I am the emotional sustenance of your deceased

"Okay, I get it, eh."

Financial problems, oh, I wish I didn’t have to think about them one by one.

If I had known I wanted to learn vocal music, I should have started saving money earlier.

Shiina Riki carefully tried to hold Noshiro Chitose's small hand, and felt much more relieved when he found that the other party did not resist.

[The things I owe Chitose are really increasing. 】

If Chitose had not been there to support her, her desire to strive hard and surpass her sister might have remained buried for a long time.

Lixi raised her head. The girl sitting at her desk no longer had the same soft and sharp look as when they first met.

She radiated a warm glow above her, like an angel.

"Xiao Sui, why are your hands so warm?"

"Because I'm wearing too much?"

"Pfft, your answer is not romantic at all."

"You're just a piece of shit, and you're still calling me romantic? Are you looking for trouble?"

It’s great, it still has those soft little thorns.

Li Xi felt that what Chitose said was like flirting, not aggressive at all but very tempting.

A classmate entered the room. It was the person Li Xi had just been talking to...but why was his hairstyle different? Did he go to the bathroom to fix it?

A genuine passerby classmate walked past Riki and was inexplicably glared at by Shiina Riki.

Passerby classmate:?

Ch55. Just like this, the two of them...

Li Xi is really serious now.

On Monday, Li Xi went to vocal lessons and did not come to Chitose's house.

On Tuesday, Li Xi memorized lyrics during the day and attended classes at night, and slept overnight at Chitose's house.

On Wednesday, Li Xi took a leave and went to the deep mountains and forests with Qian Sui to collect materials.

On Thursday, as soon as Lixi arrived at school, he shared his new inspiration with Chitose. Most of the time, Chitose was just listening and Lixi was talking to himself, but Lixi was still very happy.

On Friday, after class, Li Xi went straight back to his home to practice, saying that he wanted to give Chitose a surprise.

"Xiao Sui! Next Monday... no, when school starts again after winter break, I'm going to show you the singing skills I've been practicing all winter long! Just trust me!"

"Okay."

This was the last day before winter vacation, and Chitose didn't want to go to school.

But when I thought that Lixi would come again, I gave up the idea of ​​asking for leave.

The girl in front of him had been working so hard in the past few weeks that she was practically exhausted. Chitose was silently accompanying her.

[Finally, I've completely put Lixi back on the right track. It was really hard work.]

This class is math class, and Chitose is secretly helping Riki copy lyrics.

This is to save Lixi's time so that he can have more energy to do other important things.

Now that Lixi is on the right track, I don't need to keep an eye on her all the time... I just need to play a supporting role. From now on, my role will be "good wife and mother."

"Little Lixi! Shall we go to the movies after school?"

"Hmm..." Li Xi's eyebrows twitched unnaturally.

"Sorry, Xiao Sui, I found a senior who I'd like to ask for some advice on my pronunciation. She also writes lyrics, so I'd like to ask her some more questions... I'm so sorry! I'll go to the movies with Xiao Sui this weekend."

"That's it."

Don't want to watch it? Okay.

It's really a pity.

It’s obvious that you have fewer and fewer opportunities to watch movies with me.

"Well then, little Lixi, go get your daddy."

……

Busy, everyone is busy, it’s better to be busy.

The dark bedroom, half-closed windows, and shaking curtains would be even more appropriate if a murder had occurred.

Chitose Noshiro was learning bass at home alone, listening to the bass program on TV.

"Dear viewers, remember that the most important way to use a bass guitar is to firmly grip the headstock of the guitar and do the same as I did when someone asks you, 'Why is your guitar silent?' or 'You actually named your guitar? Bass? What a strange name!'"

The host raised his bass high and smashed it at a random audience member in the audience like a medieval executioner.

boom--

"And then smash his head in like I did."

"It's too rock 'n' roll, I can't learn anything from it."

Noshiro Chitose changed the channel. She had already learned enough of this kind of execution technique! Chitose wanted to learn more than just this!

There was a knock on the wooden door, three gentle knocks, neither fast nor slow. This was Li Xi's habit of knocking on the door.

"Don't you have a key?! If you ask me to open the door, I'll smash your head in with my bass!"

