After dropping out of school, I chose to join a girls' band.

"Why would that senior do this? Could it be because she lost the audition and lost her brilliance? But it shouldn't be just her doing it." Yue began to ponder the reasons.

"Hmm~" Peach raised her head and pretended to cough.

"Never mind, I'll ask Aoi later. As the student vice president, she should know about these things too."

Yue knew, of course, that Momoko wanted her to ask her, but she refused. She silently turned around, her back to Momoko, pretending to be about to go to sleep.

"Hey, hey, Yue-chan, just ask! Aren't you really not curious at all? Can you really wait until we get back to ask Aoi?" Momoko reached into Yue's blanket and grabbed her arm, shaking her repeatedly.

“I am indeed very curious,” Yue said, her back to Momo.

"Then please ask me quickly, Yue!" Peach's voice was filled with uncontainable joy.

"But I don't need to ask you to know the answer. Chatting apps are still very convenient these days. I can just ask Aoi on my phone. I don't need to wait until I get back."

Tsuki turned around and showed Momoko the chat interface between her and Yuri Saki on her phone.

"Hey hey hey! Yue-chan, you're cheating! No more using your phone!" Momo crawled under Yue's blanket and began to tickle her all over.

"Hahaha, it itches, it itches, stop it." Yue finally managed to stop Momoko's tickling attack with great effort, but she didn't notice that the cunning Kurosawa Momoko had already slipped into her blanket.

"Alright, Peach, tell me what exactly happened with that senior?" Yue finally stopped teasing Peach and began to ask seriously.

"Ahem, I heard that senior became so depressed because of a classmate," Peach continued.

"It's because of romantic feelings? But I remember... Shengxiang is an all-girls school..."

Peach nodded in agreement with Yue's guess.

A blush instantly spread across the pure moon's face as she realized that she seemed to be sharing a blanket with Peach.

Perhaps due to the needs of some guests, the bedding in this room was actually big enough for two people to sleep in, so when Momoko got into her blankets, she didn't feel too cramped and didn't make any further comment.

Only now, as she listened to Taozi recount the love-hate relationship between the two seniors, did she realize that she and Taozi were sleeping under the same blanket.

"Peach, aren't we getting a little too close? Why did you come into my bed?" Yue asked, blushing.

"Since it's a late-night conversation, it's definitely better to sleep together. I always feel a little awkward sleeping alone; I always want to hug something while I sleep. Besides, we're both girls, so what's wrong with sleeping together?"

As Taozi spoke, she closed the distance between herself and Yue, until they could feel each other's breath.

To describe the distance between the two in the world of anime and manga, it's either a fight or a kiss.

"I hope Yue won't end up like that senior." Momoko asked, pretending not to care.

"No...no! Peach, what nonsense are you talking about? How could I possibly be interested in a girl?" Yue immediately shouted.

Meanwhile, in the next room, the light was already fast asleep under the covers, while Lixi, because she usually stays up late, was still scrolling through her phone.

Suddenly she heard a loud noise coming from the next room, and after listening carefully, she could roughly make out that it was Yue's voice.

"What are those two people next door doing?" Li hope couldn't hear what Yue said clearly. She could only vaguely make out the words "interest" and "girls," but without context, she had no way of knowing what the other person had said.

Fortunately, things quieted down next door soon, and Lixi gave up the idea of ​​going next door to take a look.

"Shh, keep it down." Peach covered Yue's mouth, pointed to the wall, and then put her hand to her mouth to shush, indicating that there were still people next door.

Yue then realized that she was in a hotel, and that Li hope and Deng were sleeping in the next room, so she had to be careful with the noise.

"I hope Lixi and Deng didn't hear what I just said."

Yue nodded, indicating that Taozi could let go.

"Let's get back to the topic the seniors were talking about. That senior was doing well in school, and was lazy and relied entirely on her roommate for care. Then, her childhood sweetheart from twelve years ago suddenly ran back from London and moved into that senior's dormitory. This was the only time in the history of Shengxiang that there was a three-person dormitory."

"Is this going to be another love triangle...?" Yue wondered as the plot unfolded.

