Lonely Rock: Love Songs Dedicated to the Stars

"It's actually my real name," Yuzhen answered truthfully. He used to play in a band, and this account was his personal account. His fans probably already knew his name, so it didn't matter to them.

"Haha... It's really rare to see people using their real names when they go online."

PA is feeling immense pressure chatting with Yuma right now. If she accidentally loses her grip and Yuma hears her real voice, then her virtual YouTuber career will be over, right?

Fortunately, Yuma did most of the talking later on.

Yuzhen felt that the tone of this voice actor, Alto, seemed somewhat familiar, and the girl opposite him could always catch what he was going to say, just like friends who could guess each other's next words.

However, Yuzhen didn't think too much about it for the time being. He wanted to talk more and more, and he also answered a lot of questions from longtime fans of the band.

"The band will not be revived, I'm sorry, the guitarist is already in jail."

"Will there be any new songs in the future? Probably not. I'm getting old and can't write anymore. I'll just do some covers from now on. But I have all the band's old songs here, so I can sing them when I have some free time."

"What am I doing now? I can only say that I have a good job, a girlfriend, and my family is very supportive of me. I am very happy."

When Yuzhen said that last sentence, the eyes in the suit were squinted, and he looked up, appearing very happy. Then he started bragging to the people in the live stream about his girlfriend.

"Girlfriend is a high school girl? How could that be? Actually, she's my ex-girlfriend. What do you guys take me for? Some of my longtime fans probably know I have an ex-girlfriend. We got back together a while ago." His suit was beaming. "Her tsundere personality is totally my type, cute. Her figure is exactly my type, I love it. She's tough on the outside but soft on the inside, and actually very caring, the best!"

PA was completely ignored; she listened quietly with a smile to Yuma's "Blowing Stars" song.

"Thanks for the eye-catching comment, 'Ochanomizu no Maoou'... Huh?"

Kenzaki Yuuma's suit snapped to attention, his eyes widened, and his ears perked up. He remembered that this was Hoshika's online name; she was simply using his previous nickname.

"Come back to sleep quickly... I know, I'll be right back."

PA and the people in the live stream only saw that Yuma immediately turned off the live stream and ended it at lightning speed. He learned pretty quickly.

Then this morning, Yuma yawned and greeted PA as he walked into the restaurant. However, PA had slept too late last night and was still a little groggy. Upon hearing Yuma's voice, PA subconsciously responded with a professional tone, which led to Yuma staring at PA.

"Oh, right, I was just about to ask you something," Hoshigo said, glaring at Yuuma. "Why didn't you sleep last night? What were you doing, chatting with that Audio-Visual Alte on a live stream?"

PA, who was drinking milk nearby, choked a little when Xingge mentioned his online alias again.

"I just happened to connect with her on a live stream. It seems she was doing some kind of live stream task to increase her time last night, so I chatted with her for a while." Yuzhen lowered her head, looking obedient. "I just wanted to respond to the band fans from before and not let them have too many expectations. It's so pitiful that they've been left hanging while still holding onto hope."

"Don't do it again. Remember not to go out so late next time."

"I understand, I won't stay up late anymore." Youzhen nodded quickly, "Also, I'll never do live streams with female anchors again."

"What did you promise without asking me?"

"You really didn't ask?"

"I didn't ask, that means I didn't ask. I'm going to the performance hall."

……

In the afternoon, Pochi somehow acquired a coffin, a prop often seen in vampire movies, and lay down inside. The other three little ones squatted beside her, with a sign around Kita's neck that read, "I am a sinner."

Yuzhen also walked over and squatted down, wanting to observe this abstract scene up close. He looked into the coffin and found that Pochi's facial features were already distorted.

Under everyone's curious questioning, Kita finally revealed the reason why Pochi had become like this. She handed in the registration form that Pochi had left in the infirmary the day before.

"No wonder she's always been like this."

Yuma poked Bochi's face with her finger, but Bochi still didn't react.

"What should we do? If this continues, I'll become a murderer." Kita panicked a little, but Ryo and Yuuma next to him didn't care at all.

