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

"What's that?"

"You really want to know?"

"Ah..." Su Shi glanced slightly to the side, crossed his arms and pretended to be very casual, "After all, Xiangzi rarely takes the initiative to talk to others, so I'm quite curious about how you two became friends~

After all, we will be band members helping each other in the future, so I think it’s a good idea to strengthen our relationship through mutual friends.

And because you had a quarrel with Lixi before, although the child didn't say anything on the surface, I think there are some things I still need to explain to you privately behind her back.

Everyone, in fact, is not excluding anyone, it’s just that they don’t understand each other well enough…”

“The more you talk, the more you unconsciously expose your true inner impulses.”

"……What did you say?"

Su Shi, who had just thought that her words were very reasonable, was suddenly forced into a corner by the harsh sarcasm from Ayano. She could only ask this question gently in a tone and expression that tried not to reveal her inner panic.

But before she could ask further, Ayano in front of her showed a puzzled expression and shook her head as she explained:

"No, I mean, when I was chatting with Xiangzi, I wanted to ask her about some trivial matters other than music, and she used this sentence to reject me."

"..."

Su Shi was silent for a moment. She carefully observed Ayano's expression, trying to analyze whether she was lying.

However, our evil woman Mizushima Ayano, who is an expert in lying, would not show any clues at this time. This situation continued until Su Shi felt that the atmosphere would become even more wrong if she didn't speak, and Su Shi finally couldn't help but take the initiative to speak.

"Is that what Xiangzi told you? Is this why she... doesn't want to talk to us anymore?"

"I do not know."

"Okay..." Su Shi took a deep breath and put on a smile again, "So you two haven't known each other for too long."

This sentence has two implications.

The first layer is to use these somewhat harsh words to get Ayano to take the initiative to talk about the true relationship between her and Shoko and how they met, so that she can prove that the relationship between her and Shoko is not that weak.

The second layer is to imply from another perspective that Nagasaki Suyo is the one who understands Xiangzi better, which is also a disguised way of taking back the initiative of the topic. Of course, Suyo has already decided how to ease the negative emotions caused by this sentence.

However, Su Shi did not expect that Ayano in front of her, firstly, had no opinion on her words, and secondly, did not talk about the initial "accidental" encounter as she expected.

Instead, she raised her head and looked into his eyes with her deep eyes, then said lightly:

"It wasn't too long, but she said something that really confused me. Since we weren't very familiar with each other, I didn't dare to ask."

“…What did you say?”

Su Shi felt something was wrong as soon as she opened her mouth. Why was she so curious about this guy again?

Sure enough... she is still not calm enough. Although she said that she wanted to build a good relationship with her new friend Ayano, every word she said was about Xiangzi.

Thinking of this, Su Shi showed a fake smile that was hard to find any flaws. "Let me guess, Xiangzi must be praising Ayano for being so beautiful. After all, I was also amazed when I first saw Ayano~"

"No." Ayano was not at all affected by her sugar-coated bullets, but explained with a smile, "What she said was that when she saw me, she mistook me for someone else because of my hair color, and because of this, she apologized for her previous rudeness.

What did she mean?"

Ayano felt that since she had been spending more time with Xiaoxiang, she had become more and more fond of lying and cheating.

Oh... what a sin.

“…Haha, y-really?”

Su Shi's body was trembling slightly, and he felt both excited and lost inside.

So Xiangzi had decided to ignore himself from that moment on?

"Come to think of it, Sushi-san should have met Xiangzi because of music, just like me?"

"I..." Su Shi lowered her head, and her most unforgettable memory emerged in her mind again.

The gentle blue-haired girl called her from behind. That was the first time she met Xiangzi. Although at that time she was just curious because someone invited her to join the band, and felt a sense of recognition that followed.

"Can you tell me about it? I also want to get to know Su Shi. After all, we will all be in a band together in the future."

“…It’s nothing, actually. We just came together because of a common interest. Isn’t that how we all got through this?

