The lady can hear my voice

Chihaya Aine walked into the haunted house holding the hand of Sora Niijima and looked at the surrounding layout with some curiosity.

"The layout of Class B is pretty good. It has a good atmosphere and is no worse than a real haunted house."

Chihaya Aine said as she hugged Niijima Sora's arm and continued walking forward.

When he saw Toyokawa Shoko wearing a ghost mask in front of him, he was stunned for a moment. Finding that the other party was not moving, he thought it was a puppet model, so he slowly approached.

Toyokawa Shoko remained motionless, just watching Niijima Sora and Chihaya Aine holding hands, looking so intimate.

She was trying to regulate her breathing.

"Sora, do you think this is a real person or a puppet? Will it suddenly pop its head out when we walk over?"

Chihaya Aine was still looking at the settings in the haunted house with a playful attitude, and she didn't seem to think that she would be scared at all.

However, when she relaxed her guard, chatted and laughed with Niijima Sora, and prepared to move forward.

Toyokawa Shoko suddenly reached out and grabbed her shoulders, then started playing ghost roars and music at the same time, shaking Chihaya Aine's body vigorously.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!" Chihaya Aine was stunned for a second and then started screaming. She subconsciously squatted down and hugged her head. Just when Niijima Sora wanted to comfort her, Toyokawa Shoko took off her mask and forcibly dragged Niijima Sora behind the curtain.

"Ku...Ku?" After calling for a while, Chihaya Aine found that Sora Niijima suddenly disappeared, and she immediately understood what had happened.

The female ghost just now... was Toyokawa Shoko, right?

Anger took over her emotions and Chihaya Aine immediately chased into the curtain, but found that there was nothing inside and the person had disappeared long ago.

"..." Chihaya Aine clenched her fists, snorted coldly, turned around and walked towards the exit.

At this time, Sora Niijima had been taken into a long cabinet by Shoko Toyokawa.

Looking at Toyokawa Shoko, who was wearing a white yukata and had a slightly blushing face in front of him, Sora Niijima stared at her blankly.

“Shoko…?”

Toyokawa Shoko pursed her lips and hugged him: "Just stay still, I want to talk to you alone."

"it is good……"

"Have you been playing with Chihaya-san all day today?"

"Well, because the play is tomorrow..."

"I've been busy in class all day today and I'm very tired."

"Thanks a lot."

Toyokawa Shoko continued to hug him tightly: "Where's the light? And...where's Goto-san?"

"They went to the cultural festival over at Riki."

"There are too many people. I can't take care of them all, Sora."

"Forehead……"

Toyokawa Shoko listened to his heartbeat and sighed softly: "Sora, although I also want to accept your ridiculous ideas, I can't do it now."

Sora Niijima: "I'm sorry..."

"Kong." Toyokawa Shoko grabbed his hand and gently placed it on her heart.

"Shoko!?"

"Listen to my heartbeat." Toyokawa Shoko blushed and looked at him straight.

"Ah... um... I'm here. I'm listening."

Sora Niijima was confused.

He has never done such an outrageous thing to other girls!

It's just a few more kisses.

Oh…the cat thing doesn’t count, because it was the cat who did it.

"What do you think I am thinking about with this beating of my heart?"

"Uh...I..."

"Sora, if you need me, I can definitely satisfy you in all your life, but not like this... It's too ridiculous now, and..."

Just when Toyokawa Shoko was about to say something, the door of the closet was suddenly opened, and Chihaya Aine looked at Toyokawa Shoko angrily, "It's you again, what are you doing?!"

Toyokawa Shoko was stunned for a moment. She put down Sora Niijima's hand and squinted at her: "You have been with him for a whole day. It's almost time."

"Huh? Is this the rule you set?!" Chihaya Aine really wanted to bite Toyokawa Shoko with her canine teeth.

Why does she always go against herself! ?

Yes, why do you always go against Chihaya Aine, and why is your hostility so strong?

The main reason was that before, when Toyokawa Shoko was too humble, she could only watch Chihaya Aine and Niijima Sora interact in the dark.

Even after the basketball game, Toyokawa Shoko would avoid her whenever she heard her presence.

Perhaps it is because of the accumulated psychological imbalance and unwillingness to accept the consequences.

Toyokawa Shoko's hostility towards Chihaya Aine is particularly strong.

"I want to go to the cultural festival with Sora, too. I'm also his friend, so I don't think there's anything unreasonable about that."

"Friend? If you only considered him a friend, would you have dragged him into the closet? If I hadn't forced my way in, who knows what you would have done to him now!"

"No, shameless!"

Toyokawa Shoko's expression suddenly became even uglier: "What did you say?"

"I'm talking to you, you're just a..."

"Aine!" Niijima Sora looked at Chihaya Aine seriously, "Don't say that about Xiangzi!"

“What? You, you are helping her again, right?! I really... did it in vain…” Chihaya Aine was about to escape, but was forcibly grabbed by Niijima Sora’s wrist.

