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Taro maintained his usual expression. Pochi slightly raised her head to look at his handsome face, but couldn't read any emotion. Although she hadn't known Momoi Taro for long, Pochi already knew—this face rarely changed expression, whether he was angry or not. Her heart raced, and she quickly looked away, ultimately not daring to risk probing. She could only continue to recall cautiously, "Um... I was just saying..."
Seeing Boqi fall into a confused silence, Ai Yin immediately leaned over to remind him, her voice exceptionally gentle: "Dudu just mentioned wanting to send me a text message."
“Right, right,” Pochi suddenly realized and continued, “So I struggled with it all night and all morning… but I still couldn’t send the message out.”
"Ah... disaster!" Aine covered her eyes. Did she not quite understand why sending a text message required so much courage? Perhaps it was just a quirk of Pochi's personality. She found it difficult to say anything to comfort her.
“Yes… I’m sorry,” Poch apologized softly, then continued his narration:
After the text message, she decided to go to the shrine to relax, but she met a drunken older woman who asked her to buy something. Then, various things happened along the way, which Pochi glossed over. For some reason, there was a sense of embarrassment in her voice.
In short, the plot then unfolds as she and this alcoholic older sister somehow start performing on the street, and then sell the three more tickets needed to meet their quota, thus completing the quota.
"Congratulations! Congratulations!" Taro celebrated with Pochi from the side, then got down to business: "So? What do you want to do?"
Boqi pulled three tickets out of his pocket and said softly, "Um... Wednesday is our band's live show, do you guys want to come...?" Although he had already met his quota, Boqi still wanted three people he considered friends to come and see his live show...
The first to make a move was not Aine, Bochi's best friend, but his relatively strict mentor, Momoi Taro. He quickly snatched one of the three tickets from Bochi's hand, then took out 1,500 yen and said, "Okay! As long as your live performance is at the same level as that street performance... no, at a general level, then this ticket price is completely acceptable."
"Ah~ I want one too." Ai Yin hurriedly took a ticket from Boqi's hand, then took out her wallet, counted out cash and put it on the table, put the ticket back in her wallet, tilted her head and asked softly, "But... is Dudu's guitar really that amazing?"
Seemingly realizing the ambiguity in her words, she quickly waved her hand and explained, "I wasn't questioning Dodo's skill level, it's just that I did go to watch the recording of that street live performance, and the sound and picture quality were very poor, you couldn't see anything clearly at all. And it was too long, I didn't finish watching it..." Ai Yin's face turned slightly red as she spoke. Actually, she had seen the blurry picture and didn't really want to watch anymore, so she didn't watch much of it.
"Where exactly did you excel in your performance?" Aine asked shyly, stroking the ends of her pink hair. "I'll watch it carefully when I get home."
"Ah! If we're talking about our most-viewed video on YouTube, my highlight is around 16 minutes and 34 seconds," Boqi immediately replied.
“I… will go see it too,” Gao Songdeng said firmly, and then bought the last ticket for Boqi.
"Thank you..." Pochi looked at everyone with deep emotion, then suddenly seemed to remember something and asked the three of them, "Speaking of which... how did you solve the problem of your band's quota?"
"My...band, the issue of Xiaolixi taking on all the quotas..." Gaosong Deng's face flushed slightly, seemingly a little embarrassed. Boqi's body turned a bit pale. Hongxia!! Look at other people's captains!
"As for our band..." Ai-yin's voice trembled slightly. She turned to look at Taro guiltily. Taro, however, was not shy at all. He raised his head high and said, "I am basically responsible for solving the ticket quota problem for our Dong Brothers group. Even so, we still don't have enough tickets."
Hearing Taro's calm yet boastful words, Pochi raised his head in despair, shouting in his heart, "Nijika! Look at other people's captains!"
"Since the matter to be discussed refers to these things, then the matter is considered resolved." Taro stood up without any hesitation: "I have some things to attend to next, so I'll be leaving now."
After saying goodbye to everyone, Taro left. Aine looked at Pochi and said softly, "By the way, we have a festival live performance next week, but it's quite far away in Kumamoto. Do you and Touka want to come?"
