Band Girl Drink Mixing Action

In Rinrinko's eyes, Kiyokawa Xiang has quite good abilities for her age, and her usual words and deeds are very likable. She has a very gentle and polite personality, but not old-fashioned, and she shows a very childish side from time to time.

I didn't expect that I would be able to have such a good relationship with the wild and unruly Lenai so soon that little Lenai would rub my face against my own. For Lenai, whose every move is very much like a cat, this is really a very intimate gesture.

Now looking at Qingchuan Xiang's big watery eyes and delicate facial features up close, Rinrinko became more and more satisfied.

Rinrinko was often asked to take care of Lenna, and she had long regarded her as half her own child. Now there was finally a girl of similar age who could get along well with Lenna. How could Rinrinko not be happy?

"Xiao Xiang, please take good care of Lenai."

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Why did he suddenly say something like he was going to marry his child off to someone else and entrust his life to them?

After helping Qingchuan Xiang wipe off the cream, Rinrinko looked at Lenai, who was sitting there and looked particularly well-behaved after having the matcha parfait.

"Little Lenai, after you finish your parfait, you have to go back to school. You have classes in the afternoon, right?"

"Hmm." Lenai snorted softly in response. She hadn't come out to skip class, but she didn't want to go back so soon. "I want to play the guitar."

"Play guitar..." Rinrinko checked the time on her phone. There was indeed still some time before lunch break ended. "Okay, then I'll go find a guitar for Lenai-chan and get ready."

"Cats can also play the guitar." Qingchuan Xiang, who was listening on the side, was thinking of Lenai holding a cat scratching board and scratching it with a strumming motion.

"Le'nai's guitar skills are amazing. Oh, and Xiaoxiang seems to have been a guitarist in a previous band, right? Want to talk to Le'nai about it? There are instruments in the coffee shop's storage room for those who want to perform here."

"Xiao Shui, can you play the guitar too? Interesting... girl." When Lenai heard that Qingchuan Xiang was also playing the guitar, she rarely took her eyes off the parfait, glanced at Qingchuan Xiang, hesitated for a moment, and still used the word "girl".

Rinrinko suggested enthusiastically, "For popular instruments like guitars, we've prepared more than one."

This reminded Qingchuan Xiang.

"Sister Rinrinko, I came here to rent a keyboard."

"keyboard?"

"Yes, I recently joined a new band. There's already a guitarist in that band, so I'm going to try out the keyboard position."

"This is a good opportunity. It would be nice to let you try the keyboard now. Xiaoxiang, come and help me move it."

Rinrinko and Kiyokawa Xiang worked together and carried the guitar, keyboard and several small speakers in two trips and placed them in the corner of the coffee shop. At this time, Lenai had also finished the parfait in the cup.

"Is it done?" Standing aside and watching Rinrinko connecting the phone, Lenai became a little impatient, as if she would be forced to be sent back to school in the next second.

Rinrinko didn't waste any time, plugged in the cables and handed the guitar directly to Lenai.

After putting on the straps, the moment Le Nai put his hands on the strings, the performance began without any warning.

Those seemingly small hands and slender fingers were rushing and flying up and down on the guitar. The tremendous power brought by the high-speed playing formed a huge contrast with Lenai's petite body that was swaying uncontrollably.

Qingchuan Xiang, who was standing aside, had to retreat because of the surging sound waves.

Le Nai's playing is extremely wild in her own way. If I had to describe it in one word, it would be unrestrained.

There is no sheet music, nor are they common popular songs. Le Nai is simply playing her own rhythm, and sometimes it is even difficult to connect the beginning and the end. However, she can rely on her unreasonable superb technique and the strong auditory impact brought by her fast playing to carry on violently.

Lena's guitar skills are very strong, Qingchuan Xiang concluded.

The one-minute-long bombardment, the style of music that Lenai just played was obviously not suitable for the occasion of a coffee shop, it was too noisy, especially today, when Lenai played the guitar, he was more energetic than ever.

