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

Explain:

“There’s nothing else to worry about. Just click the button to start and wait for the beep.

But be careful when taking it out because it's hot, and remember to throw away any food residue left in the machine."

"Okay, I remember."

Xiangzi silently wrote down all the operations, and after seeing that she seemed to really understand, Ayano took her around the house.

She explained and guided them on every detail, such as how to get hot water in the bathroom, how to use the washing machine, and how to hang clothes on the balcony to avoid wrinkles.

Xiangzi on the side just listened silently, and perhaps she didn't even notice that a gentle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

It seems that the decision to move out, which seemed impulsive at first, is not such a bad one.

At this moment, Xiangzi also realized that there was no need for her to be tense all the time. Just like Ayano said, she should often dry her quilts in the sun. Maybe if she took out her emotions and let them dry in the sun occasionally, they would not get moldy in the dark corners.

But when I think of Ayano, who's rich but unaware of it, and myself, who's down and out but still pretends to be a lady...

Xiangzi suddenly felt that the whole room was a stage, and she and Ayano were performing an absurd comedy together.

"Okay, that's all I have to say. It's okay if you can't remember it right away. Anyway, once I learn to play the piano, you can escape from me."

"escape?"

"What else?" Ayano put one hand on her waist and laughed dumbly, "Are you really planning to live in my little place forever?"

Really? So this all ends.

Right.

It was not normal to stay temporarily at the home of an employer whom you had just met and could not be considered a close friend. The reason why Ayano made such an arrangement was probably because she would not have any free time after forming a band with Aine.

So she had to leave after all. After this piano monster had eaten everything from her, she would have to pack up her things and return to that dark home.

Escaping from the cage is just a fantasy after all.

"Forget it, these are not things I should be thinking about right now. At least you are still here, my piano teacher and roommate."

"Oh, yes."

Xiangzi nodded, without showing much frustration on her face, or perhaps she hid those emotions well.

"It's late today, you should go to bed after taking a shower."

Ayano looked up at the clock on the wall. It was as if the scale cast a sleeping spell on her. When she saw that it was already 10 o'clock, she immediately felt sleepy.

A beautiful girl cannot stay up late. She may not care about some dressing skills that add icing on the cake, but she cannot ignore her physical health.

Of course, before that, she helped Xiangzi put hot water in the bathtub, and then told him to wash his body clean before going in to soak.

The bathroom door was closed, and Xiangzi, who felt the quietness, felt a little uncomfortable for some reason. She suddenly opened the bathroom door, then stared at Ayano's back for two seconds, and then she was sure that she was indeed in her other's home.

Warm water sprayed out from the shower head. After rinsing himself clean, Xiangzi stepped carefully into the bathtub.

Her whole body seemed to melt in the water and gradually sank. After her twin ponytails were completely untied, they floated on the water. She seemed to have entered an otherworldly world.

Comfortable, not wanting to move, it has been a while since he had such a comfortable experience. Xiangzi feels that he is extremely greedy for this state.

But she can't indulge herself too much, otherwise one day she will be slapped in the face by reality.

After changing into clean underwear and nightgown and cleaning the bathroom floor, Xiangzi pushed open the bathroom door and walked out.

But when she wanted to spend the night on the sofa in the living room, she saw someone already lying there.

Mizushima Ayano was lying on it on her side, with her perfect face sticking out from under the blanket. Judging from her appearance, she was obviously fast asleep.

In front of Ayano, on the coffee table in front of Xiangzi, there was a piece of notepaper. Picking it up, he saw a line of small words written on it in beautiful handwriting:

[Miss Toyokawa, you should sleep in the bedroom. I'm afraid you won't be used to sleeping on such a narrow sofa, and you'll toss and turn and keep me awake all night.

That's it, good night. 】

"..."

Shoko discovered that besides being rich but unaware of it, Mizushima Ayano had a second interesting "flaw":

A bit sharp in the mouth but a soft heart.

"Thank you, Ayano, and you too...goodnight."

Chapter 21: Holding Dengzi hostage to force Lixi (1/2)

"Mizushima-san, come to my office after class."

"..."

Mizushima Ayano never imagined that one day she would be called to the office by her teacher. After her homeroom teacher, Mr. Nagase, left, the classroom whispered about her, and Ayano sighed helplessly.

Could it be that it’s because my recent slacking off in class has been too obvious?

However, because it was lunchtime, Ayano chose to send a message to Aine on her mobile phone before leaving, telling her that she didn't need to wait for her to go to the cafeteria to eat together.

After doing all this, Ayano was here

He walked out of the classroom under the worried or curious gazes of his classmates.

"come in."

According to etiquette, as a student, Ayano must knock on the door before entering the office.

After getting permission from inside, she pushed the door open and walked in.

However, what surprised her was that at the workstation next to her homeroom teacher, Gao Songdeng, the classmate with whom she had a brief exchange, seemed to be saying something to the teacher in front of him.

The conversation had probably just ended when I came in, and this petite and cute Xiao Deng turned around and was about to walk towards the door, but was also briefly stunned by Ayano's presence.

"Ayano... Ayano-san?"

"Well, hello, Xiao Deng."

"Hello..." The little animal classmate looked flattered, and her trembling lips seemed to want to ask something, but in the end, due to the location and her own personality, she chose to remain silent.

The little cutie passed by her in a panic, leaving Ayano a little confused.

However, Ayano did not take such an episode to heart. She just wanted to resolve the conversation with the head teacher as soon as possible. Otherwise, if it was delayed for too long, the pink-haired cat would jump up and bite people in a hurry.

