Love? Please allow me to simulate it first!

"That's right!" Kita Ikuyo suddenly put her hands together and her expression was full of surprise, as if she had thought of some brilliant idea.

"Since it's my fault that Nakamura-san can't eat by himself, then I'll feed Nakamura-san!"

"Bang!" Yamada Ryo's hand, which was holding the drink, "accidentally" shook. She seemed calm as she wiped it with a tissue, but her eyes involuntarily glanced in the direction of Nakamura Mine and Kita Ikuyo.

"No! That's not necessary, right? And I'm not hungry." Nakamura Mine quickly refused in fear. Are you kidding me? He was being fed by a girl in front of so many people. He was going to lose his face that was as pretty as Leo.

"It's okay, this is what I should do." Kita Ikuyo smiled brightly and picked up a small plate full of beans in front of her.

“No, no need, woo~” As the saying goes, the arrow is on the string and has to be shot. Although I am very reluctant, the chopsticks are already in front of my mouth, and it would be impolite not to eat.

"Wait a minute what is this!?"

(It’s so bitter… and a little smelly, why?)

Nakamura Mine's face turned a little pale, but he still tried hard to swallow the food.

"Nakamura-san, do you want more?" Kita Ikuyo asked carefully.

Nakamura Mine shook his head vigorously, no longer looking as depressed as before.

"Really? What else do you want to eat? Oh, would you like to try my Spanish omelette with hollandaise sauce?"

(Netherlands? Spain? Omurice? Why do these three terms appear in the name of a dish?)

"Yudai, you've only been learning guitar for a short time and your performance today was already very good, so don't worry too much about small mistakes." Yamada Ryo's voice suddenly sounded.

Kita Ikuyo's brain went into a brief period of downtime.

There were two reasons for the downtime. One was that the name that he least wanted to be mentioned was called, and the other was that he didn't expect that Yamada Ryo already knew that he had just learned guitar.

She fell on the tatami with her knees hugged, looking desperate.

"My name is Kita Kita, and I'm a liar..."

"Pfft~ This reaction is even funnier than I imagined." Yamada Ryo couldn't help but laugh.

"Your personality is really bad." Yijizhi Xingge said speechlessly.

(Huh? Hongxia has been out for a long time, why hasn’t she come back yet?)

Goto Ichiri suddenly realized that Ijichi Kouka had disappeared for a while, and she stood up and said because she was a little worried.

"Oh, sorry, I need to go to the bathroom."

Nakamura Mine looked at Goto Ichiri who walked out of the store, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"Ah, that, Nijika-chan?" As soon as Goto Ichiri came out, he saw Ijichi Nijika looking at something under the street light.

"Ah, little Pochi?" Ijichi Hongxia looked at Goto Ichiri with some surprise.

"What, what happened?" Goto Ichiri asked worriedly.

"It's okay, I just came out to get some fresh air..." Ijichi Hongxia said subconsciously, but her eyes turned and she looked at Goto Ichiri again.

"Little Pochi, my performance today made me notice something. Little Pochi, you are the 'Guitar Hero', right?"

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Goto Ichiri, panic mode, octopus form.

"Whoa whoa whoa!"

"As soon as I heard that sharp strum, I knew it. No, I should have thought of it earlier. The guitars used are obviously the same, but I just realized it now."

"I even asked Liang secretly, but it turns out that guy had already found out. Really, I couldn't be the last one to know about it?" But from Ijichi Hongxia's tone and expression, it was difficult to tell whether she was complaining. She just looked into the distance, thinking about something in her brain.

"Ah, well, but, but I didn't mean to hide it, it's just..." Goto Ichiri's expression gradually became serious.

"I can't be called a hero at all right now. I want to at least change this bad personality before telling Hongxia your..."

"Oh? I don't agree with this. After all, your current personality is very interesting, and it would be a shame to change it. But if you mean that you can communicate normally with other people, I do agree with you." A lazy voice came from behind the two of them. It was Nakamura Mine who had walked out at some point.

"Afeng, eavesdropping is not gentlemanly at all." Ijichi Hongxia said in a slightly blaming tone.

"I just didn't want to eavesdrop, so I talked to get your attention." Nakamura Mine showed an innocent expression.

Chapter 181 Dream

"Hehe~ Then I'll let you go for now. However, there is one more thing, Feng. Didn't you say before that you can't sing at all? How dare you lie to us for so long?" Ijichi Hongxia narrowed her eyes and stared at Nakamura Feng.

"No, I didn't lie."

"So what happened today?"

Goto Ichiri also looked at Nakamura Mine with curiosity.

