't really sure. "There shouldn't be any major problems... right?"

When the performance begins: Chapter 148 The Room Problem

Yue sat upright on the sofa, watching Momo and Aine happily exchanging their fangirling experiences, silently pondering this question in her heart. "So why... did things turn out this way?"

Ai Yin said excitedly, "Hey, Momo, do you know about that mysterious band that's been around lately? I heard that Sumi's Hatsuka is going to be a part-time lead singer there."

“I saw this trending topic online before, and I always felt that this mysterious band was very competitive. Maybe they could catch up with Roselia.” Momo smiled and responded to Aine, but Yue felt that the other person was probably trying not to laugh.