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

This kind of guy who speaks sweet words, always says "I care about you", always thinks he knows her very well, and always takes the blame on himself is the most annoying!

Doesn't this mean that she has no value in the band? She is not just a nuisance, she can also play a positive role in the band!

Sooner or later, I will change this guy's opinion of me and let him know that I can manage myself without his constant attention.

...But, having said that, this guy is different from Xiangzi after all.

It turns out that he can see everyone's efforts and pays attention to everyone.

Thinking of this, Shiina Riki never let go of the hand holding Chen Qi from beginning to end... This was also the first time she felt that it was not just a comparison, but a feeling of someone watching her and accompanying her in her growth.

I'm a little... a little envious. Deng, you really have a good brother. For the first time, Li Xi couldn't help but have such a thought in his mind.

If my life were to be swapped with Deng’s, would I still be the “lone wolf” I am now?

Chapter 64: Memories of Shiina Riki: What is the relationship between him and me?

"That's just the way you are! All you think about is professional bands! Do you know how hard everyone works?"

"You guy, don't make things difficult for everyone. I'm complaining to you now, so you should think more about the feelings of those guys in the band who won't complain to you, understand?"

Chen Qi: "Yes, yes, can we go back to training?"

Faced with Li Xi who once again started pointing at and blaming Chen Qi, and Chen Qi who just let Li Xi blame him and said "you're right", Xiangzi, Su Shi, Mu and Deng from the same team were completely unmoved for some reason.

Compared to the tense and heavy atmosphere when the two had their first quarrel, now they just looked at each other, revealing a helpless expression of "it has started again".

...After all, a similar scene has been repeated countless times during this time in Crychic.

Xiangzi and the others didn't understand why their relationship had gradually become so strange since Li Xi had an unexpected emotional breakdown and was won over by Chen Qi.

In the past, although everyone knew that Lixi had a bad temper and spoke very directly, when he was in Crychic, Lixi generally didn't talk much and rarely complained. He just quietly tried to keep up with everyone's silent drummer.

But now... they looked at Shiina Riki, who had never stopped complaining about the heavy special training arranged by Chen Qi since the end of the training. It was hard for Xiangzi and others to imagine that this was the Riki of the past.

"Aqi, do you have any grudge against Lixi? Or is there any misunderstanding?"

More than once, after Li Xi finished complaining, everyone went back to their own homes. At that time, Nagasaki Suyo, who was also a "suffering ordinary person" like Li Xi, was also the best mediator when the two quarreled. She would always pull Chen Qi, who was more reasonable, to ask about the matter between the two.

After all, to outsiders, the way the two of them get along is simply too unbelievable.

At the beginning, when Chen Qi just got Li Xi back, everything was fine. Li Xi just talked a little more than usual and muttered a few words occasionally. Until one day later, Li Xi seemed to be under too much pressure, so he couldn't help but have an argument with Chen Qi in front of everyone after the practice.

Since that time when Li Xi and Chen Qi had a quarrel, Li Xi seemed to have turned on some magical switch. The girl who never spoke her mind before would look for Chen Qi every now and then, not for anything else, just to complain about his actions.

At first it was once a week, then it became once every five days, and recently it has even developed to three days. Li Xi can no longer resist the urge to complain to Chen Qi.

Chen Qi even set up a time specifically for this segment, euphemistically calling it "special training summary." However, everyone knew that most of the time, this segment was actually Li Xi's time to complain about Chen Qi's strong accusations.

To the extent that now, not only Xiangzi, but even Su Shi felt that Li Xi was somewhat looking for trouble.

They were not aware of the grudge between Chen Qi and Li Xi. They only knew that if Li Xi did not stop this behavior, if one day Chen Qi was annoyed by Li Xi, it would be very bad for the development of the band if the relationship between Chen Qi, the core creator of the band, and the irreplaceable drummer of the band, dropped to freezing point.

