Become the attraction package for the girls in the band

"But I feel like I already know the real you now, what should I do?"

Liu Hao said, "Don't be too confident."

Xiangzi smiled brightly: "But I am so confident."

Volume 134: Chapter 4 Chapter 0 The plan must be accelerated (↓)￣⌒５～

[I, Toyokawa Shoko, borrowed 2024 yen from Mr. Yanagi Yoshi and Ms. Wakaba Mutsu on April 4, 29, at an annual interest rate of 5%. I expect to pay off the principal and interest within two years.

If the loan is not repaid on time, the borrower shall pay monthly interest at a monthly interest rate of 2% based on the overdue amount and bear all consequences.

This is the basis.

Shoko Toyokawa took out fifty 10,000-yuan bills from the convenience store ATM and solemnly handed the written IOU to Wakaba Mutsu.

Even if it is just a formality to deceive oneself, it needs to be done. Although Liu Hao emphasized that the money was earned by those financiers and speculators, and Xiangzi, as a part of the Gravity Connection Package, naturally has the right to enjoy the benefits, but only after going through this formality can Xiangzi feel a little more at ease when spending the money.

Five hundred thousand yen is not a lot, but at least she can live a little more comfortably for the next two months, and can work fewer part-time jobs, which will allow her to save time to practice piano, find band members, and get to know the real Yanagi Hao.

"I never thought I'd have such a relaxing day. Tokyo's nights don't seem so unpleasant anymore." Xiangzi's calm smile reflected her relaxed mood. Walking on the streets of Tokyo, she took the initiative to say to her two friends, "I'll treat you to a movie tonight, even though I'll have to pay for it myself."

"You know the wool comes from the sheep, right?" Liu Hao said, "Don't look at it, don't waste the money."

Xiangzi raised the corner of his mouth and said as a matter of course: "No, I have to see it."

Liu Hao jokingly said, "Why do I have to watch it? Do you want to restrict my freedom in life?"

"I can't restrict you." Xiangzi quietly drew a circle on the back of Liu Hao's hand, raised his pretty face and said, "But you said you wanted me to know the real you, but now you don't give me this opportunity. Isn't that going back on your word?"

"That's right, going back on my word is also part of the real me. If you don't agree, don't play with me."

"That's perfect. You just said you wouldn't watch it, and now you can go back on your word."

"Then I am honest and trustworthy again now."

"An honest gentleman would never refuse a lady's invitation."

Liu Hao blinked his eyes, infected by the girl's beautiful smile in the moonlight. His thoughts were so clear. Toyokawa Shoko was indeed an outstanding girl.

After taking care of Liu Hao, Xiangzi asked Wakaba Mu next to him: "Xiao Mu, what kind of movie do you want to watch?"

Wakaba Mu shook his head.

Liu Hao and Xiangzi both understood what the girl meant. It was not that she was being casual, but that she did not want to go to the movies.

"What's wrong? Can't you stay out too late today?"

"I'm going home."

"I see..." Xiangzi looked at his childhood sweetheart, understood her intention, and took her hand gratefully and said, "Then we'll take you to the nearest station first."

"Ah."

The three of them walked to the nearest station. Liu Hao and Xiangzi accompanied Ruoye Mu to the ticket gate before waving goodbye to her.

Ruoye Mu walked forward obediently for a while, and after confirming that the two had turned around and were no longer looking at her, the girl stood steadily beside the pillar of the station, looking at the backs of Liu Hao and Xiangzi who were talking and laughing. Although there was a big difference in height between them, holding hands, one could feel that they were very close to each other.

That’s right, I was redundant when I was next to them just now.

Ruoyue Mu pursed her thin lips, feeling depressed. It was not until the two of them got on the elevator at the end of her sight that the girl turned around and walked into the tram that had arrived.

If Ye Mu had not lied, she had only said "I want to go home" instead of "I must go home", leaving space for the two of them. It would be fine if she was alone. She was used to it anyway. Anyway, Liu was playing both sides and didn't include her in the equation.

