Congratulations, Sushi, you have been optimized by me.

But the problem is...that's for ordinary people.

Every move and action of Chihiro has a deep meaning, and this guy even takes himself into account.

Did the other party say this on purpose, just to make him think that the man was Xiaoxiang, and that Xiaoxiang's father had become a dissolute drunkard, and then deceive him into using this as an excuse to go find Xiaoxiang and inquire about the situation?

"It's indeed that girl's style. Often she doesn't even have to do it herself. She only needs to say a few words behind the scenes to get a group of people to follow her ideas.

It goes without saying that Xiaoxiang has been fooled by her into thinking that he is leaving Tokyo, but Xiaoxiang hasn't shown up yet, so the liar started to urge me to go find her.

How can I find Xiaoxiang? That would definitely be a rather melodramatic story.

Humph, if it was me in the past, I might have really believed it, but it’s different now, Chihiro…”

The current Su Shi is no longer the fool who only knows how to make random guesses and then impulsively do this and that. Now she... has given up.

What good does crying over trousers have to me?

Having made up his mind to remain unchanged in the face of all changes, Su Shi allowed the foolish Chihiro to work hard to fulfill her promise to him. The corners of his mouth began to rise.

Since she had been awakened by the nightmare, although her emotions had calmed down, it was definitely not appropriate for her to go back to sleep. So she decided to get up early today and make breakfast for her mother.

After all, she should cherish what she already has now.

It was about 20 minutes later.

Nagasaki Suyo imitated Chihiro's usual menu, made a breakfast exactly the same as hers and put it on the table. Of course, one of the portions was changed from being for Chihiro to being for her dear mother.

I don’t know if she was attracted by the smell of breakfast, or if Nagasaki Rina, who was already preparing to wash up and go to work, appeared in front of the dining table as soon as Su Shi turned around, and almost scared Su Shi so much that she dropped the plate in her hand.

"What a feast, wow... It's really nice to have vegetarian food. This is indeed the good daughter I'm familiar with~"

Because she didn't expect breakfast, Rina didn't reserve time for eating and started eating without waiting.

"Mom, today..."

"Well, I won't be back as early today as yesterday, but I will definitely be home before 7pm. Oh, right...that Chihiro you mentioned yesterday?"

"...Maybe someone tripped him up."

Nagasaki Suyo didn't realize how complaining her words were, but before she could think of it and cover up anything, she received a message on her phone.

"Is it Chihiro?"

"It should be... Uh, not her."

Nagasaki Suyo frowned, but because her mother was still there, she could only adjust her expression so that her mother would not see her true emotions.

But the question is...why was it Lixi?

[Su Shi, can you come to RiNG this afternoon? No one else will come, just you and me. I want to have a good chat about your withdrawal from the group.]

There is no escape now.

Li Xi really knew everything, but he didn't say it out loud when facing the "second personality", which gave her a chance to confess herself.

But it was obvious that she didn't think about this at all last night, and was always thinking about Chihiro.

So, this ultimate judgment on her, the big liar, which came from the previous time and space and has not yet been completely concluded, is finally coming.

Chapter 157: Taking things out of context? This is clearly the truth! (1/2)

October 5th, Thursday.

The rising sun in the early morning used a low fire to fry the sky until both sides were golden, but Chihiro Tsuzuki woke up not because of the scene outside the window, but because she felt the little one in her arms moved several times in her arms.

"Xiao Xiang..."

"you're awake."

Shoko Toyokawa looked at the girl who had slept in her arms all night with calm eyes. Her face looked a little embarrassed because she always felt that for some reason she didn't even say good night and just fell asleep on her own last night.

Maybe it’s because I’m too tired.

Xiangzi sincerely hopes that nothing unexpected will happen during this period. She now just wants to work well, go to school well, and live a good life.

"what time is it?"

"It's half past six." Xiangzi had originally set the alarm clock, but maybe because she went to bed early last night, she woke up by herself before the alarm clock rang.

But Xiao Qian seemed to be easily woken up by her. She didn't know if it was because she was like that, or because she really needed some movement to break free from her arms.

"Xiao Qian, your clothes..."

"I know. After all, it definitely won't dry overnight. I'll definitely have to take it home and wash it later."

"Well, then you can go back wearing my clothes." Toyokawa Shoko nodded, although she always felt something was weird.

But what gave her even more of a headache was how she was going to explain Chihiro's matter to her father later.

It would be fine if the hungover father was still sleeping soundly, but if these two people met, it would be really troublesome.

Xiangzi didn't want his father to continue causing trouble for Xiaoqian.

But after the two changed their clothes, Chihiro took off Xiangzi's pajamas at home, changed into the girl's casual clothes when going out, and walked out of the bedroom door, the scene that gave Xiangzi a headache still happened.

Dad did wake up, and was sitting in the living room in a daze. His eyes were rather confused, and it seemed that his mind was still not very clear because of last night's drunkenness.

This is what people with hangovers look like. This is not the first time Xiangzi has seen a father like this. Whenever he brought his father home from sleeping on the street after getting drunk, he would also encounter a father with a dejected look on his face when he woke up the next day.

It seems as if he hates himself for drinking too much yesterday, but every time he regrets it, it is useless, and next time... he dares to do it again.

"Xiang... who is this?"

"...My friend, who helped me get you back yesterday."

"Ah...that's right."

Toyokawa Seikao nodded, looking like he wanted to say something but couldn't. The next moment, he seemed to remember that he was still the father of a young girl. He wanted to stand up and act like an adult, but he stood up too quickly and almost fell down.

It's so lame.

"Hello, uncle." A hint of disdain flashed across Tsuzuki Chihiro's eyes, but out of respect for Xiaoxiang, she didn't show it, "My name is Tsuzuki Chihiro, and I'm Xiaoxiang's good friend.

Yesterday, I came home too late and might have disturbed my family, so I had no choice but to stay overnight.

It's not too late.

It's not something that will disturb my family, and it's not something I'm helpless about.

But she has a mouth, so she can say whatever she wants. Old Deng can't question her on such trivial matters, right?

As for letting Xiaoxiang go to school first, while she stayed to chat with this incompetent father, and then expecting that a few words from her would motivate him to start fighting again... Chihiro didn't even have that idea.

JK girls like Xiaoxiang are accustomed to hiding themselves in thorns. All she can do is to boil Xiaoxiang in warm water and slowly give her some motivation to change.

It is unrealistic to expect a few words to change a person.

Even when she was being sarcastic to Xiao Mu's mother at the dinner table, it wasn't because she wanted to change her. She just wanted to say something to Xiao Mu, to plant some seeds in his heart.

Therefore, she and Xiaoxiang should never be responsible for Lao Deng's life, and she will not waste her precious time on this.

"Uncle, please go ahead and do your work. I'll be leaving first."

Busy? What could he be busy with? It was just another of Chihiro's habitual sarcasm before she left.

However, after walking out of this shabby rental house with Xiaoxiang, Qianxun was indeed a little confused about what to do today. Dropping out of school at the age when you should be going to school and becoming a stay-at-home mom would lead to such an embarrassing situation.

"Xiao Qian, I'll get in the car first."

Chihiro's route home and Xiaoxiang's route to school are different, so the station is where they part today.

But before leaving, Xiaoxiang turned back and said one more thing to Chihiro with a smile while the train was still running:

"Xiao Qian's music is very nice. I'm looking forward to our song being sung and published online."

"Shouldn't you be hoping that Red Ginger will be noticed by a professional company and start a business partnership?"

"..."

"Haha, just kidding, I know."

Chihiro looked at the somewhat deflated Xiaoxiang and couldn't help but laugh happily. She even found that bullying Xiaoxiang was so exciting. However, the child didn't seem to be able to withstand her torment.

"Xiao Qian, I'm leaving first."

"Well, see you next time."

........

Time moved forward to the afternoon, which was the time for most high school students in Hanasakigawa and even in the whole of Tokyo to go home from school.

After leaving the school and on the way to RiNG, Shiina Riki's expression was as ugly as it could be.

She was dreaming again.

She was halfway through writing a song last night and was about to turn off the computer and go to bed early, and then continue after Su Shi's affairs were resolved. Naturally, she couldn't sleep.

She knew... if Su Shi could not come back, if Su Shi had really given up on them, then no matter how much she insisted on writing songs, it seemed to be meaningless.

But why? Leaving Sushi aside, let's talk about his second personality, Shuangshi... He doesn't seem like the type to give up and leave just because a live performance ended so disastrously, right?

Li Xi once thought that this matter should not be as bad as she imagined. However, when she finally fell asleep, the scene in her dream once again made her break out in cold sweats.

She dreamed of the scene after that, which was the scene after the quarrel with Su Shi in the previous short dream.

I could only see the images, but could not hear any specific sounds. The only thing I could hear was the incomplete words uttered by Aine as she left sadly after everything was over:

"...Go and continue with Sushi-san..."

Who will go with classmate Su Shi and what will continue?

Li Xi didn't hear the complete sentence, but...was there any need to guess? The answer was already thrown in her face.

"Let's go and continue forming a band with Sushi-san."

This is the only answer.

Chapter 158 Xiao Mu: It’s me, Nagasaki Sushi Professional Quality Inspector (2/2)

Dreams are something that are quickly forgotten.

For example, in the dream before last, if she hadn't called Shuangshi to tell him that she heard the word "sodayo", Li Xi guessed that she wouldn't even remember this one sentence.

Not to mention other scenes, Li Xi couldn't remember anything except vaguely remembering that he had an argument with Su Shi.

And we don’t know why dreams start or when they end.

She had no idea why she met and quarreled with Su Shi in the dream, or when she woke up.

So after that experience of quickly forgetting the dream, Lixi learned her lesson this time. After waking up this morning, she opened the memo on her phone and wrote down all the scenes she could remember.

Sitting in the tram at this moment, she naturally picked up her mobile phone and opened the memo that recorded her dream again, and then prepared to bravely start to recreate what happened in the dream based on these plain words.

[The first scene was me standing at the door of the recording studio, Deng was sitting on the sofa in the corner of the corridor, and Aine said something to me.]

This should be the scene that happened after Su Shi left.

Li Xi frowned and thought, if Su Shi left the band in this non-existent timeline, and he told everyone about it, there would indeed be some discussion on this topic.

[The automatic door leading from the recording studio to the hall opens, and Hailing walks in.]

Hai Ling... why did she appear... Well, this really fits her character as Shiina Riki.

After all, this kind of thing was recorded in the history of the past few weeks. At that time, she was not sure what had happened to Su Shi, so she directly asked Hai Ling for help.

So this time... was it because he felt that Su Shi had left and was sure that the other party would not come back, so he directly asked Hai Ling to replace Su Shi?

She really deserves to die...

In the recording studio, Hailing and I were practicing a new song, but Deng refused to sing. Finally, Hailing noticed something was wrong and left early, prompting Deng to question me agitatedly.

It goes without saying that it is normal for Deng to behave like this, but it is I who has been messing up everything.

[Deng and I became more and more excited as we talked. Finally, I yelled a few words at Deng in excitement. After hearing it, Deng was suddenly stunned.

Then Aine seemed to have some questions to ask, but after I said something, Aine was also shocked. After that, the argument escalated and Aine picked up her guitar and suddenly left.

Before leaving, he said the only words I remember: "...Go and continue with Su Shi-san..."

“This should be the key point.”

Think hard about it. This should be another chance given to her by God to prevent all this from happening. So he told her in advance about the stupid things she would do and the consequences that would be caused after Zhou Su Shi announced her withdrawal from the group.

This is a warning to her, but also a help to her.