For the peace of the Lonely Band, please sacrifice yourself!

Hirasawa Yui and Nakano Azusa discussed in a low voice.

Akiyama Mio looked at the relaxed drummer and complained, "Ritsu, didn't you agree to practice until dawn?"

Tian Zhongli crossed his hands behind his head and said cheerfully, "Change your mood, change your mood~ Don't be tense all the time, proper rest will achieve twice the result with half the effort. Relax when you should relax, and work when you should work. This will make your body and mind more relaxed, don't you agree?"

Kotobuki Tsumugi nodded, looked at the lights in the teaching building, and continued, "Besides, it's already past twelve o'clock, and some students should be tired and ready to rest, so we should try not to make too much noise so as not to disturb them."

"That's true." Akiyama Mio was convinced.

"Ah, after all, I was so busy preparing for the drama the whole day that I hardly watched anything. This is the last school festival." Tianzhong Ritsu sighed regretfully.

Kotobuki Tsumugi suddenly had an idea: "Ah, I have time now, how about going to the school festival at night?"

Tianzhong Ritsu immediately agreed: "Oh? That sounds great~ Let's go on an adventure~"

In the dead of night, the world seems to be drawn by a black curtain, with only the twinkling stars silently illuminating the campus. It seems that the campus has been given another life, full of unknowns and surprises.

In the night, the windows of the teaching building looked even more eerie. Through the half-closed curtains, one could see shadowy figures inside, but could not see their faces clearly. From time to time, strange sounds came out of those windows, which made people shudder. The tall trees bared their fangs and claws in the darkness, as if they wanted to swallow people in. The cold wind blew, and the leaves rustled, as if whispering something in one's ear, which made people tremble with fear.

Tianzhong Ritsu's eyes sparkled. He pulled out an expedition hat from somewhere and put it on his head. He gently pressed his delicate hands on Akiyama Mio's shoulders and whispered in her ear, "The next show to be broadcast is The Dark Side of Sakuragaoka Girls' High School at Night. Woo woo woo woo woo (whimpering sound made with ventriloquism)."

"Ah!" Feeling the warm breath coming from her earlobe, Akiyama Mio shuddered all over and subconsciously hugged herself with her arms around her chest. "Don't say such horrible things on purpose! Stay away from me! This is all fake, all fake, this is a scientific world..." The more the girl spoke, the smaller her voice became.

"Hehe~" Tianzhong Ritsu let out a sinister laugh as if his trick had succeeded.

"Ah, ah, everyone, come here!" Compared to the horror story-telling Ritsu, Hirasawa Yui is more adventurous. She looked up at the themed barbecue restaurants prepared by other classes and exclaimed, "There's a barbecue restaurant!"

Tian Zhongli walked over and looked at the barbecue shop, which was small but well-equipped and had an eye-catching design. He couldn't help but praise: "Siguoyi, the decoration is really exquisite!"

"I've been to this restaurant before," added Nakano Azusa, who can still recall the feeling of eating the sizzling, fragrant barbecue. "Not only is the decoration very beautiful, but the taste is also very good, very delicious."

"Oh! Then let's eat together tomorrow?"

"OK!!!" Wei made an excited voice when he heard that there was barbecue to eat.

Chapter 23: Encounter at Night

The night was deep and everything was silent, only the moonlight was like a thread, shining through the clouds and shining on every corner of the world. The streets at night seemed to be swallowed by darkness, with only a few street lamps silently illuminating, which gave people a feeling of loneliness and determination.

Wang Yueshuo looked up at the bright white moon and exhaled a breath of hot air.

After getting the sleeping bag and accommodation application form from teacher Yamanaka Sawako, he met Manabe Kazu on the way back. While handing the application form to the girl, he asked her to remind a girl who was always forgetful and careless to remember to fill it out to avoid any accidents.

After everything was arranged, Mochizuki left the school from the back door of Sakuragaoka High School at sunset. Currently, he was free and thinking about where to go next and what interesting things to do.

But the most important thing now is... find some thick clothes to wear first!

