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In a hot pot restaurant in the underground mall.

Shirakawa Haru brought various meat rolls and seafood. Just as he sat down and put the dishes in, his cell phone on the seat suddenly rang.

He picked up his phone and saw that it was Tatsuki Shiina sending him a message in the band group.

Chapter 16 Three Girls, One Drama: Angry Lixi

Shiina Tateki: Where are you now, Shirakawa Haru? I realized last night that our score still has a lot of room for improvement and reworking. The workload is too much for me to handle alone. If you're free, come and help us revise the score.

I'm waiting for you in RING's rehearsal room, everyone is here.

"Huh... sending a message directly in the group, and then asking people to come over in the pouring rain to revise the music together, it really makes me feel a little embarrassed." Shiina Riki murmured softly, glancing back. Chihaya Aine was chatting with Kaname Rakuna with a melancholy expression. She squeezed Nagasaki Suyo into a corner on a bench. Nagasaki Suyo wanted to leave, but Chihaya Aine squeezed her and she couldn't move away at all. Nagasaki Suyo's expression was a little unpleasant, but she hid it well. "I wonder if he is resting now. After all, today is the weekend, and it's raining outside."

Originally, Shiina Riki wanted to send a message to Shirakawa Haru alone, but before sending the message, she thought carefully and realized that since she exchanged social accounts with Shirakawa Haru, she had not even sent a message to him.

She clicked on Shirakawa Haru's account and edited a message with a personal style, but she felt that these messages were written by herself and were too soft, which was not good: if Shirakawa Haru felt that he could not complete the arrangement without his help, he might get carried away.

At this time, Shiina Riki suddenly realized that she had added Shirakawa Haru's social account for so long without sending him a message because she was angry with Shirakawa Haru: when he met her for the first time, he got her name and her sister Maki's name wrong. At that time, she was thinking that if Shirakawa Haru didn't take the initiative to send her a message, then she would not take the initiative to send a message to Shirakawa Haru either.

That's what she thought at that time, but why does she still think and act like this now?

Shiina Riki poked the panda pendant on his phone with his hand, thinking that he had accepted Shirakawa Haru's apology and accepted his gift.

Every night when I rest, I will lie on the bed with my panda doll and stare blankly for a while.

Logically speaking, this angry feeling should have disappeared long ago, but why is he still resisting sending a message to Baichuan Haru?

A pair of charming fox eyes flickered in the taxi, in the shadow cast by the overpass when the taxi drove under it, and in the whistling wind. The light in the eyes was more colorful than the neon colors, more dazzling and softer than the stars in the sky.

Shiina Riki rubbed her head, and this picture appeared in her mind again, along with the side face with beautiful lines supported by his hands, the expression of always thinking about something, and the picture of him jumping into the classroom from the tree.

Really, what on earth was I thinking about? Shiina Riki found that he had been thinking about Shirakawa Haru quite often recently.

——Is it because of Chihaya Aine?

Chihaya Aine had no intention of hiding her love and admiration for Shirakawa Haru.

If she wants to pursue Shirakawa Haru, Shiina Riki thinks it is better to maintain a safe social distance from him when interacting with Shirakawa Haru.

At least don't let Chihaya Aine misunderstand anything.

So Shiina Riki deleted the edited message and exited the chat interface of Shirakawa Haru's social account, opened the group chat and sent a businesslike message.

Today, all the girls in the band, except Shirakawa Haru, gathered in the RING rehearsal room for band rehearsal. With their debut performance day approaching, the girls all felt an unspeakable anxiety.

"Runa-chan, you're such a great guitar player. How do you practice? Do you have any special techniques to improve your guitar skills?" Chihaya Aine imitated Nagasaki Suyo, propping up her chin with her hand. "...Is the chairman's house big? I saw the photos that Runa posted in the band group. Is the chairman's house really that big?"

Chihaya Aine changed the subject and shifted the focus of the conversation to Shirakawa Haru.

