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

The two people who were at an impasse over the Xiangzi issue happened to meet Su Shi's friend who had practiced cello with him in the club before.

Although she was a little curious about the "empty box" the other party mentioned, Su Shi did not focus on these unimportant things at the moment. When she saw the two people greeting her, she just nodded and politely replied with two auspicious words.

"By the way, Sushi-san, do you want to watch this video? I have a feeling this red and ginger combo is going to be a big hit."

"Red ginger?"

Su Shi rolled his eyes inwardly.

Why is this name so weird... Although it was indeed precisely because of this somewhat strange name that she became somewhat interested.

"Yes, it seems like this is a two-person team, one is responsible for arranging, mixing and recording, and the other is responsible for composing and singing.

Eh...it feels like the combination of Suyo-kun and Mutsu-kun~"

"Yeah, yeah, and the lead singer's voice is really nice, very gentle and healing. Oh my god, when will they update?"

"Ah... that's really amazing. I'll give it a listen when I get a chance~"

Nagasaki Suyo said something casually, then made an excuse to go to practice, said hello to everyone and left.

Wakaba Mutsu, who stayed where he was, took out his cell phone, opened YouTube with an expressionless face, and searched for the words "red ginger".

Chapter 64: Stop looking at your phone, look at me more (2/2)

"Ah, Soyo-san~"

In RiNG's recording studio, the people who had already arrived didn't have to wait long. When Su Shi pushed open the door, people inside were talking about the song title "Shiori". However, surprisingly, no one present objected this time. Even Riki, who had always been at odds with Ayano, gave a rare affirmative opinion.

"already

Are you practicing, everyone?"

"I've been waiting for you."

"I wasn't too late, was I? Eh? Lenai still hasn't come... I clearly sent her a message."

"Don't worry about her for now. We can still perform even without her." This was what Li Xi said on the side. She didn't have much opinion about Lenai, but was simply considering the smooth progress of the LIVE.

Moreover, in her opinion, Lenai's determination to form a band with them was unclear, and the other party just wanted to play music with them because he thought it was interesting.

Maybe one day you’ll get tired of it and never show up again?

"So are we still going to continue practicing Shiori today?" Aine asked her question from the side.

Although she had complicated thoughts in her mind last night, in order to prevent herself from thinking too much and at the same time not to fall behind Ayano in music, she actually practiced until very late yesterday.

In fact, Kasuga Shadow was not as difficult as she had imagined. After all, in the song Kasuga Shadow, she and Rakuna both played rhythm guitar, and after the lead part was handed over to Ayano, she didn't actually need to put in much effort.

The song "Shiori" is actually the most difficult one.

With everyone's joint efforts yesterday afternoon, the song was almost finished, at least Aine had already got her practice score.

Because the main melody of this song is guitar, and other instruments only serve to complement and embellish it, she spent a lot of effort last night to practice this song written by Ayano.

"Well, time isn't exactly abundant, but it's not impossible either. I'll try to master this song today... By the way, Riki-chan, new song?"

"..."

When Su Shi saw that Li Xi's eyes were a little evasive and his face looked a little ugly, he immediately understood everything.

"Don't worry, creation requires inspiration after all."

"Part of the lyrics for Deng have been written, and I... don't have any ideas yet." Li Xi couldn't lie about this. Although he felt embarrassed, he could only speak the truth.

Deng, who was holding the lyrics book in her hand, looked worried, but she was not worried about whether the song could be completed, but whether everyone would quarrel again under such circumstances.

Su Shi may have noticed this as well, and glanced in Ayano's direction out of the corner of her eye.

Should I let Ayano-chan help Riki...

Forget it. If Ayano is asked to take over whenever there is a lack of inspiration and progress is stuck, it will undoubtedly question Riki's ability. And sometimes creation is like this. It is impossible to succeed without being pushed.