Execution skills! They come in handy!

"I know, I know." Li Xi opened the door and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

"Why, you still remember to come back, huh."

Qiansui's tone was like that of a wife who had been waiting for her husband at home all day. She walked up and gently took off Lixi's coat, and handed him a bottle of soda.

"Sorry, ahem... I asked a lot of questions today and learned a lot. I think I can write better lyrics and sing better songs now!"

"Really? That's great! Do you want a hug from me as a reward?"

"I do not need!"

Li Xi blushed and pushed Qiansui away. Her expression concealed a very clear message:

I really need it. I'm a little bit proud. Please hug me more.

Chitose Noshiro was one of the few people in the world who could understand Riki's expression, so she just hugged him.

"Xiao Lixi, are you still troubled now?"

"No, once I get busy I don't think about anything else."

"Yeah, life, worries, thoughts, just kick them away!"

Qiansui's words are still so soft, Qiansui still understands herself so well, Qiansui knows what she wants, and Qiansui will give herself what she wants.

Li Xi was held in the arms, his hands waving around behind Noshiro Chitose helplessly.

I’m very fortunate that my best friend’s best friend is also me. I really like this kind of friend who responds to my needs and puts me first.

I like... being with Chitose Noshiro. I don't have to worry about whether she will abandon me, because Chitose is telling Riki all the time with her actions:

I will never abandon you.

A sense of security, the rarest thing in the world! But she, Shiina Riki, possessed it fiercely.

Ah, it would be nice if we could just stay together like this for the rest of our lives.

Inspiration struck Li Xi's mind and her eyes widened.

"I got it! I figured it out! I finally know how to continue writing those three sentences from last time!"

She let go of Chitose, opened her notebook and began writing quickly.

Just write…just write!

"Ahh, just kick those thoughts away!"

"Just like this, the two of us sing together for the love that will never break..."

Is it too electric? Eh…

"Keep it up!! Lixi! It's so well written! I can't get enough of it!"

Yeah!!!!

that…

“Should I just keep writing?”

"Write! Write!"

On the notebook, rows of lyrics flowed freely like water:

【思いを贴って，】

(Ahh, kick the thoughts away.)

【二人でしてんだ，】

(Just like this, the two of us together,)

【壊(わす)れない爱を歌う，】

(Sing for the love that will never break (or be forgotten),)

[Words and two people share the same lesson,]

(With the power of words,)

【Swear いをたてんだ，】

(They swore a vow.)

【forget the love of the song うようにね,】

(Always singing for a love that will never be forgotten.)

……

After writing furiously, Shiina Tatsuki, who had been running to Chitose's house, was sweating profusely.

When I feel like it, I really can't stop at all. While the pen is still quickly writing the previous line of lyrics, dozens of sentences have already popped up in my head.

"call--"

Li Xi let out a long sigh and handed the written lyrics to Chitose Noshiro.

Qiansui just stayed away from him on purpose to prevent himself from disturbing Lixi's thoughts.

"Well, let me see... Yeah."

Chitose carefully savored the meaning between the lines of Riki's lyrics, and finally looked deeply at Shiina Riki.

"Huh? How about this expression—"

"I knew it, ah."

Chitose Noshiro held down Tachikari Shiina's shoulders, and red and purple connected across time and space.

"Lixi, you make me so proud. I really fell in love with you at first sight!"

Ch56. One month before the next music festival

As long as the general idea is written, the rest is not just the job of Li Xi, the lyricist and lead singer.

Chitose Noshiro, wearing large black-framed glasses, tore another piece of draft paper from the notebook.

"Oh, I didn't expect that I was so busy training Li Xi that my own abilities haven't improved. Is this an illusion? Why doesn't writing this sound exciting?"

[Not exciting? Think about it, you only have less than five years left to live, and you still need to make countless girls regret their lives in countless simulations. Think about your sister's eye disease that will require your lifespan to treat. Think about the large amount of life you need to meet your needs. Think about you...]

"I surrender. Okay, okay, stop talking. This is too exciting."

Qiansui's pen tip trembled, and then he continued writing.

Now it's okay, inspiration comes, but I hate you, trash system.