Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

I always feel that she is not very happy...?

To be honest, after a night, Li Xi found that he was not as angry as he thought. Toyokawa Xiangzi's sudden withdrawal from the group was indeed unreasonable, but just as Xiangzi said, even without her, everyone could still practice.

Although this orchestra was founded by Shoko Toyokawa, the core of the orchestra is Tomo Takamatsu.

As long as the Takamatsu lantern is still there, it doesn't matter.

Shiina Riki scratched his face and simply broke the silence: "Hey, do you guys want to practice?"

“…….” “…….”

The strumming of the guitar and bass faded away simultaneously.

"If you just want to harmonize with the vocals, that's fine with me." Su Shi turned her head to look at Li Xi first, still smiling.

"Harmony... If the lights aren't on, well, I don't think there's much point in practicing."

More than ten minutes had passed since the usual practice time, and there was still no sign of Takamatsu Deng. Riki initially pulled out his phone to check the CRYCHIC group chat: the latest message, from Sushi, was marked "2 reads," undoubtedly referring to the other two people present. It seemed Takamatsu Deng hadn't opened the CRYCHIC group chat.

"And Xiao Deng didn't reply to my message." Su Shi also took out his phone like Li Xi, with a distressed look on his face: "Xiangzi's words must have really hurt her heart."

"That rascal……"

At this point, Li Xi's anger, which he thought had subsided, rose again.

But she just frowned and remained silent for a moment, and finally just sighed: "Light, is everything okay?"

"I'll go see her tomorrow." Su Shi said.

Li Xi paused, then turned to look at Su Shi with wide eyes. "Looking for her?"

"Yeah. Xiaoxiang took us to Xiaodeng's house before. Oh, by the way, Xiaodeng's family lives behind Yuezhisen." Su Shi smiled and clasped his hands together, blinking his eyes, with a slightly teasing smile as usual: "Lixi, do you want to go visit Xiaodeng's house too?"

"I, I don't need it! ... I don't know what to say."

Li Xi hurriedly put the drumsticks into his schoolbag and stood up.

"Since I don't have any practice today, I'll go back first."

As soon as Su Shi took off the strap of her bass guitar, she waved her hand towards Li Xi and said, "Be careful on the road~"

Lixi walked around her to the door of the recording studio and stopped again.

"And that."

"Ok?"

Li Xi turned his back to Su Shi, lowered his head and seemed to be organizing his words, and then a low voice came out -

"...Light, I'll leave it to you."

Su Shi blinked at the back and smiled: "Okay."

Shiina Riki didn't respond anymore and quietly pushed the door open and left.

Nagasaki Soyo listened to the fading footsteps and shrugged, placing her bass back in its case, shouldering it along with her schoolbag, and heading for the door. Her fingers, thinly calloused over the past few days, gently touched the light switch. She paused before pressing it firmly. Without turning it off or saying anything, she simply walked out the door.

Ruo Yemu sat upright by the window, gazing into the distance at the sky which had already cleared.

But it was as silent as if still walking in the rain.

●

Perhaps because of the continuous rain, even though it was a rare sunny day today, the alleys were still full of puddles of water.

Even after leaving the alley, it is difficult to see a passerby, and even the nascita deep in the alley is deserted.

After Shiina Riki and Wakaba Mutsu said goodbye, Suyo, as usual, sat down at the counter when there were no customers, and told the store manager, who was busy wiping the glasses that had long been spotless, about the decision she had made earlier.

"You want to find a light?"

Baodeng Zheli put down the glass and looked at the girl who was leaning forward on the counter with a little surprise.

Oh, it didn't seem like he leaned forward that much, just put part of his body on the counter.

"Yeah." Su Shi nodded, his expression very serious. "No matter what Xiao Deng thinks, I have to meet her."

After hearing this, Zhe Li smiled and said, "I thought you wanted her to calm down for a while."

"I originally thought so. But, I really shouldn't just leave it like this." Su Shi shook her head, looked into Zhe Li's eyes, and said with a smile: "Xiao Xiang was the same yesterday. If I don't say it out loud, how can others understand? I think I must talk to Xiao Deng in person."

A deeper smile spread across Zhe Li's face: "Words may not be effective."

"But only by speaking it out can we have a chance to understand each other." Su Shi continued.

The two looked at each other for a while and laughed softly at the same time.

"Well, this time it's my turn to wish you a safe journey." Zhe Li said.

Su Shi covered her mouth and pretended to be surprised: "Oh? I thought you would come with me."

"Why should I follow?" Zhe Li raised his eyebrows.

"Well, how should I put it? It's a kind of intuition." Su Shi tapped his chin with his finger, and suddenly revealed a meaningful smile. He squinted his eyes and said, "It feels like she listens to you more than anyone else among us."

"Why do you think so?"

"That's what I wanted to ask too!" Su Shi snorted, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

The slight bitterness of the tea leaves, which usually served only as a seasoning to enhance the citrus fragrance, now caused her to frown. Or perhaps it was something other than the tea that made her frown, as when she spoke nonchalantly while swirling her teacup:

"It's obviously us who have been with her longer... At first, I was afraid to sing, but after you persuaded me a little, I was willing to open my mouth. Later, I couldn't sing at all, but it was no problem after I accompanied you on stage. Oh, and at the concert, the moment I saw you, I sang better and better! It seems that you are more useful than me in finding the lights~"

She started rambling on and on like a nagging woman, and her tone sounded a little sour at the end.

Zhe Li first looked at her awkward expression, then looked at the teacup in her hand, pinched his chin and said in a deep voice: "What's going on? I remember I didn't add lemon to this cup of tea."

"Is that so? It tastes sour to me." A half-knowledgeable vegetarian.

"Do you want some sugar?" Zhe Li put the sugar jar on the table.

Su Shi pushed the teacup in front of Zhe Li and said, "I want to add honey."

“It’ll be sweet.”

"Sweet ones are better." Su Shi said.

As if her previous awkwardness was just an act, a smile naturally broke out on the girl's face.

Sour, sweet, and belongs only to us.

...Please, continue to look at me.

Lost Star Chapter 82 Summer Time Record: Chapter Moonlight

Su Shi【Can you come to the recording studio today? 】

"..."

My finger hovered over the screen for a while, but I didn't have the courage to click on the message.

Gao Songdeng dumped her phone on the table to cover it. She tried to look away from the phone, but she didn't know what to look at, so she simply slumped over the table and buried her head in her arms.

Ding Dong. Ding Dong. Two more message notifications.

Gao Songdeng simply hid his ears, a foolish act of covering one's ears to steal a bell.

"You're the one who should practice more."

She tightened her grip around her arm, pinching it until it hurt, but her dim eyes simply stared at the shadow cast on the floor by the French window, as if she felt no pain at all—or perhaps, simply recalling that sentence, that day, and the waves of pressure that followed her made her unable to consider the pain that was insignificant compared to the emptiness within her heart.

'But what are you doing now?'

...What am I doing?

Buzz, buzz. This time it was the phone, on silent mode.

The girl remained unmoved, letting the vibration shake the small table until the ringing finally died down unwillingly.

The setting sun cast the apartment building into a dark cube, and she saw light and shadow interweaving repeatedly on the floor of the room through the glass window.

The shadow swayed like disturbed waves. She heard the rustling of leaves, the sparse chirping of birds, and the wind that came up the stairs and knocked on the windows, but she could not hear a single human voice calling out.

...Spring is over.

The summer sun is so intense that it feels like you're going to disappear when you bathe in it.

every year.

every year.

every time.

every time.

If you want to reach out, you will go away.

If you want to touch it, you will retreat.

If you want to hug him tightly, he will run away.

It was as if everything in this world never belonged to her from the beginning.

The girl stared at the shadow, her amber eyes were so cloudy as if she was crying, but not even a tear rolled out of her eyes.

It hurts.

But where does it hurt?

I do not know.

I don't understand.

"……Why……?"

A hoarse voice whispered.

The lost sun quietly walked into the darkness, and the starless night hung high in the sky.

Tears die silently in the night, and smiles are left behind in the evening when the rain is as tearful as ever.

It's all because of me, I didn't sing well enough...

she thought.

If it wasn't me. If it was someone else.

Xiaoxiang, won’t you be sad now?

……

"Knock knock."

In the boudoir already shrouded in darkness, there was a knock on the door.

It's like knocking on the door of my heart.

"lamp."

My father's always gentle voice came muffled from outside the door.

"Your friend is here to see you."

“——————.”

friend……?

Gao Songdeng slowly raised his head.

It was as if the soul was pulling at the body, and the limbs that seemed to be falling apart a moment ago began to move sluggishly.

She ran to the door even faster than she thought, opened it, and chased after him in the entrance.

"Little lamp."

There was a young girl standing in front of the door, smiling.

The silent night is like a veil, gently draped over the girl's hair, shoulders and arms.

The girl was still wearing the Tsuki no Mori school uniform, but she was unusually beautiful in the stillness of the night. She didn't look like the usual uniform, but an illusion that could only be seen in dreams.

The girl stood in her dream and smiled at her.

"I have something to say. Can you come out with me?"

...like moonlight.