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

"Ah, so you understand everything, Ayano."

"Hmm? What do I understand?"

Ayano was a little confused. She just made up an excuse. After all, little Aine had been made to cry by Su Shi once. How could she easily reveal her identity before she thought of a way to vent her anger?

Of course, she would never do something like deliberately making someone cry. There is no artistry in that.

However, it was obvious that Nagasaki Rina beside her did not understand her thoughts. She just looked at this sensible and kind girl with a gratified look and replied gently:

"It's nothing. I understand."

.......

On the other side, coordinates RiNG, time 7:35 pm.

Gao Songdeng stood at the entrance of the outfield, hesitating for a long time before finally deciding to go in.

However, when she walked in and saw that the person standing behind the bar was not Li Xi but senior Rinrinko, she felt a little disappointed.

“Isn’t this a small lamp?”

Rinrinko quickly spotted Takamatsu Deng and, in surprise, pulled Deng to the bar.

Of course she knew that Li Xi had been waiting for Xiao Deng to come, although he seemed to have given up in the last few days. But now that she saw Deng actually coming, she was a little surprised.

It's just a pity that Li Xi didn't come to work today. He took a day off and just missed Xiao Deng? Isn't this too unlucky?

"Xiao Deng, are you here to look for Li Xi?"

"I……"

"Lixi isn't here today. If there's anything, how about I tell her later?"

Deng looked at the very enthusiastic Rinrinko and felt very hesitant inside, but in the end she shook her head silently.

"I'm here to make a reservation for a LIVE, is that okay?"

"Huh?" Rinrinzi was a little surprised, "Just you and Riki?"

"Do not……"

Deng lowered her head, obviously not having the courage to face Li Xi. She felt that the only thing she could do now was to stand on the stage and sing out her heart.

She hoped that her song could reach the ears of Lixi and others, just this, just this...

Although it was only a small action, it was the only thing she could do now.

"It's just me, okay?"

"Alone?" Rinrinzi was even more confused, but after glancing at Xiaodeng who seemed to have made a very difficult decision, she finally nodded, "Let me see..."

There are quite a few small LIVEs in the past few weeks, but if there's only one person, I can only assign it to the opening, and it won't take long, is that okay?"

"No problem! No, no problem..."

At the same time, Li Xi, who was walking towards home, looked at the tall buildings in front of him, sighed and said to himself:

"I thought everything was fine, but now it seems that deceiving myself that there was no problem was simply nonsense.

"As for Suyo's problem... maybe even Ayano can't think of a solution?"

Chapter 180 Li Xi also wants to climb the long stairs (still 22)

"Eh? You said the lamp..."

The next afternoon, Li Xi went to RiNG as usual, but just as she changed into her uniform and prepared to start work, she heard some surprising news from Rin Rinko.

She was so surprised that she even accidentally spilled the water in the cup in her hand.

"Eh? Didn't Xiao Deng tell you about this?"

"No...she didn't tell me." Li Xi hesitated, and she subconsciously wanted to pick up her phone to take a look.

But after thinking about it, if the other party was willing to tell me, he would have told me long ago, and I would never miss such an important thing.

But what does it mean for the lamp to do this?

Li Xi really couldn't figure it out, and she also found that she didn't understand Deng's attitude towards this matter at all.

You might say that Deng has given up, but Rinrinko just said that the other party plans to come alone to participate in the LIVE.

But if I say that Deng is just like me, trying his best to save the situation...but anyone would think that attending a LIVE alone is the most meaningless thing, right?

"When?"

"It's written on the LIVE BOARD. I think it starts at 5: this afternoon, right?"

"..."

"How is it?" Rinrinzi looked at Lixi in front of her with anticipation, "Lixi, do you want to go and see it?"

"I..." Li Xi hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

Although she didn't know what Deng's plan was, there were some things she felt were most appropriate for her to say.

This is not only because she is the only one who knows about Su Shi's affairs now, but also because there may be no one else who will take the initiative to come and watch RiNG's LIVE.

As time went by, Li Xi was distracted the whole time, and all his attention was focused on the start time of the LIVE.

She had to express her gratitude to Rinrinko, because she had already taken a day off yesterday, and she shouldn't have asked Rinrinko to help her watch the outside field today.

But the senior student seemed to have read her mind, and before she even opened her mouth, she reminded her at around 5:20:

"Lixi, the LIVE is about to begin~"

"I……"

"It's okay. You probably have something to say to that kid too, right?" Rinrinko said sympathetically.

Although she had not taken the initiative to ask Lixi about the lights and other girls before, she could see how confused Lixi was just through the opportunity of working together during this period.

Ah...like a lost child.

Xiao Deng gave her the same feeling yesterday, but the most helpless thing was that both of them were not good at talking. It would be better if the pretty girl who used to come over to play could come over.

