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

There is always a closed feeling in his heart. Although he appears to be very comfortable and considerate of others, it is precisely because Chen Qi is always cautious and does not seem to have his own temper that Mrs. Chihaya feels uneasy.

Whether my daughter can break through this child's defenses may be a big question.

Chapter 12: The first encounter with Xiao Gu Du, Hong Xia and Liang brought a small shock to Chen Qi

"Mom and Dad, I'm going to school now!"

“Well, even though today’s interview is just a formality, remember to act calmly, Aine.”

The next day, Chihaya Aine, who had already had breakfast at home, also dressed up carefully before leaving home.

Wearing a light-colored plaid dress and plain glasses that symbolize quietness, I contentedly carried my guitar bag. After making sure that the music scores of the songs that Chen Qi gave me were in the bag, I went out contentedly.

I have the song that Brother Qi wrote for me, and I have already practiced the tune last night.

This time, I will definitely become popular again soon.

And just when Aiyin, full of energy and vigor, had just walked out of the house escorted by her mother, in the study room not far away.

Chen Qi, who was carrying a guitar on his back, just happened to walk out of the room and bumped into Chihaya and her daughter.

"Aine, and Mrs. Chihaya, good morning."

"Good morning, Xiaoqi, you worked so hard yesterday—"

Just as Chen Qi took the initiative to greet the mother and daughter, and Mrs. Chihaya was responding with a smile, Aiyin immediately let go of her mother's arms, and came straight to Chen Qi, saying in a very happy tone:

"Brother Qi, you left home so early today? Are you going to perform so early?"

"Well, I might be back late today."

Chen Qi did not tell Ain about the Live performance he was going to have with Hong Xia and Liang, mainly because he was worried that Ain would come to watch his Live performance out of curiosity.

It would be fine if Aine came alone, but if she brought others, especially everyone from Crychic… that would be a really lively scene.

Therefore, for the sake of caution, Chen Qi did not intend to let Aiyin dig into this issue.

He quickly glanced at Aine, and when he was about to change the subject by praising Aine's outfit, he noticed something strange on Aine's left hand.

“Hmm? Aine, your left hand…”

"Ah, this?"

Upon hearing that, Aiyin subconsciously stretched out her left hand. However, yesterday, only her index finger was injured, but now all her fingers except the thumb were covered with Band-Aids.

Moreover, each Band-Aid was the same as the one Chen Qi put on Aiyin yesterday, with different penguin shapes printed on them.

"After practicing yesterday, I don't know why my other fingers started to hurt. Although there was no bleeding, I still covered them with Band-Aids just in case."

As she spoke, Aiyin did not forget to open her palms, and fiddled with them in front of Chen Qi as if she had done a manicure on her four fingers. Her tone did not show any sign of hurt, and she smiled happily:

"All four of them are penguin band-aids. How do you think? Cute, right?"

"It's very cute."

Chen Qi always indulged Aiyin in such small matters, so he answered Aiyin without thinking.

But before Aine’s laughter could last long, behind the two of them, Mrs. Chihaya, whose brows were already knitted tightly together, also forced a smile and reminded:

"Aine, you have an interview today, don't you? Xiaoqi still has to go out to sing, so don't disturb him."

"Oh, I almost forgot."

Aine also reacted belatedly. Although she still had many questions in her mind, she still obediently followed her mother's instructions and began to walk towards the direction of Yugaoka Girls' College with her guitar bag on her back.

But before leaving, Aiyin did not forget to turn around and shouted at Chen Qi's back, who was in a completely different direction from her:

"Do your best in this performance, Brother Qi! If I form a band at the academy, Brother Qi must come and watch!"

"understood."

Of course, there probably isn't that chance anymore.

Chen Qi turned slightly, and glanced at the back of Aiyin who was jogging away behind him. A gratified smile also appeared clearly on his face, but it quickly disappeared.

On the other side, the worried Mrs. Chihaya had been watching the backs of Chen Qi and Aine as they walked away in two different directions until they disappeared from view. Only then was she basically certain that the two would not turn around and get together again to go on a street singing date without her knowing.

There was no way. The atmosphere between the two of them just now made Mrs. Chihaya unable to help but worry.

