Become the attraction package for the girls in the band

"Tsk~"

Li Xi scoffed, dragging a chair from the corner of the room and motioning for Liu Hao to sit down. "If you're feeling up to it, then get down to business. We'll try to finish the piece tonight and finalize it by the end of Golden Week based on how well we practice."

"Understood, Mr. Lixi."

"Be serious!"

"OK, Riki-san."

Shiina Riki replaced the headphones on his computer with ordinary in-ear headphones, handed one end to Liu Hao, and put on the other end himself: "Let's listen to the dozen or so versions I made before, so you can understand my thinking."

“Yeah.”

Liu Hao nodded and began to listen to the demos that Lixi opened one by one. Her style was completely different from the songs Xiangzi had made before. If "Spring Shadow" was romantic and sad, then this "Mountain Song" had a kind of passion of clearing the clouds to see the sun, rushing forward and never looking back, replacing the spring intoxication of the keyboard with wild drum beats.

"By the way, isn't the drum part a bit too difficult?"

Li Xi sneered: "Why, you think I can't do it?"

Liu Hao thought of the previous mountain climbing experience and teased, "Your technique is fine, but considering your physical strength... it's hard to say."

"..."

After being affirmed and then questioned, Li Xi felt a mixture of emotions. However, the girl fell into path dependence. She stretched out her right hand and showed Liu Hao her steamed bun-like fist. "Is my physical strength enough? Do you want to test it?"

"Hehe~"

Liu Hao chuckled softly, looking very pleased with himself. He didn't need to answer or say anything, as his physical strength was unquestionable.

Li Xi bit his thin lips. Sometimes he really wanted to punch Liu Hao's hateful face to relieve his unhappiness. However, although Li Xi had a bad temper, he could still distinguish right from wrong. His chest rose and fell with his deep breaths, suppressing the impulse in his heart.

"Stop talking nonsense and help me compose the music."

"Ah."

Time passed minute by minute, and the two of them took some effort to integrate the part composed by Liu Hao into the existing music score. Liu Hao asked Li Xi for paper and pen, and began to think hard.

"keep going."

Li Xi urged, although she was reluctant to admit it, but two people were indeed much more efficient than one, and Liu Hao could fully understand her style and intentions, so it was quite worry-free to cooperate with her.

"I can't continue." Liu Hao poked his forehead with the pen and said unhappily, "Do you think I'm you? I spent four or five hours last night revising and thinking about this melody. Now I have to find inspiration again."

"Tsk, I thought you were such a genius."

Li Xi was still unforgiving in her words, but she was happy in her heart. She finally had something better than Liu Hao.

"You call me a genius? You are the cabbage that day."

Liu Hao gave Li Xi the middle finger in response, and Li Xi of course gave him the middle finger back without any hesitation. Afterwards, when Li Xi wondered if it might be a bit too much, he found that Liu Hao didn't seem to care at all. He wrote a few notes on the paper and then started to make some corrections.

At this moment, the girl began to understand why Aiyin always liked to bicker with Liu Hao. It must be rare to have friends who can relieve stress with each other without getting angry, right?

Arranging music is much more difficult than simply composing it. It is not enough to just write the score. The music also needs to be arranged from the perspective of instruments and timbre. Liu Hao happened to be there, so he gave priority to arranging the string part.

During the trip, Shiina Maki came over several times, and Riki's seemingly kind parents also brought drinks, fruits and rice balls to fill their stomachs. With Liu Hao as an insider, Riki had no choice but to refuse.

Originally, Li Xi stubbornly said that she only needed to drink energy jelly, but Liu Hao brought out the Chinese etiquette that the guests could not start eating before the host did. Li Xi had no choice but to back down and eat a small piece of rice ball.

In the band group, Aiyin and Sushi would send messages from time to time to ask about the progress.

Liu Hao could only say that the road ahead was long and arduous. Li Xi was a very strict person, both to himself and others, and he would not allow any carelessness in arranging music, so naturally the progress would not be fast. It seemed that he would have to stay up all night at least tonight.

"Ha~ah~"

Liu Hao rubbed his eyes and yawned. In fact, ten o'clock was still far from Liu Hao's biological clock for going to bed, but doing the same thing all the time, intermittently and without inspiration, did make him sleepy.

