Anime, but you can win a prize by confessing your love

[So I have to grow up quickly. When I am as old as my sisters, I will know what Gabriel is doing in the room... Oh, and I can go to the human world and play with fun toys! ]

After writing the last word, Haniya closed the diary and fell asleep hugging the stuffed toy that Ye Mu gave her.

Chapter 241: Performance without a Drummer

The so-called Cherry Blossom Line is a line that measures the flowering time of cherry blossoms in various parts of Japan, extending from south to north.

After a year of dormancy and early growth, the cherry blossoms in Tokyo reach their peak bloom five days after the cherry blossom line arrives.

Walking along the walking path in the cherry blossom park, you can feel the warm spring breeze blowing on your face. Petals of cherry blossoms are blown up by the wind, and it seems as if the whole sky is raining petals.

On a morning off at Sakura Park in Shimokitazawa, a group of five young boys and girls carrying various musical instruments got off a car and began looking for a suitable place to perform.

At this time, there were already many tourists in the park who came to enjoy the cherry blossoms.

Their black sweatshirts and the guitar bags they carried really stood out in the crowd. Some tourists looked at them curiously and made out the big words written on the black sweatshirts.

"End the band?"

Hearing the whispers around him, Little Pochi clutched the shoulder straps of his gig bag tightly and lowered his head even lower.

She really wanted her senior to take her away, but if she ran away at this time, it would probably attract more attention.

Hongxia walked in front and led the way, and she felt creepy when she was stared at.

She barely found a small space under a cherry tree that was not yet occupied by a picnic blanket, so she stopped and motioned for everyone to put down their bags.

"Let's just go here. There may not be a better spot if we go further ahead."

She put down the backpack on her back and opened it. In addition to food for the picnic after the performance, there was also a small sign with the end time of the band's live and the website address for voting for the demo at the music festival.

Ye Mu walked all the way carrying the portable keyboard, his arms aching from fatigue. When he heard that he had finally found the place, he quickly put down the electronic keyboard and breathed a sigh of relief.

The other girls were not as carefree as him, including Liang. They were noticeably slow when taking out the guitar and bass from the gig bags.

"Hongxia, are you really going to perform here?"

Kita picked up the microphone and confirmed with Hongxia again and again.

"Why not just play our band's performance video?"

Liang Jianshi wanted to put her bass back into the guitar bag. Although immersing herself in her own world could allow her to ignore the outside world, it was difficult to enter that state with so many people watching.

Hong Xia laughed awkwardly, looked around and said the truth helplessly:

"It's probably too late to say it now. Let's think about how to introduce ourselves."

A group of whispering, curious tourists had gathered around the cherry tree where the band ended.

There were young couples, elderly people, and junior high school students who were younger than them. The dense crowd consciously left the sidewalk empty for others to move forward, but it also indirectly attracted more people to stop here.

"Think positively, this has a much bigger crowd than a normal street performance... Come back quickly, Bochi-chan, that trash can is really dirty!"

Ye Mu adjusted the stand of the electronic piano and while comforting the nervous girls, he did not forget to turn around and call out to Xiao Bochi who was trying to move the trash can over.

"Mr. Ye is right. We have been planning for this performance for a long time!"

Hongxia pointed at Xiaoboqi's wooden guitar, which was taken out from Liang's collection specially to avoid noise complaints.

"Hongxia doesn't have to perform, so of course she won't be shy."

Ryo complained quietly.

"But it seems that Liang volunteered to play the bass during the performance."

Hong Xia exposed Liang's double standards and urged them again:

"Okay, hurry up, don't keep the audience waiting!"

After Kita adjusted the microphone, Liang put on the shoulder strap of the bass and got ready. Ye Mu coaxed and tricked the trembling little Pochi to stand next to the electronic keyboard, and Hongxia also set up the camera in the right position.

Everyone is in place!

The band's Sakura Forest performance plan ends and begins!

…………

Let's go back to the night two days ago, when everyone was crowded at the Ijichi sisters' house to discuss the project plan.

"The cherry blossom line continues to move north and has now reached..."

Click~

Hong Xia turned off the weather report on TV and turned to look at the people crowded on the sofa.

"These two days are the two days with the largest traffic and the best video shooting effects. If you want to rely on uploading videos online to gain traffic, then Saturday is the best day."

“In order for the Demo network voting to be shortlisted for the next round, this action must be carried out!”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and the couch moved in sync with their nods.

Xingge was squeezed between Ye Mu and Xiao Boqi. Feeling the vibration of the sofa, she couldn't help but stand up to protest:

"Having said that, why did you guys... come here to discuss this?"

She liked this sofa very much and even felt it was more comfortable than lying on the bed. After all, every time she slept on the sofa, she could experience Hong Xia's quilt tucking service.

"It's because you insisted on closing Fanxing early that we had no choice but to come here to discuss this."

Hong Xia complained mercilessly, but then suddenly remembered something and seemed a little excited.

"By the way, sister, please drive us to Sakura Park so that I can bring my drum set with me!"

Drum set?

The drummer girl really had no idea how loud this thing was.

"It's not impossible for me to drive you, but the drum set..."

"No, unless you bring an electric drum, it won't fit in the car, but electric drums need to be plugged in, which is not possible during performances."

Ye Mu patted Hong Xia's shoulder, his tone full of sympathy. After all, everyone else in the band could play, but he was the only one who had to stay outside the camera, and he really felt like he was isolated.

