Soon, Xiangzi arrived at the coffee shop where he had made an appointment with Mu.

As soon as he sat down, Xiangzi asked directly, "Why is she here again?"

Mu lowered her head reflexively, but then she raised it again as if she remembered something, her golden eyes meeting Xiangzi's: "I don't know either."

Xiangzi took a tactical sip of coffee and asked, "Why did she appear at Yuqiu's door the day before yesterday?"

Xiangzi was still feeling irritated. Ever since Sushi knew that Xiangzi had transferred to Yuqiu, she would come to the school gate every day, just like punching a card.

"Suyo, now that you know about the relationship between Aine-chan and me, I'm sorry."

Hearing this, Xiangzi's hand holding the teacup suddenly paused, and then he sighed helplessly: "Does she know about the relationship between me and Aine-chan?"

"I don't know. She wanted to go look for Aine-chan the day before yesterday."

"Is that so." Xiangzi breathed a sigh of relief. Since it wasn't Aine-chan or Mu who exposed herself, it was just a coincidence. Aine-chan was really trying hard to abide by the agreement between her and me.

Thinking of this, Xiangzi's heart seemed to be nourished, and the irritability in his heart subsided a little.

"She probably doesn't know about my relationship with Aine-chan."

"Su Shi... said she wanted to reorganize Crychic."

"She's already formed a band with Aine-chan, Kotobuki, and the others, but she's still clinging to the past... So is this band just a tool for her?"

Xiangzi frowned slightly and placed the teacup on the table. The sound of the teacup colliding with the table seemed to reveal her determination: "It seems that I need to talk to her. Wait until Aine-chan and the others' live performance is over."

……

In RiNG, Li Xi frowned nervously, suppressing his anger: "Why didn't the wild cat come?"

Su Shi hurriedly comforted Li Xi: "Maybe he's just late like before."

Li Xi clenched his fists: "It's been like this once or twice. I'm wondering if I should still keep Wildcat."

Aine stopped practicing: "Rikki, even though Lenai didn't come, she's already a member of the band... If we just don't want her..."

"So, what if she doesn't come to the next Live given her current condition?"

Before Aiyin could speak, Sushi began to comfort Lixi: "Lixi, don't get excited. It's true that Lixi has put the most effort into this Live."

"There is no need to say such things."

"I'm so sorry for leaving everything to Li Xi alone."

Deng also walked up to Lixi and hugged the notebook tightly: "Lixi, is there anything I can do?"

Su Shi also nodded: "If everyone comes together to help, maybe we can do it."

These words seemed to awaken Li Xi's shadow. The blue figure in her memory seemed to break through her inner repression and reach the height of her heart, as if showing off or mocking.

"Am I so unreliable..." Li Xi's body kept shaking.

Just as Su Shi was about to explain, Li Xi interrupted her: "I can't be as capable as Xiangzi!"

Looking at Riki's trembling body, Aine didn't know what to say.

Oh, Sakki, how great were you in Crychic before? Everyone in the band was influenced by you. It's really a shame that you just left this mess to me and Su Shi.

Chapter 25: The Fall of the Endurance King

After the practice ended, Su Shi found Aine again and they walked side by side on the street.

Unlike the noisy crowd around them, the space between Suye and Aine was unusually quiet.

Unlike Su Shi's eyes which were usually filled with tenderness, at this moment her eyes were filled with worry: "It turns out that Li Xi has been forcing himself..."

Aiyin glanced at Su Shi, then lowered her eyes. She didn't know how to respond.

"Indeed... We're a band, but if everyone's not here..."

The heavy words also affected Aine who was standing beside him: "Sushi-kun, is there anything I can do?"

What Aine can do... Yes, Aine can change Xiaomu... Then Lixi should be able to do it, but Lixi still hopes that it will be Xiaodeng...

"Can Aine persuade Riki today? After all, Aine can become good friends with Xiaomu."

"Then after practice tomorrow, I'll call Rikki out alone. After all, chatting on the phone is not as clear as talking offline."

“It was clearly our fault, but we left it to Aine. I’m sorry, Aine.”

Aine shook her head, signaling Su Shi not to take it personally: "It's nothing, Su Shi-san, after all, we are in the same band."

And I said bad things to you...

The next day, RiNG.

Sushi hung up the phone and shook her head at Aine and Deng: "No, Li Xi still won't answer."

"It's normal for Lenai not to come..." Aine kept tapping the screen, sending messages to Riki one after another, "But that happened yesterday, it would be awkward for her to come."

After confirming that Rikki wasn't looking at her phone, Aiyin also put down hers and looked at Sushi. The words Sushi had asked her yesterday echoed in her mind: "It turns out that everyone needs to be together. I'll go find her."

"Ain-chan, wait a minute, I'm going too." Seeing Ain running out, Deng hurriedly chased after her.

……

[Aine: Rikki, where are you?]

[Aine: At least answer the phone.]

[Aine: Pick it up!]

[Aine: Rikki!]

Hachiman Kailing looked at Riki, who had been hunched over the table from morning till night, and asked calmly, "Aren't you going to band practice?"

Seeing that the latter did not answer, Hailing placed the juice in her hand steadily on Lixi's head: "I see, you become very calm when you are depressed. I still have to join the band, so I will go back first."

"I was just feeling down about the band, and you brought this up to me."

Because he was lying down, Li Xi's voice seemed a little aggrieved. Of course, it might just be that he was aggrieved.

