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

and many more.

Could it be that Xiaoxiang is really facing some financial difficulties?

Su Shi, who had never thought of this possibility, suddenly felt as if he had discovered something after experiencing a day of "poverty".

.....

"Where's the tune?"

In the recording studio, Hachiman Kailing was adjusting the tone of the bass and habitually played a few random strokes to test the tone.

Her extremely skillful movements and quick playing skills really stunned Aine who was watching beside her.

"Amazing……"

Aine complained quietly, then realized that she shouldn't have said that.

"The music score is here." Li Xi didn't pay attention to what Ain did, but took out a music stand and placed the cyber music score on it.

The score was still the same song "Bi Tian Ban Zou", but the piano part was modified and removed by Li Xi because she really didn't know any other friends who could play the keyboard.

After Hai Ling leaned over to look at the music score and tried to play it a few times, she nodded to Li Xi and said:

"I see."

"It feels good." Li Xi already knew Hai Ling's level, so he sat behind the drum set with confidence.

Meanwhile, Hailing just remembered that she hadn't introduced herself yet, so she stopped playing and turned to Aine and Deng and said:

“I haven’t introduced myself yet.

My name is Hachiman Kailing, and I'm working part-time in about 30 bands. I hope you don't mind."

"Eh?"

30? Aine was completely stunned when she heard this number. Was this person serious?

“Well, there are only about 10 of them actually active.

As long as you contact me a week in advance, I will try my best to attend."

"Ah... I'm Chihaya Aine." Seeing that Hailing had finished introducing herself, out of politeness, Aine also introduced herself and Xiao Deng beside her, "And this is Xiao Deng."

"..."

Hai Ling looked down at the lamp, and without asking any more questions, she nodded slightly and said, "Please take care of me."

However, she was thinking about a lot of things in her heart because of the gray-haired girl in front of her. Although she was not very good at talking to people with this kind of personality, Hai Ling felt that it was often the existence of such people that was the foundation for a band to survive.

Why are only 30 out of 10 bands still active?

This question is easy to answer, but not so easy to answer.

"Okay, let's get started."

"Eh? Wait... so soon?"

Before Aine could react, Li Xi, who was anxious to get everyone started again, had already struck the drumsticks and started playing with Hai Ling beside him.

Because the incident happened suddenly, Aine was unable to keep up with the rhythm for a while, but because she had been practicing recently, she soon regained her feeling.

only……

When the three of them had already reached the part where they should start the vocals, the one holding the microphone didn't respond at all. He just stood there with a serious and confused look on his face, not wanting to speak at all.

"continue."

Lixi looked at Deng. She knew what Deng was hesitating about, but at this time she didn't want the last few people to fall apart, so she could only choose to continue.

Unfortunately, no matter how we played, the lamp refused to speak.

Just when Lixi was about to start over, Hailing stopped playing, took the bass hanging on her shoulder and put it in her bag.

"Hai Ling?"

"It seems like your players still haven't gotten over their past teammates."

"Wait……"

"When you have thought it through, come find me again."

Hai Ling did not follow Li Xi's subtext and continue to stay. Instead, she paused for a moment when passing by the light and said to the seemingly fragile girl:

"I will cheer for you."

After she finished speaking, she left the recording studio. After a brief silence in the room, the unwilling sound of the lamp was heard.

"why?"

"Because without the bass, the band couldn't go on."

"What about Suyo? And Ayano..."

"They won't come back." Li Xi didn't dare to look at the lights at this moment, nor did he dare to look at the lights after hearing this sentence.

"We've made a promise for a lifetime!!!"

All of a sudden, the lamp that had always been soft and gentle suddenly got angry, and the sound of its voice, even without the amplification of a microphone, was deafening to the other people present.

Li Xi knew she couldn't avoid it any longer. Not wanting Deng to continue clinging to that false promise, she excitedly replied, "That's all a lie!"

"what?"

Seeing Deng suddenly froze, Aine stepped forward and asked, "Can you explain? What do you mean it's all a lie?

Did Ayano-chan tell you that herself? Or was it Suyo…"

“It’s Sushi.

"

Lixi felt that she no longer had the strength to speak, but at this point, she couldn't hide it anymore.

"Sushi? Did she say she wanted to quit the band?"

"That's not true."

"Then why are you looking for new bass players, Li Xi? Didn't you tell Su Shi about this? This is inappropriate!

Could it be that she got angry and left the group because you found someone else without considering her feelings? "

"That guy never even thought about forming a new band!"

Really... one by one, why are you still speaking up for Su Shi who betrayed everyone?

"What's the meaning……"

"Everything she did was just to revive crychic. She said...Aine, Ayano, and Rakuna were unnecessary people."

When he said this, Li Xi didn't notice that the two people in front of him trembled, "She just used you to tie me and Deng down.