"After that, that senior became even more diligent. She didn't even need her former roommate to wake her up in the morning anymore; she would go to school alone to exercise very early in the morning."

"Later, for some reason, that senior's childhood friend suddenly disappeared for seven months. During those seven months, that senior was always depressed and couldn't even complete the Starlight performance."

"I learned that some time before the Starlight performance, that senior's childhood friend suddenly returned and participated in Starlight together, which was the nine-person version of Starlight performed at the 100th Seisho Festival."

"Shouldn't that be a perfect happy ending? Why is the senior so depressed and doesn't know where to go after graduation?"

Upon hearing this, Yue realized that this wasn't a very happy ending. She had no idea what had happened afterward that caused her senior to become so dejected.

"The turning point came in my senior year of high school when my childhood sweetheart suddenly transferred back to London. Since then, I've been depressed and even got too caught up in my performances in class, bursting into tears on the spot."

"And then?" Yue's curiosity had been completely piqued by Peach, and her tone was filled with longing.

"That senior didn't know much about what happened afterward. It was probably around the time of the Seisho Festival, which was before graduation. That senior suddenly cheered up and joined the Samurai Sword Company (I didn't misspell it, to avoid copyright). He also successfully joined a 2.5D opera project. I heard that it was filmed on location at Seisho, and an anime will be released in a few years."

After Taozi finished telling the whole story, Yue felt that some of the sudden changes in the story were a bit strange.

"Doesn't Momoko feel something's off? Why did the senior suddenly change? Why was the senior's childhood friend able to come back to school after disappearing for seven months, and even participate in the most important Starlight program at the Seisho Festival?" Yue raised several questions about the story.

“Yes, I felt something was off at the time, so I asked Giraffe about it, and he admitted that he was involved in all of these things,” Peach explained.

"It really is a giraffe... Wait, Peach, was the ghost story you just told related to this?" Yue keenly noticed a blind spot.

"That's right. That subway line was originally for London. Someone accidentally wandered onto the Giraffe stage. After that, I heard that the Giraffe strengthened its security measures to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering the stage."

"I thought it would be some kind of tragic love triangle, but I didn't expect the giraffe to be the one causing all this trouble. From now on, I can immediately suspect the giraffe if anything strange happens to Shengxiang." Yue felt a little disappointed that she didn't hear the twisted story she had imagined.

"Wait a minute, there's no emotional element involved here, Peach, you've been misleading me!" Yue realized belatedly.

"I didn't say anything about you liking her childhood friend. It was all just your imagination, Yue." Momo quickly absolved herself of any responsibility and shifted all the blame onto Yue.

"How dare you say that! You're deliberately misleading me, aren't you?" Yue reached out her claws towards Peach's ticklish spot, and the poor Peach let out a miserable laugh.

Lixi, who was scrolling through her phone and was almost asleep, was instantly jolted awake by a sudden burst of mournful laughter that mingled with the sound of wind and snow outside the window.

What on earth are they doing?

Before the Stage Opening: Chapter Thirty-Four: Peach's Past (4k)

The next morning, Yue woke up groggily and felt a huge heat source next to her.

Slowly opening her eyes, Peach's adorable sleeping face came into view. Her face was gentle and peaceful, and the slight smile seemed to flow in her sleep.

Although it's not the first time I've seen Momo's sleeping face, I always feel a special sensation every time I see her. Momo probably only shows such a quiet and pure side when she's sleeping.

"Wake up, Peach, wake up, it's dawn, time to go out and play."

Yue glanced at the time on her phone and realized it was already past eight o'clock. She reached out and nudged Taozi's shoulder, trying to wake her up.

They need to hitch a ride with their boss to explore the city today, so it's better to leave early.

"Hmm~" Peach opened her eyes, still a little sleepy, and when she saw Yue, a bright smile appeared on her face. "Good morning, Yue."

"Good morning, time to get up. Aren't we going to the city to play today?" Yue said as she changed her clothes.

"Why do I have to get up so early on a holiday?" Peach complained as she got up and took out clothes from her suitcase to change.

