I am the emotional sustenance of your deceased

"Ahem...keep listening to the rain."

Facing the strange looks from the other three people in the rehearsal room, Shiina Riki blushed in front of everyone for a rare occasion.

It's still raining.

……

The rain never stopped.

"Am I crying?"

Xiangzi felt like he was about to cry again.

She was crying miserably and pitifully.

"No, they are definitely not my tears..."

Or maybe it's the water droplets flowing down from the hair, it must be.

"today…"

Today is a special day. Today! She, Toyokawa Shoko, is going to end everything about Crychic!

These days, Toyokawa Shoko left the family with her father, and now the family needs her, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, to support herself.

A normal door shop would definitely not hire her, so she could only do some jobs that paid low hourly wages, such as delivering newspapers.

But even so, Shoko Toyokawa still wanted to go to rehearsal, but something happened today that completely broke her defenses.

[Ms. Toyokawa, please come and take your father away as soon as possible.]

This is what the police officer told her over the phone.

An indescribable emotion surged in Xiangzi's heart.

I thought I would lead the band to shine and comfort my mother's spirit in heaven.

But how can I play in a band now?

"Forget it... Let it all end. My fantasy is shattered. I've lost the capital to play the band game now..."

Xiangzi walked along the road that she was very familiar with and came to the outside of the rehearsal room where they usually rehearsed.

She didn't care about her disheveled appearance, nor did she pay attention to the corners of her clothes that were still dripping with rainwater.

Finally, Shoko Toyokawa just pushed open the door of the rehearsal room.

Her movement was not big, but the sound of the door being pushed open was unusually loud.

"Xiangzi! Great, you're finally here!"

When Su Shi's voice sounded, everyone looked at Toyokawa Shoko with different expressions.

Takamatsu Deng didn't dare to look at him, Shiina Riki turned his eyes away impatiently, and Ruoye Mu turned his back to everyone like a lonely king.

And Noshiro Chitose? Noshiro Chitose and Shiina Riki were sitting together, hand in hand.

Nagasaki Suyo took small steps forward and continued:

"You're soaked, are you okay?"

"You didn't come to school, and you didn't reply to my messages..."

Su Shi took out a handkerchief and wanted to help Xiangzi wipe the water stains off his face, but the other party grabbed his wrist and stopped him.

This was the first time that Shoko Toyokawa felt that her behavior was rude, but there was nothing she could do.

"I'm here today to talk about something..."

"I'm quitting Crychic."

"Huh? Wait a minute, sit down first."

Nagasaki Suyo was so surprised that she almost screamed, but this could not stop Xiangzi from taking action.

This band...she is determined to quit.

"Xiao Xiang? Are you saying... you want to quit the band?"

Chitose, who was wearing a hearing aid, stood up in disbelief, but someone was even faster than her.

"Huh? What the hell are you talking about? Didn't you just form the band a few weeks ago? What's going on with you now?"

Shiina Riki immediately rushed forward and grabbed Toyokawa Shoko's collar, and Shoko was lifted up like a little quail.

Su Shi was trying to dissuade them, Deng was being autistic, and Mu was watching the rain. Qiansui stepped forward and grabbed Li Xi's arm.

She shook her head in request, and when Shiina Riki looked back, all he saw was Chitose's tears of disbelief rolling down her face.

"Huh?! You actually made Xiao Sui cry, Toyokawa Shoko, you bastard!"

"No! Riki! No..." Su Shi grabbed Shiina Riki's fist in time. She was really afraid that Riki would beat Xiangzi in the next moment.

In the band, Li Xi and Chitose have the best relationship. They are so close that they don’t want to be separated for a moment, as if they are conjoined twins.

Now that Qiansui has been wronged... Li Xi must be extremely angry, right?

"I...I just want to quit the band. It has nothing to do with you..."

Forced to let go, Toyokawa Shoko covered her arm, her rationality finally dropping to the lowest point. She gritted her teeth and aimed her spearhead at—

It was Chitose Noshiro who was holding her hand!

"You're the one who needs the most practice..."

"What are you talking about? Huh? Xiaosui is obviously the hardest-working one among us. Why don't you listen to what you are saying? Xiangzi, have you really worked hard yourself? Xiaosui has been wearing it for the band..."

"I'm not here to tell you this! Shiina Riki!"

Xiangzi had already retreated to the door. The sound of rain outside was extremely loud, and Xiangzi's lips were purple from being bitten by himself.

"Lixi...you and Sui..."

