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A soft, yet loud sound came from the speaker.

While listening, Shirakawa Haru kept watching Li Xi out of the corner of his eye. To Lenai who was not far away, this action was simply performance art.

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After a few seconds, another voice message popped up.

"If you want to apologize to Xiao Lixi, give her a panda. She loves anything related to pandas."

Shirakawa Haru was stunned when he heard this.

Where can I get a panda now? Should I call Chi You and ask him to airdrop his divine beast over to me?

You can’t even dream of such a fantastic scene!

[Shirakawa Haru: Is there any other method? ]

This was followed by a tearful expression.

This time the conversation lasted an unusually long time. Bai Chuanqing thought for a moment, then placed the phone upside down on the table and coughed softly, "Um, order."

Then I could feel Shiina Riki walking towards me with obvious murderous intent.

The footsteps stopped heavily.

"explain."

The cold words were as sharp as if squeezed out from between teeth.

"A tricolor ice cream ball, thank you..."

She specially ordered an ice cream that took a long time to make, and then Shirakawa Haru tried to smile to ease the relationship with the other party.

But Shiina Riki had already turned around and left, leaving only a cold snort.

Baichuan Qing could only smile bitterly.

If you accidentally click on a mine that starts at 0 frames, no one can defend against it.

Fortunately, at this moment, his cell phone vibrated again.

This is the next voice message from Maki-san!

Chapter 29: Equality puts pressure on everyone

Clicking on the voice chat, Maki's soft voice slowly flowed out: "If the situation is urgent, Xiaoqing, just apologize directly. Xiao Lixi will forgive you. She is also a softie at home~"

Apologize directly.

This is the method given by Sister Maki.

Baichuan Qing sat in his seat and thought for a while, and roughly figured out the cause and effect of Li Xi's anger.

Maybe Lixi really doesn't like people discussing her and her sister Maki together.

Come to think of it, when everyone calls you "Shiina Maki's sister" instead of your name, it might be okay once or twice, but if it happens too often, you'll inevitably get annoyed.

"Don't I have a name?"

Shiina Riki must have said something like this.

But this is understandable - Shirakawa Haru has never heard of "Shiina Tatsuki" winning any famous awards since she was a child, but the other one is very familiar to her.

"It must be difficult to have such an outstanding sister..."

Shirakawa Haru sighed, not knowing what Yuki had thought of her in the past - but in her memory, whenever Yuki heard the name "Haru's sister", she seemed to stride with pride.

It's like a weak body becomes healthy again.

Apologize directly - Shirakawa Haru thinks that the meaning of "directly" here is probably more about being "frank and sincere" rather than just a perfunctory verbal statement.

Inferring from this, part of Lixi's personality is undoubtedly the straightforwardness she just revealed, and she must have a great need for "recognition from others."

We can launch an attack from here later.

He looked up and stared at the top of Li Xi's head who was working for a long time before he saw two entries.

The first one was a regular name entry, while the second one was actually a purple entry that was very rare in ordinary people.

"Tatsuki Shiina"

Talent or hard work

Effect: After forming a group with Shiina Riki that she approves of:

Those who are stronger than her but work harder than her will have their pressure level remain unchanged, but their progress speed will increase slightly;

Those who are stronger than her but not as hardworking as her will experience increased pressure and their progress will increase;

Those who are not as strong as her but work harder than her will have their pressure value slightly increased and their progress speed greatly increased;

Those who are less capable and less hardworking than her will experience a significant increase in stress, and their rate of improvement will change to unknown levels."

"——The Shiina family has two daughters, one is Shiina Maki and the other is Shiina Riki."

Note: The effect of this entry changes linearly. The above effect is shown for ease of introduction.

Note: This entry's effect may not apply to certain candidates or may change their effect.

The long list of entry introductions almost covered Shirakawa Haru's vision.

He was stunned for a moment, then held his breath after carefully reading the entry introduction.

Oh my god, a group halo type entry.

I didn’t expect that there would actually be such an entry that has nothing to do with itself… Ms. Lixi, you are really a team player.

——But if you think about it carefully, the effect of this entry is not entirely positive.

If you're not careful, this might turn into a group debuff.

Double-edged sword says yes.

——A drummer who urges everyone to improve together behind the scenes, sounds good.

It's just that the pressure will be a little bit greater.

But Shirakawa Haru thought that Chihaya Aine would definitely like such talents - after all, she was the former student council president, so what if she felt a little pressure?

Things like mediating relationships between team members should be what the student council president is best at.

After seeing the purple entry above Li Xi's head, Shirakawa Haru became more determined to get him into the anon band - after all, it wouldn't put any pressure on him.

And if the anon band will disband because of this, it would be better not to form it in the first place.

