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

Why, Deng had clearly found Brother Qi, and the siblings had reunited, but why was Deng still so greedy that he even wanted to take over the time Brother Qi spent at my house? Wasn't this a bit too much of a violation?

Although Aiyin showed no reaction on the surface, she couldn't help but pout in her heart, dissatisfied with Gao Songdeng who monopolized her.

Aiyin found that she might have overestimated her patience, or underestimated her dependence on Qi Ge.

In less than two days, she had already begun to feel uncomfortable because Gao Songdeng had replaced her position next to Qi Ge.

"Phew~Calm down, Chihaya Aine. No matter what, Tomorin is just Nozomi's sister. You're too sensitive to even be jealous of your sister."

"It's just a few days. When Tomorin and Qi-ge are done with each other, she will probably go home by herself, right? Brothers and sisters are probably all like this, right? They'll be happy for a few days when they're reunited after being apart for a long time, but the longer they're together, the more annoyed they'll become with each other."

Aiyin also kept comforting herself in her heart, and soon her mood calmed down. She showed the same gentle smile as before, as if everything could be tolerated.

After all, at present, there is only Deng who is hindering the progress of the relationship between himself and Brother Qi. Besides, Deng should be back in a few days. Then, it will be time for himself and Brother Qi to spend time together again.

Currently in school, there is only one person, Toyokawa Shoko, who needs his attention. Besides, Shoko probably doesn't know that Brother Qi lives in her house, and there is no reason for the other members of the band to affect their normal lives.

As long as I can get through these few days, it will just delay the progress of my relationship with Qi-nii for a while, right? Lady Aine still has some tolerance... maybe.

Thinking of this, Aine straightened her chest and raised her head again, regaining her confidence. Before she knew it, the three of them had returned to Aine's house. Aine, feeling a little better, walked forward to open the gate of the courtyard and walked towards her house without saying a word.

"Click."

"I'm back~ Mom and Dad, what's for dinner——"

However, Chihaya Aine, who had just taken off her shoes and returned home wearing white silk stockings as usual, had just asked a question when she was abruptly stopped by two figures who were sitting in the open living room and kitchen, and on the sofa in the living room.

"Ah, Chihaya-san, welcome back~"

In the open kitchen, Nagasaki Suyo, who was standing with Mrs. Chihaya and had put on an apron without knowing when, also came to Aine with a smile after noticing her return home, and answered her with a gesture like a mother welcoming her daughter.

In the living room, Ruoye Mu, who was sitting motionless on the sofa, not watching TV or playing with his phone, also nodded calmly after noticing that Aiyin had returned home, and said softly:

"Aine, welcome home."

Aiyin: “…”

What's going on? This is my house, right? Why are Nagasaki-san and Wakaba-san welcoming me as if they are the masters of this house?

Where are you from?! Get out of my house!

……

"Xiao Qi, this stir-fried kidney dish was made for you by Nagasaki. Nagasaki's cooking skills are very good, even better than mine."

Su Shi: "You're too kind. I'm just a little bit good at it."

"Ah, Xiao Deng is Xiao Qi's sister, right? These vegetables were brought by Ruoye, they are very fresh, you should eat more~"

Deng: “Ah… um…”

At dinner that day, the atmosphere at the table was very strange. Chen Qi also sat at the table of Ain's house and had dinner with Ain's family. As Chen Qi's sister, Gao Songdeng was also invited.

However, when Chen Qi looked at Nagasaki Sushi, who was sitting opposite him and eating the food with a dignified and elegant look on her face, and Mu, who was beside Sushi and remained quiet except for occasionally picking some vegetables to eat, countless questions suddenly came to his mind.

"Hmm?" Su Shi obviously noticed that Chen Qi was staring at her with a subtle look, but after she was slightly nervous, she still calmly put on a smile and said to Chen Qi with a gentle smile:

"Aqi? What's wrong? Are there any grains of rice on my face?"

"Bang."

However, just as Su Shi uttered "Aqi", on the other side, Chihaya Aine, who had silently given up her seat to the guests and sat at the end of the long table, accidentally knocked over the cup of barley tea in front of her.

And judging from the look in Aine's eyes, which didn't bother to care about the barley tea spilled all over the table, but was staring straight at Su Shi, the impact of Su Shi's "Aqi" on Aine was no less than the damage caused to Takamatsu Deng by Aine's "Qi brother".

“Really? Aine, you should be more careful. Look, the cup has been knocked over.”

At this time, Mrs. Chihaya promptly stepped out from the host seat at the front, fetched a wet rag, and wiped up all the barley tea that had spilled in front of Aine.

"Oh, sorry..."

Aiyin looked at her busy mother. She knew she had lost her composure, but Aiyin, whose defense had been broken by Su Shi's words, didn't care about anything else. She just found a topic to ease the awkwardness and said:

"Mom, where's Dad? Isn't he home today?"

"Your father has to be on duty today, and it looks like he will sleep in the company today." Mrs. Chihaya promptly wiped the barley tea, and while answering Aine's question, she pretended to casually cast her eyes to the side, where Muwa Suyo came to visit for the third time.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Madam Chihaya returned to the host's seat and cast her eyes towards Su Shihemu, and asked in a nonchalant and soft voice:

"Shigasaki-san and Wakaba-san, judging by your uniforms, you are both students of Tsuki no Mori, right? How did you get to know Koinori?"