"It's so cold..." Wang Yueshuo was only wearing a uniform, and the cold wind pierced through his clothes like needles, making him shiver. He put his hands deep into his trouser pockets, trying to get a little warmth in this way, but the autumn wind was bleak and the weather was cold, the grass and trees were shaking and the dew turned to frost, and it didn't work at all.

He remembered that he had said to Jojima and Mu Yan that between grace and temperature, he, Mochizuki Shuo, would rather choose grace. But now, he stood in the cold wind, and the cold feeling made him sober up a lot. If he could have another chance to choose, he would definitely put on a jacket when he went out in the morning!

Unfortunately, there is no if. Wang Yueshuo is regretting now, very regretful.

But it’s okay, I drove here today.

The air conditioning in the car can make him feel like he is in spring breeze and return to his peak in November!

"Hey, boy, are you okay?"

Just as Mochizuki Saku was sighing, a familiar voice sounded in his ears. He opened his eyes and saw a girl with dark blue shoulder-length hair drinking sparkling water leisurely not far away. Yamada Ryo was wearing a thick white down jacket and waved her empty right hand.

Mochizuki Saku asked uncertainly: "...Ryo-san?" At the same time, he looked the girl up and down, left and right. Mochizuki Saku was very surprised, and the expression on his face was quite interesting. He thought he might meet someone he knew, but he never thought he would run into Yamada Ryo, after all, this place was not close to Shimokitazawa.

Yamada Ryo did not answer his question, but instead said to himself: "I remember that the route you took from Xiuhua to go home was not this one, right?" The girl thought for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "You skipped class to go out and play!"

"......." To some extent, Liang was not wrong.

"I..."

Just as Mochizuki Saku was about to speak, Yamada Ryo made a silencing gesture to him, "Let me guess," the girl rubbed her chin with her right index finger, and at the same time, her sophisticated brain began to work at overspeed.

After two seconds of silence, Yamada Ryo made a judgment in an unquestionable tone: "You went to Sakuragaoka Girls' High School to find your girlfriend." "Ah?" Mochizuki Saku's astonished expression continued to expand in Yamada Ryo's eyes, becoming particularly eye-catching.

"How did you guess that? Mind reading or super powers?"

"It's just some reasoning," Yamada Ryo shook his head, lifted the hair on his temples, raised the corners of his lips, looked playful, and said meaningfully: "I didn't expect that Saku-san would skip classes to participate in the cultural festival of another school."

What was going on? Faced with this sudden pressure, Wang Yueshuo felt as if he was not talking to a girl who was one year younger than him, but facing a poisonous snake quietly coiled on a branch.

The light golden eyes reminded him subconsciously of the frozen lake in the dark night, quiet and cold, deep and mysterious. The eyes looked at him coldly and cunningly, as if laughing at his panic.

"Cough cough cough..."

“Are you okay?” Yamada Ryo put the bottle of sparkling water against Mochizuki Saku’s cheek. The latter took it and gulped down a big gulp. When the sparkling water was almost gone, he suddenly realized as if waking up from a dream - did he just kiss Ryoga?

"......fine."

"Oh, it's okay."

Mochizuki Shuo glanced at the mouth of the bottle of sparkling water, and then glanced at the girl's moist and tender lips with his peripheral vision, and an absurd emotion emerged in his heart. However, judging from Liang's usual monotonous expression, she probably didn't realize it, or didn't care.

Mochizuki Saku simply drank the sparkling water, screwed the cap on the bottle and threw it into the recycling bin beside him. "By the way, why is Liang-san here? Shimokitazawa High School isn't that close to here."

"I came to buy the new album CD of [Whale Singing]. I was hungry so I went to the nearest convenience store to buy some fast food to fill my stomach." Yamada Ryo replied calmly, "That bottle of sparkling water cost 150 yen, and I only drank two sips, so I'll give you 100 yen."

"...deduct it from the debt." Wang Yueshuo laughed in silence.

"Have you finished buying the album?"

"I got it right after it was released, and it's a signature model." Yamada Ryo patted the big pocket of his down jacket as if showing off.

"What are your plans next?" Wang Yueshuo asked again.

"Go home, I have no money." The poor Yamada Ryo replied immediately.

