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

If, if I and everyone in the band could take the same professional path as Brother Qi, would this situation change?

If I could become a professional singer, would I be able to spend more time with my brother?

Suddenly, Deng recalled Crychic. She still remembered that the only condition her brother agreed to let Xiangzi join the band was to make Crychic a professional band.

Deng knew that this was his brother's dream and his goal. It was a pity that when they were on the right track, Xiangzi's withdrawal destroyed all the achievements of the band that his brother had worked so hard to maintain...

And now, there is no Xiangzi in the new band, and no next person to quit, maybe... we can give it another try?

But, relying on my own strength, without my brother...can I really do it?

For the first time, Gao Songdeng's heart was filled with the desire to move forward, just because he wanted to be closer to the brother who was gradually drifting away... as long as he was closer.

Even though she knew that no matter how close she was to her brother, they would always be siblings, Deng still hoped that her brother could belong to her more...

Even if they could only be siblings, she still wanted her brother, a brother who would always be hers alone. That was all she had left to wish for.

……

"Gulp gulp~ huh... so refreshing."

Soon, while supervising the joint performance of the four girls who finished the band, Chen Qi, who was also doing guitar training with Ai Yin who had changed to a new guitar, finally got a short break after several hours of practice.

By the way, Gao Songdeng, who came with Chen Qi this time, was temporarily dragged away by the band to serve as the lead singer of the street performance.

Because Kita's guitar skills were still mediocre, although he had made rapid progress after two days of special training, he still couldn't play the guitar and take care of the lead singer at the same time. Therefore, Takamatsu Deng was treated as a substitute for Chen Qi and was borrowed by everyone who ended the band.

After Hongxia and the others knew that Takamatsu Deng was their sister, they were particularly friendly to Takamatsu Deng. Hongxia repeatedly pulled Deng to talk about the last time Chen Qi saved the situation, while Kita and Goto Ichiri sat aside, looking at Takamatsu Deng with envy.

Obviously, they also hope that they can have an excellent brother like Chen Qi like Deng.

Just as Chen Qi went to the vending machine not far from the store, opened a can of Coke, and briefly enjoyed his break, a figure suddenly approached him.

"Senior Chen Qi, do you like drinking Coke? I remember that carbonated drinks have an effect on the throat of singers."

At some point, Liang appeared beside Chen Qi with a calm expression. Chen Qi looked at the cool girl and made a hushing gesture. He said in a relaxed tone:

"I only drink this small can a week. My grandmother always makes me give up carbonated drinks. It's really hard for me."

“Remember, Liang, don’t tell grandma about this, or I’ll be scolded again.”

"Really?" When facing Chen Qi's small request, Liang deliberately dragged out the sound, as if he was considering something bad.

Until Liang bought a bottle of Coke from the vending machine, the same as Chen Qi's. Liang slowly stood up and opened the can while speaking to Chen Qi in an extremely serious tone:

"Then, in exchange, can Senior Chen Qi agree to one of my requests?"

"What is it?" Chen Qi, who had anticipated Liang's reaction, shrugged his shoulders. He felt that with Liang's personality, she would at most ask for some hush money, or treat her to a meal, and would not make any excessive demands.

However, unexpectedly, Liang, who was extremely serious this time, took a sip of Coke, letting the carbon dioxide stimulate his tongue and brain, and then took out a business card from his pocket, saying to Chen Qi word by word:

"Please, Senior Chen Qi, don't blame Hong Xia and the others. I acted on my own initiative in this matter."

"This is……"

When faced with the business card handed over by Liang, Chen Qi was slightly startled before taking it. He saw the name "Sanjiao Chuhua" clearly written on the business card, as well as the familiar phone number that Chen Qi had seen twice today.

"This is the business card I asked Sanjiao for yesterday after you, Senior Chen Qi, left in a hurry." Liang also drank the Coke in his hand and confessed to Chen Qi calmly:

"It took me a lot of effort to get this business card. The bassist next to Triangle was very cautious and was afraid that we would use this business card to spread Triangle's personal information everywhere. But I still convinced her."

"Originally, Pochi-chan said she would tell you the news right away through Line, but I took the initiative to stop Pochi-chan."

"Why do you do this?" Chen Qi raised his eyebrows slightly. Although he vaguely guessed Liang's thoughts, he still asked deliberately because he wanted to hear the truth from Liang's own words.

Liang did not disappoint Chen Qi. After taking a deep breath, he said to Chen Qi frankly:

"Because, I originally wanted to use this business card as an exchange to get you, Senior Chen Qi, to help us a little more."

"It has always been Hong Xia's dream to form a band and make Fanxing a big hit. She pinned all her hopes on ending the band. I really don't want to see this band just be tepid, but I also know that we still have a long way to go to become a qualified band."

"Especially... after Hong Xia saw such an outstanding musician like Senior Chen Qi, she placed almost all her hopes on you. She has never given up the idea of ​​getting you to join the band."

“However, I am very clear that seniors are not people that can be retained by a band of our level.”

At this point, Liang couldn't help but let out a long sigh, lamenting for his friend who still maintained his innocent fantasies... or, in other words, was dealing with the cruel reality with superficial cheerfulness.

