Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

"I..." Gao Songdeng opened his lips, but a nearly hoarse cry came out: "Did I sing well...?"

"What are you talking about, Lantern!"

After a tight hug, Li Xi took a half step back and grasped Deng's shoulders, as if trying to pass on the power of faith through her arms. She gave Deng a smile she had never seen before, a smile that was incredibly bright:

“It was simply the best performance ever!”

"That's right, Deng." Xiangzi also nodded with a smile. Just like the moment when he reached out to her among the falling spring flowers. "It's a more, more exciting performance than any previous practice!"

And, Nagasaki Suyo finally stepped out from in front of the curtain and looked at the lamp with a smile on her face.

"Xiao Deng, you sang very well."

Li Xi glared at her, "What kind of understatement is that?"

"How can I say that lightly!" Su Shi wrinkled his nose and snorted, "I've always been serious."

"I wish I could be more serious when practicing bass."

"Hmm, huh?" Deng glanced back and forth at the two of them and nodded quickly. "Um, thank you, Sushi."

"Has Xiao Deng almost come to his senses?" Su Shi saw Gao Songdeng had returned to his usual timid yet lively appearance, like a small animal. He chuckled softly, then suddenly clapped his hands, looked around at everyone, and said, "Why don't we have a celebration banquet after we get back?"

Li Xi raised an eyebrow, "You really are... you want to hold a party right after the performance?"

"Eh—, isn't it because the performance was such a success that I should treat myself?"

As Li Xi was going against his will almost once a day, Su Shi rarely put his hands on his hips and spoke in a slightly serious tone.

Seeing her serious expression, Li Xi paused, crossed his arms and turned his head away.

"...Hmph. Deng has certainly tried very hard... I'll just agree with you this time."

Lixi, is Deng your father?

Su Shi tried her best to suppress the smile on her face until her pocket vibrated. Then she breathed a sigh of relief and took out her phone to take a look. "Ah. Zhe Li said he was waiting for us outside."

"Do you still want to continue watching the LIVE?"

Gao Songdeng was the first to shake his head, "I want to go back."

When she regained consciousness, the audience's cheers once again seemed particularly jarring. Now, let alone returning to the stage, the mere thought of joining the crowd to enjoy the other bands' performances made her feel dizzy.

"Where's Xiao Mu?"

"……go back."

"Then let's pack up and leave!"

●

"A celebration party? Good idea."

After the group returned to Nascita, Su Shi proposed his idea to Zhe Li.

Zhe Li patted his chest as usual and said confidently, "Hehe, let me show you some of my skills."

"Show me your hand?"

"Look."

Zheli handed Xiangzi a menu.

Xiangzi quickly noticed a difference from Nascita's previous menu: coffee and tea were now grouped under the "Drinks" category. Turning the page, she found a new category called "Staple Meals." This included the pasta and curry dishes they'd previously ordered, as well as risotto, pork chop rice, and other dishes—all very appetizing.

"Oh?" Su Shi came over to take a look and said, "Zhe Li finally thought of changing the menu?"

"What are you talking about? It just took a while to take the photo."

Carefully cooking a dish, finding a good angle to photograph it, transferring it to the computer for post-processing, and then printing it out as a menu...especially with so many dishes to prepare, it still takes a lot of time. Although it took so long, it was actually just laziness.

Li Xi didn't even need to look too closely; the menu, filled with pictures, was clear at a glance. "Hey, it looks pretty good."

Deng first glanced at Xiangzi, who was looking down at the menu at the table opposite him, then looked up at Zheliu, who was sitting at the table, and whispered, "Anything... is OK?"

"Well, just order whatever's on the menu. Just treat it as a preview for tomorrow. I don't want to be scrambled when we officially open."

Although he doesn't care much about business, since he is responsible for the fate of the entire store, he is willing to make some appropriate changes: it is a simple coffee shop with no big shopping malls around it, and he thinks few people will be willing to come from far away to drink a cup of coffee.

If we sell some delicious food that can serve as a full meal and turn this small space into a cozy light meal restaurant, maybe neighbors or people passing by in their cars would be willing to come in and sit down.

Although I don't care much about business.

"Do you need it? I don't think I've seen any other guests." Li Xi glanced at him dimly.

Zhe Li's eyes widened. "Idle time doesn't mean there are no customers... Idle time!... How can a coffee shop be considered as having no customers?"

There were a series of difficult-to-understand words, such as "hidden dragons and crouching tigers" and "easy work", which made everyone laugh: the store was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Li Xi looked at him acting weird on purpose, with a helpless smile on his face and a sigh in his heart.

While CRYCHIC's recording studio was free, they still paid for food and drinks. Compared to the pricey restaurants in the shopping district, Nascita's prices were far more affordable, and they also had free practice space—a rare opportunity for Shiina Ritsuki, who had already planned to find a part-time job to save money after entering high school.

Even though Xiangzi mentioned that she could pay for the expenses of all the band members, Lixi couldn't accept it so comfortably.

To be honest, if the business here was better, she wouldn't mind applying for a job here in the future... But after a long period of observation, apart from CRYCHIC, the business here, although not zero, is probably less than one group of customers a day!

The food tastes good; even though it is located in an alley, it is at least near Mejiro Station and cannot be considered remote.