"If you're sleepy, just take a nap. It doesn't matter."

Li Xi pointed to her own bed, insisting on using a cold tone to express her concern.

Liu Hao stood up and stretched his stiff body, saying, "It's okay. When I was in high school, I used to go to bed at 1 a.m. every day. This is just the beginning."

"play games?"

"Of course, study."

Li Xi casually said, "A genius like you still needs to study so late?"

"I'm a damn genius. A true genius wouldn't have to work so hard." Liu Hao said this, but his tone was not without boasting. "Let me tell you, when I was in high school, I got up at six every day to study, and didn't finish evening self-study until ten o'clock at night. Then I went back to the dormitory to do homework until one o'clock in the morning. The only time I had a day off was Saturday night, when I could go to the bathhouse to take a shower and relax... Tsk, now that I think about it, it was really not easy to persist for three years. Being in prison is more free than this."

Li Xi looked at Liu Hao, slightly opening her thin lips. She originally thought that Liu Hao was a genius who could do anything easily like her sister Zhenxi. It turned out that he also achieved success after working hard just like herself?

Liu Hao sat back in his seat and saw Li Xi staring at him in a daze. Under the dim light of the desk lamp, the girl's face softened a lot, and even her temperament seemed to become calmer. The beauty mole at the corner of her eye was no longer charming and sharp, but looked quiet and gentle.

"What are you staring at me for? Don't you believe me?"

"I don't disbelieve it, I just think you're quite proud of yourself."

Li Xi came to her senses and quickly turned her head away, picked up the juice beside her and took a sip to hide the blush on her cheeks.

Liu Hao said as a matter of course: "I put in so much effort and finally achieved decent results. Of course I am proud of it."

Li Xi snorted and said, "Then do you know that there are many people in this world who don't need to work hard at all and can easily become more successful than you who work themselves to death? Do you still feel proud of yourself?"

"Of course I'm proud. It's their business if they're successful. I work hard, I succeed, and I'm happy. It doesn't conflict with their success."

"Even if you try your best, the result is worthless in their eyes?"

Lixi gripped the mouse and clicked randomly on the computer screen. The girl, who unconsciously spoke out her thoughts, felt a slight bitterness in her heart. She had felt the same feeling too many times that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't catch up with others. Whether it was her elder sister Maki or Xiangzi who could easily compose "Haruhi Shadow", they were all figures she could only look up to.

9 Liu Hao said: "As long as I think I am valuable, that's enough. Sometimes people shouldn't care too much about what others think. It's unnecessary."

"Huh, that's easier said than done."

⒏ “It’s actually quite easy to do.”

Erlixi said stubbornly, "That's because you live too comfortably. There's no genius around you, and your parents' praise of them doesn't influence you."

Si Liu smiled and said, "If that's the case, I'm indeed a little luckier than you."

3. “It seems your parents are very nice people.”

③ “No, I don’t have parents.”

0 "..."

Li Xi couldn't help but turn his head to the side, but he saw Liu Hao's deep eyes and a faint smile on his face. He said calmly: "Look, you are better than me in this aspect."

"I don't want to be better than you in this regard..."

Li Xi turned away, feeling even more bitter in his heart. But this time it wasn't because of her. It turns out you have it just as hard as I do. No, maybe even harder than me...

"There's nothing we can do about this kind of thing. Life is inherently unfair. Some people are born with wealth that others will never achieve in their entire lives. Some people, like you, Lixi, are naturally prettier than others, unlike me, who's ordinary. Who can I complain to?" Liu Hao said with the tone of someone who has experienced it. "So, instead of envying others, it's better to be yourself, recognize your strengths, and let others envy you too."

"You're so annoying, talking about these big truths!"

Li Xi covered his ears with his hands, as if he was annoyed and didn't want to listen, but in fact he was just using his hands to hide the redness on his cheeks.

"These are all life experiences. Take you, Lixi. You're beautiful, a good drummer, and the only one in our band who can compose music. You're literally the engine of our band... But the only downside is that you're not good at studying. You need to learn from this and then improve."