However, whenever Su Shi and Xiang Zi talked to Chen Qi about his relationship with Li Xi, Chen Qi would always laugh and then answer them mysteriously:

"I'm sorry I can't tell you this. This is between Li Xi and I, and Li Xi doesn't want anyone else to know about it."

"All you need to know is that this is how Li Xi and I get along. There is no conflict between us. At most, there are just some trivial complaints."

"As for Li Xi's complaints... Don't worry, I won't be angry with Li Xi. Besides, Li Xi knows her limits. She won't say anything really hurtful to me."

——Occasionally, Shiina Ritsuki forgot his backpack in "RiNG", so when he returned by the same route, he overheard the conversation between Chen Qi and Su Shi. Chen Qi's answer, which only the two of them could understand, also made Ritsuki, who was hiding his emotions at the time, couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Li Xi had to be honest and say that her previous definition of Chen Qi was a little too extreme. Although she didn't know why, Chen Qi did understand her better than she expected.

But at the same time, Lixi has become a little distressed about this recently - this guy knows himself a little too well, so much so that he and himself have no sense of boundaries.

Let’s not talk about the way I vent my emotions by quarreling with him every day. How on earth did this guy know that I stay up late every day and sleep in class during the day?

Could it be that Hachiman Hailing told him? After all, among her classmates, Hailing and Chen Qi were the only ones she knew.

"That won't work, Lixi. If you want to get a good quality sleep, catching up on sleep during the day is not a good option. The sunlight, noise and environment during the day will make your sleep quality worse. We can't live a life with day and night reversed."

That day, facing Chen Qi who was rarely criticizing his living habits, Li Xi, who was used to unilaterally criticizing Chen Qi and was a little unresponsive, just listened to Chen Qi saying to him in a daze:

"No, Lixi, you have to correct your schedule. I will tell your sister about this and ask her to help you get back to the right schedule."

"As a drummer, you play an important role in the band. Your energy and reaction time are crucial to a drummer. I won't allow you to play drums on stage in a daze."

...This guy is too nosy, isn't he? He's not my real brother, why should he care about what time I go to bed?

Then, Li Xi didn't take it seriously at first, after all, her life habits would not allow others to interfere. But what Li Xi didn't expect was that after Chen Qi told her that day, her sister actually came to her room with a pillow that night, and wanted to sleep with her and supervise her sleep.

"Your Xiaoqi came to visit me specially to let me supervise and correct your bad living habits, Xiao Lixi."

At that time, Sister Shiina placed her pillow in place, moved Riki's pillow a little, and then looked at her sister with a rather ambiguous smile.

Especially the look from her sister, that subtle look that made Lixi feel puzzled but inexplicably uncomfortable. That look that seemed to be saying "Sister has finally grown up", made Lixi inexplicably angry.

"Whose Xiaoqi is this? That guy is not my relative, why should you listen to him, sister?"

"Oh, don't say that. If you don't change your tsundere habit, you won't be able to have a boyfriend in the future."

However, Shiina sister was the first to get into bed. After lying down comfortably, she waved to her sister who had a frown on her face and said with a faint smile:

"Besides, your Xiaoqi is doing this for your own good. I, your sister, agree with him on this point. He is taking care of you like a brother."

Li Xi: "Who wants him to be my brother...Having a sister is troublesome enough."

Li Xi murmured helplessly, looking at his sister who had already crawled into his quilt. After a sigh that could not be described as a faint joy or a helpless compromise, he smiled bitterly with his hand on his forehead and said:

"There's really nothing I can do...I can change it, can't I change it?"

However, Li Xi didn't know how abnormal his ready compromise this time seemed in the eyes of his sister.

You know, Sister Shiina was even prepared to be forcibly driven out by her younger sister who kept chasing her and didn't know how to express her feelings, before she dared to come to her sister's room.

Shiina's elder sister had no doubt that her younger sister was capable of doing such a thing. After all, she knew that her younger sister had always been a little jealous of her...

But the only reason for such a quick compromise this time seemed to be that person's interference.

