I'm not a womanizer for Chihaya Aine

Aine was a little confused, so she had to explain the truth: "Because I joined the astronomy club, I was thinking about whether I should use camera equipment to take photos when observing celestial bodies, and I also want to take videos of band activities and upload them to the Internet."

Mr. Chihaya was relieved to hear that Aine wanted to buy a camera because she needed it, not because she was interested in photography, so he casually said, "Although I don't know much about this, I still know a little bit. If you want to buy it, I'll go out with you later, okay?"

Mrs. Chihaya on the side had some opinions: "Ain, don't be so impulsive again. I bought you a guitar and painting supplies before, but you were only interested for a short time and wasted a lot of money. You want to try filming this time, I don't know how long you can stick with it."

Mr. Chihaya, who was standing by, looked at his wife and seemed to be hesitant to speak. He actually hoped that Aine would just stop at just dabbling in photography and not end up buying lens after lens.

Aiyin puffed up her cheeks and retorted in dissatisfaction: "Haven't I started practicing guitar again? Look at my fingers, they got like this when I was practicing yesterday. And I didn't buy a camera on a whim this time, but to be able to shoot videos. As long as the band is still active, there will always be opportunities to use it."

Mrs. Chihaya was not impressed: "I don't know how long you can play in the band this time."

Although she knew her mother was just complaining, Aiyin still stopped eating breakfast, looked at her mother with a serious expression, and said very seriously: "We are serious this time, we want to keep the band going forever."

Ain still couldn't say the words "for a lifetime", but Deng, Su Shi, Li Xi and the others were serious about wanting to form a lifelong band. Qing was also thinking carefully about how to achieve the goal of forming a lifelong band. Ain's thinking was gradually assimilated by them, and she began to practice seriously and think seriously about the operation of the band, just to keep it going, and this feeling was not false.

The Chihaya couple looked at Aine's serious expression and felt her determination. After they looked at each other, Mrs. Chihaya smiled and apologized, "I'm sorry, little Aine, I was inconsiderate just now. We will buy you a camera."

Aine's serious expression also relaxed, and she exclaimed in surprise: "Really? That's great! I love mom and dad the most!"

The couple looked at each other helplessly as they watched their daughter dancing with joy. Even as parents, they couldn't tell whether Aine's serious look before was just an act or a true expression of her feelings.

Chihaya's family of three went out together, which was rare, in order to accompany Aine to buy a camera. Today's weather was very good, and the morning sun shone comfortably on every inch of land, making people feel warm, just like every good day. At this time, people would think of the good days in the past.

Aiyin seemed to remember a beautiful morning when she went out with her parents. She was very happy, but she couldn't remember clearly what happened next...

"arrive."

Mr. Chihaya's voice interrupted Aine's memories, and the family came to a photography equipment store. Aine followed her father and began to shift her attention to the various photography equipment in the store.

Just as Mr. Chihaya said, he knew a little about photography, and after learning about Aine's needs, he started to discuss the selection with the owner of the store, and finally chose a handheld camera that was relatively lightweight and had decent performance.

“Aine, do you want to give it a try?”

Chihaya-san passed the camera to Aine, wanting her to try out the effect.

Instantly, a strong sense of déjà vu emerged from Ain's mind, as if she had experienced this scene before, when her father handed the camera to Ain. Then she began to film the surrounding scenes. Because she had no experience, she first filmed the blue sky, white clouds and bright sunshine in the sky, and then the camera turned to her parents, and Ain began to introduce her parents...

Hmm? Why should I introduce my parents?

"Aine-chan? What's wrong with you?"

Aine came out of her trance when she heard her mother's worried voice. She looked at her mother's worried expression, just like the mother in the memory just now.

"Sorry, I was distracted."

Aiyin quickly took the camera and tried to use it to shoot in a panic, but because it was her first time using a camera, she didn't know when to confirm to start shooting, resulting in the camera facing the blue sky and white clouds outside when she started shooting.

Aiyin quickly pulled the camera back to her side, and her worried mother and her father who was carefully instructing her on how to complete the filming appeared one after another.

Ah, it was a precognitive dream. This was the only explanation. After all, Aine had never experienced what happened in her "memory" before, and the following events also developed in line with her "memory". So the only explanation for this phenomenon is that she had had such a precognitive dream before, and the familiar scene just now triggered a sense of déjà vu.

But Aine still didn’t understand why the self in her “memory” would introduce her parents, and then she seemed to introduce herself. It wasn’t a trial, but it felt like “herself” was seriously recording something.

Aine didn't introduce her parents and herself as she did in her memory, she just randomly switched a few scenes and ended the trial. Hmm, she didn't act as she remembered, I wonder if this can be considered a precognitive dream?

