I have pure love with them

She felt a little uneasy, but looking at the smiling boy in front of her, she thought about it quickly and felt that the other party could not determine her purpose, so she soon came up with a reasonable explanation in her mind.

Nagasaki Shoyo pursed his soft lips slightly, but his expression remained calm, and he smiled and nodded.

"I also find it incredible. I didn't expect that after 'CRYCHIC' disbanded, the first person to invite me to join the band would be Quanjun's sister..."

158. You must be the famous Takamatsu Tomori, right?

"At that time, everyone in the band was in a very depressed mood and stopped activities. When I met Izumi-kun, I didn't think I had the idea of ​​continuing to be in the band with everyone. I just didn't expect that I would stand together with everyone in the band again at Aine's invitation."

Nagasaki Soshi lowered his eyes, looking a little depressed and sentimental.

"After the band disbanded, neither Li Xi nor Deng joined a new band. It was probably because of the trauma left in their hearts at that time... Deng no longer trusted others, and Li Xi was the same... So, after Aine invited me, I remembered that Quan Jun had once told me that he wanted to see everyone on the stage again and to see the activities of 'CRYCHIC'. So I thought of Li Xi who didn't join other bands, hoping to use another different way to realize Quan Jun's idea, and at the same time to let everyone get out of the shadows."

Nagasaki Soyo raised her head and looked at Izumi in front of her. Her eyes and expression seemed extremely sincere. Under her gentle face, she seemed to be showing him her, Nagasaki Soyo's, beliefs.

For everyone.

After hearing Nagasaki Soyo's answer, Quan couldn't help but remain silent for a moment. He vaguely guessed that Nagasaki Soyo would answer in this way, but after really hearing her answer, he couldn't help but... laugh?

In order to help Shiina Riki and Takamatsu Tomori resolve their inner conflicts, it wasn't like he was completely deceiving him, but it would be a bit exaggerated to say that he had the idea of ​​letting everyone reappear on the stage just to fulfill Izumi's expectations.

Silently analyzing the funny point of Nagasaki Soyo's answer in his mind, Quan pursed his lips, as if he was somewhat moved by Nagasaki Soyo's answer.

"Captain... Souyo-san is very considerate of his companions, but going on stage... With Souyo-san and Ms. Riki's abilities, it's naturally no problem, but for Aine, it seems a bit of a stretch. Her current guitar level is not enough to support her on the live stage."

If possible, Izumi didn't want to ruin his sister's career, but thinking that Aine would be severely hurt by Nagasaki Soyo, Izumi felt that it would be more appropriate to give her a layer of "novice" armor first, so that later on, Nagasaki Soyo would not be able to use this to criticize Aine.

"As for Aiyin, she doesn't really care about her teammates' goals. She just wants to form a 'circle of friends' like a 'band'. She doesn't aim to perform live, but just wants to shout slogans to show her youth. As her brother, I need to apologize to Shuangshi first. She is learning guitar now, but if she wants to perform live, her current ability is not enough. Sorry."

Right now, Aiyin has no idea how heavy the personalities of the members in her band are.

For Aiyin, everything was just as Izumi said. She wanted to meet some friends, have more topics to brag about in front of her classmates, and have a "relaxed and happy" band activity with Nagasaki Soyo, Shiina Tatsuki, and Takamatsu Touma.

This is more or less contradictory to Shiina Tatsuki's "eager to prove himself", Takamatsu Tomori's "promise of a lifetime", and Nagasaki Soyo's "rebuilding CRYCHIC".

Therefore, before the band officially started its activities, Izumi patched Aine first, to prevent Nagasaki Shoyo and Shiina Tatsuki from using this to attack Aine after the band's activities started later.

"what……"

Nagasaki Soyo stared blankly at the boy in front of her. It was the first time she had seen Chihaya Izumi, and she showed such a serious expression in front of her. She pursed her lips, and inexplicably felt envious of Chihaya Aine for having a brother who cared about her so much.

“Izumi-kun, you take Aine very seriously… Today, you are here for Aine, right?”

Shiina Tateki brought the black tea and placed it in front of Nagasaki Soushi.

"What are you talking about?"

