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

"Hai Ling, do you know 'Red Ginger'?"

"know."

"This 'Red Ginger' is on YouTube... Hey, you actually knew about it?"

Hachiman Kailing looked at Li Xi's surprised eyes and explained expressionlessly:

"Because you often leave messages on their message boards."

"......"

Chapter 148 Hai Ling: Li Xi, don’t look back, I am actually Gao Songdeng (2/2)

"You mean, they're planning to collaborate with you on a song?"

Hai Ling rarely showed a puzzled expression, because she thought Li Xi would focus all his attention on the band, but she didn't expect Li Xi to be secretly

I'm in contact with the members of Red Ginger.

Hai Ling knew that Li Xi was learning composition and arrangement. She would sometimes give some opinions as a friend, but most of the time she would only give ideas for the arrangement of the bass part.

But at this time, he agreed to collaborate on music and even invited me...

Does this mean that Lixi is really so confused that she doesn't know what to do, and she can only numb herself in this way?

"Well, Polaris has sent me the music sheet. I took a look at it yesterday and it seems pretty good."

In fact, it's not just that it's pretty good. Lixi has no idea how to improve it. She feels that the only help she can provide is to find a capable helper like Hai Ling to complete the performance of this piece of music.

As for how to improve it? Li Xi had no idea at all.

Don't be fooled by her promises, saying that she would cheer up and start completing Ayano's song, and then write her own thoughts on the completed part...

But in reality, she just felt that she could do nothing. She... didn't have the talent after all.

Whether it was Ayano's songs or Polaris' songs, they all made her feel as if everyone she knew was a genius that she could never catch up with. Fortunately, these two people did not appear in front of her at the same time, otherwise Li Xi would really feel that her existence had no meaning at all.

Of course, Lixi had different feelings when facing these two people. Polaris was her elder after all, and was very gentle and had always given her a lot of encouragement and help. She would never feel inferior because of Polaris's talent. She would only admire such people from the bottom of her heart.

As for Ayano and Shoko, it is indeed difficult for Riki to face them with a normal heart. She knows that this is not good, but she can't control it.

So she couldn't help but wonder if it would be better if Polaris suggested Ayano or Shoko to collaborate with than inviting her.

"Okay, I'll contact you when I'm done."

"Ah... okay."

Li Xi nodded, then stared at Hai Ling's departing back in a daze, until she realized that if she didn't leave, senior sister Rinrinzi would send her a message asking why she hadn't arrived yet, then she finally stood up.

While walking on the way to RiNG, Li Xi was actually thinking about the scene when he was chatting with Polaris sister yesterday.

If there was any sentence that made Lixi feel that Polaris was someone who understood her very well, it must be his understanding of the drummer.

The drummer sat behind the drum kit, watching the backs of all the other players. It was difficult for the audience to even see her facial expressions or demeanor.

Although she can only see the backs of the other team members, each drummer is actually the guardian of the team. From her perspective, she may not be able to see the audience in the audience. After all, for a drummer, the figures of her teammates are her whole world.

So when the teammates left one by one, and those figures no longer stayed on the stage but left her forever, I think the person who was most sad was the drummer...

After all, for her, this means the whole world is leaving her.】

Yes, when the spotlights disappear one by one, when Ayano, Aine, Motoyo and even the lights all leave one by one, where should she go?

When Polaris said these words, Lixi understood that this was someone who could understand all her thoughts. The other person must have experienced too much, so he had such insights.

Li Xi still remembered that last night, out of excitement, he rashly asked a somewhat abrupt question:

[North Star Sister, your drummer must be amazing too, right?]

However, what surprised Li Xi a little, but not too much, was that Polaris did not hesitate too much nor was he dissatisfied with her question. Instead, he answered her directly and decisively:

[Yes, in the band I was in high school, the person I admired the most was our drummer.

It was because everyone felt her gaze from behind that they had the courage to stand on the stage.

"Lixi, you're a little late today~"

As Lixi was walking and reminiscing, she found that she had unknowingly walked to the door of RiNG's outdoor coffee shop.

At this moment, senior sister Rinrinko had changed into her work clothes and was standing at the door, looking at her with a somewhat amusing look.

