"I'm not trying to comfort you. It's normal to do impulsive things during adolescence," Liu Hao said in a relaxed tone. "For example, I also did something to escape when I was a freshman in high school. Yours pales in comparison."

Aine blinked and asked curiously, "What did you do?"

"I jumped into the water and tried to commit suicide."

"what?"

Chihaya Aine's eyes widened in disbelief and she blurted out, "Are you okay, then?"

Liu Hao also opened his eyes wide, and after staring at Aiyin for several seconds, he opened his arms and said, "Yes, kid, I won the resurrection match and am back."

“Puff——”⑨

Chihaya Aine suddenly laughed out loud, her eyebrows curved, and her beautiful face was full of smiles. However, after laughing twice, the girl quickly covered her mouth, feeling a little guilty for laughing at such a serious matter. But thinking about it, Liu Hao said it so easily, he should have already stopped caring, right?

"Well, why do you want to commit suicide?"

"During adolescence, there are things you just can't figure out for a while." Liu Hao curled his lips and said with a faint smile, "I'm sure you've had this experience too, that is, sometimes you get stuck in a dead end. At that time, I feel that, oh, why is my life so unlucky? Why do all the bad things happen to me? I am no more or less in this world. I might as well just die. There is no point in living anyway."

"Yeah."

Aiyin responded softly. She also understood this thought. For one thing, when her junior high school friend found out that she didn't study in the UK, she felt that she might as well die. It wouldn't be as embarrassing as this. Of course, it was only a fleeting thought.

"Then what happened to you? Were you rescued by others?"

"No, I wasn't thinking straight at the time. I couldn't even commit suicide." Liu Hao shrugged, a mixture of nostalgia and relief. "I was planning on drowning myself in a fish pond outside our village, but they were pumping out the fish at the time, so the water was only shallow enough to drown me."

"I was covered in mud and water. After struggling out of the pond, I lay down in the weeds by the roadside, looking up at the stars in the sky. I wondered why I was so unlucky that I couldn't even commit suicide. I really had encountered all the bad luck in the world."

Chihaya Aine looked at Liu Hao's face and listened to his calm narration. She felt her whole heart was tied to him. She knew that this cheerful and optimistic boy in front of her would be the final result, but she still asked nervously: "And then, what happened next?"

"Then I figured it out. I was just stuck in a rut for a while."

Liu Hao looked at the street lights that lit up beside him, smiled slightly and said, "I was lying there looking at the stars. After looking for a long time, I suddenly realized that the starry sky at night is so damn beautiful. Why didn't I realize that the stars are so beautiful before? If I die, won't I be able to see such beautiful stars?"

"Of course the world wouldn't be any less without me, but it certainly wouldn't be any less with me either. There are still so many beautiful sights to see. Why are you so young and thinking about life and death?"

"And you, too." Liu Hao changed the subject, looking at the girl beside him and said, "You're so pretty and cute, you have a lot of wonderful life ahead of you, and you're as thick-skinned as I am. Your future is really promising, isn't it?"

Originally, Chihaya Aine was twisting the hair on her forehead, her heart was filled with tenderness, but she suddenly heard Liu Hao's comment about her being "shameless". The girl puffed up her cheeks and glared at Liu Hao fiercely, revealing her cute fangs as if she wanted to bite him.

Liu Hao even went further, suppressing a laugh as he said, "Oh no, it seems today that you're much less thick-skinned than I am. It seems the future isn't so promising either."

Aiyin snorted softly, "You're so shameless, are you still feeling proud?"

"Why can't you be proud? Thick skin means you're invincible."

Liu Hao and Ai Yin, one lowered their heads and the other raised their heads, staring at each other as if they were at loggerheads. They saw their own figures reflected in each other's clear eyes, and then laughed at the same time, not caring about the strange looks from passers-by, they laughed happily.

"Hahaha, so stupid—"

"You know that, idiot."

Liu Hao extended his hand to Chihaya Aine and said, "Come back with me. It doesn't matter whether you form a band or not, or whether you participate in the concert or not. Just make it clear to everyone."

"Ah."

Chihaya Aine responded, then hesitated after reaching out her hand. She lifted a strand of hair and twirled it around, "But Li Xi is right. My original intention of forming a band was to be vain..."

Liu Hao said nonchalantly, "What does it matter? If you must say, we are all vain. Otherwise, why would we go on stage to perform? Isn't it just to enjoy the cheers of the audience?"

"That's right, Li Xi also said that I am vain."

Aine pouted and said, "Let her put so much pressure on me, just watch me steal all her limelight on the stage."

"Decided?"

"I've decided. I'm going to continue forming a band and I'm going to participate in performances."

Chihaya Aine smiled brightly, grabbed Liu Hao's hand, crossed their fingers together, and rubbed the calluses on Liu Hao's hand with her delicate palm, causing her slender body to tremble.

"We're a pressure-resistant duo. If I quit the band, wouldn't you be the only one left to be scorned by Li Xi? That would be so disloyal!"

