I'm not a womanizer for Chihaya Aine

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Yuqiu, Astronomy Department, Qing skillfully poured tea into the three people's cups, then placed Deng's cup on the table where Deng was currently writing an astronomy report, then turned to look at Aiyin who had taken out her guitar and turned on a guitar teaching video.

"I thought you would bring your guitar to the Astronomy Department to practice during lunch break." Qing, who had nothing to do, expressed his doubts curiously.

In the original anime, Aine was a non-staff member of the Astronomy Club, and she came to the Astronomy Club to practice guitar every day during lunch break. So it was not surprising that Qing asked this question. Of course, in the original story, that happened only after Aine decided to practice the guitar seriously.

Aine's current attitude towards piano practice is definitely better than Aine's in the same period of the original work. At least she is willing to take the initiative to practice the piano, and she probably won't just play a few notes outside and then go watch videos.

Aiyin ignored what Qing said and played the guitar as if she didn't hear anything. In her heart, she cursed Qing for being stupid. If she spent her lunch break practicing, she wouldn't have time to chat with you.

Qing didn't know how she had offended Aiyin again, but she felt that if Aiyin didn't want to pay attention to her, there was no need for her to make trouble. She took out the specially brought herbs from her schoolbag and put them in the locker, saying, "I put the monk fruit and tangerine peel here. You can use them to soak your throat if you have a sore throat."

However, Aine and Deng still did not respond to Qing, so Qing had no choice but to sit next to Aine, holding the teacup in one hand and taking a sip from time to time, while supporting his chin with the other hand, watching Aine practice the piano boredly.

Because she was being stared at, Aiyin finally raised her head and looked at Qing, and said speechlessly: "Why do you keep looking at me? I can't practice the piano properly."

"Hey, will this affect your piano practice?" Qing blurted out in surprise and confusion.

After all, the Chihaya Aine that Qing knew was a person who was good at and keen on expressing herself. Logically, she should not be affected by the sight of others. Otherwise, how could she dare to perform in front of the teachers and students of the whole school with that level of guitar playing.

But Qing remembered that Ain was very nervous when she first played in a livehouse. Maybe Ain was nervous because she lacked confidence and was watched by others. Now Ain has a clearer understanding of her guitar skills, so she no longer has the confidence that she can be complacent even though she can hardly play the F chord.

Well, that should be it, there can't be any other reason.

Aine sighed, then let go of one hand to touch the teacup to test the temperature of the tea, saying, “You should do something else instead of looking at me all the time.”

Qing nodded obediently, then took out his phone and asked, "Will my playing with my phone affect you?"

Aiyin thought about it, then nodded and said, "Really? I can't help but check my phone too."

Qing said helplessly: "Then it's okay for me to go out, right?"

Not being able to keep an eye on Aine in the Astronomy Club means basically being unable to get any rewards from Aine, and not being able to play with my phone either, so there's really no point in staying in this club any longer, I might as well go out and get some fresh air.

This time, Aiyin nodded and acquiesced to Qing's suggestion, and Qing left the astronomy club with his phone.

In this way, Aiyin practiced the piano and Deng was writing a report. After a while, Aiyin stopped practicing the piano and cast her eyes on Deng. She put down the guitar, walked to Deng's side, and said seriously: "Deng Deng, I want to ask you something."

At such a close distance, Deng certainly heard what Ain said. She stopped writing and looked at Ain with some doubt. Ain had a serious face and was about to speak when she suddenly seemed to think of something and said "Wait for me" and walked out of the club room. When she walked out of the door of the club room, she saw Qing leaning against the door of the club room with his cell phone in his hand.

Aiyin had a look of "as expected". She obviously remembered her previous experience and guessed that Qing would be eavesdropping here. She asked Qing, "Can you go to the bathroom?"

Qing looked at Aiyin expressionlessly and asked, "Is there anything you want to whisper that I can't hear?"

Aiyin was not surprised or troubled by Qing's blunt words regardless of the atmosphere, and said directly: "Yes. So Qingqing, can you go to the bathroom first?"

Qing looked at Aine's serious expression, put away his phone and said, "Then I'll go to the bathroom first."

After saying that, she walked away. Aine didn't stop staring at Qing's back until she disappeared from the corridor. At this time, Deng was also curious about Aine's behavior. She walked to Aine's side and asked, "Little Aine, what's wrong?"

