Finally, I became their white moonlight

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Xiangzi: "Let's meet after school tomorrow. I want to hear you tell me in person."

"...As expected of a human lie detector, it actually came up with such a vicious way of dealing with it."

Xiangzi: "Is this vicious? You haven't seen anything more vicious than this."

Xiangzi: "I'm looking forward to meeting you tomorrow. I'll make all kinds of preparations in advance~"

Xiangzi: "By the way, can you come with us for the summer band training that I mentioned earlier?"

Ming Hai couldn't help but be stunned. The message that he was about to send to tease her just stopped in the chat bar. He looked at her last message in shock.

...Why should I go with you girls to your summer camp?

Volume 92: Chapter Chapter [CryCHIC]'s first performance

After the tense and exciting final exams, students are about to enter a one and a half month summer vacation.

On the day of the graduation ceremony, even though the topics were all old ones, the boys and girls in the class were still discussing their summer vacation plans with great enthusiasm.

Some people are preparing to go abroad, some are forced by their parents to go to cram schools, and some have no plans at all. They are content to occasionally invite three or five friends to go to the game hall or KTV for a party and spend this summer leisurely.

Compared with the hard-working senior high school students, the sense of urgency in the third year of junior high school is not very strong. Most students still attend ordinary high schools near their homes. As long as they do well in the exams, they can get in, and there are not too many problems with the score lines.

Even if there are students who really pursue higher goals, they will not be able to enjoy the summer vacation until the winter vacation is approaching.

Compared to the unattainable future, the only worries that summer vacation can bring to these young people are the seemingly endless summer homework, the lack of courage to date friends, and the sadness of not being able to meet the people they like as a matter of course, right?

So - the one who didn't feel happy for even a moment about the arrival of summer vacation, and immediately felt annoyed was Goto Ichiri.

It’s not because she likes school so much, nor because she has cram schools or part-time jobs during the summer vacation, and it’s not because she has someone she likes.

But...

"At least someone greeted me every day during school, but after summer vacation, won't I be completely alone again?!"

Like a paramecium curled up in the dust, she held her head, twisted her body, and groaned in pain for a long time because of her miserable future.

Everyone who passed by her subconsciously turned their eyes away, as if their consciousness and mood would be covered with dust if they paid even a little attention to her. So they all tacitly chose to ignore her, and at the same time felt confused in their hearts:

"Strange, is there this person in our class?"

Goto Ichiri, who was always very sensitive to other people's gazes, rarely failed to notice the strangeness of the air around him. He was still immersed in the swamp of distress, and did not want to face the fact that all his efforts throughout the semester were brought back to square one as soon as the holiday came.

——Yes, work hard.

Although he never told Ming Hai, after greeting each other for so long that he got used to it, Goto Ichiri had already regarded him as his friend. In front of his parents and sister, he proudly declared that through his efforts, he had finally succeeded in making a friend at school who would chat and greet him every day (he didn't mention the gender).

Over time, she even deceived herself, subconsciously believing that she had really changed and gotten rid of the label of "alone" - although she couldn't be considered a modern person, at least she was no longer a poor wretch with no friends.

The arrival of summer vacation means that the magic of friends will disappear completely, and she will never hear the "good morning" that is the proof of friendship again; she will return to the reality that has not changed at all, and continue to live a rotten and dark summer vacation life.

After realizing this, Goto Ichiri had to admit that she was indeed a little anxious.

"Looking back now, I thought it was too self-righteous to think that we could become friends just by saying hello every day... I didn't even have his contact information, let alone hanging out together after the summer vacation..."

"What should I do if my parents ask me, 'Why didn't you go out with your friends during the summer vacation?' or 'Where is that good friend you mentioned? Did he talk to you today?' How should I answer..."

"Are you going to continue to be a coward like in the past?"

In her upset, she inadvertently looked at Ming Hai, who was sitting next to her.

But I found that he was just like me, not assimilated into the restless atmosphere before the summer vacation, but stayed alone in his seat, concentrating on playing with his phone to deal with the classmates who came to chat with him;

Unlike himself, the expression on his face was extremely relaxed. There was a slight smile on the corner of his eyes as he looked at the phone, and his fingers tapped the screen quickly from time to time as if he was chatting with someone - it was not like himself at all, who was forced to be alone because there was no one to communicate with.

While Goto Ichiri felt envious, he couldn't help but recall the gloomy expression on his face some time ago, as if he was troubled by something.

"By the way, is he no longer troubled? The gift-giving thing..."

Judging from his appearance, he should have reconciled with his girlfriend, right?

What gift did he give in the end? Did he really take my advice and give her a guitar?

