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

It seems that there are happy places and some unhappy places.

The happy part is that she is happy for the ability of her good friend Ayano. After all, this is a rare opportunity for her to have a real chance to tie her and Ayano together. This joy is real and it is an emotion that can make her forget other things temporarily.

As for the unhappy parts...

Actually, I can’t say I’m unhappy. To be precise, I feel a little bored and lost.

No matter how nice she said in front of Li Xi at that time, just like what Li Xi said when he refuted her later, she really couldn't completely ignore the gap between herself and others.

Especially the gap between himself and Ayano.

"Or, why not use the evening time to practice guitar."

But the facts prove that sometimes once a person develops laziness, it is difficult to change it back in a short time.

At 7:20, Aine picked up the guitar for the first time after returning home.

At 7:24, she put it back.

At 7:26, she heard her mother's voice urging her to eat downstairs. Based on the principle that only when you are full can you have the energy to do big things, Aiyin naturally ran downstairs.

At 7:40, the meal is over.

At 7:41, Aine took a deep breath and picked up the guitar again.

At 7:50, I ran out of breath and had to put down the guitar for the time being.

At 7:51, I picked up the tablet to watch videos.

"Ahhh...Chihaya Aine, you can't fall like this!"

After watching a makeup video tutorial posted by a video blogger nicknamed Miao Meng, she suddenly realized that she was wasting her life.

Aiyin put down the tablet and took a deep breath, but when she picked up the guitar again to practice basic chords, she cut her finger because she was not focused enough, and the pain made her scream like a rattlesnake.

"Why is it so hard to concentrate when there's no one around..."

In fact, Aine herself knew in her heart that although she was pretending to be natural on the surface, she was actually deeply affected by what happened in the recording studio today.

She really couldn't do the impossible in an instant.

If only... Ayano was watching beside her today.

Wait, watching from the side...

Even though it was ridiculous, Aine actually followed her absurd thoughts and sent a message to Ayano:

"Ayano, can you take a picture of yourself right now, just looking at the camera and staring at me with a fierce look?"

After about 5 minutes, Aine received a reply from Ayano.

It’s just two simple words: No.

Feeling that she couldn't understand, Aine immediately became furious, but thinking that it might be because she didn't explain it clearly, she simply told the other party about her idea of using Ayano's photo to pretend to be a supervisor to supervise her guitar practice.

Only this time the reply came faster, and it left Aine even more speechless.

[You're not going to make it black and white and hang it on the wall, are you?]

"..."

Is this the way a genius thinks?

And am I so evil that I would do such a thing that goes against the will of heaven?

Just as Aiyin was thinking about how to get back at him, she received another message the next moment. However, this time it was not a text message, but a picture.

In the photo, Ayano didn't look at the camera with a fierce look as she intended. Instead, she had a smile on her face and was holding a piece of paper that she had taken from somewhere. On the paper was a line of beautiful words written:

Practice well

Really.

Doesn't this mean he knows everything? It seems like a gap has already formed between them.

After transferring the photo to the tablet, Aiyin found a place where she could see it, enlarged the picture and adjusted it, then picked up the bed again.

The guitar on.

But this time she failed again.

It was not because of anything else, but because she found that behind Ayano in the photo, there was a girl smiling and waving towards the camera.

Blue hair with twin ponytails, that cute and pretty face, familiar appearance and clothes... Wait, isn't this that person... Toyokawa Shoko?

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"You're pretty fast."

Ayano put down her phone and looked at Xiangzi who walked up to her and sat down, and made a casual joke.

"Didn't you ask me to hurry up?"

Xiangzi's expression was actually still a little hesitant. Although she had a smile like a young lady on her lips, her eyes were indeed darting around the room.

She actually figured it out a little bit. There was no need for her to hide from anyone. Since she had decided to cut off ties with the past, she had to show her attitude.

Besides, she was just here to meet friends, what's wrong with that?

"Don't look, they've already left."

"...It doesn't matter if I didn't leave." Xiangzi was a little embarrassed, but he didn't want to admit his true intentions. "I haven't broken any laws. No one said I can't come here."

"Indeed not, but... aren't you wondering why there are two cups in front of you?"

"what?"

When Xiangzi heard this, his pupils shrank suddenly. Only then did he notice that there was an empty cup on the seat where he sat.

"Don't worry, both drinks are paid for by one person."

“…Is that so?”

"Don't you want to ask who paid for it?" Looking at the cute Xiangzi who breathed a sigh of relief, Ayano couldn't help but started teasing him as usual.

"……who?"

"Su Shi."

"Su Shi? She..."

Ayano's lips curved slightly again. "Aren't you going to ask her if she'll come back?"

"..."

Xiangzi was already beginning to feel the urge to hold back, but after a moment's thought he finally asked obediently, "Will she come back?"

"Come back."

"..."

"But she said she wouldn't be back here until tomorrow afternoon."