Aine didn’t answer right away. Instead, she took Deng’s hand and walked into the club room. She closed the door and asked quietly, “Deng Deng, do you know Toyokawa Shoko from Class 1B?”

Hearing the unexpected question, especially hearing Xiangzi's name, Deng was obviously shaken, and subconsciously raised his voice and asked: "Xiao Xiang?"

Seeing Deng's reaction, Ain thought that it was as expected. Although Qing said it was okay, Ain was still a little worried about Qing. She wanted to know what happened between Qing and Xiangzi, so that the two pretended not to know each other. Ain recalled the conversation between Xiangzi and Qing. Although it was careless, Xiangzi specifically mentioned the lead singer, and Qing specifically said that he was her friend. Besides her, Ain, Deng was Qing's only friend. So Ain guessed that Xiangzi also knew Deng. Now when she asked, it was indeed the case.

Aine held Deng's hand, hoping that she would calm down, and then continued to ask, "Is Toyokawa Shoko also a member of crychic?"

Aine had not forgotten the name marked on the sheet music called "Haruhi Kage" when she was reading Deng's notes, and the name on the keyboard was "Shoko". Deng had mentioned before that Shoko was sharp about Deng needing to practice, and the fact that they knew each other, and Shoko asked about the lead singer indirectly, so Aine naturally came to the conclusion that Toyokawa Shoko was probably a member of crychic.

Deng's mood visibly dropped, and he nodded silently in response to Aine's question.

"I see." Aiyin finally understood why Qing had suddenly walked up to introduce himself at that time, and even made the assumption that Xiangzi would not join the band before coming to the brass band. These seemed to be no problem at the time, but these clues could be connected to get another answer.

Aiyin sighed and said, "It seems that Qing is still not honest. Is she trying to solve all the problems secretly by herself? She should trust us more."

Deng was confused when he heard Qing's name and asked, "Xiao Qing? What does she have to do with this?"

Aine explained, "Ao should have already come into contact with Xiangzi. When I went to invite new members just now, I happened to invite Xiangzi. Her attitude was very strange at the time, and she pretended to meet Xiangzi for the first time. I'm afraid something happened between the two of them because of the light thing?"

Deng was surprised by what Aine said, but she quickly reacted and said, "But... I never told Xiaoxiang about Xiaoqing. I only mentioned it yesterday... when we talked about the disbandment of Crychic."

"Eh?" Aine was also surprised by Deng's words. If Qing didn't know that Xiangzi was a member of crychic before, why did she have a connection with Xiangzi?

No, I'm afraid it's not that simple. Qing might have investigated the relationship between Xiangzi and Deng earlier, but she just pretended not to know.

But if that was the case, why did she do this? Was it for Deng? Did she gather so much information for Deng, and then pretend she knew nothing and solve everything quietly?

Aine thought back to her own impression of Ao, and how other people saw Ao. If Ao could really do this for Deng...

A question popped up in Aine's mind: Did Qing become friends with me because of Deng?

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34 Speculation, restoration, self-regulation

Chihaya Aine was born in a loving family. On her way of growing up, her outstanding talent and excellent action made her stand out among her peers. Therefore, Aine has always been surrounded by praise and praise since she was a child, and the people around her are always full of kindness and positive emotions towards her.

Because of this, Aiyin will not doubt that someone who has a good impression of her has other purposes. But when the facts are in front of her, she can quickly find clues to confirm the facts from the past and connect them together to deduce a reasonable conclusion. This is the case with Su Shi in the original plot, and it is probably the same for Qing now.

After assuming that Qing had already investigated Crychic in order to help Deng, Aine finally understood why Qing wanted to laugh for no reason even though it was the first time she met Su Shi yesterday. Because Su Shi was a member of Crychic, Qing should have investigated her, and when she investigated Su Shi, she found some things that made her want to laugh. After seeing Su Shi's face, she remembered those things, so she couldn't help laughing.

Moreover, when Qing was alone with Aiyin yesterday, he specifically reminded Aiyin to be careful of Sushi and mentioned some of Sushi's characteristics. Judging from Sushi's reaction yesterday, it was indeed like the first time he met Qing. This further proves that Qing already knew some information about Sushi.

