Will the plagiarism girl be a substitute for the preference for women?

"Well……"

After regaining his senses, Deng hesitated for a moment before answering.

"Yes... Coke."

Then, China took another cup and poured a cup for the lamp by pressing the rim against the metal plate, which was the correct way to do it.

As if understanding something, Deng lowered his eyes, smiled, and handed over the cup with both hands.

"Thank you, China."

……

After entering the private room, Deng unconsciously sat down next to Qianna.

In the generally dim room, beams of light drifted across Chizuru's face, barely illuminating her outline, causing the lamp to unintentionally mistake her for someone else.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Aine used the tablet in the private room to select a song by her favorite group, Sumimi, and then turned the tablet upside down and handed it to the other side.

"I've made my selections, you guys can pick a few songs too."

After glancing at Chika beside him, Tama said in a low voice, "Let Chika go first."

"Then I won't be polite."

Chinatsu only requested one song, then handed it to Touka.

"I won't sing... I can't sing well..." Deng stammered.

"Why? It's because of what happened before..."

Just as Aine was about to ask if she had a falling out with the band, which was why she was afraid to sing now, China spoke first:

"You're the lead singer of the band, no need to be modest."

"Huh?" Aine was curious about Chinatsu's interest in Crychic. She herself had only learned about it after going to the Astronomy Club with Akari and looking at Akari's notebook.

Did you get the information from Xiangzi?

Could it be because of an argument over Crychic that China hid in the bathroom and cried earlier?

But what could be the reason for the argument...?

If it was about the light, it's somewhat unbelievable that Chika and Shoko would argue over it after only knowing each other for a few days.

Could it be that Chika's statement that "I am an old friend of Akari" was not a lie?

While Ai Yin was puzzled, Deng said somewhat despondently.

"Some people say I... sing too hard."

"I think the disbandment might be my fault."

Chinatsu patted the back of the lamp and then said to Aine.

"Xiao Aiyin, let's sing later."

At this moment, Aine was trying to come up with words to comfort the lamp and encourage it, but she wasn't very satisfied with the sentences she came up with.

Now that China seems to have a good idea, Aine nodded and let China take the lead.

China took the tablet back and searched for the song "Haruhi Kage," but couldn't find it.

It seems like Crychic is just singing, but hasn't released it yet.

So, China put on her headphones, searched for recordings of Kasuga Kage made by audience members at the live event on her phone, and listened to them.

Even with noise cancellation mode on, the sound inside the private room still seemed a bit loud.

"Let Aiyin sing first. I'm going to the restroom, it'll only take a few minutes."

After saying that, China went to the private bathroom in the VIP room.

"But this song is sung by two people?"

Seeing China leave, Aine thought she should buy China a few more minutes.

Because she hadn't yet organized the words to encourage her, and was afraid of making things worse and causing a situation like the one in the morning, Ai Yin simply decided to prolong the time by singing.

Furthermore, at noon, Chinatsu specifically mentioned something to Aine via Line:

"Friendly reminder: Be careful of Xiaodeng's gravity speech. When talking to her, avoid letting her say things like 'I will be xxx for the rest of my life'."

At that time, Chinatsu almost messed up because she casually promised to talk about astronomy for a lifetime, so she gave Aine this advice.

At that time, Aine wanted to use Line to talk to Chinatsu about the AI ​​astronomy report, but she didn't because Chinatsu kindly reminded her first.

Now, Ai-yin originally planned to say something about not giving up easily, and then let Akari rekindle her original intention, such as forming a band with herself and China.

After all, many people at school were in bands, and she wanted to fit in.

Thinking back to Chika's warning, I'd better not.

So she picked up one microphone and handed the other to the lamp, gesturing again.

The lamp still shook its head.

Sighing inwardly, Ai Yin had no choice but to switch to a song sung by herself.

But when she picked up the tablet, she saw that China had selected a Chinese song.

KTV opening song, Farewell Song.

"Speaks three languages?" Aine exclaimed in surprise.

"what?"

The lamp immediately lost its gloomy expression and curiously came closer.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ai Yin used a Chinese song to steer the conversation to Chinese food, and they chatted for more than five minutes.

At this moment, China also came out of the restroom, looking as if she had accomplished her mission.

Seeing this, Deng moved from the outside of the sofa to the inside, making room for China.

After sitting down, China immediately picked up the tablet and turned on the performance function.

Suddenly, the song selection page transformed into two rows of piano keys.