Lenai smiled a happy smile that hadn't appeared before, revealing her white and neat teeth.

Qingchuan Xiang could see that Lenai loved playing the guitar. She had seen that smile, the expression she would show when she learned a new drink recipe.

She had heard that compared to other arts, the connection between music and human emotions is more direct.

Lenai's performance reminded Qingchuan Xiang once again of the strong curiosity she had when she was at Su Shi's house yesterday, which was also an important reason that prompted her to finally choose to temporarily join the band.

After all, the time of CRYCHIC was too short. Qingchuan Xiang wanted to try whether she could understand the feeling of emotions through music.

Chapter 61: Boring Girls

After playing the guitar for more than a minute, Lenai plucked the guitar in his hand casually, still not satisfied, and then took off the guitar on his back.

"Little Lenai, even though I told you to go back to school, there's still time. You can still play for a while."

Rin Rinko reminded her. Before coming to work at RiNG, she worked at another live house called Space, and the person in charge there, Tsuzuki Shifune, was Kaname Rakuna's grandmother.

So Rinrinko knows a lot about Leuna's situation.

In the past, it was no exaggeration to say that Lenai grew up in space since she was a child. Ever since Lenai could walk, she often appeared in space.

From the beginning, I was worried that the loud volume would affect the child's hearing, so I always let Lenai play at the entrance of the space. Since then, Lenai has always been attracted by the sounds of the live performances held in the space, always trying to sneak in, and then being carried out by Rinrinko again.

Until one day, Lenai suddenly said to her grandmother: I want to live too.

Who was the Shichuan store manager? In his youth, he was the guitarist for the nationally touring band Miracle Crimson. He was a remarkable man who had dedicated his entire life to music. Even in his old age, he still had a strong character. After hearing Lenai's words, he slapped his thigh and immediately decided: "Okay! I'll teach you how to play guitar!"

As for Le Nai, should we say that a tiger mother has a dog daughter? She showed a guitar talent that was no less than that of her grandmother when she was young, which made the store manager Shichuan very happy and said that Space had a successor.

Lenai really regards space as her second home. Whenever she has free time, you can see her in a corner here, carrying the old guitar that once belonged to Shichuan, and playing music freely and casually.

Then one day, Space closed down, and the place where Lenai once thought she could play guitar forever disappeared.

A few days after that, Rinrinko was called to go with them to look for Lenai who had suddenly run away from home. Finally, they found her at the old site of Space - which would become a parking lot in the future. She was carrying her guitar, stubbornly playing it alone.

The domestic cat lost her home and began her long "wandering".

Later, circle and RiNG were established, and Lenai began to appear in these places occasionally, but this time, the home she was looking for was no longer just a place where she could perform.

Lenai wanted to hold a live performance, the stage he had always wanted to stand on since he was a child, but before he could do so, Space had already closed down.

She tried to perform solo live, but she didn't feel anything. Le Nai couldn't get a free "breathe" from playing alone. She didn't experience the feeling she had when she was young outside the space door, even if she just heard some music leaking out from the crack of the open door.

Then Lenai remembered the word her grandmother once said with a nostalgic look on her face: band.

Wildcat is still wandering and seems unchanged, but she has a new goal in her heart, which is to find interesting people and form a band to perform live together. Maybe then she will find her true home.

Just like now——

Lenai took the guitar from her body and handed it to Qingchuan Xiang.

"I want to hear you play the guitar."

Qingchuan Xiang did not expect that Le Na would suddenly hand the guitar to him. Looking at Le Na's expression, but his actions showed that he was extremely looking forward to his playing, he seemed to have no reason to refuse.

"I also want to hear Xiao Xiang play." Miss Rinrinko was also cheering on the side. Knowing Lenai quite well, she naturally saw that Lenai might want to find Qingchuan Xiang to form a band together. Although Qingchuan Xiang seems to have joined a new band now, maybe Lenai can join in too?

