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

"Little Lamp, we need to have a serious talk!" Yue's tone was filled with concern; she hoped to get Lamp to open up.

Hearing Yue's voice, Takamatsu Akari looked up, her eyes filled with confusion: "Yue...?"

"Xiao Deng, you're acting really strange today," Ai Yin interrupted Deng, her tone tinged with concern.

"Little Lamp, can you tell me why?" Yue tried to soften her tone as much as possible.

Gao Songdeng lowered his head, and after a struggle, finally spoke: "I... I can't write lyrics that can convey Su Shi's feelings. No matter how hard I try, I feel that these lyrics cannot express my true feelings."

When Yue heard Deng's words, she also frowned. She and Aine were indeed not very good at writing lyrics.

After thinking about it for a while, she decided to take a look at the lyrics Xiaodeng wrote before making a decision: "Could you show me the lyrics you wrote, Deng?"

"Hmm..." Fortunately, Xiaodeng didn't seem embarrassed at all, and quite frankly took out the discarded works she had created over the past few days and placed them on the table. Yue and Ai each took one and began to read them carefully.

Yue picked up one of the lyric sheets and read it carefully. The content had similar problems to "The Lost Star Call" which she had created a few days ago. Although both conveyed Xiaodeng's inner feelings, it didn't mean that they could be conveyed to Nagasaki Motoyo.

Aine, standing to the side, immediately noticed a word written on the paper in her hand: "Lost Child? Does it mean someone who is lost? It seems to fit everyone's word quite well."

Deng nodded and said, "Hmm... this is also the source of my inspiration for writing 'The Starry Night'."

Yue nodded and didn't dwell on the issue any further, continuing to look at the several torn lyrics in front of her.

Ai-yin held up the lyric sheet in her hand and said to Takamatsu Akari, "Hey, Akari, can I have this one? I want to keep it as a souvenir."

Takamatsu nodded. "If Ai likes it... that's fine."

"Really? That's wonderful! Tomorin, love!" Aine stepped forward and hugged Takamatsu Akari, her face full of smiles.

Yue glanced at them, silently wondering, "When did they become so close? They've even started calling each other 'Ano-chan' and 'Tomorin'?"

A slight smile appeared on Takamatsu Akari's face when Aine hugged her like that.

"This is..." While Yue continued looking at the lyrics written by Xiaodeng, she unexpectedly saw a piece of paper that didn't quite look like lyrics.

"I messed up again, and failed to become human again."

"My heart is broken and incomplete, missing a piece."

Yue silently read aloud the sentences written on the paper, "This seems more like a poem than lyrics?"

Upon hearing Xiaoyue recite the words, Gao Songdeng stepped forward and explained, "...These are my usual thoughts and feelings."

"Is that so?" Yue looked down at the paper in her hand again, ran her fingers over the lyrics, and tried to hum the tune.

Although her voice was low, it carried a clear rhythm. Takamatsu Akari and Chihaya Aion listened quietly, seemingly waiting for Yue's response.

Her voice gradually became stable, and the melody became clearer as she hummed it. She closed her eyes and seemed to be able to see the whole song in her mind.

After humming for a while, Yue slowly opened her eyes, her gaze filled with a hint of relief. "Xiao Deng, let's use this. Let's express it with poetry. Just write down your own feelings. If it's this song, it will definitely be able to reach Su Shi."

"Poetry...?" Takamatsu Akari's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing Tsuki's words.

The lamp's gaze fell on the piece of paper in Yue's hand, her eyes sparkling with hope, as if she had finally found a breakthrough.

Deng took a deep breath, feeling the encouraging gazes of her two friends. She nodded, picked up the pen beside her, and began to write new lyrics on the paper.

Her fingers moved swiftly across the paper, and the marks left by the pen tip gradually formed beautiful verses.

Tsuki and Aine quietly watched the lantern's creation, waiting for the lantern to come up with new lyrics.

"The lyrics written like this should be able to reach Su Shi, right..." Yue looked at Takamatsu, who was engrossed in writing, and said in a low voice, but there was a hint of uncertainty in her voice.

While sincerity is the best weapon, Xiaodeng's lyrics, written from her own heartfelt feelings, truly resonated with her.

