Lonely Rock, Liang is my fiancée

"If someone clearly stood you up, don't put the blame on others."

The fried chicken was sent in through the window and strange laughter came from inside the carton. Hongxia pinched her face and tried hard to keep smiling.

Her heart is so tired.

These people are trouble!

"Ito, what were you busy with just now?"

Hong Xia put her hands on her hips and looked at the man who had stood up the show and missed the performance. He didn't look like someone who would run away out of fear.

Yesterday I was performing alone and I had to create the atmosphere of a band. Today there are quite a few audiences, so I will definitely be more excited.

Ito Rin focused on the teacher's selfless dedication, preferring not to leave work early but dragging me to choose a club, and then sat upright in the chair and asked, "Ichichi-san, how was the performance just now?"

Hearing this, Hongxia slowed down her eating pace, and the rustling sounds of food in the box also became much quieter. Only Liang showed a wise look in his eyes.

"The effect is pretty good, but our coordination is not good enough."

"Yes, once we work together well, we will definitely make a big splash in STARRY!"

The subtext is that the temper tantrums are broken, but there seems to be no reason to lose your temper.

If I really need to find someone to vent my anger on, Ito is the only one who is suitable, right?

After all, it was he who stood up the show, which forced Hong Xia to find a passerby to take his place.

"When I first came in, today's performance hadn't ended yet, and the manager glared at me." Ito Rin ignored Ryo's sharpening of the knife and said confidently: "Ichichi-san, can you ask the manager to give us another chance? Just arrange it at the last minute."

what?

what!

Goto Ichiri, who was squatting in a box eating fried chicken, stopped and recalled the memory of being executed in public. He instantly fell into despair.

Don't let that happen a second time!

Even if she wanted to continue to go on stage, she shouldn't do it twice in a row on the same day. She had no energy left.

Pochi-chan, dead.

"But most of my friends have left after the show..." Hong Xia intertwined her fingers and hesitated.

The failure of the first performance had a great impact on the accumulation of popularity afterwards. For a band like theirs that performs for fun, most of their audience comes from relatives and friends.

She may be able to find more than a dozen friends today, but that may not be the case next time.

"The essence of music is not just to play for friends. Influencing more strangers is the attitude that a rock band should have." In order to save Higuchi Ichiyo who still remains in her hands, Ito Rin's enthusiasm is unprecedentedly high.

While instigating classmate Hong Xia, he took off his school uniform jacket and prepared to change into more rock and roll clothes.

"No, no, no!"

"Hey, you are Pochi-chan? Nice to meet you. Please give me your guidance."

After changing into a punk-style jacket, Ito Rin clipped earrings on her ears. Unfortunately, it was impossible to really change clothes in this place, and it always felt weird to play the guitar in trousers.

Seeing the guitarist who replaced him sticking his head out again, he extended his hand in a friendly manner, but when he realized that the other party only had his head, he withdrew his hand in dissatisfaction.

What a strange child, is he greeting aliens through his head?

Through the small window, Goto Ichiri saw a boy dressed in bad clothes giving her a ferocious smile. She imagined all kinds of bad plots and stepped back in a hurry. She also fell backwards with the fragile box and finally fell to the ground.

"No, don't kill me...you can't even hit me! Help!"

Liang, who was tuning the bass, fell silent. Even though she usually didn't talk much, when she did speak it was often earth-shattering.

She squatted silently beside the box and said in a pinched voice: "I don't want to kill you, just hand over all the money you have."

"I'll pay it. I'll pay it all. Please don't bully me." Goto Ichiri, who was hiding in the box, took out his wallet tremblingly and planned to hand it over to the bad guys outside.

Hong Xia, who walked in with her sister, stared at the scene in a daze. She could never imagine how things had developed to this point in less than five minutes since she left.

That bad handsome guy, who are you?

And Ryo, what are you going to do with the Pochi-chan in the box!

"You two, that's enough."

At this time, it was the store manager who rescued Pochi-chan and told Liang to play the bass obediently. She then looked at Ito Rin with an unhappy face.

"The concert will end at 8 o'clock. I will contact the most popular band and ask them to help with the final closing. How many audience members can stay after the closing depends on you."

"Thank you for your help, manager." Ito Rin answered politely. The manager was really thoughtful and would do this for her sister.

"That girl...if you want to make up for the failure of her debut, it's better not to let her go on stage. This is the first time I've seen someone with such little stage experience like her. No matter how strong she is, she won't be able to show her abilities."

Before leaving, Sister Xingge kindly gave a reminder that it was not a doubt about my ability, but simply out of comprehensive considerations.

When he turned around, he finally saw the true face of Pochi-chan who had been hiding in the box.

Wearing a pink sportswear, with her head lowered and tugging at the corner of her clothes, even without being able to see her face, Ito Rin could already imagine her miserable appearance.

"Now we have two guitarists, so I will still be responsible for the lead vocal."

What is the difference between leading two rookies and leading three rookies?

There is no difference.

Don't be timid, just do it!

Chapter 5 The Shining Man

But his attitude of volunteering still couldn't win back the heart of a socially phobic person.

Pochi-chan kept repeating strange sentences like "I have no energy." "It's time to go home." and was about to rush out of the lounge with her guitar.

Liang, who was standing next to her, was very interested and started poking her face while she was distracted.

"Pochi-chan, you don't have to go on stage later! Let Ito do it." Hongxia scratched her hair, expressing her concern for the child.

"Gulu gulu."