"Since you've said that, it would be a real bummer if I refused." Qingchuan Xiang took the guitar with a smile, put it back on, and thought about what he could play.

Lenai has shown such a strong level. Although Qingchuan Xiang is not as vain as Aine, it is too embarrassing to be completely outshined by Mao Mao, who is a grade younger than her.

After a little thought, Qingchuan Xiang quickly began his own performance.

Her choice was also an almost impromptu performance, and even the style of the music imitated Lenai's style just now, using a wild, passionate and high-speed technique that she had rarely tried before.

This could be considered a little trick of Qingchuan Xiang's. After all, it was all improvisation, so there wouldn't be the kind of direct comparison of "who plays a higher level song" that occurs when playing a specific song. As long as he doesn't play too badly, it would be difficult for people to say that there's a big gap between his level and Lena's.

In fact, guitar is the instrument that Qingchuan Xiang has practiced for the longest time. With the help of talent, his basic skills are extremely solid. It’s just that he plays in an uncommon style, which is not difficult at all.

Miss Rinrinko was listening to Kiyokawa Xiang's performance and began to nod with satisfaction. In her opinion, the ability demonstrated by Kiyokawa Xiang was already very good. Lenai wanted to form a band, and in fact, she didn't seem to have any high requirements for the level of her teammates. She just wanted to see if they were compatible.

Xiaoxiang’s current performance should be enough for Lenai to want to form a band with her, right?

When the song ended, Rin Rinzi immediately burst into applause. "Great job, Xiao Xiang. It's been so long since I last saw you perform live. During the summer vacation, every time you came to RiNG, you just came to drink. I was worried that you would neglect practice, but now it seems you are still so good!"

Qingchuan Xiang smiled somewhat guiltily. He really hadn't practiced well since the day the band disbanded.

Qingchuan Xiang turned his head and looked at Le Nai: "How do you feel, cat?"

Although Lenai still had a blank expression on his face, the words he said were unexpected:

"Boring."

"Huh?" Rin Rin was surprised. Why was it such an evaluation? Wasn't Xiao Xiang's performance very good?

Qingchuan Xiang was also silent, and the smile on his face froze.

Lenai's accusation was not about technical reasons, but rather about subjective feelings of "boringness." Qingchuan Xiang already had a vague premonition of what this meant, so she asked for confirmation:

"Lena, what do you mean by boring?"

Lenai seemed to have lost his patience and had given up on the idea of playing the guitar. He said, "Xiao Shui is just moving her fingers. It's boring and dull..."

"not interesting."

Then he turned and left.

Is it just the movement of my fingers? Does that mean there is no emotion in my playing?

But how can we incorporate human emotions into the performance of music? In the final analysis, isn’t it just about the lightness or heaviness of the rhythm, and the size and amplitude of plucking the strings?

It's just that simple techniques can give people the illusion of emotion. Many of my performances in the past have been praised by others, including so-called "very emotional" comments.

Every time I receive such comments, although I know in my heart that I am just copying others, I am still happy that I can be considered a normal person.

But now there is a Lenai with animal-like instincts.

Since you find it boring, can you please explain it to me clearly? What does it mean to truly have feelings? As long as you can tell me how to understand feelings, I will take action immediately. I will follow your suggestions and replicate it perfectly step by step.

Corona has left, and it seems that she has decided that Qingchuan Xiang is not the person she is looking for to build a new home with.

"You told me I was boring and then left on your own. What kind of thing is that..."

Qingchuan Xiang gently loosened his hands holding the guitar. The guitar, without support, sank down due to gravity, pulling the straps and tightening Qingchuan Xiang's shoulders.

It's as if I don't want to learn how to act with emotion...

"Xiao Xiang, Lenai didn't mean that..." Rinrinko was also a little at a loss. She wanted to chase Lenai, but she was worried that Qingchuan Xiang would think too much.

