In the music series, the male protagonist writes a self-help manual for the inner world

"Sorry, I'm late. The live show hasn't started yet."

Following the familiar scent, Chihaya Aine easily found Chen Xinghua's location and ran to his side.

But her eyes found the person she least wanted to see next to the person she most wanted to see.

...Why is Toyokawa Shoko here? Chihaya Aine grinned in her heart, revealing a state of alertness.

Even though you took away that unknown band in the memory of "Chihaya Aine" and used it as a sacrifice to revive "CRYCHIC".

Do you still want to take away my only hope?

Although this is what Chihaya Aine thought in her heart, in the real world, she still maintained a natural sunny smile.

“Not yet, Aine.”

Chen Xinghua looked at Chihaya Aine, whose clothes were almost as wet as Toyokawa Shoko's, and sighed deeply again.

Maybe he will have to trouble Captain Hongxia again later.

"Even the opening MC hasn't started yet...the beginning hasn't even begun."

He lowered his head and stared at the musical keyboard that had not yet been connected to the speakers.

"This is too much of a tongue twister."

Chihaya Aine raised her head, showing off her figure which was also outlined by the rain... although what was outlined was an expensive airport, not a pair of twin peaks.

"...It's all wet. This is such awful weather."

Chen Xinghua sighed.

"It's okay, don't you see I arrived in time?"

Chihaya Aine patted her chest and spoke seriously.

"That's not what I meant... I was just thinking that your clothes are all wet, and it must be very uncomfortable."

Chen Xinghua quickly shifted his gaze away from Chihaya Aine.

"Aine-san, are you here to watch the live performance as well?"

Toyokawa Shoko met Chihaya Aine's gray eyes and asked her politely.

In this world, there are four types of women: a normal friend, a girlfriend, a wife... and the last one is a thieving cat.

And what kind of woman is Chihaya Aine?

255

Chapter 255 Hong Xia is always so optimistic.

Chihaya Aine was undoubtedly the last kind of woman. Toyokawa Shoko firmly believed this.

...Otherwise, why would she hold Xinghua's hand so naturally that day, treating him as her boyfriend?

"Yeah, yeah, I'm really looking forward to Goto-san's guitar."

Chihaya Aine smiled and intertwined her fingers together, placing them under her chin.

"I think her guitar playing is superb. It's like she was born to play guitar, just like Chuhua."

Having said that, she separated her intertwined fingers and clenched them into a pair of fists.

Hong Xia, who had already lifted the drum set onto the stage, turned her head slightly to take Chihaya Aine and Toyokawa Shoko below the stage into her sight.

...Did you come to see the End Band’s performance because of Il-ri’s guitar skills?

She unconsciously clenched her fists and turned her gaze to the drumsticks on the drum set.

...and the captain who works harder and is more outstanding is worthy of ending the band.

I can't let people say, "Oh, it's the band with the guitarist named Pochi-chan" when they mention the end of the band.

At this time, Shoko Toyokawa, who was sitting below the stage, smiled at Chihaya Aine and put on a polite expression.

"Well, the band's live performance is about to begin, so you should find a suitable seat."

"This is more appropriate."

"makes sense."

Chihaya Aine shifted her gaze away from Toyokawa Shoko's chest. For the first time, she felt regretful about her own growth.

Isn't this completely incomparable? How can you compare an airport to a **?

And more importantly, Chihaya Aine knew that there was not much room for development in her future.

"Well, Xiao Xiangxiang, I wish you a pleasant viewing experience."

Chihaya Aine opened her mouth, smiled, and said this to Toyokawa Shoko.

"Ok?"

Toyokawa Shoko was surprised for a moment.

Is the nickname 'Xiao Xiaoxiang' referring to her?

But after a quarter of an hour, she shifted her focus to other more important things.

Toyokawa Shoko hurriedly turned her head and looked around, trying to find Chen Xinghua.

Finally, she found traces of Chen Xinghua next to the cowering Goto Ichiri.

"There are so few customers, less than half of the usual number."

Goto Ichiri subconsciously held his two slender hands together and rubbed them against each other.

"It's a typhoon, there's nothing we can do about it. After all, not many people would go out in this kind of weather."

Chen Xinghua comforted softly.

"Relax and treat this live performance as normal."

As he spoke, Chen Xinghua looked his childhood sweetheart up and down again.

Today, Goto Ichiri was no longer wearing her usual simple pink tracksuit. Instead, she wore a black shirt with a band short-sleeved shirt emblazoned with the words "The End Band" in artistic handwriting. However, she still wore her usual yellow-blue headdress above her long, flowing pink hair.

Looking down, you can see a black miniskirt and a pair of black stockings that wrap around her slender calves.

