I'm not a womanizer for Chihaya Aine

Although Su Shi said it very tactfully, Li Xi, who had been persuaded by her from time to time before, immediately understood Su Shi's idea. She immediately responded: "I will arrange the music score and I will have it ready before the next band activity."

"Well, for this... I think it would be better to find a cover song that I can play."

Although Su Shi didn't have a good reason to reject Li Xi, she was still unwilling to compromise and could only pretend to be stupid to show her attitude.

Li Xi asked impatiently: "What? Are you still worried about that guy?"

Aine then weakly raised her hand and expressed her opinion: "Um... I haven't even listened to "Haruhi Kage" once, are we going to play it now?"

Li Xi refuted bluntly: "When practicing all original songs, you have to start from the beginning. I will send you a performance video of "Haruhi Shadow" later. Su Shi, did you save it?"

Su Shi nodded and said, "I posted a video on the Crychic account I registered on SNS. Everyone in it performed very well."

Aine sighed and said, "I mean, compared to you guys who have practiced this song, I haven't even heard it before! Don't blame me if I can't keep up with you guys."

Li Xi saw that Aiyin was paving the way for her failure before she even started practicing, and she became more and more upset. She said in a hard tone: "Then practice twice as hard!"

Seeing that Li Xi was already arranging work, Su Shi knew that if he didn't stop her, she would definitely play "Spring Shadow". He could only look at Deng, the special treasure for Li Xi, and asked: "Little Deng, do you want to sing "Spring Shadow" too?"

There is a similar scene in the original plot. At that time, Deng’s answer was “I can’t sing other songs”, but now Deng has other songs to sing because Qing forced her to sing yesterday.

Therefore, Deng also fell into serious thinking. If Deng didn't sing "Haruhi Shadow", Deng should sing "If You Can Shine". Deng wrote the lyrics of the former and completed the song with everyone in Crychic, which has great significance; Deng was also touched by the latter. When she sang this song, she could feel Xiangzi, Aine and Qing were by her side.

Although "Spring Shadow" is a song that Deng likes very much and is very important to her, if she chooses "Spring Shadow" here, she will feel that she can never let go of the past. On the contrary, if she chooses "If You Can Shine", Deng will feel that she has already followed the light and moved forward.

Just when Deng was about to make a decision, Qing interrupted Deng's thoughts and said, "Deng, if I'm not mistaken, your other choice is "If You Can Shine", right?"

Deng nodded, then pricked up his ears to listen carefully to what Qing would say next.

Qing continued calmly: "You like both songs, right? If so, why choose? Can't you just practice and sing both?"

Suddenly, the light seemed to clear the clouds and see the sun. Yes, the past cannot be let go, so why not move forward with the memories?

The self who can't forget Crychic and the self who wants to form a band with everyone in the current band for life seem to overlap, because everyone knows their past and is willing to accept themselves.

Deng was a little excited because he finally figured out what he was thinking. He put his fist on his chest and nodded happily at Qing.

Qing was a little confused. She just thought Deng was having difficulty making decisions again, so she just spoke up to remind him.

If both songs are to be played, shouldn't "Haruhi no Kage" be played? Su Shi thought to himself.

In order to prevent the band from playing "Haruhi Shadow", Su Shi decided to make a final effort and said, "But don't we have original songs? In any case, we can only play one of them when we go on stage, right?"

Qing Wusu said: "Our band's purpose is for everyone to play happily together, so as long as everyone is happy, we can play whatever we want, and we don't have to consider Live everywhere."

Su Shi really wanted to say that she was unhappy when you played "Haruhi Shadow", but she couldn't put down her disguise and show her true face, so she could only swallow her anger.

Li Xi, who had been silent for a long time, could not help but protest: "It's easy for you to say that. We have to adapt these two songs before we can perform them, right? This is my job!"

Qing was unmoved by Li Xi's protest and simply said, "But these two songs are Deng's favorites. Deng, you also want to sing these two songs, right?"

"Uh... um."

Deng was suddenly asked, a little at a loss, but still nodded in agreement subconsciously.

"That can't be helped... I will finish the score as soon as possible."

Seeing that Deng agreed with Qing's words, Li Xi immediately changed his attitude.

Su Shi saw that his final struggle had not produced any results, so he could only keep a tight smile and remain silent. He could only blame Li Xi for being too easily manipulated and completely unreliable.

Seeing that no one objected, Qing added: "By the way, since I have never studied music theory, I can't understand the functional score. Please prepare a guitar score for me."

Li Xi clicked his tongue and said, "What a trouble, you, the substitute!"

Aiyin said to Li Xi in a persuasive tone: "Don't be like this, Li Xi, I actually need a guitar score too. This way, it's necessary and it won't be a big deal."

Li Xi glanced at Ai Yin and said through gritted teeth: "You are even more infuriating!"

Qing also admired Ain for being able to comfort her so naturally by using something that bothered others. You know, Qing originally asked for this guitar sheet for Ain, but Ain ended up jumping out on her own. This wave really couldn't be blamed on Li Xi's bad temper.