————Girl getting dressed————

About twenty minutes later, Yue and Taozi had finished dressing and were standing at the door of the next room.

"Lixi, Deng, are you awake?" Yue knocked on the door and asked into the room.

"Wait a moment!" Li Xi's voice came from inside the room, sounding somewhat busy.

After waiting outside for a few minutes, Lixi opened the door.

"Did you go to bed very late last night?" Yue noticed a hint of fatigue in Li hope's eyes and asked with concern.

"It was windy and snowing outside last night, so I couldn't sleep," Li hope said.

There was actually another reason that wasn't mentioned: yesterday, strange, intermittent noises kept coming from Taozi and Yue's room, making her very curious about what was happening there.

"Did it snow yesterday?" Deng, having gone to bed early, was completely unaware of the snowstorm outside or what was happening next door.

"It's snowing quite heavily, but that's a characteristic of Hokkaido." Yue glanced out the window in the morning. The snow outside was thicker than before. If she went skiing today, she probably wouldn't fall so hard.

Miss Yue's first thought upon seeing the snow outside was that she wouldn't fall and get hurt while skiing, indicating that yesterday's skiing fall had left a deep impression on her.

The group went downstairs, and the proprietress, Murokawa Yuki, waved to them happily when she saw them.

"Changxing is still shoveling snow outside. You can have breakfast first, and we can set off soon after you finish eating."

The landlady led them to the restaurant on the first floor, where some people were already eating the breakfast provided by the hotel.

After the four people sat down, the proprietress brought out four breakfasts, including a plate of crisp sashimi. The fresh sashimi was sliced ​​into thin pieces and garnished with green wasabi and red chili peppers, emitting an enticing seafood aroma.

Next to it was a bowl of steaming miso soup, the rich flavor of which whetted the appetite.

On the other side is a fried egg, the golden egg liquid evenly spread on the plate, emitting an enticing aroma. It is accompanied by a plate of light and delicious white rice, each grain of rice is plump and translucent, exuding a faint rice fragrance.

"I'm starting." x4

When everyone had almost finished their breakfast, the owner came in carrying a shovel and took the hot water that his wife promptly handed him.

"The snow outside has been mostly cleared, and we can set off soon," the boss said to Yue and the others.

"Thank you very much, Uncle Murokawa."

————The girl is riding in the car————

After navigating the winding mountain roads, the group arrived in Sapporo in their boss's car. Their plan for the day was to visit the famous Asahiyama Zoo in Sapporo.

"We're already out having fun, why do we still need to go to the zoo? Doesn't Tokyo have a zoo too?" Momoko asked, tilting her head as she sat in the car.

"Asahiyama Zoo is quite different from zoos in Tokyo," the owner explained after hearing Momo's words while driving. "Thanks to Hokkaido's geographical location, Asahiyama Zoo has polar bears, Arctic foxes, penguins, and other creatures that live in icy and snowy environments."

"I've never seen penguins in the snow before," Deng said with a hint of curiosity.

“I also want to see penguins,” Lixi echoed Deng’s words.

“I’m quite interested in Arctic foxes too,” Yue said, looking at the description on her phone.

"Don't worry, I definitely won't let you down," the boss said.

————Girl buying tickets and entering————

Unlike the penguin swimming in the aquarium, the penguins here have a larger area to roam. In addition, the snow that fell during the day has covered the ground of the penguin eclipse. If you ignore the modern technological facilities, you can say that it has restored the penguins' usual living environment.

The lamp pressed against the glass window, watching the penguins inside stretching out their arms and swaying forward on the snow, starlight shimmering in its reflection.

On the other side, Lixi looked at the silly polar bear in front of her, admiring its white exterior.

After examining it for a while, she commented sharply, "Pure white is still not as good-looking as the black and white of the panda. I still prefer the panda."

Yue stood in the Arctic fox enclosure, looking down at the white Arctic foxes hidden in the snow, and two question marks slowly appeared above her head: "Isn't this a dog? Why does it look so much like a dog?"

Momoko Kurosawa, on the other hand, wasn't interested in any of the animals. She wandered around the park by herself and unknowingly ended up in a familiar animal area.