……

Qing stood in front of the oden stall in the convenience store and would quickly take out the ingredients that customers wanted from the stall from time to time. She would then dip the ingredients in sauce, package them and hand them to customers, but most of the time she would just stand there doing nothing.

At this time, Qing's mobile phone rang with a message alert. Qing glanced at the lock screen of the phone. It was Aiyin who sent a message in the band group. She unlocked the screen and entered the chat session of the band group. It was inconvenient for her to reply to the message because she was still wearing disposable gloves. Clicking on the session was just to browse the messages.

【Aiyin: I have created an SNS account for our band. You can follow it and verify your identity.】

【Aiyin: Link sharing. 】

[Ain: I have also bought a camera, which I can use to shoot promotional videos for our band. ]

[Ain: I will design and make our band's performance uniforms later. Please let me know what style of design you want as soon as possible.]

Hey, has Aiyin entered Staff A mode? Isn't this playing with the band with all her strength? Just as Qing was sighing, others also responded to Aiyin's message.

[Lixi: Although I don’t care much about these things, can’t the band really change its name? I don’t want to verify the name of the band account when I see it. ]

It seems that he has already clicked in to check the band's SNS account. Lixi is still the same. Although he doesn't have anything good to say, he always checks the news first and still cares about the band.

On the other hand, there is someone who clearly says "Read: 4" on the read mark but does not come out to give any feedback, including when Li Xi posted a song last night, which is really not conducive to unity.

What? You said I, Liu Zeqing, didn't reply either? I was busy and couldn't reply. As for Deng, you can ask everyone if they have any opinions about her not replying to messages. We should be tolerant of a little penguin who is not good at chatting and typing.

【Aine: Then what name do you want to change to? 】

As a result, Aiyin immediately became silent in the group after asking this question. How pitiful.

"welcome."

As the automatic door alerted the incoming customer, the senior cashier at the front desk greeted the customers as they came in as usual. Qing also subconsciously looked towards the door. A familiar blue figure stood at the door and looked at her from a distance.

……

Xiangzi had to admit that since she met Qing, she came to this store more frequently than before. But it was definitely not because she wanted to see Qing that she frequented the store so frequently. After all, she and Qing were not even friends, and their relationship could only be described as acquaintances.

But to say that Xiangzi's frequent visits here have nothing to do with Qing is just self-deception. For example, she came here yesterday and today just to see the Half-Price Bento War, and it was Qing who told her about the Half-Price Bento War, so it is barely related to Qing.

However, this weak relationship prevented Xiangzi from going over to say hello to Qing, especially after yesterday's unpleasant ending, Xiangzi didn't want to face Qing even more.

When Xiangzi found a suitable position to see which customers in the store were "wolves", Qing appeared beside her.

"Hello, I'll treat you to some radish, no need to pay."

Qing came to Xiangzi's side, handed him a portion of radish oden, and spoke in a calm voice.

Xiangzi was frightened by Qing's sudden appearance and took a step back, making a defensive move. But when she saw Qing standing in front of her with a bowl of radish oden as if nothing had happened, she remembered that Qing also brought a bowl of radish oden yesterday and told her that eating radish when she was angry could help her calm down.

What did Qing mean by inviting her to eat carrots now? Did he think she was still angry? Xiangzi felt that she needed to clarify to Qing that she was not the kind of person who would hold grudges over trivial matters in the past.

So Xiangzi stood still and refused: "No, I'm not angry now."

When Qing heard Xiangzi's reason for refusal, she tilted her head and looked confused, making Xiangzi wonder if she was overthinking. In fact, Qing just wanted to treat her to oden, and it had nothing to do with what happened yesterday.

When Xiangzi blushed because he felt that he had wronged Qing, Qing said, "It doesn't matter. As long as you chat with me, you can always use it."

Blushed, completely blushed, but Xiangzi was not blushing because he misunderstood Qing and felt ashamed, but because he was angry. You are chatting with me just to make me angry, then what else can I talk to you about.

Xiangzi said coldly: "You really don't know what you are talking about."

After saying that, Xiangzi wanted to change seats or just leave, but Qing walked up to her first and held the oden in front of her, saying: "Look, isn't this useful?"

Feeling the steam coming out of the oden and the aroma after being brushed with the dipping sauce, Xiangzi glanced at Qing's still calm face, sighed lightly, and accepted the oden.

Xiangzi realized that this was Qing's unique way of apologizing, and even that the way Qing and she got along was very unique, so she inadvertently accepted Qing's hidden kindness.

"good to eat."

Xiangzi picked up the radish on a bamboo skewer, lifted her hair and took a small bite like a lady, chewing it carefully and savoring this common dish that can be bought everywhere, and couldn't help but express her evaluation in her heart.

This was Xiangzi's first time eating oden. As a young lady, she would not eat these roadside stalls or convenience store dishes. Later, when she fell into poverty, she was more willing to spend her meal money on rice bento that could provide more energy.

