Congratulations, Sushi, you have been optimized by me.

Of course, she was late that day because of this, but fortunately the store manager didn't make a big deal about it.

On the fourth day, which was last night... Needless to say, her father had problems again. She was forced to leave work early again before she had even started for long, and then she went to the police station and even met Xiao Qian again.

Four consecutive days... There wasn't a single day where she worked properly.

But will good times always come? Could there be something bigger waiting for her?

Toyokawa Shoko just couldn't believe it. Was it really true that she couldn't complete this class for a whole night without any accidents or anything that required her to be distracted?

One can't be so unlucky that even drinking cold water can cause a toothache. It's time for her luck to turn around!

"Xiaoxiang, Xiaoxiang?"

"Ah...Sister Ziyue."

Jiujo Azusa looked at the girl's face with some concern. "Are you okay? I feel like there's something wrong with your face. It's been like this since you came here today."

"I'm sorry..." Toyokawa Shoko looked at Kujo Azusa with some guilt. She knew that she was indeed an unqualified employee. "I've been busy with my personal affairs these days, and I'm sorry to have caused trouble for you, Sister Azusa."

"It's fine."

She had long expected that the eldest daughter of such a wealthy family would definitely have a lot of things to do. Who would come here to work if they were truly wealthy?

In the final analysis, he was just accompanying the two young ladies and serving them, but how to say it... Kujo Azusa felt that Toyokawa Shoko seemed to be hiding something.

And she's not just hiding it from herself, it seems like she's hiding what's in her heart from everyone around her.

If she hadn't known about it in advance, just by looking at the other party's words and deeds, Jiujo Azusa might have thought that she was a well-behaved girl with good family education, and she would never have thought that her family was so rich.

"Sister Ziyue...why don't you fire me?"

"Eh?"

"I don't think I'm irreplaceable, right? But my work has been so chaotic these past few days, and you haven't blamed me much."

"This one……"

"..."

Shoko Toyokawa's expression looked a little ugly. She suddenly had some guesses in her mind. Considering the similarity between the name of this store and the surname "Tsuzuki", she always felt that the reason why she received such preferential treatment might really be related to Xiao Qian.

So... this actually has nothing to do with his ability, right? The only reason she got this job was because of Xiao Qian's face.

Shoko Toyokawa bit her lips tightly, she felt as if she had been deceived by this group of people.

"Is it because of Tsuzuki Chihiro?"

In the end, Xiangzi still asked the question, but her eyes were a little dazed.

"Xiaoxiang, you..."

"answer me."

"No." Jiujo Azusa did not lie, because the eldest lady was indeed unaware of this matter.

However, her words obviously did not meet with Xiangzi's approval. Xiangzi Toyokawa, who had already entered a state of high self-esteem, felt that many of her persistence was shattered in an instant.

She was ridiculous... that was her biggest opinion of herself right now.

Do you really think that you have improved your life through luck and ability, and have seen some hope of changing your current life situation?

However, all of this was just charity from others. If it weren't for Xiao Qian, she would still be working as a customer service representative, living a tight life with her meager pocket money.

At the same time, I have to take care of my troublesome father.

Wait... Then why did Xiao Qian...

"Xiangzi."

"……Eh?"

His train of thought was suddenly interrupted, and the voice that suddenly called his name was not the voice of Sister Ziyue, but...

Toyokawa Sadaharu, or should we say this person is her grandfather, is also the person Toyokawa Shoko is most afraid of meeting at this moment.

Seeing this person looking at him coldly, as if what he was going to say next was self-evident, Xiangzi subconsciously took two steps back, then tripped over the leg of a chair next to him and fell backwards. Fortunately, his body was supported by the wall behind him and he was not injured.

"Grandpa..."

"Has that been enough? I heard your father was taken to the police station again yesterday. Tsk... that's really outrageous.

How long are you going to be so stubborn? That guy is no longer a member of our family. Do you really think he will ever pick himself up again? "

"Do not……"

not like this.

Xiangzi actually knew that her father did not have the ability to gain the family's recognition, and her current father was indeed a bit disappointing, but abandoning her family was something she could not do.

What she couldn't really forgive was that both her grandfather and her own father seemed to no longer care about that "home".

She, her father, and her mother have been running this warm and harmonious home for more than ten years.

A family should stay together until the end. This is the truth she has heard since she was a child from fairy tales, school textbooks, and teachers' teachings.

But why did everything change overnight? The adults tore off their disguises like they were tearing off the masks on their faces.

"Are you still unwilling to admit reality? Xiangzi, do you really think that without a family, you can really live a good life with your useless father on your own?

A grown man actually used his daughter's earnings to buy alcohol, and then got drunk and went out on the street to cause trouble... He really brought shame to our family."

"..."

Jiu Tiao Ziyue on the side was panicked. She felt as if she had heard some terrible scandal about a wealthy family.

Oh no, could she be drowned in Tokyo Bay by this horrible Grandpa Xiaoxiang?

“But there’s one thing I didn’t expect. The salary for the job Tsuzuki arranged for you was quite good, which also caused you to have unnecessary misunderstandings.

Sorry... Xiangzi, although telling you the truth may be a little cruel, the game of running away from home should end here."

"what……"

So the person who works for him is really Chihiro Tsuzuki, and she is even doing this at the request of his grandfather?

"Grandpa, so you actually know Chihiro, right?!"

"Of course I know Chihiro, she's Shifune's granddaughter~" Toyokawa Sadaharu looked at his granddaughter and nodded as a matter of course, "The girl I was going to introduce to you last time was her, but I didn't expect... that you and Chihiro already knew each other.

If you knew Chihiro, you would know this, right? Those so-called bands kids play in are just for fun, after all.

Chihiro should have told you about this, right?"

"Liar."

It turns out that Chihiro Tsuzuki's approach to him was a deception from the very beginning. She already knew everything about him and only appeared by his side because of her grandfather's instructions.

Shoko Toyokawa slumped weakly in a chair beside her. She suddenly had an urge... to forget everything.

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"Su Shi, are you okay?"

"I...I don't know."

"Isn't it just singing a song? Didn't you sing it beautifully just now?"

Chihiro Tsuzuki felt a little helpless. She looked at the girl who was very relaxed when singing in front of her and Su Shi's mother, but now that she was officially recording in front of the microphone, Su Shi became a little nervous. She was really confused.

It's just a song, why are you so nervous?

“…That’s different.”

Nagasaki Suyo shook her head. She knew that she had no way out now. If she stuck her head out, she would be in danger. If she retreated at this time, Chihiro would definitely laugh at her to death.

Anyway, her online name is "I am not a cat", and no one knows that the person behind this name is Nagasaki Suyo.

If you think this way, it seems that there won’t be such a huge psychological burden.

And to be honest, singing is indeed a relatively new experience. She has always been a supporting musician in the band. Whether it is the double bass or the electric bass, they are not the protagonists in the band.

Of course, no one says that bass is not important. Those who say it is not important either don’t understand or are deliberately joking.

But then again, in such a large group playing together, is there really any role that is unimportant? The truly unimportant people may have been kicked out by the leader, right?

"By the way..." Su Shi held the microphone in front of him with both hands and asked curiously, "Who wrote the lyrics of this song?"

"This is not important."

"……never mind."

In fact, Su Shi has always speculated that there is no such so-called Miss OB with a string of letters. She even feels that this person is played by Chihiro herself.

But it was really unnecessary to think about these insignificant things now, so she took a deep breath and made an OK gesture to Chihiro.

The next moment, the accompaniment that Ebizuka Satoshi had hurriedly produced came through the headphones, but due to lack of experience, Su Shi encountered problems in several consecutive recordings.

But generally speaking, everyone's expectations of her were not that high, so in the end, even though Su Shi herself was not satisfied, Chihiro in front of her had already smiled and nodded.

"Is this really okay?"

"It's okay. It doesn't really matter how well you sing these days."

Chihiro Tsuzuki shook her head, looking at the colorful video recommendations displayed on the computer screen with a bit of self-mockery, "Why is it that some songwriters put so much effort into their work, but the audience just doesn't buy it?

A casually written catchy song spread all over the streets and alleys?

Why is it that some bands, despite having terrible vocals, are able to reach the big stage thanks to the support of their fans? Some small bands struggle to perform in small live houses, gaining a lot of true fans, but once they leave, no one recognizes them anymore?

"..."

"Besides, your singing is not bad to begin with, Sushi." At this point, Tsuzuki Chihiro smiled, "Do you know why I kept asking you to re-record just now?"

"Why? Isn't it because I sang it wrong?"

"No, I just want to hear it."

"……Eh?"

Nagasaki Suyo suddenly felt her cheeks getting hot. She even felt that if this atmosphere lasted just a few seconds longer, it would turn into an indecent taboo.

"I haven't played with anyone in a long time..."

"Isn't that right? Didn't you play guitar with Lenai when you went home?"

"That's different. Lenai and I were both playing on our own. We could even say we were competing with each other on guitar. There was no fixed rhythm or melody. If you want Lenai and I to play the same song again, it's impossible.

This is called free style~"

"It really came out of a cat's nest..."

"What did you say?"

"No, nothing." Nagasaki Suyo was afraid of Tsuzuki Chihiro's tyranny, so she didn't say her previous complaint. "By the way, when will our song be released?"

"It should be ready in the next few days...but we have to inform everyone in advance."

Although they had only been together for a few days, Chihiro Tsuzuki really felt that everyone in this small team of red gingers was a talent.

Although Su Shi is not very good at singing, she is actually much better than Aine. The most important thing is that the abilities of the other three are surprising.

There is no need to talk about Xiaoxiang. She never thought that Xiaoxiang had the ability to write lyrics, and even wrote... very well.

In fact, Chihiro doesn’t like this lyric very much, or she feels that “forgetting” cannot change the sorrows and joys of reality. What can really make a person feel relieved is never ignoring the weakness, but being able to face it with a smile.

Of course, this idea is very idealistic. Most people can't even muster the courage to forget, let alone face it with a smile.

The work of making the final product is not what Chihiro needs to worry about, but she is not completely unfamiliar with these operations.

Not to mention that this is the first song she, Su Shi and Xiao Xiang have collaborated on, so Qianxun still hopes to participate in the production herself.

However, these things still need to be told to everyone, so Qianxun chose to open LINE first, found the "Red Ginger" group, and sent a message in it:

[I Have Three Cats: I've already finished recording the song. Can you let me handle the rest of the work this time?]

【beni: ...I don't have any objection.】

[beni: But why did our name change? ]

【I am not a cat: This is not important! 】

Shouga: In that case, I'll give you a preview. Between your work and the simple music video I've received from the singer, I estimate it'll take about six days in total.

I Have Three Cats: Warm-up? Do you mean take a screenshot of the last video and then post "144h"?

Beni: What the hell? What kind of Riddler operation is this? 144 hours... Oh yeah, that's 6/24 hours, right?