Lonely Rock: Love Songs Dedicated to the Stars

The band members on the side were still watching the stage with great interest, waiting for the show to begin, but as Yu-ma listened to the host's announcement, an ominous premonition welled up in her heart.

The magical girl on the flyer hadn't appeared yet; instead, two monsters came forward first.

Yuma was eating the ice cream she had just bought, watching the monster stroll around on the stage, when suddenly three magical girls in red, yellow, and blue rushed out and, without any reason, swung their staffs and hit the monster on the head.

The entire performance had no plot, and the actors didn't have a single line. It was just three magical girls punching and kicking the monster.

"Is this really a children's show?" Xingge looked at the performance on stage and for the first time doubted the meaning of the words "children's show."

"These two monsters are so pitiful. They only walked around a few times and did nothing, yet they got beaten up." PA covered his mouth with both hands, watching the performance on stage.

"Maybe...maybe these two monsters have already committed evil deeds elsewhere?" Yuma was trying her best to make up a reason in order to protect the childlike innocence of the children sitting next to them. "After all, children shouldn't see monsters eating people."

But he soon realized that his good intentions were completely meaningless; the children just wanted to see magical girls fight monsters, and they even thought the magical girls were fighting too lightly.

Without any need for friendship or bonds, the two monsters fell. Amidst the cheers of the children, the actors took their final bows and ended the performance.

Kita pulled Nijika and the others onto the stage to take photos with the actors.

Aren't you going to take a picture with them?

Xingge noticed that Youzhen showed no intention of getting up from his seat, and she thought he was just too embarrassed to go.

"Don't be shy, look, many adults have gone up to take photos together."

"No, I won't go." Yuzhen had completely lost the desire to go on stage. "I feel like the people on stage aren't magical girls at all, they're just Red Superman dressed as magical girls."

……

Everyone left together just as the amusement park was about to close, and it was only then that Hongxia and the others remembered to check their emails for any messages.

"Could it be that we were not selected?"

Hongxia's words made the four members of the End Band's hearts skip a beat, and cold sweat broke out on their faces.

"If we really lose, let's all throw a shochu party!" Nijika was already prepared to escape reality with alcohol. "Doesn't Hiroi-nee always say that alcohol is the best mental stabilizer?"

“You guys aren’t old enough to drink yet.” Yuma ruffled Hongxia’s hair twice. “Don’t even think about drinking.”

Xingge, who was standing to the side, had already grabbed Hiroi by the collar and lifted her up: "What kind of weird things do you usually say to those girls?!"

"Don't think about that now. The announcement might be delayed; the festival organizers said so." Yuzhen was already fiddling with his car keys, eager to get going. "Let's go home now. Everyone must be tired from all the fun."

Xingge still couldn't believe Youzhen's driving skills: "Are you really okay driving?"

The others also looked at Yuzhen. The last time he drove was when he went to the beach, and he stalled the car when he started it.

"Are you looking down on me?" Yuma was naturally indignant at being looked at like that. "Then I'll show you how to drive!"

Yuma fastened her seatbelt after getting into the car, while Hoshika sat in the passenger seat.

Yuzhen took out a standee and handed it to Hongxia: "Hongxia, put this behind you with the writing facing outwards so that the cars behind can see it."

After Hongxia took the standee from Youzhen, the others curiously crowded over to see what it was. They then saw that it read, "Expelled from driving school, self-taught, novice driver, skilled in emergency braking."

Their expressions froze on their faces; they were already regretting getting on the bus.

"Brother... are these real?" Hongxia asked tentatively.

"How could it be true?" Yuzhen started the car, and it drove smoothly away from the parking lot. "I do have a driver's license, and Yuxing taught me recently. I put this sign on because I didn't want to get upset by the honking of the cars behind me."

Hongxia obediently followed instructions and placed the sign next to the rear window. She immediately noticed that the car behind her seemed to have started to slow down.

She had just sat down when she felt her phone vibrate.

"Could it be a notification from the music festival?" Hongxia took out her phone with anticipation and opened her email. "After our rigorous review, your demo is fully qualified."

"That means... we passed!" Kita excitedly hugged Pochi next to her. "Yumakada!"

"Actually, I already knew I would pass." Liang's legs were trembling with excitement, but she was still being stubborn.

Yuzhen stopped her car at the intersection and waited for the traffic light to change. She glanced at the excited girls behind her in the rearview mirror and then reminded them, "Quiet down. You don't want me to be distracted by your noise and something bad to happen, do you?"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately fell silent.

"Don't scare them." Xingge looked at him helplessly.

"Um... I don't want to admit it, but I didn't scare them," Yu replied guiltily. "When I'm distracted, I easily lose track of the brake and the accelerator..."

……

The next day, Yuma took them to the upscale barbecue restaurant "jojo-en".

Before the band finished their performance in Ikebukuro, they had already imagined the future. At that time, Nijika and Kita even thought that they must have become famous to receive the performance invitation, and that they would come here to have a celebration party after the performance.

Although the event didn't happen that time, Yuma still made time to bring them here.

“Brother is the best.” Hongxia and Xiduo sat together looking at the menu. They looked at the high-end ingredients and didn’t know what to order.

“Bochi, don’t just stand there, take a look at the menu.” Yuzhen handed Bochi a menu as well.

Although Pochi took the menu, she had no idea what to order at this time.

She was really afraid of being handed a menu by others when eating out, and some people even told her to "order whatever you like," but in the end, she didn't get to decide what she ordered.

