You are Toyokawa Shoko, then who am I?

"..."

Takamatsu Deng blinked, his gaze moving back and forth between Toyokawa Sho and Riki, finally stopping on Toyokawa Sho.

Toyokawa Sho noticed Takamatsu Deng's gaze and said with a smile, "I think the same as Li Xi. Deng's singing is very powerful and can always resonate with people's hearts. This is a very precious talent. In my heart, you are the most suitable person to be the lead singer."

Gao Songdeng blinked his eyes, and a crystal light passed through his eyes, shining brightly, like two glass beads dipped in honey.

She never thought she had any special talents. From childhood to adulthood, she had always regarded herself as a person who was somewhat out of touch with the world.

Hearing Toyokawa Sho praising her like this, many questions arose in her mind. Was she really who they both said she was?

But facing the other party's gaze that didn't seem fake, Gao Songdeng gradually felt that it didn't matter whether these words were true or false.

The important thing is.

I seem to be very special in the other person's heart.

That alone is enough.

What I have been searching for and hoping for.

Isn't it just the hope that we can be like everyone else, to feel real emotions, to stay in this world, to shed tears when we are sad, and to smile when we are happy, to be a real human being?

"Thank you... Xiang."

Gao Songdeng placed his hands on his chest, and his delicate and well-behaved facial features had completely relaxed their vigilance, becoming extremely soft and cute.

"It's just... if it wasn't because of me, then why did Xiaoxiang... quit the band?"

"Something serious happened at her home. She is no longer the same young lady she used to be."

Toyokawa Sho briefly summarized, "Before she went to see you that day, she had just taken her alcoholic father home from the police station, and she was quite emotionally shaken."

"But that doesn't excuse her from treating you like that. Saying such outrageous things to someone who cares about her doesn't deserve sympathy, no matter who she is. So I won't ask for her forgiveness, but I need to bring her here to apologize to each of you."

"…Something happened at home?"

Gao Songdeng felt her heart ache. She lowered her eyes, covered her chest with her hands, and murmured softly, "So... this is it..."

"Since something happened at home, wouldn't it be better to just tell the situation directly?"

Li Xi frowned. "Let's not even mention that we waited for her for a month. What was the point of her putting on that expression that day as if someone owed her money? Couldn't she just talk to her nicely?"

"I've never suffered so much hardship before, and it's inevitable that I'll have some emotional ups and downs after such a big fall."

Toyokawa Sho just said a few good words on behalf of Toyokawa Shoko.

"Humph……"

Li Xi obviously didn't agree with this statement. Then he thought of something and asked curiously, "Xiang, did you also quit the team in this way?"

Toyokawa Sho shook his head. His situation was very different from Toyokawa Shoko's.

"No, I explained the situation to you guys in the group chat the day after the band's performance. I've met with you guys a few times individually since then, like when she came to see you in the rain that day... This should correspond to the time when I apologized to you guys in order to part ways amicably and bring Crychic back together."

I knew Xiang wouldn't do the same thing as her.

Li Xi breathed a sigh of relief, but his eyes began to become serious. Although the process was different, the outcome of Toyokawa Sho and Toyokawa Xiangzi's withdrawal from Crychic was the same.

That being said.

The family changes that Toyokawa Shoko experienced.

Did Toyokawa Shoya experience this?

If the father is an alcoholic, it means that there may be a problem on the mother's side. If she is no longer the eldest daughter, it means that she may have been kicked out of the family.

Xiang……

How difficult will your life be after this?

"Why are you suddenly handing me potato chips?"

Toyokawa Sho looked at the potato chips that Riki held between his fingers and handed to his mouth.

"...I'm just concerned about you."

Li Xi muttered in a low voice, "Just eat it, idiot."

Looking at Li Xi's sad expression, Fengchuan Xiang was stunned for a moment, then slowly smiled and ate the potato chips that the other party fed him with openness.

"Hmm, it's quite crispy. Have another piece."

"..."

Li Xi didn't say anything, just took another piece of potato chips, and then silently leaned closer to Toyokawa Sho.

The fingers hesitated for a while, and finally did not dare to hold Toyokawa Sho, but they gently touched him.

For those who are in love but dare not express it.

Such a subtle touch already shows great thoughtfulness.

Toyokawa Sho felt a cool touch on his fingers. He glanced down and saw Li Xi putting his hands together, so he let the other person stick to him in such an awkward and cute way.

Just like when I was in school, I would occasionally play with the hair of the girl sitting in front of me.

In fact, how is it possible not to feel some touches?

It’s just that the other person has the same intention as you.

"Okay, let's not talk about sad things anymore. Deng, look, this is a gift that Lixi and I bought for you."

With his other hand, Toyokawa Sho took out the Star Projector and Penguin Encyclopedia from his bag.

“…Ah…thank you…”

Gao Songdeng looked at the two gifts on the table. He first picked up the starry sky projector and took a look at it. This... was the one he had seen online and had always wanted.

