Lonely Rock: Love Songs Dedicated to the Stars

"What are you grinning about?" Xingge came out after washing the dishes and saw Youzhen sitting on the sofa, grinning at her phone screen. "How disgusting."

"You're here just in time." Yuzhen pulled Xingge, who had come over, to sit on the sofa. "How about we have our wedding after the music festival?"

"I'm available anytime, you can arrange it."

Xingge tried to turn her head away, but Youzhen stopped her by holding her face with both hands.

"what are you doing?"

"It's nothing." Yuzhen let go of her hand and watched Xingge rub her face. "I just suddenly wanted to see you."

"Haven't you seen enough every day?" Xingge rubbed her face and muttered under her breath.

"I can't get enough of it!"

"What kind of tone was that? It was disgusting."

……

A few days later, the band "End" finally made it into the finals, ranking 28th.

Nijika and Kita hugged each other excitedly, bursting into tears of joy.

Liang was also excited, but she was still trying to remain calm:

"But why did our ranking suddenly rise?"

“It must be because everyone persevered until the very last moment.” Kita gave Ryo a seemingly idealistic answer.

“That’s right.” Nijika agreed with Kita’s idea. “Even Ms. Hiroi voted for us.”

Yuma listened to Nijika's words and looked at the apology message Hiroi sent him. In the end, he didn't tell Nijika, letting her keep the best illusions.

Hiroi didn't vote for the band at all; after her phone was retrieved, she didn't dare touch it for days. Even when Otsuki used her phone to vote for their band, she just watched from the sidelines.

“Actually, I think it’s all thanks to this.” Yuzhen opened her phone and showed them the online article.

Over the past few days, that article has received over 500,000 views. Many people in the comments section of the band's music video said they came from that article.

Kita looked at his phone and read directly the part of the article that ended with the band's performance:

"The young members are very energetic, and the lyrics contain profound thoughts that are beyond their age..."

However, the comments that followed took a sharp turn for the worse, so Kita didn't continue reading.

Yuma took back his phone and continued reading for Kita: "The band's name is lame, the lead guitarist does all sorts of outrageous things from time to time, and there's always a drunk guest around. It feels like the fans are of very low caliber."

"Tsk." Yuzhen certainly wouldn't care about the other things; Hongxia and the others would have to change those things themselves. But as for that drunken customer, it was obvious who it was.

Yuma posted a notice at the entrance of the performance hall prohibiting Hiroi from entering after the band's performance.

Meanwhile, Xingge was outside calling Miss Poison. She and Youzhen could tell it was her just by looking at that strange online name.

"Where did you get my phone number?" Miss Poison was puzzled. Could it be that you fired her?

Xingge hesitated for a moment, then answered her:

“My husband gave it to me. He said you told him before.”

“Mr. Kenzaki? That’s not surprising.”

"You wrote that article, didn't you?" Although Xingge was already certain, she still asked. "Thank you."

“It’s okay, I don’t want a band with potential to be buried.” Miss Poison didn’t expect her to thank her. “Besides, those were just fair comments about the end of the band, nothing to be thanked for.”

However, she heard that Xingge seemed to be crying. But Xingge hung up the phone.

Although Xingge doesn't say it every day, she still cares a lot about the end of the band. Now that she sees Hongxia successfully nominated, she is crying tears of joy.

"Here you go." Yuzhen, who had just finished posting the notice, came over and handed her a tissue. "Why are you crying?"

“At my age…” Xingge wiped away her tears, “I can’t help but cry when I see how hard the children are working.”

Yu-chan then took out her phone and snapped a picture of her soft and cuddly appearance.

"Deleted!"

"No~", Yuzhen not only didn't delete it, but also opened an audio recording he had just made.

"My husband gave it to me." These words echoed in Xingge's ears.

"Why are you recording this kind of stuff?!" Xingge tried to grab the phone, but Youzhen dodged her. "Delete it!"

"I won't delete it."

Yuzhen ran into the men's restroom, leaving Xingge helplessly watching from outside.

"You're so childish!" She had no choice but to give up. "Fine, I won't delete it then, just don't let Hongxia and the others hear about it."

"What? We're already a legally married couple. It's not shameful for you to call me 'husband,' is it?" Yuzhen said as she walked out of the bathroom.

"Hmph!" Xingge ignored him and went into the women's restroom. She needed to wash her face; she couldn't let Hongxia and the others see the tear stains on her face.

……

Two days later, when Yuma was driving out to buy something, she passed by Pochi's school and saw a large banner hanging on the teaching building that read, "Congratulations to Goto and Kita for their headlining performance at 'Rock in Japan'."

"What are they up to now?" Yuuma looked at the banner, completely bewildered. "Aren't they participating in 'Undetermined Riot'?"

However, he didn't have time to think about it much right now; he still had to deliver the things he bought to his mother.

When he returned to STARRY, he saw Pochi and Kita lying on the table.