"They're just two defective products trying to warm each other up! Do you really care about this band? All you care about is Chitose... Why are you talking like you care about the band more than I do?"

By the time Xiangzi realized what he had said, it was too late.

Li Xi and everyone else were speechless after hearing her words. Xiangzi now had only one word in his mind:

run!

There was no time to waste because of Toyokawa Shoko's words. The person who was running away now was the blue-haired girl.

"Xiao...Xiaoxiang!"

Qiansui was already immersed in the performance, and she chased after him regardless of Li Xi's obstruction.

Corridor, corridor, corridor.

Next came countless steps and stairs. Noshiro Chitose stumbled all the way in pursuit of the girl in front of her, her figure swaying from the moment she entered the heavy rain.

In her sight, Toyokawa Shoko's speed was still increasing.

But what Noshiro Chitose knew was... that there was someone chasing her.

Wet black hair, purple eyes filled with anger and panic, my beautiful tear mole girl...

Please forgive my performance, but I will make it up to you.

From now on, this rainy night is the stage that belongs to the two of us.

No, from now on...

This script I tailored for you is just the beginning.

Ch214. It's all my fault, Shiina Rikito

[Wei Si: Once per day, can cause one character in the simulation to lose control of their emotions, for example, going from calm to slightly irritable, or from impatient to emotionally uncontrolled. Requires two lifespans.]

You know, I've always been a bad woman.

No.

I'm just a good woman who knows how to use a little tricks.

……

The mist that permeates the night rain represents a part of Chitose Noshiro's soul that has been stripped away.

“Xiao Xiang…Xiao Xiang!”

The figure of the blue-haired girl with twin ponytails became vague and distant, and Noshiro Chitose, who relied on her frail body to withstand the wind and rain, was like a kite with a broken string.

The pace is becoming disordered, the breathing has lost its rhythm, and the body is bursting with infinite pain due to fatigue from long-term squeezing.

But Chitose Noshiro continued running.

Until the girl really disappeared from her sight.

boom--

Qiansui simply fell to the ground.

The world was spinning, and in the midst of it all, her hearing aid fell out.

Qiansui fell into the puddle and completely lost all his strength.

"Xiao Sui!"

Lixi caught up in time, and when she saw the current appearance of the girl she had protected, her inner anger reached the threshold.

Noshiro Chitose herself is reluctant to even touch her... Why can that girl Toyokawa Shoko bully Noshiro like this!

Why…why!

With an endless amount of frustration piling up in his chest, Li Xi forced himself to suppress his anger and hugged Qiansui.

On rainy days, they were not protected by umbrellas, and the girls just huddled together on the ground in the rain.

"Lixi... Lixi... The band is gone... Woohoo... My band... is gone..."

There was an infinite sense of grievance mixed in the intermittent sobs. Qiansui hugged Lixi, as if a wandering soul had found its abandoned body.

[You are just two defective products cuddling each other! ]

You're just two... defective pieces... clinging to each other!

you…

"Ha ha…"

Hugging Chitose Noshiro tightly, Shiina Ritsuki now thinks back and realizes that what Toyokawa Shoko said might be true in some ways.

"It's okay...Xiao Sui, it's okay...I..."

Noticing that Chitose's hearing aid was missing, Riki was forced to let go of Chitose and start using sign language.

[I'm here. I've always been here. With me here, can you rely on me more now? Aren't we the best friends in the world...]

"But Lixi... band... our band... wuwu..."

After just letting go for a moment, both of them felt extremely cold. Li Xi had no choice but to hug Qiansui again.

The heat between the delicate bodies was transmitted to each other, and the cold April rain washed down mercilessly.

The water on the ground was getting deeper, and the silver-haired girl in his arms was still sobbing.

Li Xi could feel Qiansui's warm tears mixed with the rain flowing down, falling on his wet clothes, leaving only the heat of the tears.

This heat began to burn the hearts of the two people.

"Don't cry...Don't cry...I'm here...I'm here."

Even though I knew that Noshiro Chitose could not hear, even though I knew that anything I said now would be in vain.

But Shiina Riki just wanted to continue talking.

"Wow... Lixi... I... I never thought that friendship could be so fragile... Why is it so fragile?"

"Xiao Xiang clearly promised us... for life... why did it become..."

"I told you a long time ago! She is a liar, a shameful, cunning, damned liar!"

Lixi chewed on the words with gritted teeth. Although Qiansui couldn't hear her, she just wanted to say it!

But even though his words were so sharp, Li Xi's action of patting Chitose's back to help her stop crying was still extremely gentle.