"Oh, goodbye then~" After saying that, Mochizuki Shuo turned and ran.

"Where are you going? Take me with you." Yamada Ryo stretched out his hand but grabbed nothing.

...........

If it was any other girl, Mochizuki Saku would have invited her to dinner in person, but Yamada Ryo not only had just finished her meal, but was also penniless. With this double blessing, even if Mochizuki Saku was wealthy, she would have hesitated.

But unfortunately, the person Mochizuki Saku met was Yamada Ryo, who was known as the "regrettable and despicable woman".

Looking at the girl sitting in the passenger seat, Wang Yueshuo felt that he had lost miserably.

Isn't this guy physically weak? How can he run so fast in the sprint?

"Let's drive."

Yamada Ryo took off her white down jacket, revealing her slender and graceful body. The khaki sweater outlined the girl's B+ snow-capped peaks. He hugged her slender waist, which could be held in one hand, showing her charming demeanor. The black jeans fit tightly to her well-proportioned and slender legs, making them look even more slender and with beautiful lines, as if they were a masterpiece carefully carved by a sculptor.

Smelling the fragrance of shower gel in the air, which was completely different from the aromatherapy in the car, Wang Yueshuo sighed helplessly. He stepped on the clutch with his left foot and started the car at the same time, and shifted to first gear with his right hand. With a "hum", the black sedan was driving on the sparsely populated street like a dragon.

"I want to listen to [Don't say 'lazy']."

".....This is my car, I can listen to whatever I want!"

The corners of Wang Yueshuo's mouth twitched, and he felt inexplicably angry.

How did this girl manage to make people want to punch her with just a few words?

No, how did this guy survive to this day?

Chapter 24: Tears welled up in my eyes, the concert begins!

The morning sun shines through the blue sky and forms a golden sea of ​​light on the campus. The sun shines through the leaves, casting mottled shadows on the paths of the campus, as if covering the campus with a beautiful glow.

The golden, crimson and orange leaves swayed gently in the autumn wind, as if dancing an elegant dance, swirling and falling, drawing bright arcs in the air. The leaves of the street trees covered the sidewalks, and they looked particularly bright under the sunlight.

When the girls wearing autumn school uniforms and black tights step on these leaves, they can hear the leaves rustling under their black leather boots. The crisp sound is mixed with the faint fragrance of the season, as if telling the story of autumn.

"Nozomi-chan! Hurry up! Mio-senpai and the others' performance is about to begin!"

"Uh-huh, don't worry, Ling-chan. I haven't finished my sandwich yet."

The girls' laughter filled the entire street like a bright spring breeze, and also woke up a guy who was sleeping under the shade of a tree.

"Isn't it because you stayed in bed too late this morning that you're in such a hurry?"

"I can't help it. I stayed up all night with my seniors from the club to prepare for the cultural festival..."

"Cultural Festival....Ah, when I think that this is the last Cultural Festival for Mio-senpai and her friends, and next year I won't be able to see them perform on stage again, I feel a little sad QAQ, but also a little bit lucky, lucky that I still have half a year to accompany them."

"The tea party is not going to be disbanded after school. We can still go outside and buy tickets for their performances, right?"

"You don't understand! The vice president of Mio-senpai's fan club once said: 'The light music club is in its prime during adolescence, full of vitality, and each one is like a flower bud waiting to bloom. Even if they are not as gorgeous as peonies, it is this youthful feeling that makes us yearn for it.'"

During everyone's student days, there is always a clean and beautiful figure standing in their heart. She is deeply embedded in the mind like a stamp of thought, and like a ghost, she keeps wandering there, connected with the unique mottled light and shadow of summer, shining brightly.

"Speaking of which, the vice president is quite mysterious. I have never seen her true face since I enrolled here. I don't know if she will come to the seniors' concert today."

"I think so. This day is very memorable!"

"No more talking, hurry up and finish eating or it will be too late!"

"Uh-huh!"

Two girls in the high school uniforms quietly quickened their pace and quickly ran through the tree-lined path, passing by the protagonist they had just been discussing. Mochizuki Shuo, who was taking a nap under the shade of a tree, raised his eyes and gave him a funny look.

