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

"Mom, I'll go shopping by myself. You still have work to do, so just go by yourself."

"...Okay, then remember to call me if you need anything."

"Ah."

Su Shi smiled and nodded. She felt a little helpless in her heart because she always felt that her mother seemed to be making a big deal out of nothing, as if she was going to commit suicide.

She admitted that her mind was a little confused right now, but it was just that some things were not sorted out, and she did not feel sad about it.

...at least not today.

This office building is quite large. Although the branch of Xingyao Entertainment only occupies one floor, it still takes up a lot of space.

There was no one in the lounge provided for employees to rest at the moment. Although it was not known whether the billiard table was usually used, Su Shi was more interested in the several high-end massage chairs placed next to the sofa.

But after sitting on it, Su Shi didn't quite understand how to use it, so he could only lean back in the chair and start thinking.

So... Xiaoxiang chose Ayano instead of them?

Not

This kind of thing doesn't seem difficult to understand. After all, Xiaoxiang must be very short of money now, so it is reasonable for him to cooperate with such a commercial company and then make his debut to make money.

Forming a band with these people is, at best, just a way to express ourselves and express our emotions.

What matters is the music itself, not the money it brings.

Thinking of this, Su Shi no longer felt sad because she was abandoned by Xiaoxiang. Instead, she felt worried about Xiaoxiang, Ayano and Xiaomu.

After commercialization, can music still be music that comes from the heart?

Moreover, her mother had no way to change the minds of the company's real decision-makers, and Ayano's parents worked abroad. In other words, Xiaomu and Ayano gave up the freedom they should have at this age in order to help Xiaoxiang.

Of course, Su Shi was not blaming Xiao Xiang. She also knew that if she were in Ayano and Xiao Mu's position, she would help Xiao Xiang without hesitation.

But if this happens... she can't imagine what Xiaoxiang's future will be like.

"Hmm? Little sister, you are..."

Suddenly hearing someone talking to him, Su Shi stood up in a panic, looked at the overly beautiful woman in front of him, and explained a little embarrassedly:

"Sorry, I don't know how to use this. I hope it's not broken, right?"

"Ah...this." The woman smiled, gently reached out and pressed Su Shi back on the massage chair, then pressed the power button and mode selection button on the side.

After the buzzing sound, Su Shi suddenly felt something pushing or squeezing him from behind. He couldn't help but cry out softly, and then he thanked the beautiful woman a little embarrassedly:

"Um...thank you, sister."

"Sister?" The woman was slightly startled, then smiled even more beautifully. "Um, what's your name?"

"My name is Nagasaki Suyo."

"So you are Su Shi. I've always heard your mother talk about you."

"Huh?" Su Shi was stunned, and suddenly her heart moved slightly. She looked at the woman in front of her with excitement and expectation and asked, "Um, ah... Sister, are you the one who helped my mother transfer to another job?"

"Ok?"

"It must be you. I've always wanted to say thank you... How should I call you, sister?"

"Oh, it's okay, just call me Sister Nanako." Mizushima Nanako also felt a little funny, but she did not expose the misunderstanding. Instead, she became playful.

"Sister Nanako..."

"Little Sushi, you seemed to be worried just now. Is it because of your mother?" Mizushima Nanako's observation skills are naturally strong enough. In order to play the role of the "benefactor" in Sushi's mouth, she also forcibly suppressed the low and evil taste in her heart.

——Changed to a more advanced evil taste.

"I……"

"Actually, if there's anything you don't want to talk about with others, you can talk to me. My daughter has rarely been with me since she was little, and seeing you makes me feel a little overwhelmed."

At this point, Nanako perfectly demonstrated her superb international acting skills and acted like she was extremely sad.

"If my daughter could still listen to me and show such a vulnerable side in front of me like you, I would definitely hold her tightly in my arms."

"Ah..." Su Shi was slightly stunned when she heard this, and she suddenly looked a little guilty. "I'm sorry, Nanako-sister, if your daughter still has a spirit, she probably wouldn't want to see you sad for her."

"...Huh?" Nanako was stunned. She had heard Ayano say that the girl in front of her had amazing wisdom, but she had never expected it to be so astonishing. "No, my daughter is not dead."

“Ah…ah?! S-Sorry!!!”

Chapter 240 Xiaoxiang, you are a bit arrogant (still 17)

"Xiaoxiang, do you have any brand recommendations? Violin-related."

Walking along Sunagawadai Street in the Ochanomizu area, there are many shops specializing in selling various musical instruments, including the one where Ayano and Shoko came to buy a piano for the first time.

Xiangzi didn't know whether the store owner at that time still remembered them, but Xiangzi herself found it difficult to forget her first meeting with Ayano.

"As for the violin...I don't know much about it either."

"Um... I saw something online about a brand called Guarneri?"

"Guarneri?" Xiangzi almost fainted when he heard this. "You look like a Guarneri to me.

Do you know what a Guarneri is? Even I know it's an antique-level work of art. There are no more than 300 of them in the world, and any one of them would probably cost over 1 million yen. Do you think there are such violins here?

"Ah, then it seems that there really isn't one."

"Forget it, forget it. Let me help you choose. You really don't even want to know more and you're just thinking about learning."

"Don't I have you? I also want to rely on Xiaoxiang more."

"……Um."

Xiaoxiang didn't object this time, but agreed softly.

Indeed, after hearing Ayano's "dependence", she suddenly felt a sweetness in her heart that was sweeter than any amount of candy.

Maybe it was because he had always been dependent on Ayano, so he was shocked when she said this.