As for Xiangzi, as a student in the next class in the same school, Qing has more room to operate, so Qing should have done some work for Xiangzi, and the reaction of the two when they met in the wind band today can also confirm this. It's just that what happened between them, Aiyin has no clues to infer for the time being, but Xiangzi's attitude towards them is still friendly, so the result is estimated to be not bad.

After all, she is Qing, very reliable. In fact, Deng did gradually recover from the failure of crychic with her help. If she continues to give her some time, maybe Xiangzi, who said that Deng is the one who needs practice the most, will also reconcile with Deng.

But why did you pretend not to know me? Why did you have to hide it from me? Even if you asked me for help, I would still be willing to help you. This was the only thing that made Aine unhappy. To put it more seriously, she doubted whether Qing really considered her a friend.

Maybe, I am really just a tool.

Aine recalled her encounter with Deng and Qing on the day of the entrance interview, assuming she was standing in Qing's perspective. As usual, she secretly paid attention to Deng, and then saw Deng meet a kind-hearted person who was willing to help Deng when he was picking up stones. After learning that the other party might become a classmate of the same school, she judged that this kind-hearted person might become Deng's friend and help Deng grow. So she started to build a good relationship with the kind-hearted person. Later, the kind-hearted person proposed the idea of playing in a band. At the first time, she thought that this was a good opportunity to help Deng get rid of the shadow of crychic, so she immediately agreed to join the band and invited Deng, and helped Deng overcome his psychological problems together with the kind-hearted person.

And Chihaya Aine is that kindhearted person, a person who may be Ao's friend, but is definitely a very useful tool.

Although everything was still just speculation, many things could be explained. Why did Qing treat me so differently from other classmates? Why did we become closer so quickly even though we had only known each other for a few days? Why did Qing hide things from me? All these questions seemed to be answered.

The only thing that Aine still didn't understand was what was that familiar feeling that existed in Ao since they first met.

However, even though she knew that Qing was using her, Aine was not hurt in the process of being used, and she even enjoyed it. So Aine did not hate Qing, and she was still willing to help Deng according to Qing's wishes. After all, Deng was also a good child and a friend of Aine, and Aine herself was willing to help Deng.

"But why would you say something like that?"

Aiyin recalled the scene when Qing said to her "You are the sun" when Qing sent her home yesterday. Was that a lie? Was it a lie to reassure herself?

"If I am really the sun, why are you chasing the stars?"

Aine shook her head, scooped up the water that kept flowing from the tap, and poured it on her face. The cold water splashing on Aine's face made her mind clearer, and she also realized the mistake of what she had just said.

"That's not right. Deng and I shouldn't be compared, and I shouldn't have the thought that she would give up Deng for me."

"I'm still thinking too much. I presumptuously thought that our relationship was already very close, so I'm so upset now. Chihaya Aine, you have to put yourself in Qing's shoes. You should keep a proper distance from her like an ordinary friend, so that you won't feel uncomfortable because of such things."

Aiyin looked at the mirror in the bathroom and slapped her cheeks hard twice.

So, when Aiyin turned off the faucet and came out of the bathroom, she had adjusted her mood and smiled as usual. She saw Qingdeng and the other person who had been waiting for her outside, and smiled awkwardly, "I was a little drowsy from practicing guitar just now, and it took me some time to wash my face. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."

Qing looked at Aiyin, who looked no different from before. Although she felt that things were not that simple, she still responded in a cold voice: "It's okay, we're not in a hurry."

Deng, who was beside Qing, took a step forward and asked worriedly, "Ain, are you okay?"

Aine smiled and said, "How can I be in trouble? Let's go, we should also go to RING and meet up with Suyo-san."

With that, Ain started walking first, and Qing and Deng looked at each other and could only follow. Qing walked to Ain first, and she had no intention of asking about Ain's condition. It was obvious that Ain's condition was related to the secret that Deng had just said that she couldn't hear. Since Ain didn't want her to know, she wouldn't force herself to find out. She was Ain's single pusher and not an extreme fan with a strong desire for control.