Because Kumamoto was too far away, the two ultimately declined the offer.
Taking leave at the beginning of the month (as usual)
Stockpile some drafts, and then revise the outline.
As the title suggests, as ...
Episode 38, there's something I need to say today.
Meanwhile, at Tsukimori Girls' Academy, it was time for school to end. As soon as it was time to leave, Ruoye Mu prepared to go out. Su Shi naturally followed, greeting her, "Good afternoon, Muo, don't you have club activities?"
"Mm." She nodded slightly, her delicate, doll-like face remaining completely expressionless. She explained in a low voice, "I asked you to take care of Cucumber today, senior."
Although Mori Minami was quite frightened that day, her intention to do what she was going to do remained unchanged. However, a question remained deeply ingrained in her mind: why did Mori Minami say those strange things to her?
"Xiao Mu, are we going to see Xiao Xiang now?" In the past, Ruo Ye Mu rarely missed club activities. The only reason she would give up club activities today is probably because of Xiao Xiang.
"Hmm." Ruoye Mu nodded slightly, acknowledging Su Shi's statement. She didn't know what Xiangzi's current situation was, but she had made ample mental preparations... probably.
“Actually…” Su Shi’s voice was full of hesitation, and an indescribable sorrow appeared on her beautiful, mature face. Then, as if she had made up her mind, she said softly, “This morning, Xiao Xiang said on Line that he wanted to see me.”
Upon hearing Su Shi's words, Ruo Ye Mu's eyes widened slightly. A completely unexpected situation had occurred. Xiangzi… as far as she knew, since that meeting at Asukayama Park, although on the surface she and Su Shi had reconciled…
However, in reality, she remained very cold towards Su Shi. Although she no longer completely ignored Su Shi's messages as before, the messages she sent were very brief, and meeting in person was out of the question.
But now Su Shi says that Xiangzi wants to see her...? There must have been some unknown change in his thinking.
For some reason, she had a vague sense of unease. Following her instincts, she asked the question that had been lingering in her mind: "Time, place...?"
Upon hearing Ruoye Mutsu's question, she seemed to realize something, slowly took out her phone, opened the screen, and softly read aloud the message Xiangzi had sent her:
"Ms. Nagasaki Motoyo, it's been a long time since we last met, and I've missed you dearly. Your live performance yesterday was truly outstanding. I wonder if I could have the honor of inviting you to Hanazawa Cafe at 5:20 this afternoon? I'd like to discuss something with you about the band... that's all."
"The time and place I arranged with Sho... was also 5:20 at Yuzawa Cafe..." Wakaba Mutsu's eyes trembled slightly. More than the time and place, what she cared about was Shoko's conversation, which was not like that of a friend at all... but more like that of a complete stranger. What exactly happened?
The story goes back to yesterday when Ai Yin and the Dong Julong Flame Group held a victory celebration.
Xiangzi ran away from RiNG... She didn't know where she was going, she didn't know what she wanted to do, she just wanted to escape, to escape the vortex of revenge that she saw from her teammates.
The cool raindrops pattered on her face, slightly clearing her foggy mind. She looked around and realized she seemed to be in a shopping mall. A giant screen above the mall was playing Sumi's new song: Here, the world.
Xiangzi stared at the blonde figure on the screen, her eyes filled with confusion, but soon a dark flame ignited within them once more. Although she had initially planned to recruit Chuhua, she had inquired further.
I heard that Sumimi is very busy with work, so she speculated about this indefinitely. At least, she didn't plan to let Chu Hua get involved until she found a group that was good enough for Chu Hua.
But the situation is different now. I can no longer bear it, I can no longer endure this bitterness of having no place for myself... The good old days are like boomerangs, constantly hitting me.
Even the most beautiful memories have no place for her. Being unable to accept the beauty of her past only brings more pain. Whenever she thinks of the good old days, she feels as if her heart is being squeezed... even breathing feels painful.
There was only one way to alleviate this pain... and that was to find a new place to belong! She had no time to think about anything else. Only by killing her own weakness could she carve out a place for herself.
