In the anime series, Goto Ichiri is actually my childhood sweetheart?

"You ask me? If I were to say, it would definitely be playing in a band."

Playing in a band?

Goto Ichiri's gaze shifted to the guitar hanging on the wall. This was made by Takahashi Kaede himself. His father said that its quality was better than some mass-produced genuine ones.

At this moment, the TV happened to be broadcasting an interview with the band after the performance.

"When I was a kid, I always stayed in the corner of the classroom reading alone. I had no friends." The band member being interviewed talked about his life experience into the microphone.

Goto Ichiri was a little dazed because she found her own shadow in this person.

“But now they have formed a band that is very popular among young people.”

"Yeah, even the most introverted person can shine in a band." Facing the host's surprise, the band member said this lightly.

Goto Ichiri's schoolbag suddenly fell to the ground.

"Yili, what's wrong?"

"Dad, I want to form a band!" Goto Ichiri suddenly said loudly.

Goto Naoki was a little confused and didn't know what was going on.

Goto Ichiri picked up the schoolbag that fell on the ground and ran upstairs.

"I'm going to tell Xiao Feng!"

Chapter 11: Goto Ichiri's fantasy world is not all smooth sailing

"Dad, lend me your guitar!"

"Oh, sure."

Goto Ichiri poked her head out of the stairwell, and after getting permission from Goto Naoki, she gently picked up the guitar hanging on the wall and trotted into the closet.

He closed the closet door with his backhand, and in the darkness, Goto Ichiri could only make out the outlines of objects.

Surrounded by darkness, she felt relaxed and comfortable, as if she was floating on the sea in a life jacket, her heart drifting freely with the wind and waves, without any outside sight or other people's voices, only the purest relaxation.

Turn on the small lights that you have arranged yourself, and the not-so-bright light can expand the space and illuminate the small cupboard.

Putting the guitar in a convenient position, Goto Ichiri excitedly called Takahashi Kaede.

"Xiao Feng, I want to learn guitar and form a band! As long as I can perform successfully, even someone like me will become popular!"

Goto Ichiri suppressed his inner excitement and spoke these words in a restrained and rising tone.

Although she felt that she had some control, to Takahashi Feng's ears, the sound was no different from the shrill cry of a puppy with its throat pinched.

He was about to praise directly, but he thought carefully for a while before speaking.

"This is a great plan, and I am really happy for you that you have what you want to do."

Takahashi Kaede's usual gentle voice came from the phone, and Goto Ichiri felt light and about to fly.

"Hehehe, no~" Goto Ichiri said shyly, touching his head.

Because his imagination was so strong, Goto Ichiri was in a state of excitement after being praised. He began to feel that he was omnipotent, which was rare. The illusion of being the center of attention after his success was as real as reality.

"but--"

But Takahashi Kaede will definitely not let her swell up.

The words should be said in two parts. The first part should be encouraging to create a positive emotion for the other party and form positive expectations so that the other party will not feel resistance to what you are going to say next.

The second part is the cruelest and most realistic part.

"Yi Li, do you remember those street performers we met when we first left the station at Sendai?"

"Hehehe... Onii-sama? I seem to have some impression of it. It was the performance where the person in the middle sang and the people around him danced. I remember Eriri even leaned over to watch."

Goto Ichiri's fantasy was interrupted by Takahashi Kaede, and he began to recall what Takahashi Kaede said.

"What's wrong with them?" She didn't quite understand what Gao Qiaofeng wanted to say.

"If you want to create a successful band, what they do is the foundation. Yili, are you sure you can perform in front of so many people?"

"Eh......"

Takahashi Kaede asked a soul-searching question, and Goto Ichiri's brain froze. Her powerful imagination began to pull her into a virtual space, and the scenery in front of her suddenly shrank.

On the busy streets, the background sound was the advertisements on the big screen, the dust raised by cars, and the honking of impatient drivers. And all kinds of people were pointing and talking around a makeshift stage, which was deafening to Goto Ichiri.

She looked around, and was surrounded by people she didn't recognize, holding musical instruments that she could barely identify. Some of them were tall, some were short, some were male, some were female, some spoke harshly and unkindly, while others were kind, gentle and approachable, but their faces were all pitch black, and it was impossible to tell what they looked like.

She looked forward and saw a huge crowd of people crowded in front of her. Some of them passed by and showed indifferent expressions after looking at her, while others stopped to watch, commenting on her while chatting with their friends beside them.

Looking down, she saw a clear and tangible guitar hanging on her chest. She was being stared at by others and felt confused and bewildered in the crowd. But she mustered up her courage, picked up the guitar and wanted to play it. At this moment, a sound suddenly came from the sky.

"And most importantly, can you play the guitar?"

Can you play guitar? Obviously Goto Ichiri can't.

She picked up the guitar and plucked a few strings in confusion, but the sound that came out was hoarse and indescribable.

—her brain hadn’t even registered what sounds a guitar could make.

