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

When Aine asked this question in her heart, Ayano beside her raised her hand and knocked her on the head in annoyance, and explained helplessly:

"Where did you hear this rumor? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have gone to Xiangzi to learn piano."

"Ah? You admit it now?!"

Aine was still wondering when she should ask this crucial question, but she didn't expect that before she could open her mouth, Ayano had already told the truth in advance.

She had not expected this move, and it caught her off guard. She had no idea how to respond.

"Why, are you sulking because I didn't tell you about this?"

"I'm not that stingy..."

Ayano smiled. She felt like she was already halfway to getting her phone back. "Actually, she didn't let me tell you this. It might be because there's some misunderstanding between Xiangzi and Sushi. Xiangzi doesn't want Sushi and the others to know that she's my piano tutor now."

"why?"

"How should I know? My relationship with her is not like yours where I can talk freely about anything. If she doesn't say anything, I can't take the initiative to ask.

This is basic courtesy.”

"Then why did you tell me this…" Aine felt confused for a moment as she listened to the uniqueness of her relationship with Ayano revealed in her words.

"Because I already told her that I can keep it secret from others, but if Aine asks, I won't hide it."

"..."

It’s bad, it’s bad. Aine felt that the momentum she had just accumulated was gone in an instant.

No, she had to stay calm... She had to firmly believe that Mizushima Ayano had completely become a bad person.

His mouth is full of sweet words, but his stomach is full of evil.

Moreover, she had no idea what the truth was right now, so she must not be captured by the bad woman's sugar-coated bullets until the truth came out.

"So why did you choose her to be your piano teacher, Ayano?"

Aine thought of this crucial question, suppressed all unnecessary thoughts in her mind, and asked directly.

"Isn't it all because of your trouble?"

"because I?"

Aine pointed her finger at her nose, confusion all over her face.

"Originally, I just had a little conversation with her because of playing the piano at school. Since you wanted to invite me to form a band, I thought of finding this ready-made piano master to teach her to save trouble.

I didn't know that the relationship between Xiangzi and Su Shi was so complicated. I reminded you that something was wrong with Su Shi, but you said I was suspicious.

I had wanted to throw away this mess a long time ago, but in order to avoid any trouble in the future, I had no choice but to keep Xiangzi, hoping to use the opportunity of teaching to see if the misunderstanding could be resolved.

So that if the band has problems you don’t think it’s your fault.”

"So that's how it is..." Aine frowned. She felt like she had wronged Ayano, but she also felt like something was not right, a strange feeling that she couldn't put her finger on.

"I'm sorry, Ayano... I must have misunderstood you."

"It's okay, you can put your hands on it now..."

"To make it up to you, I'll cook for you tonight. I've already told my mom about this, and she said she's not worried at all about you staying at Ayano's house."

"..."

How come after all this talk, the result is still the same?

...The pink-haired little devil who is born evil is so difficult to deal with!

Chapter 66: It’s better to explode... Wait, why don’t you explode? (2 in 1)

Shoko Toyokawa thinks that sometimes people should focus on the present.

At least when she returned home tonight and took out her mobile phone to look at the background data of "Red Ginger" again, the sense of satisfaction made her forget the frustration she had received from Chihaya Aine during the day.

As the saying goes, in the music industry and even the larger entertainment industry, the most important things are two things: face and numbers.

In terms of her face, she should be

Not bad.

Although she is not as good as Mizushima Ayano, she is definitely better than most people anyway.

Even though Xiangzi did not intend to really reveal her and Ayano's true faces, she still had to have the confidence to maintain the mystery.

As for the numbers, that is, the number of fans, or intuitively converted into the number of YouTube subscribers... there is still some lack in this aspect, but Xiangzi believes that judging by the current momentum, it should not be a big problem.

Anyway, things are stable and improving, and the good days are yet to come!

However, Xiangzi feels that the biggest problem at the moment is how to prepare the next song for their channel.

Ayano probably doesn't have much time to write new songs right now, so if she wants to release new songs in a short period of time, accumulate more fans and increase audience stickiness, she must rely on herself.

After preparing all the ingredients for tonight, Xiangzi went to Ayano's room and turned on the computer.

PreSonus is an array software that Xiangzi uses quite frequently. It provides functions such as unlimited tracks, unlimited MIDI and instrument tracks, virtual instruments and effect channels.

The original plan was to start teaching digital arrangement after Ayano had mastered some knowledge of music theory and piano, but judging from the current progress, these tasks still have to fall on her alone.

The first thing Xiangzi saw after turning on the computer was the "Empty Box" project folder that had been saved on the desktop. However, today she was not going to modify the song, but to create a new one.

But the problem is that she is not very good at writing lyrics. Although she should be able to do it if she insists, Xiangzi is still worried that if her lyrics cannot reach the level of Ayano and Deng, the audience will not buy it.

"Hmm? What is this......"

Although Xiangzi had no hobby of looking through files in other people's computers, the folder named "Lyrics Book (Red Ginger)" placed in another place on the desktop was too attractive.

And... since it's related to "Red Ginger", she should have the right to take a look at it, right?

After hesitating for a moment, Xiangzi finally couldn't help but open the folder, but what made her speechless was... there was only a text document in the folder.

And the title is actually - "I knew you would peek"? !

Shoko, who was out of breath, almost wanted to stomp hard on Ayano's bed with his shoes on.