Volume 104: Chapter Chapter : Moving Forward Even Without Getting Lost

Liu Hao felt a little regretful at this moment. He had just extended his hand to Aiyin just to liven up the atmosphere, but he didn't expect that the girl would take the initiative to interlock their fingers and he couldn't let go.

It’s not that Liu Hao doesn’t like the feeling of holding hands with Aine, and it’s not the first time they have held hands. He didn’t think there was anything wrong with holding hands when he was chasing Takamatsu Deng before.

In fact, the girl's slender hands are as soft as boneless, and the warmth held in her hands is like a piece of soft jade. What's more, it's not just a matter of touch. The skin touches, they feel each other's body temperature, and the arms touch the shoulders, and there is an indescribable throbbing of youth.

Such throbbing can easily lead people to think wrongly——

Liu Hao couldn't help but turn his head to look at the girl beside him. He had never noticed it so closely before. The pink color of Aiyin's hair was as light and comfortable as spring cherry blossoms. Even her eyebrows were a light pink. Under her thick eyelashes were a pair of affectionate eyes, a straight nose, and beautiful pink lips with a charming luster. She was a very beautiful young girl.

Perhaps she noticed Liu Hao's gaze, or perhaps it was a matter of unease, but Aiyin blinked her eyes, smiling, and turned her head to meet Liu Hao's gaze. She remembered what Liu Hao had said before and retorted, "Be careful! Haven't you seen a beautiful girl? You're drooling."

Liu Hao snorted and said, "Not as good as Xiao Deng."

"The lamp is cute, and I am beautiful."

"That's not as good as Su Shi."

Aiyin snorted lightly to express her dissatisfaction, but then quickly blinked and asked, "By the way, do you and Su Shi have an unusual relationship? I see her secretly glancing at you often."

Liu Hao said confidently: "There are many people who secretly look at me, what's wrong with looking at handsome guys?"

"Now I believe that being thick-skinned is indeed somewhat invincible."

Aiyin laughed, and suddenly realized that the laughter that she had become accustomed to was actually such a beautiful happiness.

"Liu Hao."

Aiyin called out to Liu Hao and frivolously drew a circle on the back of his hand with her thumb, which made Liu Hao feel itchy and excited again.

"what?"

"This is the last time I'll call your name."

"what?"

"From now on I will call you A-Liu."

Aiyin leaned forward, slightly bent at the waist, and coquettishly turned her face to look at Liu Hao. Her smiling eyes narrowed into two crescents. "We both know each other's most embarrassing secrets. It's normal to call each other affectionately, right?"

The girl's beautiful demeanor made Liu Hao's heart skip a beat. He said without losing face, "Then I think that's not intimate enough."

"Hey, how come you feel more intimate?"

"You can call me Brother Liu, or Good Brother. If that doesn't work, I'll take a loss, and you can still call me Good Brother..."

"Humph, that's a nice thought."

The two were arguing when suddenly a familiar voice sounded, calling out their names in surprise.

"Yanagi! Aine-chan!"

Takamatsu Deng did not go back to Riki. Even though she didn't have the physical strength to keep up, she was still trying her best to pursue Aine.

The girl walked up to the two of them, grabbed Liu Hao and Ai Yin's free wrists without saying anything, and without saying anything, dragged them forward at a trot.

"Where are we going?"

"Deng, I'm fine now."

"It's really okay!"

But no matter how Aine explained, Takamatsu Deng just kept pulling the two of them forward. The weak girl was surprisingly strong at this moment, as if she was determined to achieve her goal.

Liu Hao and Aine looked at each other, Aine blinked her long eyelashes, and Liu Hao just shrugged. They both knew that Takamatsu Deng was a girl who seemed weak but was actually very proactive. Her ideas would change, but once she made up her mind, it would last a lifetime.

After smiling at each other, Liu Hao and Ai Yin gave up struggling and let Takamatsu Deng pull them through the streets of Tokyo. The three of them held hands in pairs, like a circle, a circle that would never end.

Chihaya Aine felt Takamatsu Touma's grip on her wrist and wondered if she was being pulled forward. After all, she always lost motivation after achieving a little success, and the same was true for guitar. If it became difficult, she would stop practicing...

[No! I'm not being pulled!]

Chihaya Aine raised the corners of her mouth and gently scratched Liu Hao's hand with her nails. When she saw Liu Hao's eyes threatening her not to move, she raised her pretty face, revealing her cute fangs with a smug expression.

[After being comforted, I decided to move forward with everyone. The rhythm guitar position is mine. Ah Liu, don't try to get rid of me!]

Ikebukuro, Sunshine City, Sora no Mori Aquarium.

This was the place where Liu Hao and Aiyin found Takamatsu Deng before, but this time it was Takamatsu Deng who pulled them in.

Liu Hao stood far away, watching the two girls lying in front of the penguin tank and talking to each other heart to heart. Gao Songdeng was not good at speaking, but she spread a piece of paper on the glass tank, drew the girls' feelings, and tried to comfort Aiyin in her own way.