"Hey? Ah Qi?" Compared to the quiet Mu, this question was naturally answered by the extremely calm Su Shi. Su Shi glanced at Chen Qi inconspicuously, and then continued to maintain her sweet voice and smiled lightly:

"To be honest, Xiaomu and I actually knew Aqi and Xiaodeng earlier than I knew Aine. We once formed a band together."

"Oh? You and Xiaoqi have also formed a band together?" Mrs. Chihaya raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Although she was mesmerized by Su Shi's politeness and friendliness the first time, Mrs. Chihaya is a mature woman after all.

When facing Su Shihemu's first visit, she could still say that it was just an interaction between friends, but after last night's visit, which was obviously aimed at Chen Qi, Mrs. Chihaya also vaguely realized that things were not that simple.

She said she came to look for Ain, but she could hear Xiaoqi crying just by sitting in the living room yesterday. She even observed the situation from the second floor. The other girls walked out on their own, leaving only the girl named Takamatsu Deng, Ain and Xiaoqi in the house.

This is also called coming here to "apologize" to Aine? Isn't the goal of these girls too obvious?

It’s definitely coming for Xiao Qi!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Chihaya couldn't help but become nervous. Although she was not very optimistic about her daughter and Chen Qi dating, she was not yet at the point where she would allow other girls to lure away the boy her daughter liked just because she was not optimistic.

The reason why she invited Su Shi and He Mu this time was mainly to see whether they were the same as she thought, and came here just because they liked Xiao Qi.

Of course, the same is true in reverse. Will Xiao Qi like any of them? This is what she should pay attention to.

At least for now, from Mrs. Chihaya's point of view, she is more worried about the girl named Nagasaki Suyo.

After all, compared to the always silent Mu, Nagasaki Suyo is very well-educated and well-mannered. Although she did not mention a word that she came to find Chen Qi, Mrs. Chihaya could still see Suyo's care for Chen Qi from many details.

The most obvious thing is that Su Shi brought some raw kidney today and wanted to make a stir-fried kidney dish specifically for Chen Qi.

But under Mrs. Chihaya's observation, she found that when Su Shi was handling these internal organs, she was obviously resistant. She was hesitant every time she touched them. After cleaning, she even washed her hands carefully several times until there was no trace of odor.

If this is not for the man she likes, which girl can overcome this psychological barrier?

"Yes, I am Mu and I am very familiar with Aqi." Su Shi also smiled slightly and immediately turned his gaze to Chen Qi in front of him.

Looking at the familiar face in front of him, he finally had the chance to take a good look at his appearance. However, in order not to reveal any flaws, he did not even dare to look at him for a few more seconds. He just smiled and said:

"Aqi, I haven't seen you for half a year. You've changed a lot. You seem to be a little thinner than before."

"Su Shi, why do you sound like you're saying that Brother Qi (slightly stressed) isn't being well taken care of in my home?"

At this moment, Su Shi's words also made Aine, who was originally eating in anger, finally unable to sit still. Aine, who was originally a little unhappy because Deng temporarily monopolized her brother Qi, immediately responded to Su Shi's words.

However, what Aine didn't expect was that Su Shi only smiled slightly at Aine's provocation and didn't respond in any way.

Su Shi simply pushed the stir-fried kidney slices he had prepared in front of him slightly closer to Chen Qi and said with a gentle smile:

"Aqi, please eat more. I made this especially for you. You like Chinese cuisine the most. Ah, this should be authentic Chinese food, right?"

"During the six months since you left, I learned the most authentic way to make it. I wonder if you like it~"

"Well...thank you, Sushi."

When Chen Qi faced the plate of stir-fried pork kidney that Su Shi made especially for him, his expression couldn't help but become a little complicated... Of course he knew that Su Shi hated offal food. She had admitted this to him in person. Whenever they met privately afterwards, Chen Qi never broke this taboo.

Even at Gao Song's house, Chen Qi would not go out of his way to eat these internal organs, because Deng didn't like them either... Deng even disliked foods like eggs and caviar, which were foods that required a "complete life" to be eaten. Internal organs were even more unacceptable to Deng.

Therefore, Chen Qi would only eat the food he really liked when he occasionally went out to eat alone.

But he didn't expect that Su Shi would know his taste and even go to learn it just for him, even though they had no contact at that time...

"Su Shi, making this dish is very difficult for you, right?" Chen Qi was slightly moved, and he also said softly to Su Shi in front of him:

"From now on, don't do things you don't like. I can't live without eating offal, so you don't have to force yourself to eat it."

However, facing Chen Qi's familiar concern, Su Shi suppressed the slight tremor in her heart and the soreness in the corners of her eyes. The gentle smile on her face became even sweeter. But it was replaced by Su Shi's sweet voice, which had no effect in front of Chen Qi.

"Hehe, Aqi, you don't think that I haven't changed at all in the past six months, do you?"

