Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

"I'm going to block him."

"Xiao Lixi, it's better to silence than to block."

Su Shi said softly. She looked down at Deng's face, which was expressionless or perhaps inexpressible, a face that was a little frightening. She swiped the page again, flicking the critical article off the screen.

"Look, there are still many people praising us."

“…Yeah.” Takamatsu Deng clenched his fists.

Moved by the song. Moved by the singing.

Let the emotions that are triggered flow out as tears.

People like that do exist.

"..."

Gao Songdeng looked at Su Shi's mobile phone screen silently.

But, right now, this feeling in my heart...

And why can't I express my feelings to her beside me in the form of tears?

————Snap.

Suddenly, a quick muffled sound interrupted the sound.

The ringing sound that always lingered in my ears seemed to quietly escape in this oppression.

Su Shi looked up in the direction of the voice, "Xiao Xiang?"

It was Toyokawa Shoko. She rudely slammed her phone on the table.

Is Xiaoxiang even this angry? ——She originally thought so, and then she looked carefully at Xiangzi's expression.

Nagasaki Suyo's eyes widened in surprise.

She couldn't imagine that she would see such an expression on Toyokawa Shoko's face.

…There was no anger in those eyes.

More like, some kind of—

Perhaps it can be called the emotion of "fear".

……

……

Or maybe it was just an illusion.

"Good morning, Sushi-kun."

"Yeah. Good morning, Xiaoxiang."

When we met in the morning, her smile was still as bright as a well-cared-for sunflower.

During breaks, Nagasaki Suyo would deliberately pass by Class C of the third grade of junior high school. Through the window, she would see Xiangzi chatting with her classmates with a relaxed expression, sometimes even smiling, and her emotions were exactly the same as her in CRYCHIC.

A Xiangzi like that made Su Shi feel a little relieved.

"Xiao Mu."

"...Su Shi."

Next to the school building in Tsuki no Mori, there is a small vegetable garden belonging to the Gardening Department.

Mutsumu Wakaba, who joined the gardening club, often comes here to water the potted plants when he has no after-school schedule.

"Are you going to CRYCHIC practice today?"

The dripping of the kettle stopped abruptly.

Ruoye Mu paused, and after a few seconds, he turned his head to look at Su Shi, "Do you have a reservation?"

Su Shi shook his head and smiled. "Not at first. Xiao Mu hasn't read the message yet, right? Li Xi said his performance wasn't good earlier and he wanted to practice more, so he asked if we should practice extra today."

Ruoye Mu tilted the kettle again, allowing the thin column of water to reflect a crystal-like glow in the setting sun.

"I'll be there."

"That's great! Lixi will definitely be very happy too." Although he certainly wouldn't show it on his face.

Su Shi smiled and took out her phone from her schoolbag, turned on the screen and took a look -

"……what?"

"Hmm?" There was obvious confusion in Su Shi's voice, which made Ruoye Mu look at him sideways.

Su Shi noticed her gaze and simply clicked on the message, flipping the phone over and showing it to Mu: "Xiao Xiang said, 'I have something to do today and can't attend.' Although it was a last-minute invitation, schedule conflicts are inevitable..."

——But this sentence was stiff, as if someone was trying hard to squeeze out a little sound from his throat with his neck stiff.

"If Xiaoxiang were to write normally, he would probably write something like 'It conflicted with the schedule~' or 'I'm so sorry~'."

Nagasaki Suyo imitated Toyokawa Shoko's tone with great joy.

“……” Ruoye Mu slowly shifted his gaze away.

Su Shi glanced at her and smiled with her hands covering her mouth: "Oh? Xiao Mu, are you being amused?"

Wakaba Mu shook his head vigorously, and his already calm expression became even more deliberately serious.

"When you feel like laughing, you should just laugh out loud. Holding it in will only hurt you~"

"No smile."

"..."

Su Shi teased Xiao Mu, and when she would stop watering from time to time to deal with him, she would smile with her eyes narrowed like a child who had successfully played a prank. But when Ruoye Mu finally stopped paying attention to her and wanted to concentrate on completing the work of the gardening department, Su Shi's eyes, looking into the distance, contained a hint of worry.

The sunlight was shining on the walkway, flickering, as if vaguely reflecting the figures of two girls walking side by side.

The scene of walking towards Nascita while chatting with Xiangzi seems to be just yesterday.

But the early summer breeze did not stop here, and the gloom of June came chasing the tinnitus.

She looked up. The city's skyscrapers were like the edge of a large plate, enclosing the bright sunshine. But the girl could see dark clouds in the distance, ready to herald the arrival of midsummer.

There is a barely perceptible chill in the early summer wind.

...It's going to rain.

……

……

……

PS. I have the day off tomorrow. I have to watch MyGO!!!!! 6th LIVE this weekend, so I don't have time.

