Aspiring to be a girl in a band

Moreover, she had always had a very good impression of this girl named Aiyin.

So Xiangzi took out her phone, checked the time, and then sent an invitation to Aiyin.

"Would you like to find a place to sit down?"

Ai Yin hesitated upon hearing Xiangzi's invitation.

After a moment, Ai-yin nodded blankly.

……

Xiangzi brought Aiyin to a coffee shop.

Having bid farewell to poverty, Xiangzi generously handed the menu to Aiyin.

"What would you like to drink, Ai-yin?"

Ai Yin didn't look at the menu; she just said it casually.

"Then...Earl Grey tea will do."

Eh?

When Aine mentioned her favorite drink, Xiangzi was stunned.

But Xiangzi then realized that the world was so vast that it wasn't surprising that the girl in front of him happened to have the same taste as him.

So Xiangzi said to the waiter.

"Two cups of Earl Grey tea, please."

Now it was Aine's turn to look puzzled.

"Toyokawa-kun, do you also like Earl Grey tea?"

Xiangzi ordered Ba & San Leng Zhou 2 Lin Qi Jiu Wu bT

"Ah."

"I see..."

Aine rested her chin on her hand and continued speaking.

"I only gradually got used to it because Su Shi recommended it."

Hearing Aine say that name that she didn't really want to hear.

Xiangzi's tone suddenly became much colder.

"Aine...can...please not mention that person?"

"Uh...sorry..."

Aine awkwardly covered her mouth, wondering if Su Shi and Xiangzi didn't get along...

They used to be members of a band.

Aine obediently placed her hands on her knees and straightened her back.

Seeing Aine's respectful demeanor.

Xiangzi immediately covered his mouth and laughed.

"Well... there's no need to be so serious."

Xiangzi eased the atmosphere. She had only extended the invitation because she saw that Aine was not in a good state and wanted to comfort her, so she couldn't let the conversation become awkward.

"So, why did Aiyin wander into the alley alone today, looking so lost? Wasn't Deng with you?"

Hearing Xiangzi mention her sad story, Ai Yin immediately became dejected again.

It looks like a wilted eggplant.

Ai Yin hesitated, wondering whether she should tell Xiangzi about that matter.

After all... it was something I overheard, and it didn't feel right to just tell a third or fourth person.

"Deng...she has to stay at school to do her duty today..."

Because of the lie, Aine's tone became very unnatural.

Xiangzi, of course, noticed this.

"That's a lie, Aine."

Xiangzi's eyes sharpened, and he saw right through Aiyin's little scheme.

"If it's really Akari who has to stay at school to do her duty, I think given Aine's personality, she would definitely stay with Akari and help her with her duty last night."

Seeing her lie easily exposed, Ai Yin could only awkwardly scratch her head.

She hadn't expected that she hadn't had much contact with this classmate, Toyokawa.

The other person actually knows her so well.

Ai Yin sighed.

"Okay... I am indeed struggling with this."

Aine chose to be honest.

"Is it because of the light?"

Xiangzi pressed for an answer.

Ai Yin nodded dejectedly.

"Does Toyokawa-kun want to hear this...?"

In the end, although Aine still felt it wasn't quite right, she really needed someone to confide in, so she decided to tell Shoko what she had overheard.

Volume 1: Chapter 102 Second Instance Verdict Reversal

Do you want to hear it?

Of course you should listen, otherwise why would I have brought you here?

Xiangzi looked at Aine tenderly.

The drinks the two ordered were placed on the table by the waiter.

Xiangzi picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and then looked at Aiyin again.

"Before that, I think... there's still one issue we need to resolve."

……

Looking at Xiangzi's gentle smile, Ai Yin felt a lot warmer in her heart, but she was also puzzled.

She had no idea what problems she and Xiangzi needed to resolve.

After all, the two of them didn't have much contact at all.

Xiangzi saw a look of confusion in Aiyin's eyes.

At this very moment.

Xiangzi suddenly felt that... he seemed to have understood a part of Arakawa Kirika again.

The feeling of being in a dominant position and manipulating the other person's emotions...

It's not bad at all.

It's more than just not bad.

Watching Aine's emotions rise and fall with her words, Xiangzi felt that she understood why that scumbag enjoyed this kind of perverse pleasure.

But Xiangzi still drew a line between himself and that scumbag in his heart.

Although he was deliberately trying to provoke Aine's emotions, it was entirely out of concern for Aine.

That scumbag clearly couldn't possibly have such tender feelings.

That person was simply enjoying the pleasure.

Having emerged from his own inner turmoil, Xiangzi continued speaking to Aiyin.

"Look, I've always called you 'Aine,' but Aine still calls me 'classmate.' Don't you think that's a bit unfair?"

Aine's eyes widened.

She certainly understood what Xiangzi meant.

A blush immediately spread across Aine's face.

"I'm just... a little afraid that you'll think I'm too oblivious, too overly familiar, like Toyokawa-dōji... that's why I've been so shy..."

Ai Yin certainly wouldn't mind becoming friends with Xiangzi, and addressing each other by name is the first step in becoming good friends.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. From now on, Aine will call me by my name."

Xiangzi smiled, picked up the black tea in front of him again, and took a small sip.

"That...that..."

Aine is a girl who is very good at the broken window theory, or in other words, she takes advantage of others.

Having just obtained permission to use her name, Aine couldn't wait to add more features.

"Then can I just call you 'Xiangzi-chan'...?"

Xiangzi was taken aback by Ai Yin's somewhat excessive enthusiasm, and then his smile faded.

"We don't seem to be that close, do we?"

"I see..."

Aine's mood soured again.

Seeing that Aine's mood had turned somber again, Xiangzi sighed softly, then smiled and shook his head.

Because... she seemed to see the shadow of a lamp in the current Aine.

"After all... the nickname 'Xiangzi-chan' sounds like I've been flattened."

Xiangzi told a lame joke.

Eh?