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

But it seems that Xiao Deng is still in a state of hesitation. If she wants to break the deadlock, she may have to rely on Aine, who played a crucial role at the beginning.

"Your tea."

With a bang, as the teacup and tea tray slammed heavily on the table, Li Xi's cold voice interrupted the conversation between the few people.

"Lixi, we are talking about you."

"Huh?" Li Xi looked in surprise at Aiyin, who was smiling innocently, and Ayano, who looked lazy and had a wandering gaze, and couldn't help but curl his lips, "I still have work to do, don't look for me if you have nothing to do.

...Don’t look for me even if you have something to do!”

After saying that, he glared at Aine and Ayano, patted the non-existent "dirt" on his hands, and left.

"Forehead……"

"It's okay, just wait until Lixi calms down and then we can talk. She's not the unreasonable type."

The truly unreasonable one... Su Shi felt that it must be Xiangzi who never gave her the chance to ask anything.

But no matter what the reason, she felt that the friendship during that period would not change.

As long as everyone gathers together again and speaks openly about their ideas, what difficulties can't be solved?

"By the way, let's get back to the question just now."

Su Shi temporarily suppressed those beautiful visions of the future and the uncontrollable upward trend of the corners of her mouth, and turned her gaze to Ayano, who had hardly spoken since the beginning.

"Has Ayano ever played a musical instrument before?"

"me?"

Hearing the topic being brought up, Ayano was surprised at first, then shook her head and explained calmly, "Sorry, I..."

"Ahhh... Ayano is actually quite amazing. She can play the piano~"

As she spoke, Aine was about to pinch Ayano's thigh from below, but because of the pantyhose in between, she couldn't pinch the flesh after touching for a long time, and she even blushed while touching.

But this didn't stop her from looking at Ayano with a resentful look, or from muttering in a low voice so that only the two of them could hear:

"Ayano...don't reveal your own strength. I will help you find a way to deal with it. Please don't mess with me."

"……Um."

After receiving her best friend's reply, Aine continued chatting with Suyo in front of her: "Ahem, Suyo-san, don't worry, Ayano is very reliable. So, does Suyo-san plan to join us..."

"Okay~"

"Eh?"

Seeing that Su Shi, who had been trying to change the subject yesterday, suddenly decided to agree to her invitation today, Aiyin's heart immediately became extremely happy.

Of course, as for Su Shi, who was sitting opposite her, she was more concerned about the attitude of this person named Mizushima Ayano towards the band.

In fact, even a fool could see that this Mizushima Ayano didn't really want to form a band. The reason why she appeared here and why she had quarreled with Riki before was all because of Aine.

If Aine chooses to leave midway, Ayano will probably quit without hesitation, right?

However, this is an emotional bond that is hard to envy.

Her fingers kept tracing the hem of her skirt. Perhaps only Miss Su Shi herself could understand her complicated thoughts at this moment.

But returning to the matter itself, I have to say that everything was too appropriate, as if it had been carefully planned, deliberately luring her to carry it out.

Now she only needs to work on the drawn blueprint, and the rest is just waiting for the right opportunity.

With a hum, while Su Shi was still thinking, the door of LIVE House opened again, but this time the girl with heterochromic eyes who walked in did not cause much reaction from the few people.

The cat-like girl pulled a box towards the performance area outside, then took out her guitar from her bag and plugged it in.

"Um, Sushi-san, regarding the band arrangements..."

"Well, if nothing unexpected happens, I'll be in charge of the bass, and Ayano will be the keyboard player. As for Aine..."

“Actually, I want to be the lead guitar singer.”

"Hey~ guitar vocals?"

Su Shi didn't know how to answer, but at this moment, a burst of intense electric guitar sound rang out, interrupting the conversation between them.

The girl with heterochromia eyes' fingers kept moving and flying on the guitar, plucking the strings with the pick in her right hand, and her body kept swaying to the rhythm.

very scary……

Aiyin was stunned by the extremely showy moves of this girl who seemed to be about the same age as her.

But such a genius wouldn't be interested in her band, right?

Aine, who was feeling a little nervous, suddenly felt her hand being held. With her fingers intertwined, she turned her head blankly to look at Ayano beside her, and at the same time saw encouragement in her eyes.

"It's okay, there's still me."

Firm and powerful words always find the right time to give her strength.

This is the Ayano she knows...

"Wow…Ayano-chan."

But, but... Ayano-chan was so gentle at the moment, and Aine even felt that her previous actions might have been a bit unfair to Ayano.

He pulled her into the band, and then used Ayano's lack of knowledge and proficiency in music to give himself confidence.

It seems that she is only relying on Ayano unilaterally and treating her as a trash can for all her negative emotions.

Otherwise, forget it?

If it really came to the point where Ayano was the only one in the band who couldn't keep up with the progress, causing Ayano to constantly choose to escape in self-doubt, then wouldn't her over-dependence at this moment be harming Ayano?

Thinking of this, Aine took a deep breath, then stood up and apologized to the bewildered Su Shi:

"I'm sorry, Suyo-san. I just lied. Actually...actually, Ayano has never learned piano. She just started practicing recently. I think I still need to make this clear. I'm really sorry!"