Seeing Xiangzi eating like he was enjoying a delicious meal, Qing suppressed his laughter and said in a matter-of-fact tone: "I told you that eating radishes when you are angry can help you calm down. You should not be angry now, right?"

Xiangzi glared at Qing unhappily and responded: "If you could just shut up."

Qing shook his head and said, "It's a pity that I can't do this, because if I keep my mouth shut I'll have to go back to work. The senior saw you coming and knew that you were my friend, so he was very tactful and sent me over."

This is a lie, or rather, it is a joke made by Qing. After all, Qing did not lie to deceive Xiangzi to achieve any purpose, but just made a joke out of fun. As for the reference, it was of course the drum team member I met at RING yesterday.

However, Xiangzi believed Qing's words without any doubt and complained: "Then go back to work. You mean we are not friends? Aren't you deceiving your seniors?"

Qing shrugged and said, "Why should I work when I can slack off? And I didn't lie to you at all. In fact, you didn't ask me to come here. I came here on my own."

"You... you think it's fun to fool others like this?"

Xiangzi felt that the little bit of innocence that had finally appeared after getting along with Qing was about to be consumed again. She questioned Qing with gritted teeth.

As if he didn't understand Xiangzi's question, the educated youth nodded and agreed: "It's quite interesting. Only at this time can I see a lively expression on your face."

"You... hum!"

When Qing said this, Xiangzi knew that Qing was actually teasing her on purpose so that she wouldn't always look so bitter and resentful.

If anyone else spoke to her like this, even her closest childhood friend, she would have to say "How arrogant". But Qing was the only one she couldn't say this to, not for anything else, but because her situation was the one that was arrogant compared to Qing.

That's why Xiangzi couldn't say anything to refute. She was curious about how Qing could maintain such a stable mentality. Not only did he have enough time to play in the band, but he even cared about her. Was it because he was used to the hard life?

Before Xiangzi could recover from his mixed feelings, Qing immediately brought up another topic: "After returning home yesterday, Li Xi rewrote a new version of "Spring Shadow". She is very confident about this version. Do you want to listen to it?"

Xiangzi frowned and refused: "That has nothing to do with me. Don't ask me such questions."

But Qing pretended not to hear anything and still picked up the phone, saying: "Then I won't ask you, just play it directly."

Xiangzi sighed and asked, "Why do you insist on making me listen to your "Spring Shadow"?"

Qing then raised his head from the phone screen, put away his previous joking attitude, looked at Xiangzi's golden eyes and answered seriously: "Because of your attitude towards "Haruhi Kage" and Crychic."

“Maybe I don’t understand bands very well, but I think if I quit the band and the band members after me formed a new band were still willing to sing the songs we wrote before, I would be very happy. Because that song is the proof of the existence of the band, the proof that everything I did in the band was not meaningless, and it is the voice I once wanted to convey to the public.”

Having said this, Qing paused. The lights in the store were reflected in his calm eyes, like a cold light from a sharp blade that made Xiangzi feel suffocated.

"But your attitude really bothers me. You really mind our band's adaptation of "Haruhi Shadow", or rather, the "Haruhi Shadow" that doesn't belong to Crychic, the "Haruhi Shadow" that doesn't exist for you..."

"I never said that, please don't presume to speculate on other people's thoughts!"

Xiangzi interrupted Qing forcefully and clarified.

Qing blinked after being interrupted, and then continued as if nothing had happened: "Since you care so much about Kasuga Shadow and Crychic, why do you want to disband it? Even if there are objective factors that force you to disband Crychic, why can't you tell your former teammates about your concern for Crychic?"

"I said, those things have nothing to do with me anymore, and I don't care about them at all."

Xiangzi's argument was pale, but compared with the attitude she had shown before, it seemed very weak.

Qing had no intention of continuing to ask about this issue. She knew that if she continued to ask, she would inevitably touch the most sensitive part of Xiangzi's heart, which was also the topic that they had known for a long time but had never touched upon, and that was Xiangzi's family situation.

Qing has met Xiangzi's father directly, and after several contacts, it is easy for him to notice that Xiangzi's family background is definitely not good. At the same time, Qing is a teammate of a former Crychic member who knows that Xiangzi was once a young lady, and even has some understanding of Crychic's problems, so it is not difficult to find out about Xiangzi's former family background.

Therefore, Qing is the person most likely to know Xiangzi's actual situation and the reason why he quit Crychic. However, Xiangzi's sensitive self-esteem can still accept normal conversations with Qing. It is precisely because Qing never talks about these issues with Xiangzi that he has always acted as if he has never noticed these things and has never told these things to others.

Qing had no doubt that if he continued to ask questions, Xiangzi would be completely defeated and would never talk to him again. But Qing had other ways to deal with Xiangzi besides talking.