"It's an emergency and I just suddenly got the hang of it. This kind of thing happens all the time." Nakamura Mine said with a guilty conscience. He felt aggrieved and was still worried about the 7000 points. Every time he used points to upgrade a skill, the points had to be doubled. It took 1, 4, and 1000 points to upgrade the lv2000 singing skill to lv4000. He had saved those points to make ten consecutive draws.

Both Ijichi Kouka and Goto Ichiri looked at Nakamura Minato with eyes that said "I'd be a fool if I believed you", making Nakamura Minato feel uncomfortable.

"Um...Xiao Nijina, you must be disappointed knowing that I am the 'Guitar Hero', right?" Goto Ichiri still remembered that Ijichi Nijina once said that she admired "Guitar Hero" very much, so she thought it was natural for her to be disappointed when she knew that the person she admired was a useless person like her.

"That's not the case. Rather, I'm actually very glad that Pochi is the 'Guitar Hero'."

"Huh?" Goto Ichiri, who had been prepared to accept the disappointed look from Ijichi Kouka, did not expect to get such a reply.

"As for me, I actually have a dream." Ijichi Hongxia looked at Goto Ichiri and then glanced at Nakamura Mine, then looked into the distance again. The two of them were quietly waiting for her next words.

However, Nakamura Mine noticed that a black figure was suddenly reflected on the translucent paper window of the izakaya door. Nakamura Mine himself did not want to guess the identity of the figure, but the ancestral triangular alopecia on the figure's head was too obvious.

"My mother passed away when I was young, and my father was always away from home because of work. My sister was the only family member around me."

Goto Ichiri's eyes widened slightly and her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something but ultimately couldn't. It was hard for her to imagine that Ijichi Kouka, who usually remained optimistic and energetic, actually had such a past.

Nakamura Mine just listened quietly. In fact, he had already known these things in the simulation, but the meaning was completely different from hearing them spoken by the real person.

"After my sister joined the band, she often took me with her to live houses because she was afraid that I would be lonely. From my perspective at that time, everything in the live house was so sparkling and it was a very happy space."

"When my sister saw my performance, she quit the band and opened her own 'live house'."

"The stars are actually the place my sister created for me. Well~ Although my sister herself will definitely not admit it." Ijichi Hongxia raised her eyes and looked at the starry sky.

"So my dream is to replace my sister who is willing to give up her own dream for me, become a popular band, and make Fanxing even more famous!"

Goto Ichiri stared blankly at Ijichi Kouka, whose eyes were brighter than the stars, and he didn't know what he felt in his heart.

"But after I actually formed the band, I sometimes wondered if my dream was just a pipe dream. For example, wasn't someone saying something like that at the beginning of today's performance?"

"But it was you, Pochi-chan and Afeng, who stood up in that situation. In my opinion, you are the real heroes today."

"Ryo wants to continue the music he loves in this band, and Kita is eager to do something with everyone. Everyone has entrusted their cherished wishes to the band."

"Ah, come to think of it, I haven't asked you why you agreed to form a band with us?"

"Ah, it's because..." Goto Ichiri lowered his eyebrows, and after thinking for a moment, his eyes became firm.

“I want to use my role as a guitarist to make the Ending Band that everyone cherishes the best band ever!”

Ijichi Hinikaka was a little surprised to see that the usually timid Goto Ichiri would say such words so firmly. However, the next moment, Goto Ichiri seemed to have lost all his courage and returned to his usual self.

"Ah, then, everyone became a popular band together, and after becoming popular, they focused on the band and then dropped out of school..."

(Hey, uncle and aunt won’t agree.)

Nakamura Mine originally thought that Goto Ichiri had really grown up, but in the end he changed back to the way he was. He knew that Goto Ichiri had always wanted to drop out of school, but he never expected that this guy had actually seriously considered an implementation plan.

"Ahaha, I always feel like it becomes a bit heavy at the end. Well, but I still accept it! What about Afeng?" Ijichi Hongxia tilted her head and looked at the silent Nakamura Mine.

(I can’t say it. I joined just for fun. How can I say it in this atmosphere...)

"Um... yes, it's to stick with the music we love together with everyone else and become a popular band that can make a living from it, and then make Fanxing even more famous."

Stare~

"..."

"Ah, okay, I'll confess." Feeling really uncomfortable being stared at by two pairs of beautiful eyes, Nakamura Mine could only surrender.

"I joined just for fun, but... things are definitely a little different now." Nakamura Mine's attention was involuntarily drawn to the flying insects fluttering around the street lights.

"As for me, since I came here... well, anyway, I decided a long time ago that I must live a happier life than anyone else in this life, so as long as I find something interesting, I don't mind spending time trying it."

