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

However, although Xiangzi wanted to convince herself to believe Chen Qi's words, her still uneasy heart prevented her from answering.

Xiangzi is willing to believe that with Chen Qi's character, he will never take the initiative to provoke girls. What Xiangzi cannot trust is the meticulous care and concern that he once enjoyed from Chen Qi... Will it make Chuhua's heart waver?

After all, Xiangzi knew that Chuhua, like herself, had never been in love. She was very worried that Chuhua would sink into Chen Qi's warmth like the spring breeze, just like she did back then.

Especially now, Xiangzi didn't even have any position to stop this. She and Chen Qi had already ended a long time ago. If Chuhua really fell in love with Chen Qi, she, the "ex-girlfriend", might not even have the chance to express her inner dissatisfaction.

"No... Chuhua is not that kind of person." After a moment of silence, Xiangzi tried to convince his uneasy heart and murmured to himself:

"Chu Hua should be able to see that Chen Qi and I had an ambiguous relationship... If it were based on Chu Hua's personality, she would always remind herself not to cross the line."

Otherwise...what if Chu Hua really is with Chen Qi...

Well, Xiangzi herself didn't know how to face her childhood sweetheart, and the person who was "betrayed" by her, but whom she still couldn't forget.

Xiangzi's current mentality is even inexplicably ridiculous to herself. She is the one who hurt Chen Qi so deeply and has clearly given up the possibility of reconciling with Chen Qi, but she is still fantasizing... that he will not be attracted to other people.

My own thoughts are a bit too selfish.

……

"Chuhua? Chuhua?"

"Woo..."

In the haze, Sanjiao Chuhua, whose cheeks were flushed due to fever, vaguely heard a familiar male voice in her ear. She opened her eyes with difficulty, and gradually saw the face of Chen Qi who was looking at her with worry in front of her.

"senior?"

Chu Hua, who recognized that it was Chen Qi, struggled to get up after a slight surprise. However, at this moment, Chen Qi's hands gently supported Chu Hua's slightly hot body and helped her sit up from the bed little by little.

Exhausted and dizzy, Chu Hua forgot the rule that as an idol, she must not have any contact with the opposite sex. She was unable to think about anything else.

Chu Hua used all his remaining rationality to deal with Chen Qi beside his bed. After a moment of daze, Chu Hua asked Chen Qi beside him in a hoarse voice:

"Senior... why are you here? Where's Xiaoxiang? Cough cough cough!"

"Xiangzi really wants to stay, but her part-time job is over, so she asked me to take care of you here." Chen Qi looked at Chuhua in front of him, and tried his best to let her talk less, and explained in a gentle voice:

"Now, I am taking Xiangzi's share to take care of you, Chuhua."

Nine, huh?

Si Xiaoxiang, actually left first.

However, after hearing what Chen Qi said, Chu Hua, although he understood the current predicament of his childhood sweetheart, felt bitter uncontrollably when he heard that Xiangzi had quietly left him...

Chen Chuhua did not blame Xiangzi. She understood how difficult Xiangzi's life was. But there were some things that one could not ignore just because one understood them.

4. But at least... the senior is still by her side.

⑶ "Okay, stop talking, Chuhua, drink this bowl of porridge first, and then take the medicine."

㈢Chen Qi also took the opportunity to hold the bowl of porridge that he had prepared long ago, which was still warm, in front of Chu Hua with both hands. Chu Hua, who had not eaten for almost a day, smelled the scent of the porridge and felt hungry belatedly.

０ "Thank you, Senior."

Wu Chuhua also thanked him while trying to take the porridge from Chen Qi's hands. But soon, when Chuhua tried to raise his arms, he felt that his arms were extremely weak and even had a faint soreness...

Chu Hua, who was unwilling to believe in evil, tried to raise his hands, but when he just took the bowl from Chen Qi, his weak hands unconsciously dropped slightly. Fortunately, Chen Qi, who was prepared, caught the bowl in time, thus avoiding the outcome of the porridge soaking Chu Hua's bedding.

