People in Zongman are masters of copying romance novels

[STARRY] Inside the store, Pochi-chan and Hongxia arrived earlier than the three of them.

Because the girls who left the band were all very motivated to achieve success in the rock band project, the band's practice time has been slightly increased now that they have had some problems playing together.

After everyone is gathered, start practicing.

[STARRY] It was not opening time yet, and the store manager Ijichi Starry had gone somewhere. In the livehouse, there was no one except Aoki Suke and a few girls from the band.

The training started at around three o'clock, and after a break, they resumed practicing half an hour later, and continued until around six o'clock, when Ijichi Xingge returned to the livehouse.

At six o'clock, [STARRY] opens for business.

As the number of customers increased, the band needed help from several people who had left the band. It was obviously impossible to continue practicing at the moment. Aoki Jie originally planned to clean up the tables or mop the floor in the store, but before he could leave the recording studio, Kita Ikuyo suddenly called him.

Pochi-chan, Ryo, Nijika and the others have already gone to the [STARRY] hall, leaving only Kita Ikuyo and Aoki Suke in the recording studio.

Aoki stopped and looked at Kita Ikuyo who called him, feeling a little confused.

Kita Ikuyo, on the other hand, looked at Aoki Suke with a hint of curiosity in her eyes, as if to say, 'Finally, we have a chance to be alone together, I must ask something'.

"Senior Aoki," she began, then paused for a moment, as if she was hesitant, but then she quickly continued to question.

"Um, Aoki-senpai, I'm really curious, so I've been looking for an opportunity to ask, but I always feel that asking directly would be a little inappropriate... Anyway, anyway——"

Kita Ikuyo blinked, then spoke solemnly, "Aoki-senpai, are you and Ryo-senpai really not dating?"

Aokisuke stopped and twitched his lips after hearing the question.

Then he shook his head decisively, "No."

"This is..."

Kita Ikuyo nodded, paused, but quickly continued to ask, "So, just like what Ryo-senpai said before, the two of you are actually in an ambiguous stage right now?"

The ambiguous stage...

Aokisuke's expression became even more helpless.

I always feel that it would be troublesome and weird to fall in love with someone with a weird personality like Miss Liang.

What's more, Aoki Jie thought that he didn't have much contact with Yamada Ryo.

Except for the two times when we ate out together.

But if we put ourselves in their shoes, and look at it from the perspective of the other members of the band...

In the band, I do seem to be able to get along with Yamada Ryo on a daily basis. I do talk to Yamada Ryo the most, and I do only call him by his first name...

But in the final analysis, there is nothing wrong with doing these things between friends. They may cause misunderstandings, but such misunderstandings can be cleared up after a rough explanation.

So after thinking for a moment, Aoki Jie shook his head decisively.

"No, Liang and I really don't have any special relationship."

"No, no?"

Kita Ikuyo blinked again.

Although Aokisuke thought that his answer was decisive, in fact, the way he thought for a while before responding showed that he was completely hesitant in his heart before replying in Kita Ikuyo's eyes.

However, as she said above, considering that Senior Aoki didn't want to talk too much about this matter, even though she really had doubts in her heart, Kita Ikuyo chose to nod and not ask any further questions.

But not asking further questions doesn't mean she will give up her curiosity.

For a girl who's just entered high school, love is a topic filled with uncertainty, yet also one filled with yearning. Especially right now—with Ryo, the man she's always been close to and admired for, and Aoki, the man who's been patiently teaching her guitar skills, there's a good chance they could become lovers...

Even thinking about this kind of thing is exciting!

So, after nodding, Kita Ikuyo swallowed lightly and continued to ask indirectly,

"So what does Aoki-senpai think of Liang-senpai? Can you tell me about this?"

What do you think of Yamada Ryo...

Although the question was asked in a roundabout way, the implication behind his words was that he still suspected that he and Liang were actually in an ambiguous period.

He was somewhat unsure of what expression to make, but after hesitating for a moment he decided to answer Kita Ikuyo's question.

"Liang is this person..."

After a slight pause, he considered Yamada Ryo's personality and spoke.

"She's a strange person. She's usually very frivolous. She'll borrow money from friends, play pranks with a serious face, and make sarcastic remarks with a deadpan expression... But if you get to know her for a long time, you'll find that she's a very gentle person. For example—"

He hadn't finished speaking yet and was about to say something else, but his voice was stuck in his throat. Just as he was about to blurt out the words, he was interrupted because someone suddenly pushed open the recording studio door.

Yamada Ryo peeked out from the recording studio door, looked at Aoki Suke, then turned to look at Kita Ikuyo.

The air was silent for a moment.

Then, Yamada Ryo at the door broke the silence.

"Suki-san, the manager asked you to help lift the table."

"Ah...oh, okay."

Aoki Jie was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted.

Although I really wanted to let Aoki-senpai expand on his words, it was a pity that the conversation was unilaterally interrupted.

After the chat, Aoki Jie did not mention anything about Yamada Ryo's personality. He helped out at [STARRY] as usual, and then waited until the livehouse closed and continued ensemble training for a while.

The training ended around eight o'clock.

Several girls in the band left one after another, and Aokisuke returned to the apartment alone.

I cleaned my room, did my homework, and went out to eat. It was around ten o'clock, and then I made my bed and prepared to go to bed.

And on the other side-

[STARRY] Upstairs, at Ichichi Hongxia's house.

In the bedroom, Hongxia lay on her side on the bed, looking at the message sent by Kita Ikuyo on the mobile phone screen, feeling a little complicated.