“And it’s really fun and enjoyable to form a band with you, work together, create together, and perform on stage together.”

"So in order to continue such a happy life, I will treat your dreams as my own and try my best to fulfill them." Nakamura Mine's expression was not very serious, but there was no trace of hypocrisy either.

"Yeah, that's so selfless."

"No, this is my selfishness. I will help you realize your dreams because of my selfishness, but I will not allow you to give up halfway because of my selfishness, so... you are really unlucky, Hongxia." Nakamura Feng had a little more smile on his face.

"No, I'm so lucky to meet you. Okay! Let's go back to where we are!"

Chapter 182 Midterm Examination

"Hey~ Yilian, how was our performance the day before yesterday?" Nakamura Mine said excitedly to Ruowangzi Yilian who had just sat down and was putting away his schoolbag in front of him. He did so for no other reason than to simply want to hear others praise them.

"Well, although I don't quite understand it, it's good, right?" Prince Ruo Yilian replied in the same cold tone as always.

"Hehe~ It's really rare to hear a positive answer from you."

Ruo Wangzi Yilian didn't want to pay any more attention to the smug Nakamura Mine, but after a long silence, she turned around and looked back again.

“When is the next performance?”

"Oh? You are actually interested?" Nakamura Mine was a little surprised. Although he really wanted to hear praise for the band from the other party, he really didn't expect the other party to become a fan. After all, judging from the appearance alone, classical music might be more in line with the other party's temperament than a rock band.

"If it doesn't work, then... "

"Okay! Of course you can. Come on, our band has an official account. All future performances and activities will be posted on it..."

Naturally, Nakamura Mine would not let go of such a fan who was willing to pay, and he quickly explained enthusiastically.

"Ah."

After paying attention, Ruo Wangzi Yilian turned back to doing her own things. Nakamura Mine had long been accustomed to her attitude, but if he didn't know that she was like this to everyone, Nakamura Mine would really think that he was hated.

"Xiaofeng!"

At this time, Hirasawa Yui and her mother also walked into the classroom. When Hirasawa Yui saw Nakamura Mine, he trotted over and said mysteriously:

"You know what? The midterm exam is coming soon."

"..."

"It's the midterm exam!" Seeing that Nakamura Mine didn't react, Hirasawa Yui emphasized it again, as if it was a big deal.

"so what?"

"Aren't you surprised, Xiaofeng?"

"Why are you surprised? Isn't this a matter of course?" Nakamura Mine was speechless. He originally wanted to hear if Hirasawa Yui really had something important to say, but in the end, she just reminded him that he would take the midterm exam?

"Then..." Hirasawa Yui looked at Nakamura Mine with trembling eyes.

"Are you ready to review?"

"Why should I do that?" Nakamura Mine said as a matter of course. Although sharpening one's skills before a battle is useful, he really doesn't need it.

"Great! Xiaofeng is indeed our companion!" Hirasawa Wei showed a relieved expression. She said that Nakamura Feng was either sleeping or doing other things during class. No matter how you think about it, he is just like her and has not studied at all.

(I was just saying that. On the way, He He even said that Xiao Feng’s grades were actually very good. How is that possible?)

Manabe, who watched the whole thing, didn't know what to say when she saw Hirasawa Yui's relieved expression. As the class monitor, she had already heard about Nakamura Mine's admission scores from the head teacher. Although the other party did not seem to have attended classes seriously, no matter how she thought about it, she could not be a poor student on the same level as Hirasawa Yui.

A week later...

"Ah~ I'm finally free from the exam!" In the light music club, Tianzhong Ritsu stretched lazily with a happy look on her face, and Kotobuki Tsumugi, who was sitting opposite her, also said with a smile:

"When I got to high school, things suddenly became difficult and a bit overwhelming."

"Yes." Akiyama Mio also nodded in agreement.

While they were still chatting, the rude sound of the door opening attracted their attention. Then they saw Hirasawa Yui, who looked like she had lost all hope in life, rushing in crying, and then she slammed the table smoothly as if she had rehearsed it.

"Wow! Wei, what happened?" Tianzhong Ritsu was so frightened by the noise that he jumped up from his seat.

"It's Xiaofeng, Xiaofeng is a liar!" Hirasawa Wei pointed his right hand directly at Nakamura Mine who was slowly walking in from behind with a helpless expression.

Several people looked at Nakamura Mine with questioning eyes, but the latter just shrugged, showing helplessness and innocence.

"Xiaofeng lied to me and said he wouldn't study for the exam!" Hirasawa Yui loudly accused Nakamura Feng of his "crimes."

"I didn't review." Nakamura Mine said speechlessly.