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

Shiina Tatsuki shifted her body and sat down next to Tsuki, leaning close to her ear to ask, "Does Aine not know about Momoko?"

Yue had previously spoken with Lixi, so Lixi knew that Aine had also participated in Revue. Seeing the two of them chatting so openly, she mistakenly thought that Yue hadn't told Aine about Momo before.

Yue shook her head and whispered to Lixi, "I told Aine about the plan for Momoko before."

Upon hearing this, Li hope frowned slightly, a hint of doubt in her eyes. "Then why are those two able to chat so happily?"

"It's probably because the two of them are very far apart," Yue said, a statement that was very difficult for Li hope to understand.

Li Xi frowned, her eyes filled with incomprehension and confusion. She leaned closer to Yue and asked in a low voice, "What do you mean?"

Seeing Li hope's furrowed brows and questioning gaze, Yue sighed softly, knowing she needed to explain more clearly. "It's just that the two of them treated the audition and real-life matters as two separate things," Yue explained to Li Xi. "Actually, this is the correct approach. The audition that took place at Shengxiang was the same; you can't expect to become enemies the next day after finishing a revision at night..."

Lixi's brows remained furrowed, and a hint of struggle and thought flickered in her eyes. "But the situation is different now..."

Yue shook her head and continued to explain, "During the day, we are friends who work together to improve and build the most perfect stage. At night, we are rivals vying for the lead role and the Top Star. Everyone can distinguish between the two sides."

Lixi still seemed somewhat puzzled, her brows furrowed, her voice tinged with confusion, "But the situation is different now..."

Yue sighed softly, a hint of helplessness in her eyes. "Su Shi's problem is something we have to face sooner or later. Tao Zi was just the fuse, and I'm afraid that our performance of 'Spring Shadow' that night was the real reason that Su Shi left."

Li hope frowned, trying hard to process Yue's words.

"Besides, who says that Taozi's approach isn't one of the ways to persuade Su Shi to come back?" Yue continued.

Lixi asked Yue somewhat uncertainly, "So you and she have made up?"

"Reconciliation?" Yue looked somewhat surprised. "Lixi, why would you think that? If there were no one else around, we would probably both be eager to start a Revue with the other side."

Lixi felt she couldn't quite understand their thought processes. Her brows furrowed, and her eyes were filled with confusion and bewilderment.

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There were quite a few people staying at Yue's house tonight, which made her feel like her home was some kind of main city in an RPG game. Why did everyone like to come to her house all the time?

Fortunately, there had been 9 or 10 people staying overnight at Shengxiang before, so it was acceptable that there were only 5 people staying tonight. Including the guest room and Yue's and her parents' room, there were exactly three rooms, and everyone could squeeze in a bit.

However, some disagreements inevitably arose when discussing who would sleep with whom.

Yue stood in the center of the living room, looking at the arguing group in front of her, feeling somewhat helpless. She silently picked up the water glass in front of her and took a sip.

She took a small sip of water, her gaze shifting between the girls.

"Huh? Why is Akari sharing a room with you tonight?" Shiina Ritsuki's eyes widened, her voice filled with anger and confusion. She stared intently at Chihaya Aine, who was holding onto Takamatsu Akari's arm, clearly very unhappy with the arrangement.

Aine retorted without backing down, "Rikki, don't you already have Ryuna-chan? Momo-senpai will definitely have to sleep with Tsuki, so Akari will only have me left. It's reasonable for the two of us to sleep together, right?"

She pointed to Kaoruna, who was already asleep leaning against Lixi, and spoke with an air of entitlement.

Li hope was clearly dissatisfied with Aine's self-arranged arrangements: "Then why can't Xiao Deng and I share a room, and Aine and Le Nai share a room?"

Xiaodeng stood between the two, looking somewhat embarrassed. She looked up at Lixi, then at Aiyin, trying to mediate the argument, "Um, everyone, calm down, actually I..."

Watching this scene, Yue felt a sense of helplessness. She leaned forward and whispered something in Takamatsu's ear.

