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

Su Shi didn't know what exactly happened, she could only guess. From her point of view, the person who was least likely to be absent, besides Ayano, should be Riki.

But they didn't wait too long.

When Aine was practicing silently alone, the door of the recording studio was suddenly pushed open. However, it was not only Li Xi who walked in, but also Lenai, who was grabbed by the arm like a chicken.

"Lena?"

"This guy..." Li Xi put Lenai in a suitable position, and then explained helplessly, "I happened to meet him when I came here, so I captured him together."

"Eh? Rikki, did you go back and change your clothes?"

Aine noticed that Riki wasn't wearing a school uniform, so she asked with some confusion.

"Yeah, I skipped class."

“Hiss…” Aine sighed, shaking her head. “Doesn’t this make her look even more like a delinquent girl? Well… but it’s still better than someone who has no conscience at all.”

Strictly speaking, Aine was indeed a little affected by Riki's fighting spirit.

Although Li Xi is the hardest person to talk to in the band, it seems that he is also the one who cares most about the LIVE.

Aine had actually heard some of Xiao Deng's concerns when she was in school before.

She said that she was very afraid that everyone would separate again after the next LIVE, and this seemed to have become a kind of worry for Xiao Deng. Even now, when Aine observed Xiao Deng's expression, she still felt that the other party's emotions were not right.

Do you want to persuade him?

But just when Aine was about to walk over to Xiao Deng and say something, her arm was grabbed by Ayano.

"...Ayano?"

Seeing that Ayano was just looking at her quietly and then shook her head, Aine frowned and hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to listen to Ayano's wishes on such a crucial matter and chose to remain silent.

They may quarrel, but for Aine, she trusts Ayano unconditionally. Since Ayano does this, there must be a better way to handle it, right?

"I've written the melody for the new song."

Li Xi put her bag on the ground and didn't notice anything unusual on Aine's side. She took out the mobile phone with the 12th version demo from her bag and showed it to everyone.

"Ah? So fast?" Su Shi asked in surprise as he walked over.

"Tsk."

"Ah...that." Perhaps feeling that his words had touched a sore spot in Li Xi's heart, Su Shi hurriedly continued, "Why don't you listen to it first?"

"Ah."

Li Xi glanced in Ayano's direction and found that she didn't show any disdain, so he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Really, why does she care so much about Ayano's opinion?

Perhaps it was because Ayano shocked him so much that day, and when he was composing the music yesterday, he had been thinking about how he would handle this melody if it were her.

I feel like... I'm no longer writing songs for Xiao Deng, but to avoid being outdone by someone else.

Li Xi took a deep breath and played the arranged music. The fast-paced melody of 192bpm came out. Although there were no specific lyrics and the sound of the instruments in each part was very thin, no one cared about these and just listened to the whole song quietly.

Only after the music finished playing did Li Xi turn off the player with trembling fingers.

"That sounds really good~"

After Sushi finished speaking, Aine beside her echoed, "What a song it is... Ah, Ayano, why are you pinching me?"

"..."

Ayano rolled her eyes at the idiot and didn't say anything else at this moment, because Riki was almost choked by Aine's inexplicable and somewhat sarcastic words.

However, Li Xi still endured it. After calming down, he set his sights on Deng and asked nervously, "Deng, what do you think?"

“…It feels very warm.”

"..."

When Li Xi heard this recognition from Deng, he felt suddenly strengthened.

"I'll try my best to sing!"

"Yeah." Li Xi rarely showed a smile, but her smile was only directed at Xiao Deng. "

Great, that's all...right?"

"Um...can you slow down a bit? This seems a bit too fast."

"No."

Li Xi's expression changed instantly and he refused without a second thought, "If it's too slow, there's no sense of speed. Besides, you... can't keep avoiding fast-paced songs."

He originally wanted to say something harsher, but when he thought of Ayano's action of "standing up for herself" just now, Li Xi softened his tone a little.

"Next, I will send you the parts that belong to you..."

Having said that, Li Xi suddenly became troubled.

Because this song is mainly guitar-based, she didn't know whether she didn't consider Aine's feelings due to time constraints before writing it, or if she simply felt that she shouldn't deliberately slow down the tempo just because someone was holding her back...

In short, the responsibility for the guitar was basically all placed on Aine, with no consideration given to how Lenna's part should be distributed.

"Hmm~"

While Li Xi was still thinking, Lenai, who had been restless for some time, popped up and walked to the pad with the music score, then quickly read the score on it.

The genius's ability to adapt and improvise always amazes people. For example, Lenai, who was already immersed in the guitar at the moment, played a new melody based on the song written by Lixi but with many changes, which made Lixi stunned.

"..."

No, this song is still not enough.

Her new songs are still far from being able to match the level of Kasuga Kage and Shinobi, and she... still needs to supplement her own melodies.

Without thinking, Li Xi picked up his phone and tablet and started packing up. While others looked puzzled, he casually said, "I'm going to go back and make some changes," and prepared to leave.

But before leaving, she returned to Lenai's side, stared at her face intently, and said seriously:

"You must not be late tomorrow!"

"No, Rikki, what are you doing?"

Before Aiyin could stomp her feet, the door was closed by Li Xi.

But it was soon opened again... Well, the person who opened the door was Le Na, and then it was quickly closed again after she opened it. This time there were only four people left in the recording studio.

"How about...let's just call it a day today?"

