My daily life is getting weird because I am caught between being in a band and being an idol.

As a result, Renna went even further, slamming her hand on the table and standing up.

"If you have something to say, say it clearly!!!"

Everyone understood that Nina was yelling at Momoka, who had already left.

"I told you not to shout, it will cause trouble for others! And don't yell at me."

"...I'm going to chase after them right now... Waaaaaah!"

Upon hearing Nina say that, everyone knew she was serious. Subaru reacted quickly, immediately grabbing an ice cream and forcibly stuffing it into her mouth, while Asahi helped to push Nina back into her seat.

"Hooray, this ice cream is so delicious! Have some more, you can have mine too~~"

Subaru spoke hurriedly.

At this moment, with ice cream and vegetables in her mouth, she whimpered incoherently, waving her hands constantly, and even a few tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

It was only then that Chaoyang reminded Subaru.

"It seems too cold, Subaru, let go quickly."

As soon as Subaru let go of Asahi's hand, the ice cream was spat out.

"...So cold!!"

Nina braced herself on the table with both hands, breathing heavily. Her cheeks flushed red with embarrassment and anger, and tears reflected in the dim light of the izakaya, making her look particularly pitiful.

"You two are going too far!"

Asahi put his hands in a defensive stance in front of him, while comforting Rencai with his words.

"Well, it's for your own good. If you chase after her now, it won't end well; it'll just lead to a fight. Don't pressure Momoka too much before she understands."

After hearing what Chaoyang said, Rencai lowered her head and thought about it.

"..."

“I know you’re a little anxious, but you should consider that although Momoka seems carefree and unconcerned with details on the surface, she is actually quite sensitive inside. Perhaps you can find the answer during this trip.”

After seeing that Nina had calmed down, Asahi further adopted the role of a life mentor.

"...Tsk..."

Ebi V, standing to the side, clicked his tongue in displeasure.

"Tomo-chan, that's bad manners."

Rupa smiled and whispered a reminder from the side.

"I just felt that his way of coaxing girls was too skillful, and I found it a bit disgusting."

Ebi V was displeased with this self-proclaimed mentor-like figure.

It reminds me of my own mother, who was simply deceived by this kind of man, blinded by love. Even after her daughter dropped out of junior high school and ran away from home, she has never cared about her since.

Ebi V-Chichi understood that what he was doing was called displaced anger, so he tried his best to suppress it, and at most he just had a bad attitude.

"Speaking of your band's name, you said you wanted to change it, how's that going?"

At this point, none of the three younger ones spoke.

Rupa laughed and explained to Chaoyang.

"They did have a meeting, but it seems none of them have much talent for naming things. In the end, no one would give in, so the team name is still New Kawasaki~~"

"If I'd already said the band's name was like this, I'd rather leave the band!"

Ebi V, who was extremely averse to the new Kawasaki team name, imitated Nina's table-slamming gesture to show his resistance.

"You just told me not to speak loudly, and here you are."

"Humph."

Ebi V, realizing his own double standards, stopped talking.

Chaoyang realized the atmosphere was turning unpleasant and there was no need to continue the conversation.

. .

Outside the izakaya late at night, a cool breeze gently blows, bidding farewell to the other girls.

Chaoyang and Rencai, who live in the same area, go home together.

"By the way, what did your sister want when she came to see you last time? We haven't talked to her since. Was she trying to persuade you to go back?"

With nothing to do, Asahi suddenly remembered that Renna's older sister had visited before and had a good impression of her, so he casually started chatting with her.

I'll try to get Renna's sister's contact information when the opportunity arises. I wonder if she has a boyfriend?

However, it seems that Nina has no intention of speaking.

"...If there's anything you don't understand, you can talk to me about it."

Hearing Asahi speak like that, Nina looked a little embarrassed and opened her mouth without hiding anything.

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"Well, um... well, it's really not a big deal. The preparatory school teachers contacted my family, saying I'm frequently skipping classes. My grades have also dropped drastically recently... I really like doing unnecessary things..."

Rencai started complaining about the preparatory school teachers as soon as she started talking.

Chaoyang couldn't stand the child arguing, so he flicked her forehead.

"This is their job, not some superfluous one. If you don't want to be treated like a child, don't make a fuss about this... However, I warned you before, playing in a band should be done in moderation..."

However, Chaoyang noticed that when he mentioned ordinary shiitake mushrooms, the person next to him looked unhappy and clearly didn't take it seriously.

Chaoyang vaguely saw himself in junior high and high school. Back then, his mother would nag him while he was playing games, telling him to tidy his room and not to leave his clothes and coats lying around when he got home. But he would just play games with a sour face.

Having been away from home for so long, decades, Chaoyang began to feel sentimental.

"..."

As Chaoyang looked up at the starry sky, a faint smile played on his lips, but his eyes revealed a complex sadness.

His pace slowed, and his hands unconsciously slipped into his coat pockets, as if he were pondering something profound.

"Hey, Mr. Hiraishi, what's wrong?"

Rencai's voice broke the brief silence.

She followed beside him, cautiously glancing at his face.

He noticed that Chaoyang had suddenly stopped lecturing, and his expression was quite complicated.

Renna subconsciously wondered if she had disappointed Asahi.