So… she was going to entrust all her weaknesses to him. Trembling, she took out her phone. For a fleeting moment, she thought that if she asked Momoi Taro… she might be able to relax… after all, that was the kind of person her senior was.
However, this also means that I will have to ask my senior for help a second time, and I will become someone who is completely dependent on my senior... It also means that I will no longer be qualified to stand by my senior's side.
Therefore, no matter what means he used, as long as it didn't affect his seniors, he would do everything in his power to create a place for himself... Xiangzi trembled as he took out his phone, selected a number from his contacts, and dialed...
"Chu Hua, let me forget everything..."
Back in the present, Xiangzi, with a peaceful smile, sat in the coffee shop, leisurely sipping his coffee. A beautiful girl with long, straight black hair pushed open the coffee shop door, glanced around, and for some reason, let out a slight sigh of relief.
Then, her gaze settled on Toyokawa Shoko. She walked aggressively to Toyokawa Shoko's side, sat down opposite her, and questioned her with the same imposing manner: "Shoko, what do those messages on LINE mean?"
"Lixi is as impatient as ever, isn't he?" Xiangzi smiled and slowly picked up Yuze Special Brew, took a sip, and without any particular expression, simply made a gesture of invitation: "There are still some people who haven't arrived yet. It would be too troublesome to talk now. May I ask you to sit down for a while?"
"Tsk..." The person who came was naturally Li Xi. She had also received Xiangzi's text message this morning and happened to see Ruoye Mu and Su Shi's messages asking for leave in the group chat. So she thought it wouldn't hurt to meet with Xiangzi since it wouldn't interfere with her own business.
After all, she was very curious about why Xiangzi had made such a formal request to her, so she came over.
But seeing Xiangzi's unhurried expression, she felt extremely annoyed. If she had known Xiangzi would be like this, she would have been better off staying home practicing or studying composition.
Although Xiangzi saw Lixi sit down with a displeased look on her face, she didn't show any change in expression. She still had a gentle smile on her face and said, "If there's anything you want to order, don't be shy. After all, I invited you guys, so it's on me."
"Tsk, no need." Li Xi clicked her tongue in displeasure, leaned back in her chair, closed her eyes, and placed her hand on the table, tapping it rhythmically...
She was actually a little concerned about what Xiangzi had said about "you guys"... but even if she found out, she felt there was no need to. So she closed her eyes to rest and tried to find some inspiration for Deng Xin's lyrics.
Xiangzi calmly took another sip of coffee, looked at Lixi who was impatiently tapping the table, and smiled. Lixi is still the same as before. Even though his skills have improved, his personality is still the same.
That's good, as it greatly increases the likelihood that Lixi will agree to his request.
As Xiangzi was pondering this, Ruoye Mu and Su Shi walked in from outside. The two of them immediately spotted the girl with blue twin ponytails in the crowd and walked in slowly, a little uneasy.
Xiangzi, without a doubt, noticed the two people walking in. She didn't intend to greet them; she simply sat there with a normal smile.
Su Shi and Ruo Ye Mu walked to the table and saw Li Xi impatiently banging on it. Su Shi was very surprised and whispered, "Little Li Xi, what are you doing here?"
Su Shi's distinctive, clipped voice made Li Xi instantly realize who was making the sound. She quickly opened her eyes and saw that the person who had come was exactly the one she was looking for—Su Shi, who was in the same Dragon Flame Group as her, and... Mutsu!?
She stood up in surprise: "You two are the ones who are here. What are you doing here?"
Ruo Ye Mu lowered her eyes, looking at the table. Apart from Xiangzi's own Yuzawa Special Drink, there was nothing else...? Her eyes trembled involuntarily. Every time Xiangzi invited her out, he would order at least a mango juice.
Ruo Ye Mu really liked mango juice, but what she cared about wasn't the mango juice itself, but rather that Xiangzi still cared about her and remembered what she liked. But now, that wasn't the case... She wasn't quite sure what was going on, but a bad feeling was growing heavier in her heart.
"Don't panic, everyone. I invited you all here." Xiangzi's smile remained gentle. She made a light purple gesture again and said with a chuckle, "Please sit down first. If there's anything you'd like to eat or drink, don't hesitate to tell the waiter and order."
