The shining Shoko Toyokawa

She was sure that she wanted to continue walking with everyone, but something seemed to be telling her that this was impossible.

The car quickly returned to Toyokawa's house, and Saki didn't think too much about this strange feeling.

Instead, she couldn't wait to enter the house and ran up to the second floor.

A gentle and beautiful woman with black hair cascading down like a waterfall turned around following the sound of footsteps and smiled at her daughter, "Xiaoxiang, aren't you going to rehearse with your friends today?"

"mom!"

Saki threw herself into her mother's warm embrace. In order to prevent her sudden tears from being seen by her mother, she stayed in her arms and refused to leave.

"How strange..."

There is nothing sad, but the tears just keep flowing.

"What's wrong, Xiaoxiang? Have you been bullied?" The woman asked with concern, "Tell mom who bullied you, and I'll take you to settle the score with them!"

"No no!"

Being discovered crying, Saki finally left her mother's arms reluctantly, "I just had a nightmare today..."

"nightmare?"

As soon as the words came out, Saki felt that something was wrong.

As expected, the mother, who had been kind and amiable before, suddenly became very kind and asked with a smile, "Xiaoxiang, did you fall asleep in school? Was it during class?"

"No, I slept there after school!"

'Done! '

Saki realized that she had fallen into her mother's trap. The correct answer should be on the way back.

As expected, after getting the message, the mother smiled even more warmly, "Xiaoxiang, come to my room. I will love you well."

'Mom, are you plotting against me!?'

"Father...save me!"

Chapter 177: The Fall of Flash (Waiting for the Rain)

At dinner time, Saki looked at her late father with a face full of resentment.

After understanding the whole story, Toyokawa Yamato patted his daughter's head and said with a forced smile, "There's nothing I can do. Dad has to go to work. Next time, next time I will definitely not let Mom bully Xiaoxiang."

Looking at the bowl of rice and miso soup in front of her father, Saki asked curiously, "Father, have you given up drinking?"

"What nonsense are you talking about, kid?" The mother reached out and touched Saki's forehead. "Dad doesn't drink. Last time we had dinner with Mrs. Fujiwara and his wife, he couldn't drink even a little bit."

"Xiaoxiang, Xiaoxiang!"

Saki suddenly felt someone calling her,

But she put down her chopsticks and walked to the window, but found nothing.

The parents looked at Xiaoxiang strangely, "Xiaoxiang, what's wrong?"

"nothing,"

Saki shook her head.

"Perhaps, it was that nightmare that caused it..."

…………

In the early morning, Saki played "The Girl with Flaxen Hair" briskly.

Today is Saturday, the day she and her fellow members of the "Community of Destiny" agreed to practice together.

After the song, Saki packed her things and stood at the entrance, whispering, "I'm going out."

She didn't expect anyone to reply, but her mother's gentle voice came from home, "Have a nice trip."

"!!!"

Embracing a happy mood, the girl with aqua blue hair walked out of the door with a smile.

She first went to Mu's house to find Mu, and the two of them took a car to the reserved practice room.

They were the first to arrive, followed by Su Shi, then Li Xi, and finally the gray-haired girl who always kept her head down.

After saying hello to everyone, Saki took the lantern's hand and found a quiet place.

"Xiao Deng, why did you say that yesterday, 'I hate you'?" Saki tried to make her smile look gentler and assured her, "I definitely won't hate Xiao Deng! I won't abandon Xiao Deng!"

"Eh?"

Deng raised his head in confusion, like a cat that just woke up. "Did I say that?"

"certainly…"

Since Deng's expression was too sincere and today was not April 1st, Saki couldn't help but wonder if she had made a mistake.

She took out the phone, found Deng's account, clicked on it, and found that the last message from Deng was yesterday at noon, but she clearly remembered that she had received a message from Deng in the afternoon.

Finally, Saki looked through all the messages, but couldn't find any message from the friend with the penguin avatar.

"...Maybe I remembered it wrongly. Well, let's go back to rehearsal first. Let's rehearse...our song, Kasuga Kage."

Saki's smile seemed to contain some...nostalgia?

"Haruhikage?"

Deng was even more confused after hearing this. "Our song?"

"Ugh?"

Saki finally realized something was wrong, "Deng, how is your relationship with Riki now?"

"Is it related..." Deng looked embarrassed and hesitated for a moment before saying uncertainly, "Although Shiina-san is very strict, she should be a good person, right?"

"...I see." After a long while, Saki forced a smile, "She actually has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, what you call a tsundere."

"Really?" Deng opened his eyes wide, looking incredulous.

"It's true, Deng, don't you have a collection of penguin band-aids? Why not give a few to Li Xi? She's sure to like them... We should go back to practice."

"Hmm," the lamp responded.

"So slow, you guys!"

"Well, Riki-chan, Saki must have something to say to Xiao Deng, so let's practice first."

Saki stood in front of the piano, and touched the black and white keys with her ten fingers.

She cast an encouraging look at the gray-haired girl who looked like a little animal, and when she met the eyes of the others, she knew that they were ready.

So, he gently and happily pressed the piano keys.

In this way, the band named CRYCHIC spent another ordinary yet incredible day.

The lights gradually began to sing in front of everyone.

Li Xi finally believed that he was not someone who could be replaced at any time, but a member of CRYCHIC.

Su Shi regards CRYCHIC as her own home.

Xiao Mu is also very happy to join CRYCHIC,

We took photos together and registered a band account.

Even if we don't practice, we often go out to play together.

Our first song, "Spring Shadow", was also born.

After practicing again and again, finally...finally the day of the performance arrived——

Before going on stage, Saki was behind the scenes, in a corner where no one noticed, and she gently spun a small spinning top.

'Wow, there are so many people in the audience!'

Saki's heart beat as fast as a drum, but she knew that others were more nervous than her.

So, Saki smiled brighter than ever before,

"But it's so dark now, can you see my expression?"

With a nervous yet excited mood, Saki gently pressed the keys.

Guitar, bass, drums followed, and the lights sang.

Just hearing the singing of Deng, Saki wanted to cry and show off to everyone: I raised this child.

"Feeling haggard inside?"

"Your eyes keep wandering?"

"I'm alone in this world?"

CRYCHIC’s Spring Shadow is not a lonely song, it is a song of gentle encounter.

"In this ever-fading spring? Is it always cold?"

"In total darkness? Walking in one direction?"

"Can I just write nonsense? Knowing that my expectations are in vain?"

"Yet you still keep seeking redemption?"

Because we have met, this spring is no longer cold, the world is no longer dark, I am no longer alone, and my expectations are no longer in vain.

Have I found redemption?

The answer lies in the harmony——

(“Heart-wrenching yet endearing?”)

“Do you feel like you understand now?”

(“Happiness but also confusion?”)

"Shine on me who can't cry?"

"The light gently carries me along?"

The light named Toyokawa Shoko illuminates the watermelon worms in the dark corners.

"By passing through the clouds? By becoming sparkling?"

"Is your inner thoughts overflowing?"

"Have your cheeks come back to life? Are they also sparkling?"

"Hot tears wet my face?"

"Why are your hands so warm?"

"Please?"

"Please...never let go from now on?"

"Never! Never! Never let go..."

At the end of the song, there was thunderous applause.

"Xiaoxiang, Xiaoxiang! Wake up!"

The calls that often came to Saki's ears at that time became louder and louder.

Saki looked in the direction of the voice and saw a gray-haired girl standing under the stage...

"Little lamp?"

She completely forgot that the microphone was still on, so the call reached the ears of all the audience and was also heard by "Xiao Deng".

"Saki-chan?"

Deng also responded subconsciously, and it was through the microphone, and the volume was not small, which made the audience laugh.

Because she was distracted, when Saki looked at the audience again, the gray-haired girl was nowhere to be found.

She smiled apologetically at the lights on the stage and went into the 'backstage' with her companions.

"The lamp!" Li Xi's face flushed red, and she hugged the lamp excitedly and cried.

"That's awesome, CRYCHIC!"

Su Shi shed tears of joy.