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

"Where?" Lixi's eyes lit up instantly at the mention of pandas. "Let's go quickly!"

As soon as Li Xi finished speaking, he strode towards the souvenir shop, like an excited little deer.

Yue watched her retreating figure and smiled helplessly, "Wait for me, Lixi."

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"So cute... so very cute, pandas are cute, how should I put it, pandas are really cute."

In a café near the zoo, Lixi hugged the panda plush toy she had just bought at the souvenir shop, constantly expressing her love for pandas.

She originally wanted to buy two, but recently a lot of her part-time job money has been used to book performances, so she is really short of money.

Seeing the stares directed at Li hope from the other tables, Yue could only give an awkward smile.

"Lixi really loves pandas." Yue looked at the panda plush toy she had just bought together.

Although she also thought pandas were cute, she didn't go to the point of hugging them and expressing her affection in public like Li hope did.

"Of course!" Lixi suddenly looked at Lixi, her purple eyes full of seriousness: "Pandas are soft and fluffy! Every move they make is incredibly cute! I can't even describe how cute they are!"

"Hmm~ Since Lixi likes pandas so much, then I'll give you this panda plushie of mine too." Yue looked at Lixi with doting eyes.

"Huh? Really? Didn't you buy this?" Li hope swallowed hard, her eyes fixed on the panda on the table.

"It's alright, it's alright." Yue waved her hand. "But in exchange, Lixi, you have to come with me somewhere!"

Climax Stage: Extra Chapter - Shiina Tatsuki's Birthday

August 9th

Mygo is still busy with their Bang Dream competition performances. The day seems no different from any other, but it seems that the other five members of the band, except for Shiina Tatsuki, are secretly plotting something.

Xiaodeng routinely performs a final thank-you segment after each performance.

"Um...we are Mygo."

"There are no shows for the next two days, and this week's shows are almost over. We haven't been able to book any shows for the weekend. Should we take a break for now?" Li Xi said, thanking Xiao Deng while thinking about the band's work arrangements.

Thank you all for coming to watch our performance.

According to the normal procedure, after Xiaodeng finished saying her thanks, she should have prepared to leave the stage, so Shiina Ritsuki had already started packing up the spare drumsticks beside her.

“Um…” Takamatsu Akari continued after the performance ended.

"?" Li hope originally thought Xiao Deng wanted to sing another song, so she subconsciously looked at Yao Le Nai, after all, there was precedent for stray cats.

But when she turned her gaze to Kaorunai, she saw that same sly, cat-like smile as always.

This made her feel uneasy. The last time Lena showed this expression, she had played a trick on Kasuga Kage, and the second time she showed this smile, she had cut up Suze's skirt.

This is the third time she's seen a stray cat make this expression, and she has a feeling... that something bad is about to happen to her this time.

She turned to look at Yue, hoping to get an answer from her, but found that Yue winked at her with a mischievous smile on her face, but no matter how you looked at it, that smile had an ulterior motive.

"Today's performance isn't just to thank everyone for coming... we actually have a special surprise in store," Xiaodeng continued, her voice tinged with mystery.

Lixi's alarm bells rang loudly. She couldn't help but look at Aiyin, who smiled at her with a hint of cunning and expectation in her eyes.

Looking at Su Shi again, she also had a slight smile on her face. Clearly, they all knew what was going to happen next. It seemed that she was the only one in the entire band who didn't know what was going to happen.

Xiaodeng turned around, and somehow found herself holding a small firework in her hand, which she aimed at Shiina Tatsuki.

"What..." Before Lixi could finish speaking, the other members of the band also took out a firework from their pockets and aimed it at her.

"Happy birthday, Lixi!" everyone said in unison, and then pulled the fuse of the fireworks.

Colorful confetti burst forth from the fireworks, dancing in the air, and Lixi's vision was instantly submerged in a sea of ​​confetti.

Her face was full of surprise, and she stood there blankly, not knowing how to react.

"Today is August 9th...it's my birthday...ah?" Li hope suddenly realized that today really was her birthday. She had been so busy with the band lately that she had forgotten the time and hadn't even remembered her own birthday.

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"Happy birthday, Lixi." Hailing's voice was as calm as ever, yet it carried a touch of sincere warmth.

"?" Li hope looked at Hai Ling, who appeared in front of her, clearly not expecting that the other party would come to celebrate her birthday. She remembered that she did not tell Hai Ling what her birthday was.

“I saw it on the student ID card before.” Hai Ling clearly knew what Li hope wanted to say and gave the answer in advance.

"Tsk... I didn't want to be celebrated..." Li hope turned her head, her face slightly flushed, clearly being a bit stubborn.

Xiaodeng overheard Lixi's stubborn words. She crossed her arms over her chest and looked at Lixi with some disappointment: "Lixi...don't you want to be celebrated?"

"Ah...uh...Xiao Deng...!" Li hope was clearly at a loss when faced with Xiao Deng's somewhat disappointed expression.

"We've prepared so diligently, are you going to ignore Xiaodeng's feelings?" Nagasaki Suze looked at the incoherent Lixi, dripped her index finger on her chin, and looked at Lixi with slightly narrowed eyes, easily grasping the other party's feelings.

"Hmm~~ It was Xiaodeng's idea to celebrate your birthday on stage, Lixi." Yue looked at Lixi with a playful gaze.

It's clear that everyone in Mygo knows how to deal with Lixi's tsundere nature.

“I didn’t say that!!!” Li hope immediately retorted, but all she saw were smiles from everyone, including Hai Ling. “Tsk… I know, sit down first.”