How could Liang not know this? Hongxia also knew this, but Liang also understood Hongxia's thoughts. Chen Qi was the only and most reliable musician they had ever met. Whether he ended the band or not was completely different for them.

With Chen Qi around, the Ending Band, which originally had no goals, can now work together and move forward in the direction guided by Chen Qi. Even though their cooperation was poor at the beginning, after a few days of special training, they are much better than they were a few days ago.

Not to mention anything else, just the store manager Tsuzuki of SPACE, if it weren't for Chen Qi's connections, they would never have been able to receive guidance from seniors of this level in their entire lives.

With Chen Qi here, the band has a backbone and a direction illuminated by lights.

Once Chen Qi is gone, everyone who has ended the band will return to the confusion without anyone to guide them. Everyone will feel uneasy, and the reason is very simple - after seeing a bright sunny road, there will always be greater obstacles when they go back to groping their way forward in the darkness.

"Senior Chen Qi also knows this, right? The impact of your live show on us was beyond my imagination."

Liang also unconsciously cast a helpless but grateful look towards Chen Qi. This was the first time that Liang, who was usually lazy and liked to be alone, made so many expressions in one day. He said softly:

“When I realized that we all relied too much on our predecessors, it seemed a little late.”

"So, I hope to use this business card to ask you, senior, if possible, to help us a little more, even if it's just one more month, one more week, one more day, maybe Hongxia, Kita, and Pochi-chan can have a chance to be more independent."

"...But now it seems that my little thoughts are no longer useful."

Liang looked at the business card in Chen Qi's hand, which he had spent a lot of effort to get. When he thought about how clever he was, he couldn't help but laugh at himself.

Finally, Liang closed his eyes after finishing explaining everything he wanted to say. After he felt that the guilt in his heart had lessened, he decided to turn around and leave, and said to Chen Qi:

"So, senior, don't blame them. This happened because of me. If you feel angry, you can vent it on my butt."

"Of course, if that happens, Senior would be considered sexual harassment. I might even use this incident to threaten Senior, hehe~"

After making a light joke, Liang, who had regained her usual temper, was about to leave. But at this moment, a hand suddenly grabbed her as she was leaving without any warning.

At this moment, Liang's heart skipped a beat without any preparation. And then, Chen Qi's reassuring voice came from behind, holding her.

"——I will help you until you become a qualified band."

Chen Qi, who was holding Liang's hand, also smiled and waited quietly for Liang to turn around slowly with a bit of disbelief in his eyes. The cool blue-haired girl seemed to be a little confused about his choice, and looked straight into his eyes, as if she wanted to see through his deep eyes like the sea, what was going on?

But unfortunately, Liang couldn't see through it, so she could only ask Chen Qi softly:

"……Why?"

"You asked me the reason, so my answer is, I think it's because I like it."

Facing Liang's somewhat surprised gaze, Chen Qi smiled faintly, lowered his body to the same level as Liang, and then answered with an extremely sincere attitude:

"I like your honesty, and I also like that even though we came together for different reasons, we were able to end the band as one."

"Liang, I've mentioned to you guys before, right? The band I was in eventually disbanded?"

Facing Liang's silent nod, Chen Qi, who was also lost in his own thoughts, also revealed a bit of sadness and said softly to Liang:

"In fact, I know that even if that hadn't happened, the band would have disbanded sooner or later... Because we didn't have the same ideas at the time. We were temporarily united for a goal, but we would eventually separate for various reasons."

"I just don't believe in evil, or I don't want to believe in fate, but fate still gave me a blow and made me sober up."

"But after meeting you guys, I'm willing to believe that there is a band that can really be together 'forever'."

"...Actually, even if you didn't say it, I have already planned to help you until you become an independent band. You have a lot of things that I envy, and I don't want to see your band follow in my footsteps."

However, Chen Qi's sincere expression made Liang in front of him fall into a long silence. When Chen Qi was still wondering what words Liang would use to answer him, Liang suddenly spoke.

"…Senior, you'd better say some things earlier. I almost thought you were going to confess to me, and I've already thought of many lines to reject you."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Liang's sudden words almost made Chen Qi spit out the Coke he had swallowed. However, from the silver bell-like laughter coming from Liang who had already run away, Chen Qi knew that he had been fooled by Liang.

I forgot that this girl has a very cheerful personality... Chen Qi wiped the Coke from the corner of his mouth, shook his head with a wry smile, and looked at the Sanjiao Chuhua business card in his hand, and his mood calmed down a lot.

These girls really deserve his help more and more.

They may have some little thoughts, or some secrets that they cannot reveal, but this sincerity and consideration for others is really rare.

Perhaps it is because of this that I hope they can go further, onto a bigger stage. If possible, I want to help them get all the way to the Budokan.

"Hmm? Ryo-senpai, you seem to be in a good mood."

After Liang returned to the band, Kita noticed Liang with a faint smile on his face and asked casually:

"Senior Liang, were you talking to Senior Chen Qi just now? Did you mention any happy topics?"