"It can actually make the sound of drowning, how magical." Ito Rin praised sincerely.

This child, maybe he can be used to make soup.

After a while.

In the corner of the lounge, there was a pink transparent girl squatting, she looked so cute when she curled up. The three people who were about to perform stood near the musical instruments, discussing their next plan.

"No, this is too easy."

After taking the music score handed over by Hongxia and taking a quick look at it, Ito Rin decisively rejected it.

If it is just to get the job done, this level of difficulty is acceptable, but if a band that leaves a bad impression wants to make a splash, they need to produce something that will brighten (or darken) the eyes of the audience.

"Pick out the most difficult piece you have practiced. It doesn't matter if you are not proficient in it. I will be responsible for attracting the audience's attention."

After casually strumming Pochi-chan's guitar, Ito Rin had an idea.

In the case of an imbalance in levels, as long as the leader is outstanding enough, the team's shortcomings can still be covered up. After all, it is just a small band in an underground performance hall, where there will be so many knowledgeable people coming to listen.

"'We Will Rock You'? I practiced it when I first learned drums, but I just couldn't get that feeling." Hong Xia said excitedly, raising her hand.

"This is quite good. Even high school girls should have heard it before." Liang played a random tune while holding the bass, and immediately played out Ito Rin's memories.

Isn't this a table-clapping song?

Bang, bang, bang! Bang, bang, bang!

Whether I have heard this song before or not, when someone in the class starts clapping their desks, I can't help but clap a few times along with them. It's almost become a physical habit.

"If there are no objections, then this is it. There's still an hour and a half left before the performance, so come on, everyone." Ito Rin stretched out her hand, and Ryo and Kojima's hands piled up in turn.

He originally wanted to call that Pochi-chan over to boost her morale, but when Ito looked over, the child who was peeking just now immediately shrank his head.

"They are really difficult to deal with. Their future activities will surely be exciting."

After mumbling something in their hearts, the three of them waved their hands heavily and said, "We will win!"

Even Liang, who had a rather cold personality, was infected by their enthusiasm and added a sentence weakly.

"Definitely! Win."

"Why did he suddenly die in the middle of a sentence?" Hong Xia asked loudly as she held the drumsticks and sat in front of the drum set.

"hungry……"

Liang said this while he was halfway through his curry rice when he was pulled over to continue rehearsal.

"Pochi-chan, can you be our audience for a moment? It would be strange if there were no one in the audience."

After recognizing the model of the guitar in his hand, Ito Rin's voice became much softer, the urge to smash the guitar suddenly decreased, and even the movements of his hands became lighter.

It’s not expensive, probably only around one million yen (angry).

Could this child be a rich woman?

"oh oh."

A pool of pink gathered in the corner slowly crawled in front of them. Although it was not beautiful, after the audience arrived, Ito Rin played the first sound.

"Remember, the most important factor of this song is to get excited. The three of us need to act like a chorus. Hongxia, you are the key. Follow the melody and hit the drums hard. Make sure the sound is loud."

"Bass player, you have to move. Even though you can't make much sound, you have to let the audience know that we are rocking."

"You know what rock and roll is! Rock it!"

Obviously, Liang understood the true meaning of rock and roll. The sound of the bass was not very loud, but his body movements were exaggerated, shaking his head and looking left and right.

Rock...

It really is a magical thing.

There were stars in the eyes of Pochi-chan in the audience. Even the steady senior Liang could go so wild under the leadership of rock and roll. Could she also be called the party queen?

'Pochi-chan, Pochi-chan, we love you the most! ' 'Pochi-chan is the best in the world! '

"Hehe." Thinking of the wonderful thing, an unknown transparent liquid appeared at the corners of her mouth.

She, Pochi-chan, the party queen!

Ito Rin, who was instructing Ryo's bass part, caught a glimpse of Pochi-chan drooling foolishly out of the corner of her eye, and couldn't help but start to worry about their future.

……

"Is the band ready for the end? It will be your turn soon." The manager pushed open the door and shouted.

The time before going on stage passed both quickly and slowly, but the trio were all mentally strong, so they were less nervous.

"Hongxia, follow my instructions later. And Liang, our cooperation is not perfect, but we can still cover it up."

How could a high school rock band achieve a qualitative breakthrough in just one hour? Being able to play such a difficult piece of music completely is already a remarkable breakthrough, so don't expect to play it perfectly.

In order to keep the money in his pocket, Ito had to shoulder greater responsibilities.

"Isn't it going to end after the Rainbow Band? Why is the store manager still setting up the equipment?"

Inside the Starry Performance Hall, the audience who had just finished listening to the band's performance were still standing there, discussing today's performance in groups of two or three. They couldn't help but feel curious when they saw the store manager known as Satan arranging the facilities.

"The last band to perform today is, The Closing Band."

Xingge didn't care about other people's voices. After packing up her equipment, she shouted into the microphone.

"The End Band? What a weird name, no wonder it's put last."

"This name seems familiar. Did I sing it just now? I remember their guitarist was very interesting." The girl laughed, apparently recalling the guitarist in Mango Box.

"But their level is so poor, do we really want to waste our time?"

"Hey, it seems the guitarist has changed, so handsome!"

Some of the students who were called by Hong Xia were still here. After noticing the boy in the jacket, they exclaimed, "Is that Ito-kun?"

"No way, why would he wear something like this?"

"Never mind, take a picture quickly, Ito-kun is so handsome, and he looks even more charming holding the guitar."