"Hey~ Hey~ Let's all take a picture together." As Mygo's publicity officer, Chihaya Aine certainly wouldn't miss such a good promotional opportunity.

"Tsk... how should we film it?" Li hope asked Ai Yin.

"Rikki, pick up the cake! Hailingling, come on over too!" Aine waved, gesturing for everyone to come closer.

Lixi reluctantly picked up the panda cake, her face showing a hint of reluctance, but her eyes revealed a touch of warmth. Yue stood beside her, smiling slightly, and the others also gathered around.

"Come on, one, two, three, cheese!" Ai Yin pressed the shutter, and the lens captured this moment.

In the photo, Li Xi's face still shows a hint of reluctance, but the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned. Aine is smiling brightly, and Xiao Deng and Su Shi are also smiling. Yao Le Nai is looking at the camera with her usual adorable expression. Yue and Hai Ling stand on either side of Li hope, with the corners of their mouths slightly upturned.

"Alright, everyone, come and eat the cake!" Ai Yin said with a smile.

"Lixi, let's cut the cake." Yue handed the cake knife to Lixi.

"Uh...do we really have to cut it?" She looked at everyone hesitantly, her eyes full of struggle.

“Of course, Riki!” Aine said with a smile, “How can we eat if we don’t cut it?”

Lixi frowned, looking down at the cute, innocent panda cake, her hand hesitating as she held the knife. Those large, dark eyes seemed to be silently pleading, "Don't cut me."

“But…it’s so cute.” Lixi bit her lip, her voice tinged with conflict.

Su Shi said, "Li hope, don't hesitate, this is just a cake."

“Yes, but… it’s a panda,” Lixi said softly, her voice filled with helplessness and reluctance.

"Uh..." Yue covered her face. She knew that Lixi liked pandas, so she suggested that Hailing make a panda-shaped cake, but she did not expect that Lixi would be unable to bring herself to eat the cake because it was a panda.

"Lixi, do you need help?" Hailing asked, seeing that Lixi was hesitant to make a move, and reached out to take the knife.

"No...no need, I'll do it myself." Lixi took a deep breath, finally mustered up her courage, and gently cut the knife into the panda cake.

———————The girl is eating—————————

After sharing the panda cake, Ai Yin took out a beautiful little box from behind her back and handed it to Li hope.

"Although I've already said it, I think I should say it again when giving you a birthday present: Happy Birthday, Rikki!" Aine gave Rikki her birthday wishes once again.

Lixi took the box and looked at Aiyin with a slightly puzzled expression: "What is this? Can I open it here?"

"Of course, hurry up and open it." Even though it was Lixi who opened the gift, for some reason Aiyin seemed even more excited than Lixi.

Lixi then opened Aiyin's gift, inside which was a small panda pendant.

"Hehe, how is it? Does Rikki like it? You must really like it, right?" Aine asked with a smile as she leaned closer.

“Aiyin won’t do. If you go up there and force Lixi like that, even if she’s happy, she won’t be able to say it.” Su Shi looked at Lixi with a smile, a hint of teasing in her eyes.

“…This is terrible.” Lixi said softly, looking at Su Shi who was smiling.

“Rikki.” Lena tugged at Lalixi’s clothes and pushed a cup of matcha parfait in front of her: “Almond tofu parfait.”

"Huh? Stray cat, is this your birthday present for me?" Lixi was surprised that Le Nai had prepared a birthday present for her.

"Okay." Lena nodded. "Can I have some?"

"Uh? Ah... okay." Li hope said after a moment of surprise.

"Mmm! Delicious!" After getting Lixi's permission, Lena picked up a spoon and started eating, a satisfied expression on her face.

"...I guess you can't deny that she's a stray cat?" Li hope looked at Yao Le Nai, who was eating the birthday present he had given her, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"This is my gift." Su Shi took out a beautiful little box from her bag and handed it to Li hope.

Lixi took the box, opened it, and found it contained a panda plush toy.

She felt the doll looked familiar, so she asked Su Shi, "Was this... bought at the zoo?"

"Huh? Lixi, how did you know?"

"...Anyway, thank you." Li hope didn't say directly that she actually already had two, but silently accepted Su Shi's gift. After all, for her, there's never too many pandas.

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That evening, as always, Lixi escorted Xiaodeng home.

The lights on the overpass were dim, casting long shadows on the two people, while cars streamed back and forth below.

Lixi reached the end of the bridge. As usual, after delivering the small lamp there, she would turn and leave.

But today is a little different.

“Lixi…” Xiaodeng’s voice sounded behind her, tinged with hesitation and nervousness.

Lixi stopped and turned to look at Xiaodeng, her brows furrowing slightly: "Deng? What's wrong?"

Xiaodeng stood there, a shy blush on her face.

She hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and seemed to have made up her mind: "This... birthday present, I haven't given it to you yet."

Lixi paused for a moment, then slowly took it. Under the streetlight, she could see that the gift from Xiaodeng was the same notebook as the other person's, with a cute panda pattern on the cover.

"...A notebook?" Lixi's voice was filled with surprise and emotion. She looked up at the small lamp. "Is it the same model?"

"Yeah, I saw it in the store. I thought Lixi would like it..." Xiaodeng's voice was very soft.

Lixi gently stroked the notebook cover and said, "Thank you... I will keep it safe."

"Uh... well... let's keep using it?" Xiaodeng hesitated for a moment before mustering her courage to say.