"Oh?"

Nagasaki Suyo narrowed her eyes.

There is actually... such a good thing?!

Chapter 17: Kasuga Shadow, is this the song you wrote? (1/2)

It’s over.

Aine felt that she had messed up everything. She looked at Su Shi's bright eyes, and the thoughtful and measuring look she gave Ayano, and she realized that she had really let her Ayano down.

At this point, should she consider finding another way out?

"It's okay~"

To Aiyin's surprise, after the two sides were deadlocked for more than ten seconds, what came out of Nagasaki Suyo's mouth was not any accusation.

Instead, it was... an extremely kind and casual affirmation?

"Aine was thinking about Ayano, and the fact that she told me right away shows that Aine-san is very serious about the band, doesn't it?"

"This……"

"Besides," Nagasaki Suyo crossed her hands in an arch, supporting her chin with a smile, and said, "What's more important for a band is the atmosphere. As long as everyone can find common ground and play music happily together, we're already halfway to success.

Ayano-san seems to be a very serious and reliable person, and we should help each other, which is what we should do~"

What kind of angel is this?

Aiyin looked at Su Shi with deep gratitude and joy in her eyes, because normal people would usually show some hesitation when they heard that a team member’s level was not good enough.

But what about Su Shi in front of him?

Not only did she not hesitate at all, but she acted as if she didn't care at all, as if in her eyes, Ayano's abilities didn't matter. This kind of tolerance was the first time she had seen anyone other than Ayano.

Of course, Ayano is definitely the best, there is no doubt about that.

While Aiyin was thinking to herself, the girl with heterochromic eyes who was playing the guitar just now had left with a satisfied look on her face, and the sullen-faced Li Xi seemed to have finished his work and returned to his seat at the bar.

Sushi looked at Aine and Ayano, who had already been dealt with, and after a moment's thought, she turned and shouted in the direction of Riki:

"Lixi, come with us."

"what?"

Li Xi, who was tidying up and cleaning, raised his head and looked at Su Shi in disbelief who suddenly invited him.

He's been here so many times before, but this guy never said he wanted to form a band on his own, right?

And she wants to be with those two people? What a joke.

"I won't participate."

"Hmm...what if Xiao Deng comes too?"

"Xiao Deng?" Li Xi recalled the scene of Gao Songdeng's hasty escape that day and shook his head in denial. "She can't have come. Deng is...very hurt right now."

Are you injured...

It is undeniable that the incident has affected everyone, but if we don't do anything, we won't be able to change the current situation, right?

Nagasaki Suyo was thinking a lot at this moment, wondering whether it was appropriate for her to do this and whether it was fair to the two "outsiders" in front of her.

But when she put everything about Group C and the feelings of Ai Ling on both ends of the scale, the scale of sin seemed to tilt towards the former.

She couldn't give up like this...

If we miss this opportunity, we may never have the chance to see the five of us sing the song "Spring Shadow" together again under the spotlight.

"The little lamp is actually

She didn't really give up. Even though that incident hurt her a lot, people should always look forward to it."

"Looking forward?"

Li Xi glanced at Su Shi calmly and said noncommittally, "If we look forward, there's no need to hold on to our past, right?"

"..."

Su Shi looked at Riki who turned and left, Ayano who lowered her head to drink tea, and Aine who looked confused, and her face couldn't help but look a little lonely.

Holding on to the past?

She did not accept this statement, and at the same time, she did not think that any of the five people could really be completely indifferent after that night.

She couldn't forget him, so why pretend to be indifferent? She used a smile to hide her true thoughts all day long, but she knew exactly what her inner desire was at all times.

"Ah...sorry."

Seeing an awkward atmosphere suddenly filling the air, Su Shi quickly explained, "Actually, Li Xi, Xiao Deng, and I were all in the same band before."

"Is that what it is?"

"Well, the band is called crychic. Xiao Deng probably hasn't told you about it, right?"

crychic?

Hearing this, Ayano became inexplicably interested because she felt like she had seen this name somewhere.

"Let me show you a video I recorded earlier."

Su Shi took out her cell phone from her pocket, and quickly found the video that had been stored in her phone and played more times than she had practiced in the school club, and presented it to the two of them.

The video seems a bit blurry, after all, the focus of the mobile phone is not professional enough, but you can still make out the people above.

Wait...isn't this girl with blue hair and twin tails the cheap piano teacher she found?

Ayano's expression became a little strange for a moment. She suddenly felt that there seemed to be some complicated emotional entanglement, which was difficult for her simple Aine to get involved in.

"What song is this?" Aine asked curiously.

"Haruhi Shadow."

"sounds so good."

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"Xiangzi? Where's dinner?"

A drunken and angry voice came from the corridor, but no one paid any attention to it in the quiet room with the lights off.

"Really... you haven't come back yet? Never mind, let's just deal with it."

With his memory a little confused, the man shook his head with a headache, then staggered back.

As the footsteps outside grew farther and farther away, Shoko Toyokawa realized that her breathing became clearer in the closet.