"It's so annoying. I don't want to listen."

"Look, you're being stubborn again, but that's also what makes you cute. You even have a beauty mark at the corner of your eye, which is much more impressive than Aine's canine teeth."

"Do not you upset!"

Li Xi put on the headphones, but did not turn up the volume. He did not use any force to cover the headphones with his hands, and even the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up, as arrogant as ever.

……

"Mom and Dad, you..."

After taking a shower, Maki was surprised to see her parents standing outside Riki's room, covering their ears with the door to eavesdrop on the sounds inside.

"Shh!"

After being silenced by both her parents, Maki hesitated for a moment before following their lead and eavesdropping. There was nothing they could do. Lixi had been acting so strangely today, bringing a man home with her and letting him into her room. It was something her family hadn't even considered before. As the apple of her eye, and a fiercely competitive person who kept many things to herself, Lixi naturally worried her family.

So the three of them happened to hear Liu Hao unilaterally praising Li Xi for her beauty and ability.

Lixi's father's eyes suddenly lit up: "It seems that he is pursuing Lixi."

"That's great." Lixi's mother covered her mouth, her eyes moist. "Finally, someone realizes how good my Lixi is. I was worried that she wouldn't be able to make friends with her impulsive personality. Now she has a band, friends to build relationships with, and boys chasing her... That's great!"

"What are you talking about, my daughter Lixi is pretty, capable, and serious about her work. Of course she can make good friends."

"Yes, it's great anyway."

Zhenxi smiled slightly, feeling fulfilled and happy because of the atmosphere of family love. She said, "Father, Mother, since you don't have to worry, let's give Lixi some private space."

"Ah."

Lixi's mother nodded, but her father objected: "No, Lixi is a girl after all. If they do something impulsive, I must correct them in time."

"Lixi won't do that."

"This is a father's responsibility. I haven't approved of that kid yet."

Lixi's father insisted on eavesdropping at the door. As a result, in the next hour, Liu Hao and Lixi talked about everything related to composition. The two of them were fully immersed in it without any distractions.

This made Li Xi's father speechless. I hope you can be more pure, but aren't you too pure?

Volume 162: Chapter Chapter Li Xi, who is tough on the outside but soft on the inside

"Lixi, I've written a rough draft of the chorus. To be honest, I'm not entirely satisfied with it, but could you please use it as a reference...Lixi?"

Liu Hao's voice became softer because he saw Shiina Riki resting her head on her own arm, her usually beautiful and charming purple eyes tightly closed, her glazed thin lips slightly opening and closing with her breathing, the dim light sprinkled on the girl's fair and tired face, the shadows and the curves of her cheeks appeared incomparably soft.

Li Xi, who usually always stands very straight, speaks very directly and has a cold face, now has a gentle and quiet side with his long black hair cascading down on the table.

Liu Hao always felt a little strange. Why did Li Xi put so much pressure on others and herself? It was as if she was a machine that would fall apart if it didn't move forward.

In the past, Liu Hao attributed the reason to Li Xi's strong and competitive personality, but today, after hearing her true feelings and meeting her family, and considering that Su Shi had mentioned before that Li Xi's sister Maki was the wind band leader of Yuqiu, and had won many championships in professional competitions, she was a legend in the music industry. Liu Hao could roughly understand why Li Xi always kept herself so tense.

No matter how hard she tried, she could not compare to the achievements that other children easily achieved, not to mention that this other child was her own sister. This sense of inferiority and powerlessness tormented the strong-willed Li Xi, forcing her to move forward.

I can only say that this is the disadvantage of girls' schools. They are all beautiful girls, but there are no unscrupulous lickspittles to compliment a cold goddess like Li Xi and build her self-confidence. No one gives her a sense of achievement at this stage. Although Liu Hao's direct praise before was sincere, it was the limit of what he could do while suppressing his nausea.

There is no way, buddy really can't be a bootlicker, so I can only play the victim and tell you some life experience to help you build up some self-confidence.

His thoughts were unconsciously diverging, and when he came back to his senses, Liu Hao found that he had been staring at Li Xi's sleeping face for a long time. There was no way, the girl's beautiful contrast, the charm of freshness and charm really made people unable to look away, not to mention that long black straight hair was originally Liu Hao's strike zone.