[Kita Kita: Although Aoki-senpai gave an explanation, I am now even more suspicious...]

【Kita Kita: Today, Ryo-senpai and Aoki-senpai are playing outside together. 】

Kita Kita: I'm really curious! But it's really rude to keep asking questions about things Aoki-senpai doesn't want to say...

......

Although she was staring at the phone screen, Hong Xia's attention was not on the phone.

She was a little confused about what was going on in her mind at the moment.

I want to work hard to carry the dreams of my predecessors, I want to contribute to them, I want to live up to their unspoken words of "don't give up"...

However, these thoughts at the moment have nothing to do with the random thoughts in his mind at the moment.

My thoughts are a little confused.

"Should I...find a chance to talk to Liang about this..."

Focusing her attention back on the phone screen, Hongxia exited the chat interface with Kita Yuyo and opened the Line chat interface between herself and Liang.

He tapped the screen with his fingers, typed a few words, and then hovered his fingertips over send.

But after hesitating for a while, the girl took a deep breath and then chose to delete the information on her input bar.

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Here is a brief introduction:

Shiina's daughter: I, I also want to help my mother! (＾～＾)

Ichinose's daughter: I want to protect the love between mom and dad! You sneaky monsters! ??_??

Tianze's daughter: If my mother hadn't started school so late, you wouldn't have had so many problems! ?(???‵‵) ?

Karuizawa's daughter: Never mind. I don't have a sense of existence anyway. It's nice to see my young parents too.ヽ( ??`)ノ

Inside Xiuzhi College

Kaguya's daughter:? ? Where did my dad go?

The reborn Fujiwara Chika: Isn’t this good? I, as a mother, finally don’t have to work so hard to raise a child.

Lady of a Thousand Flowers: But then I won’t be able to be born!

Qianhua:???

Chika: What the hell!?

Chapter 53 Planning Music Selection and Ending the Band's Division of Labor

The plum rain season usually refers to the period from early June to mid-July every summer.

During this period, some areas including Tokyo will experience continuous music weather with heavy and continuous rain.

After mid-July, rainfall in areas that have experienced the plum rain season will suddenly decrease, and the temperature will suddenly begin to rise.

It was mid-July, and a long time had passed since Ms. Guiqulaixi last interrogated Aoki Jie.

During this period, the band has been training seriously, and compared with before, the level of the band has steadily improved a lot.

If the current ending band performs live on stage like last time, Aoki can guarantee that with the current level of the girls, they can definitely convert some of the audience into fans.

But now is not the time to care about the live and fans,

The deadline for submissions for PVC Records' "Rock Band Original Music Project" was drawing closer, and considering that time wasn't particularly tight, Aokisuke had recently chosen a single suitable for the band's end and an original music project.

"loser".

This famous single by Kenshi Yonezu in his previous life topped the music charts for several consecutive months and won the first place in the Japanese Golden Melody Award.

Although the rhythm is brisk and the difficulty is a bit high, Aoki chose this song after some hesitation because the Japanese light rock elements of this song perfectly fit the plan of PVC Records.

To redeem points, Aoki Jie simply made a drum score, a bass score, and two guitar scores based on the complete music score and lyrics in his mind.

The girls who had finished the band were all somewhat shocked when they saw this music.

Although they had long known that Aoki Suke was the currently famous 'Suki-san' on YouTube, and they also knew that Aoki Suke was an unparalleled talent in composing music, they really didn't expect that Aoki-senpai would actually compose a song specifically for the end of the band that was so perfectly in tune with the band.

Be it the lyrics, melody or style, it is absolutely perfect.

Especially Goto Ichiri, when she saw this music, she fell in love with it at once.

However, although I like this music, the difficulty of this music can be said to be quite high.

Fortunately, the current band is different from the past. After practicing a few times, they have no problem playing this song simply.

So, after practicing several times, the band members began to study the division of labor.

Including Aoki Suke, the current Ending Band has a total of three guitarists. Although three guitarists is still within the reasonable range for the usual band configuration, it is a bit too many for the current Ending Band.

But it's just a little bit too much, not a big problem.

There is no doubt that Aokisuke's current guitar skills are strong, and his master-level level is more than enough for him to join a professional band.

Although Goto Ichiri's guitar skills are a little worse, they are still pretty good due to years of hard practice and high talent.

But Kita Ikuyo's guitar skills are somewhat average.

I have just started learning, and although I work very hard, I am still far behind the other two because I have only been studying for a short time.

Therefore, after considering it, Aokijie gave his own idea——

He is responsible for playing the lead guitar and most of the main melody of the music, while Kazuto Goto is the rhythm guitarist, responsible for some of the harmony and small rhythm of the music.

As for Kita Ikuyo, she also plays the rhythm guitar, but her part is less than Goto Ichiri's.

Liang is responsible for bass and Hongxia is responsible for drums.

And the lead singer...

Aokisuke has thought about letting himself be the lead singer, which might increase the band's chances of winning the PVC project.

However, considering that Kita Ikuyo's vocal level is not bad, and is even only slightly weaker than his own, and the fact that as a guitarist she is responsible for very few parts, Aoki decided to let Kita Ikuyo be the lead singer after consideration.

After Aokisuke made his suggestion, the division of labor in the band was tentatively determined.

There are only about two and a half weeks left until the project deadline.

I have about half a month of free time for training. Although I can submit my proposal to PVC Records before the deadline for submissions, it is always better to do this as early as possible - after all, it involves various issues such as reserving time for canvassing.