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

The triangular Chu Hua that Xiangzi was thinking about had just finished filming an advertisement for the evening.

"Hatsuka was amazing today too," Junda Mana praised Hatsuka.

"Thank you, but Mana also deserves credit for this." Hatsuka replied to her partner in an extremely straightforward manner.

"Hatsuka, Mana, the car is ready, we can take you home now," the manager said, opening the door to the two Sumimi girls.

"Okay, see you tomorrow, Hatsuka." Junda Mana said goodbye to Hatsuka with a smile.

"Okay, see you tomorrow, Mana," Hatsuka replied.

Sitting in the car arranged by her agent, Chu Hua turned her gaze away from her phone and looked out the window, where she noticed the twinkling stars in the sky.

"Will we actually be able to see the stars tonight?" Chu Hua muttered to herself.

"It's said that the air quality tonight is the best it's been in years, so it's possible to see the stars in areas with less light pollution," the driver replied after hearing Chu Hua's words.

"Is that so? It feels like it's been so long since I've seen the stars." Chu Hua's words were filled with nostalgia.

"After all, the environment in Tokyo can't compare to Miss Miku's hometown. It's normal not to see the stars in Tokyo," the driver said.

"That's right, I haven't seen a single star since I came to Tokyo. If I want to see stars, I can only go to the planetarium," Chu Hua replied.

"Tokyo is a big city after all, with too much light pollution, and the air quality isn't great either. You're lucky if you see it once a year. Miss Chuhua, you'll get used to it," the driver said.

"Are you used to it?" Chu Hua murmured to herself after hearing the driver's words.

Looking at the stars outside the window, Chu Hua recalled the time when she and Xiangzi played together on the island and watched the stars together when they were children.

Now she can't see the stars in the sky, and she can't even see the moonlight on the ground.

"So, after I came to Tokyo, all I could see were fake stars, and I could only communicate with Xiangzi through the virtual network. Is it normal that I can't see Xiangzi at all?"

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"Phew... finally finished." Peach put down her pen and slumped wearily onto the table.

"If you had focused on your homework, you could probably have finished it by the afternoon. It's all your fault for slacking off all the time." Yue mercilessly criticized Taozi's slacking-off behavior.

"If you only do homework and don't play, even a smart peach will become stupid!" Peach retorted.

"Then I'll have to be careful when I go to the bathroom later. Who knows, you might just come in with an axe after chopping open the bathroom door," Yue said, continuing on from Taozi's point.

"Hey, I'm not that perverted. Peeping is forbidden." Peach said, crossing her arms in front of her and making an X shape.

"Didn't you bring up the Shining reference first?" Yue retorted.

"Moon, you didn't know this, did you? This isn't something Shining invented. It's actually a British proverb. A senior I know who studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in England told me this," Peach proudly explained to Moon.

"I really didn't know that, but I didn't expect that you knew a senior who studied at the Royal University."

"This is also the predecessor of the predecessor that my predecessor introduced to me. Looking at my predecessor's recent WeChat Moments, she even ran into a Japanese person who was also studying in the UK when she went out for fun," Momoko said.

"Really? It's quite a coincidence to run into someone from the same country in a foreign land," Yue said after hearing Momo's words.

"Speaking of food, Yue, I'm a little hungry," Peach said, rubbing her tummy.

In the afternoon, Peach only ate a few cookies in order to finish her homework.

"Want some noodles? I have a few packets of instant udon noodles here." Yue rummaged through the food cabinet and found a few packets of instant udon noodles.

"Anything to eat is fine, I'm so hungry right now," Peach said listlessly.

"Just a moment, it will be ready soon."

Yue picked up a pack of instant udon noodles, turned on the tap in the kitchen, poured water into a pot, and after the water boiled, put the noodles into the pot, stirring carefully to ensure that the noodles were heated evenly.

Once the noodles are cooked, Yue carefully scoops them out and places them into a soup bowl containing the prepared sauce packet.

Yue carried the bowl to the table and gently placed it in front of Taozi. Taozi looked up, her eyes sparkling with gratitude.

"Thank you, Yue, I'm going to start now!"

She picked up her chopsticks, slowly picked up a noodle, and put it in her mouth.

"Hmm, it tastes very ordinary, not as delicious as I imagined," Peach commented on the bowl of noodles.

Yue took a bite and found that it tasted exactly like the instant udon noodles she had eaten before.

"Of course, Peach, what kind of flavor do you expect? This is just ordinary instant udon noodles. I didn't add anything else; I just boiled the noodles."

"I thought that if it were Yue who made it, there would be some kind of magical reaction, just like in many anime, where cooking becomes delicious as long as you put your heart into it."

"Oh right, Yue, could you add some of that to my order? You know, the one that maid cafes always have." Momoko said to Yue with a smile, as if she had just remembered something.