"Ah, it's okay, Sister Rinrinzi. Maybe I really lack some inspiration in my performance. Maybe I did read from the script a little too much."

Qingchuan Xiang waved his hand, pretending that he didn't care, "Sister Rinrinzi, go catch up with Lenai. She left so suddenly that I'm worried if she still remembers to go back to school."

"Thank you, Xiaoxiang, for your understanding." Seeing that Qingchuan Xiang really didn't seem to be hurt, Rinrinzi breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I'll go chase Lenai first. Xiaoxiang, you can use the keyboard over there."

Miss Rinrinko chased after him. As RiNG is a band mainly catering to student bands, there are not many customers at noon. Now, only Kiyokawa Xiang is left in the coffee shop upstairs.

Qingchuan Xiang looked at the direction the two people left and stood there for a while, like a wooden stake, with his movements and expressions completely unchanged. After a while, he sighed.

I feel a little anxious.

Chapter 62: Go visit!

After Rinrinko confirmed that Lenai had left towards the school, she returned to the coffee shop with peace of mind.

At this time, Qingchuan Xiang had finished his cup of cappuccino and adjusted his state. He didn't let Rinrinko notice the problem just now. Now he seemed even calmer, as if such an embarrassing thing had not happened just now.

"Sorry, Xiaoxiang."

But no matter what, Rinrinko, who treats Lenai as half her own child, still feels a little guilty about Lenai's rude behavior towards Kiyokawa Xiang just now.

"It's okay, Sister Rinrinzi." Qingchuan Xiang showed a reassuring smile, "I'm not such a fragile person."

Qingchuan Xiang walked to the keyboard, looked at this instrument he had never used before with a sense of novelty, and pressed a few keys casually.

"Even though I've only practiced piano for a short time, I can tell there's a huge difference between keyboards and pianos."

The topic was directly changed, and Rinrinzi naturally went down the stairs. It would be best if Xiaoxiang didn't mind.

"After all, as an electronic instrument, it's difficult for a keyboard to achieve the natural sound quality of a piano, which relies on bouncing keys. However, instead, a keyboard can produce a wide variety of tones, which is something no other instrument can do."

"It feels much simpler than playing the piano." Qingchuan Xiang moved his fingers, eager to try to play something, and then suddenly discovered something embarrassing.

I think I came here just to learn how to play the keyboard.

Seeing Miss Rinrinko's expectant eyes, Qingchuan Xiang coughed lightly and said, "Um, Sister Rinrinko, are there any keyboard quick-learning books in RiNG? Or can I borrow your phone so I can search for tutorials?"

"So Xiao Xiang really doesn't know how to sing at all." Seeing Qingchuan Xiang's embarrassed expression, Rin Rinzi couldn't help but chuckle, "I'll go find it for you. If you want, you can learn it here slowly. Once you learn it, you can immediately become a resident singer here to test your results."

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Class B, Grade 1, Yuqiu High School.

Xiangzi looked at the empty seat in front of him, and for a rare moment, he was distracted when the class was about to end.

What I was thinking about was naturally Qingchuan Xiang, who had taken a leave and did not come to class today.

Although the teacher said that Qingchuan Xiang asked for leave just because of a common cold and fever and there was no big problem, after Aiyin sent a message to Qingchuan Xiang on Line at noon, she did not receive a reply.

Considering that maybe Qingchuan Xiang was just sleeping at that time, Xiangzi tried to send a message to Qingchuan Xiang during the break in the afternoon, but received no response.

Is this really just a minor illness? I don't even have time to reply.

Xiangzi felt a little worried no matter how he thought about it. Why not, after school today, instead of going to the music club to practice piano, go directly to Qingchuan Xiang's house to visit him, and then go to work?

But what if Qingchuan Xiang needs to rest...

I was wondering what to do when the teacher on the stage suddenly said: