Congratulations, Sushi, you have been optimized by me.

It is very simple to understand. If she had not been reminded by this dream, she would probably have asked the other members of the band to wait for Su Shi at RiNG this Saturday.

But Su Shi, it was obvious that she should not have come. The reason for not coming was very simple, because of Shuang Shi's intervention... Shuang Shi would not allow Su Shi to abandon everyone like this, so in the battle between the two personalities, he successfully stood everyone up that day.

But she was such a fool that she knew nothing. She thought that Su Shi had stood everyone up on purpose and got angry, so she gathered everyone together who were already in a bad mood. As a result, not only did the person concerned not show up, but she also confused Aine and Lenai who didn't know the meaning behind the "holiday".

After getting angry, I naturally didn’t think too much about it. I even forgot that Su Shi was also a victim, and went straight to argue with Su Shi.

As a result, Su Shi told him everything and he learned that she would never come back.

"In that case, the final argument in last night's dream can be easily deduced."

In desperation, when she yelled at Deng, she must have expressed Su Shi's disappointment in them, and may have also mentioned that Su Shi had a mental illness.

Otherwise, everyone wouldn't have been so shocked when she said this.

Then, after a brief moment of daze, Aine decided to refute herself, saying that the dual personality was fake and that Su Shi could not have such a problem.

What would I say at this time?

"You call Su Shi fake? Then aren't you, who's so vain, even more fake? You pretend to love guitar, pretend you formed a band just for music, what right do you have to criticize her!"

So reasonable!

Shiina Riki could not find any other more likely answer. She felt that in that situation, she, who already had some prejudice against pink-haired girls, might have said such words without thinking.

However, Aine is not actually someone who would be sad because of these words. What's more, it was not Su Shi or Aine herself who was wrong.

So, knowing that it was hopeless to continue arguing with her, Aine simply put away her guitar and finally turned around at the door and said:

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

This is Aine's insistence, and Aine... although she has indeed fallen behind in practice during this period of time, she can really say such words.

And if no one helps her, the subtext of her words may be "If you don't go, then I will go find her myself."

“…this must not be allowed to happen.

At least, I will continue to keep the secret that Su Shi has a mental illness and not tell anyone."

Li Xi put away his phone, got off the bus at the nearest station to RiNG, took a deep breath, and then walked to his usual workplace with a nervous mood.

Although she still had to do her usual work, she kept her eyes on the staircase leading to the second floor.

She hoped to see Su Shi here today, even though... the message she sent to Su Shi this morning did receive a simple and clear "OK".

But if you say “OK”, will it really come?

Lixi didn't know, because she always seemed to think that as long as she did many things well enough, there would never be consequences beyond her expectations.

That's why the scenes in the dream appeared. Even if he let it go, Su Shi, who knew that his secret was casually revealed by her, would have wanted to come back, but his series of actions would have wiped out his desire to come back.

“…Xiao, Xiao Mu?!”

After waiting for a while, Li Xi even estimated the fastest time that Yue Zhisen would arrive here after school, but what she didn't expect was that the person who came first was not Su Shi, but Wakaba Mutsu, whom she had not had direct contact with for a long time.

"Lixi."

Ruoye Mu didn't know what to do. In her opinion, Su Shi was definitely not as normal as she looked.

A normal person...would not do those things to his or her mother, and Su Shi certainly wouldn't do that.

She couldn't find anyone to turn to for help. The only person she could think of who had a connection with Su Shi and might be able to help her was Li Xi.

"Xiao Mu, why are you..."

"Su Shi, she doesn't know what to do anymore."

"……Eh?"

Chapter 159 Li Xi: How can Su Shi be so gentle! (Also 11)

A lot seems to have happened since Xiangzi left that night.

Although no one mentioned it for a long time, it should have been the third day after Xiangzi left. The remaining members of crychic made an appointment in the group to continue practicing together.

No one knows what Su Shi’s words mean to everyone, and Li Xi doesn’t know either.

She only knew that the lantern never came that day, and the band lost its lead singer...from that moment on, it completely lost all its meaning.

If Li Xi had chosen to go to Deng’s school gate to stop the other party at that time, would the group have not disbanded?

I'm afraid it wasn't that simple, because at that time, no one knew anything and had no idea of the true meaning of the band's "community of shared destiny."

After that, Lixi left. On the one hand, it was because she knew that the band was over. On the other hand, of course, without the singing of Deng, there was no point in her continuing.

But for Deng... crychic at that time might no longer be able to give her the courage and motivation to continue singing?

But what were Xiao Mu in front of me, and Su Shi, who was still insisting on posting "Let's practice together tomorrow afternoon" in the group, thinking at that stage?

Li Xi once thought it was ridiculous. Everyone knew that no one from crychic would come to the recording studio to practice anymore, so why did Su Shi still stubbornly post self-talking messages in the group every day?

Until the end, even Xiao Mu stopped talking. Everyone in the group just looked at Su Shi's persistence with cold eyes behind the Internet.

One day, two days, one week, until the 10th day, the last sentence "Is everyone free tomorrow afternoon?" became the last message in the crychic group.

From then on, no one said a word.

At the junior high school graduation ceremony a few months later, Lixi was alone, silently looking at the laughing people in the school lecture hall. At that time, she was thinking... maybe she would never meet those four people again?

But Li Xi was wrong, because ever since Su Shi accidentally saw him working in RiNG, she would come over from time to time to drink a cup of black tea, and ask him some questions that seemed to hide their true intentions, but you could tell what they were about as soon as you heard them.

Su Shi...she really persisted for a long time.

It was just a playful band formed by five clueless middle school girls, but that guy took it so seriously.

But at this point, Li Xi can no longer say anything cold, harsh or joking, because Su Shi may not have been interested in the band from the beginning, but the precious friendship that had existed in the band for a period of time.

People who cherish feelings should never be talked about behind others' backs.

"Xiao Mu, what did you just say?"

Seeing Wakaba Mu suddenly appear and say something incoherent in front of him and then turn around to leave, Shiina Riki didn't care that it was still working hours, and directly opened the small door of the bar and ran out to block Xiao Mu.

After the band disbanded, Li Xi thought that the three people from wealthy families would continue to study at Yuezhisen, but seeing that Su Shi had always been following in Xiangzi's footsteps, he was afraid that after Su Shi entered high school, the only person who would be closest to her in the school would be Wakaba Mutsu in front of him.

Of course, the relationship between Ruoye Mu and Lixi is considered very average within the team.

Or rather... at that time in crychic, Lixi was actually only slightly closer to Deng and Xiangzi, and the reason he got close to the latter was simply because he was attracted by the other's talent.

But now Li Xi has no other choice, she must know more information about Su Shi.

"..."

"You should know something, right?" Li Xi looked at Xiao Mu, who lowered his head and didn't know how to speak, and asked helplessly, "And you came to me because you wanted me to help her, didn't you?"

"You formed a band, why didn't you bring Su Shi with you?"

"I……"

Oh yes, she promised Shuangshi to keep this matter a secret. Shuangshi didn't seem to want Xiangzi to know that she had formed a band with him, which Lixi could understand.

After all, if she were Shuangshi, knowing that her main personality was bullied like this by the evil Xiangzi, she would not want the other party to know her current situation.

Telling Xiaomu would be equivalent to indirectly telling Xiangzi, so Xiaomu couldn't reveal it either.

Fortunately... Li Xi breathed a sigh of relief. She almost told the truth without any reservation because of her old habit. Fortunately, when she was about to say it, she thought of what Shuangshi told her.

"Su Shi has her own ideas. If she wants to come, I'm willing to let her come."

