At 3 a.m., the landmines in front of the station

Gu Zhi sighed softly, a hint of regret in her voice, and murmured:

"I should have sold it."

"I should have held back."

Behind the back view.

On the A-shaped piano stand deep inside the wardrobe,

Taylor, decapitated, curled up and remained silent.

……

……

Chapter 30: Broken in a Second

Sacred Heart International Women's College.

The third private music room.

The sign hanging at the entrance is eye-catching—

The "Water Colors" band's private rehearsal room.

Yuan Xiao looked at the sign above,

Of the four names following the user's name,

He erased himself.

"……what."

Carrying a violin bag,

The forward-leaning body stopped abruptly.

Inside, the sounds of casual conversation and the occasional chirping of instruments being tuned drifted through the door.

"Hehe, Aya, with you here this time, our team is completely secure. I'm sure we can win first place among the seven schools in the first performance the day after tomorrow."

"Yes, yes, as expected of the captain, he's incredibly resourceful, managing to bring such a capable older sister as Aya here!"

"What captain? How can you talk like that? When Aya comes, she will be the captain."

We just need to rehearse at her pace, and humbly accept the guidance of a master, understand?

"Sister Meng is right, we'll all listen to Ling."

"..."

Yuan Xiao's raised arm remained suspended in the motion of knocking on the door.

With a furrowed brow, she wanted to rush in and say a few words.

But then he heard a new voice coming from inside, one that he didn't recognize.

"Everyone... there's no need to be so enthusiastic. I want to know, is it true that there's no guitarist in the band, as you all told me before? I feel... um... something's off..."

"What's strange? Aya, tell me, we usually don't lie to you."

The captain's voice was smug.

"Ah...yes, there's a guitar case in the rehearsal room...it looks like it's for personal use. And those connecting cables, they look a bit old...and the picks on the music stand...emm...are they someone else's? I just transferred here, I want to find out more..."

"It's a girl named Aya," she said softly.

"Uh, of course, of course! Those are things left behind by the other senior students who came to visit our band before, haha, they have nothing to do with us, don't worry."

"R-Really... But..."

"It's a package deal! Look for yourself, we don't even have a guitarist, and we haven't even found a bassist yet!"

"Oh...that's true..."

The new lead singer responded with half a sentence, still somewhat doubtful.

"So don't worry, once you're here, we'll fill all the positions as soon as possible. We'll find whatever contestants you need. There are quite a few female students at our school who play music. If all else fails, we can even recruit from the school next door."

"All right…"

Before long, laughter and cheerful voices filled the rehearsal room again.

"..."

Yuan Xiao's gaze dimmed.

thinking,

Guitar strings are optional.

The small speaker was a secondhand item I got from another senior student; it wasn't expensive. I have other speakers at home too.

But I'm still a little reluctant to just give it up to someone else.

The pick is my favorite Fender pick with a landscape painting design; it costs 20 yuan a piece.

It's very beautiful, but also a pity.

I really wanted to get my things back, but I didn't have the courage because of my teammates' unanimous exclusion of me.

They hired new musicians.

So, was getting rid of me planned in advance?

Is this to make room for me?

Yuan Xiao pondered,

In a band, two guitars are perfectly acceptable.

One person takes the lead vocals, and the other takes the rhythm; the division of labor is clear, and both sides can reduce the pressure. There's nothing wrong with that.

If someone gets kicked out, it's either because the new guitarist is too strong and can handle all the mid-to-high frequency range needs on their own, without requiring the other person to increase their rehearsal load.

Or perhaps you don't fit into the team's "atmosphere".

So much so that they abandoned him on a personality level and he had to find new teammates.

Think about it carefully,

Indeed,

I'm not very good at speaking.

When communicating with others, I always subconsciously start by saying something argumentative.

I'm a nuisance.

It's not surprising that they disliked me.

but.

but…

"I was the one who started the team..."

Yuan Xiao bit her lower lip.

She sniffed her delicate nose:

"He's already given up his captaincy..."

Am I really that bad?

She bit her lip until it bled.

"Personality and such,"

"I really wanted to change it."

He wiped his eyes.

I walked quickly toward the exit of the building.

“I’ve been trying my best. I’m paying attention.”

Increase the speed step by step.

From walking to running,

From running to sprinting.

"I really wanted to change it."

Looking at the back of my hand,

The damp back of his hand turned over.

Loosely grasp your fingertips.

"I haven't wasted any time."

"I didn't slack off. I didn't take advantage of the situation."

A deep imprint came into view.

The four hours of effort every day are not a lie.

The first day of school was like this.

I train even harder on weekends.

"But why can't you wait for me a little while?"

"Why not?"

She continued wiping the corners of her eyes.

What did I hold back?

I didn't cry much.

Being away from home is not the same as being at home.

Walking on campus, other girls would look at me with observing eyes.