"Mr. Nagase."

"Ah."

The young female teacher wearing glasses first looked up at Ayano, then took out the midterm test papers from two days ago from the drawer and pushed them onto the table in front of Ayano where she could see them.

Most subjects at Neon High School were graded on a 95-point scale, and Ayano's math test had a big written in red ink on it.

"Ayano, your performance on this test has declined significantly. You should know that when you took the entrance exam, most of your scores were full marks, and the lowest was above 97.

Of course, if it were just normal fluctuations in grades, I could understand. After all, you can't always get full marks. This would be too difficult for you and put too much pressure on you."

Nagase's voice was a little stern, which was very different from her usual attitude.

She never says much about Ayano, a good student who is stable, has excellent grades, does not cause trouble to the teacher, is pretty and pleasing to the eye.

Even though Ayano's personality seems a little withdrawn and she answers questions in class in her own way, these can be automatically ignored because of her other advantages.

but……

"But when I was invigilating, I noticed you had lost all your seriousness about the exam. You stared out the window for nearly half an hour. What were you looking at? What could possibly be distracting you during the exam?"

Moreover, this phenomenon has become more and more serious in your classes these days. I asked teachers of other subjects, and they all seemed to say that you didn't seem to be paying attention in their classes either.

Ayano, what's wrong with you recently? If you encounter any difficulties, you can tell the teacher. "

Was she looking at something at the time?

If Ayano remembered correctly, this exam was a midterm test, and it took place two days before Aine returned home.

At that time, she was probably thinking about how Aine was doing in London, and whether everything would have been different if she had chosen to try music with Aine.

Later in class, naturally, because she rarely had anything interesting to do, she forgot about attending class.

"No, I have no difficulty."

Nagase just looked at Ayano, and when he saw that she didn't intend to continue explaining, he felt helpless again.

"Ayano, I know... there are a lot of people in school who are in bands, and that might be really tempting for a kid your age.

But you have to cherish your own talents. Can those things help you achieve a bright future? Can you ensure that you can make music for the rest of your life?

The teacher is an experienced person and has seen too many people regret their decision. Moreover, the existence of a band is that it either disbands when students go to higher education or completely collapses when a conflict cannot be reconciled.

Besides, the closer your hand is to the microphone, the further away the university is from you...

Ayano, you are different from others. In fact, you only need to work a little harder. With your talent and current deviation value, you can choose any good university in the future.

Then no matter which industry you choose to develop in, you will be able to thrive there, right? "

"……Yeah?"

But why does Ayano feel that if it were her previous self, even if she was admitted to a good university, she would still be confused when choosing a major?

Her grades did give her a higher platform than others, but before that, she didn't even know what she wanted to do in the future.

Everything was so boring, so boring that she felt tired.

"And you don't want the scholarship anymore?"

Seeing Ayano's nonchalant look, Nagase spoke again earnestly, "The classmate named Toyokawa Shoko from the next class has always been a strong competitor of yours, and the school is now planning to reduce the number of places and increase the amount of the award.

If you continue like this, you will lose to her. Are you willing to accept that?"

The following words were naturally made up by Nagase. The school actually had no plans in this regard. She said this just to arouse Ayano's fighting spirit.

But what she didn't expect was that after she finished saying this, Ayano in front of her suddenly said

句：

"It's okay, her grades will drop soon."

"……what?"

"Ahem... No, I was just talking nonsense."

A certain competitor was kept captive by her. As a slave owner, she used money to lure this runaway young lady into giving her piano lessons, forcing her to sacrifice her study time. If she told anyone about this, it would not only violate the original contract between the two...

And no one would believe it.

"I understand, teacher. I will correct my attitude next time." Ayano gave a faint business-like smile, which made Nagase in front of her shake his head helplessly.

Finally, after a few nagging words, Ayano was kicked out by the heartbroken homeroom teacher.

At the end, the other party did not forget to remind herself to learn more from Shoko. Perhaps in the eyes of Nagase as a teacher, there may not be many people in the entire grade who can compete with Mizushima Ayano except for good students like Toyokawa Shoko who are also well-behaved.

Just as Ayano pushed open the office door and was about to go to the cafeteria to get some food, she bumped into a soft body.

"... Xiao Deng-san?"

Takamatsu Deng, who was knocked back two steps, felt a little nervous when he saw Ayano finally walking out of the office.

But in the end, she raised her head, which had been lowered, and looked at Mizushima Ayano, who was full of confusion.

"Ayano-san, do you have time after school this afternoon?"

"What's the matter with you?"

Ayano did not give a clear answer immediately, but looked at Takamatsu Deng with some confusion.

In her impression, she didn't really take the initiative to talk to the other party.

"I...I want to talk to you, please."

"Is it related to Aine and the others?"

"..."

When Animal-san didn't respond, Ayano smiled faintly, "So why don't you just go talk to Aine, Kotobuki-san? I'm sure she'd be more than willing to talk to you."

"I……"

"Ah... okay." Seeing that the seemingly autistic Xiaodeng classmate started to be emo again, Ayano nodded helplessly in agreement, "Let's exchange contact information first, and then you can arrange a place."

"Well, thank you Ayano."

It was rare for Ayano to see a rare smile on the child's face, as if a cute little squirrel had found a pile of nuts.

After saying goodbye to Takamatsu Deng, Ayano thought for a while, and finally took out her cell phone and sent a message to Aine and Shoko respectively.

[Ain, I have something to do tonight, so I won't be going to the recording studio.]