Although her husband thought that there was nothing going on between the two, Mrs. Chihaya always felt that her daughter's dependence on Chen Qi was a little too much.

"Oh, what should I do... Doesn't this child know? Xiaoqi is not someone she can control..."

No, it’s better to say that my precious daughter may not have noticed this at all?

Her dependence on Xiaoqi was almost habitual, because Xiaoqi would basically indulge her requests and meet her every request. Aiyin probably didn't realize that she was getting deeper and deeper into trouble.

Half a year ago, this child was not like this, calling "Brother Qi" all the time.

Before she met Chen Qi, she had never said that she wanted to have a brother or sister.

However, when Mrs. Chihaya was worrying about the intimacy between her daughter and the tenant, suddenly, Aine, who was walking happily towards the academy, suddenly realized something, stopped in her tracks, turned around and glared behind herself.

To be precise, Aiyin was not glaring behind herself, but at the direction where Chen Qi left.

"Wait, if it's a street performance, why didn't Brother Qi bring any audio equipment with him this time? He only carried a guitar?"

"Could it be that this time it's not a street performance? Or... the guitar is just a fascination? Who did he go out so early in the morning just to meet?"

For a moment, Aine’s pupils shrank slightly when she thought of this possibility.

She didn't know why she suddenly felt nervous just now, but the strong feeling of discomfort in her heart still made her feel very irritated.

Although she wanted to run back and question Chen Qi immediately, Aiyin finally suppressed her emotions. After all, she knew very well that this was probably just her imagination. If she blamed Chen Qi with such speculation, then she would be in big trouble.

Humph, anyway, when I come back, I'll have plenty of opportunities to ask for clarification. Brother Qi, you'd better make up a more suitable reason. I'm not that easy to fool.

Although she had already made up her mind, Aiyin was still very unhappy and couldn't help but stamp her feet to express her dissatisfaction.

When her eyes turned to a small stone on the side of the road, she couldn't help but stretch out her foot and kick the stone away.

With a "plop", the small stone fell into the drainage ditch beside. Aiyin, who thought that the small stone was kicked by Chen Qi, felt a little better.

……

Chen Qi, who went to Shimokitazawa's "Stars" with his guitar on his back, didn't know that his deliberate concealment had been keenly noticed by Aine.

Now, after some twists and turns, he has arrived at the door of [Stars].

Livehouses like [Fanxing] usually open at least at noon. The main reason why Chen Qi came so early was because he wanted to rehearse more with Hongxia and Liang.

However, when Chen Qi arrived this time, not only did he not see Hong Xia and Liang, but there was a shaky pink figure wandering in front of the door of [Stars].

"So thirsty, so hot, so hungry..."

"I feel like I'm covered in sweat. I smell really bad now. So, isn't it meaningless for me to wash myself so clean before going out?"

"Or, why don't we go home... and come back in the evening? But if the fans come early..."

Outside the door of [Stars], Goto Ichiri, who had arrived early, is not in an optimistic mental and physical state.

From the moment she arrived at the door of the agreed livehouse, her mind had been brainstorming. The devil Iri, named "retreat", and the angel Iri, named "never break an appointment", had been fighting in her mind for several hours.

Goto Ichiri wanted to escape, he wanted to escape very much.

Ever since she found out last night that she would be meeting fans offline and watching a fan live show, she has been trembling all over like a kindergarten child hearing about a field trip for the first time.

When she woke up the next day, she saw her face in the mirror that looked like a zombie.

His face was pale, his pupils were dull, there was a faint dark circle around his eyes, and his hair was greasy as if he hadn't taken care of it for several days.

How can I go out and meet people like this?!

Before he even left the house, Goto Ichiri had already backed out when he saw how slovenly he looked.

However, just when she was feeling desperate and wanted to take out her phone and make up an excuse to tell her fans that she couldn't go out today, she once again saw yesterday's chat history...

[At least, please be sure to come and see our performance. We will definitely try our best not to let you down! ]

Even though it was not a voice message, Goto Ichiri could still hear the sender's voice of expectation and joy for some reason. After thinking for a long time, he finally put down the phone tremblingly and failed to utter the words of rejection.

