Zongman: The life of a loner changed because of his daughter

"Sister, you're not fully recovered yet. It's okay to stay at home for a few more days with a fever." Goto Jiri said to his sister who was combing her ahoge.

"I've been on leave for two days because of a fever. If I don't go to school soon, I'll be forgotten by the school." Goto Ichiri replied.

"Yeah." Goto Jiri said mischievously, "Sister really has no sense of existence."

While packing up, Goto Ichiri sighed again.

"Yeah, I feel so insignificant." Then she thought about her recent experience: "I started a band, worked in a performance hall, and now I have three friends!

"I'm not the same person I used to be!"

Putting the guitar bag on my back: "If I carry my guitar to school today, someone will definitely talk to me!"

Arriving at school, Goto Ichiri began to observe secretly again.

"Xuan Yue has her own club, and I have to make friends on my own too!"

In front of Goto Ichiri, two girls were chatting.

"The End band we were following yesterday released a new song. Did you hear it?"

"I listened to it. I waited so long to hear it. It's so good!"

Now, Goto Ichiri joins their conversation!

"Um..." Goto Ichiri suddenly stood up, scaring the two girls.

"What's up Goto-kun?"

The girl spoke in a friendly tone, but Goto Ichiri still stood there in a daze.

"I, I forgot..." Goto Ichiri said in a low voice.

"Eh?"

By noon, Goto Ichiri was sitting at the corner of the stairs, isolated in his thoughts.

"Why are you so nervous? He's quite friendly, just talk to him normally." After listening to Goto Ichiri's description, Xuanyuan Xuanyue was also helpless.

How long will it take for Goto Ichiri to understand that normal people have a high tolerance for strangers? Or that at first, they are strangers and won't care about your small mistakes?

"Xiduo sings so beautifully." said a passerby on the floor above.

"I heard he was a guitarist in a band, but it seems he's quit."

Goto Ichiri, who was in a state of autism, triggered the keyword: "Hongxia is looking for a lead singer for the band, and I want to help out!"

"Hmm? I know what you want to do." Xuanyuan Xuanyue raised an eyebrow: "If you want to recruit people, go do it yourself."

"Why, why...Xuan Yue, please help me..." Goto Ichiri looked at Xuanyuan Xuan Yue pitifully.

It's too difficult to recruit people yourself...

Xuanyuan Xuanyue pressed Goto Ichiri's shoulder and said, "You promised to say hello to others. Now is a great opportunity to practice. You can do it!"

"But, but I don't know which class she is in..." Goto Ichiri stated the practical problem.

"Well, since they've already gone far away, let me ask for you."

If Ichiri Goto were to ask everyone one by one whether they knew someone named Kita, it would be a bit too difficult for her.

"I found it for you." The energetic Yuigahama Yui helped to find out Kita Ikuyo's class.

"Thank you very much. I'll treat you to a meal some other day." Although this was just a courtesy, Xuanyuan Xuanyue really wanted to treat you to a meal.

"Don't be so polite. Let me ask you, is Xiaoxuan interested in her?" Yuigahama Yui asked curiously.

"Not yet, maybe in the future." Xuanyuan Xuanyue answered casually.

"Then I'll go first." Yuigahama Yui went to play with her good friends again.

"If you hide again next time, I won't help you." Xuanyuan Xuanyue said to Goto Ichiri who was hiding aside.

"How can we meet such a sunny girl?" Goto Ichiri said gloomily again: "Besides, she is such a cheerful person, and she calls you a nickname. It's not good for her to see Xuan Yue with me. People like me..."

"Stop, stop, stop, stop." Xuanyuan Xuanyue interrupted Goto Ichiri's spellcasting. "From a stranger's perspective, I'm a delinquent, and you're a cool band girl. You're better than me. But to someone we know, we're both good people, so don't overthink it, okay?"

Goto Ichiri, who was intermittently brave but constantly self-deprecating, responded, "Yeah!"

"Now, go call Kita-san out and tell her about our band and invite her, is that okay?"

"I, I'm fine!" In order to cheer himself up, Goto Ichiri pounded his chest hard.

The two people came to the door of Kita Ikuyo's class. Goto Ichiri turned his head to look inside, while Xuanyuan Xuanyue stood behind the wall that could not be seen from the inside of the classroom.

"Goto-san? Is there something wrong?" Kita Ikuyo in the class noticed Goto Ichiri at the door.

(Photo by Kita Ikuyo)

"Um, that..." Goto Ichiri turned his head to glance at Xuanyuan Xuanyue who was watching him three meters away.

Xuanyuan Xuanyue waved her finger in the direction of the class and whispered, "Speak up, speak up."

Goto Ichiri swallowed and looked back at the class: "Can you come out for a moment?"

"Sure." Kita Ikuyo came out: "What's wrong?"

Feeling the sunshine of Kita Ikuyo's cheerfulness, Goto Ichiri, who thought he was dark, stammered and couldn't speak. He ran behind Xuanyuan Xuanyue and said, "Xuanyue, speak!"

Xuanyuan Xuanyue had no other choice but to try his best.

Seeing the strange looks from the others, he said, "Let's talk about it somewhere else."

Arriving at a familiar corner, Xuanyuan Xuanyue made an invitation.

"I'm very sorry, I can't join your band." Kita Ikuyo smiled helplessly: "Because I don't know how to play guitar at all."

"No?" Xuanyuan Xuanyue and Goto Ichiri were both puzzled. Could it be that the two people who just passed by were wrong? It was not impossible.

Kita Ikuyo saw the confusion in their eyes and explained, “I joined the band because of a senior whom I admired. I wanted to learn guitar, but I knew nothing about it, so I left.

"I thought guitar was easy and I just had to play it, but it turns out I can't learn it at all."

Seeing the guitar behind Goto Ichiri: "Goto-san can play guitar, right? This is a bit presumptuous, but could you please play it now?"

"Now, now..." Goto Ichiri's body began to tremble again.

"If you're afraid, just close your eyes." Xuanyuan Xuanyue reminded.

"Um, okay..."

In that dark little corner, Goto Ichiri played half a sad song for the two of them with his eyes closed.

"That's amazing!" Kita Ikuyo's eyes lit up. "Goto-san, can you teach me guitar?"

"Eh? Me?" Goto Ichiri sounded uncertain.

"Yes, Goto-san is such a good guitar player. If you are willing to teach me, I can go and apologize to you after I learn guitar." Kita Ikuyo described the beautiful fantasy in her heart.

"When is Goto-kun free? After school?"

"I'm going to work at the performance hall after school..."

"Then let's wait until the part-time job is over. There's probably an activity room or something nearby."

It can be seen that Kita Ikuyo is eager to learn guitar.

"Can I go to the performance hall with you after school?"

After struggling for a while, Goto Ichiri finally said one word with great effort: "Okay."