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

Because the band's keyboardist Shoko Toyokawa suddenly quit "CRYCHIC", everyone left the band one after another.

So if we don’t form a lifelong band, we won’t be able to be together forever.

“It’s music that brings everyone together.”

Is that the reason? Chen Xinghua was a little dazed.

It seems that Deng wants to form a lifelong band because he really wants to be with his friends.

Because for her, forming a lifelong band means making lifelong friends, not forming a lifelong band.

"But I think even if we don't form a lifelong band, we can still be lifelong friends... as long as the friendship is deep enough."

"True friends are never bound by the way they interact. We can play in a band together for life, play games together for life, and of course be fishing buddies for life."

"In short, to be lifelong friends you don't have to form a lifelong band. To be truly lifelong friends, even if you can't form a lifelong band, you can still be lifelong friends."

Deng asked, “Is that so?”

Chen Xinghua spread his hands and said helplessly, "There are many lifelong friends in this world, but there are very few lifelong bands in this world."

"According to the most basic logical reasoning, even if we can't be in a band for life, we can still be friends for life."

48. Be friends for life

Chen Xinghua's statement that "being lifelong friends doesn't necessarily mean forming a lifelong band" deeply stung Chihaya Aine.

In the memory of "Chihaya Aion", "Chihaya Aion" is redundant, not only meaning that she is redundant in the band, but also that she can be optimized out as a redundant thing.

It also means that it is redundant in the interpersonal interactions of band members and can be optimized out as something redundant.

After being eliminated from the band, Chihaya Aion felt that her relationship with the band members was completely severed.

It’s just like Chen Xinghua said, there’s no need to form a band to maintain friendship.

Doesn't this mean that it is impossible for her to become lifelong friends with the members of the "Chihaya Aine" band?

So Chihaya Aine was defeated.

So Chihaya Aine grabbed Chen Xinghua's wrist tightly.

Then Chen Xinghua felt the sense of gravity coming from his wrist, or to be more precise, he felt the girlish grip of Chihaya Aine.

....not as good as the grip of the lamp.

Chen Xinghua felt the grip on his two hands and came to this conclusion after careful comparison.

“Aine?”

He turned his head to look at Chihaya Aine's gray eyes.

The eyes are the pupils of the soul, and Chihaya Aine's eyes at this moment reflected all the emotions in her heart.

Her eyes were filled with death, longing, and despair, just like the eyes of a drowning person who saw a life-saving straw before drowning, or like the eyes of a traveler who was about to die of thirst in the desert but saw an oasis in front of him like a mirage.

"Can you be my friend for life?" Chihaya Aine said.

Chihaya Aine longs for friendship.

But in the memories of "Chihaya Aine", no one gave her the friendship she longed for.

The scheming bassist used her as the medium to revive "CRYCHIC", and the pressure-mongering drummer put pressure on her every day, as if the band would be better off without her, a guitar novice.

And the lead singer of the lamp...band actually hesitated between choosing her or the scheming bassist.

"Can you be my friend forever?"

Chihaya Aine saw the possibility of friendship in Chen Xinghua.

Because Chen Xinghua never appeared in the memories of "Chihaya Aine".

Deng smelled the scent of despair on Chihaya Aine.

"Aine seems to be breaking down... The same smell as mine, it's getting stronger."

What on earth does it taste like? Chen Xinghua complained in his heart.

But after a few seconds, all his attention shifted to Chihaya Aine, because Chihaya Aine looked like she was really about to break down.

Eyes that revealed a broken state, a tired look, and an inexplicable gravity wrapped around Chihaya Aine.

So Chihaya Aine’s psychological problems are so serious?

....Should I take Aiyin to see a psychiatrist? Chen Xinghua felt a slight headache.

We've only known each other for two days...and we're going to be friends for life.

Isn't this too hasty?

"Sure, Aine."

Although Chen Xinghua didn't think that he and Chihaya Aine would be friends for life, he lied without thinking.

Being friends for life or something like that would last until the day Chihaya Aine no longer wanted to consider him a friend.

Chen Xinghua is very familiar with this set.

Because that's how he came through life. In high school and junior high school before he traveled through time, he had many friends who had promised to be with him for the rest of his life.

But in the end, we gradually lost contact after going to school and became familiar strangers who would only nod when we met.

I guess Chihaya Aine would be the same.

And now, seeing that Aine looked like she was about to be sent to the hospital, I knew I had to tell some little white lies.

"Let's be friends for life."

However, the reason why Chihaya Aine longs for friendship so much may be because she has been abandoned by her friends, so she is particularly eager for friendship.

