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Lost Star Chapter 59 Summer Time Record: Chapter Miscellaneous

"--lamp."

When the music stopped, Shoko Toyokawa's clear voice like a spring sounded in the recording studio.

The blue-haired girl blinked her amber eyes with concern, looking at Gao Songdeng's back. Deng could only curl up timidly, looking at the worry on her face through the reflection of the dance mirror.

Xiangzi only heard a confused tone: "I feel that Deng is a little absent-minded today?"

"Eh? Oh, yes, I'm sorry." Gao Songdeng subconsciously lowered his head and stared at the microphone mesh: the mesh was intertwined, as if allowing people to bury the words in their hearts deeply in it and convey them through the sound and the singing.

Even if she just wanted to make the speakers vibrate, she had to use all her strength to do it...

Toyokawa Shoko shook her head. "It's okay. Can you tell me what happened?"

"...I'm just a little concerned."

Holding the microphone in both hands, the lights slowly turned to the corner of the recording studio.

"Um, why is Zheli here...?"

"..."

In the corner of the recording studio, a man wearing full-face headphones and moving the mouse in front of the computer screen paused, took off the headphones, turned his head, and blinked at Gao Songdeng.

"Sorry, did I disturb you?"

Deng raised his head hurriedly, "No! It's just, I-"

"—It's normal for the light to feel uncomfortable, right?"

Shiina Riki crossed his arms, glanced sideways at Baoden Zheli, and stamped his feet in frustration.

"Why in the world do you have to be in the studio while we're practicing?"

“…” The recording studio, which originally had some redundant noise, became completely quiet after this sentence.

until,

"Lixi."

Nagasaki Suyo narrowed her eyes and shouted in a calm voice.

Shiina Riki paused for a moment, then closed his mouth as if choking, but the displeasure on his face did not diminish at all. Instead, it became even more intense because he did not vent it.

Toyokawa Shoko tried to smooth things over: "Mr. Zheli should be——"

"No. It's really my problem."

Baodeng Zheli interrupted Xiangzi.

"Sushi, it's okay." He smiled, stood up, and first waved his hand gently to Sushi, then turned to Shiina Riki and lowered his head slightly: "I'm sorry, this is indeed not something that must be completed now. I shouldn't have disturbed your practice. Since Denghui is nervous, I'll go out first."

“—That, that!”

Deng spoke almost the moment he finished speaking.

The girl's expression was tense and stiff, but her eyes were staring straight at Zhe Li, with no intention of avoiding him at all.

"During the official performance, there will definitely be a lot of people... So, that's—"

She took a deep breath at the end and then slowly uttered the last sentence:

"You don't have to leave, it's okay."

"—In other words, it's part of the practice!"

Su Shi walked over with a smile and took Deng's hand, temporarily diverting Deng's attention away from Zhe Li.

"Xiao Deng is truly amazing for actively wanting to overcome obstacles!"

"Eh? Ah, well... I don't have any either..."

Gao Songdeng didn’t actually think that much.

She just subconsciously didn't want the man to leave because of her.

"If Deng says so, then it's alright." Shiina Riki sighed silently, then noticed Nagasaki Suyo's vague gaze, and his eyes twitched slightly. He stood up and also bowed slightly to Zheli: "So, that—I'm sorry. I was too harsh just now."

Su Shi's light voice came from the side: "Little Li Xi is also amazing for being able to apologize properly."

"...It's so noisy."

Li Xi glared at her smug smile.

Seeing that the dispute was once again easily resolved with Su Shi's intervention, Xiangzi felt relieved but also a little distressed.

Now it feels like I haven't accomplished anything?

I have to compose the music for "Haruhi Shadow" as soon as possible...!

"Is Mr. Zheli composing music?" she asked as if to divert her attention.

"Ah, that's right. After you explained it a few days ago, we've been making pretty fast progress." Bao Deng Zheli spread his hands and gave a helpless smile. "I've been working on a few demos in a row and they all seem pretty good, so I decided to put some finishing touches on them before I go out. I figured I'd wear noise-canceling headphones so I wouldn't disturb you guys... I didn't expect my mere presence here would have an impact."

Gao Songdeng lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry."

Every time CRYCHIC started practicing, Bao Deng Zheli would open the door for them, connect the equipment, and debug it before leaving. Today, after he finished the adjustments, he sat down at the computer desk in the corner of the recording studio.

Deng was quite curious about this at the time.

But before she could ask, everyone from CRYCHIC had already taken their positions skillfully, so she had no choice but to start singing obediently.

But Gao Songdeng didn't understand why, just because she realized that she was in the same space with Bao Deng Zeli, she couldn't speak as smoothly as the previous times.

The computer loaded with the arrangement software was not so much in the corner of the studio as it was located next to the entrance of the studio, a small space next to the porch. Even the full-length dance mirror that took up an entire wall of the studio could not reflect his busy figure working on the screen.

But Deng inexplicably cared more about it: after singing a few lines, he couldn't help but shift his gaze to the side.

She was not very good at singing to begin with, and she was constantly distracted, so naturally she didn't sing well.

Zhe Li waved his hand at her, "Don't apologize. This isn't your fault."

Deng looked at him in a daze.

The gently swaying big hand seemed to be caressing her head.

I feel a little relieved...

"—So, should we continue practicing?"

When God was padding the word count, it was Shiina Tachikawa who spoke up and advanced the story.

"Xiao Deng, are you okay?" Su Shi asked, reaching out and gently patting Deng's shoulder.

Deng quietly turned to Su Shi and nodded hesitantly at that kind smiling face: "...Yeah."

