I'm not a womanizer for Chihaya Aine

Having no pressure to make friends and having realized the gap between herself and a real guitar singer, Aiyin spoke out without hesitation about her poor skills.

"It's okay. We invited Qing before. She said she doesn't know how to play any instrument. You can just pretend to be a newbie and play a house band."

Aiyin complained, "Playing the role of a band or something, that's too much."

"Anyway, the main purpose is to become good friends with Qing, so skills are not important. And maybe you will like playing in a band while playing, and start to form a band seriously!"

Aiyin hesitated for a moment and reluctantly agreed: "That's a solution. I'll consider it."

Aiyin didn't expect that she, who had already stopped playing in a band, would eventually come back, but she really wanted to have a good relationship with Qing. She looked at the three people in front of her who were having fun together, and imagined that these three people were herself, Qing and Deng, and she actually felt a little longing in her heart.

11 Love lights, memories, love youth

After school in the afternoon, Qing wanted to report to the Astronomy Club like he did a few days ago, and then decide whether to go home directly or follow Aine depending on the situation.

In the story of mygo, Aine didn't ask Deng to form a band on the first day of school, but that was based on the fact that she didn't know that playing bands was popular in Yugaoka at that time. In fact, after Aine found out that everyone in her class was playing in a band, she decided to form a band that night.

Now Aine is already aware of the fact that everyone is playing in a band, so Qing cannot predict through the plot whether Aine will go to find the Light Band, and if so, when. But if Aine wants to find the Light, she will basically end up in the Astronomy Club, so it is definitely right to go to the Astronomy Club first.

"Student Qing, I have something to talk to you about."

However, what Qing didn't expect was that Aine would walk to her seat as soon as school was over and talk to her in a serious manner.

Aiyin naturally came to invite Qing to form a band. She had thought it through. Forming a band is not such a simple matter. Maybe Qing would not agree to form a band even if she invited him. If he really agreed, Aiyin thought it would be nice to play in a band with Qing. It would be better to give the choice to Qing and see if Qing would agree to her. In this way, even if he was rejected, she would have an explanation to Xiaowu and the others.

But what Aine didn't notice was that when the school bell rang, Deng also turned her gaze to Qing, but she came in front of Qing faster, and then Aine turned her back to Deng, and didn't see Deng subconsciously reaching out his hand with a conflicted look on his face.

Of course, Qing was in a position where she could see the strange behavior of Deng behind Aine. In fact, she had noticed earlier that Deng seemed to have something to say to her, but she never had the chance.

As Aine's sole supporter, Qing couldn't bear to see Deng look so lost, but at this moment, there was no way she would just ignore Aine and take care of Deng.

But there is a solution.

Qing looked at Aine and smiled, "I don't know what it is. If it's something important, let's go to the Astronomy Department to talk."

Aiyin asked hesitantly, "Will this disturb your club activities?"

Qing started to pack up his things and said, "There are only two members in the Astronomy Club, Takamatsu and I. As long as Takamatsu agrees, there will be no problem."

“Eh, is that so?” Aine turned to look at Deng and noticed that Deng had actually been looking at the two of them.

"What does Takamatsu-san think?" Qing asked nonchalantly, not even looking in the direction of Aine and Deng, just packing his schoolbag.

"Um, that, I have no objection..."

Deng thought it was not his turn to speak, but he was suddenly called. He was a little incoherent for a moment, but after understanding the situation, he added: "Please come."

At this time, Qing had already packed his schoolbag, stood up, turned to Aine and Deng and said, "Then let's go together."

After saying that, Qing went to the Astronomy Department first. Aine didn't mind if she invited Qing to be present at the event. In Aine's opinion, if she could successfully invite Qing to form a band together, she would also invite Deng. This was decided based on Deng's relationship with them.

So Aine looked at Deng who was still standing there without reacting, grabbed her hand and said, “Let’s go too, Deng.”

After chatting with classmates during lunch break, Aiyin found that all the classmates would call Deng by his first name, except Qing, who seemed to be the closest to Deng, who would call Deng by his last name. Although Aiyin thought this was a bit strange, it did not stop her from calling him more intimately.

Aine held one of Deng's hands, and she subconsciously hid the other hand behind her back, allowing Aine to pull her to the astronomy club room.

