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

"Stop pretending, Aine, you're awake, right?"

"......"

Seeing that Aine still didn't move, Ayano laughed even more happily, and immediately followed up the previous sentence with a final killer move:

"The milk is actually just salt. After all, how could I bear to give my Aine sleeping pills~"

After saying this, Ayano turned around and walked out of the house without paying any attention to Aine's eyes that suddenly opened in fear.

The pink-haired big dog was left lying on the bed, covering his red face with his hands and savoring the tenderness he had just received. He felt anxious and annoyed.

.

The next morning.

According to the shift schedule agreed upon by the three of them, Shoko Toyokawa got up 20 minutes early and went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for everyone.

Although she is no longer Ayano's full-time maid and no longer gets paid for housework, she is not dissatisfied at all. Instead, she feels more and more a sense of belonging to this family.

Today's breakfast was relatively simple. There was still some bone soup from last night, so Xiangzi ordered three servings of noodles.

Because the frozen meat had not yet thawed, she could only fry a few more eggs and put them in the bowls of the three people.

When Xiangzi went back and forth three times to bring the bowl of noodles to the dining table, he happened to meet Aiyin and Ayano who had woken up and walked towards him after smelling the food.

What made her feel a little strange was that Aine, who had always been an expert at starting a conversation, seemed a little silent today.

He didn't even look at Ayano beside him, but just ate noodles absentmindedly.

"You didn't wake up?"

“…I didn’t sleep well.”

Aine was a little embarrassed. How could she say that she had been thinking about whether she should go to Ayano to ask for clarification last night, and in the end, she was too embarrassed to do so and just rolled around in bed. Later, she got tired of playing with her phone and didn't fall asleep until the late night.

No wonder Su Shi said before that she doesn’t like staying up late. Ai Yin felt that she had only stayed up halfway and was already a little listless.

If someone could stare at their phone until dawn, Aine would definitely think that person was crazy, or extremely empty inside.

"You are such an adult, but you can't sleep well.

You must be checking your phone again, right?"

"I..." Aine wanted to say something, but finally closed her mouth.

After the three of them finished their breakfast, they simply cleaned up the dishes, changed into their school uniforms and shoes, and walked out of the house.

However, what surprised Ayano was that her mother's Land Rover was parked downstairs in their building.

Ayano frowned, knowing that her mother would not come to see her unless it was nothing important. Then, after saying something to the two girls beside her, she opened the passenger door and sat in.

"It's quite early~"

"What's wrong? What do you want from me?" Ayano said straight to the point.

But Nanako on this side had a teasing look on her face. She looked at Ayano with a cheerful look and said, "Ayano, your good days are over."

".......What?"

"I told your dad about you. He said he'll be back home this weekend. Mom has already said a lot of good things about you. The rest is up to you."

"I... okay, I get it." Ayano was a little speechless, but her expression was still quite calm. "Then why don't you take us to school on the way? No one would dare to say anything if you're late to the company anyway."

"......Ayano, would you like to consider learning to drive? Although you're still two years away from getting a driver's license, with your learning ability, I think it wouldn't be a problem to buy you a car now."

"what?"

"Come on, come on, go down and call your friends, and I'll sit in the passenger seat. You still have a while before your class, so I can teach you some basic knowledge first."

"......Okay."

Ayano hesitated for a while, but finally agreed. After all, she really wanted to drive her two family members out for some fun.

However, just as she got out of the car, she heard the passenger door being locked. Then, before she could say anything, the Land Rover in front of her stepped on the accelerator and drove away, leaving Ayano confused.

No, Nanako...are you still playing tricks on your precious daughter like this?!

Chapter 160: How to Pull Takamatsu Deng with One Lyric? (1/2)

In the classroom, the midday sun shines through the window, illuminating the neatly arranged wooden desks, and the air is filled with a faint scent of grass.

Mizushima Ayano sat in the second row of the music classroom, an open textbook on the desk in front of her, her pen lying quietly beside it. Today's music class was unusually quiet, with only the teacher's voice echoing through the room.

The music teacher is a woman around 30 years old. It is said that she once dreamed of forming a band after graduating from university, but after being hit by reality, she came back to become a teacher. Of course, this rumor has not been confirmed, but there has always been such a legend in Yugaoka Academy.