Then her eyes swept over to the book next to her, and she looked at the penguin bookmark that was sticking out of the book, and the words "Asahiyama Zoo Limited Edition" printed on the lower right corner of the cover. Her bright eyes suddenly sparkled.

“Um, wait a minute…!”

Gao Songdeng quickly stood up, ran back to his room, and then ran back with a bunch of things in his arms.

"This is an Adelie penguin sticky note... The image on it shows it playing with a fellow penguin using a rock..."

"And this quartz, I once... tried to grind it into chess pieces, just like in the movies..."

"And this is my photo album, and that...if you don't mind..."

Takamatsu Deng seemed to be introducing his own treasure chest, his eyes so bright that it seemed as if there were shining stars living inside.

Although her voice was still very weak, as if she would reveal her hoarseness if she tried harder, after all, she had been practicing singing hard these days, but her tone was very excited, and even her face was filled with a happy smile.

"Lamp, what is this?"

Toyokawa Sho curiously picked up a small notebook from the ground.

“Ah… um, that…!”

Takamatsu Deng's hands and feet suddenly became flustered. He wanted to get his notebook back, but he lost his balance and almost fell on Toyokawa Sho's legs.

"Don't worry, I don't have the same interest as someone else in looking through other people's things."

Seeing that Takamatsu Deng was anxious, Toyokawa Sho returned the notebook in his hand to Takamatsu Deng.

"Thank you, Xiang..."

Gao Songdeng breathed a sigh of relief.

The notebook contained letters she wrote to Toyokawa Shoko and Crychic during this period.

She wrote a lot of things on it, everything she wanted to talk about and say out loud was written on it.

Although she didn't know whether she would have the chance to see Toyokawa Shoko again, she still chose to put her feelings into words.

Even if Crychic can never be reorganized again.

At least... she hoped to preserve Crychic in her memory forever in another form.

……

……

……

"Deng, it's getting late. Li Xi and I will leave first."

Half an hour later.

Toyokawa Sho put all the garbage he had just created into the bag and prepared to go back with Lixi.

When Gao Songdeng heard that they were going to leave, his eyes dimmed a little.

If possible, she hopes to stay like this for a while longer. Since Crychic disbanded, she has never been able to get together with everyone in the band like this.

But he couldn't just leave Toyokawa Sho and Riki at home.

Let’s not talk about whether mom and dad will agree or not——

"Toyokawa-kun, are you guys going back now?"

Takamatsu Yuji pushed open the bedroom door. For the past half hour, he had been sticking to the bedroom door listening to any movement.

This was the first time in more than a decade that he heard his daughter being able to happily interact with others like today.

lamp……

Don't worry.

Dad will help defend your friendship!

"Yes, uncle, it's almost ten o'clock. It will be too late if we don't go back now."

Toyokawa Sho turned around and said.

"It's really too late. The security situation hasn't been very good recently. There are always some horrific cases reported on the TV news. I never dare to let Deng go out alone at night."

Takamatsu Yuji guided him step by step.

"It's normal for parents to worry about their children. If I were a parent, I would definitely not worry about my child walking alone at night."

Toyokawa Sho replied politely.

"Yeah, it's horrible outside, so why don't you guys stay here tonight?"

Takamatsu Yuji smiled slightly, revealing his amazing wisdom.

"what?"

Someone made a confused sound.

99

Chapter 99: Tatsuki Shiina is expected to go to Oita again.

Shiina Riki thought that one day he and Takamatsu Deng would become good friends who could talk about anything.

But she never thought that she would live in Takamatsu Deng's house.

She never thought that Toyokawa Sho would stay and live with her.

The gift from fate was so sudden that she was still a little confused and had a dazed expression. She didn't recover even after sitting down to eat.

Especially seeing Takamatsu Deng sitting next to him, picking at his bowl and chopsticks like a chicken pecking at rice, while someone sat opposite him, chatting with Takamatsu Yuji like a pair of old friends who met too late...

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem real.

Instead, it was more like an absurd dream, and dreams were the only way to explain why things turned out this way.

Just now, when she called her family and told them that she was staying at a friend's house, her old father on the other end of the phone thought she was joking. He said in a serious tone that she had finally grown up and could even talk about such humorous things with her father.

She resisted the urge to hang up the phone, sighed and said it was true.

then.

After half an hour.

She saw her father driving downstairs.

The other party looked solemn, like an elite agent ready for battle.

First, he opened the trunk and stuffed a big bag of snacks that he had carefully selected into Lixi's pocket, followed by a change of clothes, toothpaste and toothbrush, and a bag of good wine and cigarettes in his hand, saying that he wanted to go up and get to know Takamatsu Yuji.

Li Xi originally thought that it was no big deal. Just get to know each other. What happens between adults has nothing to do with children. If the parents of both sides know each other, her relationship with Gao Songdeng will become closer in the future.