They are in the music show, but I am a stranger to them

However, Su Shi did not show this feeling to others. Instead, she still maintained her gentle personality and voice and said to Aine:

“Aine-chan, can you please get off Aki quickly? Aki’s waist won’t be able to bear it if you keep doing this.”

"I strongly agree with this." At this time, Chen Qi, whose face was slightly pale, chose to support Su Shi for the first time between Su Shi and Ain. He said to Ain, who was still pestering him, with a difficult expression on his face and a forced smile:

“Aine, please get down first. My waist can’t support it for too long. Although I feel that you have lost some weight recently, you are still very heavy…”

Aine: "Who are you calling fat? And who do you think is the reason why I lost weight recently? Stupid Qi-nii! Humph~"

However, although Aiyin said so, she still obediently put her legs down from Chen Qi's waist. Chen Qi, who suddenly felt the pressure relieved, was finally able to take a breath and bent down slightly to hide his current embarrassment...

Chen Qi didn't tell the whole truth. The reason why he was anxious to agree with Su Shi's words was not only because his waist could no longer bear Aine's weight, but also because this time Aine was riding on him head-on, which gave Chen Qi a completely different experience from before...

This girl eats so much on a daily basis, but her frontal organs are not very abundant, so it seems that all the food goes to her lower body.

Fortunately, Chen Qi was very good at controlling his emotions, and he quickly adjusted his state...but it was not fast enough.

Behind Chen Qi, Gao Songdeng looked at his brother's unnatural slight bend and his embarrassed and pale face, and immediately realized the circumstances under which he had seen his brother with a similar expression.

But, it was precisely because Deng knew the reason that she cast a deep look at Aine, as if she was thinking about something...

While Deng was still thinking, Chen Qi, whose face still had the warmth left by Aiyin's lips, straightened up again.

He was also looking at Chihaya Aine, whose eyes were slightly red but still looked at him lovingly. Unconsciously, the softness deep in his heart seemed to be touched by Aine's little expression. He couldn't help but reveal a distressed expression and said:

“Aine…I’m sorry for not caring about you during this period.”

"Although I really want to say that I hope you can forgive me for being so upset at the time, but if I explain it this way, you won't understand me, right?"

"——I understand."

However, what was somewhat beyond Chen Qi's expectation was that, facing his unspeakable reason for leaving, Ai Yin, with red eyes, nodded, her hands still unconsciously tightly grasping Chen Qi's forearm, and said with a relieved smile:

"Tomorin, you told me before that it was because of her that you ran away from home, and you didn't tell anyone about this, right?"

"But I can understand that each of us has our own secrets. If possible, I don't want you, Brother Qi, to know my secret."

"It just so happens that Brother Qi already knows everything about me, but it's me...who has never completely understood Brother Qi."

At this point, Aiyin couldn't help but show a bitter expression on her face... In the week that Chen Qi was missing, Aiyin's mind had been lingering over the past six months that she and Chen Qi had spent together, her interactions with Brother Qi, her coquettishness, and her complaints.

Even Aiyin realized it late. Ever since her failed self escaped from London and chose to protect her last bit of fragile self-esteem when she first met him, she had already leaked the secret that she wanted to hide the most to Brother Qi.

She had revealed her "bottom line" to Brother Qi at the very beginning. Therefore, when she shared with Chen Qi those past experiences and embarrassing moments that she least wanted others to know, she was so unscrupulous and didn't care at all.

The worst side of herself had already been exposed to Brother Qi, and everything else was just a small matter to Aiyin.

But what about the other side? Have I really understood Brother Qi? Why did Brother Qi, who was always perfect, calm, and doting on me, end up like this? Is there a vulnerable side hidden in his heart?

These things, Chihaya Aine, who had been immersed in Chen Qi's doting on her, had never thought about them.

Until, at the end of that live show, Mu's outburst of words completely woke her up...

"Mu's words that scolded us were absolutely right." Aiyin's eyes couldn't help but flash with a hint of sadness, and a look of self-blame and guilt lingered in her eyes.

"We really have never understood you, Brother Qi. We are not worthy of looking for you..."

"——Mu said such a thing?"