"Well, Haru's house is huge, like a palace. There are several washing machines and dryers, lots of books and rooms, and even a grand piano." Kaname was eating the matcha parfait that Shirakawa Haru bought for her. She liked matcha parfait before, and she liked it even more now because it was bought for her by Shirakawa Haru. Stray cats like the feeling of freedom. Now she has been collared by someone and become his house cat, but she still subconsciously pursues freedom, even though she is bound. This is a fact, not false, and unquestionable. Shirakawa Haru is not by her side, but as long as the taste of matcha parfait comes to her mouth, she will think of Shirakawa Haru, who seems to be close yet distant, but is actually always by her side. She said, "Haru's bed is also very comfortable to sleep on, very soft."

Yao Lenai really likes this feeling.

"Rana, you slept with the chairman that day!" Chihaya Aine widened her eyes. She had originally thought that asking Rana to stay at Shirakawa Haru's house was already too much. Whether it was Shirakawa Haru or Rana, they were still just a boy and a girl after all. But who could have known that Rana not only stayed at Shirakawa Haru's house for a night, but also slept with him. "Rana, did the chairman do anything strange to you?"

She was so surprised that she couldn't control her voice at all.

"No." Yao Lenai squinted her eyes. "I went to sleep with Qing in his bed because the guest room was very cold, but I don't like turning on the heater because it would make my nose dry. In the first half of the night, Qing held me in his arms and slept. It was so hot, so I pushed him away and ran away. In the second half of the night, it was very cold. I slept holding Qing's hand."

"Huh? That guy is really bad!" Shiina Riki walked over to Kaname Rana and lifted her up like a kitten. She looked at her face carefully and said, "He didn't do anything to you, did he? Don't worry, just tell me if you have anything to say."

"No." Kaname Rakuna slipped away from Shiina Riki's hands, hugging the matcha parfait and saying, "Haru made me breakfast that day. Grilled saury with rice, fried pork cutlet, and tamagoyaki... The tamagoyaki had lots of shrimp and diced ham in it, it was delicious."

"I said I wanted to drink Coke, but Qing wouldn't let me. So I drank Calpis, several bottles of it." After finishing her matcha parfait, Yao Lenai sat on a chair in the rehearsal area, her legs together, swinging like a swing. She picked up the guitar and played a lyrical improvisation.

"Ah—I want to go to the chairman's house too!" Chihaya Aine's canine teeth looked childish and cute under the light. "The chairman's house is actually that luxurious. The chairman and I are already from two different worlds! At first I thought the chairman and I were a 'Tokyo love' story, a perfect match, but I didn't expect it to be a 'poor boy' from the countryside meeting a 'rich girl'~"

Chihaya Aine lay on the table, as if she had no strength left in her body and had no interest in anything.

"I want to go to... Haru's house. I want to play with Haru there... Are there any nice rocks around Haru's house?" Takamatsu Deng fiddled with the sticky notes on the desk, picked up a pen, and quickly wrote something in the notebook that Shirakawa Haru had given her, then quickly closed the notebook. She asked, "Aine-chan, do you think Haru would be willing to let us go to his house?"

"I think he's willing. I feel that as long as we ask for something, the chairman will satisfy us." Chihaya Aine said.

Chihaya Aine was very pleased with Takamatsu Deng's gaze.

Because Takamatsu Deng asked her whether the chairman was willing to take them to his house to play, which means that in Takamatsu Deng's eyes, the person who has the closest relationship with Shirakawa Haru here is not himself but her, Chihaya Aine.

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Chihaya Aine always felt that Takamatsu Deng’s eyes seemed to be evasive when he looked at her, and she held the notebook given to her by the chairman in her timid movements.

The diary of Deng contained only words like "Qing, I like you. We will be friends for life." "Thank you for giving me the stone today." "Next time, shall we go stargazing together again?" "The stars are shining brightly tonight, and the blue stars are trembling in the distance."