Su Shi had heard from her classmates that there was a band that was going to perform a live the next day. They wrote the song and made the accompaniment from scratch on the first night, and went on stage to have fun without any rehearsal.

Although it sounds a bit unbelievable, it is undeniable that there is some truth in it:

That means people have to push themselves.

"Then let's continue rehearsing today, Shiori. Is everything okay on your end, Aine?"

When Aine heard herself being called, although she was a little dissatisfied that she couldn't gain Su Shi's trust, she still smiled and made an OK gesture, then turned around and gave Ayano, who seemed fine, a fierce look.

"I'm just worried that someone might have a problem."

"Hmm?" Su Shi looked at Aine in confusion, then looked at Ayano who looked a little helpless beside her.

No, these two people had a fight?

Wait, are they really arguing... or are they just having some fun? Never mind, these are just trivial matters.

For Suyo, anything that Ayano could and wanted to participate in wasn't a big deal. But if it was something that only Ayano could participate in, and if she didn't participate, it would cause a big problem. Then, it would become something that wasn't a big deal for others, but a bad thing for herself.

Didn’t the ancient kings have a saying… “his achievements surpass his master’s”?

Although the metaphor is a bit inappropriate, for her own selfish reasons, Su Shi really doesn't want everyone in the band to push all the difficulties onto Ayano.

While she was secretly thinking about these things that had nothing to do with music, Su Shi also went to the position where she should go under the urging of others.

Putting her thoughts aside, she adjusted the bass and the effects pedal connected to it, then began her own performance after Lixi hit two beats with the drumsticks.

However, the performance of the entire piece today can be said to have surprised everyone.

Ayano's keyboard skills were flawless, and Riki also participated in most of the arrangement work, so there were no mistakes either.

Xiao Deng's singing voice is as penetrating as ever. The combination of lyrics and melody makes everyone emotional when the song reaches the chorus. They want to use all their abilities to perform this song called "Shiori".

Especially Aine, who was a little stumbling yesterday, faced the more difficult "Shiori" today, and she performed much better than when she performed Kasuga Kage.

Is this the case of becoming stronger when facing a stronger opponent?

Or maybe... even Aine was deliberately helping her?

The simpler Kasuga Ying encountered obstacles everywhere, but you can sing the new song with just one practice?

Ahem...Su Shi calmed down her excited heart. She always felt that her emotions had been too high recently.

It's unlikely that Aine would help her.

At most, it can be attributed to the fact that the song "Shiori" was written by the other party's childhood sweetheart, and the emotional boost made him practice more diligently.

"Wait, I feel like we could add a bridge between the second verse and the first chorus."

Perhaps because today's performance was so harmonious and smooth, Lixi suddenly felt some inspiration. Not only did she feel that she had some new understanding of composition, she even felt that she seemed to have endless melodies emerging in her mind.

It was rare that no one was arguing. Deng saw this scene and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

I really hope... everyone can stay like this forever.

However, thinking about how his previous band had gone through the same thing and disbanded after their first LIVE, Deng began to feel a little worried again.

"...Okay, let's play it again, okay? Let's take a look at the new sheet music first."

"Well, let me take a look."

The first person to speak was still Aine. Although she herself felt a little unsure whether she could succeed in one go, because there was a scumbag who only knew how to say nice things staring at her, Aine felt that she had to get through it even if she had to bite the bullet.

However, even she herself was a little surprised that the rest of the practice process today was very smooth, so smooth that after everyone agreed to continue tomorrow and left, she felt a little dazed.

The song was finished, and today's practice was over, but why didn't she feel happy at all...

“Aine?”

“…” Hearing Ayano, who was helping her pack up her guitar, talking to her, Aine frowned, but didn’t say anything unpleasant right away.

She just stood there, watching everything in the recording studio and the gentle look on Ayano's face as she helped her put on her guitar bag, and suddenly a firm idea came to her mind.

"Ayano."

"Why, do you have something to say to me?"