Deng also walked on the other side of Aine because of her concern for her. The three of them walked side by side, with Qing and Deng sandwiching Aine in the middle. Deng didn't know why Aine suddenly became unhappy, but it was only after she said that she had never mentioned Xiangzi in front of Qing that Aine became like this. She didn't know if she said something wrong and messed up the matter. Recalling the scene when Crychic's live ended that day, Xiangzi looked at his phone and heard Su Shi read "The lead singer worked too hard" and suddenly became unhappy, Deng felt uneasy.

The three of them walked on the way to RING. Aine immediately sensed Deng's uneasiness. She glanced at Qing who was standing beside her with no reaction and thought to herself: If only I wasn't the one walking in the middle, then Qing would be next to Deng and would be able to sense Deng's uneasiness and do something to make Deng feel at ease.

But now it seems that only she can say something to open up the situation. Aine herself cannot just ignore Deng who is constantly wasting his time on himself, after all, Deng is her friend.

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There will be more later, but it will be quite late.

I haven’t read this week’s episode of Lost Child yet, I’ll take a break before writing.

35 Inquiry, reasons, mutual evasion

"Deng Deng, do you have any clues about the new member that Su Shi said he found?"

Among the three girls walking side by side, Aine, who was in the middle, was the first to ask a question to the depressed Deng. In fact, Aine's question was not just to distract Deng and make him stop being depressed. Aine was also very interested in the answer to the question itself.

Of course, this is the new member who might play in the band with her in the future, so it is natural for her to be curious, so it is very natural for Aine to ask this question. As for why Aine thinks Deng knows the answer to this question, after all, it was Su Shi who invited Deng, and Deng is the one who is most familiar with Su Shi among the three people, so it is not a problem for her to ask Deng a question.

Aine's question did bring Deng out of her emo for a moment, she remembered what Sushi said when she sent her home yesterday, and replied, "I think Sushi-chan invited Li Xi-chan... the former drummer of crychic."

Is it someone from crychic again? Qing's guess from yesterday was confirmed again. Aine turned her head to look at Qing, wanting to see her expression, but Qing still had that same icy face that never changed. It was impossible to tell what she was thinking, and she didn't seem to want to speak.

Sure enough, Qing had deduced Su Shi's next move based on the information she had learned about Su Shi before, and even gave me a heads-up in advance. Was everything under Qing's control? Now Qing was not going to join in the conversation, did that mean she hoped I could continue chatting with Deng?

But I don't want you to just watch like this. You can use me, but don't think you can easily control me. Thinking this, Aiyin suddenly exclaimed in a pretentious way: "It's really someone from crychic, and it's exactly the same as what you guessed yesterday, Qingqing. So amazing!"

Hearing Aine mention Qing, Deng looked at Qing curiously. Deng was very curious. It was only after Su Shi told her that she knew the new member might be Riki. How did Qing guess that?

Qing, who was called on the side, didn't say anything because she didn't have much to say. It wasn't as complicated as Aiyin thought. She didn't feel dissatisfied when she was forcibly dragged into the topic. She just said calmly: "I just made some reasonable speculations."

As he spoke, Ao told Aine about the process of reasoning that Su Shi would invite Crychic, including the information revealed in Su Shi's words, and that Deng's poor singing was not the reason for Crychic's disbandment, and that the Crychic members actually had no ill feelings towards Deng.

"Xiaoqing and Xiaoain, do you think that the disbandment of crychic was not due to my poor singing?" Deng asked the point that he cared about most.

Qing answered very seriously: "If Su Shi's mental state is not problematic, it is like this. Because if you really sang badly and became the reason for the disbandment of Crychic, then Su Shi would not have been so nice to you yesterday. I think Su Shi's attitude yesterday must have been due to her deep feelings for Crychic, so normally she should hate the person who actually caused the disbandment of Crychic."

Although Qing put forward a premise, it did not affect Deng's belief in Qing's judgment. After all, Su Shi did not look like he had any mental problems. And yesterday, Su Shi did say that it was not Deng's fault that the band broke up, and that he was willing to form a band with Deng for life, and that Li Xi did not mean to blame Deng.

In other words, Qing was right, the disbandment of crychic was not because Deng didn't sing well, but for other reasons.

Deng couldn't help but ask: "What is the real reason for the disbandment of crychic?"

