Loneliness and Rock and Roll with Band Observer

It must be Miao Meng. There is no one else in this room except her.

Miao Meng opened the door and walked into the room with great interest.

"Good evening, meow meow!" She half-jokingly posed as if she was in the video, "Hey, Qiu Rongzi, are you free now?"

After saying that, she took two steps forward, bent down, and put her arm on the back of Qiu Hui's chair.

"What's up?" Qiu Hui asked. "Sorry, I'm waiting for a call now. If you have anything to say, please tell me first and I'll make arrangements later."

The smile on Miao Meng's face disappeared immediately. She puffed up her cheeks, lowered her eyebrows, and almost looked a little angry.

"What kind of statement is that! Are you a big star from somewhere?"

Miao Meng stretched out her hands angrily, pressed them on both sides of Qiu Hui's cheeks, and then began to rub them hard.

The soft cheeks changed shape as easily as dough under the control of Miao Meng's slender fingers.

It seemed as if she wanted to vent all the resentment that had accumulated over this period of time through her fingers.

“Wow! Uh, uh, what, I’m sorry… Ugh…”

Akie, whose face was being ravaged, made an inarticulate sound.

Although she didn't actually understand what she had done wrong, she noticed that Miao Meng seemed very unhappy, so she instinctively wanted to apologize.

“…Really?”

Miao Meng stretched out his hand.

Although it's fun to play with Xiaoqiu's face... but if you do it too much, she will probably get angry. So it's better to quit while you're ahead.

"Actually, I found an anime that I want to watch with you." Miao Meng sighed, "Although it's almost time to get ready for bed, I feel like I can still watch a few episodes..."

"That's great. Let's watch it together later if we have time." Qiu Hui picked up the phone on the table and gestured, "Because I have a call next..."

"Who is it?"

Miao Meng's resentful look made Qiu Hui feel inexplicably numb.

"Is it a friend from the band? Or Aine? Or someone else?"

“It’s… it’s Aine.” Akie answered, her eyes a little evasive.

She felt a little guilty for some reason, probably because Miao Meng looked really... scary at the moment.

"Is it her?" Miao Meng was surprised.

It wasn’t the guitarist lady…but Aine?

That's right. Aiyin herself told me that Xiaoqiu actually likes her.

But Aine didn’t like Xiaoqiu that much…so this and that happened later.

Including the hug with the guitarist before, could it be that he fell in love with someone else because of emotional setbacks...

...Well, since he is falling in love with someone else, why can't the object be me?

Miao Meng muttered to herself, with a look of loss and resentment on her face becoming more and more obvious.

And from Qiu Hui's point of view, the other person's appearance is indeed becoming more and more... concerning.

Miss Miao Meng seemed to have always been particularly enthusiastic towards me. From the first day we met, to the several chance encounters afterwards, to her invitation to share the house, this was the case throughout the series of events.

What exactly is this...

Suddenly, the ringing of a bell interrupted Qiu Hui's thoughts.

"Aine called." Akie picked up the phone and explained to Meow Meng.

"Oh." Miao Meng woke up as if from a dream, "Then, should I avoid it?"

Just as she was saying this, Qiu Hui received a call.

Chihaya Aine's face appeared on the screen. She seemed to be in good spirits, and it was unknown whether it was the result of her last-minute preparation.

"Senior... Eh? Senior, have you moved? Where is this?"

Aine saw a very rare scene from her side.

"This isn't the room Senpai stayed in before...Wow! Why is Meow Mengqin here too?"

Chapter 130: People Who Are Needed

“Ah, um, Aine-san, ahahaha…”

Meow Meng realized that she seemed to be captured by Qiu Hui's camera, and hurriedly put on a business smile.

“Well, if I were to ask why…”

Miao Meng came up with an idea.

She simply walked forward and then put her chin on Qiu Hui's shoulder, and the two of them were close together.

"…Because Ms. Akihoko is sharing the apartment with me now."

“Wow! This… is actually…”

Realizing that the blogger she had been following recently was actually sticking with her senior, Aine's brain capacity, which didn't have much free space left, was instantly filled up.

"Hehehe." Miao Mengzhi smiled complacently, then raised his head and distanced himself from Qiu Hui.

She didn't intend to occupy Qiu Hui's shoulders for too long.

The relationship between me, or rather "Meow Meng" and Xiao Qiu, probably hasn't reached that level yet.

It's better to take advantage of others appropriately and stop when you are ahead. If you get too proud of yourself, you might end up being disliked by others.

Therefore, Miao Meng simply used intimate actions to declare her control over Qiu Hui, at least at this moment.

Humph, even if there really is something between you two, at least Xiaoqiu is still in our hands now!