Thinking back to when I first met Asahi in Tokyo (Kanagawa), it reminded me of the first person I met.

Suddenly feeling a bit scared, Chaoyang got angry and completely reduced communication afterward, even feeling that he was hopeless and broke off all contact.

"Yes... I made you angry? Yes, I'm sorry... But actually..."

Rencai wanted to explain further.

Chaoyang snapped out of her daze and couldn't help but laugh when she saw her cautious demeanor.

"Haha, don't overthink it, I'm not angry."

He reached out and patted her head.

"It's just that when I was about your age, I also complained about my family nagging and always had a sour face... But now that the nagging people are gone, I've become the one lecturing. It's just a little sad."

Upon hearing what Asahi said, Renna immediately became nervous and awkwardly tried to comfort him.

"...Mr. Hiraishi, you're not that much older than me... Don't act like you've seen it all... It's alright... We're about the same age, we can get along for a long time... I guess..."

He was very flustered while speaking.

"Ah, if possible, I'd like to spend more time with Nina."

When Nina heard Asahi's answer, she froze for a moment. Then, her face turned bright red at a visible speed, as if she had been thrown into a steam room, and even the tips of her ears turned red.

"...Ah! Well, I mean, as friends, not anything else!"

She waved her hands frantically, trying to explain, her voice even cracking slightly.

As she spoke, she became increasingly flustered, and a series of embarrassing images inexplicably surfaced in her mind: herself wearing a pure white wedding dress, with Chaoyang standing beside her, looking at her with doting eyes, and even several children surrounding the two of them.

"Cough cough cough cough!!!"

The image was so vivid that even Chaoyang, who could sense her thoughts, couldn't help but cough a few times.

Hearing Asahi's awkward cough, Renna finally dispelled her wild thoughts.

The two remained silent until they returned home.

. .

"What?! What are you thinking?! At a time when we're desperately short-staffed, you're saying you want to go on a day and night trip?!"

The next day, Tao Xiang informed everyone in the morning that they would gather that evening to prepare for departure. Chao Yang quickly made an appointment with the RV rental company to pick up the vehicle, and then called Xiang Zi to give him some instructions.

However, even though Xiangzi was taking a lunch break and was eating her lunch alone in the courtyard of Haneoka School, she couldn't help but be disturbed by the news from Chaoyang.

He suddenly roared out loud, which was quite unusual for him.

"No, I actually went out to earn money. I found a job that can earn 50 a day."

On the other end of the phone, when Xiangzi heard Chaoyang mention the job that "could earn 50 yuan a day," her brows immediately furrowed. She put down her lunchbox, her face stern, and her voice suddenly lowered.

"Chaoyang, explain yourself clearly. What kind of job can earn 50 a day? You're not looking for one of those online ads, are you?"

Xiangzi tried hard to suppress the anger in his voice, but it still carried obvious dissatisfaction.

"No, Xiangzi, I'm going to work properly."

Chaoyang was about to explain when Xiangzi interrupted him.

"A legitimate job? Earning 50 a day? Hiraishi Chaoyang, you don't actually believe in those high-paying job scams, do you?!"

Xiangzi spoke faster, his tone becoming more anxious and reproachful.

"I thought you wouldn't be so naive as to lack even the most basic judgment. Do you know that most of those so-called high-paying jobs are scams or involve illegal activities? Are you so desperate for money, or did you just agree to it without thinking it through?"

On the other end of the phone, Chaoyang couldn't say that the money was actually given by the system.

That's a terrible excuse. I might as well have just said someone outside invited me to discuss investment... although that wouldn't be very believable either... Now, even if I made up another excuse, Xiangzi definitely wouldn't believe me... For 50... I have no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

"Well, it's very reliable. I'll be back the day after tomorrow if nothing unexpected happens. I'll do my job well today. Just think of it as me taking a day off tomorrow."

"wait......"

Just as Xiangzi was about to continue speaking, Chaoyang hung up the phone.

That idiot... But has he really been driven to this point?

The complete misunderstanding is that Chaoyang lost his ability to think like a normal person because he was so poor.

"Oh dear? Xiangzi, you look like you ate something bad. What happened?"

What appeared before Xiangzi was a colorful, black-headed glacier-shaped vegetable.

It turned out that Rina, who had just finished lunch in the cafeteria and was leisurely strolling around the school with her hands behind her head, saw Xiangzi sitting there making a phone call.

Noticing Xiangzi's performance, they immediately found it amusing and impulsively went over to watch.

"...Senior Hikawa..."

Upon seeing that it was Japanese food, Xiangzi immediately became even more irritated; she didn't like this type of Japanese food.

Let's go... If she finds out, things will get even more chaotic... Wait a minute... Maybe she knows something.

"Senior Hikawa...did your producer tell you yesterday where he's going tomorrow?"

"Hmm? They didn't say anything, just that they had to go out for a few days. Did something happen?"

"...It's nothing. You don't need to worry about anything else right now. Just focus on practicing."

After saying that, Xiangzi closed the lid of the lunchbox and prepared to leave.

Meanwhile, the Japanese girl was making jokes from the side.

"Xiangzi, you're just like my sister, always looking worried for no apparent reason."

That's probably because seeing you makes me feel sorry for your sister.