Their restricted abilities are refreshed every week.

"No." Lenai said, "This money is all yours."

"But you earned this money yourself," Shirakawa Haru said, "it should be yours."

"Leave it here with you. Treat me to a matcha parfait later," Lenai said. "I also want some candy."

She opened her cherry lips.

Chapter 4.3: The Wisdom of the World: The Beginning of Emergence (k)

After Shirakawa Haru brought Lenai with him, his already high rate of people turning around to look at him became even higher.

Imagine if there was a beautiful silver-haired girl with two-colored eyes following you. Even if this beautiful girl had nothing to do with you, you would become a star in the eyes of the people around you.

Not to mention the silver-haired, cat-like girl who was following you closely, like a cat relying on its owner in an unfamiliar environment, her eyes full of trust and attachment to you. Shirakawa Haru's school was completely unfamiliar to Lenna, otherwise she wouldn't have gotten lost and wandered into the high school music club.

People who are lost will have good luck. If she hadn't been lost, she wouldn't have met Shirakawa Haru now.

The combination of a silver-haired cat with two-colored eyes and the student council president of Hinodemori Academy is simply too eye-catching.

Le Nai wore a black tank top underneath, a loose black T-shirt over it, and her shorts were the perfect length, hitting mid-thigh, showcasing her long, straight thighs. Her thighs were fair and smooth, shimmering softly in the sunlight, radiating youthful vitality and a healthy beauty. The edges of her trousers were meticulously frayed, with a slight rise in the raw edges and a few wisps of tassel-like thread dangling from them. The look was casual yet exuded a sense of uninhibited fashion, as if it were the height of summer.

"I can't eat anymore." Lenai, carrying her guitar bag, her hands full of gifts from various clubs. The baking and cooking clubs gave Shirakawa Haru their baked goods and sweets to showcase today. Shirakawa Haru didn't like them, but Lenai loved them. He fed them all to Lenai, "I'm so full."

"I ate a lot, you should eat too." Lenai said, following behind Shirakawa Haru and stepping on his shadow.

"I don't like sweets very much, and if I eat now, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat anything for lunch." Baichuan Qing flipped over the document on the work board in his hand.

"Don't you want to eat it?" Le Na took out a piece of chocolate from her pocket. After tearing open the wrapper, she stretched out her hand and placed it next to Shirakawa Haru's mouth. "This is delicious. Please have it."

Shirakawa Haru treated her to matcha parfait and formed a band with her. He was very nice to her and was a good person, so she had to be nice to him too.

Lenai always believed in his intuition. Besides, the so-called intuition was actually an impression formed by small details that people could not pay attention to directly.

Baichuan Qing turned his head to look at Lenai, and was about to say, "I don't want to eat it. Lenai, if you like it, eat more." When he suddenly stopped, the chocolate in Lenai's hand was directly stuck to the corner of his mouth.

Shirakawa Haru looked at Lenai, Lenai looked at Shirakawa Haru, the two of them staring at each other blankly, like a human and a cat trying to understand each other's incommunicable language. Lenai's ears twitched like a real cat, and she stuffed the chocolate into Shirakawa Haru's mouth, and the chocolate kept sliding around the corner of Shirakawa Haru's mouth.

Shirakawa Haru couldn't persuade her, so he had to open his mouth. Lenai took this opportunity to put the chocolate into Shirakawa Haru's mouth, and then she laughed.

"Don't do this again next time." Shirakawa Haru sighed and tried to explain to Lenai that such behavior was too intimate for them.

"Is the chocolate delicious?" Le Nai looked at Shirakawa Haru and nodded after hearing his approval. "Yeah, chocolate, delicious." She seemed completely unconcerned with Shirakawa Haru's overly intimate behavior. Shirakawa Haru could tell from her words that Le Nai would probably take the initiative to feed him something in the future.

"Lena, how come you are in the music club here?" asked Shirakawa Haru.

"The pink-haired girl asked us to come. She said there would be a live performance at the Hinodemori Academy Festival and asked us to come and rehearse before the real live performance." Le Na squinted comfortably in the sun. "I'm lost."