Therefore, Sister Shiina couldn't help but turn her eyes slightly, revealing a sly smile. After pretending to smile casually, she asked tentatively at Li Xi's back as she was changing clothes:

"Oh? So it turns out that our little Li Xi doesn't really like Xiao Qi as her 'brother'."

"Well, Xiao Lixi, since you don't like your brother, you shouldn't mind having another brother-in-law, right? You don't like Xiao Qi, but I think you can get along well with Xiao Qi. He's only a few months younger than me..."

"boom!"

However, before Sister Shiina even finished her words, a coat was thrown at her without warning, and happened to cover her cheek.

The next moment, before she could take off the coat on her face, she heard hurried footsteps, accompanied by a violent shaking of the bedding, and a familiar weight pressed on her body, and began to tickle and hit the weak parts of her body.

That night, in Lixi's room, the two sisters' laughter lasted for a full hour. This was perhaps the best emotional interaction between the two sisters after so many years...

In the end, Li Xi's bad schedule was successfully changed under Chen Qi's request and his sister's supervision.

But at the same time, the words of his sister that night lingered in Li Xi's heart for a long time and could never be resolved.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, there was a familiar feeling of weight above his head. Li Xi, who was lying on the table bored, subconsciously raised his head and, as expected, met the eyes of his good friend Hai Ling.

"It's so rare that you didn't fall asleep in class." Hailing asked Lixi with a little curiosity as she transferred the milk coffee she bought from above Lixi's head to the desk:

"Have you finally figured it out?"

"...No, it's just that because of that troublesome guy, my sister asked me to supervise and correct my sleep and rest schedule."

When Li Xi mentioned this matter, he also looked helpless. However, the next moment, under Hai Ling's surprised gaze, Li Xi took out a lunch box from under the desk, and slowly opened it in front of her, revealing the nutritionally balanced dishes with a slightly higher proportion of meat.

Hailing: "...You even brought a lunch box? This isn't what Chen Qi asked for, right?"

"Yes..." In response to this, Li Xi's tone of helplessness became even more serious. She picked up the chopsticks and answered Hai Ling's question, saying:

"I don't know where that guy got the information from. He knew that I basically slept during school and definitely didn't eat lunch during the lunch break, so he specifically asked my sister to prepare a lunch box for me."

"That guy also said that if I train late at night, he will prepare an extra one for me... I don't know what that guy is thinking. Do I look like someone who needs his care?"

However, although Lixi complained like this, deep down in her heart, she was also slightly happy because her relationship with her sister had been eased and she felt cared for.

But soon, just as Lixi was about to start eating, she noticed Hailing, who was standing next to her and staring at her blankly without even drinking her milk coffee.

"……What's wrong?"

"Nothing." However, Hai Ling came back to her senses and shook her head. When Li Xi was about to pick up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, she suddenly said:

"I just want to ask you when you plan to confess your feelings to Chen Qi."

"Clap."

However, as soon as Hai Ling said this, the next second, the piece of meat that had already reached Li Xi's mouth fell under the desk along with the chopsticks as Li Xi's fingers trembled, making a crisp sound.

"You seem surprised that I would ask this?" Hai Ling saw through Li Xi's inner hesitation at a glance, which made her more certain of her guess.

This time, before Li Xi could even refute her with a red face, Hai Ling took the lead to interrupt Li Xi's first move, and immediately explained to Li Xi word by word with the most calm analysis:

"In my opinion, as a person of the opposite sex of the same age, if they are not relatives, generally only a boyfriend would care about a woman to such an extent. And only this kind of relationship would make someone with your personality, Li Xi, obey almost subconsciously."

"Well, Lixi, if you want to refute, do you trust him as a boyfriend or as a brother?"

Li Xi: “I…”

However, facing Hai Ling's well-reasoned questioning, even the most eloquent Shiina Riki fell into a long silence. He opened his mouth for a long time but could not say a word to refute.

