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

The powerful words themselves were spoken through shouting, but at this moment there was no audience who was not moved by this emotion. As Xiangzi, who was being shouted at from a distance, he suddenly felt an urge to take a step forward.

however……

Lenai's guitar melody began to change key, from impromptu chord overlapping to the prelude of a familiar song.

She could not forget the melody of "Haruhi Shadow". Even though she had secretly made up her mind in front of Ayano that she would never be defeated by this song again, the fact that this song played at such a time still made Xiangzi in the audience stunned.

Chapter 95: Nagasaki Suyo's Three Deadly Questions (1/2)

What does the spring shadow mean to Xiangzi?

Xiangzi had actually thought about this question a long time ago. When Ayano used provocation to force her to play it again, she had already felt something at that moment.

Perhaps, this is not just a song, or in other words... when Deng sang the lyrics, the meaning of "Spring Shadow" changed from a song to a past and a confession.

[My heart is filled with haggardness, and my eyes are wandering]

I am alone in this world, in the fading spring.

Once upon a time, Xiangzi thought that this sentence was about an introverted lamp, a singer who felt lonely but did not want to indulge in loneliness, and an arm stretched out to the sky with all his strength.

When she first saw these words, she was moved by the sincere cry and thought that such a silent narrative should be added with music and transformed into colorful music for the world to listen to.

but now......

Looking at the lights on the stage that were no longer lonely, and himself wrapped in darkness below the stage, Xiangzi felt that he was the person mentioned in the lyrics.

Deng's singing was very pleasant, and seemed to have improved a lot compared to before. However, this beautiful singing voice always made Xiangzi feel as if he was isolated in a cover and surrounded by the sympathetic gazes of others.

[Heart-wrenching yet endearing]

Ayano and the others' harmony sang on the stage, and Deng seemed to sense something. Under Xiangzi's complicated gaze, he took a step to the side and looked at the people around him.

【I feel like I understand now】

[Happiness yet confusion]

[Shining on me who can't cry, the light gently takes me along]

When singing to this point, Deng stretched out his right hand again as in his memory, and Xiangzi subconsciously wanted to reach out to grab it, just like reaching for the past that he had never forgotten.

But when he saw that the hand that Deng stretched out was facing Ayano, and Ayano in the distance smiled and nodded to him, Xiangzi was stunned.

The hand that was stretched out in the air was suddenly retracted.

Is that so...I am actually redundant.

Xiangzi wanted to laugh. She laughed at herself for being so obsessed with the past and herself in the lyrics; she laughed at herself for having only been helping Ayano find her place from the beginning to the end, while her own place was not real.

Whether it was the fact that she no longer needed her own lamp, or the fact that she felt like a tool and that she was a "red ginger" who could not find much sense of belonging from beginning to end, both made her feel that she was truly alone at this moment.

What will the future hold? She doesn't know... She only knows that her value in being around Ayano has slowly faded.

"Do you still expect to live in my house forever?"

This sentence came to Xiangzi's mind again, just like the nightmare scene she often dreamed of at night. She seemed to have seen the situation where she was not expected by anyone and was rejected by others because of her current pretentious and troublesome personality.

Why are your hands so warm?

[Hey, please]

Please don't let go from now on.

warmth........

How ironic.

Xiangzi once thought that for the singer Xiaodeng, what she needed was companions around her to extend their hands and hold the lonely lamp tightly.

But if the situation were reversed, Xiangzi would now feel that these lyrics were the best summary of her current weak and unconscious state.

"It's Kasuga Shadow who doesn't belong to crychic."

"......"

Tears were already streaming down her face, and she looked utterly embarrassed. After hearing Xiao Mu's words without any emotional ups and downs, Xiangzi could no longer stand the suffocating feeling brought to her by this LIVE, and turned around and walked out.

She tried hard not to look like she was running away, because she knew that her student Ayano was on the stage.

In any case, she didn't want to give that guy the impression that she was a lost dog at this time.

However, the hurried steps and staggering figure, as well as the miserable look of being the only one walking against the flow and trying to push away the audience to escape at this moment, were still noticed by Suyo and Ayano on the stage.

Ayano frowned slightly. She was a little surprised why Xiangzi suddenly left at this time.

But the performance continued. Although she wanted to chase after him and ask, she could only stay where she was and continue playing her piano.

Unlike her calmness, Su Shi on the side was in a state of disarray as if struck by a bolt from the blue.

how come.......

Su Shi, holding the bass, looked at Xiangzi who had already walked to the door, and saw the other party wiping his tears with his hands. Su Shi suddenly panicked.

That's impossible, there must be something wrong.

She must be dreaming. This must be just a nightmare she had the night before the live because she was too nervous.

But when Su Shi bit his tongue with his teeth and felt the pain, he realized that all this was real.

But, why is this?!

She had clearly already achieved most of her success. She gathered her former team members, tried her best to mediate the minor conflicts she could, and waited for Xiangzi to arrive as expected.

But why did the agreed substitute performance turn into a three-song performance? Why did it say that there was no need to perform the etudes live, but it ended up with such a wasted performance?

She felt like she was a real sinner now. She didn't even know how to face Xiangzi or how to explain that she didn't stab him.

Su Shi's muscle memory allowed her to continue playing the bass cooperatively, but she had already fallen into a gloomy state.