——Shirakawa Haru believes that Aion’s goal is to at least become a pro-level semi-commercial band, so Li Xi’s entry naturally has more advantages than disadvantages.

Based on the principle of fulfilling one's promise to others, it would naturally be best to incorporate Li Xi into the anon band.

Listening to the sound of the ice cream machine working, Shirakawa Haru memorized her name [Shiina Riki] in her mind again to prevent herself from making a slip of the tongue later.

Click.

The sound of the ice cream machine fell silent.

Instead, there was the dull sound of strings from Lenai, who was already itching to play the electric guitar that had not yet been plugged in.

pat pat pat.

Along with the footsteps came Li Xi's flat and emotionless voice: "Three-color ice cream balls, enjoy."

A rather beautifully shaped ice cream ball was placed in front of Shirakawa Haru. He stared at the hand that handed him the small bowl of ice cream and suddenly spoke:

"Shiina Riki-san."

He could see the hand that was about to retract pause.

But no voice answered.

So Shirakawa Haru turned around and met the expressionless black-haired employee's eyes. He said solemnly, "I'm sorry."

Shiina Riki stopped walking and stared at Shirakawa Haru's serious expression for a while. After a few seconds, he sneered, "You are a little different from the others..."

"If you do something wrong, you should apologize. It's only natural." Shirakawa Haru replied calmly, his eyes sincere. "I made the same mistake as many people before. It was a mistake caused by inertia. I don't intend to deny it."

"But now I will apologize to you directly - I will try hard to think about what went wrong and solve it after making a mistake, which is what makes me different from others."

He extended his hand towards Shiina Riki, whose expression changed slightly: "Well, let's get to know each other again, Shiina Riki-san."

"——My name is Shirakawa Haru, and I want to invite you to join my band."

Not far away, the guitar that Lenai was holding was finally powered up. She looked at the two of them with an interested smile, and then the frantic guitar melody swept the entire cafe.

In the silent eye contact amidst the clamor, Shiina Riki thought again of his sister's praise and evaluation of this guy.

Now it seems that he really deserves it.

Holding the hand with a white back and calloused palm, Shiina Riki was stunned again, then curled his lips and said his name in an aggressive tone:

"Shiina Riki——you do have a bit of an interesting side to you."

Their hands separated as soon as they touched. Shirakawa Haru breathed a sigh of relief and nodded happily, "So, what about the band?"

"He wanted to recruit me into the band the first time we met."

Shiina Riki snorted coldly: "I really doubt what's going on in your head to ask such an impossible question."

Shirakawa Haru shrugged: "I'm just asking. Shiina-san won't get angry over such a small matter, right?"

Li Xi didn't answer, but curled his lips as a sign of agreement.

Not far away, Le Na looked at Riki, then at Shirakawa Haru, and uttered a happy phrase during the last strum of this section: "300 yen man, interesting..."

The sound of the electric guitar paused, and at this moment, a gray-haired girl wearing clothes similar to those of a fisherman walked timidly into the store.

Shiina Riki, who happened to have turned his gaze in that direction, froze in his place and uttered the girl's name in disbelief:

"lamp?!"

Chapter 30: Triangles are stable

Before the word "lamp" came out of his mouth, Li Xi covered it back into his mouth.

——Don’t react too much, or you’ll scare the lamp.

Takamatsu Deng, who had just picked up stones by the river and was wearing a white long shirt and vest on the upper body and khaki shorts on the lower body, stepped carefully into the edge of the cafe.

She looked up in some confusion, as if she heard someone calling her name.

"Shiina-san, why did you suddenly lower your head?"

"shut up!"

Under Shirakawa Haru's strange gaze, Shiina Riki covered his mouth and lowered his head, and his cheeks suddenly became a little red.

He thought to himself that he had done nothing.

"I...I'm leaving first!"

After saying that, Li Xi walked back into the kitchen carrying the small wooden plate, leaving Baichuan Qing confused.

But soon, his attention was drawn to the sound behind him.

Because someone is calling my name.

"Shirakawa-kun!"

Shirakawa Haru turned around and saw Takamatsu Deng, who was delighted but also a little surprised.

She was walking towards here in small steps, saying uncertainly: "Is it time to gather now? Am I late..."

"No, it's you who turned on the lights half an hour earlier. Your sense of time is really great."

Seeing Takamatsu Deng coming, Shirakawa Haru no longer sat at the bar, but sat at a small round table with a half-drunk and untouched three-color ice cream ball.

Gao Songdeng hesitated for a moment and sat down opposite him.

——How come Deng knows this guy!

Hiding behind the wooden door of the back kitchen, Li Xi left a crack to observe the light coming to RING alone.

Her original intention was to tidy up her clothes before going out, but she didn't expect Deng to sit at the same table with Shirakawa Haru.

Two people came to the cafe...a man and a woman.