The light golden sunlight penetrated the sparse branches and leaves, kissing his face in patches, and the corners of his lips slightly raised, as if adding a layer of gold to his delicate outline. The flowing light danced on his skin, like lively notes, playing the melody of life on every inch of his skin.

Mochizuki Saku stood up and stretched, brushed off the dust on his pants, put on his back Xiaozuo and the clothes that he had specially run over to hand him in the morning, and said with a smile, "Let's go, it's time to go and see their wonderful performances and... surprised expressions."

...........

The girls in the light music department checked the instruments and speakers one by one, and made several adjustments to ensure that everything was correct before they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, it's ready." Tianzhong Ritsu muttered softly.

"Hey, is this the third school festival concert?" Hirasawa Yui looked at Azimiao and whispered to Ritsu in a low voice. However, the stage was so small that not only did Nakano Azusa hear it, but she also heard it very clearly. She looked at senior Yui speechlessly.

"....." The latter seemed to be frozen by Sun Wukong, with an embarrassed expression on his face.

“Hahaha, I was very nervous the first time two years ago.” Lu laughed in agreement.

"Two...two years ago..." Akiyama Mio, who was already nervous, recalled the incident called "Blue and White Bowl" that happened when she first played, and her body suddenly stiffened.

"Ah, no, I'm not talking about that..." Tian Zhongli explained hurriedly, as if he wanted to find something else to make up for it, and continued: "But you see, last year..."

"In the past two years, I had a fever and forgot Jita at home... I was so sorry to everyone back then..." Hirasawa Yui lowered his eyes with some disappointment.

“No, no, no…” Ritsu Tainaka and Tsumugi Kotobuki tried to comfort her anxiously.

At this time, the host Manabe Kazu's voice passed through the curtain and fell into the girls' ears.

"Next is the most anticipated event of the Sakura High Festival - the concert of the after-school tea party!!!"

"Don't make it more difficult, He." Listening to the increasingly loud cheers behind the curtain, Tianzhong Ritsu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"No... I don't want to do that again..." Akiyama Mio seemed to still be stuck in the accident two years ago, her voice was filled with fear and a slight cry. "Please hope everything is fine, please hope everything is fine..." The girl clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and prayed for herself devoutly.

The dark red curtain slowly opened————

Before Hirasawa Yui could even start her lively opening remarks, she subconsciously closed her mouth.

"Eh?" The five girls in the light music club asked in confusion at the same time.

“Come on, seniors ^v^/!!!” The junior schoolmates who were wearing the same tops as them waved their glow sticks.

Everyone is wearing the same T-shirt as us?!

Seeing that the surprise planned by the teacher went smoothly, Manabe and Zuo Shou walked to the center of the stage with satisfaction, holding the microphone, "Then everyone, let's give a big round of applause!!!" As her words fell, the gymnasium, which was large enough to accommodate all the teachers and students in the school, burst into applause, and deafening cheers and screams rang out.

"He He?" The innocent Hirasawa Wei blinked, not yet figuring out the situation.

"Wait a minute! Kazu, what are you doing?!" Akiyama Mio felt her breathing stopped for a moment, and looked at Manabe Kazu who was very close to her and asked hurriedly.

"Although it's just a small contribution, I am still the successor president of Mio-chan's fan club~" He turned around and tilted his head with a smile.

"What about the T-shirts everyone is wearing?" Nakano Azusa took a few steps forward and asked.

"Calm down...calm down." Manabe looked at Mr. Osawa who was hidden in the shadow of the curtain. "The T-shirts were made by Mr. Yamanaka, and then distributed to everyone before the concert."

"Sawa-chan?!" Akiyama Mio's eyes were filled with resentment, while the latter crossed her arms over her chest, revealing a rather proud and complacent expression. When she saw them looking at her, she made a "yeah" gesture and playfully blinked her left eye.

Wink from Xiao Zuo and Ai ~Yeah~

"Thank you, Saewa-chan!"

"Teacher, thank you!"

Hirasawa Yui and Nakano Azusa's eyes were red and they were so moved that they were confused.