Even though Aiyin had already made up her mind, she still listened patiently to Takamatsu Deng's words. There might be a difference in order, but this kind of friendship is just as warm.

“Aine has been moving forward… She taught me that even if I move forward, it won’t end… I am the same. Even if I lose my way, I still want to move forward.”

“Yeah, we’ve all been lost.”

Aiyin smiled and said to Takamatsu Deng, "So, let's move forward together in our lost state."

Gao Songdeng blinked blankly and nodded vigorously.

"And A-Liu."

Chihaya Aine extended her hand to Yanagi Hao who was standing beside her and said, "Let's move forward together in this lost state!"

"No need, just come as you please." Liu Hao waved his hand and said, "I have never been lost. This is my strength."

"Oh, really?"

Aiyin curled her lips, her sly smile like a pink fox. She said word by word, "First year of high school, by the pond. One more of me is not too much, one less of me..."

"Okay, okay, let me correct you. I haven't been lost since that incident, okay?"

"No, even if you haven't been lost, you still have to compensate us and move forward together."

Chihaya Aine had a bright and charming smile on her face. Takamatsu Deng also reached out to Liu Hao, her beautiful eyes full of hope: "I also want to move forward with you, for the rest of my life!"

There was no way he could ruin the atmosphere in this situation, right? Even though Liu Hao had begun to feel that casually holding hands with girls didn't seem to have a good influence.

"I never said I wouldn't move forward. I've always been very determined."

Liu Hao approached the two girls, and his hands were immediately grabbed by one on the left and one on the right, and they were held tightly and would never let go.

Volume 105: Chapter Chapter Team Building

A similar scene was played out again in RiNG, except that the person standing in the middle changed from Gao Songdeng to Liu Hao.

Liu Hao didn't want to be held by two beautiful girls at the same time. Do you know how much psychological pressure he must have endured along the way? You don't know, you just think it's great to be hugged by beautiful girls on both sides, and your mind is full of your own... Well, it does feel a little good...

However, even though Liu Hao had a thick skin that was beyond the reach of ordinary people, he was almost pierced by those jealous eyes like evil spirits. Tokyo was still too terrifying. Someone almost broke his defense with just his eyes.

"Ahem, four is eight, so now we all agree to attend the concert three times." Five

Liu Hao kept a straight face when he spoke, because that was the only way for him to keep his facial expression under control. After all, Chihaya Aine was holding her face and looking at him, and Li Xi was squinting his eyes and staring at him. That would have been fine, but the key was that Nagasaki Sushi's resentful eyes were like a soft sword. No matter how hard Liu Hao's face was, he could not escape this soft magic.

But we can't blame Su Shi. It was indeed Liu Hao who was not kind. He promised to send a message to Chihaya Aine after finding her, but he never had the chance to take out his phone. If Su Shi and Li Xi hadn't been waiting patiently there, they might have missed each other.

"Well, the concert is on the 20th of next month. Today is April 24th, which means there's still about a month left. We still have plenty of time. So, let's discuss what else we need to prepare for the concert."

"Is this even worth discussing?"

Shiina Riki crossed his arms, curled his lips towards Aine and said, "What we need now is practice, practice, and more practice. Otherwise, what's the point of going on stage and performing like air?"

"I will definitely practice." Aine didn't care about Riki's implication. The lively girl without her inner demons was invincible. "But there are other important things. The band's name, clothes, and what song we're going to play on stage. It's all very complicated."

Gao Songdeng blinked and said, "I only know how to sing Kasuga Shadow..."

"Then it's a song called Spring Shadow, and another song is to be determined... The key is that Wildcat still can't be contacted. Can we really rely on her to play the lead guitar?" Li Xi looked at Liu Hao, "If Lenai can't be relied on, then you have to play the lead guitar, is that okay?"

Liu Hao nodded and said, "I'll try my best, but I'll also try to get Lenai's help."

"It seems unrealistic to expect your level to improve to that level in just one month. I need to find a simpler piece of music..." Li Xi frowned slightly. "No, no, the more I think about it, the more things become. I need to set a timetable."

"I don't think it's important."

"Hmm?" Li Xi looked at Liu Hao and said unceremoniously, "If this isn't important, then what is?"

"I think the important thing is cohesion. We don't really feel like a team right now."

Liu Hao stood up, propping himself up on the table. He glanced at the girls looking at him, "Even though we now share the same ideas, we're still like a makeshift team. We can't understand or support each other. If we continue like this, conflicts will easily arise."

"You already have an idea, right?"

Nagasaki Suyo twisted her fingers around her lips, which had turned pale from biting her lips. The girl tried to force a smile and said, "Just say it directly."

"Yeah." Liu Hao nodded and said, "We need team building to truly become a team."

Aine blinked. "Hey? How about team building?"

"Climb a mountain, and don't climb a mountain that's too low. It has to be a little bit difficult."

“Ah? Climbing a mountain…” Aine said, twisting the hair on her forehead, “It’s a bit difficult.”

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