"Thank you, senior."

After a moment of silence, Li Xi clenched his fists and made his final decision.

Yes, she couldn't hold back any longer.

She decided to form a new band just to listen to the singing of the lights, and she waited silently until the end just to see everyone's backs.

She thought of Deng's final cry, Aine's departure, the cold gaze of Wildcat that was no longer interested in them, Suyo and Ayano.

I even thought of the North Star, which I had never met but had always given me support and encouragement during this period of confusion.

The drummer is such an existence, willing to sit at the back to protect everyone's back. If the light wants to go on stage, it is just the back of one person, which will become the first ray of light in her new world.

Although Li Xi knew that Su Shi’s problem still could not be solved at this moment, she no longer cared.

she was

Once you have determined the direction ahead, you will not change even if you get beaten to a pulp!

"Lixi, you're going the wrong way. Today's LIVE is on the other side."

"..."

Not this time!

.......

ten minutes later.

In the LIVE venue, the lights on the stage had not yet been turned on. The few sparse audience members were neither too many nor too few, but most of them were looking at the JK girl who walked onto the stage from the side with puzzled eyes.

"Is that Takamatsu written on the LIVE BOARD?"

"Eh? Is she the only one?"

"Really been waiting……"

"No, why do I feel weird?"

There were several groups of people chattering in the audience, and at the door at the other end of the venue, Li Xi was standing by the door, trying his best to avoid attracting attention to himself.

She also heard some of the discussions among these people. After all, some of them just passed by her, and she naturally caught the obvious doubts about the lamp.

Damn it, these people actually dare to question Deng?!

But...what's going on with her now?

Lixi felt really ridiculous because she had just planned to come and watch the LIVE, but for some unknown reason she turned back and found her schoolbag, and then took out the drumsticks that had been with her.

For a drummer, the drumstick is the best friend. At this moment, Lixi held the "friend" in her hand and looked at the light on the microphone that was being adjusted on the stage. She began to struggle in her heart.

Buzz————

The whistling sound of the microphone made Li Xi concentrate.

The girl on the stage was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and shorts. She looked so surprised and nervous that even Li Xi couldn't help but worry for her.

The lamp that once had difficulty speaking loudly now stood on the stage alone.

Li Xi felt a sudden soreness in his eyes.

"Even though everyone is away and there's no music."

Deng took a deep breath, took out the note he had prepared long ago and read, "But this is a song."

"..."

The audience below was a little confused, and Li Xi was also a little curious.

“I’m going to sing a poem.

In the past...someone held my hand, someone sang with me. But I ruined it all and lost my way."

No, it is not.

Lixi shook her head in the corner. She understood that it was not Deng's fault. Why was Deng always like that... taking all the blame on himself?

Yes……

This time, even if she was wrong, she should admit her mistake together. Even if she lost her way, she should lose her way together.

At this moment, Lixi no longer hesitated. After walking out of the back door, she prepared to walk through the corridor to the front door and then go directly on stage.

But just as she was about to walk through the door, she ran into a small figure that surprised her a little.

"wildcat?!"

The person standing in front of Lixi was Xiao Lenai who had disappeared for a long time. At the moment, she was carrying a guitar on her back, but her expression was still one that Lixi could not understand at all.

With a snap, Li Xi grabbed Lenai's arm.

"Ok?"

"Don't run away this time! Go up and play the guitar!"

Chapter 181 The next target: Chihaya Aine! (23 more)

“I lost my way and took many long detours, but some people still chose to move forward.

But I let go of my hand..."

Deng felt his palms were sweaty, and the trembling of his voice spread through the microphone to the entire venue. However, for the audience...

They just felt that the performance was really powerful and the people on stage were really into it.

Deng's recitation continued. She concentrated all her energy and used all her strength to shout out what she wanted to say in the form of lyrics, in this way of direct recitation without any melody.

Her voice gradually steadied, like a silent roar, or like a calm sky filled with storm.

Contradictory yet unified, the interweaving of emotions is like the colored lines she draws with crayons, weaving out her childhood, her past, and everything about her.

But just as she said "Yes, this is a poem", a dense and gentle drum beat suddenly rang in her ears, followed by the sound of guitar plucking.

Deng suddenly turned her head and saw Lixi sitting behind the drum set, looking at her with complicated eyes.

She also saw Lenai-chan playing the guitar with a smile on her face. Although she didn't look at her directly, the fusion of the two melodies made her feel greatly encouraged.

“I don’t know the correct way to sing it, but I hope you can hear this poem and I hope you can sing this poem.”

"Come back to me once again, you who are no longer here, you who have changed."

"You left me alone, and I cried out to convey this poem to you. Even if my voice grew hoarse and dry, before I could deliver this poem to you...