However, Hailing's words, coupled with the joke his sister played on him last night, did force Li Xi to calmly start thinking about his current relationship with Chen Qi.

What is going on between him and me now?

Li Xi thought that she didn't treat Chen Qi as her boyfriend. That guy wasn't her type. She thought that the boy she liked wasn't the kind of person who cared about her in every possible way.

Instead, they should be people who, like me, work hard to pursue their dreams, give full play to their strengths on stage, and take every performance seriously.

Chen Qi was too gentle and too indulgent to Li Xi. He gave in to her in everything. It didn't seem like the relationship between a boyfriend and a girlfriend, but more like an older brother treating his rebellious and naughty sister who had reached puberty.

But, do I regard him as an ideal brother? It seems not...

After all, if Chen Qi was her brother, she wouldn't have to listen to him so much. She had been a rebellious person since she was a child, and the rules of her family couldn't restrain her at all. The more familiar and better the relationship with Li Xi, the more casual Li Xi would behave, and sometimes she would listen to what everyone said and sometimes she wouldn't.

And so far, it seems that Chen Qi is the only one who will actually do whatever he is asked to do.

Even Shiina Riki herself didn't know why she should listen to Chen Qi.

However, her subconscious mind always told her that if even this guy had opinions about her, then maybe she really did something wrong, and she should correct her mistakes as soon as she knew them, and it was not her character to continue to make mistakes.

After all, that guy was the one who really stood from her perspective, but did not force her to accept his kindness and maintained her confidence and self-esteem.

He really cared about her.

And how do I view him? So far, I have hardly even called him by his name. To me, he has always been just "that guy" who is very special... But really, who is he to me?

Shiina Riki couldn't figure out this problem, and she didn't want to figure it out.

After all... everything seems pretty good now, doesn't it?

I found a new goal and the motivation to pick up music again. I had a group of like-minded partners and a special person who cared about me, understood my temper, and would not be easily hurt by me. I also reconciled with my sister.

Now, she can say whatever she wants to say and scold whenever she wants. She doesn't need to suppress any emotions in her heart. She can express her dissatisfaction directly without worrying about hurting others. This kind of life was unimaginable to her in the past. What can she blame?

Just spend every fulfilling day like this, and then as Chen Qi said, we can become a real professional band and keep going like this... Isn't that good?

What's more... that guy should have someone he likes, right? He and Xiangzi have been together every day recently, and I even heard from Deng that he went to Xiangzi's house as a guest. This should be obvious, right?

Don't get involved in anything. Anyway, you don't have that kind of affection for him.

"Click."

"Ah, you're here, Lixi."

Before they knew it, they had arrived at the agreed recording studio. This time, Li Xi also came early like usual, but surprisingly, Chen Qi arrived at the recording studio before her.

What caught Lixi's attention even more was that after greeting her, Chen Qi continued to lower his head and began to write and draw on the paper in front of him. It was this scene that attracted all of Lixi's attention.

"'Ama no Weak'? Is this your new song? Shall we practice this one today?"

"I guess so. However, this is not a song for our band. It is a personal song that I plan to give to Xiaomu."

The creation seemed to have come to an end. Chen Qi took the music score in his hand and handed it to Li Xi behind him. After slowly standing up, he also whispered to Li Xi:

"Xiao Mu doesn't talk much in the band, and she's often unhappy even during practice. So I want to give Xiao Mu a song, at least to leave her with some good memories in our band."

"Lixi, when Xiaomu comes, you must keep your mouth shut and don't ruin this surprise."

"Do you think I can't control my mouth?" Li Xi rolled his eyes unabashedly upon hearing that, and soon focused his attention on the music in his hand. After trying to hum a passage, he unconsciously uttered a few sighs and murmured:

"...You know what, it really does sound like Mu's style, the melody is similar, the lyrics are similar too."

"Of course, this is tailor-made for Xiao Mu." Chen Qi smiled faintly and said softly to Li Xi: