I'm not a womanizer for Chihaya Aine

Xiangzi continued to persuade her: "It's still raining outside. If you force yourself to go out, your condition will get worse. Explain it to Aiyin-san, she will understand."

Qing glanced at Xiangzi indifferently when he heard this. He really wanted to say that he didn't want to be told that by Xiangzi. After all, this guy was an idiot who walked to the rehearsal room crying without an umbrella in the rain, and now he is concerned about other people's health.

"I'm going to band practice."

Qing suddenly said.

Xiangzi was stunned when he heard this. His originally calm expression suddenly became a little unnatural. Then he said: "That's even worse. I won't be in the right state to play after I get sick, and practicing won't have any effect."

Seeing that Xiangzi still refused to leave, Qing gave up the idea of changing clothes and put on her coat directly. It's not that Qing minded changing clothes in front of Xiangzi, the key point is that if she didn't mind, the system would probably mind, so she decided to mind her own business.

After Qing put on her clothes, picked up her bag, put on her guitar and was about to go out. Xiangzi had no choice but to follow Qing out. After all, she couldn't stay alone in Qing's house.

Qing came to the entrance, changed his shoes and looked back at Xiangzi with a calm expression. His clear voice was a little hoarse due to the cold, but it gave people a deeper feeling.

"Xiang, look at my home now."

Qing pointed his finger at the small four-and-a-half-tatami-mat room and said.

Xiangzi followed Qing's direction and looked towards Qing's home. It was the first time that she took a serious look at Qing's home. It was simple like a board house, small and cramped, and without any atmosphere of life. It was different from Xiangzi's current home. Although Xiangzi's home was also small and cramped, and his bastard father would make a mess of the room, there were still many personal belongings belonging to them.

Qing's home is different. It feels more like a place to sleep than a home. At most, it has a computer and is a place to work. In short, it is very deserted.

After Xiangzi finished his inspection and looked at Qing again, Qing showed a helpless smile and said: "You should understand after reading this, I have nothing else except Aine and the others."

Qing's words made Xiangzi's golden pupils widen, as if she had heard extremely shocking news. Then she lowered her head slightly and asked: "Qing, I just noticed the interface of your computer. Were you composing music before?"

Qing shrugged, as if you had seen through it. She tried to make her tone more relaxed, but her throat was affected by the cold and she couldn't do it. "I think my operation is fast enough... Don't tell anyone else."

When Xiangzi heard Qing's answer, she knew the answer. She walked slowly to the door and said to Qing solemnly: "I know... I wish you a smooth journey."

Qing nodded to Xiangzi and said, "Can you please buy me a mask?"

"—I'm in a hurry."

107

Chapter 107: The past, the bad, and the return.

Aiyin put down the phone. She had done what she could, and all she had to do was trust the teacher.

"How about it……?"

Deng asked about the situation anxiously.

"The teacher said she would contact Qingqing's family and come back to tell us after the matter is resolved... But Qingqing should contact us first after the matter is resolved, right? In fact, she doesn't need to reply to us."

Aine forced a smile and said while looking at the light.

Under what circumstances does the teacher need to reply to them on behalf of Qing? Only when Qing is still unable to send messages to them after handling the matter, does she need someone else to reply on her behalf. But... Qing will be fine, so there is no need!

Deng still felt uneasy after hearing Aine's explanation. She lowered her head and asked Aine in a low voice, as if she was muttering or asking: "Why didn't Xiaoqing come to practice?"

Ain looked at Deng's worried expression and was actually a little surprised. After all, Ain knew more about Qing's situation and could subjectively infer that Qing might have a problem, but Deng and the other people in the band were different. In Ain's opinion, it was hard for them to believe that Qing would really get into trouble.

So when Su Shi spoke up for her many times and Li Xi took the initiative to go out to inquire about the news, Ai Yin was really surprised. It was hard to say that they did this because they believed in Ai Yin's judgment, so Ai Yin was sure that Su Shi and Li Xi did these things because they saw her worried look and wanted to comfort her.

After all, Qing didn't have much interaction with them, they were just ordinary band mates, so they probably wouldn't worry too much about Qing.

But Deng is really worried about Qing, which can be seen from her behavior. Obviously, Deng doesn't know Qing as well as she does, so why is she so worried about Qing?

Aiyin hesitated for a moment, but finally asked the question in her heart: "Deng Deng, are you worried about Qingqing?"

Deng heard this, turned his head and looked at the rainy day outside the window, and nodded. Aiyin also looked outside along with Deng's line of sight. It had been raining for a long time, making the city hazy. Aiyin didn't see anything worth noting outside.

Aiyin had no choice but to say: "I know something about Qingqing. I can't go into detail about what it is that involves her privacy, but based on these things and my understanding of Qingqing, I think she may have encountered some accidents."

Deng was attracted by Aine's words, and met her eyes again, saying: "Aine... and Aoki have a good relationship."

Aiyin thought about what happened the last time yesterday, nodded helplessly, and then asked: "Deng Deng, what about you? Did you also know something that made you so worried about Qingqing?"

Hearing this, Deng turned his head again to look at the rain and the dim city outside, shook his head gently, and said: "No...it's just that something similar happened before."

Aine didn't know that Crychic's disbandment happened on a rainy day, so she didn't think of it at the first time. Now that Deng mentioned the past, Aine roughly guessed what it was.

"Is it from the time of Crychic?"

Aine asked. Now Aine was not worried that asking this would expose Deng's scars. After all, she knew a lot about Crychic before, and Deng's main emotion now was still worried about Qing, so it would be good to distract her attention.

The lamp nodded, looked at the raindrops hitting the window, and talked about the past.

"After the live, Xiao Xiang was absent from the band's activities for a while... At first we all thought that Xiao Xiang just had something to do so he didn't come... But... Xiao Xiang never came after that, and didn't reply to anyone's messages... Then... Then, he came to the rehearsal room on a rainy day... and said that he wanted to quit Crychic..."

Aiyin looked at the rain outside and finally understood why Deng was so worried about Qing. It turned out that it reminded her of bad memories. Although she didn't know what happened to Xiangzi that made him absent all the time and decided to quit Crychic, she didn't know what Qing's current situation was.

At the same time, Aiyin also understood why Su Shi and Riki were so tolerant of her being distracted because of worrying about Qing. It was probably because they remembered the past.

Aiyin asked: "Can you tell me what happened at that time?"

Although Aiyin already knew many details about the disbandment of Crychic, she had never heard the full story. She had not had a good opportunity to ask in the past, and she did not particularly want to know. Now was a good time to ask Deng this question.

So Deng spoke very slowly, recalling what happened that day. Of course, it was from Deng's first-person perspective and memory, so there might be some deviations from the actual situation.

After listening to Deng's narration, Aine's first thought was that she didn't expect Xiangzi to be such an extreme person. Before, Aine and Qing thought that Xiangzi's sharp comment to Deng, "You are the one who needs practice the most," made sense, but after understanding the specific situation, Aine realized that this was just pure blame-shifting.

Although Xiangzi didn't say it seriously, didn't she know how troublesome Deng's personality was? A casual word could hurt Deng. Not to mention that she didn't even want to give an explanation when she left the team. It seemed that her attitude was problematic. Could it be that she got into something that she couldn't let others know about?

And Mu is also a heavyweight. Even if he is really unhappy, he can't say such words in such a situation, right? Aiyin really doubted whether Mu said that on purpose. Compared with him, even Li Xi, who is not good at speaking, seems to be much more personified. His tone is a bit aggressive, but there is nothing wrong with her questioning Xiangzi.

After complaining in her heart, Aine compared the atmosphere in the rehearsal room just now with the atmosphere on the day Crychic disbanded. The same members played missing, Su Shi also said nice things to ease the atmosphere, Riki seemed to be calmer, and Deng was unable to do anything; Rina who frankly said that she was bored might correspond to Mutsu who said that he had never been happy playing in a band.

Of course, Aine is sure that the reason why Li Xi can stay calm is because no one blamed Deng today, otherwise Li Xi would also explode. Aine can still hear from Deng's description that Li Xi was still very calm before Xiangzi blamed Deng, and it can also be seen from these days of getting along that Li Xi has a different feeling for Deng, so Aine can come to this conclusion.

With so many similarities, it's no wonder Deng was worried about the tragedy happening again. Knowing the reason, Ain also understood how to reassure Deng. She said to Deng seriously: "Don't worry, Qingqing attaches great importance to the band and us, she will never quit the band! I believe that."

Deng seemed to be hesitant to speak after hearing what Aine said. She wanted to say that Xiangzi actually also valued Crychic very much, but in the end she did not say it out loud. She just nodded and accepted Aine's comfort.

At this time, the door of the rehearsal room was opened, and the last person who was still in the rehearsal room walked out. Aiyin saw Rikki carrying her own bag and about to walk out, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Rikki, where are you going?"

Li Xi turned to look at Ai Yin, her expression was a little depressed. She had just been emoting for a long time in the rehearsal room, and once again she failed to do the job she had taken on, which made her feel inferior. She stayed in there for such a long time before she came out.

"gone back."

Li Xi answered succinctly and clearly.

Aine and Deng were surprised when they heard this and asked quickly, “Eh? Are you going back now? Didn’t we plan to practice until the afternoon?”

Li Xi glared at Ai Yin in annoyance and said, "Do you think you two can practice like this? Instead of wasting time here, why don't you go home?"

What Li Xi said was also what she was thinking in her heart. You know, she came here today despite having stayed up late. She didn't even drink coffee last night. As a result, she came here in the rain and only practiced for a short while. She must have been unwilling in her heart.