"No strength left?" Chen Qi looked at Chu Hua, whose cheeks were slightly red, and couldn't help but ask softly. After Chu Hua nodded, Chen Qi hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively:

: "Chuhua, if you don't mind, I can feed you."

"Of course, I don't mean anything else, it's just that you can't take care of yourself right now, and I can't just sit there and watch, so I want to do something within my ability to repay you."

Chu Hua: "...Well, thank you for your help, Senior."

For a moment, Chu Hua, who lowered her head to agree, also felt her face burning. She couldn't even tell whether it was because of her fever or because of her shyness as a girl.

After all, after Chuhua was no longer a child, she had never been fed by anyone again... and no one of the opposite sex had ever done that to her, not even her father.

However, before Chu Hua could calm herself down, after a while, with Chen Qi's gentle blowing, a spoonful of warm porridge came to her mouth. After a moment's hesitation, Chu Hua opened her mouth slightly and ate the spoonful of porridge that Chen Qi had prepared.

Scooping up, blowing, feeding, Chen Qi repeated this set of actions in front of Chu Hua with great concentration. Chu Hua, who was not used to it at first, seemed to gradually adapt to Chen Qi's rhythm, feeling the clear porridge he swallowed, and his originally slightly hot body and mind seemed to become warm.

Soon, when Chuhua was still a little reluctant to finish her meal, she had already finished a bowl of porridge without realizing it.

The following feeding of medicine was also done at the same pace as feeding porridge, and this was obviously the bitter medicine that she hated the most. But this time, Chu Hua did not show any resistance at all. She just opened her mouth again and again and let Chen Qi feed her.

"Well done, Chuhua."9

Seeing that Chu Hua neither resisted nor felt uncomfortable, Chen Qi breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously encouraged the stunned Chu Hua with the same words he had used to feed Deng the medicine.

She is not a child anymore... Chu Hua pouted slightly, not too happy. But after a while, Chu Hua looked at Chen Qi who had cleared the dishes in front of her and slowly stood up, and a trace of uneasiness flashed through her heart. She asked hoarsely:

"Senior...where are you going?"

Chu Hua didn't know why she felt nervous, but now she was exhausted and fragile, she really wanted someone to stay by her side, instead of fighting the disease alone.

Fortunately, the nervous Chu Hua received a response from Chen Qi that made her feel relieved.

Chen Qi seemed to have heard Chu Hua's uneasiness at this moment. After smiling slightly, he also said in an extremely relaxed tone as a matter of course:

"Don't worry, Chuhua. I said I would take care of you in place of Xiangzi. I will stay by your side until you recover."

"I'm going to wash the dishes first, then Chuhua, you should have a good sleep. When you wake up again, I'll accompany you to the clinic for an IV drip."

"——Of course, I still have to go home at night, so I can't be with Chuhua all the time. After all, I'm a grown man, and I'm living in the home of a popular idol like you. If I'm discovered by reporters, it would be terrible."

There was a hint of humor in Chen Qi's words, but every word he said was his true feelings, and he had no intention of hiding anything from Chu Hua.

But at this moment, listening to Chen Qi's words "always by your side", Chu Hua, who was slightly stunned, didn't know why, but his slightly hot heart was also touched with a wonderful touch.

Chuhua didn’t know how to describe her feelings at the moment... For some reason, she suddenly felt like crying.

Before Xiangzi called Chuhua, it wasn't that no one else had come to see Chuhua, such as several of her [Sumimi] partners, Mana, and her agent. Each of them had come to see Chuhua, but none of them stayed for long. After all, everyone had other things to do.

At that time, when Chuhua saw the message from Xiaoxiang saying that he wanted to see her, the helpless and fragile Chuhua placed almost all her hopes on her childhood sweetheart.

But in the end, Xiaoxiang did not stay with her due to various reasons...