"What are you arguing about? What's there to argue about? If you want to go to the cultural festival, then go together. What's the point of arguing about such things all day long?" Niijima Sora looked at Aine and Shoko and spoke to them in an unprecedented tone.

Now he roughly understood that sometimes, he had to be tough instead of just passively taking a beating or watching their conflicts grow bigger and bigger.

If the Shura Field cannot be resolved, then what's the point of having a harem?

Toyokawa Shoko and Chihaya Aine were both stunned.

Sora Niijima then softened his voice and said, "It's a rare cultural festival, so just enjoy it and stop arguing, okay?"

Chihaya Aine was stunned for a moment and turned her head away.

Toyokawa Shoko smiled and said, "Okay."

Anyway, not arguing now doesn’t mean we won’t argue in the future.

It’s okay to take a break for a while.

233 Xiangzi will never leave the sky

“Aine, this is for you.”

When Sora Niijima saw a pink hairpin that was suitable for Chihaya Aine, he took the initiative to buy it and gave it to her.

When handing the hairpin to her, Niijima Sora was still apologizing for his attitude just now: "I didn't mean to be mean to you just now, can you forgive me?"

Seeing how attentive Niijima Sora was in front of her, regardless of what Toyokawa Shoko beside her thought, Chihaya Aine calmed down a little and said thank you to him reluctantly.

Toyokawa Shoko's eyes dimmed slightly, but she said nothing.

Sora Niijima quietly held her hand, gave her a look, and said something in his heart.

[Xiangzi, I bought your share as well, but I can’t give it to you until later.]

Toyokawa Shoko was stunned for a moment, then stopped thinking about it.

It's still too early to expect Sora Niijima to only look at himself.

What he gives to me is obviously not proportional to what I give to him, so I can't ask for anything.

Toyokawa Shoko followed the two of them for a while, about half an hour, and finally decided to leave first and come back to meet Niijima Sora later.

Chihaya Aine looked at Toyokawa Shoko smiling and saying goodbye to them, she hummed in her heart and held Niijima Sora's hand even tighter.

Why fight? In the end, doesn’t Sora care about me more?

But...when she thought about the future, Chihaya Aine no longer had the mood to laugh at Toyokawa Shoko.

After all, she couldn't have Sora Niijima alone either.

-

The first day of the cultural festival soon came to an end.

At 6:30 in the evening, each class began to pack up everything that had been arranged for the day, and those selling things also closed their stalls.

At this time, Chihaya Aine also left Niijima Sora and went to reunite with her friends.

Although there were some minor incidents in the middle, in the end I was able to spend a relatively complete day alone with Sora Niijima.

And Sora Niijima went to the music room where he had made an appointment with Shoko.

This is where they meet most often.

Toyokawa Shoko looked at Niijima Sora who was approaching, and her originally expressionless face instantly turned into a smile.

"Xiangzi, let's go inside and talk."

"it is good."

-

"We're going to officially perform on stage tomorrow, but we haven't had a formal rehearsal yet..."

Toyokawa Shoko blinked, she looked at the blue hairpin in her palm that Sora Niijima bought for her, and smiled, "So, we need to turn on the lights later. Will Goto come over to rehearse as well?"

"I'll be fine."

Sora Niijima shook his head, "No, I just wanted to tell you that the reason why we didn't rehearse was because... I wanted to give you a surprise."

"surprise?"

"Xiangzi, this is the name and lyrics of the song we are going to play tomorrow."

"All I gave you before were the sheet music. I didn't even tell you the name, because this is a surprise."

Sora Niijima took out the handwritten lyrics manuscript and handed it to Shoko Toyokawa.

Toyokawa Shoko took it and quickly began to read.

As she read, tears slowly filled her eyes. She looked at Sora Niijima and asked softly, "What is this song..."

"Well, this song was written by Chuhua and I when we were in the hospital. I thought it would be a gift for you."

"Xiangzi, I know that you have put a lot of effort into the upcoming performance recently, and you are actually very uneasy and need encouragement."

"I wrote this song just to cheer you up."

Although Toyokawa Shoko was very touched, she still noticed the two words "Chuhua" first.

Chu Hua did not tell me the whole story about this matter.

This is in line with what Sora Niijima called a "surprise", but it still gives Shoko a very subtle feeling.

Chuhua, is your relationship with Kong better than I thought?

"And this song will be officially released on major music platforms after the cultural festival performance tomorrow. It will be jointly promoted by the band Mygo and the band End. At that time, you can also download and listen to our recorded version directly."

Toyokawa Shoko nodded, looked at the precious lyrics manuscript paper, and said thank you to Niijima Sora.

At the same time, she also understood one thing thoroughly.

The night of the performance was indeed her chance, but it was also her last chance.

If this continues and Sora does more for him, then… there really is nothing that can be done.

And now, I have to be more proactive.

Toyokawa Shoko wiped the tears from her eyes and said to Sora Niijima, "Sora, can you come over here and play the piano with me? Let's play this song."

"it is good."

The golden sunset light shines through the glass onto the piano in the music room, making everything hazy.