But the fact is that she can't handle the current problems of the band. No matter how unwilling she is, she can't change this. After a long ideological struggle, Lixi chose to accept her mediocrity.

She couldn't support an entire wind orchestra by herself like her sister, nor could she become the core of the band like Xiangzi, and she couldn't even integrate the band members like Qing.

Now that Qing is not here, the band is about to fall apart, which shows her incompetence. So in Lixi's opinion, she has already failed, and it is reasonable to cut losses in time when she fails, right? Maybe she can catch up on some sleep when she goes home now.

After hearing Li Xi's explanation, Ai Yin didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, there was nothing wrong with what Li Xi said. They really couldn't rehearse now, and they were really wasting time. But Li Xi's attitude seemed a little too negative, as if he was just starting a show. And Ai Yin still hoped that Qing could participate in the band practice normally without any problems.

So Aine tried to comfort her: “Don’t be so anxious to go back! What if Qingqing and Lenai come back to practice together later?”

Although Aiyin tried to comfort Lixi, Lixi was very upset. I asked you to practice but you didn't practice, and you didn't let me go. What on earth do you want to do? Lixi really wanted to ask Aiyin, "Why don't you advance or retreat?"

In fact, Li Xi had been holding back his anger for a long time, but just because one member didn't come, these people just started to perform. Some were absent-minded, some couldn't sing, and some showed up but didn't participate. Some left early after being caught. In the end, even Su Shi left with Le Na.

Li Xi really wanted to ask these people, what did I do wrong that made you so unwilling to cooperate with the practice, can this band not function without Qing? Qing is not a very important position, they can still rehearse without her!

To be honest, Li Xi was already suppressing her anger and trying hard to organize everyone to practice together, otherwise she would have been angry at Aine and Lenna.

"Xiao Lixi...wait a little longer."

At this time, Deng also came forward to persuade.

Deng's words stopped Li Xi from wanting to scold Aine. She looked at Deng, nodded seriously, and responded: "Okay."

Aiyin went on to explain: "I was really worried about what happened to Qingqing, so I couldn't concentrate on practicing, but I have already called the homeroom teacher, and she will contact Qing's family to inquire about Qing's situation. After confirming that Qingqing is okay, I can put my mind at ease and practice regardless of whether she comes in the end."

Li Xi felt better after hearing Aine's explanation, but still asked coldly: "We don't know how long we have to wait. And what about the stray cats? What are you going to do?"

Now Lixi has put herself in a position to follow instructions. Since you guys don't listen to her when she plays the band, let Aiyin handle the problem. She wants to see if there is something wrong with the way she plays.

Aiyin laughed helplessly a few times and said, "I don't know what's going on with Lena-chan, but let's go check on her and Sushi first. It would be best if we could persuade her to come back to practice."

After saying that, Aine took Deng and Li Xi to the dining area to find Renai and the others.

In fact, Su Shi has not been idle during this period. She has been trying to communicate with Lenai, but she soon found that it was useless to engage in verbal arguments with Lenai. Lenai would not follow her words at all. She would either just all in or say something that was incomprehensible.

Su Shi still didn't understand why Lenai called her "boring". She didn't really care about Lenai's opinion, but it was inevitable that she would feel a little uncomfortable after being bitten by a cat. However, the cat didn't want to talk more about this topic, and was very rude when eating.

It doesn't take too much time to eat a portion of matcha cake. Su Shi has been using words to keep Le Na from leaving for a long time. Le Na is about to leave, but luckily, Aine appears with Deng and Li Xi.

"Xiao Lenai, let's continue practicing together later..."

Then Aine explained to Rakuna that she had asked the teacher to find out about Ao's situation.

Aine said this to Lenna without really expecting Lenna to come back, but considering that Lenna and Ao seemed to have a good relationship, explaining Ao's situation to her might make her feel a little more at ease even if she couldn't keep Lenna.

But unexpectedly, after listening to Aine's words, Le Na looked at Riki and Su Shi who were following behind Aine, and nodded and said, "I understand."

Then Le Nai sat back in the seat where she had just eaten.

Everyone didn't quite understand why Le Nai suddenly stopped leaving, but they didn't dare to ask in the current situation, for fear that Le Nai would run away again after asking. Considering that what Aine just said to Le Nai was mainly related to Qing, they just thought that Le Nai had a close relationship with Qing and was willing to stay for Qing.

In fact, Le Nai's criteria for judging whether a band is boring has never changed, that is, whether it can become a lifelong destination. After Qing was absent without reason, Li Xi took the lead in practicing with Qing, which gave Le Nai the feeling that Qing could be abandoned at any time, so she thought the band was boring.

And now that Aine had brought the others to explain the situation to her, Lena thought that it was Aine who had convinced the others not to abandon Qing, so she was naturally willing to stay.