Aiyin made a downward motion with both hands and said with a smile: "Calm down! I have a good idea. Since Qingqing just said that we can play whatever we want, why don't we also play some of our favorite songs? For example, your favorite song by Afterglow."

Li Xi was not impressed by Aine's suggestion. She turned her head away and said, "The lights are not suitable for singing such songs. And I don't really want to play it."

Aiyin hummed and shook her finger, then continued: "Who said that Deng Deng should sing? Of course you should sing the song you like. This way I can also have the opportunity to be the lead singer of the guitar!"

"Huh? What are you talking about? What are we going to do with the lights if we sing?"

Aine's outrageous imagination made Riki turn his head to look at her again and asked in disbelief.

Aiyin put her palms together and placed them under her cheeks. She showed a harmless smile and asked Deng in a child-like tone: "Can Deng play the tambourine?"

"what?"

Riki on the side looked at Aine as if she was a fool.

But I didn't expect that the light came out from somewhere and he took out a hand drum and beat it.

"The triangle is pretty good too!"

After Aine finished speaking, Deng quickly put away the tambourine, then took out a triangle and hit it.

The crisp sound woke Lixi up from his stupor, and he looked at the lamp holding the triangle seriously in surprise.

"Castane is fine, too!"

As soon as Aiyin finished speaking, Deng immediately switched the triangle in his hand to castanets and struck them twice.

After finishing the work, Deng said very seriously: "I will do my best to do everything."

Li Xi seemed to be hesitant to talk, but finally turned the conversation to Aine and said, "Rather than discussing these, the songs to be performed at the Live are more important."

Aiyin also put away her playful smile and replied, “Yes, yes! I know what’s important! Wouldn’t it be more motivating to just imagine the future?”

Li Xi complained: "I don't want to see such a future at all!"

Deng, who was standing by, looked at the noisy scene between Ai Xi and the others and laughed heartily. This was exactly the atmosphere of the band she liked.

Qing took out his phone and checked the time, then tugged on Aine's sleeve and showed her the phone screen to remind her that it was getting late.

Aiyin saw the time displayed on her phone and put away her playful thoughts. She coughed lightly and said in a serious tone: "Well, we have basically discussed the contents of our first internal meeting of the band today. If there are no other issues, we can announce the adjournment and go home."

Li Xi also put away the expression he had just made when he was complaining about Aine, and said with a serious look: "I still maintain my point of view. I hope you can set a deadline, and when the deadline comes, you must sign up to hold the Live. This way everyone will have the motivation to improve themselves."

Lixi still hasn't given up the idea of letting the band improve its strength and hold a Live as soon as possible, but she made a compromise and let Aiyin and the others determine the time for the Live.

Aiyin began to seriously consider Riki's concession, thinking that his request was reasonable. She asked, "Can't we make the adapted and original music scores before deciding?"

Li Xi shook his head and said, "That's not necessary. I will finish the arrangement quickly. As long as Deng can write the lyrics, I will finish the arrangement as quickly as possible."

"I have a question for you."

At this moment, Qing suddenly interrupted the conversation between Li Xi and Aine.

Lixi's attention was attracted by Qing. She looked at Qing and motioned that if he had any questions, he could speak up quickly.

Qing stared at Li Xi and asked, "Why are you so anxious to get the band to perform live? Are you eager to prove something? Or is there a reason why you have to do it quickly?"

Li Xi opened his eyes wide at Qing's question, and his mouth unconsciously opened slightly, but he couldn't say anything.

After several seconds of silence, Qing retracted her gaze towards Li Xi, raised her head and looked directly at Su Shi who was sitting opposite her, and said in a cold voice: "It's okay if you don't say it, I'm just curious."

After a pause, Qing continued, "But I think if you have any requirements for the band, you can state your requirements and reasons. Deng said that she wants to form a band for life, don't we also regard this as the long-term goal of the band? We are willing to solve the problem together."

“So, if there is something that can be solved through the band, it’s better for everyone not to keep it in their hearts.”

After saying that, Qing looked at Su Shi and Li Xi silently.

Su Shi smiled as usual and said, "Huh? Why is Xiaoqing staring at me? I don't have anything hidden in my heart."

Li Xi turned his head away, avoiding Qing's gaze, and whispered: "I don't have anything to say."

Faced with the two people's denial, Qing didn't say much, just said "Really?" and stopped talking.

Finally, it was Aine's pretended lively voice that broke the silent atmosphere, and with Aine's announcement, AnonTokyo's first band meeting was over.

42

Chapter 42 Farewell, Bridge, Integration.

The five members of Anon Tokyo came out of the RING and were about to go home. Tomo and Riki went in one direction, while Aine, Suyo and Ao went in the opposite direction.

Of course, even if Lixi and Deng’s homes were not in the same direction, she would still send Deng to her doorstep and then go home herself.

But before Deng and Li Xi were about to part with the others, Deng trotted over to Aine and Qing, with a gentle smile on her face that was rarely seen on Deng's face. She looked up at Aine and Qing and said, "Thank you."

