She was unwilling to admit that she was jealous of her older sister, angry about her sister's words, and even more unwilling to admit that she had lost to Nanami Natsuki.

"How about... I don't go to work tomorrow?"

Running away is shameful, but it's nothing compared to how shameful Nanami Natsuki is, right?

Chapter 46: Nanami Natsuki's Inability to Play Games (2/2)

"Xiaoyue, I've noticed you learn very quickly. Have you ever played bass before?"

"I haven't played this kind of bass much, but I can play the violin and I've also had some experience with the double bass."

"I see. Then you might actually be well-suited to studying this."

Despite saying that, Su Shi still felt something was strange. However, what she found strange was not Nanami Natsuki's solid musical foundation, but rather why she herself had such skillful technique and deep affection for the bass instrument.

Didn't she used to play the double bass in the club?

There have been so many strange things happening these past few days that Su Shi feels a chill run down her spine.

Shoko Toyokawa, Tatsuki Shiina, disbanded bands, and her bass skills... all these things seem to be connected.

She began to doubt whether the things that Toyokawa Shoko and Shiina Tatsuki had told her had actually happened.

Even if she had no recollection of those events, the problem was that the things these two people said and the emotions they expressed were so similar.

Did she really form a band with them, and then that band disbanded because of her...?

Then, having committed heinous crimes, he closed himself off, choosing to forget everything, completely disregarding the thoughts of his former teammates, and only caring about moving on to a new life.

Is she really that kind of person?

"Xiaoyue, do you think what Shiina said... is true?"

"Huh?" Nanami Natsuki put down her bass and looked at Suze with a strange expression. "You mean that band?"

“I mean the person with a similar name and appearance to me… I’m wondering if that person is me, but I have some kind of mental illness and have closed myself off from that past.”

"Forehead……"

"Perhaps one day in the past, on a rainy night, I walked alone into the recording studio where everyone was practicing and saw my friends waiting for me."

"But instead of apologizing for my lateness, I said things that hurt everyone: I announced my withdrawal, and..."

"Wait, wait... why would you have such a thought?"

"Um, I don't know either, I just have a feeling... like if I really did these things, it would probably be like this."

Su Shi found it difficult to explain, because these images were completely unfounded and were simply the result of her thinking and talking.

"And that's exactly how Shiina described 'me,' isn't it? Assuming she was talking about me, and I am that kind of selfish person... then it's not surprising that I did these things, is it?"

"How could that be? Sister Su Shi, you've never been the selfish kind of person."

Nagasaki Motoyo was stunned for a moment. Looking at Nanami Natsuki, who was still firmly standing on her side and speaking well of her at this time, she couldn't help but hug the other's soft body.

"I've never been a perfect person..."

In fact, ever since she got home last night, made dinner for Xiaoyue, and habitually held the little cutie to replenish her energy, she couldn't help but recall the words Shiina Ritsuki had said while sitting alone on her bed in her room.

She unconsciously projected what the other person said onto herself, and what made her feel pained and uneasy was that she found that the person Shiina Tatsuki described seemed to be very similar to her former self.

She deliberately avoided getting too close to her classmates from junior high school; she was unwilling to open her heart or understand the hearts of others.

Perhaps such a distorted version of myself would choose to seal those unpleasant memories deep inside, and then turn a blind eye to the teammates I abandoned?

She... is such a despicable and ridiculous person.

Feeling Xiaoyue's body tremble with each word she uttered, Su Shi knew... Xiaoyue must be afraid that he would abandon her as he had just said.

Should I not have said those things to the child?

But what if she really did it? If she doesn't admit it, wouldn't she be even more sorry to Xiaoyue?

After all, she had already made a promise with Xiaoyue... to be the best older sister and best friend in each other's eyes. Of course, becoming a "mother" is also not out of the question.

Thinking of this, Nagasaki Motoyo hugged Nanami Natsuki tightly once again, feeling the faint milky scent emanating from her. Oh... how could there be such a cute little animal in this world?

Nanami Natsuki must be God's arrangement for her to start over and atone for her past sins, right?

If that's really the case, she definitely can't let the person in front of her down.

"Xiaoyue..."

"W-What's wrong, Sister Su Shi? Don't be like this, I'm embarrassed!"

Nanami Natsuki repeatedly checked whether Su Shi's memories were still in her system's storage, but even so, she was still worried that this god-like person in front of her, who was on par with Toyokawa Shoko and Mikami Hatsuka, might suddenly grab her and hug her to death.

It shouldn't be that incredible, right? After all, she's not made of tofu.

"Don't be afraid, Xiaoyue... You know what? If it weren't for you, things wouldn't have turned out this way. I might still be seen as a heartless person by others, just like before."

Yes, you wouldn't have turned out this way without me.

I will cherish you.

"I am not an object!"

"Pfft, of course you're not, you're my best friend... Ah, I get it, I understand why Toyokawa Shoko and Shiina Tatsuki harbored such malice towards you!"

Why?

"Because they mistakenly thought you were the culprit who abandoned them. They thought I disbanded the band because of you, and even shut down my past memories, only thinking about starting a new life with you."

"Don't make it sound like we eloped!"