This action seemed to make Xingge jealous. She had just stood up, but she forced her way in between Hongxia and Ye Mu and sat down. She used her hip curve, which the other girls could not even reach, to push Ye Mu aside.

She would rather sacrifice herself than let him get close to Hong Xia. This is how terrible sister complex is.

Ye Mu was stunned for a moment and shook his head. Xiao Boqi had already booked his time for tonight, so he would not start to think too much about it.

"Then the instruments for the performance have been decided: 1 acoustic guitar, 1 keyboard, 1 bass. Is that ok?"

Liang nodded in satisfaction.

She took the initiative to ask for the bass to be added. Although it didn't quite match the sound of the acoustic guitar, the "bang bang" sound of the bass wasn't too loud after all, so she was added in the end.

The choice of songs is also equally important. Without the electric guitar and drum set, the flavor of the song also changes.

"Planet, Youth Syndrome, If I Could Become a Constellation... In addition to these three songs, we can actually add a few more pop songs. After all, it's not a profit-making live, so there's no need to worry about copyright issues."

Kita counted on his fingers and made a suggestion to everyone.

"I'm fine. I learned it in order to post a performance video."

Pochi raised his hand in reply, and Ryo nodded in response.

Everything is ready!

Chapter 242: My choice is Tokyo University!

So the performance went on as everyone had planned.

What the other girls didn't know was that after discussing the plan at Hong Xia's house, Xiao Boqi stayed at Ye Mu's house for a whole night.

Little Pochi had never lied to the Gotos about this, and was somewhat panicked when he called them to explain:

"Mom, Mom, I'm going to stay at Ye... No, Hong Xia's house tonight. I won't go home tonight... Okay, bye."

After hanging up the phone, little Bochi felt a little embarrassed, but still smiled happily.

"Senior, my mother agreed!"

Ye Mu, who was listening to the conversation, covered his forehead with his hands.

Within half an hour, he received a text message from Goto Michiyo.

"Mu-chan, don't go too far tonight~ Yili is still a high school student after all, so you should wait until you graduate from high school before having a child."

…………

The topic went off track and the timeline returned to the present, just as the band's performance was about to end.

After Kita announced the end of the performance, everyone bowed to the audience and the crowd burst into warm applause.

It has been proven that if a piece of music is good, it will still be popular with the audience even if it is slowed down and turned into a lyrical version.

Hongxia put away her camera and tripod and jogged back to everyone.

"Performed perfectly, but..."

"But what?"

Kita took the water she handed over, thanked her and asked.

"It would be even better if there was a drum set as the base."

Hongxia had a look of regret on her face. The more perfect her companions' performances were, the more envious she was.

Turning around, Ye Mu, the only male in the band's final act, was teaching the audience who wanted to vote how to do it, while calmly stopping the man who tried to ask for the girls' contact information.

"You have to scroll down to see our band... Sorry, the contact information is private. If you are interested, you can search for our band online..."

The girls spread out the picnic blanket, sat cross-legged and admired his jealous look for a while, and then the audience finally dispersed.

When he returned to the group and saw everyone staring at him, Ye Mu defended himself:

"Those strange uncles didn't look like good people, so I stopped them outside."

"Uh-huh."

Hongxia supported her head and smiled gently.

"Thank you for your hard work, senior."

"Ye Jun did the right thing!"

The two first graders are both sensible children, but the meaning of their words changed when they came to Xieliang.

"Tsk, a playboy will get jealous too."

Liang gave Ye Mu a provocative look, as if hinting at something.

"How could that be possible? I just subconsciously wanted to protect you."

After getting a satisfactory answer, Liang ignored Ye Mu's stubbornness and took out his mobile phone to open the voting website.

Seeing this, Ye Mu also came over and did a quick calculation: "Two hundred and twelve... an increase of more than thirty compared to before the performance."

"Why is it only this much?" Liang curled his lips in disappointment, "I thought it would increase by at least a few hundred."

"Wait a little longer. Ideally, there will be about 70 to 80 audience members who can vote..."

Ye Mu comforted him, his eyes falling on the camera in Kita's hand.

"The key is how many views this video gets."

In everyone’s imagination, cherry blossom trees + performance + good-looking boys and girls =... at least 20 views... right?

The buffs are fully stacked, and if we release it through the official account of the band, the number of views shouldn't be so dismal.

After chatting on the video for a while, everyone was gradually infected by the lively atmosphere around them, and the topic gradually shifted to daily chats.

With Kita and Nijigasaka, it seems like there will never be a lack of topics to talk about.

The girls took Ye Mu and chatted about everything from skin care products to nice rock music, and in the end somehow the topic strayed to further studies.

"By the way, Hongxia and Liang will be seniors after the spring break, right? Do you have a plan on how to fill in the application form?"

Kita pursed his lips and stared at Liang, afraid that she would say "I want to apply to the University of Tokyo" again.

Neon’s college entrance examination system is to fill in the application form first, and then take the college entrance examination. After the college entrance examination, you need to take an examination and interview organized by each university. You can only be admitted after passing it.

Hong Xia stroked her bright yellow side ponytail in distress, feeling quite conflicted:

"I can try to go to a university with a deviation value of about 70, but I still want to stay near Tokyo... At least I can't leave Honshu, otherwise I might not be able to have a band activity once a week."