People are in Mygo, and I can write their personalities.

"...Could you please not mention that?"

The emergence of another emotion, dominated by self-loathing, did indeed suppress the original emotion, which made Lixi realize how frightening her behavior had been. She had actually made that expression at a strange girl in order to pull someone away.

Was it really too hasty?

She wasn't this excited when Xiangzi first brought her into Crychic, was she?

But... she really didn't want to experience that withdrawal feeling again, and she didn't want to be left with nothing useful but regret after she was truly unable to reclaim these talents that didn't belong to her.

"Well, it seems this little secret between us does have a calming effect on you... Ugh... Lixi, I've thought of a great way to let you fully enjoy the talent I gave you, without going crazy like you are now~"

"...What are you going to do?"

Lixi took a step back, feeling that Nanami Natsuki was definitely up to no good.

"You're not going to do anything to me, are you? Stop, stop! I haven't even agreed yet... You can't just play with me like this..."

"But you're already mine, you nobody Lixi... You can't disobey your little master~"

Looking at the large number of emotional points provided by Sose, Riki, Shoko, and a group of clients introduced by Chuka, Nanami Natsuki couldn't help but feel happy. At the same time, when cutting and editing Riki's personality this time, she no longer considered whether to be frugal or not.

After all, she's a big spender now, the kind who won't have to work hard for the next two months!

And no matter what, Li hope's behavior today was too much. What did she take her, her master, for? Did she think she was a tool to be exploited at will?

"Hmm... Let me think. Since recalling what happened yesterday will help you wake up from your delusional state, then fine, I'll re-edit your cognitive logic."

"Look forward to it, Riki. This is a rare little trick that you, Nanami Natsuki-sama, came up with to quickly calm people down."

"W-What do you mean..." Li hope looked at the little witch who was constantly approaching her as if she were a devil.

"What I mean is, every time you get involved in music creation and can't help but go crazy because of it, you'll inevitably recall my beautiful body and the unforgettable scene of our skin touching... Tsk tsk, fighting fire with fire, ho ho, Li hope, I've discovered I'm a genius!"

"???"

Are you out of your mind?! What kind of clever way is this to calm people down?!

Chapter 77 Su Shi: Mom, please don't mention Nanami Natsuki anymore! (4500 words)

"Lixi, don't be so unhappy, I'm just trying to help you..."

"...Shut up and don't mention this again."

Shiina Ritsuki crossed her arms, forcing herself to fight against her inner impulses, after all, she had realized from the very beginning that Nanami Natsuki was serious.

Whenever her thoughts drifted to music creation, the image of Nanami Natsuki, wearing a gothic dress and lying beneath her, ready to be picked, would appear in her mind.

How can she create anything like this?! How can the songs she writes be normal?!

But you know what, Li hope was indeed calmer than before, because she was now making a concerted effort to avoid thinking about anything related to music in public.

"That girl from earlier, you seem to know her?"

To divert attention and ease the awkwardness, Lixi started making small talk.

"Huh? I don't know her... but I have seen her before. She's a student of Hanasaki River, and she should be a third-year student now."

"Huh? A third-year senior? But she looks so young... Oh no, I've already offended a senior on the first day of school."

"...Third year of junior high school."

"..."

"Wow, once Riki heard that it was someone younger than him, he immediately stopped looking worried. Japanese society... it's doomed. Older people can bully younger people as if it's perfectly acceptable!"

"I didn't mean that, okay!"

Although Shiina Riki was refuting, she hadn't dared to look at Nanami Natsuki's position since the beginning. After all, the topic she raised seemed to be inseparable from the word "music," and if the discussion went too deep, it would inevitably bring up scenes that shouldn't be recalled.

Let's just stick to receiving our guests properly.

It was time to get busy, and more people were coming to RiNG LIVE HOUSE. Whether they were new guests passing by who wanted to come in and take a look, or some familiar faces, Lixi felt that she couldn't show any embarrassing side in front of these people.

However... it seems that Su Shi didn't come today.

Li Xi had originally wanted to borrow some money from Su Shi, but now it seemed she could only postpone it. After all, she felt it was better to discuss borrowing money face-to-face.

"Phew...finally finished."

When it was time to leave work, Nanami Natsuki jumped onto the bar counter and started talking a lot after sitting down. "Tachiki, do you want to go home with me today?"

"Don't go."

"Such a decisive refusal... Oh well, looks like I'll have to go home alone."

"You didn't seem lonely at school today, judging from your demeanor."

"Huh?" Nanami Natsuki thought for a moment, then looked at Riki with amusement and replied, "So Riki cares about this kind of thing too. But those older sisters and I don't really have anything to do with each other. To them, I'm just a mascot. If we're talking about true close friends, Riki is the first person I've met so far."

"..."

Who cares?

Shiina Riki felt a sense of balance, perhaps simply because she was certain that Nanami Natsuki hadn't lied to her before; at least, that's what she thought.

As for whether they're friends or not... Lixi felt it was pointless to argue about that now.