She stood at the front of the classroom, a chalkboard covered with staves, notes, and chord diagrams. She tapped her fingers gently on the board as she explained the difference between major and minor keys and the importance of scales in music.

Ayano's eyes were a little dazed. She didn't listen carefully the whole time. If she had to be said to be serious, it was only occasionally raising her head to compare who was better, the teacher on the stage or the teacher at home.

Well... the conclusion is that the teacher at home is more useful, after all, you can hold the child in your arms during class.

When I get tired of playing the piano, I play Xiaoxiang. When Xiaoxiang gets tired of playing, I continue playing the piano.

Combine work and rest and make the best use of things, this is how to spend money wisely.

Sometimes Ayano felt that she was a little greedy. Even though she already had Aine, she still couldn't help teasing the cute teacher Daisho. But there was nothing she could do... she just couldn't help it.

Besides, based on my understanding of Xiangzi, it seems that apart from his mouth, other parts of his body are not very resistant.

As she pondered these random thoughts, Ayano casually flipped through the textbook in front of her. The music score had neat, clear lines, with various notes and time signatures marked. Her fingers tapped lightly on the desk, but she wasn't silently reciting the text from the book. Instead, she was playing the new sheet music that Riki had sent her the previous night.

She actually deliberately omitted a part of the song "Qunqing". Of course, she was a little surprised that Li Xi could understand how to supplement it so quickly.

The chorus style is very unique, and it seems so appropriate in this song that reflects the voices of most teenagers.

I wonder if Lixi has ever thought that... the song "Escape from the Ground" that he left behind can actually be completed in the same way?

Of course, what surprised Ayano the most was Hachiman Kairin's friend request.

She didn't know this girl, whom she had never even met and whose impression of her only existed from other people's stories. However, she did not waste her eloquence last night and made an appointment to meet alone at Yuze Coffee Shop tonight after the other party finished all her work to discuss more cooperation matters.

Anyway, becoming friends with a silly guy like Li Xi shouldn't be that difficult, right?

"Mizushima-san, please pay attention in class."

"..."

Ayano, who was found distracted, glanced at the curious eyes cast by other classmates, but there was not much embarrassment on her face. Instead, the music teacher who reminded her on the stage was a little puzzled.

She could only use her eyes to signal Mizushima Ayano not to keep lowering her head, and then continued

Started his own class.

The music class didn't last long, and in this day and age when most people played in bands, there were very few people who would mess up in music class. So when the bell rang, everyone didn't feel relieved, but rather seemed a little reluctant to leave.

Ayano had no idea what the music teacher was thinking when he left. She only knew that before she made an appointment with Hailing tonight, it would be better for her to go and see Xiaoxiang at her home.

Her intuition told her that none of these internet celebrities were easy to deal with. If Xiaoxiang got angry and cried, she would have to hold him and comfort him. How troublesome.

But just as Ayano followed the group out of the music classroom and was about to return to the original classroom, she happened to meet Takamatsu Deng who came out of the classroom on the other side.

Takamatsu Deng on the opposite side was obviously stunned after seeing Ayano, and his steps that were originally planning to leave stopped instantly.

But the silver-gray-haired girl just looked at Ayano with complicated eyes for a few times without saying a word. Finally, thinking that Aine might come over, she hurriedly prepared to leave from the side.

But before she completely disappeared from Ayano's sight, she was blocked in front of her.

No one knew what the nervous Takamatsu Deng was thinking. Ayano didn't want to ask anything directly. She just stretched out her hand gently and placed it on the top of the lamp. Then she lifted it slightly and took off a small piece of wool that was stuck on the top of the lamp after the home economics class.

"Ayano-chan..."

"Ok?"

Deng seemed to feel the gentleness of Ayano that seemed close yet far away. She was nervous but couldn't muster up the courage. She didn't know how to speak, but it seemed as if she had already spoken.

"Ayano, can you come back?"

"Ah..." Ayano sighed softly, looking at Xiao Deng, who was ten centimeters shorter than her, with watery eyes, "I heard about what happened to Aine."

"..."

The light was silent. At this moment, she felt a deep sense of powerlessness. She didn't even have the courage to look into Ayano's eyes.

She knew that Ayano still considered her a good friend, but some things had already happened and it was difficult to change them, especially since Aine had not forgiven her yet.