Takamatsu Akari paused slightly, looking somewhat hesitant. "Um... is this really okay? What about Momo-senpai?" She looked towards the bathroom, clearly worried about Momo-senpai's arrangements.

Yue waved her hand and said easily, "It's okay, Taozi is quite familiar with my house, she can sleep on the sofa without any problem."

Xiaodeng nodded slightly when she heard Yue's words. Although she was still a little worried, she decided to trust Yue. She glanced at Lixi and Aiyin, who were still arguing, and followed Yue upstairs.

Just after Xiaodeng and Yue entered the room and locked the door, Lixi and Aine were still arguing about the matter.

"Rikki, let's let Akari make the decision herself!" Seeing that neither of them could convince the other, Aine decided to give the choice to Akari Takamatsu.

"I have no objection, but where is Xiaodeng...?" She turned her head to look for Xiaodeng, only to find that the key figure in their argument was gone.

Just then, Lena, who was standing to the side, groggily raised her head, her eyes still sleepy, and lazily said, "Yue and Xiaodeng went upstairs together."

Lixi and Aiyin exchanged a glance, their expressions instantly turning to surprise and embarrassment. They had been arguing incessantly, failing to notice that Xiaodeng had already been taken away by Yue.

Lena watched their reactions, a slight smile playing on her lips, seemingly finding the situation quite amusing.

"Looks like we've been arguing for nothing," Ai Yin said.

Li hope shook her head helplessly, "Then you can share a room with me, stray cat."

Aine nodded and said, "Then I'll have to live with Momo-senpai."

When the performance begins: Chapter 149 The Two People in the Room

Inside the room, Hinasaki looked at Takamatsu Akari, who was sitting on the bed with a slightly flushed face.

Xiaodeng's short hair shimmered faintly under the light, and her eyelashes trembled slightly, as if in a dream. Her long eyelashes cast a delicate shadow on her cheeks.

She thought to herself, "Although I've seen it before, the little lamp is really cute when you look at it closely!"

Under the moon's gaze, the little lamp remained oblivious to her presence, still lost in its own thoughts.

Since the day the performance ended and Su Shi said she was leaving the band, Xiao Deng has been thinking about it.

Although Xiaodeng hasn't been involved in the main storyline much, that doesn't mean she hasn't noticed that Yue, Aine, Lixi, and even Sushi and Taozi are actually hiding something.

However, she never brought these things up, fearing that the band, which had been so painstakingly maintained, would fall apart again if she spoke about it.

Just like Crychic in the past, the band that Xiao Xiang once called a community of shared destiny eventually disbanded.

This band, which had pledged itself to each other for life, is now riddled with cracks, and a piece has even fallen to the ground.

If it weren't for Yue, Riki, and Aine doing their best to act as the glue that held this broken band back together, they probably would have fallen apart by now.

In fact, Gao Songdeng, who has been in two bands, still doesn't quite understand what a band should be like.

During Crychic, everyone revolved around Xiao Xiang, and they were able to gather together to rehearse and work together towards a common goal set by Xiao Xiang.

Even though Xiaomu said those things in the end, she could sense that at least in the past, everyone had been happy for Crychic to some extent.

But now, although everyone in the band feels just as happy as before, ...

Takamatsu was able to sense the differences between the two bands.

In Crychic, everyone knew exactly what to do when Toyokawa Shoko set the goals, but things are different now...

Although Xiao Ai proposed the idea of ​​forming a band, her goal was simply to put on a show.

Although Li hope cares deeply about the band, is very concerned about her, and has been trying to maintain the band, she never takes the initiative to propose goals.

Although Xiaoyue is very reliable and often thinks about the future of the band, she mostly does things quietly.

Su Shi... what exactly does she think of this band...?

Renai-chan's skills are excellent...

Although everyone is together, and they have even held group training camps more than once, Takamatsu Akari always feels that everyone has their own ideas about the band and is heading in different directions.

It was as if...everyone was lost.