Relying on her words like this really gave Xiaoxiang a sense of satisfaction of being needed.

"You don't have anything else to say, right?"

"……Eh?"

Seeing Ayano's bewildered look, Xiangzi breathed a sigh of relief, then murmured softly, "I was afraid you'd say you said that on purpose to make me willingly work hard for you."

Of course, Ayano didn't hear these words, because she had already walked quickly into the violin store in front of her called Kurosawa Violin, like a beautiful girl who saw the most beautiful dress.

Speaking of this store, Xiangzi had actually heard of it.

After all, this is a famous musical instrument store in Tokyo, especially famous for its high-quality violins and string instruments.

From entry-level to professional-level pianos, you can find them here, with a variety of brands that can basically meet all the needs of Ayano.

Because they were not very familiar with the brand classification of violins, the two could only rely on some information they temporarily looked up on the Internet, and then after the recommendation and analysis of the store owner, they finally chose a violin called Christina S600B.

The price is actually not too expensive for the two of them, only about 20 yen.

After all, strictly speaking, Ayano is no longer a music idiot with no basic music skills, so Xiangzi thinks it wouldn't be a big deal if he bought a slightly better first guitar.

But before Ayano was about to pay, she said she wanted to try it, which scared Xiaoxiang.

There can't be such a monster, right? You've learned piano without a teacher, but you can also play violin?

"Xiaoxiang, do you still remember the song I composed when you first came to buy musical instruments?"

“…Of course I remember.”

When Xiangzi heard Ayano mention this, he was also a little happy. After all, who doesn't want the person they like to take the initiative to talk about the past they experienced together.

Although at this moment, to others, this was just the kind of sentimentality between good friends, especially between little girls.

But for Xiaoxiang, isn’t this a kind of musical romance?

"I also have a song for you today." Ayano said, then closed her eyes.

She held the bow in her hand and placed the violin on her shoulder in a very formal manner, with the bow placed across the strings.

Such a beautiful girl, plus the original songs she mentioned, and the fact that she bought a pretty good professional-grade violin right at the start, made the people around her and the store owner couldn't help but focus their eyes on Ayano.

Although Xiangzi was a little nervous, he also felt very excited.

Unfortunately, she found out she was wrong the next second, because Ayano... couldn't play the violin at all!

The sound of the strings was like sawing wood. If Ayano herself wasn't pretty, the audience around her who were so shocked that they couldn't even recognize her own mothers would have started complaining.

Fortunately, Ayano herself also noticed this, and stopped what she was doing with some embarrassment. Then, with Xiaoxiang's face flushed and obviously angry at her, she quickly paid and left.

The two of them fled the music store as if they were escaping the scene. However, Xiaoxiang, whose five fingers were forcibly held by Ayano, looked very depressed at the moment, and Ayano, who noticed this, couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Is it funny? Are you proud of embarrassing yourself in front of so many people?"

"It's not like you're embarrassed, why are you so anxious?"

"You are embarrassed, and I am embarrassed!"

"Ah~" Ayano looked at Xiaoxiang in front of her with an ambiguous look, "Xiaoxiang, you seem to be a bit possessive. I have to leave some of the points for Aine."

"No...that's not what I meant!"

"But don't you think this is a good idea?" Ayano did not directly answer Xiangzi's question, but said something that seemed unrelated.

"What's good?"

"It's hard to bring up these embarrassing memories together with others, right? Hasn't this become a private little secret between us?"

“…You’re really good at making excuses.”

Xiangzi was speechless, but to be honest, she really fell for the guy in front of her.

“And this song is specially for you. It’s okay that I played the piano here for the first time, after all, I didn’t know you at that time.

But after I fell in love with you, I was reluctant to share these gifts for you with other people."

"Ah..." Xiaoxiang was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Next time when you have time, let's find a place where it's just the two of us and I'll play a good music for you."

"Dammi dropped her stockings!"

"……Eh?"

"Ahem, no... I mean... it's nothing." Xiaoxiang's cheeks were already red, and she really wanted to slap herself. Why did she think of something wrong just because of Ayano's words?

Shoko Toyokawa, ah, Shoko Toyokawa.

You are a little too filthy now. Are you still the you who loves music?

"Okay then, will you play for me tonight? During private music lessons, I have the right to kick anyone out of the classroom."

"Hiss...what an arrogant mistress."

"Say another thing?!"

"nothing.

"Ayano looked at the somewhat stressed Xiaoxiang and laughed, "But... not today."

"why?"

"Because I really can't play the violin."

"...You damn liar."

Chapter 241 If I hadn't lied, would Ayano have left? (Still 18)

"Su Shi..."

Rina Nagasaki stood at the door of her daughter's bedroom. The door in front of her was not completely closed, so she just pushed it lightly and saw the scene inside.

The room was dark, and the only light was the faint glow from the cell phone in Su Shi's hand.

Rina didn't know how to start, so she just called her daughter's name softly and fell silent.

"mom?"

However, Su Shi, who was lying on the bed, was unaware of this. Realizing that her mother was standing at the door, she quickly got up and reached out to fiddle with the bedside lamp in a panic.

"You kid, why don't you even turn on the light?" Looking at her clumsy daughter, Rina smiled helplessly, "I'm sorry, Sushi... maybe I shouldn't have brought you to the company today."

"What are you talking about, Mom?"

Su Shi looked at her mother strangely. She had come back with her mother in the same car, but she was thinking about many things she had talked about with her sister Nanako along the way, so she didn't notice her mother's complicated expression.