But there aren't many customers. Those who have been here before will never come back to buy from us.

It's like this cafe has disappeared from the map. Once you step out of the door, you will completely forget about it.

"A celebration banquet. A celebration banquet..."

Su Shi was looking at the menu in thought when she heard a low murmur from the table across from her. She put the menu down and turned it around to let the light show it. Then she said to Li Xi, "Little Li Xi, what are you mumbling about?"

"Nothing. It's just..." Riki turned his head to look at Zheli, who was waiting for his order at the table. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Kaname Rakuna sitting at the counter eating a matcha parfait. He said, "Shouldn't you two have a celebration party too?"

"Hmm?" Zhe Li blinked.

"No. That—"

Li Xi seemed to find it difficult to bear Zhe Li's gaze. He turned his face away and muttered:

"As much as I hate to admit it, your performance was more 'successful' than ours. If we're all having a 'celebration party', shouldn't you be celebrating even more?"

“…….” “…….”

Zhe Li and Su Shi looked at each other and fell silent at the same time.

"W-What are you doing? Talk something."

Shiina Riki shouted slightly embarrassedly.

Su Shi tilted her head to look at Zhe Li again, a smile suddenly forming on her lips——

"Yeah! That's right!"

Li Xi's eyes widened, "Huh? What does that smile of yours mean?"

"Little Lenai~" Su Shi deliberately ignored her and spoke to the silver-haired girl at the counter: "Would you like to have afternoon tea with us?"

Lenai turned around when she heard the greeting, and tilted her head after listening, "Afternoon tea? Matcha, we already have it."

"Besides matcha, what else do you want to eat?"

Lenai turned his chair, facing Sushi, thought for a few seconds, and said, "Buckwheat."

"Zheli, do you have buckwheat?"

"Yes. It's for this brat."

"I want to eat." Lenai jumped off the chair and ran to Su Shi.

Su Shi pulled out a chair beside the table and said, "Then sit here."

"Yeah." Le Nai plopped down on the chair, then looked up and said to Zhe Li, "Matcha parfait."

"Yes, yes, I'll get it for you. Why didn't you get it yourself?"

"forgotten."

"..."

Shiina Riki stared at the scene blankly.

Nagasaki Suyo, who was sitting at the opposite table, made a tent with her hands, rested her chin on it, and looked at her with a smile.

"Just as Xiao Lixi said, let's have a celebration party together."

“…I didn’t say we wanted to be together.”

Li Xi closed his eyes and decided to adopt the out of sight, out of mind approach.

……

But, this is not bad.

Lost Star Chapter 74 Summer Record: Chapter June Rain

After eating and drinking, everyone sat in their seats to digest the food.

Baodeng Zheli returned to the counter, his exclusive seat, and looked at his phone with a smile.

And Nagasaki Suyo quickly came over and asked, "What is Zheli looking at?"

"Look, there's a tag for our band on Twitter." He showed the picture to Su Shi.

"what?"

Su Shi first spent half a second to interpret the meaning of Zhe Li's words before fixing his gaze on the screen.

"Samurai Heart" is so powerful, worth the price of admission! #LostBand

"Blue Bookmark" truly captures my youth. A must-hear live cover by Lost Band.

[Reply: You are only sixteen years old, right?]

Last time I could only hear it through a recording, but this time I finally got to hear "Tan Tian" live! I feel like I'm starting to like rainy days... #LostBand

"Wow, all these compliments!"

Su Shi spoke loudly, but her beautiful eyes were fixed on the last article.

Humph. It was clearly me first...

"I was also quite surprised." Zhe Li didn't pay attention to her little action and sighed to himself.

Because of the Blood Star's physical gifts, it's difficult for him to objectively judge his own performances, and the reactions from the crowd are sometimes simply due to the atmosphere, not entirely proportional to the performance on stage. Now that their group has a name, we can finally see the concert review articles.

As for my thoughts - to be honest, I'm quite happy.

Su Shi suddenly raised her voice and said to herself, "Will we at CRYCHIC have it too?"

Zheli nodded, "There will be some, too. Shiina-san has already started looking into it."

"Varied--"

Shiina Riki's hands trembled and he almost dropped his phone, glaring at Zheli angrily.

"Oh, really! So many thoughts. ... Look." Su Shi swiped her phone after Zhe Li spoke, opened the search page she'd previously entered, updated it, and then walked over to Takamatsu Deng and showed her the screen. "'Deeply moved,' 'Looking forward to your future performance,' 'Can't stop crying,'"

Gao Songdeng's gaze followed Su Shi's recitation, chasing each article.

Until Su Shi suddenly shut up, Deng read down another line in confusion——

The lead singer works too hard.

“————…….”

The girl slowly opened her eyes.

……tinnitus.

Nagasaki Suyo was saying something in her ear, but a strong tinnitus drowned it out.

...the lead singer...he's working so hard...

She held her breath for a moment, then a second, before finally fleeing back to the real world in a hurry.

"—'The lead singer is working too hard'?! This guy doesn't understand anything!"

The lamp instinctively followed the sound.

Shiina Ritsuki's anger was visibly evident. That expression was completely different from when Sushi was teasing her, or when Zheli was deliberately teasing her. At this moment, her eyes seemed to be literally spitting fire.