"——Well, we talked about some things about the band. I think the senior will not be angry with us anymore."

Liang picked up his bass again and noticed that when Chen Qi was mentioned, Goto Ichiri and Takamatsu Deng unconsciously focused their attention on him.

However, Liang's calm answer also made the two girls let down their guard, but what they didn't expect was that the changes in their expressions were actually always within Liang's sight.

As for Bochi-chan, it is understandable that she is not popular. Since her performance in "LOSER", Bochi-chan has almost become Chen Qi's sole supporter.

But this sister named Takamatsu Deng...she cares so much about her brother, seems a little different?

Although Liang thought so, he did not express anything outwardly. While the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, he couldn't help but recall the sincere exchange between him and Chen Qi just now.

Senior Chen Qi seemed to be easier to get along with than she thought, but deep down in his heart, he didn't seem to be as strong as she imagined.

Is it just a strong outer layer? In this case, Hong Xia's desire to keep his senior in the band may not be completely a fantasy.

But... do you like them?

Thinking of what Chen Qi said, Liang's eyes unconsciously looked at Hong Xia, Bo Qi-chan and Kita...

Liang had to admit that he liked this band just like Chen Qi.

In fact, judging from his performance just now, it is not impossible for me to like him as much as I like this band.

Of course, it’s not that kind of “like” yet.

But Liang did not classify his idea as "impossible".

After all, just like back then, who could have thought that Chen Qi would really help them? Who can predict what will happen in the future?

Chapter 50: Su Shi and Mu raided Ai Yin's house, and Chen Qi chose the person who applied medicine to him...

Another day of special training ended, and Chen Qi and Aiyin said goodbye to everyone who had left the band.

Having changed to a new guitar and having received the blessing of his brother Qi, who would soon have the opportunity to become a professional musician, Aiyin was in a very good mood today and was walking home with Chen Qi.

However, as the tram stopped, Aiyin, who was walking on the street on her way home, lagged slightly behind Chen Qi. Her expression had changed from joy to embarrassment, and she even forced a smile. Aiyin finally couldn't help but wonder in her heart.

"Um... I mean, Tomorin, why are you still following me and Qi-nii? We'll be at my house in a little while, okay?"

"Is it really okay if Tomorin doesn't come home? Your parents will be worried about you, won't they?"

However, Aiyin's words also made Takamatsu Deng, who was still walking hand in hand with Chen Qi in front of her, just like Chen Qi had sent her to school in the morning, turn his head around as if he just realized that there was someone behind him.

Facing Aiyin's question, Deng didn't even let go of Chen Qi's hand, but just whispered timidly:

"Well... I've already sent a message to my parents. They know I'm at my brother's place, and they agreed to let me stay with my brother for a few days..."

Ah? Are there really such parents?

Aine couldn't help but blink her eyes when she heard that, feeling a little bit unbelievable. You know, Takamatsu Deng hasn't come home since last night. If a normal parent found out that their daughter hasn't come home for a day, wouldn't they have already searched everywhere for her and called the police?

Even if your daughter said that she was with her brother, wouldn't you have doubted it? What if the pyramid scheme deliberately told someone to say that? How could you not have any awareness of prevention?

Thinking of this, Aiyin cast a dissatisfied look at Chen Qi beside her, and her eyes kept signaling to Chen Qi, "Take care of your sister, she is too dependent on you."

“Aine, please indulge Deng for a few days.”

However, although he understood the meaning in Ain's eyes, Chen Qi looked at Ain, then at Gao Songdeng who was holding his hand. When he thought about how he had ignored his sister for half a year and it took time for her to slowly correct her distorted ideas, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

So, after weighing the pros and cons, Chen Qi did not compromise with Aiyin, whom he had always doted on, for the first time. He said to Aiyin with a rather helpless look on his face:

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of Deng. She won't cause any trouble for you. Just let her stay with me for the time being."

"Although the cabin is a bit crowded, it's no problem for two people to sleep there. I can just borrow a tatami from Aunt Chihaya. When the time comes, Deng and I used to sleep separately on the bed and the floor when we were at home."

Brother Qi, you dote on your sister too much!

After listening to Chen Qi's explanation, Aiyin looked in front of her. Almost from the beginning of the day, whenever Chen Qi was by her side, he never let go of Gao Songdeng's hand. But her mood at this moment could be said to be completely different from the awkwardness in the morning.

Aine's current mood could only be described as "uncomfortable".

This morning, Aiyin had made up her mind that she would not feel jealous towards Qi Ge's sister when the relationship between the brother and sister warmed up in the past few days. After all, no matter what, they are just brother and sister. It is normal for brother and sister who have lived together for more than ten years to have a good relationship, isn't it?

After all, no matter how good the relationship between this brother and sister is, yesterday was just a special case. And today, even if Takamatsu Deng sticks to his brother, he normally has to go home and sleep, right?

So, normally, the time that Brother Qi and Deng spend together is just when they go to and from school, and at most during the special training at [SPACE] and their band rehearsals.

So that means that the time that Brother Qi spent at my house should have been Brother Qi’s private time belonging to me alone. It should have been like this!