Carefully grasping Li Xi's arms, he propped her up and made her lie on her back on the chair. Then Liu Hao gently pushed the chair to the side of the bed, and slowly lifted Li Xi's delicate body and placed her on the bed.

Although Li Xi usually looks so imposing, he is actually just a small carrot about 1.5 meters tall, about the same height as Xiangzi, and his body is also very light, so Liu Hao did not waste much effort to move Li Xi to the bed.

Perhaps because he hadn't gotten much sleep in the past two days due to the music composition, and because he hadn't taken the caffeine from the energy jelly, Li Xi slept very soundly and didn't react at all when he was moved.

Pushing the girl's hair away from where it was pressed against her body and covering her with the quilt, Liu Hao softly said to the sleeping Li Xi, "You've worked very hard and are very impressive. Leave the rest to me."

In fact, Liu Hao has not yet started to learn arranging music, and he has never used the arranging software on Li Xi's computer. However, there are so many books on arranging music on the bookshelves around him, and they are filled with Li Xi's annotations and experiences.

At worst, he could learn and apply what he learned. Liu Hao has never been afraid of anyone in this regard.

Foolish Li Xi, I'll tell you this myself: when you feel you can't win, it's probably because you're not competitive enough. Humph, who will be the peak at the end of the road? Once you see me, Liu Hao will be in vain!

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Lixi had a dream. In the dream, she was climbing Mount Fuji with everyone in the band. However, unlike the last time when Liu Hao took on all the responsibilities, this time she took the lead alone and led everyone to the top.

Liu Hao? Humph, it just so happens that I'm a man, so I have more physical strength. What's wrong with studying nineteen hours a day? I'm just an ordinary person born in a country where I don't exist. Since none of us are geniuses, I'll let you see my hard work!

Then the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, and an avalanche broke out. This time, it was Liu Hao who held her and rolled in the snow, escaping the terrible danger.

Mingming got Liu Hao's help again, just like the last time on the cliff, but this time he didn't feel so sad. Instead, he felt like he was huddled together for warmth.

Although you were easygoing before, I felt that you were out of my reach. A stable mood is just a gift from a genius to an ordinary person. The closer I am to you, the more uncomfortable I feel. So I had to keep a distance from you with a cold face, even though I actually regarded you as a friend in my heart.

Now, it turns out that you are also an ugly duckling who can only rely on hard work. Humph, we are the same.

But! Don’t think that just because my attitude has changed, you can push your luck!

What's wrong with the ice and snow? If you don't let me go, I will...slap you away!

Okay, I've already warned you, don't blame me for not considering my companions' kindness...

Li Xi stretched out his hand and suddenly turned over. The sleepy girl realized that there was no avalanche at all. She had actually been lying in bed the whole time. What happened? It turned out to be the warmth of the quilt, not Liu Hao hugging her...

Her pretty face suddenly became hot. Li Xi shook her head quickly and saw the faint morning light coming in from outside the bed curtain. Then she remembered that she should have been composing music with Liu Hao all night long. How did she end up sleeping in bed? Where was Liu Hao?

Li Xi turned her head and saw Liu Hao lying on the table in front of the computer, tired and asleep. She understood everything at once. She bit her lip and checked her body. Her clothes and stockings were all there. It was obviously normal behavior, but the girl felt a little ashamed because of her distrust of her partner.

Getting out of bed and walking to Liu Hao's side, Li Xi saw that the table next to him was filled with books on music arrangement. There was a song that was mostly arranged in the computer software. The degree of completion was distressing, but upon closer inspection, he could find many mistakes that only beginners would make, which made Li Xi feel warm and at ease.

Li Xi lowered his head and saw Liu Hao sleeping with his face turned sideways, his eyebrows and eyes twisted together, and even saliva slowly flowing from the corner of his mouth. His funny look made Li Xi almost laugh out loud.

But when he thought that it was he who moved himself to the bed and was still stubbornly working on the arranging, and that he must have been almost done before he couldn't hold on and fell asleep, Li Xi felt a mixture of warmth and sadness in his heart.