Seeing this, Chen Xinghua seemed to remember something, turned his head and quickly looked at the legs of Toyokawa Shoko and Chihaya Aine.

Today, Toyokawa Shoko was wearing white socks that highlighted her beautiful legs, while Chihaya Aine was wearing black stockings that seemed to be the same style as Goto Ichiri.

But as expected, both pairs of socks were completely wet from the inside out by the rain outside.

...Hongxia should have spare socks. Otherwise, I don't know how uncomfortable it would be to have to walk in soaking wet socks all day.

And if your socks are soaked in a mixture of sweat and rainwater for a day, the smell will probably be very strong.

"Besides, even if we fail, so what?"

Chen Xinghua turned his attention back to Goto Ichiri.

"Just try harder next time...it's not like you only have this one chance."

Chen Xinghua murmured.

Hearing the comfort from his childhood sweetheart, Goto Ichiri breathed a sigh of relief and let out some of the tension in his heart.

"But why haven't Kita and Ryo come yet?"

Chen Xinghua looked towards the recording studio with some surprise.

...And Hongxia too. Normally at this time she would come out to comfort Yili.

But why has she remained silent until now?

With this thought in mind, Chen Xinghua moved his feet and walked to Hong Xia's side. He found that she was lowering her head with a gloomy face, staring at the drumsticks in her hand, wondering what she was thinking.

"Hongxia."

"Eh?"

Hongxia immediately raised her head.

"Still nervous?"

Chen Xinghua said with some surprise. According to his impression, Hong Xia should not have been overly nervous before this performance.

Because according to her gentle personality, even if she felt overly nervous, she would not show it in front of Yili, because that would infect Yili's emotions and make Yili even more nervous.

"I'm not nervous."

Hongxia immediately put on a sunny expression, just like she had always shown before.

As the captain of the band, it is natural for him to shoulder the responsibility of leading the band forward.

So, you must not show any inappropriate expressions in front of the band members...that will cause the entire band's emotions to collapse.

But Hongxia's sweaty palms revealed her true thoughts.

...What if in the future, whenever people talk about the band ending, they say, "It was the band with Goto Ichiri"?

...What if in the future, whenever people talk about the band ending, they say, "We were the band that delayed Goto Ichiri's career"?

"There are so few customers, there's nothing we can do about it... We can only be more open-minded."

Hongxia raised the corners of her mouth and revealed a sunny smile.

Glancing at the beads of sweat on Hong Xia's palms, Chen Xinghua took a deep breath and said to Hong Xia, "Really? You're not nervous at all."

He didn't know why Hong Xia was so nervous, but he knew that he definitely couldn't expose the optimistic disguise that Hong Xia put on herself now.

Because what Hong Xia wants now is to use an optimistic attitude to motivate everyone who is ending the band, rather than showing her vulnerable side and leading everyone to be vulnerable together.

As for why she was so nervous, he felt that he could wait until the performance was over and talk to her privately, but he absolutely could not point his finger at her now and pierce her optimistic disguise, revealing her true emotions.

"...Hongxia is always so optimistic."

256

Chapter 256 Hong Xia breathed a sigh of relief.

Hearing Chen Xinghua's praise, Hong Xia couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in her heart, but in reality, she quickly straightened her chest again.

"...Here we are, Kita and Ryo."

As she finished speaking, Kita Ikuyo, holding a black guitar, and Ryo, holding a bass, walked out of the recording studio door together.

But at this moment, Kita Ikuyo's expression was a little strange. She no longer had the sunny smile she had before, but instead had a serious expression that she tried to straighten, just like a frightened child who saw her parents at a parent-teacher meeting.

"Kita, are you ready?"

Chen Xinghua greeted the dejected red-haired girl.

Kita Ikuyo quickly raised her head and looked in the direction of Chen Xinghua.

"Senior... I... I'm ready."

Obviously, Kita Ikuyo is not ready yet.

“It’s really great to be able to perform with my seniors.”

As she spoke, Kita Ikuyo lowered her head and glanced around STARRY, trying to find the culprit that was making her so nervous.

Fortunately, she found the culprit at the door.

Unfortunately, she found the culprit at the door.

The young woman who had the same red hair as Kita Ikuyo and a somewhat similar face took small, slow steps and found a seat to sit down.

Then Kita Ikuyo raised her head and met Kita Ikuyo's yellow-green pupils.

"Eh?"

Kita Ikuyo whispered and took a few steps back.

If I mess up this performance in front of my mom...she will definitely not allow me to continue playing in a band with my seniors and everyone else.

So calm down, Kita.

Although she thought so in her heart, Kita Ikuyo's body did not obey her and began to tremble slightly.

"Yudai, let's go."