The sensitive word "a lifetime" quickly touched Gao Songdeng's heartstrings.

She also wants to be lifelong friends with everyone in the "CRYCHIC" band.

"Do you want to form a band? Join me and form a band that will last a lifetime." Driven by emotion, Takamatsu Deng said this.

Let’s form a lifelong band together and be friends for life.

The one who responded to Gao Songdeng was Chen Xinghua's... "Huh?"

And Chihaya Aine's silence... because she didn't see the point in doing something that was bound to fail.

I'm redundant anyway.

Takamatsu Deng recalled what he overheard behind Chen Xinghua and Chihaya Aine when they were talking.

"Isn't Aine-san forming a band recently?"

"So I want to form a band with Aine-san for life."

This time we will definitely not make the same mistake again and let the band break up for the second time.

When Chihaya Aine heard Takamatsu Deng's voice, she seemed to have triggered some PSTD. She suddenly stood up and ran towards the closed door.

It looked like she wanted to escape from this room.

Anyway, "Chihaya Aine" is redundant in the band, Deng, don't you think so?

"Aine." Chen Xinghua had no idea what was going on. He only knew that Chihaya Aine was about to escape.

Then, just as Chihaya Aine's toes touched the ground, an arm forcefully grabbed Chihaya Aine's arm that was swinging backwards and pulled her back.

As the person involved, Chihaya Aine just felt that the power of the lamp was too great, and it was completely impossible to resist.

"I want to be in a band with Aine for life." Deng said to Chihaya Aine with a serious face, "I want to be friends with Aine for life. Whether in high school, college, or entering society, we must be friends."

Chen Xinghua sighed.

Lifelong friends, do you know how heavy the word "lifetime" is?

It was Aiyin, it was Deng, and they all said such heavy words to people they had only met for a few days for their entire lives.

Chihaya Aine glanced away and stopped looking at Deng's delicate face.

But why was her heart beating so fast?

She is obviously the only one of the two extra people in the band...

Obviously, the lamp doesn't need her, right?

Obviously...

Obviously, she also wanted to be pulled back into the nameless band that "Chihaya Aine" was in after it ended.

"Before you get tired of me, I'll just temporarily form a lifelong band with you."

She will abandon me soon anyway, and then I won't have to bother with her anymore.

That's good...that's good.

Chen Xinghua looked at Chihaya Aine's face and immediately felt that this was another awkward girl.

but....

"Um, I said the light, can you let go of my hand now?"

"You've been grabbing my hand since just now, Deng, you're grabbing it too hard."

49.CRYCHIC

The now-disbanded "CRYCHIC" consisted of keyboardist Shoko Toyokawa, bassist Motoyo Nagasaki, guitarist Mutsu Wakaba, vocalist Tomo Takamatsu, and drummer Tatsuki Shiina.

Just now, the former bassist of "CRYCHIC", Nagasaki Motoyo, saw the former lead singer Takamatsu Deng walking out of the karaoke bar inside RING with a strange male high school student.

There was also a strange pink-haired girl following them.

It turns out that Deng goes to school in Hanedaoka. Nagasaki Suyo guessed this by looking at the school uniform Deng was wearing.

No, no, no...now is not the time for that. She is walking with a boy.

what is this.

Could it be that Deng got a boyfriend without my knowledge?

But the pink-haired high school girl also walked with them.

Could it be that... he is playing both sides?

Nagasaki Suyo pinched her fingers, shocked.

No, no, no, it's all just speculation. Maybe the truth is completely the opposite.

But there's also the high school boy who's mind is full of his lower body, and the one with pink hair... what's her name?

Anyway, he seduced Deng and the pink-haired high school girl and started a harem.

"Light, wait a minute."

However, just as Nagasaki Suyo was brainstorming, Deng had already walked out of her sight.

"Wait for me."

After all, reality is not a movie. When the protagonist in the movie is brainstorming, time in the outside world will stop.

Time in the outside world only begins to flow after the protagonist's brainstorming ends.

...

The next day, RING, coffee shop.

Chen Xinghua sat in a seat by the window, looking out the window from time to time.

Deng, when will Aine come?

We had an appointment to come over today to discuss something...

Speaking of which, I have no idea what the "love incident" in Hanedaoka Academy is.

Chen Xinghua breathed a long sigh of relief. The more critical the moment, the more he should not panic.

A message notification lit up the dim phone screen.

...It was from Xiangzi. Chen Xinghua glanced at the phone screen.

Hmm...she actually asked me for a job on her own initiative. Has Xiangzi been possessed by someone?