The brown-haired girl lowered her head and stared at her toes. She wanted to give herself some courage to move her legs and go directly off the stage to catch up with the fleeing Xiangzi, but she found that her legs seemed to be trembling slightly.

That bang, is that tinnitus?

No...it turned out to be the applause and cheers from the audience after the performance. However, the cheers were too harsh, causing Su Shi, who had his head lowered, to tremble even more.

"Thank you everyone~"

"Xiao Deng, don't forget to take your notebook."

Amidst the applause, a familiar voice rang out. Was it Aine?

Su Shi couldn't hear clearly and didn't have the strength to raise her head. Only after everyone around her left did she finally take a slow step and follow everyone to the backstage.

"Success! What a great success!"

"What are you talking about? It's clearly a huge success!"

"..."

Su Shi clenched her hands tightly, but just when she couldn't help but say something, she looked up and saw several unfamiliar people appearing in front of them.

"Mizushima Dai...-san, congratulations on your successful performance!"

Several girls suddenly rushed in front of the group, and the one leading the group was holding a pink bouquet of flowers and looked at the somewhat confused Ayano with excitement.

"This is?"

"Eh? Mizushima-san doesn't like it? But I heard that Mizushima-san's favorite flowers are pink.

I later double-checked, and she said as long as it wasn’t blue…”

Although the girl spoke the second half of the sentence very quietly, Su Shi still heard it.

And when she realized that the sentence meant "not blue but pink", she looked at Ayano with disbelief.

W-why...Ayano, you actually? !

"Is that so?" Ayano smiled, first glanced at Aine out of the corner of her eye, then naturally took the flowers from her hand, "Thank you, I like it very much."

"Ahhh, Mizushima-sama has accepted my love."

"Shut up!" The girl with glasses slapped her head in annoyance, then spoke nervously, "The sudden extra song time is a surprise for Mizushima-san. Of course, we heard in advance that you guys have a third song, so we hope Mizushima-san won't be too bothered..."

"why."

Just when they were talking happily, Su Shi's voice interrupted everything.

“Why is there suddenly a third song… Why do you like pink and not blue… Why…”

"Why are you playing Kasuga Shadow?!!!"

Chapter 96: Xiaoxiang runs away from home (2/2)

"Didn't you say you wouldn't play it again?"

Su Shi's emotions finally and inevitably erupted, and she stared at Ayano next to Aine, as if all the problems were caused by her.

"I didn't say that."

Li Xi frowned. Although she had expected this, she still felt a little uncomfortable seeing Su Shi suddenly go berserk in front of outsiders.

The few girls from the fan club who were frightened by this sudden change were also a little hesitant. Fortunately, Ayano hinted to them to leave first with her eyes. The frightened girls said a few words of apology and left quickly.

"We just said we had two songs to sing the new songs we recently rehearsed, but now..."

"Then why is there a third song? Ayano, why on earth did you do this?!"

Hearing Su Shi pointing the finger at Ling

Yes, Aine also stood up, but when facing Su Shi, who had always been very gentle, her tone was naturally not as harsh as when facing Riki.

And from Aine's perspective, Su Shi's emotional outburst was a bit strange, and she always felt that there was some misunderstanding.

"Mr. Suyo, Ayano wasn't aware of today's plans. This was just an accident."

"So what are you so excited about?" Riki rarely stood on the side of Aine and Ayano, but her tone and words made Su Shi feel hurt.

"...Xiaoxiang was crying just now. Do you know how much this hurt her?"

"Xiangzi is crying?"

Aiyin was a little stunned. She knew that Xiangzi would come today, but she didn't know why Xiangzi was crying?

Could it be that I am too strong?

"So what?" Li Xi was stunned for a moment, but soon said calmly, "So what if she cried? It has nothing to do with us, right?"

In Lixi's opinion, they had not invited Xiangzi to watch the live performance.

Coming to the LIVE on your own, breaking down on your own, and then running away in tears on your own, what is this?

"It has nothing to do with you?"

Su Shi unconsciously replaced the "we" in Riki's mouth with "you", which was considered to completely separate her current position from the fake new band, and also completely exposed her true thoughts in front of Ayano under her excited appearance.

But in her opinion, their behavior had already caused such harm to Xiangzi, but now they just brushed it off with a casual word that it was irrelevant?

She could not accept such "betrayal" no matter what.

Even if she should have known from the beginning that what she thought was "betrayal" did not exist at all, and even if it did, it would not be done by the people in front of her.

“…Too much, too much!”

She had imagined in her heart that after Xiangzi came back, the band members would be able to continue to live in harmony as before, but now it seems that she is the only one who has such an idea.

Su Shi really couldn't stay there any longer, so without thinking, he just picked up Beth and ran out.

"Sushi-kun!"

"and many more."

Ayano caught up with Aine who was about to chase after her. Seeing her worried expression, she shook her head, "She won't listen to anything I say if I catch up with her now. Let her calm down first."

"……All right."

Seeing Aine frowning, Ayano thought for a moment and decided to take her away first.

She felt that since Xiangzi had suddenly run away like this, he would definitely not go home obediently tonight. Given his troublesome personality, he might give her a hard time looking for him.

"Let's leave it at that for today. We'll talk about Su Shi's matter tomorrow. Aine and I will be leaving first."

"you……"

Lixi wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, she took it back. However, she still had a uneasy feeling in her heart.

It was like...the feeling that something horrible was about to happen.

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