She remembered the word "lost child" that she had written in her notebook before.

Compared to the feeling of everyone performing together on stage when they were in Crychic, this band now feels like it can't even be called a band.

"Can the songs played by this band truly bring back the primordial world?"

"Little lamp? Little lamp?"

Yue reached out and patted Xiaodeng's shoulder, waking Takamatsu from her deep thoughts.

Akari looked at Hinasaki Tsuki with a puzzled expression. "Tsuki? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Yue shook her head and said, "I just noticed that you seemed to be spacing out for quite a while, and I wanted to see if something was wrong with you, or if you felt uncomfortable anywhere."

Takamatsu lowered her head, facing the moon, not wanting to reveal what she had been thinking about. "I was just a little distracted..."

Yue looked at Takamatsu Akari with some skepticism, but did not press the matter further.

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Right next to Takamatsu Akari and Tsuki's room, separated by only one wall, was the room where Shiina Tatsuki and Kaname Rakuna lived.

Ryuna's eyes were half-closed, her face showing obvious signs of drowsiness. Although it was only 10:30, for someone like Shiina Ritsuki who was a night owl, it was still a long time before bedtime. But for Ryuna, a junior high school student, it was already very late. Her movements were somewhat slow, as if each step was a struggle against sleepiness.

"Goodnight, Rikki." Renai's voice was soft and low, filled with drowsiness. She opened the wardrobe door, clearly wanting to sleep inside as she habitually does at home.

Seeing Le Nai's actions, Li Xi quickly stepped forward to stop her, "Huh? Stray cat, there's a bed here!" Her voice was urgent as she quickly pulled Le Nai back from the wardrobe.

"Doesn't Rikki sleep in bed?" Rakuna looked at Shiina Riki with a very innocent expression.

“Stray cat, you’ll sleep in the bed with me,” Lixi explained to Lenai.

“But… I feel more comfortable sleeping here.” Lena pointed to the wardrobe.

"Why would you want to sleep in the closet? Is this how you sleep at home?" Li hope, who had never been to Le Nai's house, didn't know that Le Nai slept in the closet at home.

“Mm!” Lena nodded.

"Stray cat, you'll sleep with me tonight!"

Lixi finally managed to get Lenai onto the bed, dispelling her idea of ​​sleeping in some weird place.

"Seriously... Rakuna, can't you behave yourself for once..." Shiina Ritsuki said as he covered Rakuna with the blanket.

Lena shifted slightly, finding a more comfortable position, and finally curled up into a ball, much like a kitten finding a warm bed. A satisfied smile appeared on her face, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

"Goodnight, Rikki!" Lena's voice was soft and low, filled with drowsiness. Her eyes were half-closed, and she looked like she could fall asleep at any moment.

"Goodnight." Lixi watched Lena drift off to sleep, but she herself couldn't fall asleep.

She lay quietly in bed, staring at the ceiling. Whether it was because her biological clock hadn't reached its bedtime yet, or because of the conversation in the bathroom, her mind remained clear and she couldn't calm down.

The scene of her conversation with Aine in the bathroom kept replaying in her mind; those words filled her thoughts, making it impossible for her to calm down. Regarding the band's future, everyone seemed to have their own different ideas, each trying to find the right direction in their own way.

She sighed softly, turned to look at the sleeping Yoro, and a complex emotion welled up inside her. Yoro's breathing was steady, and a contented smile graced her face; she was clearly lost in a sweet dream.

"Stray cats are such nice guys..."

When the Stage Opens: Chapter 150 Morning at Hinasaki's House

At six o'clock the next morning, Hinasaki was quickly awakened by her established biological clock. She rubbed her eyes and carefully got out of bed.

She glanced at Takamatsu, who was still asleep, and after confirming that she hadn't disturbed him, she tiptoed to the door, opened it, and went out.

Just then, the door to the next room opened, and Chihaya Aine walked out of the room.

Her hair was a little messy, obviously she had just woken up not long ago, but her face still looked sleepy.