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

Aine covered her face in embarrassment, even though she was the only one in the bathroom at the moment and no one else could see her embarrassed look.

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"Have you done the homework I assigned you before?"

After finishing his meal and taking the initiative to take on all the remaining work in the kitchen, Xiangzi followed Ayano to the electronic piano and started today's work.

However, before officially teaching how to play Kasuga Shadow, she chose to check the music theory homework she had assigned.

This is not a delay at all, it's just a normal teaching process. If she doesn't do it, then forget it. Since she has done this job related to her hobbies,

If it’s a career, then you have to put your mind into it.

"Well, do you want to see it?"

"of course."

Ayano's homework was not printed out, and what she handed over was not paper, but a tablet.

But when Xiangzi took it, he looked at the photo of Ayano and Aine on the lock screen and the 4-digit password it prompted him to enter, and asked speechlessly:

"password?"

"Your birthday."

"My birthday?"

When Xiangzi heard this, he felt a little puzzled. Who would set the password of the pad to the birthday of someone they had only known for a few days?

But when I think about the fact that this is a woman with a very bad personality, I think she must have done this simply to see her being moved. Tsk... how childish.

Knowing this, Xiangzi didn't even bother to ask any more questions. He just pretended not to care and entered the number 0214.

however……

【wrong password】

"Wrong password."

"Really?" Ayano pretended to be confused, turned around and asked Xiangzi one more question, "Did you enter it wrong? Why don't you try a few more times?"

"I didn't enter it wrong, it was 0214, and if I enter it wrong a few times it will be locked."

"Oh~" Ayano suddenly said with a smile as if she had suddenly realized something, "So your birthday is February 2th."

"you!"

Toyokawa Shoko felt like a fool, but she couldn't admit that she was a fool, so she could only look at Ayano, the instigator, fiercely, and then sneered in a mocking and disdainful tone:

"I didn't expect you to be such a childish person. Is it funny to make such a joke?"

"Really? You were fooled twice by me using the same trick. What's your point?"

“I, I was…”

Oh no! Xiangzi was wondering who would be fooled by this guy in the future, but now it seems... that person is her.

"Alright, alright, I was just teasing you, mainly because you've been suppressing yourself since the beginning.

Shouldn't music be a very joyful thing for you? At least from the last class, I felt your immersion, and your dedication really influenced me."

Hearing these words, Xiangzi's pupils shrank slightly and his lips trembled slightly. He wanted to say something but didn't.

"You may be worried or concerned about something at other times, and you may not want to say that I won't force you. However, during the teaching period, I still hope that you can enjoy the process.

After all, according to you, I am very talented. Shouldn't you be very happy to have a student like me~"

He's quite a talker.

Shoko Toyokawa felt that it seemed unlikely that she would be able to defeat Ayano in a verbal battle in the future.

"So, you're just making these jokes to liven up the atmosphere?" Xiangzi looked at the beautiful girl in front of him with a complicated expression. At this moment, he seemed to be just as she said. Because of this episode, he forgot all the troubles. "Ayano, thank you..."

"Not really. It's really fun to tease you."

"..."

While Xiangzi was hesitating, Ayano took the pad from his hand, tapped it with her fingers, and returned it to Xiangzi when she recovered.

But Xiangzi looked at the still locked screen, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

"So how long are you going to keep up this joke? What's the password?"

"Your birthday."

"Can……"

"It wasn't before, but it is now."

Chapter 29: Su Shi, the Genius Master of the Thirty-Six Stratagems (Part 3)

No, she can't panic.

This woman was just teasing her on purpose. She simply wanted to see her show weakness, and then show some tenderness at the right time, in order to make her feel grateful, and then... justifiably pay her less salary.

Yes, that must be the case.

Taking a deep breath, Toyokawa Shoko tried to calm the complicated thoughts in her mind, then silently entered her birthday under Ayano's beautiful gaze and unlocked the screen.

She didn't have to spend extra time looking for the electronic document of the homework, because when Ayano handed it to her just now, the screen was locked after the document was opened.

Now that she had some serious work to do, she was able to find something to focus on. She wrote and drew on the screen with her fingers and began to carefully correct the music theory homework.

In fact, the questions she asked were quite tricky.

Firstly, I felt that for a genius like Ayano, the questions were too simple and not of much value.

Secondly, she also has some of the same little thoughts of torturing students as other teachers. She wants to highlight the ability gap between the two sides by correcting students' mistakes.

However, what disappointed Xiangzi was that Ayano actually got full marks on this paper.

"Xiangzi, have you finished reading?"

"...Yeah." Xiangzi nodded, a faint smile on his slightly lowered head, "Very good, all correct.

It seems that you are now familiar with the note names corresponding to all the keys on the piano, as well as the names of each note under different naming systems.

You have already mastered all the knowledge points of the simplified notation, and you have not forgotten some of the knowledge about the five-line notation that I taught you last time.

Are you...sure you didn't complete these questions by looking them up online?"

"Isn't that cheating? I'm your only student, and it won't do me any good."

"..."

Why does Xiangzi always feel that there seems to be some hidden meaning in every word of Ayano?

But ignoring other factors, Ayano's learning attitude and results did make her feel gratified. Maybe... in addition to playing the piano and composing, she was also good at teaching others?

