Teacher Daxiang, please teach me how to play Kasuga Shadow!

But will this stump her?

Ayano said with a faint smile without changing her expression or heartbeat:

"I know you'll definitely be coming to my house today, so I'm going to make your portion in advance. Even if you don't come, you can put it in the refrigerator and eat it tomorrow."

"Hehe...Ayano, you're so nice to me~"

Aine smiled foolishly, but the next moment she scratched her head awkwardly, and said to Ayano as if she had done something wrong:

"But, I've actually already... eaten out today."

Damn it, it was such a rare opportunity to see Ayano's gentle side, but she didn't cherish it. If she hadn't eaten a lot outside today, she would have pretended not to have eaten and then tasted Ayano's cooking.

In order to ease her inner embarrassment and to quickly change the subject, Aine's eyes quickly darted around the room, finally stopping in surprise on the electronic piano in the corner of the living room.

"Ayano, is this the piano you bought yesterday?"

"Ah."

Because someone had already eaten, and it was inconvenient for another person who hadn't eaten to come out and eat now, Ayano simply took off her apron and followed Aine to the electronic keyboard.

She was just making sure there were no suspicious traces left here, while Aiyin was feeling the

How did you get in touch with keyboard instruments?

"Ayano-chan, let me tell you, don't look at me like this, I actually know a little bit about piano."

"Oh?" Ayano smiled faintly, looking at the pink-haired girl's face with interest, as she couldn't help but want to show off in front of her. "Really?"

"Look, this is a white key, and this black one is called a black key. Let me test you. If this white key is C, then what is the name of the black key to the right of it?"

"Um……"

Ayano was simply speechless about this guy.

Do you think she's stupid? Isn't the right side of C #C? If someone in the closet heard this question, they would probably look at Aine like she's stupid, right?

“Don’t you know?” Aiyin raised her head and looked at her “apprentice” in front of her with a very proud look, “The answer is C sharp, written as a well plus the letter C.

But it's normal that you don't know. This is all music theory, and Ayano would definitely be confused if she hadn't learned it."

"Yeah, Aine is really amazing."

Ayano felt like she was teasing a fool.

"Hehe... Let me ask you a simpler question. How many keys are there on a piano?"

"86?"

"Wrong! It's 88."

"Really?" Ayano smiled at Aine. "But why did I count them when I bought them and found there were only 86? Could it be because the structure of the electronic keyboard and the piano is different?"

“Is that so?” Aine frowned, feeling a little uncertain.

"How about you count now?"

"...Just wait."

Aine felt that her authority was being challenged, so she decisively bent down and sat on the piano stool, then began to count one by one.

However, Ayano, who was standing by, looked at Aine who was really fooled by her, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth and rolled her eyes.

No, doesn't this kid claim to be a guitarist? How can he be so ignorant?

And if this guy really keeps counting like this, wouldn't Xiangzi in the closet be getting anxious? So Ayano decisively held down Aine's hand while she was counting, and said helplessly:

"Don't count, I misremembered it. I just checked online and it's indeed 88 keys."

"I'll just say it~"

"Let's not talk about this for now. Aine, you came here in such a hurry, is there something urgent you want to tell me?"

“Oh, right.” Speaking of this, Aine clapped her hands violently, “I…”

"Let's go out for a walk together. I have some things to buy. We can talk while we walk."

Ayano interrupted Aine and didn't give her a chance to react. She grabbed Aine's hand and dragged her out. But just when Ayano thought that the matter would be easily resolved, Aine suddenly pulled her hand away.

Then he said to Ayano in a somewhat unpleasant tone:

"No, Ayano, why are you so anxious? I think I left something in your room yesterday. There's no rush until I find it."

After saying that, Aine turned around and walked towards Ayano's bedroom.

……broken.

Chapter 14: Shoko Toyokawa's Lifelong Strength (2/2)

In the closet, Shoko Toyokawa felt like she couldn't even breathe.

She was originally wondering if she was okay and could come out, but just as she was about to push open the cabinet door, she heard hurried footsteps approaching her.

She was so scared that she quickly retracted her hand and then made sure her phone was turned to silent mode so that at least there would be no mishaps.

"What did you leave here with me yesterday?"

The first voice that came was Ayano's, but from Shoko's perspective, Ayano didn't show any signs of panic when she said this. Perhaps because of this, she felt a lot more at ease.

"My wallet...otherwise why would I come all this way?"

The one who answered Ayano was obviously the girl named Aine. Her voice sounded helpless and resentful, and there was also the rustling sound of someone rummaging through something.

Wait, what did she just say? Wallet?

Is this the one I'm holding in my hand?

"You lost your wallet? Are you sure you lost it with me?"

"I'm not sure... but I can't rule out the possibility. Maybe it accidentally got mixed up with Ayano's clothes when I was taking off my clothes yesterday, and then I don't know where it fell.

And Ayano, you have no idea... How embarrassed I was today. I finally met a suitable girl in RiNG, and we sat down and chatted for a long time. But when it came time to pay, I took a long time to pay, but couldn't take out the money.

Ahhh, she must have thought I did it on purpose."

"Oh? So you've already got the band members together?"