Hearing this, Aiyin and Qing both turned around and looked at Deng. Aiyin was a little confused as to why Deng suddenly came over to thank them, while Qing stared at Aiyin and Deng quietly.

Seeing that both of them had turned around to look at him, Deng naturally lowered his head again, as if reminiscing and saying: "I didn't expect that I could go back to the way it was before."

Today's band meeting had an atmosphere of serious discussion of band matters, as well as a playful atmosphere among members, and a group of people who could tolerate her, just like the good memories that Crychic brought her at that time.

These are what Deng had longed for, but could not do on his own. However, with the help of Qing and Aine, he was able to do it. Deng was sincerely grateful to the two.

After saying that, Deng turned around and trotted to Lixi's side, but at this time Qing's cold voice made her stop.

"No, this is not a return to the past, this is a new beginning."

When Deng heard Qing's words, he didn't turn around to look at Qing, but just nodded heavily, and then ran back to Lixi.

Qing and Deng didn't see each other's expressions, but Aine turned her head to look at the gentle expression on Qing's face and thought to herself: Is this the scene you wanted to see, Qing?

When Deng came to Lixi's side, Lixi turned around and looked at Aiqing and the other person, and nodded to them slightly. It was unclear whether he was saying goodbye to them or thanking them on behalf of Deng.

Then, Deng Xi and the other person walked in silence on the streets of Tokyo at night. Neither of them was the type to chat, nor were they good at expressing their inner thoughts, so even when they had to stop and wait for traffic signals, they did not say a word.

When Deng was walking, she would think about something, or be attracted by something she saw passing by, which slowed her pace. When the two of them walked to the overpass in front of Deng's house, Li Xi was already several steps ahead of Deng.

Lixi walked to the middle of the overpass, waiting for the light to come towards him. Looking at the familiar yet strange scenery under the bridge, past memories flooded into his mind.

How long has it been since I came here with Deng? But in fact, Li Xi had not sent Deng home many times before. After all, she didn't like Deng that much before the Live, and after the Live, Crychic had only held a few joint practices that didn't work out.

Deng saw Lixi suddenly stop in the middle of the bridge, so he stopped a distance in front of Lixi.

"It turns out Deng also wants to return to the band."

Putting away his memories, Li Xi turned his head to look at the lamp and asked this question.

After Deng stopped coming to Crychic's rehearsals and could not be contacted no matter how hard they tried, Lixi always thought that Deng no longer wanted to play in a band, after all, Crychic had caused Deng so much harm.

Now Deng wants to start playing in a band again. Although Li Xi is very happy to be with Deng again, she still wants to confirm whether Deng's idea of returning to play in a band is his own, or he was forced to come by Ai Qing and the others, or Su Shi persuaded Deng.

"Ah."

Deng didn't know why Li Xi suddenly asked this, but he still nodded in affirmatively.

After hearing Deng's affirmative answer, Li Xi finally understood what was in Deng's mind, and after realizing that his teammates in the new band did not interfere, a smile of genuine joy appeared at the corner of his lips.

"Yeah."

At this time, cars were speeding across the overpass. It was not known whether it was the evening breeze or the airflow caused by the cars that made Lixi's long black hair flutter gently in the air. The light lipstick and sexy teardrop mole made Lixi's smile as beautiful as a painting.

It’s a pity that the person who could see such a charming scene of Lixi was Deng. At this time, she was still wondering why Lixi asked such a question and didn’t look at Lixi’s expression seriously at all.

Li Xi turned his gaze from the light to the scenery in front of her, and said with some nostalgia: "You went to Yuqiu high school."

"Ah."

"If I had been promoted to the next level, I could have gone to school with you."

As Li Xi imagined the scenes in her words, the smile on his face turned into longing.

If only she had chosen to go straight to Yugaoka instead of running away. Although the teacher and the seniors in the wind band might have been looking up to her as her elder sister, which would have put pressure on her, as long as Deng was there...

At this time, Li Xi's phone sent a conversation reminder message. She took out her phone and found that it was a message from Ain in the band group. When she saw the name of the group "AnonTokyo", she sighed unconsciously. Deng saw that Li Xi stopped talking to her and continued to walk home.

【Ain: We have decided on the time for the Live.】

[Ain: Let's set it in early June. One month of preparation time, how about that? ]

【Aiyin:@Lixi,@Deng】

When Li Xi saw that the message sent by Aine was about the Live time, she was really surprised. Originally, Li Xi thought that they would keep procrastinating and delaying their request to hold the Live as soon as possible, but she didn't expect that they not only seriously considered her request, but also decided on the time for the Live so quickly.

Even Ainin gave the live performance date as early June, and today is April 4th, so there is really only a little over a month to prepare, which is really not a long time for a band with new members.

"Those guys..."

Li Xi's brows, which were originally slightly furrowed because of the group name, relaxed and murmured softly.

For a moment, Li Xi understood a little bit why Aine and Qing had such a good relationship with Deng, and Deng even ran to thank them specially.

Because Lixi is also very happy now, maybe this band can really...

"See you next time."