"What are you thinking about?" Nagasaki Motoyo rolled her eyes at Nanami, then fell into a brief silence.

She wondered if she had misunderstood everything, perhaps...

"Xiaoyue, I've decided, I'm going to find Xiangzi and Lixi tomorrow..."

"What?"

“I need to confirm with them whether those things really happened, and then I will apologize to them and tell them that they are not the bad guy who caused the band to break up, but I am.”

It's all in chaos, complete chaos.

Seeing that Su Shi was about to take out her phone to text someone after letting go of her, Nanami Natsuki didn't care about anything else and directly focused her gaze on Su Shi, who was about to disrupt her plans, and threw a personality sticker at her.

What she threw over was a feeling of drowsiness that she had just received from the person Chu Hua had introduced her to a couple of days ago.

Seeing Su Shi suddenly droop her eyelids and fall sideways after her phone slipped from her hand, Nanami Natsuki silently breathed a sigh of relief.

I guess Su Shi won't be able to get up until the middle of the night, right? In that case... she has a good chance to go and see how Xiao Xiang is doing.

Chapter 47 Xiangzi: I've had enough of you, Nanami Natsuki! (1/2)

"Xiaoyue, you've worked hard today too~"

"Yes, Rinrin-senpai, you've worked hard too."

After changing out of her work clothes, Nanami Natsuki greeted Rinrinko-senpai and then prepared to leave RiNG.

Speaking of which, Shiina Tatsuki is really something else. She was supposed to be on duty today, but when I came here, I found out that she had taken sick leave!

She didn't believe such a flimsy excuse, but...

"Forget it, there's no rush. Although I don't know what exactly happened on Lixi's side, I can guess... this result is exactly what I expected."

If it weren't for that, Lixi wouldn't have avoided him.

Nanami Natsuki glanced at her current total amount of emotion points. Because she had paid the "revival fee" for this month in advance, her current balance was less than 1000.

Although she had asked Chu Hua to introduce her to many clients, the emotional points she gained from those people were less than the emotional points she spent.

This might be because they are in different circles. After all, those people have been more or less corrupted by the atmosphere of the entertainment industry. In their view, it is better to seize the new opportunities she creates than to grieve for what they have lost.

"Or... should we continue to fleece Crychic members?"

Nanami Natsuki discovers that Shoko is truly a treasure. The band members she recruited are all somewhat like problem children. Even the seemingly most normal Suze and Riki show such dazzling "brilliance" after the band disbands.

What about the remaining two?

Unfortunately, Nanami Natsuki only knows the names and appearances of those two people, but doesn't know where they are now. Moreover, according to what Suze said before she lost her memory, the members of the band never thought that they would lose contact with each other one day. In addition, the band was only formed for about a month before it disbanded, so they really didn't know each other's home addresses.

However, there should be exceptions. For example, Toyokawa Shoko definitely knew where Wakaba Mutsu lived, since the information shows that the two of them should have known each other for a long time.

"Let me see where Xiao Xiang is now... Hmm, this location, it looks like she's taking the subway home? Okay, then I'll go and wait for her near her house!"

…………

Starting yesterday, Toyokawa Shoko began to resist returning to her home.

She originally thought that after she and her father swapped bodies, they would be able to understand each other's situation, but now it seems that... she might be able to understand the hardships of working as an adult, after all, creating in a company and creating freely on her own are two different concepts.

A sense of constraint... This is Xiangzi's biggest feeling after working for the past few days.

She couldn't create music without a care in the world. The lack of absolute authority in the team meant she had to consider other people's feelings all the time, a situation she had never encountered before.

Xiangzi felt exhausted, and she even found that she was starting to feel a little resistant to music creation. It was as if she had really become one of those middle-aged people who had lost their dreams because of the struggle to make a living, and all she thought about every day was getting off work and going home to rest.

The problem is... there's an even more outrageous father lying in her house.

"Damn it... This isn't just a matter of whether he understands my situation or not; he simply doesn't want to understand me at all..."

Xiangzi knew that complaining was useless, but she just couldn't control her increasingly irritable emotions. She didn't know if it was because her grandfather was interfering, but the people at the firm had been much less friendly to her these days than they had been on the day of her job interview.

She would be verbally abused when problems arose, as if she had become the easiest newcomer to bully in the company.

Fortunately... I haven't run into Nanami Natsuki these past few days, which is probably a blessing in disguise.

"Xiao Xiang~"

"Wow!!!"

After lingering near her home for a long time, hesitating about whether to go home so soon, Xiangzi saw a girl wearing a pink shirt, white cake skirt and white pantyhose suddenly jump out from the corner of the intersection. She hadn't thought much about it at first, but after seeing the girl's face, Xiangzi subconsciously took several steps back.

"You...you...you...what are you doing here?!"

"Huh? Xiao Xiang, why are you being so mean to me?"

"Don't call me Xiao Xiang... My current identity is my father."

"Looks like you're pretty quick to switch identities~" Nanami Natsuki looked at "Xiangzi," who was several heads taller than her, and slightly pursed her lips. "The minimum 10-day deadline is almost up. Does Xiangzi have any plans to return it?"

"...Wait a little longer."

"Ok?"

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