"...Do you find it interesting?"

I can't stand it anymore.

Didn't you promise not to bully her? Does this woman have any words of truth in her mouth?!

Chapter 56 Red Ginger? What a weird name! (Still 13)

"Just because you're too nervous, I want to liven up the atmosphere."

"That's the reason again..."

Xiangzi felt that now that Ayano was making fun of him, it seemed that he had hardly mustered the energy to get angry, as if he had become accustomed to it.

What medical term is used to describe her condition?

Forget it, compared to these unimportant things, she might as well finish the work earlier and get the money earlier.

"Have you made dinner yet?"

Ayano probably thought that it would be a waste to keep cooked dinner in the refrigerator without eating it, so she asked casually.

"You have a plan every day, and I was afraid it would be a waste if I did it, so I didn't do it until you replied to me."

"That's perfect. After we finish recording the song, I'll take you to eat your favorite grilled fish."

When Xiangzi heard about grilled fish, her eyes lit up slightly, but she quickly suppressed her inner excitement and said calmly:

"...Okay, let's get started now."

After saying that, Xiangzi stood up and followed Ayano into the recording studio.

The RiNG store is quite large. In terms of scale, it is not much different from Circle. It consists of several floors. Apart from the outdoor area used for some businesses to settle in, the LIVE House and recording studio inside are the places that truly fit the theme of this place.

Looking at the recording studio equipment that he hadn't seen for a long time, from the drum set to the electronic keyboard, to some other sound amplification and recording equipment, Xiangzi couldn't help but smile slightly.

Sure enough, although she had some resentment about the past, music is music and she likes it anyway.

"By the way, Xiangzi, do you play any other instruments?"

"will not."

"That……"

Seeing Ayano finally showing a puzzled expression when it came to professional knowledge, Xiangzi also felt that his status could finally be temporarily upgraded from a maid to a professional music teacher.

It's a pity, it would be better if she could exercise the excessive rights that parents gave to teachers in her early years at school.

Otherwise, she would have to give Ayano some corporal punishment.

“There are special software for arranging music, but it’s definitely less natural than recording the sounds of real instruments on site.

But we don’t have those conditions at this stage, and you don’t have any professional recording equipment at home, otherwise there would be no need to come here to record."

In fact, the reason why Xiangzi agreed to let Ayano come over today was that she felt that she should not hide like this. Even if her father had not called, she actually already had some ideas about the new band in her mind.

However, this series of ideas was not mature, and she did not have enough courage to put them into practice, let alone the opportunity... After all, she did not want to give up the iron rice bowl that Ayano had given her.

But on the other hand, Ayano is not inferior to her own creative talent

, and indeed made Xiangzi see an opportunity.

If two people cannot do what a complete band can do for the time being, then simply making a name for themselves through original songs may be a good way to make money.

But the question is...is it possible that Ayano will agree to my request?

Knowing that his family is not short of money, and that they have to work in a band which takes up a lot of their time, would Ayano, who prefers to avoid troublesome tasks, agree to create original music with him?

"Today we will use the prepared accompaniment and your singing voice to record the first version of the master tape."

“What is a master tape?”

"Master tape...just understand that all audio and video products are copies of the master tape."

"Okay, let's get started."

The accompaniment came out from the speakers under Xiangzi's operation, and Ayano, wearing headphones and microphone, sang "Empty Box" in the compartment along with the melody.

However, what surprised Xiangzi a little was that Ayano's singing this time was much more emotional than the last time she sang at home. Xiangzi even found a familiar shadow in Ayano's singing style.

But soon Xiangzi no longer paid attention to these details of technique and style.

Because this complete song and the lyrics in the song immediately brought her into Ayano's inner world.

Among these lyrics, Xiangzi’s favorite is “There is no correct answer in life, so there is no failure.”

Of course, for her, there are more insights beyond just this one line of lyrics.

One of the lines brings out the theme of the song title: "I fill my own empty box full, but look sideways and envy others' boxes."

If the entire song is based on the perspective of a high school girl, then every word in it is the girl's consideration and thinking between the answers on the test paper and the answers in life.

Perhaps for Ayano, she is actually such a person who has no interest in studies themselves and is confused about the things she has to do.

Just like the song says, she doesn't know what the correct answer to life is, but for someone as confident as Ayano, she never feels that she will lose to life.

The reason why she gets up early on weekend mornings and studies cultural subjects that she has no interest in is probably to "fill her empty box", because in this way she can feel that she is not empty and that she has something that others also want to have.

But because these things were not what she really wanted, she looked at other people's boxes with envy.

This song... although it is sung about Ayano herself, it actually reflects other people of her age. They also have an empty box in their hearts that is being forcibly filled.

And they also have moments when they envy others for having a box full of treasures.

Once a song is finished, there's no need to re-record it. This isn't a singing competition, but it's also because Xiangzi has something more to say than just repeating this already perfect song.