But these things are in the past after all, and I feel relieved to see that she is not lingering on the same spot because of that incident."

Having said that, Su Shi regained her composure, and at this moment she seemed to have really let it go.

"I'm sorry, Ayano-san. I did want to ask you about Xiangzi's current situation just now. I was wrong about that. After all, there's another member of the band, Xiao Mu, whom I meet every day, and Riki and Deng have cleared up their misunderstandings now.

Only Xiangzi's side

I'm still struggling with it, but now it seems like everyone can move on, which is great."

"It's okay, I can understand. After all, that's just Su Shi's personality."

"Thank you, Ayano..."

Very good, even the retreat is prepared so perfectly, she is really worthy of being Nagasaki Suyo.

But just as Su Shi was about to turn around and go in, Ayano behind her suddenly spoke again:

"Let's get back to the original question. Actually, Xiangzi and I met in Yuqiu's piano room. It was probably similar to your experience, but the thing that I find a little unforgettable is..."

"that is?"

"The piano music that day was filled with an indescribable sadness."

With a bang, Su Shi, who was lying on his back, felt something suddenly explode inside his heart.

Chapter 37: Nagasaki Suyo is enchanted (2/2)

"sad……"

Sushi didn't know how to react. She only knew that she had almost exposed her inner weakness in front of Ayano again.

However, Ayano had never learned piano before, and Aine would definitely not lie about this, and there was no reason for her to lie.

According to basic logic, the person playing the piano in the piano room at that time should be Xiangzi.

"What song is that? Oh, sorry..." Su Shi asked, then realized something was wrong. "Ayano, you haven't played the piano much, so you probably can't tell what the song is."

“Well, I do rarely listen to piano music, but the piece that day was actually an original piece.

Even if other people were present, they would still not be able to tell where the music came from."

Ayano feels that she has been telling too many lies lately and should alleviate her sins by telling a few truths.

"Original?"

After hearing this keyword, Su Shi no longer had the idea of pushing open the recording studio door.

"Yes, according to what Xiangzi said at the time, although I still feel a little confused and the whole song still has some flaws, it should indeed be classified as original music. Oh, yes... the name of the song is Longing Beyond Time and Space."

God proves that although Mizushima Ayano has told countless lies recently, she really did not lie this time!

The subject is simply omitted and confused.

"...Really? It's a nice name, I like it very much." Suye turned around, the smile on her face still the same as before, but this time it made Ayano feel much more sincere. "Maybe Ayano can play it for us when there's a chance. After all, Aine said you have a strong learning ability, and I'm also looking forward to us performing on a bigger stage together in the future."

Although he said this, Su Shi was thinking about something else in his heart.

For example: Her previous guess was indeed correct.

Although she had been secretly competing with Mizushima Ayano in front of her during the conversation just now, she did not have any doubts about what Ayano said.

Because everything matched up, whether it was the fact that the two of them did appear together in a place related to piano, or Xiangzi's cold attitude towards her when they met twice.

She had no reason to question this description which was reasonable and consistent with Xiangzi's current personality.

And from Ayano's description of the encounter in the piano room, Su Shi could digest even more information.

The first thing that is certain is that although Xiangzi left the band and wanted to separate herself from her past self and pretended to be very averse to music, she never gave up completely in her heart.

You know, once you get addicted to something, you can never stop.

Music is their second soul, something that can accompany them throughout their lives. Many emotions and memories are contained in every note and every rhythm.

And what Xiangzi can’t forget is the sad longing?

Although she could not fully understand that emotion, nor produce a complete and flawless piece of music, she could feel the incomplete longing.

If possible, Su Shi really wanted to hear that song with her own ears, just sit next to the person playing the piano, watching Xiangzi's fingers flying with concentration, and then the melody with only known words but unknown content lingered in her ears, accompanying her and the person playing the piano.

