Zongman: Nagasaki Sushi's adopted brother

Bai Ye raised his head, looked at the angry Li Xi, and said slowly and word for word: "I really like the song you composed..."

"Are you sure? There are still many shortcomings and things that can be better..."

"I think it's good because it has the flavor of Lixi all over it."

"what?!"

There was a hint of shyness in Lixi's voice, and her body reacted subconsciously, kicking Bai Ye's chair away.

Fortunately, Bai Ye reacted quickly and stood up immediately, thus escaping the disaster.

"Lixi, what are you doing? A sudden attack!"

"Who told you to say weird things?!"

"Brother, your mental quality needs to be improved."

"Bai Ye, you bastard! Sai Yagu!"

After Bai Ye brought the chair and sat back in front of the computer, he opened the two-player version of Gold Miner and asked Li Xi, "Want a game?"

"I'm not playing! Get out of the way, I'm going to compose some music."

"Every time you pass a level, I'll help you point out a problem in the song."

"Come on! I'll be on the left and you on the right!!"

"Bai Ye, if you don't play well, I will put pressure on you."

The two of them played Double Gold Miner until dusk. The light in the room gradually dimmed, and the sky outside the window was dyed orange-red by the setting sun...

Chapter 42 Brother, please give me some face, okay?

"Dead again!" Li Xi slammed the table angrily. Her palm slammed hard on the table, making a crisp sound.

Bai Ye laughed while holding his stomach. "Stupid Li Xi, how can you not die by hooking bombs?"

His laughter echoed throughout the room, his body shaking slightly from laughing so hard.

"You're an idiot!"

Li Xi was so angry that he snatched back the mouse and switched back to the music arrangement software with swift and powerful movements.

The game screen disappeared instantly, replaced by the arrangement interface.

This time they passed more than ten levels, which was enough to support Li Xi to optimize the music score.

Li Xi frowned slightly and tapped his fingers lightly on the keyboard, obviously thinking about how to better utilize the results of playing games.

However, Li Xi was silent for a moment, which was rare this time. He then pointed at the music score and asked Bai Ye, "Can you add a bass line for me?"

"...I think you have two guitars and one drum set at most right now? There's no demand for a bass."

"For that guy..."

Li Xi was silent, and Bai Ye was silent too. Neither of them spoke, and a subtle atmosphere filled the air.

"Okay, I'll help you add it."

The two of them understood each other tacitly and quietly arranged the first version of the bass.

Li Xi looked at Bai Ye and said slowly, "I heard from Mu that the guy hasn't been to Yuezhisen for several days and is on sick leave. I wonder if he's really sick?"

"Bai Ye, what are you going to do? Deng will not give up...no matter if it's you or that guy." Li Xi stood in front of the computer desk with his hands, pulled up his bangs to reveal his forehead, and sighed deeply.

Her shoulders slumped slightly, revealing her inner helplessness and fatigue.

"I don't know..." Bai Ye leaned back in his chair, tilted his head slightly, and looked at the ceiling with somewhat empty eyes, as if looking for some answer.

"I say, Lixi, what does family mean to you?"

Li Xi's hands trembled slightly, and then he said disdainfully: "What? Are you doing a census?"

"Since I have helped you so much, please answer me sincerely." Bai Ye turned to look at Li Xi with a serious look, his eyes full of persistence.

Li Xi frowned and let out a long breath, "...family..."

It took a long time before she finally said what was in her mind.

"I have a sister named Shiina Maki. Although she can't match your talent, she is also a complete genius."

"From childhood to adulthood, my sister has always been praised and everyone has always been around her..."

"But I am too ordinary and don't have the same talents as my sister."

"Whenever the last name Shiina is mentioned, everyone will immediately think of my sister, and I only exist as Maki's younger sister."

"I hate this, I hate myself for not having any talent. To escape my sister's shadow, I transferred to Hanasakigawa, a place she had never been to, and embarked on a path she had never walked."

"Not as Maki's sister, but just as a mortal named Shiina Riki, struggling awkwardly."

Bai Ye suddenly changed the subject and proposed a hypothesis, "What would you do if your sister suddenly fell ill and your parents were not around?"

"Huh? What's that? There's no such thing as if!"

“Suppose, suppose…”

"As for me, I would definitely take my sister to the hospital first and then see how serious her illness is. If it's serious, I'll have to ask for leave from school and stay here to take good care of her."

"It's not serious?"

"It's not serious, but she should stay home and recuperate. We can take care of her as needed... She's really only causing trouble for others."

When Li Xi said this, he seemed to put himself into the assumption that Bai Ye had mentioned, and complained angrily.

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in her voice, clearly expressing her displeasure at the assumption.

Bai Ye turned around and asked, "Why? It's obvious that all of Li Xi's troubles were caused by her sister. Don't you hate her? Don't you want her to disappear?"

"..." Li Xi was silent, her fingers unconsciously twisting her hair.

"Brother, you're not really fantasizing about this, are you? This is a crime!"

"Humph, I did think about it when I was little... My sister was a little willful, a little bad, loved to bully me, was conceited, wanted this and that, and despised me..."

The more Li Xi spoke, the darker her face became. Her fingers unconsciously clenched, unable to hide the resentment in her heart. Her body trembled slightly, obviously trying to control her emotions.