However, Aiyin's gloomy mutterings allowed Chen Qi to grasp the key information. For a moment, Chen Qi turned his head with a little surprise and looked at Ruoye Mu who was standing beside him.

"..." Mu, who had felt something was wrong since Aine mentioned this matter, also chose to look away silently after noticing the look in Chen Qi's direction. Obviously, he acquiesced to his original behavior.

To be honest, if Chen Qi had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have imagined that Mu, who in his impression was always taciturn and only occasionally made some wrong remarks, would actually say such offensive words one day.

This cannot be described as simply saying the wrong thing. Although Mu's ability to express herself verbally is not good, it sounds like she said these words on purpose. Was it because she was angry after I ran away?

But no matter what, Chen Qi had to say that Mu's words were a bit harsh.

But when he thought that it was because of him that Mu had completely fallen out with everyone in the band, he couldn't say any words of blame to Mu.

After all, the bitterness he endured was indeed ⒐:°④｝々羓∈２、④♂傘≡＆3０5蒐索·《q群：Only Mu witnessed it to the end. But Aiyin, Su Shi, and Li Xi were unaware of this, which did not mean that they were wrong.

After all, they didn't intend to play the song "Sixth Star Night". The meaning of the song was probably only understood by Deng and I at that time, right?

Chen Qi: "I'm sorry, Aiyin, Sushi, and Lixi, because of what happened between me and Deng, you were implicated."

"You don't have to apologize, Brother Qi, what Xiaomu said is right."

However, Chen Qi had just apologized to Su Shi and Li Xi, and before Nagasaki Su Shi, who had been ignored for a long time, could come forward to talk, Aine's words once again attracted all of Chen Qi's attention, leaving no chance for Su Shi and Li Xi to interrupt.

After all, in terms of missing Chen Qi right now, apart from Deng who just conveyed her feelings to Chen Qi, there is no one else present who can rival Aine.

"Besides, Brother Qi, you are not completely silent. Brother Qi, you also gave me encouragement."

As she spoke, Aiyin raised her left ear towards Chen Qi. There, Aiyin was also wearing the black teardrop-shaped earring. With a touch of emotion and a little bit of boasting, she said softly to Chen Qi in front of her:

"Look, I've been wearing Brother Qi's earrings all the time."

“Huh? So you were the one who gave her the earring?” On the side, when Shiina Riki heard Aine finally explain the origin of the earring, she also revealed a slightly surprised look. Obviously, she had noticed the asymmetrical earring style on Aine's ear before.

"I thought she was in a hurry to go out and wore it wrong..." Li Xi muttered to himself, but soon realized the key to the problem.

This guy actually only brought a gift for Chihaya Aine, and didn't bring a gift for himself and Motoya, or even for his sister?

Damn it! This guy didn't even reply to their messages at that time, but he sent the earrings to Chihaya Aine. This guy is really biased as always!

In the past, when he was in Crychic, he favored Xiangzi. Now in the new band, this guy is completely partial to Chihaya Aine! Chen Qi was abandoned by Xiangzi, but he still has no memory. Doesn't he know that those who are favored are fearless?

Really, if Chihaya Aine does the same thing as Shoko one day, I'll see you cry.

Li Xi was also indignant at Chen Qi's partiality. When he thought about the fact that he had sent so many messages to Chen Qi at that time, which almost matched the total number of messages he had sent to other people in the past sixteen years, but Chen Qi did not reply to any of them, Li Xi became even more annoyed.

In addition, the bad impression that Aiyin had left on Lixi before also caused Lixi to never like Aiyin very much. He was even more worried that Aiyin, who was unconditionally doted on by Chen Qi, might do the same thing as Xiangzi in the future...

However, Chen Qi naturally couldn't hear what Li Xi was thinking. All his attention was now on Ai Yin's familiar earring.

⒏ “Aine, have you always worn this earring?”

Mai Aine: "...Since Soyorin gave it to me, I have been carrying it with me."

Qi: "Whenever I wear this earring, it feels like you are still by my side, Brother Qi. I won't be afraid, and I won't feel lost or uneasy anymore."