She did not hear the content of the previous conversation between the two, but just watched the two of them remain silent for a moment. Nagasaki Shoyo then said that Chihaya Izumi came for his sister.

She had no interest in Chihaya Aine, but now that she had become a member of a band, she felt it was necessary to understand the content of their conversation, especially since both Nagasaki Shoyo and Chihaya Izumi had some connection with Toyokawa Shoko.

"Regarding Aine, Izumi-kun hopes that since we are in the same band, we can take care of Aine who is forming a band for the first time."

Smiling and raising his index finger, Nagasaki Shoyo explained to Shiina Riki, but also concealed the specific content of what he needed to "take care of".

"what?"

After hearing Nagasaki Soyo's answer, Shiina Tatsuki frowned and looked at Chihaya Izumi, but Chihaya Izumi picked up the coffee on the table at this moment. She did not make a positive response, which made Shiina Tatsuki believe what Nagasaki Soyo said instead.

"Is it because you feel that the content of the request is inappropriate, so you drink tea to cover up your embarrassment?"

Shiina Tatsuki was originally a little dissatisfied, wondering why he should take special care of the other person. Looking at Chihaya Izumi drinking tea in front of him, he suddenly thought of his sister who had also been taking care of him.

"Tsk, that's really troublesome."

He didn't refuse, but just complained softly and turned away.

Watching her leaving, Nagasaki Shoyo looked at Izumi with a smile.

"Lixi's personality is not so straightforward, but she is actually a very kind person, and she will take care of Aine... The guitar matter doesn't actually have that much impact, and the previous guitarist hasn't joined another band yet. When she is free, I can ask her to take care of Aine."

Looking at Nagasaki Souyo in front of him, then turning his head to glance at Shiina Tachibana who was working, Izumi nodded slightly.

Then, after a few minutes, Aine appeared in the cafe with Takamatsu Tomori. Seeing Izumi sitting with Nagasaki Soyo, Aine seemed a little surprised and looked at the two with surprise. After coming to the table with Takamatsu Tomori, she stared at Izumi suspiciously.

"Why are you here?"

"I used to come here often. This time I just happened to come here to sit for a while. What's the matter?"

"Aren't you here to see Shuangshi?"

The action of drinking tea paused, Nagasaki Shoyo looked at Chihaya Aine with a smile, not knowing how to react, so he simply remained silent.

"envy?"

Quan, on the other hand, didn't care. Instead, he chuckled and asked back.

"No way, you... Never mind, come to think of it, do you know the person next to me?"

She made a gesture of showing off with both hands to the girl next to her who was wearing the same school uniform as her, had gray hair, and exuded an animal aura, and asked Quan with a smile.

Looking at the girl next to Aine who looked a little confused and a little nervous, Izumi slowly stood up and stretched out his hand towards the girl.

"You are the lyricist of the famous 'Haruhi Kage', right? Nice to meet you. I am your loyal supporter."

159. You need a healthy and wholesome relationship

After getting to know each other for a while, Izumi was driven to the next table by Aine.

The reason is - 'This is our band's first gathering, and there are many things to discuss. It would be too weird for Quan to sit here! So, you just sit aside and wait for us to finish the discussion!'

Maybe she was shy, or maybe she was worried that he would ruin her show here.

In short, after meeting Takamatsu Teru, before he sat back, Izumi was driven to the next table by his sister, and she took the seat where Izumi had sat previously. Takamatsu Teru also sat down, and the three members of the band first chatted about some things in the past. Then Shiina Riki, who had no job, also came to the table and sat down. The four of them each sat in a seat and began to discuss the development of the band.

'Should I take a picture of it and keep it as a souvenir?'

Izumi, who was sitting at the next table, listened to the obscure discussion coming from behind him. He lowered his head to look at the phone he was fiddling with. He thought he could take a picture and save it to his hard drive, but he was not in a good position to take a picture because if Shiina Tatsuki and Aine noticed it, they would probably order him to delete it.

He tapped his fingers on the screen, scrolling through the updates and content of his social accounts, and looked absent-minded.

There was nothing interesting in the recommended updates.

"Interesting woman."