In the empty house, only the maid bowed respectfully to the girl. She played the guitar for a while in the basement, but she was so distracted that the pick kept falling out of her hands.

Then go to sleep. Once you fall asleep, you won’t think about anything.

Weird.

After I lay down on the bed, I couldn't help but think of Xiangzi and Liu Hao watching a movie. They must be watching a romance movie, right? Holding hands, of course, and maybe kissing when the mood struck...

Ruo Ye Mu closed her eyes tightly in bed, trying to tell herself not to think too much, but she still tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. Until the familiar cell phone notification tone sounded at the head of the bed, the girl suddenly opened her eyes and saw the message from that person.

Liu Hao: Xiao Mu, are you asleep? I want to talk to you about something now. Is it convenient?

Wakaba Mutsu: That’s convenient.

So Liu Hao came to Ruoye Mu's bedroom again. He had been there several times and was already quite familiar with it.

"I want to speed up my plan. Our current approach is too conservative. Taking some risk to achieve excess returns is worth it," Liu Hao said as he sat with Wakaba Mu on the bed. "I won't keep half. I'll only keep 500,000 yen for emergencies. I'll leverage the rest 100 times and wait until the end of May to take profits and take advantage of this market trend."

"Also, I'll probably be coming to Tokyo more often in the future. Xiao Mu, you have to make time to cooperate with me."

"Yeah." Ruoye Mu nodded, hesitated for a moment, and finally mustered up the courage to say, "Why are you so anxious? Is it because of Xiangzi and Su Shi's relationship?"

"Is it so obvious...you guessed it too?"

Liu Hao looked at the charming girl. He couldn't resist Ruoye Mu's charming eyes, so he stretched out his little finger and said, "Make a pinky promise with me. If you don't tell Xiangzi and Sushi, I will tell you."

"Yeah. Search QQ group: 奺∫又□思∴吓俴爾≡"抽绉暖"

Wakaba Mutsu stretched out his finger without hesitation.

After making the promise, Liu Hao looked at the thick curtains before her and said leisurely, "It's definitely related to them. I want to resolve the current situation as soon as possible... Often, it's precisely because of difficult times that we mistake our emotions for love. It's only when things calm down that we truly understand our own hearts. I hope they can do the same, and not hurt themselves because of a momentary impulse."

Ruo Yemu stared at Liu Hao blankly, her heart as soft as water: "So gentle..."

"It's not gentleness." Facing the girl's praise, Liu Hao shook his head and said, "I'm just afraid of not being able to bear the responsibility."

If Ye Mu was also in the situation, she would be the one who could empathize with others, so she asked, "But what if Xiangzi and Su Shi still like you after things become ordinary?"

Liu Hao paused and simply said, "If I had been indecisive and two-timing at that time, they would have been disappointed in me."

Turning his head to the side, Liu Hao did not continue to look at Ruoye Mu, because he did not tell the truth completely after all——

He cannot reject Xiangzi and Su Shi now, because both girls almost regard him as their only hope. But if Xiangzi forms a new band, with members who can move forward side by side and hope for the future, and if Su Shi establishes a deep bond with Aiyin and Li Xi in the current band, her mother can also share family life with her, then no matter which girl Liu Hao rejects, it should not cause too much harm, right?

That's why Liu Hao has to speed up the progress of the plan. Otherwise, not only the two girls, but he might also be completely trapped. It will be even more difficult to make a choice at that time.

What should I do? It was my fault that I was seduced by the beauty and didn't let the girls fend for themselves. Now I can only send them to the west.

Liu Hao can only trust his ability to keep things balanced now, and he can't think of a better way for the time being. Who wouldn't be confused when such beautiful, gentle and elegant girls confess their love to him?

Volume 135: Chapter Chapter You are not my brother, but Onii-chan

"I can't help much, thank you for your hard work."

"It wouldn't be considered hard. To be honest, although I don't know what the future will hold, I'm actually quite proud that someone like me has been confessed to by two such outstanding beauties," Liu Hao said. "After all, I'm just an ordinary, vain person. It's normal to have such thoughts, right?"