Chu Hua could never have imagined that among all his friends, friendships and connections, the one who stayed by his side was Chen Qi, whom he had known for the shortest time. At this moment, Chu Hua felt a little bitter in his heart, and couldn't help but lower his voice and asked Chen Qi:

Search "Senior...why are you so nice to me?"

"Senior and I have only known each other for a short time, but you are willing to stay by my side and take care of me when I am sick..."

: “——Good question.”

However, facing Chu Hua's sudden revelation of her feelings, Chen Qi, with a gentle smile, put the bowl in his hand aside, and silently came to Chu Hua's bedside, knelt on one knee in front of Chu Hua, looked directly at Chu Hua's slightly red cheeks, and asked softly:

Jiu "I will give you this question, Chuhua, exactly as it is - why did you treat me so well when I had nothing? Why did you risk your career and accompany me to speak my heart out to Xiangzi?"

"Because... Xiaoxiang is my best friend." Chu Hua was slightly stunned and looked directly into the deep eyes of Chen Qi in front of him. Almost relying on muscle memory, he expressed his true thoughts.

Ling: "What about the last Live?" Chen Qi also continued to ask Chu Hua calmly:

Four "I obviously didn't ask you to do me this favor, Chuhua, but you were willing to make such a big sacrifice. You must know that as an idol, you took the trouble to attract so many viewers to watch my live show, which might have an impact on your reputation, right?"

San Chuhua: "..."

Facing Chen Qi's question, Chu Hua of Sanjiao remained silent, not only because she couldn't find a reason to answer Chen Qi for the moment, but also because she knew that Chen Qi's words hit the nail on the head that Chu Hua had always wanted to hide and not tell Chen Qi.

Lu Chenqi was right. The two times that Chuhua helped Chenqi had already made many fans of [sumimi] feel something was wrong. Some fans had already started to question Chuhua on her personal account, asking whether she and Chenqi had a relationship beyond friendship.

There are even some fans who chose to quietly stop being fans after leaving criticisms because of the collaboration between their idol Chu Hua and Chen Qi - this is also a major reason why the agency feels that [sumimi] has declined recently.

As an idol, Chu Hua shouldn't have any contact with any opposite sex. She knew it very well, but... she still did it.

Why on earth? Chu Hua couldn't help but question himself at this moment. After a long silence, Chu Hua was not confident enough and said to Chen Qi hesitantly:

"Because...senpai also helped me a lot. He helped me write new songs and helped me rebuild the relationship with Xiaoxiang...These are all things I wanted to do but could never do."

"So, I also want to help you in my own way... I hope that if I encounter a problem that I can't solve in the future, you can give me a hand... or something."

"——Then I am helping you now, Chuhua."

After receiving Chu Hua's hesitant answer, Chen Qi couldn't help but smile - to be honest, if Chu Hua really answered Chen Qi that she really had no desires and just wanted to help him, Chen Qi might not dare to ask Chu Hua for help in the future.

But fortunately, Chu Hua has now expressed his true feelings. He and Chu Hua can maintain this kind of relationship of mutual help and mutual need, which is exactly the answer Chen Qi wants to hear most.

"I will need Chuhua's help in many areas in the future, so I also want to do what I can when you need help, so that you will remember my gratitude to you."

"In this way, the relationship between us two people who need each other can continue to be orderly."

"So, Chuhua, you don't need to have any psychological burden now. I am here to repay your help to me. I will not cause you any trouble."

A relationship of mutual need...?

Although it sounds like there is no more solid relationship like "good friends", Chu Hua looked at the senior in front of him who kept his word and would never let him down, and a smile appeared on his slightly red face... a smile of feeling that he was valued.

Especially, at this moment when she needed help the most, he was willing to accompany her to overcome the difficulties, which was enough for Chu Hua.

Is this the feeling of being needed and having your efforts rewarded?

It seems... not bad.

"...Then, Senior, I'll be in trouble for the next period of time."

Chen Qi: "Well, I will try my best to help you recover in this week, Chuhua."