No, no, no, just because she accepted a wicked student, it didn't mean she was an excellent teacher.

"Today... since you said you wanted to practice the piano part of that piece, before that, I'll teach you some of the necessary knowledge about reading five-line music notation. Is that okay?"

"Well, it's up to you."

Xiangzi nodded, then opened his pad and temporarily downloaded a music score reading and editing software. According to his memory, he wrote down the music score of the first measure of "Spring Shadow".

"What does this sign mean?"

"what……"

Seeing Ayano suddenly approaching, Xiangzi was startled and subconsciously took two steps back.

"Why are you so excited?" Ayano rolled her eyes at her unhappily, and this look made Xiangzi feel insulted.

After smoothing his hair and calming the urge to argue, Xiangzi pointed at the notes on the music sheet and explained calmly:

"You should know this. It indicates the tempo of the song, which is 86. And here is the BPM of the song."

"BPM is the beats per minute of the song, right?"

"Yeah." Xiangzi nodded. She wasn't surprised that Ayano mentioned this previously mentioned information. "Of course, they can't be directly converted. BPM refers to the actual number of beats per minute of the music, after all."

Xiangzi really likes the process of discussing music, of course this is also because her students give her so little worry.

The other party will always remember what you said and can also deduce other information by analogy.

...Luckily, this guy didn't use this talent to spy on her past, otherwise he would have been stripped naked by Ayano sooner or later.

"I'll finish the rest of the music first. You can play it casually during this time."

"Don't bother. I have the music score here."

Hearing this, Xiangzi suddenly panicked, but when she saw that Ayano took out a piece of printed paper from her schoolbag and there were no lyrics on it, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Ayano also noticed her reaction, but this time she didn't say anything. She just put the music score in front of the electronic keyboard as if she didn't see it.

"How about you come first?"

"I..." Xiangzi pursed his lips slightly, hesitated for a few seconds, and then nodded unwillingly.

Then she sat down in front of the electronic keyboard, closed her eyes, and after some mental preparation, played the first note.

Of course she was familiar with this piece of music, even though she hadn't played it for a long time. But after all, this piece of music was composed by her, so no matter how unfamiliar she was with it, she could never really forget it.

From the initial four notes interweaving back and forth to the addition of the left-hand part, the fusion of the two melodies is like two people looking at each other from opposite sides, silently communicating with each other's inner thoughts through music.

But the further she played, the more she felt short of breath. When she came to the first chorus, Xiangzi suddenly put his hands down and the whole song came to an abrupt end.

"Let's do this for now."

"What do you mean by that?" Ayano raised an eyebrow, not sure if she really didn't understand or was just pretending, "I told you, Xiangzi, to explain the music first, why are you just playing it on your own?"

"..."

Xiangzi clenched her fists and swore... She must find a reason to make this hateful woman give her a raise!

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Roppongi, 45th floor luxury apartment.

Nagasaki Suyo sat on a bench outside the rooftop, holding a mobile phone in her hand, constantly scrolling through the main interface of the band account that once belonged to crychic.

His fingers kept sliding down, as if he wanted to refresh the latest news.

Of course, if it really refreshes, Su will probably be scared half to death, right?

But she did this because she couldn't let it go. Although there was only one update in this space and only one photo in the update, every person in the photo had extraordinary meaning to her.

Most of the time, her eyes were on the girl with light blue hair and twin tails.

I don’t know what Xiaoxiang is doing at this moment on the same quiet night. Is she still remembering the song "Spring Shadow" they sang together?

When she discussed the birth of their new band in the evening and briefly discussed the arrangements for everyone to get together the day after tomorrow, her brows furrowed slightly.

He actually treated that important piece of music as an etude...

Su Shi wanted to object at that time, but because most people agreed and there was really no way to find other songs to replace them, she had to reluctantly agree to this decision which she thought was a bit excessive.

However, what surprised her at the time was that when everyone else agreed with the proposal, only Ayano did not speak.

Instead, he made a fist with his right hand and

He placed the second joint of his finger against his lips, pretending to think.

Thinking of this, Su Shi showed an ambiguous smile at the corner of his mouth.

Maybe it's because I started sweating profusely because I was dealing with an area I'm not good at?

However, I can't be so anxious to provoke the other party now. Today, at Xiao Deng's suggestion, they have set the band's first goal on the first live show.

This LIVE is crucial, but what is important is not to be able to end perfectly, but to be able to awaken Xiangzi's heart.

Before this, she did not allow unnecessary variables to occur, such as the explosion phenomenon centered on Ayano due to the pressure of practice.

In addition, this guy has the inside information that he wants to know, so Su Shi thought about it and decided to do something first.

As the saying goes, one of the Thirty-Six Stratagems of War is to play hard to get. First show weakness to the enemy, letting him relax his guard, then lure him into your trap step by step, and finally close the door to beat the dog. It can be said to be perfect.

Pulling out his phone and calling up the friend interface of Ayano, whom he had just added today, Su Shi thought for a while before typing:

"Ayano-san, thank you for what happened today. If it weren't for you, we might still be misunderstanding each other."

This trick is called sugar-coated bullet.

She'll thank you first, which will make you feel elated and make her subsequent words more convincing.

"I heard from Aine before that you're still a bit new to piano, but Ayano, don't worry too much. Since we've decided to form a band together, we'll definitely stick together and help each other."