Lost Star Chapter 75 Summer Record: Chapter Falling from the Sky

"It's raining."

"Yeah. It's already June, and the rainy season is coming."

buzzing...

The sound insulation of the Nascita cafe seems to be very good, so that the sound of the water heater operating far drowns out the rain outside the window.

Baodeng Zheli shook the cup gently to confirm that the milky white rabbit on the surface of the black coffee was not deformed. Then he put the coffee cup on the table with satisfaction and looked up at the girls gathered around the table.

"Toyokawa-san didn't come today either."

"Yes." Nagasaki Suyo supported her cheek with one hand and looked out the window.

The rain hit the glass at an angle, then struggled to fall to the ground; the tear-like water droplets that had just been left on the window were easily wiped away by new rain.

Under this gloomy sky, the color of light disappeared from the air early, and only the sad rain fell to the ground.

Just like Gao Songdeng's gaze lowered towards the notebook.

Zhe Li glanced at the lamp from a distance and asked, "How many times has this happened?"

----Bang.

Shiina Riki slammed the table.

Obviously, he didn't use much force, but in this space dominated by silence, it was a loud noise that was enough to shake the soul.

She lowered her head, her long black hair falling down strand by strand. Her once clearly visible profile gradually became buried in the shadows. Then she took a long, deep breath and said with feigned composure:

"I want to go back."

Su Shi turned to her, "Are you going back already?"

"There's nothing we can do here anyway." Li Xi reached out and picked up the schoolbag.

She stood up a little roughly, moving her chair with a clattering sound.

The slightly harsh voice seemed to startle her for a moment. She stood there, gasping for breath for a few seconds before suddenly looking at the clerk at the counter. She blinked nervously and said, "Um, sorry. ...I was a little rough."

"It's okay." Zhe Li smiled and nodded. "Indeed, if you don't have any practice, it would be better to go home and rest early."

Li Xi lowered her head and closed her eyes, as if she had tacitly agreed with the other party's statement. She put her schoolbag on her shoulder, walked out of her seat, and was about to push the chair back under the table, but she heard the man's clear voice again:

"But, since you've come all this way, why don't you just practice for a bit before leaving?"

"Xiangzi, she—"

Lixi spoke almost subconsciously, but she quickly stopped.

But even if she didn't finish, Zhe Li understood what she meant.

The store manager took a sip of the mocha coffee, which had been left to cool for a while, and nodded in satisfaction at his craftsmanship. He then glanced at them with a smile and said, "Can't practice without Toyokawa-san? Well, this isn't an orchestra, it's Toyokawa-san's play group."

Then he put down the cup, suppressed a smile, and stared straight at Li Xi's face.

"How many times has this happened?"

"..."

Li Xi turned his head away, avoiding his gaze, and said nothing.

Su Shi had no choice but to answer, "It's been half a month."

"Didn't you contact Toyokawa-san?"

“I…” “—I’ve contacted them!”

As soon as Su Shi opened her lips, Li Xi's passionate words drowned out her voice.

"Every time, every time, there are different reasons, and every time, every time, it doesn't appear!"

The black-haired girl had her arms hanging down, but her palms were already clenched into fists; her slightly trembling body seemed as if she was deliberately suppressing her emotions, but her ferocious expression and the suddenly raised volume showed that she was already furious.

"What on earth does that fellow take us for! What on earth does he take the lamp for—"

"Li Xi." Su Shi spoke again.

She reached out and gently stroked Shiina Riki's clenched fist, staring at her until she regained her composure before turning back to stare at Baodeng Oriri. "I've also looked for Xiaoxiang at school. She seems to get along just fine with her classmates, but when she sees me, she becomes particularly...how should I put it, distant?"

"I see."

Zhe Li frowned.

Although I don't understand what happened to Toyokawa Shoko, her behavior is very obvious. She is deliberately staying away from CRYCHIC... A person's character is shaped over a long period of time and it is difficult to change suddenly overnight. I guess something happened around her that made her decide to cut ties with CRYCHIC.

Or, considering her normal behavior at school, to be more precise—

She wants to "completely eliminate 'CRYCHIC' from her life."

...Did something happen at home?

"Don't worry, since she hasn't chosen to quit the band, it means this is just a temporary behavior."

Baodeng Zheli clapped his hands and spoke loudly.

He still had many guesses in his mind, but compared to those "uncertainties", he felt that CRYCHIC now needed a reason to be trusted - especially for Takamatsu Deng.

The young man paused for a moment, as if carefully adjusting his emotions, and finally spoke in a gentle voice:

"Practicing well while she's away is the best reward for her efforts."

Li Xi scoffed, "Hard work? You call that hard work if you don't even want to come to practice?"