Although it may sound mean to say this, Su Shi truly believed that the melody style and the name of the piano piece mentioned by Ayano were the perfect answer to her first question.

"Thank you, Ayano. And... I apologize to you again for what happened before. It's great to have a friend like you, Xiangzi."

In fact, Su Shi now feels a little reluctant to kick Ayano away, who is so sincere to her.

"It's okay, Sushi. After all, a friend of a friend is also my friend."

"Um……"

I...seem to have done something wrong?

Has she always been looking at Ayano with her own prejudice, while the other party actually didn't seem to be targeting her from the beginning?

All of this child's actions and words are actually consistent with her inner gentle character. It is no coincidence that Aine has been able to walk with her all the way to this day.

First, he argued with Aine, with whom he grew up, then he took the initiative to apologize to Li Xi because they decided to form a band together in the future, and later he stood up for Xiangzi, with whom he had a good relationship.

You know, saying good things about people behind their backs is much better than saying good things about them to their faces.

And he was so true to himself just now

Cheng answered every question and did not get offended by the harshness in her words, nor did he break off with such a scheming person.

From the beginning to the end, Ayano was so peaceful, without showing any malice at all, and it was as if those "malice" existed only in her prejudice, and did not exist originally, but was just her imagination.

"Su Shi, come in, everyone has been waiting for us for a long time."

Ayano's voice interrupted Suyo's thoughts and brought her back to reality.

"Ah...ok."

Suyo nodded, then followed Ayano into the recording studio.

"So slow, what are you talking about?" Li Xi, who had been waiting impatiently, asked immediately.

"Ah... we just want to get to know each other, it's nothing." Of course, it was impossible for Su Shi to tell the true content of their conversation.

But she felt that her explanation was too weak, so she turned to look at Ayano and secretly gave her a wink.

As expected, after seeing this, Ayano didn't say anything to embarrass her. Instead, she smiled and agreed with her and completed the lie she had started with:

"Actually, Su Shi was worried that we didn't know each other well enough, so she told me a lot. She mainly hoped that we would stop arguing in the future, especially between Li Xi and me."

"..."

Li Xi curled his lips, and his eyes seemed to be telling Su Shi beside him that she was meddling too much in other people's business.

However, no one present questioned it. After all, everyone had seen that Su Shi had been mediating the conflicts these days. In addition, she was indeed late today, and she was afraid that Riki would take advantage of the situation, so she decided to talk to Ayano in private. It was normal.

"But I'm really grateful that everyone is willing to wait here for me to come back."

"Thank her if you want to thank her."

"Ok?"

Su Shi was a little confused, and then she noticed that several people were looking at the person next to her.

Deng beside her also spoke up to answer her doubts, "Ayano-chan said that we shouldn't just leave like this. She said we should believe that you will definitely come back. Otherwise... it would be ridiculous to leave you for the rest of your life."

"is that so……"

Su Shi lowered his head slightly, feeling even more uncomfortable.

"If it weren't for her, we would have left long ago, so if you really have something to do in the future, can you explain it to us as soon as possible?"

"Ah... why are you talking about this now~" Aine saw that Riki was trying to put pressure on Soyo again, so she quickly said with a smile, "Soyo-san didn't mean to be late, the misunderstanding has been resolved, why don't we quickly discuss what to do today.

Ahem, if you ask me, the most important thing for a band is to determine the theme, direction, style, etc. I have a lot here..."

While Aine was chattering on and on, Nagasaki Suyo, with mixed feelings in her heart, didn't hear a word she said.

Instead, he secretly glanced at Ayano's profile.

If... if Ayano was Shoko, it would be great. In the current situation, how can she carry out her restoration?

Chapter 38 Xiangzi: You are the Snorlax! (Also 6)

[I selectively completed the task you asked me to do for you, but this time only, I am not your servant.]

Riding on the train, Toyokawa Shoko watched the scenery passing by outside the window while sending messages to the troublesome Ayano on her cell phone.