Facing Chen Qi's slightly moved expression, Aiyin, who had always strongly hoped to find Chen Qi back, of course did not mention the matter of the earrings unintentionally. She wanted to take this opportunity to let Chen Qi, who had been separated from her for a week, understand again how much she cherished him.

Especially before, after witnessing Chen Qi's declaration to Ruoye Mu that he would "never abandon him", Aiyin realized the seriousness of the matter.

Although Brother Qi is a soft-hearted person, he will not make the promise of "forever" casually. Apart from Mu, so far, only himself and Xiao Deng have received such a promise, right?

④ Although Aiyin didn’t know, what happened between Chen Qi and Mu during the week when Chen Qi had no news, which made Qi Ge make a lifelong commitment to Xiao Mu and hope to become a “family” with Xiao Mu.

4 But Aiyin can be sure that Xiaomu seems to have a very important position in Qi Ge’s heart now, and may even be not inferior to the importance of his sister Deng in Qi Ge’s heart.

But if she wanted to bring Brother Qi back to her home, she would have to have another layer of concern - that is what Xiao Mu thinks of her.

After all, Xiao Mu had scolded her before. If Xiao Mu also became Qi Ge's family, then if she wanted to pursue Qi Ge smoothly, she must obtain the consent and approval of her two "stepsisters".

As for gaining Deng's recognition, Aine felt that she had almost succeeded.

After all, it was Deng who dragged Aiyin together to win back Chen Qi. In addition, after a week of special training, Deng must have seen how hard she tried to win back Brother Qi. Aiyin, who has become good friends with Deng, thinks that Deng should be willing to accept her as her "sister-in-law".

And now, the only thing that was difficult for Aine was Mutsu, her new sister.

Judging from the characteristics Xiao Mu showed before, she only has Brother Qi in her eyes... So as long as I am nice to Brother Qi, will Xiao Mu accept me?

With this idea in mind, Aiyin seemed to be acting on impulse this time, but in fact, everything was being implemented step by step according to her plan.

And judging from the increasingly gentle look that Brother Qi was giving her, Aiyin felt that she was not far away from her goal of successfully finding Brother Qi.

“Aine…”

As Chen Qi listened to Aiyin's words, which were all about cherishing and missing him, the softest part of his heart seemed to be hit again and again, and he couldn't help but look a little moved.

The next moment, Chen Qi couldn't help but stretch out his hand and gently stroked the earring that he had given to Aiyin under her earlobe.

At this moment, Ai Yin, who really didn't expect that Chen Qi would "suddenly attack" her, couldn't help but pause for a moment. Looking at the gentle gaze that Chen Qi cast towards her, her heart started beating wildly and she lowered her head shyly.

However, facing the little actions of Qi Ge, who she had been thinking about all the time, Aiyin showed no sign of resistance...

Another person who held her breath at this moment was Nagasaki Motoyo.

She didn't envy Chen Qi's affectionate behavior towards Ai Yin... maybe a little. But she was more worried that the original owner, Chen Qi, would see through the "fake" that she gave to Ai Yin and suspect that she had embezzled the earring.

Although Su Shi was completely consumed by his own selfish desires when he did this, when the risk of being discovered really arose, Su Shi was still so nervous that he had difficulty breathing and even broke out in cold sweat.

Fortunately, Chen Qi didn't notice anything wrong. On the contrary, Gao Songdeng behind Chen Qi seemed to be unable to ignore this scene any longer.

"Brother...can we go home now?"

"what……"

However, when Gao Song Deng's voice sounded faintly from behind, Chen Qi's action of stroking Aiyin's earrings paused very obviously. As the scene of kissing Deng replayed in his mind, a strong sense of responsibility made him withdraw his hand almost immediately.

I... am really hopeless. Chen Qi couldn't help but shake his head and drove those messy thoughts out of his head.

I’ve already done something that crossed the line with Deng, so whether I admit it or not, I have to be responsible for Deng…if Aine gets involved, what will happen then?

He should confess to Aine what happened between him and Deng. Chen Qi knew that this girl...had feelings for him.

I have to make a decisive move and tell Aine the truth before her love for me becomes hopeless.

But... can I really do it? Facing Aine who relies on me so much and trusts me so much, can I do such a thing?

"Wait, Tomorin, can you let Brother Qi come back to live with me today?"