Qing suddenly pressed the play button on his mobile phone. As a fierce guitar sound came in, the familiar melody made Xiangzi's eyes widen suddenly, as if Qing had pressed a detonator instead of a music play button.

However, this time, as the music played, Xiangzi's emotions gradually calmed down a lot, but her brows were still slightly furrowed. When the song ended, she sighed and said: "It is indeed a good adaptation. Li Xi does have reason to be confident."

Qing looked at Xiangzi's expression, which changed from nervous to natural, and tilted his head and asked: "So you are relieved now? It seems that I don't need to prepare another portion of radish."

Xiangzi did not answer Qing's question, but said as if he did not hear Qing's question: "If Deng can sing out that feeling, it will be a good song."

Qing didn't mind Xiangzi not answering her question, and followed Xiangzi's words and said: "In that case, why don't you go and watch the live show? With your encouragement light from the audience, she will definitely try her best to sing."

Xiangzi lowered his head, closed his eyes, and said softly: "No, this is your task now."

Qing shrugged and said, "Am I a teacher at some nursery school?"

"I see you're enjoying it."

Facing Qing's complaints, Xiangzi actually made a rare joke. For a moment, Qing didn't know how to respond.

After thinking for a while, Qing glanced at the electronic clock that is available in convenience stores, and then asked: "By the way, you haven't bought anything yet. What are you doing in the convenience store? You can't be here to chat with me, right?"

Xiangzi raised his eyelids, glanced over and rolled his eyes, saying: "That kind of thing is impossible. I just have nothing to do, so I came to see the war between the wolves."

Qing asked: "Aren't you going to join the war?"

Xiangzi did not answer. In fact, she was also hesitating. She certainly wanted to give it a try. Not to mention that she could buy lunch boxes at half price by participating in the war, Xiangzi herself was also very interested in being able to actually participate in such a war with such a passionate atmosphere.

Seeing that Xiangzi didn't answer, Qing leaned close to Xiangzi's ear and whispered: "I'll go put up the half-price tags later. The half-price lunch boxes have... the positions are..."

Faced with Qing's unauthorized information about the half-price lunch war that would happen soon, Xiangzi looked at Qing with wide eyes and asked in a suspicious tone: "Why are you telling me this?"

Qing said: "Intelligence is a factor that can determine the outcome of a war. The wolves will not care about the means to win the war. Having this intelligence is your advantage. You can find a suitable position in advance, plan the route in advance, and will not hesitate when taking action."

Xiangzi said frantically: "I never said I wanted to join the war."

Sometimes she really couldn't do anything about Qing, a guy who talked to himself without considering other people's thoughts. The conversation between the two was like a cross-server chat, but Qing's words always hit the nail on the head in Xiangzi's heart, causing Xiangzi to be unable to ignore what Qing said.

Qing really seemed not to have heard what Xiangzi said, and continued to talk about the "intelligence" on her own. After finishing the information about today's half-price bento, she began to explain the intelligence about the "wolves" who were lurking in the store, including what threats they posed, what kind of bento they liked, what were their common means of competition, etc.

At this time, the girl with long blond hair from yesterday also entered the store. Qing paused in his introduction, and Xiangzi followed Qing's gaze and looked towards the door. The blond girl also noticed their gazes, and when she saw Xiangzi, she gave him a provocative look, which made Xiangzi frown.

Qing skipped the "wolf" he had just introduced and went straight to introducing the girl: "This blonde girl is a famous wolf in the area. She is very fast and extremely flexible. She can perform all kinds of difficult acrobatic moves and can avoid other people's obstructions without confrontation and quickly get ahead to grab the lunch. Almost no one can get the lunch faster than her, unless there is something wrong with her route planning."

"She doesn't have a favorite lunch flavor to grab. She only has one goal, which is the half-price lunch with a special mark. There is only one such lunch in a store per day, so she regards grabbing this unique lunch as winning the championship, and she will collect these special marks as her trophies. She is an extremely belligerent person."

After saying that, Qing glanced at the time and said to Xiangzi: "It's almost time. If you want to join the battle, you should get a good position in advance."

Xiangzi closed his eyes and thought about whether he should join the fight. First of all, there are also wealthy people in the wolf pack. Their economic conditions do not need to care whether the lunch box is half-price or not. They just enjoy the fun of fighting with the wolf pack, so even if they are found fighting for the half-price lunch box, it does not mean that they have fallen.

Then, in terms of the chances of winning, although Xiangzi knows that her skills do not give her an advantage, she has a unique advantage in intelligence. As long as Qing does not trick her into giving out false information this time, Xiangzi has a great chance of winning.

Finally, the provocative look of the blonde girl and the contemptuous words yesterday emerged in Xiangzi's mind. His overly strong self-esteem drove Xiangzi to suddenly open his eyes, and it seemed as if two flames were burning in his golden irises.