“She’s been like this so many times, haven’t you gotten used to it yet?” Yuma took off the tag from Kita’s neck and threw it in the trash can. “Didn’t you guys always put her back together before? I thought you were used to it.”

Chapter 81 Extra: Hiroi's Genius Plan

Shima Iwashita walked through the streets of Shinjuku humming a song. She was in a good mood today because she had just sold out of tickets for her next performance and had just had lunch.

These two days can be considered a rare vacation for her.

Hiroi hasn't caused her any trouble lately, and she's always on time for rehearsals, which has made things much easier for her. Shima is considering rewarding her.

'Give her some of the money she earns from her live streams.'

Hiroi earns a lot of money from live streaming, but Xiaoyin and Shima are worried that Hiroi and Eliza will squander it, so Shima has always been in charge of keeping the money.

However, just as Shima was thinking this, she received a call from Kenzaki Yuuma.

"Shima, have you seen Hiroi?" Yuma's voice sounded a little urgent on the phone. "She bought a bottle of alcohol at my izakaya and left a bunch of things here, including tickets to your band's show. I can't get in touch with her right now, so I can only contact you."

"What!" Shima covered her forehead. She shouldn't have had such high expectations of Hiroi. "Senpai, I'll go find her right away and contact you afterwards."

Shima hung up the phone and stormed off towards Shinjuku Flot. Her resentment was almost tangible; the pent-up anger from her precious moment of peace was about to consume the drunkard completely!

The pedestrians around her, seeing her like this, quietly moved a little further away from her.

As she expected, Hiroi was in the rehearsal room of the performance hall. She was lying on the sofa asleep, and there was a half-empty bottle of wine on the table, which she must have bought from Yuuma.

Shima didn't tolerate her, so she grabbed her ear and pulled her up.

"You've caused Kenzaki-senpai trouble again?"

"Shima, what are you doing? I paid properly this time."

"As long as you didn't run a debt." Shima subconsciously wanted to let go of Hiroi, but then she remembered something was wrong. "Wait a minute! You left all your things at your senior's izakaya, you know that? Why don't you just lose yourself too?"

……

"Thank you for keeping these things safe for Hiroi, Kenzaki-senpai."

At Yuuma's izakaya, Shima bowed deeply to Yuuma to express her gratitude, as Yuuma had been taking care of Hiroi all along. At the same time, Shima pressed Hiroi's head down to make her bow her head as well.

"It's okay, we're all friends." Yuma waved her hand. "But Hiroi should change his forgetful habit. Luckily, he left it with me this time."

"Speaking of which, why did you buy so much stuff?" Hoshika, who happened to be at the izakaya, sat down next to him and took out a pair of sunglasses from the bag Hiroi had left at the izakaya and put them on. "Why did you buy this kind of thing? Is your band going to the beach for a team building activity?"

Everyone looked at Hiroi's large bag, which contained many items such as sunglasses, sun hats, some obviously cheap trinkets, and a rather large spinning wheel. They then turned to look at Hiroi, wanting to hear her explanation.

“Hehe, this is my path to wealth.” She scratched her head, looking quite proud. “I plan to set up a stall at the entrance of the performance hall, where customers can spend money to enter a lottery, and these are all prizes. The grand prize is tickets to our band’s performance.”

After speaking, Hiroi nodded, already envisioning herself making a fortune.

"I'm a genius for making extra money while selling tickets."

"Hey, Shima, is she short of money? That doesn't make sense, does she? If she's short of money, where would she get the money to buy these things?"

Yuma and Hoshika glanced at Hiroi, who was fantasizing about getting rich overnight, and leaned closer to Shima to ask in a low voice.

“She shouldn’t be short of money. She earned quite a bit from her performances recently.” Shima pinched her chin and thought for a moment. “She didn’t damage the equipment. Logically speaking, even Hiroi should have been able to spend some time on it.”

After saying that, she grabbed the smug Hiroi and pulled him over: "I'm asking you, where is the performance fee you received before?"

"I bought these things to set up my stall."

"You bought so much stuff? What have you been doing these past few days, eating and showering?"