While Chen Qi was still lost in thought, Aiyin took the first step and hugged one of Chen Qi's arms. Her movements were so skillful that it could be said that she was not much worse than that of Gao Songdeng, her real sister.

"Brother Qi hasn't come back to my place for a long time. I have a lot to say to him."

"Ah! And Xiaomu, Xiaomu can also live with Brother Qi at my house. My family won't mind~"

Aiyin also did not forget to call Wakaba Mu, and offered the bargaining chip that she thought Mu, as a "sister", would be least likely to refuse, which was to live under the same roof with Brother Qi.

Aine felt that this trick would definitely work. After all, she had witnessed the "grand occasion" when Takamatsu Tomori stayed in her little house for nearly a month just to be with his brother.

Aiyin believed that as long as she and Qi Ge became "brother and sister", she would not be able to resist the temptation of this condition.

However, Aiyin still wanted to find out. She was a little too naive... She didn't know that during the week when Chen Qi had no news, Mu had been living under the same roof with Chen Qi.

Mu even preferred to live with Su Shi rather than live in Chihaya Aine's house.

After all, although Su Shi's behavior towards Qi was a little bit over the line, he was still a good friend that Mu could barely trust.

Chihaya Aine...her "evil intentions" towards Qi were almost undisguised on her face. Mutsu couldn't imagine what would happen between Qi and Aine if they lived together again for a long time.

Although, strictly speaking, Mu didn't hate Aine, and she had no reason to hate Aine.

But, from Mu's selfish point of view... the strong aggressiveness that Aine showed before made Mu feel uneasy.

She was worried that before she could realize her feelings for Qi, Qi might have been killed by Chihaya Aine...

...No, Qi and Aine cannot live together.

Thinking of this, Mu unconsciously looked for help at Nagasaki Su Shi who was standing beside him. He tried to use his silent expression to signal Su Shi to stand up at this time and try to persuade Chen Qi not to go back to Aiyin's house.

Although, Mu Ye couldn't think of any reason for Su Shi to let Chen Qi stay in Su Shi's house.

However, Nagasaki Sushi might not have sensed Mu's silent signal, but when Aiyin invited Chen Qi to return to her residence, Sushi was obviously agitated. At that moment, she could no longer suppress her emotions and tried to speak to Aiyin:

“Um, Aine-chan, actually…”

"——Sure, brother, let's go to Aine-chan's house together today, okay?"

However, to everyone's surprise, the person who spoke up and helped Chen Qi make up his mind was none other than the smiling Gao Songdeng.

The younger sister, who had been wearing a calm smile from the beginning, now looked directly at her brother's slightly surprised eyes. Although her tone was a little weak, she still insisted on saying to Chen Qi:④

"We can find our brother this time, Aine-chan, who has helped us a lot, and brother and Aine-chan have a good relationship, right? You must also hope to have a good talk with Aine-chan, right?"

"That's right, I also want to know what happened between you and Xiaomu, brother. Let's take this opportunity to go to Aine's house for a party, okay?"

Chen Qi: “…Okay.”③

Facing his sister's proposal, Chen Qi, who was still a little hesitant, acquiesced to Gao Songdeng's proposal, but he did not guess what his sister's real purpose was in taking the initiative to propose going to Aiyin's house this time.

Aine-chan, maybe you are my rival. If Aine-chan really wants to compete with me for my brother... then I can't give in. ⑥

If my brother can't do something, let me do it for him.

However, with Takamatsu Deng's words and Chen Qi's acquiescence, Nagasaki Suyo, who had just tried to speak, swallowed the words she couldn't say again with a sad look in her eyes, and forced herself to force a smile on her face so that no one would notice anything.

It seems... that I have failed.

Ah Qi, never really belonged to herself, and in the end, she still lost the big boy who could give her warmth and drive away her loneliness...

For a moment, Nagasaki Suyo lowered her eyes slightly, unable to hide the sparkling tears in the corner of her eyes. She had possessed this "treasure" for a short time, and then she began to covet it and tried to possess it, but in the end... it had to be returned to its original owner.

PS: Today is the first chapter! The update may be a little late in the evening, but it will definitely be posted today!