But thinking that she would be responsible for washing it if it got dirty, Xiangzi felt that she shouldn't bother with such a person with bad taste.

But for some reason, even though the document had such a title, Xiangzi couldn't help but click on it.

This time, she was even more surprised. The surprise wasn't because the document contained any teasing, but because it actually contained text that looked like lyrics:

Ikebukuro Station Platform

[At the ticket gate bathed in silver light, we chatted about the past and our inner thoughts all night long]

[Sitting side by side on a bench]

We promised each other a future that is still missing.

"This is......"

It is difficult to explain how Xiangzi felt when she saw this verse. All I can say is that when she read the first few lines of the lyrics, a scene flashed through her mind where she was in junior high school, with Xiaomu and Sushi, standing on the platform of the station and waving at the lights.

"The future that disappeared... It's as realistic as ever. I don't know where this guy got this from, though."

But when he looked back, Xiangzi realized that he might have been overthinking it.

The second half of the lyrics describes many different images and scenes. Although many of them have nothing to do with her memories, the picture of several people talking about the future together, walking hand in hand in a flower field, with the warm sunshine shining on everyone's face is really too beautiful.

It was so beautiful that she felt the lyrics of the song were a confession letter to a friend or lover.

However, when Xiangzi turned to the end and saw the title of the song written by Ayano, he was stunned.

【Song Title: Spring Day】

.........

"Ayano-chan, do you have any food left at home?"

"Yes, just go there and use your own skills. You only know a few things anyway."

Ayano complained quite naturally, without showing any nervousness at all.

She didn't even use the excuse of having no food at home to delay time. On the one hand, there was not much point in doing so, and on the other hand, it would make it easy for Aine to notice that something was wrong.

However... sometimes deliberately revealing some flaws is also a good tactic.

As Aine pulled his arm and kept chatting about what to eat tonight and the practice they would do together after dinner, the two of them slowly walked to the door of their house.

When they were only two meters away from the door, Ayano finally spoke:

“Um, Aine…”

"what happened?"

I heard Ayano's voice.

Something was not right, and Aine's eyes suddenly became subtle, and she began to wonder in her heart whether Ayano was up to something.

"I remembered I left something at my neighbor's house. How about you go in first and I'll go get it from their house and then come back."

"Get something?"

Aine looked at Ayano carefully. It was the first time she noticed that her childhood sweetheart was actually avoiding her gaze. "What are you holding?"

"...I made some desserts for them earlier, but I forgot to bring the lunch boxes back. They should be useful tonight."

"is it?"

Aine's brain was working rapidly as she carefully analyzed the irrationality in Ayano's words.

But if we only look at this sentence itself, there doesn't seem to be any clues, because Ayano said before that she did have a small friction with her neighbor, so it is very reasonable to take some actions to ease the relationship.

But something is still wrong, and it is very wrong!

By the way, at this time, you should reverse your thinking!

What if the contradiction is not in the sentence itself, but in the context in which it is expressed, which is simply impossible to happen in reality?

You know, Ayano had told her before that because of Ayano's father's meddling, her neighbor had moved to a bigger house, which meant...

The person living next door is definitely not the original neighbor, nor is it anyone else who might be affected by piano practice, but... Toyokawa Shoko!

there is only one truth!

Very good, her detective Chihaya finally caught Ayano-chan's flaw through her unremitting efforts.

If they are just ordinary piano teachers and friends, there seems to be no need to live together, right?

Although Aine thought that even if they lived next door, it would not be a big deal and she would not be so sensitive, the most important thing was that Ayano was panicked by this matter. What was behind this that she did not know about was what Aine was most concerned about.

She hopes that she and Ayano can always maintain the most sincere friendship, and not be alienated by suspicion and concealment.

But now is obviously not the time to show her cards directly. Aiyin has been losing for more than ten years. Now she finally has a chance to crush her opponent with intelligence, and she still wants to do more.

"Ayano-chan, how about I help you get it back? I also want to get to know your neighbors."

"Why do you know him? He's just a middle-aged uncle."

"..."

The more you evade, the more suspicious you become...

Aine felt that the most important thing right now was to get rid of Ayano, who might do something tricky at any time, and go visit the so-called "neighbor" by herself.

After coming up with a reasonable excuse, Aine spoke again, "You should go home and help prepare the ingredients. I misunderstood you today. After all, you, an introvert, can't come to such a social event."

Very good, use your own spear to attack your shield.

You can't believe it, Ayano-chan? You said yourself that you are introverted and don't want to interact with people other than yourself. Now she uses this reason to fight back. Let's see what reasonable excuses you can come up with!

"...I remembered they might not be home tonight. The uncle seemed to have told me to ask the manager for the key and then go get it myself."

I started to panic and speak without thinking.

Aine just wanted to laugh now. She felt that Ayano had completely lost her composure in the face of a real crisis.

Only Ayano could come up with such a lie.

Even if the husband is not at home at this time, the wife who is responsible for taking care of the children cannot be away from home. The only reason for this is to prevent her from discovering something she shouldn't when she arrives alone.

Besides... who would be so careless as to let someone just use the key to enter the house to look for something?

It's a miracle that you, Mizushima Ayano, can say such words.

"Then I'll go. You tell the manager and I'll go get the key right away."

"..." Ayano showed a hesitant expression, then sighed and said, "Okay, then give me your phone back and I'll call you now."

"Give."