Driven by curiosity, Goto Ichiri once again plucked up the courage and took the initiative to talk to Ming Hai.

"Ah, that, Narumi-san..."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Ming Hai raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at her in surprise: "It's really strange that you would come to chat with me."

"Uh...it seems like this isn't the first time..."

Goto Ichiri pulled the corner of his mouth awkwardly and complained in his mind.

Yes, of course it's strange...

After all, compared to the number of times he took the initiative to talk to me, the number of times I spoke to him could be counted on one hand.

If only one party is actively communicating, this can't be considered friendship at all, right?

No wonder we didn’t even have each other’s LINE after chatting for a whole semester... Even after graduation, there was still no one in my friend list other than my family and teachers. That was just my own fault, right?

Goto Ichiri was filled with depression, and her expression was so dark that it almost turned into sewage slime, without any intention of hiding anything. Ming Hai was full of question marks, wondering whether she came to chat with him or to complain to him.

But soon, Goto Ichiri calmed down as usual and whispered hesitantly:

"Ah, it's about what we talked about last time..." She tried to make it sound like they had a serious conversation. "Can I ask you what you gave your girlfriend in the end?"

"Girlfriend?" Ming Hai paused slightly, but did not deny the title. Instead, he answered her directly, "Unfortunately, I still haven't decided what to give her. I picked out a few gifts but I'm not satisfied with any of them. There are too many handmade products, so I don't know where to start. So I've been putting it off until now."

"Eh? Not yet?" Goto Ichiri opened his eyes wide and asked subconsciously, "But didn't you make peace with your girlfriend? The person you were chatting with just now should be her, right? She replied to messages so frequently and smiled so sweetly, I thought you had made peace with her with gifts..."

"Ok?"

After a brief surprise, Ming Hai tilted his head, looked at her with a strange expression, and seemed to be gloomy and withdrawn, then nodded generously to admit it.

"You have quite a keen eye for observation, Goto-san."

"Hey, hey, no~"

Goto Ichiri suddenly laughed foolishly when he was praised. He raised his hand to touch the back of his head and twisted his body left and right in embarrassment. "It's just that I have developed this eye by observing people when I have no friends. It's not something worth praising at all~"

Ming Hai shook his head and said with a gentle and sincere smile: "Don't belittle yourself. Even you have some merits that are worth praising!"

"Really, really?"

Goto Ichiri became even more shy after hearing that. Her pretty face turned red and twisted into a slime monster. She almost got carried away and asked him to continue praising her.

Although she soon realized something was wrong——

Wait, even me?

Is this prefix a bit strange? Are you praising me or implying something?

Before she could come up with an answer, Ming Hai continued:

"But it's better not to spy on people all the time. Even if you do it, don't say it so openly."

His smile was harmless, but his tone was rude: "Luckily you met me. If it were someone else of your age, they would have kept their distance from you with embarrassment on their faces, and secretly called you disgusting."

"..."

Snapped!

Like a weathering statue of a girl, Goto Ichiri was completely frozen in place. There seemed to be a sound of something shattering inside her body, and her entire body, from her eyes to her body, began to gradually turn gray.

The psychological blow she received caused her to feel extremely fearful and anxious about talking to people in the future, and she even became more and more afraid to observe and look at others.

Unfortunately, for Ming Hai now, Goto Ichiri's thoughts and feelings, whether she will become more autistic because of herself, etc., are not important at all.

Sooner or later, everything will change because of the convergence of the world line.

Just like an NPC in a game, when you delete the save file and start over, everything that happened now will be wiped out. No matter how careful and considerate you are, it will be in vain.

The only thing he needs to care about is the "heroine" who he has to treat properly and get along with seriously even so.

After confirming that Goto Ichiri had no intention of continuing the conversation, Ming Hai withdrew his gaze and continued chatting with Toyokawa Shoko who was also waiting for the graduation ceremony to begin.

The two were no longer talking about the band's training that had already been confirmed, but the first performance of [CryCHIC] that would be held in the near future.

Place……

In a kindergarten.

No one knew where Toyokawa Shoko got the connection, but a kindergarten was willing to invite this girl band with no performing experience to perform for the children one day after the summer vacation started, and to play with the children... Although it seemed that the latter was the main purpose, at least the performance was true.

This is not a charity performance powered by love, but a paid commercial activity.

Although Toyokawa Shoko's original intention was not money, but to accumulate performance experience for the band, she took into account that not everyone in the band was a rich girl and playing in a band was a very expensive activity. Even if she didn't want it, she had to consider others... so she decided to accept the remuneration and planned to share it equally with everyone later.