People's suspicious eyes gradually turned into lost ones. The people who had originally gathered around dispersed. The imaginary stage was shattered under the trampling of pedestrians. Goto Ichiri wanted to seek help from the band members, but as soon as her hands touched the unfamiliar band members next to her, they turned into ashes. Goto Ichiri was knocked to the ground by pedestrians. She hugged her guitar to protect it under her body. She could not do anything.

How could someone like me accomplish such a difficult task as starting a band? I should have thought of it earlier.

Goto Ichiri curled up, feeling lost in her heart, which formed a sharp contrast with the passion she had just felt.

"But you can learn. I think as long as you are willing to learn, you can do it." Takahashi Feng's voice became gentle again. His childish boyish voice seemed to have some kind of magical power that could touch Goto Ichiri's emotions and make her feel excited.

In an instant, the entire illusion disappeared, and Goto Ichiri returned to the dim cupboard again. The black and gold guitar lay quietly on the side, as if waiting for her favor.

"Xiao Feng, can I really do this?" Goto Ichiri regained his composure, his voice a little hoarse and a little cautious.

"How do you know your potential if you don't try? Don't think about forming a band yet. Just practice your guitar first. As for those things that require a lot of courage, don't think about them yet. Let's take it step by step, okay?"

Goto Ichiri opened her delicate hands. There was no trace of polishing on them. She had never practiced any skills hard.

But she knew Takahashi Feng. He had learned cooking since he was a child, and later learned to write novels and do carpentry work. Almost every time she went to his house, she could see him concentrating on doing something.

She also doubted what the fun was in Takahashi Feng working himself so hard, but when she saw Takahashi Feng take out the results that he had spent a long time on and smiled sincerely, she no longer doubted the meaning of Takahashi Feng's doing so.

There was no further sound coming from Goto Ichiri, and Takahashi Kaede waited quietly.

He was also a little nervous. The last thing he wanted to see was Goto Ichiri giving up or making up an excuse to get rid of the matter.

Too many people fail in their pursuit of their dreams at this step.

Finally, Goto Ichiri clenched his fists, put away all his previous negative fantasies and unrealistic expectations, and hugged the guitar beside him in his arms.

"I want to learn guitar well. Even if I'm a fool and can't learn as fast as others, I will study longer and practice harder than others!"

She said these words in a sonorous and powerful voice, and Gao Qiaofeng's tense heart relaxed.

"You're not stupid, you just think you are stupid. Let's go to the bookstore together tomorrow to buy guitar sheet music. You can start with the simplest scales by following the instructions. I will find a tutorial for you online."

"Xiao Feng, can you help me?" Goto Ichiri thought he had to do all these things by himself.

"Don't worry, I'll help you in any way I can. After all...your dream is my dream."

Goto Ichiri hugged her legs tightly. She had never imagined that her heartbeat could be so fast and so strong.

Boom, boom, boom.

That unique throbbing couldn't be stopped as soon as Gaoqiao Feng spoke, just like the stickiest and sweetest honey, poured on the freshly baked cheesecake, and then before the tempting thread of honey fell, it was like putting the cake into the mouth, the sweetness and fragrance between the lips and teeth could not dissipate for a long time.

After saying those words, Takahashi Feng's face turned red to the roots of his neck. These were words that he spoke without any preparation at all, and he did not expect that these words would have such a destructive effect on Goto Ichiri and himself.

The two of them were silent in tacit understanding for a long time, and then Goto Ichiri's delicate voice was heard.

"Xiao Feng...thank you."

"Ah."

Takahashi Kaede responded.

The next day, Goto Ichiri remained quite excited and enthusiastic. He sat up instantly as soon as he opened his eyes in the morning, and while brushing his teeth, he was still thinking about which bookstore he and Takahashi Kaede should go to buy books.

Even when she was squeezed in the crowded subway, she didn't feel the smell was bad like she did yesterday, but only felt that it was full of life.

She stayed up late last night to search for rock-related terms and surf various forums and platforms, and finally stopped because she was too sleepy and passed out. Therefore, when she looked in the mirror in the morning, her dark circles were obvious and her eyes were bloodshot.

Takahashi Feng didn't say anything. After seeing Goto Ichiri rubbing her eyes in the morning, she was between sleepy and excited. Then she borrowed a bottle of eye drops from Eriri, ran to the next class, took Goto Ichiri to a place where no one was, and put some eye drops on her.

The small utility room was estimated to be only one or two meters long and wide, with barely enough space for three or four people to stand. There was also a pile of sundries and chairs, making the already limited space even narrower.

Takahashi Feng asked Goto Ichiri to sit on a chair, and he stayed next to her, letting her open her eyes by herself. He held her face and accurately dripped the medicine into Goto Ichiri's eyes.

Goto Ichiri blinked hard, trying to make the eye drops cover his entire eyeball.

The medicine was cool, but the room was hot, so hot that Goto Ichiri wanted to take off the pink sportswear.

Speaking of that sportswear, because we have a physical education class today, the teacher has stipulated that students who are not wearing sportswear cannot participate in the class.

Goto Ichiri had no choice but to put on the pink sportswear chosen for her by her mother, but because it felt loose, the colors matched well, and it looked simple, she liked it very much, so she did not take it off after physical education class like other students, but kept it on.