"Is the wildcat here today?"

"Ah, you mean Lena-chan~" Rinrinko smiled slightly. Although she didn't know exactly what happened to Riki, she still answered for her, "She didn't seem to be here for the past two days, but she should be here after a while, right?

But don’t you have contact information? Although Lenai-chan is not very good at using the phone, she will still come over when she sees you.

"No... Never mind."

Li Xi sighed. She was embarrassed to say that the group chat had been completely dead in the past two days, and she didn't say that there might be no one else coming today.

After changing into work clothes in the locker room, Lixi silently did her work. She just looked towards the door, hoping to see someone familiar coming in.

Sometimes she hoped that it would be an angry Ayano who would come in and ask her why Aine quit.

Sometimes she wishes she could go

It was Aine who came in, because in most cases, Aine was always accompanied by Deng.

Sometimes she even hoped that it was Su Shi who came in, although she knew that Su Shi would never sit not far in front of her like before and let her serve her a cup of black tea.

"Lixi, there are almost no customers anymore. You can go into the recording studio you reserved."

"Ah."

Li Xi nodded, and then, under Rin Rinko's somewhat worried gaze, he walked into RiNG's backstage with his bag on his back, and then he pushed open the door of the recording studio, which seemed very crowded in the past, alone.

There was no noisy voice of Aine, no words of mediation like Suyo's mother, no reliable look and confident face of Ayano, and no lamp that had always given her strength and resonance.

Lixi sat next to the drum set and looked up at the ceiling. Time passed by minute by minute, and her mood gradually became anxious. She even wanted to leave several times.

But Lixi was always afraid that she would miss someone if she left early. She was worried that she would not become the outstanding drummer that Polaris described, who always guarded her teammates' backs and waited until everyone looked back even when they gradually walked away.

However, such persistence was eventually broken by reality. Li Xi glanced at the clock hanging on the wall. It was almost 8 o'clock, which could be said to be the time when they usually parted.

"Looks like it's all over."

Lixi felt that she still could not be as great as the drummer friend that Polaris mentioned. She was just a weak person who habitually retreated.

But just as Lixi stood up and prepared to pack her backpack and leave, the door handle of the recording studio suddenly turned, and her eyes lit up. Although she turned around, she soon found that the person who came in was not the one she expected.

"...Why do you look so disappointed?"

Hachiman Kailing walked into the recording studio carrying her bass, and looked at her friend who was surprised one second and disappointed the next, and complained expressionlessly.

.......

ps: Due to the full attendance algorithm, this chapter must be posted before 6 o'clock, and there will be two more updates during the day to make up for the two updates during the leave.

Chapter 149: It turns out that the North Star has always been guiding me gently (Supplement 1)

"No...are you done with your work?"

"Ah."

Hachiman Kailing nodded, without saying anything or asking anything more. Instead, she put down her bass bag and silently took out her bass. After everything was ready, she stood beside Lixi and asked:

"Is there any sheet music?"

"some."

Li Xi was stunned for a moment, then took out the tablet from his bag and found the music score that Polaris sent him yesterday.

She had read the lyrics of the song "Qunqing" yesterday. It describes an emotion full of hope and struggle, expressing the pursuit of dreams and longing for the future.

Of course, where there are dreams there is confusion. The first half of the lyrics describes people’s first reaction when facing the unknown and confusion. Although Lixi knows that this song is probably not written for her, she really likes the feeling that this song brings her.

There were two verses of the lyrics that she particularly liked, and because of this, she had been looking forward to the day when the complete version of the song would be released.

No...it should be said that she likes every song of Red Ginger. Different from some musicians who love to show off their skills, Li Xi feels only sincerity in these songs of Red Ginger.

"Hmm... looks pretty good."

Hachiman Kailing narrowed her eyes, not knowing whether the "pretty good" she mentioned referred to the song itself or Li Xi's aesthetic taste.

As for the song itself, the bass line is compact and powerful, forming a solid rhythmic framework following the drum beats. This strong sense of rhythm makes the whole song dynamic and powerful.

Although the bass in this song requires techniques such as glissando and string striking, these are all easy to accomplish for Hai Ling.