Lenai pulled out her phone, unlocked it, and handed it to Shirakawa Haru. Shirakawa Haru took the phone and frowned at the dense red dots on his Line app. There were so many unread messages, and those red dots fluttered around like little bugs in his eyes, urging him to deal with them quickly.

Chihaya Aine kept sending messages to Lena on Line, asking her to tell her where she was so that she could go and pick her up.

At first, Chihaya Aine's tone was still calm, but after half an hour without receiving a reply, her tone became a little agitated, and now the frequency of her sending messages is completely bombarding.

After getting Lena's consent, Shirakawa Haru used her phone to reply to Chihaya Aine, telling her that Aine was with him and that she didn't need to worry about Lena. After doing this, Shirakawa Haru returned the phone to Lena.

"Lena, so you don't even read the messages others send you?" asked Shirakawa Haru.

"I saw it. On the mobile phone interface." Lenai replied.

"That way, even if you read the message, no one else will know, and it's easy to miss information."

"But I've already read their messages," Lenai added, "I'm not very good at using my phone."

Shirakawa Haru was a little surprised, because for Japanese students, using mobile phones and Line is a skill that must be learned, just like eating and drinking. In his opinion, Lenai is like a primitive man living in a cave... However, if Lenai is used as a metaphor, then she should be a mammoth cat or a saber-toothed cat.

Come to think of it, he hadn't officially exchanged names with Lenai yet. He'd learned Lenai's name from a waiter at RING, so maybe Lenai still didn't know his. Logically, Lenai couldn't have been unaware of Shirakawa Haru's name; it would have come up in the band members' daily interactions, but Lenai, a cat-like girl, clearly couldn't use common sense.

Bai Chuanqing felt that he needed to ask:

"Lena, do you know my name?"

Lenai replied:

"I know. Shirakawa Haru."

"Then why don't you call my name when you talk to me?"

"You know who I'm talking to."

"I don't think I've officially told you my name yet."

"I do not have either."

"Shirakawa Haru."

"To Lenai."

"This way we've officially exchanged names."

"Ah."

"Lena, can I take you to Chihaya Aine later?" said Shirakawa Haru.

"Okay." Lenai put the portable speaker in the right position, pushed it forward, and then sat on it. She moved forward like a sled.

Shirakawa Haru followed behind Lenai. Even though they had exchanged names, Lenai still didn't intend to add the prefix of his name when talking to him.

Lenai seemed to believe that this was a meaningless act. Names have had referential meanings since their inception. When she wanted to talk to Shirakawa Haru, even without adding the name, Shirakawa Haru could accurately understand that she was talking to him. Then, adding one's own or the other person's name in the conversation had become a redundancy in their communication, and naturally there was no need to add it.

Lenai felt that even if Shirakawa Haru didn't call her Lenai when talking to her, she would know that Shirakawa Haru was calling her.

Baichuan Qing looked at Le Nai and felt a little helpless. Since she thought so, let her go. He thought that Le Nai was like a willful child who always thought that the world operated according to her own ideas. Although she was a little arrogant, it was unexpectedly in line with her worldview.

A cat-like girl with wild and imaginative ideas...

After Shirakawa Haru and Toyokawa Shoko separated, their work efficiency improved a lot.

Although he was followed by a silver-haired cat named Lenai, Lenai was not only a bit of a nobody, but also had wild ideas and acted on her own, so she had almost no social interaction with Shirakawa Haru, and just kept stuffing desserts and candies into her stomach.

When she meets a pretty female student who she likes and offers her food, she will say "hmm" and let Shirakawa Haru take the sweets from the female student and feed her. When she meets someone she doesn't like or is not interested in, she won't even raise her eyes, always sitting on the small portable speaker and sliding around.

After completing his own work, Shirakawa Haru brought Lenna to Chihaya Aine.

His work finished before the fourth class in the morning, so he had some spare time.

He originally wanted to send Lena to Chihaya Aine earlier, but Lena refused and stayed with him for half the morning.