Moreover, Natsuki was someone she considered to be more than just a friend, so special that she didn't even know how to describe it.

"I go first."

In order to leave the place where Nanami Natsuki was as soon as possible, Riki quickly changed his clothes, packed his things and prepared to leave.

"Damn it... this can't go on."

After leaving RiNG, she went to the train station and finally took the train back home. Along the way, Riki stared wide-eyed at the Tokyo streets passing by, as if trying to force her to think about things unrelated to music.

But music is the most important thing in her life, how could she bear to live like this forever?

When Lixi opened the door, she found that apart from her mother who was preparing dinner, her father and sister did not seem to be home yet. She went back to her bedroom alone and habitually locked the door.

"Phew... There's no other way, I have to face it."

Now that she's in her own room and no one else will see her, she shouldn't have to worry about so much, right?

As Lixi's breathing became increasingly rapid, she opened her YouTube homepage and glanced at the view count of her uploaded videos. To her dismay, it seemed that the number of views and comments on her videos hadn't changed much.

However, the few comments that were available all seemed to be praising her. Those sincere compliments from strangers across the internet gave Lixi an unprecedented sense of satisfaction. She naturally took these words as genuine affirmations of her, and her determination to create music grew even stronger.

"here we go again……"

Whenever she thought about music creation, she couldn't help but recall that beautiful and charming girl. Even Li hope herself was puzzled as to why she would think of the words "beautiful and charming".

Lixi's face grew increasingly red, but a host of musical inspirations kept popping into her head. One of her hands couldn't help but reach down to her body, while the other responded to the call of her musical inspiration, dragging the mouse to open the music composition software on her computer.

However, the ensuing sense of contradiction and shame made Lixi's consciousness quite "clear." Instead of following her instincts to create an entire piece of music as before, she recorded her general and guiding melodies on the computer.

One song, two songs... Li hope created new musical scores very quickly, and for each song he only recorded the important melodies and some lyrics he couldn't help but write down.

Her musical style also changed rapidly, from pure ballads to pop to rock, and even some metal and jazz that she had never tried before...

"Nayue...wu..."

What did she just say? Whose name did she call?

Lixi was stunned for a moment, and when she realized what she had just done and thought, her left fingertips were already a little sticky.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

How could she be so shameless?! No... this won't do...

Just as Lixi's mother called her out for dinner for the third time, Lixi took out a change of clothes from the closet, casually said "I'll be there in a bit," and then rushed into the bathroom.

After taking off her clothes, she thought for a moment and decided to take a cold shower. Although the weather wasn't particularly cold, the cold water still made her shiver when it hit her body.

"...It seems much better."

Stimulated by the cold water, Lixi's emotions began to calm down. Her long hair was soaked, making her look exceptionally beautiful. She leaned against the wall in front of her with one hand, letting the water sprayed from the showerhead hit her head, ears, and body.

Now that things had calmed down, Lixi turned off the cold water, but because her body was still a little cold, she didn't dare to switch to hot water right away.

She dried herself off with a towel, then changed her clothes without a word and left the bathroom.

"Lixi, are you alright?" Zhenxi, who had already finished dinner, felt a pang of heartache seeing her younger sister's strange behavior lately.

Could it be that the conversation between the two sisters that day had some negative impact on Lixi?

"I am fine."

“You haven’t had dinner yet… I left you some, let me heat it up for you now… Mom is really angry with you, she said if you lock yourself up like this again and don’t come out to eat on time, you’re really not going to eat.”

"I'm sorry, sister..."

Lixi had considered borrowing money from her older sister, Maki, but her sister wasn't exactly wealthy, and Maki had been busy with her studies lately. Lixi really didn't want to cause her sister any more trouble.

"Eat quickly."

"...I want to eat Mapo Tofu."

"Huh?" Maki was taken aback. This was the first time she had heard her younger sister suggest what she wanted to eat, especially a classic Chinese dish. "If you want to eat it, just tell Mom. I'm sure she'll make it for you."

"Huh? No... I was just mentioning it casually."

She really is crazy.

These next few days... I'll do everything I can to avoid that little witch...

…………

In the empty house, Nagasaki Motoyo stood silently at the doorway, staring blankly at the bedroom where another person had once briefly lived.

The girl then turned around, took a broom from outside, went inside the bedroom, and began to clean slowly and methodically.

Starting with the dust on the floor, after sweeping the floor she began wiping the table and tidying up all the sheets on the bed and stuffing them into the closet.

The ultimate goal seems clear: to make the room look as if no one has ever been there.

Just as she finished doing all this and then took her bass to the living room sofa to begin her long-awaited practice, the sound of the door being unlocked came from the front door.

Su Shi's pupils widened instantly, and her body began to tremble, as if she were anticipating something.

"Su Shi~ Mom is back."

"Huh? Mom...Mom?"

"What's wrong? Why do you seem so unwelcoming to me when I finally come home?" Su Shi's mother complained, hands on her hips, like a little girl.

"N-no, that's not true~"