Su Shi felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward, so she asked tentatively. Although she was helpless about Li Xi's sudden departure, she still had to consider the overall situation at this time, right?

While stabilizing others, they use their stable emotions to drive the unstable Li Xi, thus forming a double-sided situation with themselves who are in control of everything, which will surely ensure that the crucial "Soul Summoning" LIVE will be performed smoothly!

"It's okay. I understand Lixi's situation. When inspiration strikes, he really needs a chance to be alone."

Hearing Ayano speak, Suyo became even happier.

As expected of the most courageous general under her command, he gained control as soon as he opened his mouth.

"But it wouldn't be a good idea for us to just go back like this. After all, the LIVE is in a few days, and we don't have much time left to practice."

Hmm... Su Shi nodded silently. She did agree with Ayano's point of view, but what she didn't expect was Ayano's next words.

"Besides, we can still practice even if Li Xi is not here. If we want to practice, we can practice on our own. There is no rule that everyone must be present before we can practice, right?"

Wait...why does this sound so familiar?

Even Ayano's face began to change slowly, as if her hair suddenly changed from brown to blue.

"But if Riki doesn't come, we won't be able to practice." Aine was a little dissatisfied. She finally got a chance to slack off due to no fault of hers. How could she allow the sinful Ayano to make random suggestions?

And it's obvious that Ayano is deliberately delaying time, just to avoid the issue of cohabitation she mentioned.

Of course, Aine also hoped that Li Xi, who had run back home, could change the music score, or at least make her part a little simpler.

"Aine, you're the one who needs practice the most right now. I think it's better not to expect you to practice at home... Don't others understand me, but I do understand you?

If you have any questions here, I can still urge you and help you, and when you return home…”

"do not talk……"

There was some panic in Su Shi's eyes, but she still used a very calm tone to stop Ayano from continuing.

When she said this, she turned her head and looked in the direction of the lamp. Sure enough, she saw a fear of escape in the eyes of the lamp.

It seems that what Xiangzi said on that rainy day hurt Deng deeply, so much so that she could not completely ignore the possibility that Deng's emotions would accumulate and lead to collapse.

It was over. The soldiers in the front ran away because of food shortages, and a general in the rear lit a torch and burned the remaining food.

Also, are you sure that Mizushima Ayano isn't pretending to be Shoko?!

Well! This is God's will to kill her!

Chapter 72 I, Nagasaki Suyo, swear that I will never voluntarily quit the team! (2/2)

Life is a huge web.

For others, they are just a node on this network, connected to friends, family and partners, forming a larger whole.

But for Gao Songdeng at this moment, she is a person caught in the web of life. The woven tangles from all sides have trapped her, leaving her breathless.

.

Same words, similar scenes, but the specific circumstances have changed.

But this sense of déjà vu still made Deng feel fearful. She now had a premonition that after the LIVE this weekend, their group would still fall apart and return to the chaotic state before.

"LIVE... forget it."

“Eh?” Aine was the first to react. She looked at Ayano and then at Deng and said, “Deng, what are you doing…”

“It will disband.”

That feeling of uneasiness lingered in Deng's heart. Although he remembered what Ayano said about facing his fear, Deng now felt that he could not do it at all.

She lowered her head, not daring to look at anyone in front of her, but her words were so heavy that the atmosphere in the entire recording studio became somewhat frozen.

"Why would Xiao Deng think so?"

Ayano, who still didn't understand why all this happened, frowned slightly as she looked at the light that suddenly became emo, and asked with some confusion.

“Because that’s how it was before.”

In response to Ayano's questions, Deng would always naturally express his thoughts, "As long as we keep practicing in the studio, we will never be separated..."

"That will only make it disband faster."

"Ayano-chan?" Su Shi didn't know what to say. Why was Ayano speaking so bluntly today? Even the sentence just now seemed to add fuel to the fire.

Afraid that Deng would be hurt again, she hurried to Deng's side, held her hand and looked at Deng with a smile, as if she wanted to tell Deng in this way that she was always by her side.

"Although I've never formed a band before, you might think I'm exaggerating and talking nonsense."

Ayano ignored Suye's little action. She still looked into Deng's eyes and stated her opinion firmly, "But we are a team, and it is normal for a team to have disagreements.

Even if we are not six people, even if we are only three or four people, everyone has different expectations for the team.

Some people may stay for their own selfish desires, in order to gain achievements from the team's activities that cannot be achieved through individual actions, or more likely, they stay just for the existence of a certain person in the team. "

"..."

The few people who felt affected by the words all smiled awkwardly, but Aine was also a little curious about the last sentence in Ayano's words.

Perhaps this sentence refers to...

"I'm talking about Li Xi and Xiao Deng. Don't be so sentimental, Aine."

"How do you know what I'm thinking?!"

"I can read minds."

Although it was only effective on Aine.

"Ha ha……"

After casually interrupting for a few seconds, Ayano straightened her expression, then walked up to Deng and put her hand on his shoulder.

"A team can have some disagreements, but we must never be without a common goal. If we keep practicing aimlessly in the studio, one day we will have irreconcilable conflicts because our individual goals cannot be met by the team.

Because without a goal, we have no consensus. If we don’t have a consensus and want to compromise to reach a consensus, the emotions of the people who compromise will always be suppressed, and eventually new conflicts will break out.

But if we set a goal in advance, then before the goal is completed, at least we can all work together to achieve it.

Whether it's attending the first live show or going to a big music party at a Budokan, these are the fundamental things that bring the band together."