But this was the first time Pochie had worried about something like this, because she had never had this opportunity before.

Xingge and PA thought she was too shy to order, so they sat on either side of her and looked at the menu together.

Liang glanced at everyone ordering food, then pointed to herself: "What about me?"

“Give me a reason that will convince me you won’t order anything random.” Yuzhen would never let this guy order; he felt that Ryo was the most likely person to order those flashy but impractical things.

"I benefited from this too," PA remarked after ordering and sitting by the window.

“Let’s just consider this a continuation of yesterday’s team building activity,” Yuzhen said, looking at her. “After all, you worked really hard editing those videos for them.”

PA has been helping the band edit their performance videos lately, and has been staying up a lot of nights.

Just as Yuuma finished speaking to PA, he felt someone tugging at his sleeve. He turned around and saw it was Hoshika.

"Isn't it too expensive?" Xingge looked at the prices of the premium beef on the menu, looking distressed.

"Well... I don't have enough savings to not be able to afford these things."

After Yuzhen finished speaking, she showed Xingge the money in his bank card.

Xingge knew Youzhen was rich, but this was the first time she had ever seen a bank card with so many zeros.

Yuzhen had been saving this money since high school. He and Yuxing had done a lot of business together, so their income was already quite good. He also didn't spend money recklessly, so he had saved up a lot over time.

Chapter 129 Wedding Dress

After the review process, the online voting stage begins, where each band participating in the music festival can campaign for votes online.

According to Pochi, her mother seemed to have helped promote her among neighbors and relatives, and also promoted her online by pretending to be a high school girl.

Her sister went even further. Her friends all thought Pochi was a ghost, so she told them, "If you don't vote to end the band, you'll die in seven days."

Boch's father also drew posters overnight to promote the band.

"Your family takes this matter very seriously. But the methods you use seem a bit off," Xingge remarked after listening to Boqi's account.

The same goes for Kita; her parents now fully support her band activities. She also promotes her band at school.

Yuma and Nijika had just finished putting up the flyers at the door. All you had to do was scan the QR code to vote for the band.

"Boss Kenzaki, are you putting up flyers for the band's disbandment?" PA asked the two of them as he entered the performance hall.

“Yes, the online voting will begin in the next two weeks. Only 30 out of 100 bands will advance,” Yuzhen explained to her. “Hongxia said she wanted to put these flyers up in a prominent place, so we came here.”

Yuma then noticed that Hongxia was missing from beside him. He looked around and found Hongxia carrying a stack of flyers and talking to Ryo as they walked.

However, Hongxia's attention was distracted by Liang, so she accidentally entered the men's restroom.

"You deliberately didn't remind Hongxia, didn't you?"

Yuma and Ryo stood together watching Nijika, who was facing the wall in embarrassment from what had just happened.

Liang wore a smug expression; "Hongxia is too focused, I can't bear to disturb her."

"You're such a jerk." Yuzhen shook her head a few times with exasperation. "By the way, how did you help your band get votes?"

His words seemed to remind Ryo of something unpleasant. Later, through Ryo's explanation, Yuma learned that her parents planned to have her family's hospital close down so they could focus all their efforts on promoting the band.

Fortunately, a compromise was reached after Liang objected, and the band's song was played in the hospital's waiting room.

"That's really rock and roll." Yuma couldn't say anything else.

……

In the afternoon, Yuuma and Hoshika arrived in Shinjuku together. Yuuki had asked them to come, but he only gave them an address.

They could only search by address, and eventually found a wedding dress shop.

Kenzaki Yuriko stood at the doorway, smiling at the two of them. She had been waiting for them to come over.

"Mom, why did you suddenly call us over?" Youzhen asked as she walked into the store with Xingge. "Are we going to pick out a wedding dress now? We were planning to have the wedding in a while."

"That won't interfere with anything." Kenzaki Yuriko was in high spirits. "Aren't you all free today anyway? You can pick out a wedding dress for Hoshika and then take some wedding photos."

"What do you think?" Yuzhen asked Hoshika, who was sitting next to him.

"I'm fine with anything." Xingge turned her face away. She felt quite nervous about suddenly being asked to choose a wedding dress.

They spent the whole afternoon choosing a wedding dress, and in the end, Xingge chose a mermaid-style wedding dress.

When she came out of the fitting room, Yuzhen was stunned.

The off-shoulder wedding dress clung to Xingge's body, outlining her beautiful curves. And when Yuzhen stared at her like that, Xingge reflexively turned her head to the side, a delicious blush rising on her face.

Although Xingge herself believes that her figure has changed, in the eyes of others, her figure is still very good.

Yu-ma especially liked her figure, so his first reaction upon seeing Hoshino was that he had hit the jackpot.

Kenzaki Yuriko nudged the stunned Yuuma with her elbow.

"Oh, right, how are you feeling?" Yuzhen snapped out of her daze, stepped forward, and approached Xingge.

"It's okay." It was her first time wearing something like this, and she was still a little unaccustomed to it. "Do I really have to wear high heels? It feels so strange."

She tried to take a few steps, but almost fell because she wasn't used to high heels. Luckily, Yuzhen caught her in time.

Anyway, the wedding dress train was quite long, and her shoes were barely visible, so Xingge changed back into her own shoes. This resulted in the train dragging on the ground, but it wasn't a big problem; it could be trimmed.

Yuuma also bought a new suit, which made his proportions look excellent. At Kenzaki Yuriko's request, he also wore a pair of glasses, though without lenses.