Zongman: Kulaixiku, resurrection!

"Drummer OK!"

"Please adjust the volume a little on the bass... OK, this is just right.

"Guitar... well, let's start with the lead vocal. Let's test the sound effects... a little louder, a little louder. Okay, that's it..."

Kashiwa Sanhui hid in the shadow corner opposite the stage, leaning against the wall, looking at the lights quietly. Su Shi and Li Xi cooperated with the staff's instructions to debug the equipment.

Not only Kashiwa Sanhui was watching, there were also two girls who were also going to perform on stage tonight, but they were obviously more professional than the three people on the stage.

Isn't that nonsense? Others have put on their glowing performance costumes, but the lights are still wearing their Koshien baseball uniforms.

Kashiwa Sanhui did not come forward to greet the girls, and the girls didn't even know he was there.

Xiangzi was waiting for Mu to finish class at the entrance of RiNG. Many audience members had already arrived, but most of them brought support items for a band called "afterglow".

Due to the tight schedule, several bands had already started performing on the main hall stage on the other side, and the lively guitar sounds faintly reached Kashiwa Sanhui's ears through the wall.

"Okay, thank you all for your hard work. Please take care of me later!"

With the staff lady's words, the debugging work came to an end. Except for drummer Li Xi and lead singer Deng who came empty-handed, everyone else came out with their instruments and went to the lounge on the second floor to wait for the stage.

No one came in to tune in anymore, and the girls were the last band to go on stage.

"Excuse me, could you lend me that for a moment?"

Kashiwa Sanhui politely walked past the two neatly dressed girls.

"Hey, are you the adult who came to practice with a lamp on his back that day?"

"Well, do you know me?"

Kashiwa Sanhui stopped.

"Of course! You're here to see the lantern show today, right?"

One of the brown-haired, sunny and cheerful girls asked with a smile.

"Yes, what about you? You'll be on stage soon, too, right?"

"Yes, please come and support me besides watching the lantern show, hehe."

Gently waving goodbye, Kashiwa Sanhui paced back and forth in the hall.

There are eight bands on the bill, six of which have already performed and one is currently on stage.

Then it's time to light them up.

By the way, does Deng and her friends’ band have a name yet?

"doctor!"

Just as he was daydreaming, Xiangzi trotted over to Baihe Sanhui and handed a large box to him, panting.

"Your violin case, I've got it for you. Here it is, huh..."

"Thank you, Xiangzi. Deng and the others have been on stage for a while."

Wakaba Mutsu, with his blue hair and delicate features, slowly walked to Xiangzi's side and greeted Kashiwa Miki politely.

"Good evening, Mr. Baihe."

"Hello, Mu." After a simple response, Baihe Sanhui walked towards the performance hall, opened his violin case, and took out the black notebook inside.

"Wait for me, doctor, huh..." Xiangzi, who had not yet caught his breath, ran up closely.

……

Not here yet.

The lights were in very poor condition but they managed to finish the songs they were supposed to sing. Looking around the stage, there were only about forty audience members wearing "afterglow" cheering items watching with little interest.

The doctor must have thought I was terrible, so...

Before I knew it, the petite body of the lamp bent down humbly, and the spotlight seemed to be mocking it.

"Hey, Deng..." Li Xi saw that something was wrong with Deng and wanted to stand up and go to Deng's side.

But he was stopped by Su Shi's eyes. Helplessly, Li Xi could only give up and secretly worry about Deng in his heart.

A black wide-brimmed baseball cap flew high up from the stage and landed on the ground in front of the lamp.

It's... a doctor's hat!

Su Shi's calm eyes were filled with a ripple.

In an instant, Deng straightened his back and looked in the direction where the hat was flying.

Xiangzi stood together harmoniously and waved to him with a smile.

Mu still stood there quietly, his expression as usual, neither sad nor happy.

Kashiwa Sanhui lip-synced to himself. The light was a little dim, but it still made it clear what Kashiwa Sanhui wanted to say.

Put it on and keep going.

"Xiangzi, Mu, and the doctor!"

Deng bent down and picked up Baihe Sanhui's black wide-brimmed baseball cap, put it on his head, and the haze in his eyes disappeared.

Su Shi's eyes flickered with doubt. Shouldn't he say goodbye to the audience and leave now? What was he trying to do now?

"I'm so happy you guys can come!"

"Before, I didn't sing well, and everyone went their separate ways. I was very sad."

“It was sad, so I don’t want to go through it again.”

Xiangzi felt a little uncomfortable when the past was brought up, and Baihe Sanhui took Xiangzi's hand as expected.

Mu, who had already communicated with Kashiwa Sanhui via LINE, was now holding Xiangzi's other hand tightly.

"Remember the question I asked you this morning?"

“If you don’t go to meet the mountain, the mountain will come to meet you.”

"Now, either answer me yourself, or the lamp will answer me for you."

Xiangzi turned his head and looked into the sharp and loving eyes of Kashiwa Sanhui, took a deep breath, and nodded firmly to Kashiwa Sanhui.

The lamp paused for a moment, then poured out its inner thoughts.

"I thought I'd never like bands again..."

"But..." Unlike his previous gloomy and restrained tone, Deng's voice was now full of energy and contained strong emotions. "You're here! The doctor is here too!"

An unprecedented sense of crisis enveloped the Su world.

"Although, our band doesn't have a name yet."

“Even if you feel lost, you must keep moving forward.”

"I was actually very scared today, but, you and the doctor haven't forgiven me yet."

"I'm not dwelling on the past. I want to prove it to you!"

"so……"

The lights almost roared out, and even the audience who were talking and laughing in the audience couldn't help but quiet down seriously at this moment.

"The only thing I can do is to sing with all my might!"

“Because this is the cry of my heart!”

On the other side of the venue, Hongxia, Liang, Kita, and Ichiri, who was twisted and huddled in Hongxia's hands, were all thinking in confusion.

Doctor? Is the doctor here too? I don't see him.

Did we miss something exciting? The host on the stage seems to have a lot of story with Xiangzi.

Let’s see if there’s anything else fun to do first, and then ask the doctor and Xiangzi and the others next time I have the chance.

A passionate electric guitar sounded, and the eyes of the other four people on the stage were now focused on Lenai who was playing by himself.

The drummer followed suit with a smile, and Aine thought to herself that finally there was a song she was familiar with, and she soon got into Lenai's rhythm.

Deng's eyes were firm, he had already felt Lenai's feelings, and now all he had to do was sing it out with all his heart!

Bass... Su Shi thought he was going to leave the stage, and had quietly disconnected the bass from the speakers. When he heard the familiar melody, although he felt mixed emotions, he still had to jog to plug the bass back in.

Although Liang in the audience felt that this was unnecessary, if she were in their place, she would just stand on the stage. Wouldn't it be tiring to run around like this?

"Do you remember the lyrics?"

Kashiwa Sanhui opened his music score, which contained not only the simple musical notation but also the lyrics.

"I copied it from the lamp. If you remember, I'll read it myself."

"Yeah, I remember."

Muye nodded solemnly: "I remember."

"Then sing along. Whoever doesn't sing will have to pay for dinner tonight."