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

Feeling a little tired, Xiangzi wiped the sweat from his forehead, then lay down on the bed and closed his eyes. Perhaps because he was too comfortable and his body felt extremely heavy, Xiangzi lost consciousness and slowly fell asleep.

"Xiangzi...Xiangzi?"

Xiangzi, who was soundly asleep, suddenly felt someone calling her name and shaking her shoulders. She opened her eyes in a daze and saw clearly who was in front of her.

"A-Ayano?"

"You slept so soundly. You look exhausted, don't you? After all, cleaning the whole house by yourself must be difficult for you."

Ayano looked at Xiaoxiang, who was tucked into the quilt by her, and suddenly narrowed her eyes and smiled teasingly, "By the way... How does it feel to sleep naked? It's very comfortable, right?"

Hearing this, Xiangzi realized that he had suddenly changed from lying directly on the quilt to being covered with the quilt. His expression changed and he subconsciously said:

"You actually took me off...ah...no..."

Although the lights in the room were turned off, it was still obvious whether someone was wearing clothes or not.

Just seeing her reaction, Ayano beside her felt quite happy.

Her pair of purple eyes were filled with contentment at the moment, and her fixed gaze made Xiangzi subconsciously pull the quilt tighter.

"Why, do you really want me to help you take off your clothes?"

“…You, get out.”

Ayano didn't say anything to irritate Xiangzi, who was obviously angry and embarrassed, but also looked a little funny. She patted the bedding beside her and stood up.

He just turned and walked towards the door while reminding:

"Oh, by the way, I made your favorite dish tonight, remember to express your opinion later."

"You bought fish? Wait, how could you…"

"I didn't know before, but I know now." Ayano's voice was filled with a hint of teasing, "Hurry up and get up. I've already paid you today's salary. Don't think you can get away with it by saying I still want to sleep.

If you behave well, you will be fed to the fish tomorrow; if you behave badly, you will be fed to the fish tomorrow."

Knowing that Ayano was gentle at heart, Xiangzi did not show any more anger towards Ayano's harsh words.

He just lowered his face and regained his previous calmness, then nodded lightly and said:

"……Um."

However, when she calmed herself down and tried to turn on the desk lamp in the dark after the evil woman had left, and was about to lift the quilt and get out of bed, she looked at her pink pajamas and was stunned for a moment.

Then, Ayano outside heard a voice with some shame and anger coming from the guest bedroom:

"Mizushima Ayano!!!"

Chapter 27: Teach me how to play Kasuga Shadow! (1/2)

The dinner table.

Ayano and Shoko sat opposite each other. The food on the table was actually quite simple. Apart from the leftovers taken out of the refrigerator, there was also a stir-fried vegetable dish and a pot of miso soup.

Of course there is no grilled fish or anything like that.

However, the meal was quite relaxing, even though the two of them were just watching a variety show on TV the whole time and no conversation took place.

Just when the variety show entered the commercial break, Ayano, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"Xiangzi, let me ask you a question."

"Ok?"

Toyokawa Shoko, who was wearing pink pajamas, frowned slightly.

He looked up with some doubt at Mizushima Ayano who suddenly seemed serious.

"If someone suddenly told me that she wanted to form a band with me for life, do you think I should agree?"

"A lifetime... That's ridiculous. How can she be sure there won't be any accidents in her future life?"

Without much thought, Xiangzi gave his answer directly.

What a joke, such a description of a lifetime is simply too ridiculous for her. She might have believed it when she was younger, but now... it's not just that she doesn't believe it, she is not qualified to believe it.

Ayano seemed to have anticipated Xiangzi's answer, and her next words immediately froze Xiangzi, who was still struggling with himself.

"What if this person's name is Takamatsu Deng?"

"What do you mean?"

Toyokawa Shoko was immediately stressed out. She stopped eating and slammed the chopsticks in her hand heavily on the bowl, then looked at Mizushima Ayano in front of her with an unhappy look.

"We agreed before that we wouldn't ask about each other's private affairs."

"Well, that's why I didn't intend to ask any further. It's just that I feel I shouldn't hide this potentially important fact from you. After all, I also know some of your past through classmate Su Shi.

Now, I have indeed joined the new band led by Aine with her."

"What does this have to do with me? This is your freedom, right?"

Xiangzi would never admit that she was happy in her heart because of Ayano's honesty. She just wanted to use her tone and expression to show her attitude, which was to firmly draw a line between herself and her past.

"is it?"

Ayano wasn't annoyed by Xiangzi's bad attitude. Instead, she picked up her chopsticks again under such high pressure and ate the food in the bowl naturally, "In that case, I won't continue.

So, if you think that me forming a band with them will not have any impact on your future work, then this topic will never be brought up again.

If I had asked for it, I would have compensated you three days' salary unconditionally.

Of course, if you were the one who proposed this, you would also need to teach me for three days for free, how about that?

"What do you say?"

Toyokawa Shoko snorted coldly, but her attitude was not as tough as before, “My job is just to teach you piano, music theory, and composition and arrangement.

Although I appreciate you giving me this job opportunity, I still hope that our conversation will be limited to music.

You are very talented, so don't waste your time on other unimportant things.

As for your proposal, I have no objection, although I personally think it is not fair to you."

Neither humble nor arrogant, and impeccable.

Teacher Daxiang was quite satisfied with her speech. She felt that she was not too harsh in her words as before, nor did she fall under the control of others in the verbal confrontation.

And the last sentence shows his firm position, which is that if he wants her to use her shameful past to make others feel miserable, it would be better to let her die.

All in all, her series of speeches were truly perfect.

It’s a pity…the person she met was not Aine, but Ayano.

"Well then, please teach me the piano part of Kasuga Shadow today, Xiangzi."

"..."