Just as Izumi was thinking about how to improve his relationship with Takamatsu Tomori and how to promote Shiina Tateki's singing of "Haruhi Kage" one step further, a soft whisper sounded in his ears. He turned his head to look at the next table. A girl with short white hair, holding a spoon in her mouth, was staring at Takamatsu Tomori with interest.

As if she noticed Quan's gaze, she stared at Gao Songdeng for a while, then looked at Quan.

The two people's eyes met, but the girl named Kaname Rana did not show any interest in Quan. She just took a quick look and continued to enjoy the creamy ice cream in front of her.

"..."

The silent reaction made Quan a little concerned.

"Hmm? What does this mean? Shouldn't it be 'an interesting man'? In her eyes, am I a boring person? This is really interesting."

Seeing that Kaname Rana didn't respond to him at all, he smiled and looked down at his phone. He didn't deliberately talk to Kaname Rana, but just mechanically scrolled through the pages and paid attention to the updates on Aine's phone.

Everyone who joined the band had their own ideas, but Takamatsu Touma had basically no conflicts with Aine, and Shiina Tatsuki still had a displeased attitude towards Aine because of the previous incident. When Aine wanted to name the band after herself, she lost her temper and rejected all of Aine's band names with 'anon' in them without hesitation.

Although Nagasaki Shoyo didn't really care about the band name, she still felt a little weird when she heard Aine come up with the band name based on her own name. Fortunately, Shiina Riki objected on her behalf.

One proposed, one opposed, one comforted, and in the atmosphere of silence, when it got dark, no decision was made. Shiina Riki felt a little dissatisfied about this, while Aine felt very satisfied with her "fulfilling" day. She said goodbye to everyone with a smile and walked towards the same subway station with Nagasaki Soyo.

Izumi followed the two quietly, as if she had been forgotten, until they reached the subway station. When the two people who took different lines separated, Aine looked at Izumi behind her.

"Now, do you really like that song by Deng?"

"Why do you ask?"

After hearing what Aine said, Izumi slowly walked to the side of his sister, and the two stood side by side. Aine tilted her head slightly, and glanced at her brother who was much taller than her with her soft and watery eyes.

"Of course your reaction was so weird. What 'famous'... At that time, Deng was obviously frightened by you."

"Have it?"

"You really didn't notice?"

Glancing at her brother, Aine stepped into the carriage, and Izumi followed her into the carriage. After sitting together, Aine's head was close to Izumi's shoulder, and they fell into silence again. There was no casual conversation in the carriage, and the people around them exuded fatigue and depression, making the atmosphere in the carriage heavy.

After returning to Setagaya Ward where she lived, Aine stepped out of the platform and couldn't help but take a breath of fresh air, then looked at Izumi beside her.

"When you graduate from your third year of high school, Quan can get a driver's license, right?"

"...You have to be over 18. If I can do it, then you can do it too. Why are you suddenly talking about this?"

His eyes fell on Aine, who had just come out of the subway, and she sighed muffledly.

"The subway is too boring... So, Quan will wait until he is old enough to get a driver's license, and then drive dad's car to take me to school every day!"

"..."

Izumi didn’t give a positive answer. He just reached out and tapped Aine’s forehead, then walked forward.

"pain!"

Ai Ne, who was flicked on the forehead by Izumi, cried out in pain, covered her forehead and chased after Izumi, then used her pink and weak little fist to hit Izumi's face and twisted it viciously twice.

"Fool!"

She also made some personal attacks on Quan, but unfortunately for Quan, her counterattack seemed particularly weak and powerless.

"By that time, you will have graduated from high school. Have you decided on your target university?"

He glanced at the dissatisfied Aine, and just a simple question made her retract her fist sullenly and fall into silence.

Deep down, she wanted to make up for her failure and go abroad again to prove herself, but her previous failed experience made her hesitant and afraid of failing again, so she did not give an answer.

"secret!"

Faced with a question that she couldn't answer, Aine gave a completely unoriginal answer.

After returning home, Aiyin went back to her room first, while Quan went back to his room and then returned to the living room. Seeing her father sitting in the living room, she raised her head towards him and nodded at him.

Seeing his father's gesture, Quan was a little surprised, but still walked towards him.

"Sit down."

Mr. Chihaya patted the sofa beside him, then his eyes stayed firmly on Izumi.

"Is there something about me?"