So, after a few days, Goto Ichiri took care of himself before going out for the first time in a long time.

Of course, although she said she took good care of herself, Goto Ichiri didn't know how to dress herself more beautifully. She just washed herself from head to toe, changed into a clean sportswear and went out.

Of course, it’s not that Goto Ichiri didn’t want to change into other clothes. Her mother half-forced her to buy a lot of fashionable clothes. But in the end, Goto felt that these clothes were too cute and not suitable for a gloomy person like herself, so she gave up.

Goto Ichiri washed himself and changed into what he thought were the most comfortable clothes. He could not hide his excitement even at the last second before going out.

However, the moment Goto Ichiri stepped out of the house, she began to back out again.

The reason is simple: this summer weather is simply too hot!

One of the reasons why Goto Ichiri was depressed was that she felt that her figure was too... plump, making her completely different from her classmates of the same age.

I developed too early, and was often laughed at by girls of the same age when I was in junior high school because of this.

The side effect of her plump figure is that she sweats a lot when the weather gets hot.

In addition, she left home too early this time and happened to catch the "rush hour" period of office workers who did not have weekends off.

Then, Goto Ichiri's home is a full two hours' drive from [Stars] in Shimokitazawa...

It can be said that Goto Ichiri came to [Stars] while enduring the four major debuffs of "suffocation + rush hour crowds + heat + sweating profusely".

By the time she dragged her body to [Stars], she found that she had arrived too early and the door was not open at all. She was almost in despair.

"It's so hot... I feel like... I'm going to faint..."

Goto felt dizzy and felt that he could not hold on any longer.

Even though he was sitting on the relatively shady stairs, Goto could still feel the scenery in front of him becoming blurry, as if he was about to fall down at any second.

Why hasn't anyone come to open the door yet? Are all livehouses open so late?

I can’t hold on any longer…but what if I get home and someone opens the door right after I get home?

It’s another two hours to get home from here. I might suffocate to death on the tram, right?

"Five more minutes. If no one comes after five minutes, I will go home..."

In the end, Goto Ichiri, with a pale face, persevered by using psychological suggestion methods like self-hypnosis.

However, she herself had forgotten that she had reminded herself of this no less than ten times before, and she had been sitting on the stairs for a full hour now.

"If you don't mind, you can drink my water first."

Just before Goto was about to faint from the heat, suddenly, a voice came from behind, which made her subconsciously turn her head in a trance, but Goto failed to look behind her.

Her eyes were fixed on the bottle of mineral water next to her face, which was still dripping with dew and had a slightly cool feeling.

"But, but, I can't just--"

Goto swallowed, but perhaps the last bit of his socially anxious sanity was still struggling. However, soon, the voice that followed became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"It's okay. I have some here. If you faint from the heat here, I'll have to take you to the hospital, and that'll be troublesome."

Medical, hospital?!

Almost in an instant, Goto Ichiri thought of himself going to the hospital and being questioned by the doctor about why he fainted, and having to stammer and relay all that had happened since he left the house that day. He would be in social disarray.

The desire to survive instantly suppressed the last bit of his dignity.

"Well, that's rude."

He took the bottle of cold water with both hands, and only when the sweet and cool feeling spread through his throat and throughout his body did Goto Ichiri feel that he had finally come back to life.

All the discomforts I had felt before disappeared, and I could breathe again.

"I have some sandwiches here, would you like some?"

And the next moment, that familiar voice came again beside her.

Goto finally reacted and turned his head to look, only to find that a young man wearing black trousers and a jacket, with bangs almost as long as his, and carrying a guitar, was sitting next to him.

The young man's smile was very natural, and he even took the initiative to keep as far away from her as possible, so that people could not feel that he had any malicious intention to take advantage of her.

Following his palm, Goto saw a lunch box placed in front of her, which contained triangular sandwiches.

"Well, well, I'm embarrassed to drink your water, but the sandwich is..."

Goto Ichiri was in a panic and wanted to decline politely, but before she could finish her words, a sound similar to the chirping of insects slowly came from her stomach at an inopportune time.

Goto: I'm not hungry.

Belly: You farted.