Toyokawa Shoko narrowed her eyes, trying to see what kind of thoughts Mizushima Ayano had in mind when she said such words, but unfortunately, she couldn't get the truth from those mysterious eyes.

"Don't think too much about it. It's just because our band has just been formed and we don't have an etude of our own, so they suggested using Kasuga Shadow as practice material for the current band."

Ayano certainly knew what this song meant to Xiangzi. After all, it was the only treasure left of Xiangzi, who was once able to pursue his dreams freely.

Due to disagreements with family members regarding personal interests, the band was forced to disband.

Xiangzi, with his stubborn personality, was thus caught in the middle, unable to find his way. If he brought up this matter at this time, it would surely make the girl in front of him hesitate.

In fact, Ayano didn't want to get involved in such matters. She even thought about firing this troublesome young lady.

She has no habit of self-abuse, so why should she spend money to hire a teacher who has a cold face every day and has problems in other aspects except being cheap and easy to use?

But the problem is that she can drive Xiangzi away directly, but she can't drive away all the band friends that Aiyin has gathered with one by one.

That idiot gathered a group of problem girls on his own, but at this time he only wanted to be the lead guitar singer in the band. Sometimes Ayano was so angry that she really wanted to pull that guy under her and spank him hard.

She hates trouble, so Aine is deliberately creating trouble for her, right?

But since it cannot be avoided, she can only solve more troubles for Pink Hair behind her back. At least ignoring other factors, Xiangzi is indeed a very cost-effective piano tutor.

"To be honest, I don't want to get involved in what's going on between you two."

Seeing that Xiangzi remained silent, Ayano continued to explain, "Besides, I have never experienced what happened between you, so how can I help you solve it?

between us

The relationship has always been very simple. To me, you are my piano teacher. I admire your ability, and I just happened to have this opportunity to find you. Your past must belong only to you, that's all."

That's it?

Listening to Ayano's words, Xiangzi felt that his emotions seemed a little contradictory.

Shouldn't she be thankful that the Mizushima Ayano she met was someone with a sense of boundaries? Why did she feel a little sorry when the person in front of her really said such clear-cut words?

"So what are your thoughts? If you really can't ignore those things and guide me through this piece purely from a musician's perspective, then I won't force you."

"It sounds nice, but it's still a way to provoke someone."

"Will I succeed in getting you?"

Ayano noticed that Shoko's mood had eased, so her signature smirk appeared on the corner of her mouth again.

She now discovered a fatal flaw in this runaway young lady named Toyokawa Shoko: she was too concerned about her reputation.

Xiangzi in front of her also hesitated for a long time, closed his eyes and deliberately avoided looking at Ayano's face which was both beautiful and irritating and full of contradictions. Then, after repeated ideological struggles in his heart, he finally figured out some things.

Now, she would definitely not break down and cry just because of a mere song "Spring Shadow".

Not to mention that she didn't want to show her weak and embarrassing appearance in front of her students again, just like when she crawled into the cabinet that day.

She needs to establish her authority!

"This has nothing to do with whether you provoke me or not. I am your teacher, so I will naturally be responsible for you.

Kasuga Shadow...I will teach you."

Chapter 28 How could there be such a wicked person? (2/2)

The bathtub filled with bath water was filled with bubbles. Under the influence of the steam in the bathroom, Aiyin, who was lying in the bathtub, let out a soft moan of comfort.

Having solved the band's problems, she now feels truly relaxed and refreshed, her heart full of longing and anticipation for a brand new life in the future.

but……

Aine still had some concerns in her heart.

The memory went back to this evening and finally stopped at the moment when Su Shi mentioned that he wanted to lead everyone to reunite the band.

Being obviously ignored, Aine was indeed somewhat dissatisfied at the time, although this feeling of dissatisfaction soon disappeared without a trace because Ayano-chan stood up for her.

But it was precisely because of this incident that she suddenly remembered the sunset earlier when she stood beside Ayano and admired Soyo's kindness, while Ayano frowned slightly and said something to her that seemed to have no basis in fact.

"Don't you think this Sushi-san is a little strange?"

In the past, I just thought that Ayano was under too much pressure for her future musical journey, so I was a little suspicious of Suyo who could ignore her problems.

But now it seems that Ayano's words were not entirely driven by emotion.

The excitement slowly subsided, and Aine stretched out her left hand and placed it in front of her, watching the bubbles and water droplets slowly fall down, and then tried to catch them with her right hand.

This seemingly meaningless behavior actually reflects her current mood very well.

——A feeling of loss when you want to grasp many details but find that you can't grasp anything.

And before everyone parted ways, Xiao Deng mentioned again the words "forming a band for life", which made her feel that she couldn't fit in.

Why does something as relaxing as playing music together have to be defined by such heavy constraints?

That day, I accidentally picked up Xiao Deng's notebook. The lyrics about Kasuga Shadow and the people who belonged to each music section were written on it. What kind of past did they have...

"Ahhh, what a headache! Never mind! This is clearly something worth being happy about. It's all Ayano-chan's fault for messing with my mind!

All in all, this is a new beginning, and this is with Xiao Deng and Ayano-chan, hehehe..."

One is the class darling, the cutie that all the girls in Class A pay attention to. She is tied to Xiao Deng, so basically Chihaya Aine's status in the class can be fully guaranteed.

As for the other side, that goes without saying.

She was number one all year, extremely popular, and had attracted countless women. Her Ayano-chan was indeed the most attractive person wherever she went. When others found out that she was in the same band as Ayano...

No, no, no, the most important thing is that at the very end, she announced to everyone her childhood sweetheart relationship with Ayano.

They announced that the goddess-like figure they had been longing for was actually already possessed by a temporary transfer student like her, and this possession would last a lifetime...

and many more.

How could she have started "a lifetime"?