Qing did not answer, but looked at Aine who had been silent since the topic was thrown to her. To be honest, Qingdeng and the other person had been talking to Aine through her, which made Aine seem a bit redundant. However, Qing had already decided to train Aine to be the absolute core of the band, and Aine should not stay out of this topic.

So Qing threw the question to Aine: "Aine, what do you think?"

Aiyin chuckled and threw the question back to Qingdao: "Ahaha, I don't know. Qingqing has such a strong reasoning ability, you should have some guesses, right?"

Qing now realized that Aine must have deliberately not participated in this topic, so he kept throwing questions to her. What was wrong with Aine?

Qing was puzzled, but facing Deng's eyes that expected an answer, Qing could only answer: "I don't know the specific reason, but the reasons why members usually quit and the band disbands are nothing more than the following: conflicts within the team, conditions do not allow playing in the band, people don't want to play anymore, or they want to return to their lives. After all, I am an outsider. Maybe you can ask your former teammates and get a more factual answer."

Then Qing added, "But generally speaking, the most likely reason is that conditions do not allow them to play in a band anymore. You know, a band takes a lot of time and money, and it's hard to make a profit from it, so many bands are forced to disband due to this reality. At our age, we are not at the stage where we need to return to our lives, but it is more common for us to suddenly not want to play in a band, because people of this age like to try new things, and when the novelty wears off, they start to find it troublesome and don't want to play anymore."

Although Qing wasn't talking about her, Aiyin, who was walking in the middle, suddenly felt that she was the "person of this age" that Qing mentioned. She had learned guitar and painting just for the sake of novelty, but soon left the guitar and painting supplies in the room to gather dust.

After listening to Qing's analysis, Deng still didn't get an answer, and began to think about which reason was the reason why Xiangzi quit the team. Seeing this, Qing gently touched Ain's hand with his elbow, reminding Ain that it was her turn to speak.

Aine pouted, but still suggested to Deng: "Since Deng can't figure it out for the moment, how about asking Su Shi-san and that Riki later?"

Faced with Aine's proposal, Deng hesitated. In her opinion, Su Shi probably couldn't give a definite answer, and Li Xi... Deng was a little afraid of her.

Seeing that her suggestion had no effect, Aiyin could only continue to change the subject. She showed an interested look and asked, "By the way, what kind of person is that Riki? Is she a gentle lady like Susei-san?"

Deng didn’t know how to express herself, so she could only stammer about her impression of Li Xi: “Little Li Xi’s words… were very strict, very serious… He often looked unhappy… He was very strict with me at first, but then his attitude changed a lot… He was a bit inexplicable…”

Qing on the side sighed softly, and wanted to mourn for the feelings of the drum team member for Deng. Lixi, who was not good at expressing his feelings, fell in love with Deng, who was not good at understanding others. Then, the only band that was connected with Deng disbanded. No wonder Lixi couldn't make it.

But Qing was sighing in his heart, but he didn't know that Aine, who seemed to be looking at the light, was actually noticing Qing. Although Qing's sigh was very faint, Aine still noticed it.

As expected, Qing had investigated this Li Xi, but why did she sigh? Su Shi wanted to laugh, but Li Xi wanted to sigh. What kind of story did Qing find out? Ai Yin thought so, and she had to say that she was a little curious about Qing's reaction, the kind that wanted to eat melons.

However, Aine pretended not to notice Ao's actions and responded to Deng's words with a worried look: "Is that so? It sounds like she's difficult to get along with. We shouldn't quarrel with her, right?"

Deng recalled the quarrel between Lixi and Xiangzi on that rainy day. He did not dare to answer and just lowered his head silently.

"No way? Is his temper so bad?" Aine exclaimed in disbelief. She was just asking casually following Deng's words, but she didn't expect Deng to be unsure whether Li Xi would quarrel with them.

It seems that Li Xi is another troublesome guy. Recalling that Qing sent her away yesterday in order to confront Su Shi, he treated Su Shi, who seemed to be friendly, like this, not to mention Li Xi who had a bad temper. Aiyin couldn't help but worry about her situation in the next meeting.

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The transition chapter does not have much plot, but is intended to make the previous and subsequent plots more natural. It may not be very friendly for follow-up reading.

It might be better to read it together with the previous chapter. I just can't force myself to write anymore, so I can only take a break and then write again.

The next chapter begins with a confrontation with Lixi.