After saying something that could be considered nonsense, Li Xi turned around and asked, "Did Su Shi say something to you? Xiao Mu, what did you mean by that just now? What do you mean by Su Shi doesn't know what to do?"

How can I help you if you don't tell me the truth?"

"Are you willing to help Su Shi?"

"……Um."

If Ye Mu was silent for a long time after hearing this sentence, these silences piled up together, and the silence seemed to become a sentence.

But the content of this sentence only made Li Xi in front of her feel anxious.

"Su Shi's semester is over and she's going to be taken away by her mother."

"……What did you say?"

"Her mother arranged for her to study abroad. It seems to be related to Su Shi's father."

"Wait, what do you mean? I don't understand anything."

“…That’s all I know.”

Shaking his head, Ruo Yemu turned around and left decisively, as if he had finished talking for the whole day, leaving Li Xi standing there in a daze with a look of horror on his face.

"..."

"...I see, is that why?"

Everything was sorted out. The only unclear question was solved with the last piece brought by Ruoye Mu. The entire huge puzzle surrounding Su Shi was finally pieced together.

Why the mental breakdown?

——Because people who care deeply about relationships are forced to leave those they care about, especially when the relationship is falling apart.

Why do you plan to quit the band?

——Because I know that if I continue like this, I will only get deeper and deeper into trouble, so I must make up my mind and end everything as soon as possible.

Why did you join Red Ginger and debut online?

——Because there are no regional or time restrictions for becoming an online blogger.

Why did you suddenly start singing?

——Because Su Shi also has a lot of things in his heart that he wants to sing out, just like the lyrics written by Shuang Shi, Su Shi’s other half at that time, which were full of sincere emotions.

Now, there is no doubt anymore, of course... Lixi also lost her idea of how to solve the problem. She found that she seemed to have no way to change anything.

The girl returned to her workstation and was doing her job in a daze. She didn't know how long it had been, it seemed like more than an hour. The moment she raised her head, she saw the person she had been thinking about.

——Nagasaki Suyo.

The brown-haired girl hugged her arm with one hand, her face pale, as if she was afraid of something.

After seeing me, a hint of panic flashed in his eyes, and he took a step back slightly.

"Lixi, you... you know everything?"

"..."

"Tell me, let me die happily... Is it those things that haven't happened yet, those things about the band, my selfishness and deception, my irresponsibility to Aine and Lenai, and another betrayal of Xiao Deng.

And my use of you... includes everything.

You even saw that I might pretend not to recognize Xiao Deng behind me on the tram, abandon her and walk away like a stranger?!

"I... almost, but..."

But isn’t it a bit too exaggerated for Su Shi to say this? It’s not her fault.

Selfishness and deception probably refer to not telling anyone about going abroad, and irresponsibility towards Aine and Lenai is naturally because people who have nothing to do with crychic were involved.

The betrayal of Xiao Deng and the exploitation of her...this is even more exaggerated.

As for the behavior of ignoring Deng that did not happen... Was Su Shi referring to the "possibility" that she was pulling her suitcase to the airport, and Xiao Deng wanted to keep her but she resolutely pretended to be a stranger and left?

Su Shi is so gentle that she actually apologized to her for such a non-existent thing.

"I'm sorry..." Seeing that Li Xi didn't say anything and just stood there without knowing what he was thinking, Su Shi lowered her head and cried, "Li Xi, scold me, I really shouldn't have done this to you."

"Su Shi..."

Chapter 160 You Can’t Be My Dog Only When You Need Me (1/2)

With the help of senior Rinrinko, Su Shi naturally sat in the corner with Li Xi, and Li Xi also took some time off during work.

However, after the two of them sat down, they began to cosplay Wakaba Mutsu, and each one was less talkative than the other.

"Lixi, you..."

"Is Shuangshi here?"

"……Eh?"

Su Shi was a little surprised that this was Li Xi's first sentence after holding it in for so long. No... shouldn't Li Xi grab her collar and question her?