The hallway outside the utility room was deserted, save for a few worn wooden chairs and an outdated poster on the wall depicting Elvis Presley's face and his signature poses. Shirakawa Haru pushed open the door to the utility room and discovered several beautiful young women sitting inside. Their presence brightened and illuminated the old utility room.

"Tsk...it's finally here." Li Xi said as he sat in front of a drum set. The drumhead was covered with dust, but the center of the drumhead looked very clean compared to the surrounding area.

She has cleaned the drum set.

"The chairman is here!" Chihaya Aine seemed very happy to see Shirakawa Haru. Her voice was more tender and crisp than usual, and the joy in her tone could not be concealed at all.

Takamatsu Deng looked at Chihaya Aine and wondered why Aine was so happy and cheerful when she saw Haru today?

Aine was also very happy during the band rehearsal in RING's music room, but the happiness she felt during the band rehearsal and the happiness she felt now when she saw Haru were completely different...

She wanted to understand the difference between the two.

"It seems that Aine likes Shirakawa-kun very much." Nagasaki Motoyo carried her bass on her back, held her face with her hands, and looked at Chihaya Aine with a smile.

"Haru..." Takamatsu Deng stood up from the corner, and to Shirakawa Haru's astonishment, grabbed his hand and pulled him right in front of his seat.

When she passed by Chihaya Aine, Chihaya Aine looked at her strangely.

Lenai walked in from the utility room pulling a small portable speaker.

She looked at Chihaya Aine and Takamatsu Touma and made a cute humming sound, then hugged Shirakawa Haru in front of them and wiped the syrup on the corner of her mouth on his clothes.

“…” Lenai smiled silently, and the non-existent cat ears on his head trembled slightly.

"It seems that Lena-chan likes Shirakawa-kun too," said Nagasaki Suyo, then she turned her gaze to Shirakawa Haru, "Today is the anniversary of Hinomori Academy. Thank you Shirakawa-kun for inviting us to Hinomori to celebrate the academy festival. In return, we will definitely give Shirakawa-kun a satisfactory answer on the live stage in the small auditorium."

"Moshi, you're making it sound too grand!" Chihaya Aine said, "This is just the Hinode Forest Academy Festival. It happens every year. And even if it weren't for the Academy Festival, it's easy for you to get into Hinode Forest. All you have to do is tell the chairman."

After Chihaya Aine finished speaking, she looked at Shirakawa Haru, like a little girl showing off her boyfriend in front of her best friend.

"You don't need to ask me about this matter, Aine. You can decide it yourself. But except for the day of the school festival, you will be responsible for any losses caused by allowing outsiders to enter the school." Shirakawa Haru said.

"Hmph..." Chihaya Aine snorted. She suspected that Shirakawa Haru had no experience in interacting with girls. Normally at this time he should pat his chest and promise to hug me instead of stating the school rules in such a cold tone.

But that's what makes him lovable.

Chihaya Aine thought that although the word "cute" was difficult to use to describe a boy like the chairman, she just thought he was very cute.

It's like a big bad wolf with the heart of a golden retriever.

Chihaya Aine thinks that the chairman is just such a boy.

"For me, the academy festival that allows me to enter Hinomori Academy is so important." Nagasaki Suyo gently intertwined her fingers, a subconscious action she made when she was thinking deeply.

The security guards in the security office at the entrance of Hinomori Academy are very dedicated to their duties. In the past, Nagasaki Suyo had no way to enter Hinomori Academy through the school gate. If she wanted to climb over the wall to enter, the ubiquitous cameras would definitely capture her.

She knew that Xiangzi was in the academy in Hinomori. She even figured out Xiangzi's seat number and class without relying on anyone else. It was a pity that she never had the chance to enter Hinomori.

Now that the opportunity has come, Nagasaki Suyo feels that she must seize it.

She wants to go to Xiangzi's class, confront Xiangzi in person, and ask her why she left CRYCHIC.

She wanted to tell Xiangzi that CRYCHIC was not disbanded, it was always there, and as long as Xiangzi was willing to come back, CRYCHIC would be resurrected immediately!

Now Gao Songdeng has started a band again, and Li Xi is also there.