“Um… Actually, there’s still a long way to go. Su Shi’s attitude is actually quite ambiguous, but it’s not like I won’t give up.

Oh, by the way, I made an appointment with her to meet tomorrow, so Ayano, you can come with me after school."

Su Shi?

While Xiangzi was still thinking about how to return the "hot potato" in his hand to the owner, he suddenly heard this familiar name.

"Sushi? Who is that?"

"Ah... She's a first-year student at Tsukinomori. She's the bassist, and seems pretty easy to get along with. She's much gentler than you, Ayano!"

"Yeah?"

"Haha, no, no, Ayano is definitely the best." Aine said outside the cabinet and turned her attention back to finding her wallet. "Let's not talk about that for now. Ayano-chan, please help me find my wallet too. If I don't leave it at your house, it will be troublesome."

Hearing this, Toyokawa Shoko became nervous again, and the only solution she could think of was to notify Ayano through her cell phone before the girl named Aine found her.

She first turned the brightness of her phone to the lowest setting, then opened the LINE app, found Ayano's profile picture and clicked on it.

Finally, I started typing very quickly, and even made several mistakes because of my anxiety.

After pressing send, Xiangzi could only hope that Ayano outside could see it. During this waiting time, it seemed as if the entire wardrobe had turned into a steamer, and a few beads of sweat slowly seeped out of Xiangzi's forehead.

Really, it's so embarrassing for her to be like this.

"Okay, Aine, take a look over there by the bed, and I'll help you look in my closet."

"Uh-huh."

After the two of them finished talking, Xiangzi heard footsteps getting closer and closer to her. She didn't dare to look through the gap to see who was outside, and could only pray that the person coming was Ayano herself.

With a creak, the cabinet door in front of Xiangzi was opened, but it was only opened a small gap, and then a white arm stretched out from the outside and made a small gesture in front of her to ask for something.

Without thinking, Xiangzi handed over the wallet in his hand.

This should be... okay, right?

Xiangzi didn't even know what kind of wonderful mental roller coaster she had just experienced. She had already made up her mind not to be so sensitive and fragile anymore, but now she was once again in such a mess because of such a small thing.

Her whole body collapsed in the cabinet like a melting popsicle.

It was unknown when the sound outside disappeared, perhaps after the sound of the door closing, or perhaps before, but no matter what it was, Xiangzi had no impression of it.

At this moment, she suddenly had an absurd idea that she never wanted to come out of the closet for the rest of her life.

I'm starting to have thoughts of escaping again... I really hate myself for being like this.

However, it must be said that although the small wardrobe was dark, when the door was opened, the hand that reached in gave her a strange sense of security, which remained in the air around her until everything fell silent.

She thought about how someone had reached out to her not long ago, but their stance at the time was...

Just don’t say it.

"Come out."

"..."

Seeing no response from inside, Ayano outside opened the cabinet door with some annoyance.

However, when she opened the cabinet door and looked at Xiangzi inside, she didn't know what to say.

This classmate Xiangzi was giving her a headache. His extremely awkward personality was far different from her Aine.

With her hands on her knees and her face buried in the folds of her skirt, she looked very much in a defensive posture.

Of course, when the light from the room came in, Xiangzi, who was sitting inside, still had some reaction. The girl raised her head and looked at Ayano with a complicated expression, then stood up silently and staggered out of the closet.

"Sorry, this was an accident. She just wanted to come back to look for her wallet."

"……fine."

"Are you hungry?"

"Forget it, for dinner I still..."

"Let's eat together. I just happen to have some music theory questions I want to ask you." Ayano didn't give Xiangzi a chance to refuse, but turned around and walked out of the bedroom.

In order to save time, Ayano simply stir-fried a dish.

The staple food included rice that had just been cooked, but the two of them didn't say a word while eating. They just ate in silence the whole time.

Xiangzi did not take the initiative to ask Ayano what the so-called music theory questions were, because she knew that they were just excuses made by Ayano.

Her student is very smart, so smart that it makes her, as a teacher, feel a little frustrated.

But compared to these, she was actually more concerned about another issue.

"Ayano, your friend Aine is the one who formed a band with you, right?"

"Well, what?"

"nothing."

Isn't that great? Everyone is looking forward to it.

"I'm full. I'm going back first."

"Okay, cancel tomorrow night's class. I'll tell you next time I have time."

"……it is good."

Xiangzi nodded, picked up his schoolbag from the cabinet at the entrance, changed into his own shoes, and prepared to open the door and go out.

However, when her hand just touched the door handle, she always felt that she should show her tough attitude, at least not to be looked down upon by her students.

So she hesitated for a moment before speaking seriously to the wealthy woman Ayano who was hiding behind her:

"Next time this happens, you'll have to pay me... double my salary!"

Chapter 15: There is a plan to restore the Han Dynasty to its former glory (1/2)

Nagasaki Suyo had a preliminary idea.

The band must be reorganized, but the starting point must not be Saki and Xiao

Harmony.

The former is still hesitant about his attitude towards her and the band, and pushing her too hastily might backfire.

As for the latter...it was even harder to figure out his true thoughts. Moreover, based on her understanding of Xiao Mu, this child seldom brought up anything on his own initiative. So as long as she did her other work well, the problem with Xiao Mu would not be a problem.