Su Shi, Li Xi, and Mu exchanged glances and then sat down opposite Xiangzi, waiting for him to explain their purpose. Seeing that they didn't seem inclined to order, Xiangzi didn't delay.
She stood up, supporting herself on the table with both hands, and calmly declared, "It is an honor to invite everyone here. There is something I want to say to you all today."
Upon hearing Xiangzi's words, the three of them took a deep breath and straightened their posture in unison. Su Shi quickly stood up and said softly to Xiangzi, "Wait, let's sit down first."
【Oh no…】Su Shi thought to herself. Instinctively, after hearing what Xiangzi said, Su Shi said the same thing, just like the conversation on the day Ku Lai Xi Ku disbanded. This will definitely put pressure on Xiao Mu and Xiao Li Xi… She subconsciously looked at the two of them.
Li Xi and Ruo Ye Mu both looked at Su Shi in unison. Xiang Zi glanced at Su Shi with some surprise when she heard what Su Shi said, feeling like she had heard this conversation somewhere before. However, Xiang Zi did not particularly object, so she sat down calmly.
Their gazes met in mid-air... Su Shi smiled apologetically, hoping the two wouldn't take it too seriously. Li Xi snorted and turned her gaze to the box.
Ruo Ye Mu subconsciously lowered her head, not daring to look at the two people. She was a little scared, having heard something she didn't want to hear. But all she could do was silently pray in her heart…
"Everything will be alright. Xiao Mu, don't worry too much... I'll be with you," Metase's voice echoed in Xiao Mu's heart. Although her words were pale, this was all Metase could do.
Ruoye Mu naturally understood this as well, so in her heart, she whispered to Motis, "Thank you... If you weren't here, I probably would have..." Ruoye Mu couldn't finish her sentence.
"What do you mean by 'what'?!" Lixi took another deep breath, pulling himself out of the illusion of the past, and asked Xiangzi directly in a questioning tone.
Xiangzi wasn't annoyed by Lixi's question. She simply took another sip of coffee, put it down, and said with a light laugh, "Then, I'll continue."
The three men looked at Xiangzi with serious expressions, waiting for him to get down to business. Xiangzi smiled slightly, stood up again, and said, "I invited you two here today to invite you to join my new band, avemujica."
When Momo heard this, her pupils trembled. Was her new band going to fall apart because of this? On one side was her important band, and on the other side was her other half, Toyokawa Shoko. Standing in the middle, she felt that whatever she did was wrong.
"Huh?" Li Xi instinctively hissed, her tone filled with strong displeasure as she glared at the other person. Su Shi's eyes twitched involuntarily. She tried her best to maintain a gentle image, suppressing her inner emotions, and asked with a forced smile, "Um...?"
"Xiao Xiang, I didn't quite understand what you said. Could you please say it again?" Su Shi's eyes twitched as she solemnly uttered these words. She hoped that Xiangzi would seriously consider how foolish her words were and that she didn't want their relationship to break down completely because of this.
Although, in reality, their relationship has now completely broken down.
"Didn't you understand?" Xiangzi's smile remained, but the words that came out of his mouth were so cold: "I invited you two here today because I hope you can join our band as the rhythm group for the drummer and bassist... avemujica."
Episode 39 of Dong, I'm quitting avemujica.
"We invited you two here today because we hope you can join our band as the rhythm section, with you as the drummer and bassist... avemujica"
The three were stunned speechless by Xiangzi's words, especially Ruoye Mu, whose pupils trembled...
She stood up, shoved Xiangzi hard, and shouted angrily, "Don't take the Giant Dragon Flame Group away from me!" Xiangzi was pushed onto the sofa, and even rolled to the ground with the sofa.
However, this was merely Wakaba Mutsumi's fantasy. In reality, she simply kept her head down, her pupils trembling, her expression still one of despair and fear. But at this moment...
The first person to react was Su Shi. Her previously gentle face instantly turned cold. She stood up and said in a cold voice:
"I'm the bassist for the Donglong Flame Group. I don't switch teams or anything like that. If that's all you wanted to say, then I'll take my leave."
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