People in Zongman are masters of copying romance novels

Ichichi Xingge first looked at her sister who was still silent.

Then, her eyes returned to the laptop on the bar, and without looking at Aokisuke, she raised her hand and waved.

It roughly means 'just do as you see fit'.

Chapter 81 I say, Hongxia...

The manager of Xingge store has a sharp tongue but a soft heart and is usually very easy to talk to.

Aoki Suke said that Rikka Takanashi was his friend, so the store manager decisively did not make things difficult for her and kept back the words "It's not business hours yet" that he had not said from the beginning.

However, although the store manager is reasonable, there are some problems with Rikka Takanashi.

I need to practice the song briefly with a few girls from the band, so I have no time at the moment.

It will take about two or three hours for the practice to end, and it would not be appropriate to let Rikka Takanashi wait like this during this period.

Most people's personalities are full of two sides - Aoki Jie is a person who is very decisive at times when he makes up his mind, but in other aspects, he can be somewhat indecisive.

Although he had only met Rikka Takanashi once, at the moment, what he was thinking in his heart was to take care of the feelings of both sides as much as possible.

So - Rikka Takanashi's sudden visit really made Aoki Suke feel a little embarrassed.

In this situation, it is obviously unlikely to be realized by taking both parties into consideration...

There was a slight silence, and Aoki Jie was a little embarrassed to think.

Then, while they were considering a solution, Rikka Takanashi spoke.

It was not a good idea to visit without any notice. Realizing that Aokisuke was thinking about her, and because she was a little embarrassed, after a moment of silence and a little awkwardness, Takanashi Rikka said to Aokisuke,

"I'm just here to take a look out of curiosity. Don't mind me!"

Then the voice paused for a moment, the tone lowered a little, and continued,

"Um... and, yeah, sorry to bother you..."

Aoki Jie opened his mouth and was silent for a moment, then sighed helplessly.

Rikka's personality is generally pretty good, but sometimes she gets carried away and makes some unnatural decisions—like when she followed me to the station last time, or when she suddenly visited me this time after knowing where I was...

It is impossible to leave the four band members aside and ignore training at the moment, so since he cannot take care of both sides at the same time, even if Aokisuke hesitates, he will eventually choose to put Rika aside for the time being.

After the band and others finished their performance at the bar of [STARRY], they could enter freely. He stood up and walked to the bar, took out the money for drinks from his wallet and put it in the drawer inside the bar. Aokisuke then took another cold drink.

He put it on the table next to Takanashi Rikka and said,

"Then, Mr. Kotori, please wait in the store for a while. The livehouse isn't open yet, so there's nothing fun to do... If you want to leave, tell me and I'll see you off."

"Ah... yes." Rikka Takanashi nodded.

I was barely able to arrange for the sudden attack of Rikka Takanashi.

After stopping the conversation with Rikka, we returned to the previous topic of ending the band.

Just now, the store manager Xingge said that there was an electric piano in the [STARRY] warehouse, and Aokisuke asked the store manager about the specific location of the electric piano.

Although the electric piano is slightly heavier than instruments such as guitars, it is definitely light compared to a proper piano and is not so heavy that one person cannot lift it.

I found the electric piano in the warehouse, and without bothering anyone else, I pushed it to the recording studio where the band usually practiced.

After simply wiping the electric piano, it can be used normally after plugging it in.

So the band members started practicing.

Although it was the first ensemble practice, the girls in the band had actually started practicing a few days ago when they got the music score.

Therefore, even though many small details were handled poorly in the first ensemble, there were no basic mistakes in memorizing the score.

Aoki Suke plays the keyboard in the song "Fireworks", but his guitar skills are not useless in ensemble practice - while practicing the ensemble, Aoki Suke can hear the problems in Pochi and Kita's guitar skills and give timely corrective suggestions.

They practiced like this for about an hour, and during that time Rikka never came to find Aokisuke.

The practice ends after one hour.

The reason for the termination of the practice was that Kita Ikuyo suddenly received a call from her family.