Su Shi spoke in a normal voice, but the next moment he did something that shocked everyone around him. He calmly picked up his chopsticks, picked up a long piece of kidney with cuts, and put it into his mouth in front of everyone without changing his expression.

"Su Shi, don't—"

Su Shi's action also frightened Chen Qi. Even Mu Hedeng, who was familiar with Su Shi's preferences, and even Mrs. Chihaya were surprised.

However, under everyone's gaze, Su Shi's expression did not change at all. He swallowed the pork kidneys immediately, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and still looked at Chen Qi with a smile and said:

"Aqi, don't be so nervous. I told you, I've changed. I can eat offal now."

"If there is a chance, we can have dinner together as before. Ah Qi won't have to worry about my preferences. I won't cause you any trouble~"

No matter what, I will never cause you any trouble. Su Shi kept this sentence in his heart silently and did not say it out loud.

Or maybe, her churning stomach no longer allowed her to speak. Su Shi was afraid that if she continued to speak, she would vomit on the spot.

But this won’t work. I finally found Aqi, and I must let Aqi see the changes in myself.

Even if it's just a little bit, just some subtle changes... Maybe, just that little bit of detail can make Aqi decide to come back to us and our band at the critical moment.

After all, there is only so much I can do...

However, Chen Qi looked at Su Shi's forced calm expression. How could he not know that she was forcing herself? For a moment, Chen Qi's expression when looking at Su Shi became a little complicated...

It seems that the six months since I left have had a significant impact on Su Shi...

"boom!"

"I'm stuffed!"

However, just as Chen Qi was silently staring at Nagasaki Motoyo who had once again put on a disguised mask, Chihaya Aine suddenly put down the bowl in her hand with some force, and even her tone of voice when she left revealed strong dissatisfaction.

Aiyin's sound immediately interrupted Chen Qi's thoughts, causing Chen Qi's gaze to involuntarily move away from Su Shi.

"..." As for Su Shi herself, even though the smile on her face did not diminish at all, her mood became a little dim after she felt Chen Qi's gaze leaving her.

However, for Su Shi, her goal has actually been achieved. She has sent a strong signal to Aine, "Although you and Aki have been together for half a year, you don't know Aki as well as we do, okay?"

This should be enough to affect the progress of Aine and Akari's relationship...

Su Shi actually didn't quite understand why she did this, her only reason was that in the new band, there couldn't be anyone like Xiangzi who was ahead of Aqi in terms of feelings.

This will only lead to tragedy happening again, because the emotional changes of a couple will affect the direction of the entire band, especially when Aqi has clearly expressed his concern for this band, they cannot afford to have any more accidents.

Otherwise, if the new band disbands again like Crychic, the saddest person will be Aqi...

We must not repeat the same mistake again. There must not be another Xiangzi in the new band.

"Come to think of it, Xiaoqi, you seemed to be walking a little awkwardly today."

However, Mrs. Chihaya looked at her jealous daughter who could easily explode, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, but she still took the initiative to step forward to break the awkwardness, and asked Chen Qi with concern:

"What happened today? Did you sprain your ankle?"

"No... I just had a small accident today and accidentally got my butt cut open."

When Chen Qi mentioned this, he curled his lips in embarrassment. At this moment, even though he was sitting on a chair, he could still feel the burning pain. His pants also felt a little uncomfortable, as if blood had clotted on them.

There was no way out. Grandma was really cruel. She used the string side of the guitar. Chen Qi felt like his butt was bleeding, probably because of the strings.

"Hey? Xiaoqi, you're injured, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

As soon as Chen Qi said this, he immediately attracted the attention of Madam Chihaya and Su Shihemu. Almost at once, the three of them all looked at Chen Qi. Su Shi stood up immediately, grabbed Chen Qi's hand that was still holding the chopsticks, and asked nervously:

"Aqi? Are you hurt? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Is the injury serious? Do you need me to do anything?"

Chen Qi: "No...it's just a minor injury. I feel blood on my butt."

Facing everyone who was nervous, Chen Qi suppressed his embarrassment and shook his head, and then said in a soothing tone:

"I'll just wipe it with alcohol and disinfect it myself when the time comes. Everyone, don't be so nervous."

"How can that be possible? Besides, how can you wipe the alcohol on yourself, Xiaoqi? You can't see your back at all, right? I guess you can't wipe it accurately."

Mrs. Chihaya also shook her head. Facing Chen Qi, who had lived in her house for half a year and had some feelings for him, she showed the composure that a housewife should have and smiled softly:

"Since my husband is not here, can I, the elder, come and help?"

"No, no, no, how can this be possible? I don't want to trouble Lady Chihaya."

Chen Qi also blushed in embarrassment. After all, Madam Chihaya was not his parent. How could he let a married woman apply medicine on his butt? He did not have Prime Minister Cao's habit.

"Really?" Mrs. Chihaya nodded and felt that what Chen Qi said made some sense.

But soon, as Mrs. Chihaya's eyes turned, a flash of inspiration flashed through her mind. She kept a faint smile and said softly to Chen Qi:

"In that case, then Xiaoqi, there are so many girls here, who do you think is more suitable to apply the medicine to you?"

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