Of course, even if the audience is just a group of children and kindergarten teachers, the first official performance on stage is still a major and meaningful challenge for CryCHIC.

Since they didn't want to let this extremely important first performance fail, they had to do their best in every aspect - no matter whether the audience would find fault with it or not, at least they couldn't be dissatisfied.

Because of this, whether it was the selection of repertoire, preparation of equipment or finalization of itinerary, Toyokawa Shoko, as the band leader, had to take the lead in taking care of everything. She had been intensively preparing since the performance was confirmed. And because most of the band members were unreliable, she had to ask Ming Hai to join in to help, for fear that she would be too busy and overwhelmed, and no one would be able to tell her if she missed any details.

Throughout [CryCHIC], the lead singer, Tomori Takamatsu, was mostly just a mascot and lyricist who nodded and responded, and was unable to be entrusted with major responsibilities.

Ruo Ye Mu seldom speaks and doesn't like to give suggestions, but he can play the most important role - pointing out problems directly without caring about anyone's expression.

No one expected her to do more, and this normal performance was enough.

Although Nagasaki Motoyo is very reliable and mature, she is the good guy who is responsible for regulating the atmosphere in the group. Her main focus is not to offend anyone and to get along well with everyone. Although she will complete the tasks entrusted to her seriously, she is not proactive enough and tends to be indecisive, making her not suitable to be a deputy to fill in the gaps for the group.

Therefore, the band performances related to the five people's Xixi were basically discussed and planned by Toyokawa Shoko and Shiina Ryuki - the latter had a deeper understanding of the band's affairs, a decisive and efficient style of doing things, and a very strong sense of responsibility, making her a trustworthy team deputy.

However, no matter how mature their personalities were or how deep their understanding of the band was, they were at best just fifteen-year-old girls; whether it was the layout of the venue or the transportation of the instruments, it was still an unknown area for them that they had never personally touched upon. Even though they tried their best, there were still many omissions and miscalculations.

So Toyokawa Shoko quickly thought of Ming Hai and directly invited him to join the temporary working group - just as he once said, as long as she needed it, she would unconditionally support [CryCHIC].

By the way, there are only three people in this work group: her, Ming Hai, and Shiina Riki.

Who made the other three act like good kids and say "we'll do whatever you tell us to do" and voluntarily gave up the right to discuss together in order not to hold them back?

At the beginning, her attitude was the same as when she talked about him in the coffee shop. Shiina Riki had a strong sense of rejection and hostility towards Narumi, the man who suddenly joined them to discuss band affairs. Even though she had long known that the establishment of [CryCHIC] was related to him, the feeling of a strange man suddenly interfering with her good friends still made her full of aggressiveness, and she raised deep doubts about Narumi and Shoko, the two guys who seemed to be doing some insider trading.

The two did not explain too much to her, and soon began to seriously discuss the preparations for the performance in the group. They seemed to be only talking about official business and not personal matters, which made her not want to talk for a while. She planned to just quietly see how long they could perform.

But after Ming Hai revised their written schedule by 80% and put forward more reasonable suggestions, Shiina Riki finally understood his intention to speak with strength, and gradually agreed with him, corrected his impression of him, and finally joined the discussion and worked together for a better tomorrow for [CryCHIC].

【CryCHIC】In the work group.

Ming Hai: "If there are no problems, then the case is closed. Make a final confirmation the night before departure, including the rental bus, equipment car, and the park's itinerary. After confirming, just tick the form. "

Shiina Riki: "No problem, thank you for your hard work."

Toyokawa Shoko: "Got it. Don't worry, we will be fine!"

Shiina Riki: "Go tell Deng and the others about this. It's better to prepare for the worst."

Ming Hai: "Everyone should do their job. Xiangzi, encourage them and prevent Takamatsu from getting nervous. Shiina, stay alert at all times and make sure to remedy the situation immediately if something unexpected happens."

Shiina Riki: "Okay. What about you?"

Toyokawa Shoko: "Yeah. What about you?"

Ming Hai: "Me? I have retired, you still want me to stay as a palu?"

Then he clicked on Xiangzi's avatar and started a private chat.

"Did Shiina-san think I would follow him?"

Xiangzi: "I thought so too... Narumi-kun, CryCHIC is having its first official performance, aren't you coming?"

"I'm not good with kids, you can do a live broadcast..."

Xiangzi: "Come on, come on. It's such an important day. I want you to accompany me."

"...Damn it, when did you learn to act like a spoiled brat?"

Xiangzi: "Hehe, I always can~"

The spring shadow did not appear so early, otherwise it would have become a summer shadow.

This chapter is a bit confusing, let’s quickly move on to the fourth stage.