Girls' Wishing Tree

It turns out that she still has feelings for Crychic, but she just uses this method to express her dissatisfaction with Crychic members.

With tears on her face, Su Shi pushed open the door of the training room and looked at Ying with expectant eyes, the expectation in her eyes was almost strong enough to turn into substance.

Ying, who happened to be playing the interlude on the bass, blinked twice in confusion: "Su Shi, when did you get here?"

Su Shi, who was very good at reading the air, knew that he might have had some misunderstanding with Qi Yi, so he had to take two steps back: "Well... After Crychic stopped being active, I was very worried about Ying--"

Sakura sighed softly and signaled the other two in the training room to stop playing. "Sushi, if you're not here to talk about reviving Crychic or something, let's train together today."

"I won't say Crychic." Su Shi took two more steps forward and squeezed into the training room. She tried hard to control her tears and asked in a voice that matched people's impression of a lady, "Who did Ying write this song for?"

"It's the first song of the new band. I just wrote it based on my mood, not for anyone in particular. By the way, Sushi, if you want to form a new band, I can also help you write a song. As long as you don't mention Crychic, we can still be friends."

"Yes... I'm sorry..." Su Shi left the training room again, and used her last bit of stubbornness to control her tears after turning around.

Looking at Su Shi's staggering back, Ying did not chase after him.

At this time, the system sounded a prompt: "There is a task related to Nagasaki Sushi. Do you want to publish it?"

"Doesn't Su Shi have a mission? I remember it hasn't been completed yet?"

“This is not a personal storyline.”

“Then publish it.”

"Please help Nagasaki Suyo join a band she approves of. Reward: Bass Playing Skills (Advanced) and 500 Shining Points."

Looking at the reward given by the system, Ying fell silent.

The rewards for the system-assigned tasks are generally tied to the difficulty. The fact that they directly require certain advanced skills, along with bonus points and no penalties or time limits, suggests that these tasks are not as easy as they appear.

"Sakura, what's wrong?" Sayu's words interrupted Sakura's thoughts.

"Nothing. I was wondering if there would be a bus or subway so late. But when I thought about how she had money to take a taxi, it didn't matter." Ying turned around and said, "Let's continue trying this song."

Chapter 169 Harvest, Band and BangDream: 17, New Band, Old Rhythm Section

Moonlight streamed through the training room windows onto the floor, casting thin streaks of light in the dim light. After finishing rehearsal, the girls began their pillow fight as planned.

Although the ensemble eased the atmosphere among the few people a lot, no one "let go" in this pillow fight.

Despite her petite stature, Rakuna was incredibly agile during a pillow fight. She pranced around the training room like a cat, effortlessly dodging Sakura and Sayu's attacks. Her movements were clean and swift, showing no sign of being at a disadvantage due to her small size.

"Pah!

A pillow flew past Lenai's ear and hit the wall with a dull thud. She immediately grabbed another pillow and threw it at Sakura.

Ying dodged slightly to the side, swung her arm and threw the pillow in her hand at Lenai.

"Bang!" The pillow missed Rakuna again, but landed on the tatami. Sayu took the opportunity to throw a pillow at Sakura, and Rakuna dodged behind her. However, Rakuna, who wanted to distract Sakura from being hit, suddenly slipped and stepped on a pillow that had been thrown on the floor.

At that moment, Lenai instinctively reached out to pull Sakura beside him. They both lost their balance and fell to the ground. For a split second in the air, Lenai tried to adjust her position like a falling cat, but the flat ground left no room for adjustment.

With a soft cry, the two fell onto the tatami in the training room. At the moment of collision, they hugged each other and rolled around on the tatami, stopping only when Sakura's lower back hit a pillow.

After a moment, the two realized that they were so close that they could almost feel each other's breathing.

The two of them were lying sideways, face to face, and could even see the pores on each other's delicate skin. Considering that they had just rolled on the ground together, whether their lips touched is a question worth discussing.

Sakura, who had never experienced such contact with a girl in her past lives, flushed crimson. She tried to break free, but Lenna's arms tightened around her. She stole a glance to the side and saw Sayu standing nearby, her head tilted to the side with a pillow in her hand.

Until Sakura's head was about to steam, Lenai let go of Sakura: "Holding Sakura, it's comfortable."

After a few seconds of silence in the training room, Sakura said awkwardly, "Let's take a break? The pillow fight should be almost over..."

Sakura's suggestion was responded to by the two girls, but she herself couldn't sleep. Because Lenna was with her, she couldn't leave her body behind and return to the cherry blossom tree.

Fortunately, the worst thing imagined did not happen - the two girls did not get entangled with her, Sayu turned her back and kept a sufficient distance, only Lenna crawled into her cup like a cat asking for petting, and she did not entangle too much, just leaning on Sakura to rest.

a week later.

When Ying was renovating the small building, she didn't skimp on materials, using the ones that evaporate harmful substances the fastest. However, even the best materials still need to be ventilated when they are first built.

During this period, she was shopping for equipment and furniture, ventilating the house, and digging underground spaces with tree roots at night. Her life was quite fulfilling.

If you count helping Taoxiang's band prepare for the next performance in the BangDream competition and arranging meetings with the members of the new band, it can even be considered busy.

Sakura was holding a notebook and writing and drawing in an empty room in the small building, comparing the data from the shopping website and the customization website. Suddenly, she heard Sayu's voice coming from outside the window.

"Sakura! Everyone you asked out is here!"

Seeing that there was no one else besides Sayu, Sakura jumped down from the second-floor window and landed lightly on the muddy ground. She only bent her ankles and knees slightly to absorb the force, and then walked directly towards Sayu. "Don't imitate me, I have the protection of the gods."

Sayu smiled helplessly: "Sakura, stop joking, Deng and the others are all here."

"Don't worry, I'm just arranging a meeting." In just a few steps, Sakura shifted her image from playful to elegant. She walked into the shrine's courtyard and saw this scene: three girls standing at the entrance to the training room. Shiina Riki stood in the middle, awkwardly trying to balance between Hachiman Kairei, who was carrying her bass box on her left, and Takamatsu Touma, who was praying toward the shrine on her right.

Sakura's appearance made Li Xi feel relieved. She looked at Sakura with a hint of help in her eyes: "Huh - Sakura, you're here. Lenai has gone in to play the guitar. Can we start?"

"Of course, but Lenai didn't go in there to play guitar; she was playing it." Sakura smiled at the three of them, "Since everyone knows each other, I won't introduce them."

"Play...guitar?" Hailing was a little confused.

"Her approach to music is more like playing, but don't let that doubt her ability. She's definitely better than Mu—" Sakura almost said Mutsumi, but luckily stopped herself mid-sentence. "If she's just talking about guitar, she's definitely better than me."

Lenai seemed to have heard what Sakura said, as a burst of powerful electric guitar sound came from the training room.

Hailing's lips curled up. "He's a really good guitarist. Just listening to this clip, he's better than most of the bands I've been in."

Ying caught the message in Hailing's words: "You... have you joined many bands?"

Hailing glanced at Lixi and said, "There are... more than ten, but for this band, I will try my best to arrange a reasonable schedule."

She was willing to participate in more bands, and Ying didn't say anything - this band was not originally trained to be a professional band. Even if they wanted to go in a commercial direction in the future, that would be after the girls graduated from high school. Lenai was only in the second grade of junior high school now, so there was no rush to talk about these things.

"Everyone, come in. Deng, Lenai, and I have already performed together once before." Ying turned her gaze towards Li Xi and Hai Ling. "If the rhythm section is okay today, we can perform live soon."

When he heard the word "Live", Gao Songdeng's eyes flickered.

The last time they were at Crychic, after a relatively successful Live, the band fell into pieces. It was only when Ying wanted to find the hairpin and keep the band's drummer Li Xi that the band's situation was not too bad.

"It's okay. A new band will definitely arrange to perform their first live in a more suitable place. Deng, have you been to Starry? It's a store in the basement and it has a really good feeling." Ying stretched out her hand and pulled Deng into the training room.

Li Xi's face looked a little unhappy when he saw Ying dragging the lamp into the training room. It was only when Ying turned off the lamp that his expression eased a little.

PS: I have been very busy these days and took on a temporary task. If there is no update, don’t wait, it will be back to normal in a few days.

Chapter 170 Harvest, Band and BangDream: 18, Sakura who can't understand

In the training room, Ying clapped her hands suddenly, "Alright! Now all the band members are here! Even though everyone may have known each other before, we still need to introduce ourselves! I'll go first!"

All the girls' eyes focused on her, and even Lenai stopped playing the guitar.

Sakura pointed a finger at herself and smiled brightly. "Takagi Sakura, the shrine maiden of Sakura Shrine, can take on the main songwriter duties and arrange performances for the band. For now, I'm considering using guitar, violin, or biwa as my instrument of choice. I can also sing backing vocals—how about introducing them, Riki?"

"...Ritsuki Shiina, third year of junior high school, drummer. I hope we can play great music together." Riki was a little uncomfortable with such a formal way of introduction, and just introduced himself dryly.

The bassist, carrying his bass case, introduced himself to the band expertly, his expressionless face saying, "Hachiman Kairei, bassist, also a third-year junior high school student. Sometimes, due to conflicts with band activities, I may not be able to make it to rehearsals or impromptu performances in time, but I will definitely practice my parts on my own."

Le Nai, standing in front of the speaker with her guitar on her back, held up her index and middle fingers: "Le Nai, second year, guitarist."

Deng glanced at the teammates in the room and finally spoke: "Takamatsu Deng, a third-year junior high school student, is the lead singer. I might not sing very well—"

Li Xi suddenly interrupted Deng: "No way! Deng sings very well! Absolutely very, very well!"

"Stop praising each other." Ying continued to control the topic. "I've discussed this with some members before, and I'm telling you all again. Our band is an amateur band whose goal is to produce professional-level music. We use our unconventional musical thinking to create excellent music outside the box!"

"Interesting." Lenai immediately played some guitar.

"Lena, don't interrupt." Ying continued, "We have only one request for the band members, and that is that everyone must express any thoughts and opinions about the band and discuss them with us. Everyone must be in the best possible state to face the band's activities."

No one present objected.

Ying clapped her hands again and handed out a few sheets of paper. "Then, the songs we perform can be all the songs I've written before. When I signed with the record company, I retained the copyright to perform even the songs I sold. The last sheet of paper I'm giving you is the track list, you can take a look at it."

"If it's hard to choose, I also wrote a song for the band, 'Lemon'. The sheet music is already available for everyone."

Deng held the music sheet and suddenly said, "This song...what kind of mood did Ying have when she wrote it?"

Sakura saw it – Deng and Suyo both thought the song was related to Crychic.

"This is the music I have been pursuing. As long as I am still in this world, I will continue to pursue music that brings beauty to people." Sakura said to Deng.

Deng didn't say anything else, but started singing with the lyrics.

Her a cappella singing voice brought out the characteristics of her voice, but also showed her shortcomings as a lead singer - there is no doubt that Deng's voice has been kissed by an angel, but...

The saying "high EQ" means that someone has an unrefined and original beauty; the saying "low EQ" means that their singing skills are just mediocre and barely reach KTV level.

Hachiman Hailing glanced at Lixi, then at Deng, as if she wanted to ask something, but swallowed it back.

"Let's sing it together again. Does anyone need to look at the music more?" Ying suggested after Deng finished singing a section and stopped.

Hearing everyone's affirmative answer, Ying picked up the guitar. She used a more conservative double-guitar arrangement version of this song.

The band members also returned to their positions, ready to fill the small training room with music.

As Lenai "jumped the gun", music rang out in the training room - Li Xi glared at Lenai a little, but still used the drums to keep up with the rhythm of the guitar.

This also gave her a completely different feeling from when she was in Crychic.

When he was in Crychic, Li Xi also felt good, but definitely not as good as he is now.

Apart from Deng and Ying, Crychic gave her the feeling of being an ordinary band, and there was a little gap between the three members of Yue Zhisen and herself.

But in this band now, the bassist is Hachiman Kairei, the one she most wants to work with. The rhythm section formed by the two of them is much stronger than her and Su Shi - Kairei is the bassist who knows herself best, and her style is also very distinctive. She will not make the rhythm section of the two lose its sense of support, nor will it appear too mechanical.

Needless to say, as for the lead singer, as long as Deng stands in the middle of the stage, Li Xi will be motivated to play the drums; although the guitarist Le Nai is a man of few words, his work is no worse than Mu's.

As for Sakura...

Li Xi couldn't understand it even more.

It seemed that every time she saw Sakura, her cognition was refreshed.

When the song ended, she looked away from the music stand and happened to see Sakura looking back.

Sakura smiled at her.

But Lixi chose to look away.

Chapter 171 Harvest, Band and BangDream: 19. Do you know that this is harassment?

Su Shi didn't know how he had been getting through the past few days.

School and home are just a straight line.

For a middle school student, this might be a bit monotonous.

But this monotony just happened to highlight her loneliness.

In the dressing mirror, the girl with slightly curly hair and a tired look on her face, although only 15 years old, has a sense of loneliness.

Su Shi's eyelids drooped, and she saw it in the mirror. However, in such a large apartment, a person's slight expression could not cause any ripples.

She thought of her father.

When she first started to remember things, the atmosphere in Su Shi's family was quite good. Her mother only worked part-time at that time, and although her father's income was not high, the family was still doing OK. When her father came home from get off work, he would bring her some snacks like fruits.

The atmosphere at home has been getting worse since she started elementary school.

Due to the downturn in the automobile industry, many downstream manufacturers were implicated. The supporting manufacturer where Su Shi's father worked was involved in a fraud scandal, and Su Shi's father, who was originally a dispatched worker, was fired.

It is not easy for Su Shi's father, who is already in his thirties, to find a suitable job.

This middle-aged man was overwhelmed both physically and mentally, and his wife's success in the workplace and his own physiological deterioration completely sent his marriage to the grave.

When we separated, there was no quarrel or conflict.

It was just that Su Shi's mother took Su Shi, who was still in elementary school, and walked to the side of this decadent middle-aged man.

"I'll leave everything I owe you. After we separate, I'll go to the company headquarters."

"It might be a little bit easier for you."

The man sat there, not saying a word.

"I'll take Su Shi with me. I'm worried about her staying with you."

The man raised his eyelids and looked at Su Shi, who was still an elementary school student. His lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.

Since then, Su Shi has never met him in person, but has only seen a few photos he sent her.

The man in the photo looks more and more haggard, and it seems that he is not living a happy life.

If I had insisted on following my father at that time...my financial situation would definitely not be as good as it is now, and would my mental state be better?