Suddenly, there were voices outside, and it seemed that students from the Student Union were checking. The two were startled when they heard the voice and hugged each other.

Afraid that the student on duty would see them through the window on the door, they squatted on the ground. Goto Ichiri was held in Takahashi Kaede's arms, her ear pressed against Takahashi Kaede's face, feeling warm.

"Xiao Feng, why should we hide?"

Goto Ichiri asked in Takahashi Kaede's arms. The two looked at each other, stood up at the same time, and walked out of the utility room naturally.

No students saw them walking together.

Recently, Takahashi Feng feels that Goto Ichiri has become more and more sensitive. He himself will not say anything about it, as it is a man's nature, but Goto Ichiri's strange behavior makes it hard for him not to imagine whether Goto Ichiri is also interested in love.

He felt that he still had to observe first, and he himself had big problems. Every time he was close to Goto Ichiri, he would start to have wild thoughts, even though he was fine when he was a child.

This phenomenon of the small head controlling the big head still makes him very unhappy.

During the day, Shinichi Matsunae ran to Takahashi Kaede's class and found Takahashi Kaede. He called him out and loudly asked Takahashi Kaede to accept the bet in front of everyone. He also said that he had dumped his girlfriend, and he could concentrate on carpentry, and his strength would be much better than before, so he asked Takahashi Kaede to be mentally prepared.

Being looked at like a monkey by a group of people, Takahashi Feng was really annoyed. He took advantage of Matsunae Shinichi's inattention and kicked him hard on the butt, telling him that he would accept his challenge when he could withstand his kick without moving at all.

Although Matsunae Shinichi was picking vegetables in a very awkward manner, he still saw the hope that Takahashi Kaede would accept the challenge, and he limped up the stairs while shouting "Just wait for me!"

Therefore, rumors spread that Takahashi Kaede was greater than the president of the Carpenters' Club. After watching this battle, Yuta's middle school spirit erupted and he wrote it into his own Dark Grimoire as one of the century-long battles of creation.

Although the freshmen in the class did not recognize Matsumae Shinichi, they knew through rumors that he was the president of the school's woodworking club. The woodworking club was highly regarded in the school and was on the same scale as the basketball club and badminton club. Therefore, they developed a sense of awe for Takahashi Kaede, a taciturn person who never spoke in class.

Some people who liked Eriri and knew that she was very familiar with Takahashi Kaede originally wanted to use Takahashi Kaede as a stepping stone, but after this incident, they gave up their ideas.

But there was one person who had not changed, and that was Bento Tsukasa, who was sitting behind Takahashi Kaede. He was a direct witness of the battle of the century. After the war, he pestered Takahashi Kaede again and asked him to teach him how to do the kick so powerfully that he could kick others several meters away with one kick.

Takahashi Feng couldn't wait any longer and asked him to practice squats more. When he could squat 600 kilograms, he would be qualified to be taught by him.

After listening to Takahashi Kaede's words, Ben Teng Si pondered deeply and suddenly realized it in an instant!

Gao Qiaofeng is actually a martial arts practitioner from a hidden martial arts family. That's why he is so strong and can assign seemingly impossible tasks to others.

For such a family, all world records in the world can be easily broken, and only martial arts are the true meaning.

Ben Tengsi started to get up early every day to drink the first drop of dew in the morning and see the first ray of sunshine.

Although Gao Qiao Feng didn't know what he had realized, he felt happy to see that he didn't continue to bother him.

Chapter 12: Frustrated in studying? No problem, Little Guitar will help

"Xiao...Xiao Feng, do I have to finish reading all these books?"

Goto Ichiri pointed tremblingly at the bag in Takahashi Kaede's hand. The bag's straps were torn by the edges of the books and looked heavy.

"Not only should you finish reading, but you should also understand and apply the knowledge in the book to practice. Don't worry, you have plenty of time to learn. No one has more free time to do this than students."

Now it was after the two of them walked out of the bookstore. Goto Ichiri was still trying to hold on when she first entered the bookstore, but as Takahashi Kaede kept saying "I want this, I want that too" while frantically taking books from the bookshelf, she began to feel a little exhausted.

She is now a junior high school student. Although she has to study more subjects than in elementary school and her textbooks are much thicker than before, they are nothing compared to Takahashi Kaede's books.

Almost every book is as thick as half of an index finger, which is simply the level of a poor medical student!

"Let me see. You can read "Basics of Music Theory" and "Introduction to Guitar" first. There's no rush for other advanced books. You can consider these things when you have a deeper understanding of playing the guitar."

Takahashi Feng put the pile of books in his hand, took out two relatively simple books and placed them on the top, then put them back into the bag and handed them to Goto Ichiri.

This is the most direct way for her to realize her dream.

The door to a bright future was right in his hands. As long as he practiced hard, he could learn to play the guitar, start a band, perform on the street, attract everyone's attention, and finally reach the peak of his life. But for some reason, Goto Ichiri couldn't be happy.