But just as she was about to apologize and leave, Takamatsu felt her head being covered by Ayano's hand, and then Ayano's soft voice came from in front of her:

"Xiao Deng, have you ever seen fireworks blooming in the night sky?"

"Fireworks..."

Deng's figure was shaking a little because she felt an unconcealable sadness in her heart.

Yes...fireworks. Their LIVE is like fireworks exploding in the sky on a midsummer night. Although beautiful, it eventually returns to calm.

"I understand……"

Before Deng could finish saying "I understand", Ayano, who had already let go of her hand, walked to her side and left her one last sentence:

"With a snap, the light burst forth, and the fireworks caught everyone's eyes. And the fireworks must have been thinking... Even though they were about to return to dust, this wonderful summer was definitely not over yet."

After saying that, Ayano gently squeezed Xiao Deng's soft little hand again, and then left in another direction.

Only Takamatsu Deng was left standing there with surprise in his pupils, and an indescribable feeling of touch welled up in his heart.

She was a little excited and happy about the encouraging words from Ayano.

But she was more panicked because she always had a bad feeling.

Even though this summer has not ended yet, Ayano, who is rising in the sky like a firework, may really not be able to come back.

Chapter 161 Xiaoxiang: Ayano actually became my maid? (2/2)

In the Montmartre Café on the first floor of a Royal Hotel building in Tokyo.

The girl named Yutenji Wakamugi is wearing a gray off-shoulder top and a black hip skirt, which makes her look cool and fashionable.

She had a pair of sunglasses hanging on her nose, which together with the round-top wide-brimmed hat on her head served as a sunshade while making her less conspicuous.

After all, she is an internet celebrity blogger. She is very sensitive to her popularity figures, so she is naturally worried about being recognized on the street. Well... facing fans is still quite troublesome and tiring.

At this moment, she was sitting on a single booth on the inside of the coffee shop on the first floor, with one hand resting on the side of the glass of ice water on the table in front of her, and the other hand holding her mobile phone, looking at the top-quality materials she had just harvested the day before.

"Great Demon Princess Ako, I respond to your call... call..."

In the video, a girl named Ako Ueda shouted some very childish lines into the camera of her mobile phone.

A weak, black-haired girl next to him, who seemed like a teleprompter, reminded him, "It's Advent."

“Ah, advent!!!”

"Hey~ Meow Mengqin is so touched~"

tsk...

Looking at herself in the video, who was acting like a middle school student, Ruomai felt that she was not feeling well.

Although she didn't think too much about it at the time, but now from the perspective of an observer, especially from her own perspective, it really made her feel a little uncomfortable.

I hope that the Xiangzi who invited me to join the band today is not a person with this kind of middle school syndrome.

"But... this time I really gained a lot, hundreds of thousands of views seem to be a big success.

It’s nailed on.”

Different from the cute girl in the video, Ruomai, who was wearing a smug smile, now spoke in a voice that sounded like a completely different person, full of a sense of materialism.

"Speaking of which, there's a group called 'Red Ginger' that's been gaining followers very quickly lately, and they're so mysterious, I feel like they could be a target for hype."

After mumbling to himself for a few sentences, Ruomai shook his head again, "But their follower count is still too low. It seems that I have to wait until they develop a little bit before considering it."

"Ms. Meow Dream?"

Just as she was still thinking about how to continue to increase her popularity by any means necessary, Ruomai heard a figure calling her name in front of her.

She looked up in the direction of the voice, and with her sunglasses slightly lowered, she saw the specific appearance of the person who was speaking.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I'm Toyokawa Shoko, the person I contacted you with yesterday."

"Meow Dream Desi~"

Ruomai greeted Xiangzi rather perfunctorily, and then while he was saying some polite words to Xiangzi in front of him, he took the opportunity to observe Xiangzi as a whole.

Well, she is very cute and pretty. From the perspective of appearance, she is indeed qualified... Oh no, it exceeds my expectations.

However, she shamelessly talked about forming a band during a private chat, but looking at the way Toyokawa-san was dressed, the material and the condition of her clothes revealed that she was in financial difficulty.

Ruomai's disguise only applies when doing business. She doesn't think there is anything to deal with in this serious "business talk".