The most important thing for her has never been the difficulty of the song, but the difficulty of gathering all the people who perform the song.

"Aren't they here?"

"..." Li Xi was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized what Hai Ling was referring to, "She shouldn't be coming, right?"

The song is everyone's voice, a chorus in which all members participate. This is a sentence that Polaris has often said to himself recently.

In Lixi's opinion, the chorus here is actually a collection of sounds produced by the instruments in everyone's hands, a fusion of beat and melody, and a beautiful harmony created by people who don't need to speak but open their mouths.

It’s a pity... I can no longer see the backs of my teammates.

Obviously, Lixi no longer wanted to continue on this topic. Instead of talking about the band's affairs, she wanted to find something to do.

If Aine and Deng hadn't left, what she could have done was to let the remaining people continue practicing and prepare for the next LIVE in advance.

So now only

Left alone, all she could do was to fulfill what she had promised Polaris, to perform the song as well as she could and to offer some of her own ideas for arrangement and composition.

As for what she would do after this matter was over, and what else she could do... Li Xi had never thought about it, and she no longer had the confidence to think about whether she could accomplish those things that seemed impossible to accomplish.

"By the way, let me give you Polaris's contact information."

Lixi took out her cell phone and told Hailing Polaris's LINE number. At the same time, she also sent a message to the other party, briefly introducing Hailing to Polaris.

After finishing all this, Li Xi began to prepare for the recording on his side and Hai Ling's side.

She carefully checked the equipment to make sure everything was working properly. At the same time, Li Xi was looking forward to this collaboration with Hai Ling, even though they had rarely had the opportunity to work together before.

Facts have also proved that Hailing is as reassuring and reliable as ever.

She is not only highly professional, but also very serious in every aspect and has a tacit understanding with me. Although the two of them have not had many opportunities to work together before, their combination seemed very natural during this recording.

The entire recording process went smoothly, and the coordination between the two groups was seamless. Even though there was a small mistake during the performance, it was only because everyone was not familiar with the new music score.

But when both of them stopped playing, Li Xi still felt a sense of emptiness and trance in his heart.

Listening to the final complete version on the computer, she...always felt like something was missing.

It's not just because this performance is not a complete song at all, and the whole song sounds very thin without the main instrument; it's not just because after doing what I should do, I can't find a new goal.

Li Xi felt that the biggest problem was that although the quality of the song was good enough, it lacked a sense of wonder.

Compared with Polaris's previous songs, this one wasn't as good... Especially after she completed the remaining parts, the still inadequate feeling of loss made her feel a little regretful.

But where is the problem?

Because Hai Ling didn't like to talk much, and she noticed that Li Xi was always concentrating on something, the entire recording studio fell into a rather delicate situation.

The computer next to him used for monitoring and recording was still working, and Li Xi seemed to have thought of something. He stood up and walked to the computer to look at the music engineering file sent to him by Polaris. He picked up the headphones and started playing the music over and over again.

Polaris's singing voice was still as beautiful as ever, and it even made her feel familiar as if she had already known him in real life.

This is probably the affinity of Sister Polaris at work, right?

"wrong……"

"What's wrong?" Hai Ling raised her eyebrows and asked curiously.

"There's a verse missing."

Li Xi frowned as she compared the lyrics text sent by Polaris yesterday with the lyrics version in the complete song demo. In the end, she did find a problem, which was that her favorite part of the lyrics was not included in the song.

Let the true voice hidden in your heart echo out.

Even if you pretend not to see it, it still exists, and it still exists in your heart.

These are the two parts. She listened to them several times but never heard them sung.

Logically speaking, Polaris would never make such a mistake, not to mention that she had taken the initiative to suggest this verse and she really liked it.

But why wasn't it included in the final version? Could it be that... this was done intentionally?

Lixi suddenly smiled, because she felt that Polaris was really a very gentle person, so gentle that even if she needed to face her inner feelings, she didn't say any harsh words directly to her.

Yes, why did she like this lyrics?

Or why has she always been so addicted to the lyrics of "Lantern"? Isn't it because the lyrics resonate with people, making them feel that they themselves are hidden in these words?