The story about the two of them became increasingly bizarre among the people at school, eventually evolving into the rumor that they would be performing at Hitachi Seaside Park in the summer.

"Why would you do something so stupid?" Yuma looked at the two of them speechlessly. "I can understand Pochi, but why are you doing this, Kita?"

Yuma's words dealt another blow to Pochi.

“Because clarifying things and pouring cold water on things when everyone is having a blast is absolutely unacceptable.” Kita stood up on the table. “For people who are into social interaction, they’ll die if they can’t read between the lines.”

“Kita also has her difficulties.” Nijika expressed her understanding of Kita.

"Fool."

This is the evaluation that Yuma and Hoshika gave to Pochi and Kita together.

Chapter 132 Car

After the online voting ends, it's time for the performance review, and Hongxia and the others have been preparing every day recently.

During this time, Pochi and Kita became idols at school, but when they went on stage to perform, they were too nervous and failed to perform to their full potential, resulting in an awkward silence.

During those two days, Kita also became like Poki, and Nijika gave them several psychological counseling sessions to help them recover.

After the rehearsal ended that day, the band packed up and prepared to go home.

"Would you all like to take a stroll around Shimokitazawa together?" Kita was full of energy and planned to play in Shimokitazawa with everyone.

However, Hongxia, who was standing to the side, did not notice what she said.

"Ryo, remember to return the comics you borrowed to me tomorrow, and don't sell them!" After instructing Ryo, Hongxia turned to look at Boqi: "Boqi-chan, you can't walk with strangers, and you have to use the crosswalk when crossing the street."

"It's only 3:30, and we're already going home?" Kita said, somewhat disgruntled. "Don't we sometimes do things that high school girls do? Don't we all want to be a little more dazzling?"

Hearing her words, Hongxia asked, "Didn't we go to the amusement park earlier?"

“That time was just to escape reality. Sometimes I also want to stroll around the streets with everyone.” Kita said, tears welling up in her eyes, “Every day is just school, rehearsals, and part-time jobs. Can’t we enjoy our youth, which everyone has, because of our dreams?”

Finally, after Kita rolled on the ground and shouted, the others reluctantly agreed to go shopping with her.

"What are you doing?" Yuuma asked as she entered the performance hall. "What is Kita doing? Is he mopping the floor of the performance hall?"

"We're planning to go shopping together in Shimokitazawa and enjoy our youth." Kita perked up immediately after Nijika and the others agreed. "Would Kenzaki-nii and the shop manager like to come along?"

"I'll pass," Yuma refused without hesitation. "I'm satisfied with my youth; I don't need to experience it now."

“I’m not going either.” Xingge came over and said, “I don’t want to touch anything that reminds me of my youth right now.”

Why do you say that? Aren't we both still quite young?

Yuzhen put her arm around Xingge's shoulder, but Xingge glared at her and pulled away.

"That's wonderful." Kita looked at the two of them and suddenly exclaimed, "I envy the shopkeeper and Kenzaki-nii for having such a wonderful youth."

"You're not bad at all, are you?"

Yuzhen looked at her helplessly, he really didn't know what was wrong with this popular girl's youth.

……

After the band finished and left, Yuma sat down next to Hoshika.

He opened his phone and showed Xingge the car photos in his album.

“I’m thinking of picking one, but these are all pretty good.” He flipped through the photos one by one. “Take a look and see which one you like.”

"Hmm? You're buying a car?" Xingge glanced at the pictures on his phone. "Why don't you just pick any one? These are all pretty good, aren't they?"

“How can that be?” Yuzhen shook her head. “We’re all family now, and I still want to know your opinion.”

"But I don't understand these things." Even though she said that, Xingge still took the phone.

"It's okay, I don't know anything about these things. I asked my dad to pick these out, or we can just choose whichever one looks good to us."

However, after looking at it for a long time, the two of them still only had a vague understanding. They had no idea which was better or worse, whether it was "hybrid" or "engine".

The two of them could only ask the PA standing nearby for help, but the PA's answer was still that they couldn't understand it.

Finally, at PA's suggestion, the two of them decided to go to a nearby car dealership, since there were professionals there to explain things, which should be better than their own limited understanding.

The two asked PA to keep an eye on the shop, and then went together to the nearest car dealership.

Yuzhen showed the shop assistant the photos, and then someone took the two of them to choose cars one by one.

As the salesperson explained, Yuzhen discovered that nearly half of the cars his father had chosen were very expensive luxury cars, such as the Lexus LM and the Infiniti QX80.

But these cars are too expensive. They usually drive around, not to attend any important social events. There's no need to buy such expensive vehicles.

Yuzhen looked around and spotted a car that caught her eye: "That car looks pretty good."

Xingge also looked over: "Indeed, it looks like it has a large capacity. I just wonder what the price will be."

The salesperson told them that the car was a Toyota Alphard and that it wasn't cheap. Xingge was clearly a little resistant after hearing the price.

In the end, the two of them compromised and chose a seven-seater Toyota Sienna.