However, generalizations cannot be made about different people. Nagasaki Motoyo has made up her mind to cut ties with them, and whether this "poem" can be conveyed to Motoyo's heart is still unknown.

"Trust Xiaodeng, she can definitely do it," Aine said, hearing Yue's weak and uncertain voice.

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In the recording studio, Li Xi held Gao Songdeng's newly written lyrics, her eyes sparkling with excitement. She quickly flipped through the papers, a slight smile playing on her lips, as if savoring every word of the lyrics.

"The lyrics to 'Little Lamp' have once again touched my heart..."

"Deng, are you not tired?" Li hope's voice was full of surprise and concern. "You can write such great lyrics so quickly again."

Takamatsu stood to the side, her head slightly bowed.

“Thank you, Lixi,” Deng said softly. “I simply followed Yue’s suggestion and expressed my inner feelings in the form of poetry.”

Li hope nodded and continued flipping through the lyrics, "These lyrics are practically a reflection of me."

Chihaya Aine stood to the side, and after hearing Riki's words, she smiled and said, "What do you mean it's written about you, Riki? It's clearly written about everyone in the band."

A look of doubt crossed Gao Songdeng's face. "Can this song... move Su Shi?"

Yue stepped forward and gently patted Deng's shoulder. "Of course you can, Deng. You have to believe in your talent. You have poured all the emotions you want to express to Su Shi into the lyrics."

Looking at the three people in front of her, Yue was filled with anticipation for the future. "Now that we have such great lyrics, the next step is to practice hard and present this song perfectly."

“That’s right!” Ai Yin and Li hope answered in unison, and the recording studio was instantly filled with a positive and uplifting atmosphere… or so?

Yue suddenly felt that something was wrong. Why were there only three people in the recording studio? "...Where's Ryuna-chan? Has anyone seen her?"

"..." x3

As the only member in the same school as Lena, Lixi usually takes the initiative to bring Lena over, but unexpectedly, Lena didn't come today.

"Lanna-chan? Are you there? There's some matcha candy here!" Yue skillfully took out Lanna-chan's special "catnip"—matcha candy—from her bag.

Even with the use of matcha candy, Kaname was nowhere to be seen in the recording studio, as if she really wasn't there.

So she could only turn her attention to Lixi.

Li hope shook his head. "My shift was scheduled early today, so I came to Ring to work as soon as school was over. I didn't have time to look for Yao Le Nai at Flower Girls."

"Where's the message?"

Li hope took out her phone and opened her messages, her voice tinged with a hint of helplessness. "I messaged Le Nai, and she said she'd come."

"Hmm..." Although Lena is usually quite independent, she will never break her promises unless something important happens that causes her to be late.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but worry about Lena's safety. (The remaining text appears to be a list of characters and symbols, possibly related to a game or game.)

Just as Yue was pondering whether Lena had been lured away by catnip, or whether she had been led astray by other cats, or whether something untoward had happened, the door to the recording studio was pushed open.

Lena walked in, dragging her guitar. She glanced around and, finding everyone silent, tilted her head and asked, "Is practice... over?"

When the performance begins: Chapter 173 The Starry Sky is practicing

"Stray cat! Where did you go? Why are you late?" Shiina Riki frowned, her tone carrying a hint of reproach and worry.

Lena tilted her head and then said, "Just now, a familiar-looking girl with long silver hair pulled me to the Circle, and then I saw another very familiar-looking girl scold the other girl, give me a lot of delicious food, and then send me back."

Lixi frowned even more, clearly dissatisfied with Lena's explanation. "A girl with long silver hair? Are you sure you're not joking?"

When Yue heard what Rana said, it sounded familiar, as if some senior had mentioned something similar before.

She took out her phone, skillfully found a photo of her senior, Minato Yuuki, and placed it in front of Rakuna, saying, "Is this the girl?"

Rakuna stared at Yukina's photo for a moment, then nodded. "Yes, it's this interesting girl."

"If that's the case... the one who reprimanded Yuki-senpai must have been Saya-senpai..." Riki thought.

"Moon? Why would you guess it's Kiyona-senpai?" Aine seemed a little puzzled.