"Huh? No way, that action is so embarrassing." Yueyi thought about how she would be so embarrassed if she said that, she'd probably dig the Tokyo Tower out with her toes.

"Please, I'm going back to Seisho tomorrow, and I probably won't see Yue-chan for a while. Can't I even eat some food that reflects Yue-chan's feelings?" Momoko put on a pitiful look.

"Sigh, I'll spoil you then." Faced with Taozi's coquettish offensive, Yue finally gave in.

Yue stretches out her hand to make a heart shape in front of her, "Cute magic, infused with emotion, makes it delicious!"

"..."

The scene was silent for a moment.

“Puyo Lingyingqi Sigujiu Jiuba, hahahahahahaha.”

Momoko burst into laughter upon seeing Yue's actions. "Sorry... hahaha... I know I shouldn't laugh, but I just couldn't help it."

"I'm going to kill you!" Yue began chasing Momoko from her own home.

After an indescribable commotion, the two finally sat down at the dining table and finished their late-night snack.

"Speaking of which, I just got a pop-up notification on my phone saying the air quality is great tonight, maybe we can even see the stars," Peach said, pointing to her phone.

"Stars?" Yue walked onto the balcony, looked up, and sure enough, she spotted a few stars in the sky.

Peach followed her onto the balcony, looked at the starry sky, and stretched out her hand.

“If you pluck a small star, you will gain a small happiness,” Peach suddenly recited a line from Starlight.

Yue was taken aback for a moment, then immediately said, "If you pluck the biggest star, you will gain great wealth."

Peach and Moon exchanged a glance, then smiled and said together, "If you can pick both, you will receive an eternal wish."

"This is the time when the stars are shining."

Momoko Kurosawa and Tsuki Hinasaki looked up at the night sky together.

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Shiina Tatsuki's family

"Lixi, come here quickly! We can see the stars tonight! Come and see!" Lixi's older sister, Shiina Maki, called out to her younger sister from the balcony.

“I can see it from my room, so I won’t come out,” Lixi replied to her sister through the door.

Lixi lay on the table, looking at her phone. She had just received a message from last month telling her that she could see the stars tonight.

She looked up at the twinkling stars in the sky and the moon hanging there.

Moonlight is the reflection of the sun's rays.

Looking at the beautiful starry sky, Lixi suddenly remembered this knowledge that the teacher had mentioned in class.

"And am I not also the moon?"

Lixi looked at the photo of the Shiina sisters that was kept in the drawer.

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"I went to Hokkaido with everyone."

"We soaked in the hot springs, played billiards, and told ghost stories together."

"The snowflakes are cold, but my heart is warm."

"When you're with friends, it seems like you're gradually finding what you've lost."

"This time... can I become human?"

Deng sat obediently at the desk, writing in her notebook, but her diary required a certain level of comprehension to understand.

A message from Yue on her phone suddenly made her stop writing.

"Hey, there's a starry sky outside you can look at!"

After giving a brief reply, Deng put away the diary, drew back the curtains, and let the moonlight shine in. Deng looked up and saw countless pearls adorning the black curtain.

"Ursa Minor, Taurus..."

The lamp looked at the stars in the night sky and began to observe the constellations one by one.

Among the crowd gazing at the night sky tonight, it seems that only the lamp is truly innocent, seeing only stars as stars.

Side Story: Prequel to Shengxiang - Chapter 1: Shengxiang's First Day at School

This chapter was posted twice, so I simply changed it to a prequel and put it here.

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Hinasaki.

When Momoko Kurosawa saw the girl with long, straight black hair standing in front of her, she felt a little conflicted. Her eyelids drooped slightly, and she didn't dare to meet the girl's gaze.

Although her initial reason for coming to Seisho Music Academy was to be in the same class as her idol Hinasaki, the reality stirred up ripples in her heart.

Although Momoko had always longed to get close to her idol, a sense of unease and a desire to escape arose in her heart as this wish was about to come true.

"Excuse me, are you feeling unwell?"

Yue looked at the girl who had suddenly stood in front of her without saying a word and asked her with concern about her condition.

"No...nothing..."

When Kurosawa Momoko first joined Seisho, she was still a bit inexperienced and didn't have the cheerful and cunning demeanor she would later portray. When Yue stood in front of her and spoke to her, she didn't even dare to look him in the eye.

Hinasaki's eyes were like Medusa's eyes to her; once she looked into them, she would be petrified and become completely captivated, unable to extricate herself.

In fact, she had thought about this question while studying drama over the years: what exactly attracted her to Hinasaki? She had only seen her on TV once, but she was already deeply infatuated with her.

She still remembers asking her mother this question: does love at first sight really exist?

If it were someone else's parents, they would probably either give her a gentle lie out of consideration for the child, or tell her directly that magic does not exist.