At the same time, China opened her phone, which displayed the sheet music she had just copied in the bathroom.

"Dang Dang Dang"

She began to play "Spring Shadows".

Chapter 27 Now that things have come to this, let's go for a C3 first.

"This is……"

Upon hearing the intro played by China using the virtual keyboard, Aine recalled the sheet music for a song in Akari's notebook.

It's a spring day!

How did China obtain the sheet music for this song?

For a moment, Aine could only connect this incident with the few minutes that China had spent in the bathroom.

Did she just persuade Xiangzi to give her the sheet music? It seems unlikely if they just had a fight.

Aine, Aine, use the detective thinking you learned from TV dramas to think about this... Oh right, China just put on her headphones.

If Chika just found a recording of Kasuga Kage's live performance online, and then transcribed the sheet music while listening to the song...

You transcribed the sheet music in just over five minutes? Are you kidding me?

Aine saw that China was not just playing the main melody on a single key, but also the chords that included the main note and rhythm.

Have you basically transcribed the original score?

How on earth did that...?

Aine abandoned her brainstorming session on the matter and instead thought about China's motivation for doing so.

The saying goes, "Once bitten by a snake, twice shy."

While the analogy isn't quite apt, when the familiar prelude played again after a year, the lamp did indeed involuntarily shrink back.

That was the first song that all of Crychi created together, containing the emotions and efforts that the members poured into it; it was a beautiful memory that once belonged to them.

But when Crychic disbanded, the gap between the beauty represented by the song and reality made it a past event that no one wanted to look back on.

But there is another theory, which is stress-induced trauma desensitization therapy.

To give another somewhat inappropriate example:

Among the stray animals adopted by some animal welfare organizations, there are quite a few that have been abused.

Animals that have been beaten with sticks will tremble and shrink their tails in fear whenever they see something in the shape of a stick.

However, the staff of the animal welfare organization will still raise the stick repeatedly in front of the animals, but they will not actually hit them.

At first, the little animals would be terrified when they saw the stick again, recalling the scary things that had happened in the past.

However, after seeing staff raise batons time and time again, the fear gradually diminishes until it becomes a habit.

For small animals, the concept of "violence" that "sticks" once symbolized will gradually fade from their minds, making "sticks" a neutral term again in their eyes.

This is what is known as stress-induced trauma desensitization therapy.

This time, China also swung the stick named Kasuga Kage, but did not let it fall on the lamp in a "disbanded" form.

Well, this explanation is still a bit strange.

In any case, Aine learned that China wanted Akari to no longer be afraid of the past.

After playing the first half of "Haruhi Kage" to familiarize herself with it, China smiled and asked how the lantern was.

"Well……"

When she heard the intro, Deng had an urge to avoid it, and she wanted to stand up and run away.

But something else held her back.

Firstly, when the light was first given to China, she subconsciously sat on the inside, and there was a table in front of the sofa, so China, who was sitting on the outside, was essentially blocking her way.

Secondly, when China plays a familiar melody on the virtual keyboard, the scenes of reality and memories seem to intertwine once again.

In familiar places, there are similar people doing similar things...

But Chika can only be Chika!

The light reminded him once again.

"China plays very well!" Lamp exclaimed excitedly, clasping her hands together.

"Thank you, then let's review it together."

“??”

Then, China started playing the intro again and began singing the first line.

"Let the lamp sing along too."

Chinatsu seems to have a strong interest in teaching.

This scene reminded Deng of the time when Xiangzi taught him to sing this song.

However, the lamp is still somewhat hesitant to speak.

Perhaps it was precisely because they were so alike that Akari tried to overcome her negative emotions and sing, only to realize she hadn't sung well, and then received that similar reply from China?

That's what Xiangzi said to himself when he quit Crychic.

Lamp, you're the one who needs the most practice!

Sure enough, I still didn't dare to sing.

Aine, who was watching from the side, wondered if China's high spirits were due to a rebound after a good cry.

It started with the old joke about playing with the vending machine.

At that time, Aine thought that although the scene was a bit awkward, it could cheer up Chinatsu, who had been unhappy all afternoon, so she went along with the jokes.

Right now, I have a feeling that her actions, driven by such joy, might become a little uncontrollable.

If Akari still can't bring herself to sing, and China keeps urging her to start singing amidst her heightened emotions, it feels like things might start to go wrong...

Moreover, desensitization therapy is a gradual process, not something that can be achieved all at once.