"Just eat something simple, and use the cold water from the tap at home to take a shower; it'll save you a lot of money."

Looking at Hiroi's clear smile, the three people present didn't know what to say to her.

When Shima returned to the performance hall with Hiroi carrying his large bag, Hiroi was also holding three boxes of Yuma's signature pork cutlet rice bowl and three large bags of fries. Shima had already eaten; these were for Hiroi, Eliza, and Gin.

The pork cutlet rice and fries were a gift from Yuzhen. He looked at Hiroi's thin arms and legs, and remembered what Hiroi had just said about how she only ate whatever she wanted every day, so he went to the kitchen and made some food to pack for them.

"Give the child something good to eat."

Shima's mind was still replaying Yuma's words: "How embarrassing."

It wasn't that she felt Hiroi had embarrassed her; she felt she hadn't taken good care of him and had no idea he had been going through such a difficult time.

Although Hiroi herself caused this, she doesn't like to shirk responsibility. If she had discovered and stopped it in time, there wouldn't have been so much trouble.

'I don't think I've done nearly enough.' Shima turned to look at Hiroi, who was stuffing fries into his mouth, and then she snapped angrily, 'Wait! How come you ate half of the fries that were for Eliza?'

"Huh? So this one is for Eliza?"

……

"Thank you, Kenzaki-senpai! And thank you, Kikusato and Shima, for bringing me food back." Eliza sat at a table in Shinjuku Flot, shoveling rice into her mouth. "I almost spent all my money buying merchandise, and I've been eating instant noodles for the past few days. Kenzaki-senpai is such a lifesaver."

Hiroi, who was sitting next to her, was also constantly shoveling rice into his mouth, just like her.

Shima sat opposite the two men, her hands covering her face. She was completely unwilling to face the fact that she had formed a band with these two men.

"Hiroi's taste isn't very good." After finishing her meal, Xiaoyin gave her portion to Hiroi and Eliza.

He took out a pair of sunglasses from Hiroi's bag and examined them. "This look really isn't good; it doesn't suit her face."

“This is what she plans to use for her stall,” Shima sighed. “She plans to set up a stall at the entrance of the performance hall.”

"Oh? That sounds interesting. I agree to let her have the doorway."

"You're too quick to agree! And are you really sure it's okay to agree to something like this?"

"Isn't this great?" Xiao Yin rested his elbows on the table, his hands supporting his chin, still wearing the same sunglasses. "Everyone is so energetic."

"I do wish those two would behave themselves a bit more," Shima said, rubbing her forehead in exasperation. "If only they could make my life a little easier."

"How about we let them roam free for a few days?" Xiao Yin took off her sunglasses, a gentle smile on her face. "Let them experience life without you, and then they'll change their minds."

Upon hearing Gin's suggestion, Shima stroked her chin thoughtfully for a moment before making a decision:

"I must have owed them something in my past life, and they probably can't do without me. I just can't let go of them."

Chapter 82 Extra: This is fine too

The next morning, Guangjing's stall was still set up.

Xiao Yin allowed her to set up a stall in the empty space at the entrance of the performance hall. That area originally belonged to the performance hall, so Hiroi could do whatever she wanted there.

The table and chair that Hiroi used were lent to her by Xiaoyin. She pieced them together and finally managed to put together a small stall. Then she assembled the large lucky draw wheel and set it up next to her.

After dinner yesterday, Eliza also got interested. She wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of the doujinshi she couldn't sell before, since they couldn't just sit at home unsold.

So, the prizes at Hiroi's stall have expanded to include Eliza's doujinshi. Luckily, Eliza doesn't draw anything inappropriate for children, so she can sell them openly.

However, Hiroi sat at the entrance of the exhibition hall for a long time, but no one came to her booth to participate in the lucky draw.

On the other side, Iwashita Shima was worried about Hiroi. She had given up her rare day off early to come and keep an eye on him. Then she saw Hiroi sitting idly at the entrance of the exhibition hall; it seemed his business was indeed not doing well.

"Aren't there any customers?"

Shima stood in front of Hiroi's stall and looked at the large prize wheel she had placed next to her.