After a pause, Liu Hao raised his head, smiled knowingly and said, "It turns out that people like me can also be liked..."

"..."

Ruoye Mu looked at Liu Hao's profile. Although he was smiling, the girl could empathize with his sadness and pain, because she felt the same way. Even as a doll, she could still feel cared for and loved, which was already a very happy thing.

The girl opened her cherry lips slightly. She wanted to say that although she didn't know what kind of like it was, she also liked Liu Hao. Liu Hao has always been a good person who is worthy of love. They are both the same.

"My little Mu is the best. He's so well-behaved and sensible, and he never gives me any problems."

Looking at the cute girl beside him, Liu Hao couldn't help but reach out and touch Ruo Yemu's head. Although he had made up his mind to avoid such intimate contact, he had already hugged the girl goodbye every night. It seemed a bit self-deception to pay attention to avoid it. The girl's light green hair was cool and smooth. When she was touched, she would shrink her neck, like a shy cat, which was very cute.

"Xiao Mu, I wish you were my sister... By the way, can you please call me brother? Just Onii-chan will do."

"..."

Ruoye Mu, whose emotions were brewing when Liu Hao interrupted her, pursed her lips and turned her face away. She didn't want to call him brother. If she did, she would only be a younger sister in the future.

Liu Hao felt that he had been asking too much and apologized, "I'm sorry, I was just being unreasonable. Don't take it to heart."

"Ah."

Ruo Yemu responded softly, not caring, because she didn't hate Liu Hao's request to her, but even if it was a sister, they would be separated one day, and she didn't want to be separated.

Liu Hao noticed that the quilt on the bed was messy, which meant that Ruoye Mu had already gone to bed before he came, so he said, "Didn't you fall asleep just now?"

"Well, I didn't fall asleep."

"Want to hear a story?"

Wakaba Mu shook his head: "I want to hear about the movie you and Xiangzi watched."

The girl felt that this way she could have some sense of participation. It was clearly a movie about three people, but one of them could never have a name.

Liu Hao said, "But we were watching a horror movie..."

"..."

The main reason was that the poster outside the cinema was very pure and beautiful, and it looked like a rather fresh and romantic literary film. However, it was not until the creepy music started playing at the beginning of the movie that the two realized that it was a horror film.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with horror movies. Although romance movies can create an ambiguous atmosphere, when the horror scene appears, the girl is so scared that she throws herself into the arms of the man. The future of the two of them who rely on each other tightly will be brighter.

However, God did not fulfill his wish.

Zi is a strong-willed person. She can take the initiative to snuggle in Liu Hao's arms. But if she is so scared that she hugs him and doesn't let go, that's not okay.

Liu Hao's pride as a man would not allow him to do so.

The result was that the two of them squeezed each other's hands until they were numb, but no one of them cried out in fear first.

It was not until the end of the movie that the two of them looked at each other and realized the other's silly persistence, then they laughed heartily. The terrifying atmosphere was swept away by such laughter. The aunt who came in to clean up after the movie was over stared at them for a long time with a look that asked, "Are these two kids scared silly?"

"It's okay. I have a way to make horror stories. I just need to change the logic and I can make dumplings."

Liu Hao asked Ruoye Mu to lean back on the bed and cover himself with a quilt. He then changed the story of a little girl who died unjustly and turned into a groundbound spirit to kill people to silence them, into a happy ending of saving a lonely soul and the unending love between a human and a ghost. In the end, everyone made dumplings together, which was really cause for celebration.

It seems like a one-sided investment of time, but in fact, seeing Ruoye Mu's snow-white little hands clutching the corner of the quilt, revealing different expressions subtly as the story progresses, and feeling the admiration and attachment in the girl's eyes after the story ends, Liu Hao even feels better than getting a 4.5 GPA in advanced mathematics. His roommates will only shout "Go to hell", but the girl will say expectantly that she wants more tomorrow, and the difference is obvious.

Alas, men, alas, vanity.

"Good night, Xiaomu. I'm going back first."

Liu Hao stood up from the chair and walked to the bedside table as usual, waiting for the girl to reach out and ask for a goodnight hug from him. However, today Ruo Yemu just tightly grasped the corner of the quilt, moved his eyes to the other side, and looked hesitant.

"Don't you want a goodnight hug today?"

"Ah."

Liu Hao could only understand Ruoye Mu's abnormality as being caused by what happened today. However, whether it was a request he wanted or a rejection he didn't want, as long as he could say it out loud, it was normal to have different ideas, and the key was to say them out loud.

"That's fine. Just say it if you don't want it. After all, hugging is really an awkward contact." Liu Hao said as he took out his phone. "Then I'll be leaving first. Tomorrow... tomorrow will depend on the situation. If I'm free, I'll come over to practice guitar."

Thinking about the ringing of the phone, Ruo Yemu bit his lip and picked up the phone, but finally pressed the hang-up button.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Ruoye Mu put his phone aside, stretched out his white arms, and his long eyelashes fluttered in his lovely golden eyes. He whispered to the puzzled Liu Hao, "I want a hug."

Liu Hao was stunned for a moment, and did not question the girl's repeated actions. He just leaned over and gently hugged the girl's thin shoulders. His cheek rubbed against the girl's delicate face, and a pleasant milky fragrance emanated from her hair.

"Good night, sweet dreams."

When Liu Hao was about to straighten up, he found that unlike the previous superficial taste, Ruo Yemu's small hands tightly hugged his arms. While pulling him down, he tried to raise his head. Finally, the wet and thin mouth came close to Liu Hao's ear, and he whispered shyly but firmly: "You are not my brother, but... Onii-chan."

"?!"

Liu Hao was stunned. When he just reacted, Ruo Yemu had already let go of him and retreated back to the bed. She held the corner of the quilt with both hands to cover half of her blushing face, leaving only a pair of beautiful eyes. She was too embarrassed to look at Liu Hao's face, but only looked at the bulge in the quilt at the head of the bed.

"Thank you, I'm satisfied." Liu Hao said with a smile, "As expected, my little Mu is the best."

"Um……"

"Even if I can't be your brother, I'm still your idol."

"Hmm~"

"Goodbye then, and have some rest."

"Ah."

Volume 136: Chapter Chapter Bess Mercenaries

May 1st, International Labor Day.

Japan does not celebrate this holiday, but as it is a day in the middle of the Golden Week holiday, even many people who do not have a holiday will take paid annual leave to rest, so the trains are shoulder to shoulder and the streets of Ikebukuro are even more crowded.

Wakaba Mutsu has ballet class, so today is a duet between Yanagi Yoshi and Toyokawa Shoko. Shoko, who has reduced her part-time job by half, finally has some free time.

"The band we're planning now will only consist of Xiaomu and me. We need at least a guitar, a lead singer, a bass, and a drummer. The lead singer is crucial. A band's explosive power and image are almost entirely based on the lead singer. You could say the lead singer is the soul of the band, and a crucial vehicle for its commercial success and cultural dissemination..."

Xiangzi suddenly paused while talking and raised his head to look at Liu Hao's face. His short, fine hair was the same hairstyle he always had. It looked ordinary but it was actually very individual. Because he had never taken care of it, the skin on Liu Hao's face was not white and was even a little rough. However, his angular face made him look very sunny and tough, tough and full of energy. Coupled with the faint smile that always came with the corners of his mouth, he had a unique charm.

Liu Hao is not a super handsome guy, he just has that kind of clean and clear handsomeness, but he has a unique charm, the kind that can be recognized at a glance in the crowd. In Xiangzi's heart, no one can compare to him.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I was thinking, maybe you could be our lead singer."

"..." Liu Hao was speechless for a while, then said sincerely, "To be able to say such a thing, Xiangzi, you are also a top-notch scoundrel."