"After all, this live performance is very important to everyone in [sumimi], right? If I were to replace you again, it would not be good for your reputation, and you might get burned."

Chen Qi also spoke in a joking tone about the thing that worried him and Chu Hua the most.

But for some reason, Sanjiao Chuhua, whose mind was in a mess and still couldn't recover from thinking, couldn't help but echo the words that his agent had said to him after hearing Chen Qi's words...

"If Xiao Chuhua and Chen Qi form a duo, with your talents, you will definitely have few rivals in the Japanese music scene in the future."

"More importantly, if a duo of opposite sexes, especially those of similar age, truly develop feelings for each other, not only will it not bring you pressure from public opinion, but it may even be the one that everyone wants!"

...Will you form a duo with your seniors? ０

Chu Hua, who had always attached great importance to everyone in [sumimi], began to think about the possibility of this matter for the first time in his mind... But soon, Chu Hua shook his head bitterly and silently gave up his idea.

She can't bear to leave everyone in [sumimi].

She also didn't want to do anything that would irritate Xiaoxiang. Chuhua understood that Xiaoxiang was more vulnerable than she was in a sense, and she didn't want to hurt Xiaoxiang.

Unless...

Unless, one day in the future, I really have no way out and can no longer continue on the path of being an "idol".

Otherwise, Sanjiao Chuhua doesn't want to do such a reckless and selfish act.

PS: Today is the first chapter!

I have a very high fever... I have to go and get an IV drip with Chuhua now, wuwuwuwu...

I'll post the first chapter today, I'm not sure if there will be a second chapter... If you can't wait until 10pm, don't wait any longer. (I'm so sorry! Bang bang bang!)

Volume 1: Group

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Chapter 105 Chapter 104: The conditions for Lenai to join the band, Chuhua’s crisis?

Kaname Lenai: "Join the band?"

In the afternoon, at the store [SPACE], Kaname Rakuna, who was originally just taking a lazily nap at the counter in the store as usual, was waiting for an unexpected customer today.

Although she was a little upset by what Chen Qi had said before about "Deng's confession to him", Shiina Riki still listened to Chen Qi's advice and came to [SPACE] to try to invite Lenai to join their band.

This time, Lixi did not come with the other members of the band. In addition to her duties as captain, the main reason was that she could not rely on the other members for the time being.

Let's not talk about Deng and Mu. Li Xi could see that these two were almost completely focused on Chen Qi. If Chen Qi hadn't become Mu's only support now, Mu probably wouldn't want to meet them at all.

As for Deng... Although Li Xi could understand that even if this pair of unrelated brother and sister were really dating, it would have nothing to do with him emotionally and logically, and no one could object to them being together.

However, Li Xi still found it difficult to digest such news, or rather, it was difficult for him to adapt to such a change of identity.

Although Li Xi knew that Chen Qi cared about his sister Deng in every possible way, and Deng was also extremely dependent on his brother, the intimacy between the siblings, who suddenly became lovers, made it difficult for Li Xi to look at the interaction between Deng and Chen Qi with the same eyes as before.

Simply put, Li Xi doesn't want to have any contact with Gao Songdeng in the short term... until he is completely used to the relationship between the two.

What gave Riki even more headaches were Chihaya Aine and Nagasaki Motoyo.

As for Aiyin, Lixi could still guess a little. After all, if Deng confessed to Chen Qi, then Aiyin, as Chen Qi's landlord, might have known about it. With her extremely close relationship with Chen Qi, even Lixi could see that she had special feelings for that guy.

If Aiyin couldn't accept Deng's confession to Chen Qi, so she hid at home and cried, Li Xi could understand.

...But what's up with that guy Sushi?

Li Xi carefully recalled the past, and was puzzled. After all, in her opinion, the relationship between Su Shi and Chen Qi was even cleaner than that between her and Chen Qi. Even if Chen Qi told Su Shi about Deng's pursuit of him, she didn't seem to be overly sad about it.

Is it really just because of poor health? Then why didn't Su Shi answer the phone when I called her?