Li Xi felt upset when she saw that Le Nai actually stayed because she explained the matter of Qing. It was Qing who was absent without reason that caused everyone to be unable to rehearse, but why did everyone seem to be unable to do without Qing? In this way, wouldn't she be like a villain if she insisted on making everyone practice?

Putting aside the composition of the band, if the person who was absent was himself, would the other members of the band also care about Qing like they do now and be unable to carry out band activities? Li Xi did not have the confidence to answer this question.

What is the gap between me and Qing? Why was Aine able to persuade Le Na to come back? Wasn't my efforts enough? I thought I had made changes for the band, which was already quite remarkable, but in the end, I still couldn't accomplish anything?

Sure enough, without my sister's help, I would not be able to achieve anything?

Li Xi clenched his fists, lowered his head and fell into the abyss of inferiority in his heart.

At this time, Aiyin's mobile phone received a message reminder. Aiyin quickly opened the message and showed a relieved and happy smile. She put down the phone and said to everyone with a smile: "Qingqing said she overslept and will be here soon. Really, she is too worrying. She made us worry for nothing!"

Although Aiyin said this, no one at the scene blamed Qing. Su Shi just smiled and responded: "At least Xiaoqing is fine, isn't that good?"

No one seemed to notice that there should have been someone here who would complain about Qing being late for this reason and wasting everyone's time, but the joyful atmosphere that had been suppressed for a long time made everyone ignore this matter.

No, maybe it’s not that no one noticed, it’s just that the cat-like girl would not say such things out loud. She was like an outsider, watching everyone’s every move lazily.

Li Xi looked up and saw that Deng also looked relieved and smiled sincerely. Li Xi slowly loosened his clenched fists.

Isn't it good too?

108

Chapter 108 Umbrella, eyes, swing.

As it was approaching noon, even the flow of people on the streets of Ikebukuro had decreased. A girl holding an umbrella was walking quickly and with big strides in this colorful rainy world. Relying on her height and long legs that were not inferior to those of men, her stride and step length far exceeded those of other pedestrians nearby.

The girl was wearing a mask and a thick coat that looked more like something she would wear two months ago, but based on her brisk walking speed, it was hard to believe that she was really sick, rather than having some unique sense of dress.

Although the girl's dress and behavior were far from elegant, her temperament did not give people the feeling of being in a mess, even though she sometimes walked too fast and rain leaked into the umbrella and wet her clothes, and her feet stepped into puddles and wet her shoes.

The girl named Yanagisawa Ao didn't care about her so-called illness or the difficulty of walking in the rain, she just wanted to see Aine as soon as possible.

Of course, Qing knew her body well. Although she caught a cold, she had a system that strengthened her body and added stress resistance skills, so she was only affected most when she just woke up and her body hadn't recovered yet. Otherwise, if she was really feeling very uncomfortable, she wouldn't have walked so recklessly in the rain.

For her, not to mention that her current cold would not affect her ability to move, she would probably recover on her own in two days without taking any medicine. She had the experience of having to work after being sick before she traveled through time. There was really no reason for her not to go to RING to practice with the band.

The only hidden danger is that they might be infected, so Qing put on a thick coat and put on a mask, which was her greatest respect for this cold.

Arriving at RING as quickly as possible, Qing glanced at the place where umbrellas were placed, and suddenly saw a pink translucent umbrella hanging on the side. Although she didn’t know if this was Aine’s umbrella, this umbrella reminded Qing of the five transparent umbrellas of different colors that appeared in the OP of “Lost Son!!!”

Without much hesitation, Qing hung her black umbrella next to the pink translucent umbrella, and then hurried to the rehearsal room. On the way, she met Miss Rinrinko, and after a simple greeting, Miss Rinrinko told Qing that Lixi and the others were waiting for her. Qing responded with "I know" and continued walking.

After Aine received Ao's reply, she returned to the rehearsal room with everyone shortly afterwards. Although they didn't practice well after returning to the rehearsal room, the atmosphere was much better than before.

On the way, Aiyin received a call from her homeroom teacher and learned that Qing had caught a cold. She sent a message to Qing to inquire about the situation, but Qing was busy on his way and did not reply to Aiyin's message.

Afterwards, Aiyin told everyone that Qing was sick, and everyone finally understood why Qing was late. Li Xi had not blamed Qing before, and now that he knew the reason, he would not blame Qing anymore. Now everyone was more worried about Qing coming to practice while sick.

Qing pushed open the door of the rehearsal room and after entering she found that no one was practicing at that time. Everyone looked up at her.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Qing's voice, which was usually as cold as a clear spring, had a hint of hoarseness and seemed a little low.

Everyone looked at Qing wearing a mask and a thick coat, and his voice was obviously different from usual, so they knew that Aiyin's news was true.