As a member of Haneoka, she knew the name of Yukina-senpai from Roselia. No matter what, she couldn't understand why Yue would so quickly guess that the "culprit" was Yukina-senpai.

"This..." Yue's eyes turned to the other side as she considered whether to tell Aine that Yuki-senpai had a "previous record" of mistaking Kasumi Toyama's star-shaped hair for cat ears and wanting to take her back to the band to keep as a pet.

"Pfft... Really? Kasumi-senpai has such an experience?" In the end, Yue told Aine about it. Aine learned from Yue what had happened between Yukina and Kasumi and couldn't help but laugh.

While Aine was pressing Tsuki for an explanation, Riki was also scolding the stray cat on the other side.

“Stray cat, thankfully it was because of Nozomi-senpai this time that nothing bad happened. What if it's a bad person next time? Don't go with strangers.” Riki’s tone was full of reproach, and she sternly reprimanded Rakuna.

Lena looked at Lixi with an innocent expression on her young face: "He smells like a familiar cat, so he's not a bad person."

As a seasoned "cat owner" in the band, Li hope naturally understood the meaning behind Le Nai's brief words, and his original anger subsided by more than half: "This reason... is strangely suitable for you, a stray cat... but you can't just trust strangers based on this."

Lena nodded and said earnestly, "I'll be more careful next time."

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After some conversation, everyone finally prepared to start today's rehearsal. Although the lyrics for the new song had not yet been written, the practice of "The Starry Night" could still continue.

"Let's try it out using this sheet music today." Lixi took out the newly revised sheet music from her bag and handed it to everyone.

Ai Yin glanced at the sheet music in Li hope's hand, a hint of helplessness and exhaustion flashing in her eyes. Her lips drooped slightly, and she uttered a dissatisfied sound, "Eh?? Not again?"

She said in a slightly complaining tone, "We just got used to the last change, and now we have to get used to a new score again?"

Lixi said, "This is all for the sake of playing Xiaodeng's song better. Do you have any objections?"

After receiving the sheet music, Rakuna glanced at it briefly, picked up her guitar, and began to play. After playing a few sections, she nodded in satisfaction: "Rikki, great."

Yue gently patted Aine's shoulder and said with a smile, "Stop complaining, Aine."

Hearing what Tsuki said, Aine nodded helplessly, "Okay, I understand, Rikki, let's begin."

Lixi stood in front of the drum set, gripping the drumsticks tightly, her gaze sweeping resolutely over each member of the band. She took a deep breath, then raised the drumsticks high and struck the drum set a few times, producing a powerful and resonant rhythm.

Aine and Rana simultaneously plucked the guitar strings, their fingertips dancing across the strings, the notes seemingly leaping in the air, the guitar sounds accompanying the drumbeats filling the entire room.

Hinasaki sat at the keyboard, her hands gently pressing the keys, and the sound of the keyboard flowed out, blending into the entire band's performance. Her fingers danced across the keys, precisely playing each note, adding more layers and color to the song.

Gao Songdeng closed his eyes, followed the music, and began to sing the first line of "Mixingjiao".

"It's true that I'm in a hurry and I'm in a hurry"

Her voice is clear and firm, as if it can penetrate everyone's heart, and her lyrics are full of her inner emotions and strength.

"Servant of the house"

Lixi's drumbeats gradually quickened, and the entire band's performance reached its climax. Aiyin and Lena's guitar playing became increasingly passionate, and Deng's vocals grew even more powerful. Their coordination was seamless, and every note seemed to tell a story from their hearts.

"Servant"

The sound of the lamp reached its peak in the climax, her voice filled with emotion, as if telling a story of her inner confusion and hope. Her voice blended perfectly with the sounds of the guitar, drums, and keyboards, elevating the entire band's performance to a new level.

As Lixi tapped out the drumbeats, he watched each band member closely to make sure their playing was on track.

Ai and Rakuna played a series of moving melodies on their guitars, constantly changing chords to match the singing of the little lamp. Their fingers danced across the strings, each note conveying the emotions in the little lamp's heart in accordance with her lyrics.

Yue's fingers danced across the piano keys, the keyboard sounds blending perfectly with those of other instruments.