"I also hope that everyone can cooperate more..." Xiangzi crossed his arms, put his fingers on his chin, and looked distressed. "But first we have to find a way to solve the problem of the lights being nervous in front of the audience."

"I! I will...do my best..."

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, Deng," Xiangzi smiled at her reassuringly. "Give me a little more time, and I'll be able to finish 'Spring Shadow'. Since it's Deng's song, I'm sure Deng can sing it well!"

"Eh. Ah, um, um!" Takamatsu Deng subconsciously shrank his shoulders.

"As for now..."

Toyokawa Shoko suddenly looked up.

That blooming smile shines on everyone like the sun.

"Everyone should be familiar with 'I Want to Be Human' by now, so how about we focus on 'making the lights function stably' as our main practice goal?"

"That's a good idea." Su Shi was the first to agree.

"I also... want to try it." Deng stared at Xiangzi seriously and said.

Li Xi looked at the light and closed his eyes, "I don't care."

Mu, who originally didn't want to talk, saw Su Shi looking at her with a smile on her face. Her usually expressionless face seemed to have a hint of helplessness between her brows. She slowly nodded, "...Yeah."

"So, 'Typhoon' practice?"

Baodeng Zheli thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"In that case, I have an idea..."

Lost Star Chapter 60 Summer Time Record: The sound of the beginning of Chapter

"so slow."

Yao Lenai looked at Baodeng Zheli calmly. His eyes, one gold and one blue, seemed to be flickering with dissatisfaction.

However, Zhe Li didn't indulge her. He transformed his palm into a knife and tapped her forehead lightly. He snorted at her face as she covered her forehead and looked up, "Is it your turn to say? Who is usually the one who is late the most?"

"LIVE, I'm not late." Lenai retorted unconvincedly.

"Then come to practice on time too." Zhe Li was not distracted by her.

So Lenai turned her face away, looked into the distance, and whispered as if pouting, "Boring man."

The bored man reached out and pulled up the little girl's soft cheek.

"So many people..."

Gao Songdeng looked left and right, subconsciously took a few steps forward, and hid in Baodeng Zheli's shadow.

Noticing the appearance of the lamp, Le Nai suddenly stopped struggling, and Zhe Li also let go of her hand. Then the silver-haired girl walked around Zhe Li and stared at the lamp.

stare--

"Eh? U-Um, Lenai-chan, is there something on my face...?"

"...Interesting woman."

Lenai suddenly opened his eyes wide again, as if an exclamation mark appeared in his head, and spoke to the light.

Oh, it seems that I recognized Takamatsu Deng.

Zheli was about to explain to Lenai why he brought the lamp with him, but unexpectedly, the little cat, who was always very frugal with words, started talking again:

"Tomoya, do you want to go live?"

And I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but he immediately told the reason why the light appeared.

"LIVE on the road..." Nagasaki Motoyo, who was hanging a little distance away with everyone else, arrived late.

She first looked at Lenai, who was pulling the small trailer, and then at Zheli, who was pulling the large trailer—which contained a piano, effects pedals, and several speakers—and frowned slightly at her beloved, slightly annoyed.

"Although it's certainly more spacious than a live house or recording studio, and there's plenty of room for an audience...but wouldn't it be too much pressure for Xiao Deng to perform officially all at once?"

"Mr. Sushi is worrying too much." This time, it was Toyokawa Shoko who chuckled. "I believe Mr. Zheli must have his own considerations."

"...It's rare that I agree with you." Shiina Riki muttered.

"Yeah. Don't worry, I just told you, I'll just ask her to do the backing vocals, and Lenai can sing too."

Zhe Li turned on the turn signal. The gray-haired girl still hid in Zhe Li's shadow, huddled up, timidly looking at the people passing by on the street. Occasionally, when passers-by looked over curiously, she couldn't help but shake her shoulders.

Zhe Li reached out and patted her upper arm. "It's okay even if you really can't sing. First get used to being on stage, then learn to make sounds, step by step. You just need to do your best. ...Here, here are the lyrics. If you still can't remember the melody, you can listen to Le Na sing it first and then add the second verse."

Deng took a piece of printed paper that was simply stapled together with a stapler. He could still smell a hint of ink.

That's right, Zheli and Le Nai have practiced so many times, and they're both so talented, they probably have memorized the sheet music, not just the lyrics. On the other hand, I'm a temporary, insignificant backing vocalist who still needs to hold onto the lyrics book to sing along...

I--

Deng's fingertips holding the lyrics book unconsciously exerted force, leaving shallow wrinkles on the brand new white paper.

……

As summer approaches, it is becoming increasingly difficult to book live houses "RiNG" and "CiRCLE".

The reason why the word "girl" is included in the name of the "big girl band era" is precisely because both the performers and the audience are young girls - and in Japan, most young girls have to go to school, so every long holiday is when major performance venues become popular.

The reason why CRYCHIC had to use Nascita’s recording studio every day during the Golden Week was because of this: he couldn’t make an appointment!

Similarly, even though Zheli wanted to book his next performance right after the previous live, he ended up having to wait until the middle of the next month—not to mention Golden Week, there wasn't even a single available time slot for them in May! Clearly, many others had similar ideas, but they were already several steps ahead of him.

But although Bao Deng Zheli was smart, Lenai was still unhappy, so Zheli thought of another place besides Live House that could satisfy Lenai's desire to perform -

LIVE on the road (roadside concert)!

Indeed, not every application for road use permit from the police will be approved. This is because most people who choose to LIVE on the road have PR (publicity) needs, so the time and location are limited: usually, the options they prefer are when the roads are most congested. The government takes traffic demand into consideration, so the approval rate will of course be lower.

But Zheli and Lena didn't need those mundane things. Just a place to set up a stage was enough for them.