Hearing Li Xi's answer, Hai Ling stopped and said, "I'm actually a little envious of you for being so upset about your band. Bye."

The afterglow of the setting sun gently wiped away the last blush of the sunset glow, and the night gradually unfolded like translucent ink paper.

Moonlight poured into the classroom, and Lixi finally raised his head and looked at the night sky outside the window.

Am I really so useless...I am not as good as my sister, nor as good as Xiangzi.

With a sigh, Lixi picked up his bag and prepared to leave the campus and go home.

As soon as she left the teaching building, a very distinctive voice came into her ears: "Rikka, you are very slow."

Li Xi raised his head and saw Aine and Deng waiting for him at the school gate.

Aiyin pointed her phone at Riki, and a timer appeared on the screen: "We've been waiting for two hours, fifty-six minutes, and thirty-one seconds."

"Lixi..."

The moment Li Xi saw the two of them, he didn't hesitate and ran straight into the teaching building.

"He ran away!" Ignoring Deng's call, Aine followed Riki's footsteps.

"Rikki! Stop running!"

"I'm not running! It's because you're chasing me!"

"Then stop!"

"Why should I listen to you? You're trespassing, aren't you?"

"It's okay."

"What's wrong?"

"It would be nice if Rikki was found out and wrote my reflection for me!"

"Huh? Why should I help you write it?"

"Not if Rikki just stops."

"Who wants to stop?"

"Then I'll continue to pursue you."

“You’re really annoying!!!”

Lixi turned her head and found that Aine was getting closer and closer to her. She quickened her pace again, trying to get rid of Aine's pursuit, but Aine was faster than she imagined.

"Rikki! I got you!"

However, just as Aine stretched out her hand to grab Riki, her legs suddenly felt weak. She froze for a moment and tried to steady herself, but ultimately she could not resist the sudden feeling of weakness.

"Ah!" Aine screamed, and because her balance was unstable, she fell heavily to the floor.

Her hands instinctively stretched forward, trying to grab something, but only the cold air responded to her.

Instantly, Aine’s heartbeat quickened, and pain spread from her knees throughout her body.

"Pfft."

Hearing a muffled sound from behind, Li Xi immediately slowed down. Turning back, he saw Aiyin falling to the ground: "Hey, why did you fall?"

"It hurts, it hurts." Aiyin looked at her bleeding knee while trying to endure the pain. In an instant, she recalled the bad things again. At this moment, she was like a depressed pink puppy.

It's not because the condition has worsened... Don't be like this...

"Hey, Aine." Li Xi walked up to Aine and stretched out his hand to her somewhat awkwardly. "Are you... okay?"

"Rikki, I...it hurts."

Ain's voice was a little small. At this moment, Ain's legs hurt, and her heart hurt even more.

Li Xi sighed, and even though he had a look of disgust on his face, he still slowly pulled Aine up: "Can you move?"

Seeing Aiyin shaking her head, although Li Xi didn't know whether Aiyin couldn't move because of shaking her head, she still squatted down and shouted in a bad mood: "Come up."

“Eh?” Aine was frozen in place by Rikki’s sudden movement. “Rikki? What are you doing…”

"Aren't you unable to move? I'll carry you to the school infirmary."

Seeing Rikki's face flush, Aine's gloom cleared away and she couldn't help but jokingly said, "Huh? I never thought that one day Rikki would carry me on his back. I'm so honored."

"Huh? Don't think too much about it. I only helped you because you fell while chasing me."

Rikki's contradictory words made Aine laugh out loud: "Rikki is really not frank. By the way, why is Rikki so nice to me all of a sudden?"

Li Xi's face flushed slightly, and his voice couldn't help but get louder: "I told you not to think too much, I only helped you because you fell while chasing me."

Aine nodded, suppressing her inner smile, "Thank you, Rikki."

Aiyin didn't refuse, but lay directly on top of Lixi. After Lixi stood up, she also started to complain: "Hey, you're very heavy."

"Rikki, calling a girl heavy is very rude."

"Just the facts."

Chapter 26 Live Eve

By the time Li Xi carried Ai Yin out of the teaching building, Deng had been waiting on the bench in the campus for a long time.

Seeing the two of them like this, Deng was a little confused: "What are you doing..."

Li Xi turned his head and glanced at the girl on his back, a little speechless: "This idiot fell down while chasing me."

"Huh? Who are you talking about, idiot?"

"Idiot, you."

“Pfft.” Aine couldn’t help but burst out laughing again, “Yeah, you idiot, you’re talking about me.”

Li Xi reacted belatedly, realizing that he had said the wrong thing. He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and annoyed: "If you keep talking nonsense, do you believe I will throw you down?"

"Sorry, Rikki, I was wrong."

"Aine-chan is injured. Here." Deng pulled out the Band-Aids he always carried with him from his pocket. "This is the sixth installment in the marine life series: coral reef manta rays, sunfish, oarfish, and whale sharks."

After a pause, Deng took out another Band-Aid from his pocket: "Ah, and this, blue whale and fin whale."

Looking at Deng's cute look, Aine couldn't help but laugh on Li Xi's back: "Little Deng is so cute."

"The lights are just so cute. Just don't move them."

Deng carefully handed the band-aid to Aine: "Aine-chan, do you want to put it on?"

"Well, since it's Xiao Deng's idea, of course."

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