As long as they kick the troublesome Chihaya Aine out of the band, CRYCHIC will be halfway revived. Lenai's guitar skills are very impressive. If there is no way to kick her out, keeping her in the band is also a good choice.

Li Xi only listened to Deng, and now Deng only listened to Shirakawa Haru.

As long as she could stabilize Shirakawa Haru, she would have a stable foundation for CRYCHIC. Then she could have a face-to-face conversation with Xiangzi in the afternoon, talk through their conflict, and use Shirakawa Haru's strength to resolve it...

In public, I will definitely have the opportunity to communicate with Xiangzi face to face!

Everyone will be happy then!

Nagasaki Suyo smiled, as if she had already seen that future. The happiness on her face was so real, like a dream that didn't exist in this world.

"Suyo..." Aine looked at Nagasaki Suyo with some worry. Just in that moment, she seemed to see Nagasaki Suyo's extremely twisted inner world.

"Aine-chan, do you want to say something to me?" Nagasaki Motoyo intertwined her fingers with Chihaya Aine and smiled.

"It's okay..." Chihaya Aine suspected that she had seen it wrongly.

"Don't waste time, let's rehearse!" Li Xi said, "If anything goes wrong at the school festival, we'll be so embarrassed."

"Then let's rehearse quickly. I can't wait." Nagasaki Motoyo said with a smile.

Chapter 5.2: Toyokawa Shoko, Lunch Box, Salt (k)

Aine and her friends’ band rehearsal went very smoothly today.

Although their band still has no name, they are able to perform quite well in private rehearsals.

Shirakawa Haru looked at the girls' ensemble and felt that all their efforts so far had not been in vain.

Chihaya Aion's guitar skills improved rapidly in just a few days. Even if she couldn't keep up with the band's overall level, she could at least fool outsiders who were just watching the live performance and didn't know much about it.

Chihaya Aine and the others played several songs one after another.

"How's the Chairman? Our Live?" Chihaya Aine said, "It's pretty impressive, isn't it?"

The air circulation in the utility room was poor and the space was small, so a layer of fine sweat like mist covered the foreheads of several girls in the band.

"It's impressive, but only just okay," Shirakawa Haru commented. "The songs you played all had roughly the same sentiment, and there's no way they'd be eye-opening. In other words, you need a truly great song that carries your own emotions."

"Hey~ Why is that? Chairman, your evaluation is too much." Chihaya Aine sat limply on the wooden chair like a balloon that had been pricked by a needle. "I was hoping to hear you praise our ensemble more."

"I'm half your band's manager, so I have a responsibility to give you an accurate and unbiased evaluation." Shirakawa Haru's expression was a bit serious. "If you show this kind of attitude and level of performance on a formal live stage in front of the audience who paid to support your band, you'll only receive more negative reviews. By then, I hope you can bear the pain of your first official live failure and the pressure from the audience."

"Shirakawa-kun is really strict." Nagasaki Suyo said, "Aine-chan should also work harder."

Nagasaki Motoyo watched the interaction between Shirakawa Haru and Chihaya Aion, covering her mouth with her hands and smiling slightly, but in her heart, she was thinking that she couldn't let Shirakawa Haru and Chihaya Aion continue to communicate like this, otherwise her plan to kick Chihaya Aion out of the band would become increasingly difficult to implement. She clapped her hands, drawing their attention to herself.

"It won't be long before we go on stage to perform in the afternoon, so it's better not to think too much about it now. We should take advantage of the free time now and rehearse for a while longer." Nagasaki Motoyo's remarks were very pertinent.

"Suyo is right," Chihaya Aine nodded, expressing her support for her opinion. "Let's practice a little longer and make these songs even better."

Shirakawa Haru and Riki both agreed, and Deng nodded to indicate that she thought so too.

Lenai looked at Nagasaki Suyo who was smiling, and did not make any further moves.

She subconsciously took a defensive stance towards Nagasaki Suyo. She couldn't understand what other purpose Nagasaki Suyo wanted to achieve through the band, but she could feel that Nagasaki Suyo's purpose was not pure.

Chihaya Aine felt that time would pass very quickly if she stayed in the band for rehearsal.