Because the speakerphone was not on, Aokisuke couldn't hear clearly what Kita's parents said on the other end of the phone, but looking at Kita Ikuyo's reaction, he could guess that Kita's parents were probably urging her to go home as soon as possible.

So, after hanging up the phone, the girl first bowed vigorously to apologize, then said, "I will arrive on time tomorrow", and hurriedly took her guitar bag and ran out of the livehouse.

Without the lead singer and rhythm guitar, it was obviously not suitable to continue practicing the ensemble.

Plus, today's situation was a bit unusual—Rikka Takanashi was still sitting outside the studio, in the STARRY lobby...

So, after Kita Iku announced his departure from the livehouse, Aoki Suke hesitated for a moment and then suggested, "Do you want to go back temporarily today?"

Liang and others certainly had no objection.

After packing up the electric piano, Aokisuke walked out of the recording studio and returned to the lobby of the livehouse.

He had thought that Takanashi Rikka would lose control of herself and wander around, or simply leave the store without informing him, but Aokisuke had not anticipated this situation.

The cold drink that Aoki Suke took was half-drunk and put aside, while Rikka Takanashi was lying on the table, her little face turned to one side, her eyes slightly closed, as if she was asleep.

No, rather than saying 'like', it would be more accurate to say that the current Mr. Takanashi is indeed asleep.

Looking at Rikka Takanashi lying on the table, Aoki was silent for a few seconds, and then he sighed for the second time.

I was waiting here for him to finish practicing, and ended up falling asleep...

To be fair, some of Rikka Takanashi's actions were not very good for Aoki Suke.

If these behaviors happened to someone else, Aokisuke would probably take the initiative to distance himself from such a person.

But Rikka Takanashi is a little different.

It's not because Rikka Takanashi is a beautiful girl, but because in the vague memories of his previous life, Aoki Jie more or less retained a trace of memory about Rikka Takanashi's life experience——

His father passed away suddenly, his mother ran away from home, and in order to escape reality, he developed symptoms of Chuunibyou...

The impulsive decisions she occasionally makes and the bluntness she speaks sometimes...all of these are mostly caused by her experiences.

So when facing Rikka Takanashi, in fact, Aokisuke always had a more tolerant attitude.

However, looking at the sleeping face of Rikka Takanashi who was lying on the table, he was silent for a few seconds, then shook his head and threw away the thoughts in his mind at the moment.

Normally, she had no friends to talk to, and she finally met someone who could understand her and respond to her seriously. That's why, on the day they first met, she kept asking to add her on line...

Today, because I realized that my behavior might have offended someone, I didn't dare to look for me again after apologizing. I just kept waiting until I fell asleep...

If you have some free time on weekdays, it seems that it’s okay to express your middle school mentality occasionally... Just like a middle-aged man who can’t help but wave a few standard branches he picked up on the roadside - men are young men until they die.

Aokisuke walked to Rikka Takanashi, and while thinking about something, he raised his hand and patted Rikka Takanashi's shoulder.

"Kidori-san, do you want to go out for a walk? Or should I just take you home?"

Her name was suddenly called and her shoulder was patted twice, and she was immediately woken up by Aokisuke. Rika raised her head with a little hesitation.

She was silent for a moment, not realizing what Qing Mujie said. She just nodded subconsciously, and then replied blankly, "It's all right..."

"If that's all right... let's talk about it after we leave the livehouse. Let's go." Aokisuke responded and walked towards the store door.

Rikka was stunned again at first, but this time she quickly recovered, stood up, picked up the cold drink, and trotted to catch up with Aokisuke. The girl nodded in response, "Ah... Yeah."

Until the two of them walked out of the livehouse, and a while later.

Ryo and Pochi-chan also stopped practicing and left [STARRY] first.

After a while, only Hong Xia and the store manager Xingge, who was still sitting behind the bar, were left in the store.

The store manager was still busy on his laptop doing some unknown work, while Hong Xia cleaned up the store after everyone left.

I thought today would be like any other day, but who would have thought that while I was wiping the table, I suddenly heard my sister's voice in my ear.

"Hey, Hongxia...you actually like Aoki, right?"