"...I didn't expect that you are...renting a roommate now."

Having witnessed everything in front of her through the screen, Aine on the screen said with some uneasiness.

“Yes. Because the conditions given by Meowmu were very good, so I agreed. It happened recently, and I haven’t thought about telling Aine yet.”

Akie explained.

She really didn’t tell Aine because she didn’t remember it. In her opinion, it wasn’t something particularly important.

“I…I understand…”

Aine said this with a forced smile, and her expression made people doubt whether she really understood what Akie meant.

Looking at Qiu Hui in front of her and Aine on the screen, Miao Meng realized that maybe it was time for her to leave.

"If you have something to talk about, I won't bother you guys anymore. Don't stay too late, okay?"

Miao Meng smiled and left Qiu Hui's room, closing the door behind her.

Then, the smile on her face disappeared, replaced by a slightly lonely look.

She slowly, slowly approached Qiu Hui's door again, and then tried to put her ear to the door...

...What are you thinking about? You definitely can't hear anything.

Miao Meng took two steps back in response, then shook her head vigorously.

Besides, there is no point even if you hear it.

What’s the use of knowing more until the biggest hidden danger is eliminated?

"But……"

Miao Meng shook her head gently, as if talking to herself.

Even if I have to confess, it can't be now.

Because Xiaoqiu is now busy with various things.

Be it work or her relationships with other girls, she is in a state of panic.

If everything is made clear at this time, it will only bring her extra huge pressure...

...Alas. Then again, has Xiaoqiu ever really had a leisurely time?

At least during the period after she got to know Qiu Hui again, Miao Meng never felt that she could ever be at ease.

Why do you push yourself so hard?

Always working, always trying to do something for someone, as if eager to prove my worth to someone.

Miao Meng felt that she might know the answer.

Because she had witnessed with her own eyes the period when Qiu Hui was at her weakest and most powerless.

She misunderstood me and thought I had abandoned her because she thought she was worthless to me.

So, is this why she subconsciously embarked on such a path of exploiting herself in exchange for recognition?

"……well."

In order not to complicate her already busy life, you should not confess hastily.

This reasonable excuse allowed Miao Meng to escape the coming judgment with peace of mind, and she felt a little relieved.

"Don't think too much. Maybe there will be other ways." Miao Meng muttered to herself.

Use such light words to comfort yourself, so that you can close your eyes and sleep well tonight.

Miao Meng came to the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror.

It's all the fault of this guy in front of me. He made a series of mistakes, which led to the situation today...

……

Now Qiu Hui can be called an expert in pretending to be calm.

Since she herself often needs such skills to deal with a variety of situations, she is often able to rely on her rich experience to detect signs that the other party is pretending to be calm.

The Aine on the screen might have just washed her face and managed to adjust her mood, but thanks to the sufficient resolution of the picture, Akie could see traces of slight redness in her eyes.

“Aine is right.” Akie nodded reluctantly, “Moshiro has been through so much with all of us. To say that there is no feeling left at all… I don’t believe it either.”

"Right, right? Even Senior thinks so!"

Aiyin nodded repeatedly as if trying to convince herself.

"But Senior, I still want to ask you a question."

"I mean... I mean, if, if... Su Shi really doesn't plan to come back, then... what should I do?"

Looking at Aine's expectant eyes, Akie realized that perhaps this question was the key.

Aine showed such strong hesitation, to say that it was all because of Suyo... that seemed unlikely.

"Um……"

Qiu Hui urged her brain cells to start working quickly.

Although Su Shi could be regarded as one of the first people to respond to the proposal of forming a band, she rarely showed enthusiasm and initiative in the band. She was more of a response to everyone's opinions or a mediator when something happened.

Akie even recalled the time when she was distressed by Aine's depression. At that time, Suyo advised her not to care too much about Aine's affairs.

Now that I think about it, that might be because from the very beginning, Suyo only wanted to use the new band as a springboard to rebuild CRYCHIC, so she didn't really care about "outsiders" like Aine.

Su Shi has been restraining herself from forming too close emotional connections with people other than the original CRYCHIC members.

Therefore, Akie didn't think that Aine would really value Suze to such an extent.

Maybe it was another thing that made her like this...

“…If Suyo insists on leaving, Aine will just have to continue working hard as a member of the band.”

After thinking about it, Qiu Hui finally said these words.

"Even if Suyo, who formed the band with you in the beginning, used you and didn't really consider you as a member of the band, now Aine is undoubtedly an important member of the new band. Maybe Suyo is also a member who founded the band, but that doesn't mean that the band belongs to her."

"Even if she doesn't need you, everyone else will definitely need you. So, don't worry."

Qiu Hui made such a conclusion.