If someone else had written in the notebook, she would have thought that person wanted to pursue the chairman just like her, but if it was Deng, she wouldn't think so. Chihaya Aine thought that because Deng was her good friend and Deng knew that she was pursuing the chairman, if Deng had any romantic feelings for the chairman, a girl like Deng would have confessed to her long ago.

Deng is a girl who gets easily frustrated, but she is definitely not cowardly. On the contrary, she is gradually becoming brave.

Chihaya Aine noticed all the changes in Takamatsu Deng. These changes were brought about by the chairman.

To Deng, the chairman is definitely the most important person to her. If she really had that kind of feeling for the chairman, Deng would definitely not do nothing like she is doing now.

Unless the lamp has some concerns, but what does the lamp have to worry about?

If Deng wanted to compete with her for the position of chairman, Chihaya Aine said that she could totally accept it.

"Yeah, I want to go see it too." Nagasaki Suyo lowered her eyes and murmured to herself. Although her voice was very soft, Chihaya Aine still heard what she said.

"Soyorin, do you want to go to the chairman's house too?" Chihaya Aine looked at Nagasaki Suyo and narrowed her eyes. The look she gave Nagasaki Suyo was completely different from Takamatsu Deng's.

"Yes, because the furnishings in Shirakawa-kun's house are very design-conscious. If possible, I would like to go and see it. What's wrong?" Nagasaki Motoyo answered so calmly that Chihaya Aine was speechless.

"Nothing, I just feel a little strange...Soyorin suddenly became interested in the chairman or something." Chihaya Aine said shyly, "I can't imagine a girl as outstanding as Soyorin falling in love with someone else."

"Don't worry, Aine-chan, I won't steal your position as chairman." Nagasaki Suyo smiled gently, like love, like warmth, like the softness of a new bud growing on a dead branch. She kneaded and played with her fingers, then wiped the corners of her lips with her nails painted with cinnamon-colored nail polish, "I won't steal my best friend's boyfriend!"

"Boyfriend or something? The chairman and I haven't reached that stage yet!" Chihaya Aine covered her face and rolled her upper body on the table.

The three girls have different thoughts.

Enough of this, these people! I have to call Shirakawa Haru back quickly. Shiina Ritsuki thought that if she didn't participate in the rehearsal, Chihaya Aine would make a fuss, and the lights would be distracted, and their rehearsal efficiency would drop sharply.

"Shirakawa Haru, are you there? Why don't you reply to the message? If you see it, please reply." Shiina Riki sent a message to Shirakawa Haru, "Hey! Stop pretending to be dead!"

Shirakawa Haru: Shirakawa-san went to serve the dishes. We were very busy today and just had dinner.

"Shirakawa-kun, do you think there's anything wrong with my reply?" Ijichi Nijika grabbed the corner of Shirakawa Haru's clothes when he went to get some seafood and asked him timidly, "Is this Shirakawa-kun's classmate? A girl? I don't know her, and I don't know how to reply to her."

"Just reply like this." Shirakawa Haru turned his head to look at the message that Ijichi Nichina had replied to for him and said, "She's the drummer of another band I joined. She's a very serious girl. Ijichi-san, if you have anything to say, just talk to her directly."

"Ah, is she also a drummer?" Ijichi Hongxia seemed a little flustered. She really wanted to know how Shirakawa Haru looked like compared to the drummer. "Does Shirakawa-kun like her?"

Ijichi Hongxia didn't know why she asked this question.

"I think I like her. I like hardworking, serious kids." Shirakawa Haru walked forward, with Ijichi Nikka following behind him. He said, "I like Ijichi-san too. Everyone who left the band was a hardworking girl, and I like them all."

Ijichi Nijinka stopped walking and stopped following Shirakawa Haru, staring blankly at him. Yamada Ryo, Kita Ikuyo, and Goto Ichiri hid behind the freezer, watching the interaction between Ijichi Nijinka and Shirakawa Haru, their cheeks all tinged with a faint, shy cherry pink.

"Ryo-senpai, you're blushing," Kita Ikuyo said. "Could it be that Ryo-senpai is shy after hearing Shirakawa-kun say he likes us?"

"No, I just drank some wine, so it's normal to blush." Yamada Ryo reached out and tapped Kita Ikuyo's face, "Pochi-chan, your breasts are pressing on my head."

"Ah? Sorry, sorry!" Goto Ichiri nodded and bowed, and then her plump chest began to ripple like huge waves, which directly overturned Yamada Ryo's small boat.

Ijichi Kouka returned to her seat. Her phone rang, and it was a message from Shiina Riki.

Shiina Tateki: You're not Shirakawa Haru? Who are you? Are you in that band he joined in Shimokitazawa?

Shirakawa Haru: Yes. I was the drummer for the band that ended. I heard from Shirakawa-san that you were the drummer for the band he joined, right?

Shiina Tatsuki: Yeah.

Shirakawa Haru: Hello, my name is Ichichi Nijinka, so we know each other now.

Shiina Riki: My name is Shiina Riki... When will he be back? I have something to ask him. It's about the band.

Shirakawa Haru: But we just had dinner. Can't we wait until Shirakawa-san finishes eating before we talk about this?

Shiina Tatsuki: He's a member of our band, and I think it's necessary and obligatory for him to participate in discussions about the band's development and rehearsals. We'll finish revising the score tonight and use it in rehearsal tomorrow.

Shirakawa Haru: But Shirakawa-san is also a member of our band. Our band just had its debut performance today, and he was out there riding his bike selling tickets for a long time. Now I want him to have a good rest.

Shirakawa Haru: Shirakawa-kun is not here, you are so annoying. We want to eat, can you please not disturb us?

"Ryo! How could you talk to Shiina-san like that!" Ijichi Nijika quickly tried to grab the phone from Yamada Ryo's hand, but she was still a step too slow. Yamada Ryo had already sent the message. "Oh, no!"

Shiina Riki: Who are you? You're not Ijichi Nijika, are you? That's... terrible! This is between us and Shirakawa Haru, it has nothing to do with you!

Facing this band he had never met before, Shiina Tatsuki felt a slight sense of crisis.

It's very strange, because Mingchuan-kun has been with them for much longer than the band he has never met.

Shirakawa Haru: You're the bad guy, aren't you? Shirakawa-kun has been really busy today, can't you just give him a break? Or do you guys just not value this boy and treat him like your own?

"Ryo-senpai, isn't it inappropriate for you to talk like that?" Kita Ikuyo looked at Yamada Ryo, whose expression had completely turned cold, and "went over to try to comfort her."

"What's inappropriate about that?" Yamada Ryo put a hand against the side of his face. "Shirakawa-kun can only come over to spend time with us two days a week, but even so, the band across the street wants to snatch him away. Don't you think that's unfair? It's very unfair to us."

After Yamada Ryo finished speaking, Ijichi Nijika, Kita Ikuyo, and Goto Ichiri fell silent. They also wanted Shirakawa Haru to stay with them longer.

Not to mention investing in the same experience as the band at Hinodemori Academy, at least you should visit them a little more often, right?

Even if it's just one more day.

Just like what Shiina Riki said, Shirakawa Haru is also one of them.

Shiina Tateki: Let Shirakawa Haru talk to me.

Shirakawa Haru: He's not here.

Shirakawa Haru returned to the table with the seafood and found that the girls who had finished the band were all huddled together looking at his phone.

"Shirakawa Haru!"

At this time, a voice message came.

New Year's Eve leave

As the title says, why not take a day off on New Year’s Eve and have a good rest?

Here at Parsley, I wish you all a happy new year, a happy New Year’s Eve, and all your wishes come true in the new year.

"May this virtue be preserved for thousands of years. Laugh and enjoy yourself to the fullest, and the joy will never end."

"Everyone is intoxicated by the feast, and may the new year be better than the old."

"Like flowers and leaves, year after year, we share the spring breeze."

Happy New Year, everyone!

Here, Parsley also wishes himself better results in the new year, so that he can spend more time on the instrument and become a cellist.

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Everyone, go to bed early!