Ijichi Hoshige sat behind the bar, not looking away from his sister, but still keeping his gaze on the laptop screen as he spoke in a slightly calm, yet somewhat questioning tone.

Chapter 82 Ichichi Hoshige's Love Compass

【STARRY】In-store.

After Ijichi Hoshige said those words to Hongxia, the atmosphere in the store was silent for a moment.

Hong Xia's movement of wiping the table froze for a moment, and she looked at her sister as if she hadn't heard clearly, with a surprised expression on her face.

Perhaps thinking that Hong Xia really didn't hear clearly, after a few seconds of silence around them, Ijichi Xingge looked away from the laptop.

Looking at Hong Xia, she asked again in doubt,

"Why are you suddenly silent... I'm telling you, Hongxia, you actually like that Aoki guy, right?"

"..."

The surprised expression on her face froze slightly, and her cheeks suddenly flushed.

After Ijichi Xingge became further confused and Hongxia finally realized what was happening, a look of panic suddenly appeared on the girl's face.

She turned away, no longer looking at her sister, and with a slight tremor in her voice, she stumbled in response.

"Eh? Um, that... No, I don't like it. Sis, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"I guessed it based on your performance."

Ijichi Xingge didn't really care about Hongxia's answer, but gave her own judgment.

"Your ringtone has always been 'So I Gave Up Music' by Aoki, right? During training earlier, although I didn't observe you much, you did occasionally glance at him. Just now, you even acted like you were very concerned about what woman he was in contact with..."

The voice paused, and after blinking, the store manager continued to speak.

"So even if you don't like me, you should at least have a good impression of me, right?"

Every word that Yidizhi Xingge said was true.

Hong Xia originally planned to deny everything and get away with it, but after listening to her sister's three sentences of analysis, she didn't know how to respond.

Considering that even if I admit it to my sister, it probably won't have much of an impact...

Her little face was still brightly flushed, and she didn't dare to meet Ichichi Xingge's gaze.

After hesitating for a long time and remaining silent for a while after the store manager spoke, Hong Xia finally responded softly, her voice lowered several degrees.

"If you have a good impression... you should have..."

After she finished speaking, she paused for a moment before adding, "And, and—I think I'm just admiring Senpai's affection, no, I don't like him!"

He simply ignored Hong Xia's subsequent explanation.

After hearing Hongxia's response, Ijichi Xingge was silent for a moment, then looked at Hongxia thoughtfully.

She watched silently for a long time, until Hong Xia felt uncomfortable being stared at, then she slowly spoke,

"Love doesn't follow a first-come, first-served basis. If you keep hesitating, others will get ahead of you."

"......well?"

Hong Xia was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time before she reacted.

The blush on her face became even more intense after hearing these words, and even steam began to rise faintly from the girl's head.

Hong Xia opened her mouth and wanted to argue again, but before she could say anything, Yidizhi Xingge continued,

"Hongxia, if you continue to hesitate, you might regret it later, right? Aoki is a pretty good person, except for his sometimes stubborn personality. But personality... isn't perfect."

Although the time she had been in contact with Aokisuke was not too long, only about two months, Ijichi Seika could see Aokisuke's daily personality quite clearly.

He is very easy to talk to people he knows - whenever Yamada Ryo asked him to borrow money, he almost always agreed.

He couldn't bear to see his friend get into trouble - after the band's first performance, Hong Xia didn't perform well due to health reasons, and it was he who comforted her.

This includes helping out in the store all day long but never asking for salary.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with Aokisuke's personality, but that's not the point...

The voice paused, and then Ichichi Xingge continued,

"Well, personality is secondary, though. We still have to like each other... Oh, no, I said that wrong—ahem... Personality is secondary. We still have to have a 'good impression' in order for things to continue..."

"elder sister--!"

She decisively interrupted Ichichi Hoshige's speech, her voice still a little choppy, and Hongxia's voice became lower and lower as she said, "I really don't like you, I just have a good impression of you..."

There is actually not much difference between 'liking' and 'having a good impression', and Hong Xia's current explanation seems a bit pale.