Ayano must have known this a long time ago, and only chose to leave after chatting with her alone for a night."

After hearing this, Aiyin suddenly thought of all the conversations that had taken place between her and Su Shi in the past two weeks.

She suddenly understood, understood the truth behind it all.

"Ah..." Aine felt as if she was abandoned, as if a piece of her heart was hollowed out. At this moment, she finally understood the reason why Ayano had been reluctant to say it.

So... Ayano already knew that Suye would never come back?

After knowing these truths, have you never had the heart to tell yourself the cruel facts?

"wrong!"

The sound of the lights interrupted Aine’s thoughts, “Sushi said we wanted to form a band together!

She also swore that she would never quit the group on her own initiative and would continue to work hard after this LIVE. Even if it wasn't perfect, we would make up for it together, so..."

"What's wrong?"

Li Xi interrupted Deng's words, "Do you also think crychic is good? Is that what you mean?

If you want to come back to the world, does that mean you don't need her anymore?"

At this point, Riki turned to look at Aine, who seemed a little unwell. "And Ayano, who's already been hurt, do you think it would be better to replace her with Shoko?"

"No, I just want everyone here to come back together..."

"impossible."

"It will definitely work!" Deng clasped her hands tightly against her chest, as if grasping her last hope. "How can it not work... Obviously, everyone..."

"So who are you going to choose? Suyo? Or Aine and the others?"

Just as Li Xi finished saying this angrily, she looked at Aiyin, who was putting away her guitar, in surprise and asked in a panic, "Where are you going?"

"You don't need me and Ayano anymore, right?"

Aine didn't know if she was angry or sad. Perhaps she just felt that she shouldn't be here.

She seemed to have not heard the words of reassurance from the lamp behind her. She just turned around when she reached the door and said with a dejected face that had not yet burst into tears:

"Xiao Deng and Su Shi should form crychic together."

After closing the door and leaving the recording studio, Aiyin cried all the way out, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

She knew she was embarrassed, but she just couldn't control herself.

But at this time she had only one thought in her mind, and she did take out her mobile phone and called Ayano according to this thought.

“Wuwu… Ayano-chan, I, I…” Aine’s words were halting, and her words could be broken into three parts, “Ayano, have you always known… why…”

"Stop crying, little fool."

Ayano's voice on the other end of the phone was gentle, as if she already knew what would happen, and this warm feeling indeed made the sad Aine's sobs much quieter.

"Where are you……"

"Of course I'm waiting for you at home. Come home early. Your mother Ayano has a fun video to show you~

I promise you won’t be sad anymore after watching it~”

ps: A new chapter on Ayano’s character design has been added in the work-related section, which includes a standing picture generated by AI. Because of this, please don’t worry too much about the details of the hands, that’s it!

Chapter 136 I Like You (2/2)

The person who escaped was like tearing a hole in the paper of night. There was no light in his heart, so tearing it off would only leave a dark spot.

Chihaya Aine is one such person who escaped.

At night, neon lights flickered in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, and the streets were bustling with people, but the hustle and bustle had nothing to do with her. Carrying her schoolbag and guitar, she walked through the brightly lit streets, but her heart was filled with silence.

For her, the only light may be Ayano who is waiting for her at home.

She walked quickly on the busy street, her steps hurried, as if something was chasing her. Deng and Lixi should still be in the studio, or maybe not.

They might be discussing their own departure, or discussing the continuation of crychic. But for Aiyin

Even if she stayed there, their voices seemed to be separated by a thick layer of glass, distant and blurry.

Aine felt excluded, as if an invisible wall separated her from them.

She had never been so eager to see Ayano before, just like a person dying of thirst seeing a glass of water.

On the way home, she was afraid that others would see her red eyes, but compared to that, she wanted to get home earlier. She wanted to tell Ayano all the grievances in her heart.

So as soon as she got off the bus, she quickly left the station and even jogged all the way to her doorstep.

She knocked on the door aggrievedly, and after confirming that the person who opened the door was the familiar Ayano, she rushed over.

"Okay, okay...it's okay, don't cry, Xiao Ai~"

Ayano kept caressing Aine's back, comforting the little girl's hurt emotions.

Although she didn't know what happened today, as long as things continued to ferment, it was only a matter of time before Aiyin knew everything behind it.

Ayano knew what kind of person Aine was. She would often put the problem on the table, because in the past, whenever there were conflicts or misunderstandings between her and Aine, they would communicate and resolve them in such a simple and direct way.

In this situation, when Aine found out that Su Shi had not come, her first reaction would definitely be to think that all this was a misunderstanding. Maybe in her opinion, this was just a performance mistake from the beginning.

Hmm... Thinking about it this way, maybe Xiangzi, who is currently writing a new song for Mujica in his bedroom, is also one of the culprits?

"What is Xiao Ai...and I'm not crying anymore!"

"Really? Let me see?"