Ayano smiled faintly, and her confident look made Aine slightly annoyed.

But today she really wants to get her place back.

"I'm going to sleep over at your place tonight, that should be okay, right?"

"……certainly."

Ayano raised her eyebrows slightly and agreed without changing her expression. However, just when she was about to secretly take out her cell phone to send a message to Xiangzi, Aine, who had already turned around, suddenly turned back.

"Ayano, who are you secretly texting with again?"

"Have it?"

"If not, could you let me keep your phone? I don't want you to only look at your phone and not at me when I have a rare chance to talk to Ayano."

"..."

Oh no, why does Aine feel a little strange today?

Chapter 65 You are right, but I still want to visit your house (still 16)

Looking at the little hand that Aine stretched out, and the look that said she would not give up until she handed over her phone, Ayano felt a bit amused and helpless.

But in the end, she still handed the phone to Aine obediently.

But she now had a strange feeling. Why did this situation give her the impression that a wife had confiscated her husband's cell phone and then followed him home to catch his mistress?

But will she panic? Not at all.

She, Mizushima Ayano, studied piano diligently, and even took in a poor young lady who had nowhere to live after her friend had a quarrel with her family. No matter how you look at it, she is a first-class good person.

Moreover, she does good deeds without leaving her name. She did not take the initiative to speak out about the good deeds that stole the limelight from the pink-haired girl, which only saved the pink-haired girl's face, which was even better!

Mizushima Ayano had no guilt in her heart, so naturally her facial expression would not be confused.

Of course, the main reason was that Aine didn't even look at her phone after taking it away.

I don’t know if she didn’t check it simply because she didn’t want her privacy to be invaded, or because the little pink-haired girl trusted her enough.

"Ayano, regarding that letter...what do you think?"

After walking out of RiNG's door, Aiyin's first question was not about anything else, but the "love letter" she saw after school this afternoon.

"Maybe it's a prank?"

"Do you really think so?" Aine was speechless. She looked at Ayano's profile and was silent for two seconds before asking, "Ayano-chan is really amazing. Wherever she goes, she's the most eye-catching person in the crowd.

But those people probably don't understand what kind of person you are. You're not really aloof, you're just too lazy and don't want to spend time on things like interpersonal relationships.

“Because I’m an introvert.”

"Introvert... This is the first time I've seen an introvert speak so fluently."

Ayano laughed dumbly, shook her head and explained, "The two are unrelated.

Introverts don’t like socializing because it is very energy-consuming for them. When they feel tired, they always want to be alone.

You don’t need to spend time thinking about what others are thinking, nor do you need to worry about whether what you say will cause misunderstandings to others.

If possible, I would like to be alone like this quietly at all times except when I’m with Aine.”

This statement is not a lie.

Maybe because Ayano is a more confident person, she is more confident in facing other people and

She can always get along with others with ease, but that doesn't mean she likes it that way.

She habitually treats people and things she has to come into contact with with a frivolous attitude, not because she lacks respect for these people and things, but simply because doing so can prevent herself from getting bored with them. She is too lazy to even pretend to be tired.

Maybe if you look at it this way, she is indeed a very selfish person.

"What about Toyokawa Shoko?"

"Shoko?" Ayano frowned. She quietly observed Aine's expression, and from her expression, she could tell that she seemed to have discovered something. "Shoko is a very troublesome person.

But her trouble is not just because she has this feeling when she interacts with her personally, but more because Xiangzi is a very important person to Su Shi and the others."

After waiting for a while, the train stopped in front of the two of them. Aine was slightly stunned by Ayano's words, and then Ayano grabbed her arm and took her onto the train.

"Don't you know that? Xiangzi is the backbone of crychic, at least he used to be."

"I……"

Aine was confused by Ayano. How come the topic suddenly turned to crychic while they were chatting?

Also, didn't Ayano and Shoko already know each other before she returned to her country?