But in the next moment, all of this disappeared. Li Xi's expression suddenly softened, her fingers loosened, and her body relaxed, as if all her resentment was carried away by a breeze.

"But I love my sister very much..."

"why?"

"Because we're family... If you ask Maki this question, you'll get the same answer."

“…”

"We hurt each other unintentionally, we dislike and hate each other, but we can also tolerate each other. To me, this is family."

Bai Ye smiled slightly when he heard this, stood up, and said jokingly: "That's great, I also want to become Li Xi's family. As a super genius brother, I will passively pressure you."

"You have a terrible personality, you idiot." Li Xi also stretched and stood up with exaggerated movements. "Is my answer okay?"

"Brother Lixi, I like it very much..."

"That's good."

Bai Ye walked all the way to the door, turned around and said to Li Xi: "The song is almost over, so I'll take my leave first, but there is something I want to tell you..."

"That assumption just now did happen, but it happened to me, and it was Nagasaki Suyo who fell."

"Huh?" Li Xi suddenly stood up, his mouth wide open, a hint of shock in his eyes.

"However, she's not that seriously ill. She'll be fine after a rest."

"What about you? What did you do?" Li Xi asked hurriedly, his tone becoming anxious.

"I could only watch from afar in front of the ward, watching her being taken care of by others."

"Lixi, Nagasaki Suyo and I are a reconstituted family, and we don't have a deep relationship."

"Even the slightest bit of emotion, when it encounters the real desire, is like an egg hitting a stone, and it shatters immediately."

"I have never been the family member that Nagasaki Suyo wanted and recognized."

"Nagasaki Suyo is not my family either. We are just strangers who met by chance..."

Bai Ye stroked the door frame, turned his back to Li Xi, and expressed what he thought was in his heart.

His fingers gently stroked the texture of the door frame, his movements slow and powerful, as if he was looking for some support to strengthen his own beliefs.

"So, Bai Ye, why do you ask me what my family is?"

Li Xi lowered his head, as if he had figured something out.

"But even if you say that, why are your shoulders and voice shaking?"

“It feels suspicious…”

When Bai Ye heard Li Xi's questioning, his body shook as if he had been electrocuted.

Then he slowly turned his head and said with a trembling voice and the corners of his mouth: "Brother... I'm just pretending... Please don't expose me, okay?"

"...give me some face."

...

A high-end dessert shop.

"Meow Dream Kiss!"

"Nyanmu~Aiko (Nyanmu's nickname for Aine)! Here, here!"

"Hey, Meow Mengqin moved the chair for me, I am so happy, right?!"

"You're welcome. Aiko is a huge internet celebrity now. How about you help me shoot a video later?"

"Sure, I'd love to."

"Lucky, one million views achieved~"

Chihaya Aine and Meowmu sat together with laughter, and Meowmu even moved her seat closer to Aine, almost touching Aine's shoulder.

Her eyes curved into crescent shapes and the corners of her mouth turned up in a flattering smile.

"My dear Miao Meng, I actually have something to ask you... It's about Bai Bai..."

After Aine ordered the menu, she asked Meowmu a question.

Chapter 43 The reason for Bai Ye’s breaking up, the other side of Miao Meng

The high-end dessert shop is like an exquisite fairy-tale castle. The interior is decorated in light pink, with soft crystal chandeliers, creating a warm and romantic atmosphere.

Soft music echoes in the store, sharing a leisurely afternoon tea time.

And Meow Meng and Aine were sitting right in the middle of it.

"I want to know about Bai Ye's past. My childhood sweetheart, Meow Mengqin, must know a lot about it, right?" Aiyin put her hands on her legs, leaned forward, and asked the question very seriously.

Miao Meng pulled down his sunglasses when he heard this, and his expression suddenly changed from happy to serious. "Are you sure? This is not a good story..."

“Please!!” Aine clasped her hands together, obviously wanting to know what happened to Bai Ye very much.

"Okay, since Aiko is so serious, I'll tell you..."

Miao Meng took a deep breath, took a sip of the coffee that had just arrived on the table, ate half a macaron, and then spoke slowly.

"Bai Yezi and I grew up in Kumamoto. His family was very poor. When I met him, he was using a crooked wooden board as a way to practice piano..."

There was a hint of heaviness in her voice, and it was obvious that she was recalling something unpleasant.

"Later I found out that his mom...his dad never paid any attention to him, and they probably didn't even see each other a few times a year."

Aiyin listened very attentively, as if there was a short and lonely Xiao Baiye practicing hard on the wooden board beside her.

"Did you know? He ate only vegetables for a year just to buy that keyboard. He ate a few leaves mixed with rice for every meal, and he would break off a whole cabbage and eat it for days."

“As a result, he still hates vegetarianism…”

As Miao Meng was talking, she felt the atmosphere was a bit depressing, so she quickly changed the topic.

She took a quick sip of her coffee and tried to continue speaking in a lighthearted tone.

"Guess what happened? Bai Yezi broke the new keyboard in less than half a year, even though I took such good care of it..."

"Then he started eating vegetables to save money, hahahaha....ok, that's not funny..."

As Aiyin listened, her head lowered lower and her hands unconsciously grasped the corners of her clothes tightly, obviously touched by this past.