……

“What kind of tea would you like, Aine? Although there are only black tea, jasmine tea, and rose tea.”

The first thing Qing did when he arrived at the Astronomy Department was to pick up the kettle he brought from home to boil water, and then he walked towards the cabinet where tea leaves were stored while asking.

“Huh? Black tea will do.” Aine was a little surprised that the Astronomy Club had tea leaves and tea sets, and then she complained, “So the tea drinking club that Ao-san mentioned when she took me to visit the clubs a few days ago is the Astronomy Club.”

Qing shrugged and said, "Isn't it good? I can also entertain you, Aine."

Then Qing put the kettle and tea leaves in place and picked up the kettle with room temperature water and said to Aide and the others, "The kettle is out of water. I'll go get some. Aine, you wait a moment. Takamatsu-san, I'll leave it to you to make tea once the water boils."

After saying that, Qing walked out of the club room with a cold water bottle, and only Aine and Deng were left in the room.

Aiyin sensed something was wrong with Qing. According to her and her classmates' impression of Qing, Qing was a person who did things very decisively. She took the initiative to find Qing and said she had something to discuss, and Qing shouldn't have used other things to delay. Even if Qing realized that Aiyin wanted to find her to form a band, but she didn't want to, she should have refused directly according to her personality.

Therefore, Aiyin could conclude that Qing must have his own considerations for leaving at this time.

Aine looked at Deng who was staring at the kettle, and thought about how Deng suddenly said to her excitedly that he wanted to go to the astronomy club at noon today, and then he said "tea" inexplicably, as well as what she learned about Deng's personality from her classmates. Aine seemed to understand why Deng ran away in frustration at noon today.

At that time, Aine didn't know that there were only Qing and Deng in the Astronomy Club, so she naturally didn't want to disturb the Astronomy Club as an outsider. But now it seems that Deng was inviting her to have lunch together in the Astronomy Club.

As for the word "tea" at the end, it should mean that you can drink tea in the Astronomy Department. It's a pity that Aine didn't know that the Astronomy Department also prepared tea leaves and tea sets, otherwise she should be able to associate it with the meaning of the lamp.

The reason why Qing left this time was probably because Qing saw what happened between Ai Deng and him, so he created a space for Ai Deng to talk, allowing the two of them to talk clearly before starting a conversation with Ai Yin.

Thinking of this, Aiyin stepped forward and asked, "Xiao Deng, do you want to invite me to have lunch with you in the Astronomy Club today?"

When Deng heard himself being called, he quickly raised his head and looked at Aine, thinking about the question Aine had just asked, and then nodded with some worry. Deng was worried because he was afraid that Aine was here to blame him for his inhuman ability to express himself.

But it was clear that Deng's worry was unnecessary. Aiyin clasped her hands together, bowed her head and apologized: "I didn't understand what you meant at noon, and I failed your kindness. I'm sorry."

Deng didn't expect Aine to suddenly apologize to her, so she waved her hand to indicate that it was unnecessary, and said, "No, I didn't say it well... I am..."

Aine walked up to Deng, held Deng's wrists with both of her hands, and put Deng's hands together. She looked directly into Deng's eyes and said, "Deng, you don't need to apologize. As a transfer student who has just arrived in a new environment, I am very happy to be invited to have lunch together on the first day. But this is obviously a good thing, but I missed it because I didn't understand Deng's invitation, and I made you sad. This is my fault. I want to apologize to you."

"Aine-chan..."

Seeing Aine's sincere apology, Deng felt his heart filled with warmth, and a happy smile appeared on his face. After nodding, he asked again, "I see. Then... can little Aine always have lunch with me from now on?"

Always? Aine was very sensitive to this word. But in this context, it should mean a continuous state, not an agreement, right?

So Aine replied, “Well, if Deng invites me, I’ll try to agree if I don’t have anything else to do.”

Aine didn't say anything too harsh, she knew it was not appropriate to say polite words to Deng, she would take it seriously. Although Deng and Qing were the basic relationship of Aine in Yuqiu, it didn't mean that Aine wouldn't expand her social circle, so she wouldn't be with Qing Deng all day.

Deng seemed to sense the space left by Aine's words, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have been asking for too much, and his mood became depressed again.

Aine, who was good at reading the air, naturally noticed the change in Deng's mood. She wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead, forced a smile and changed the subject: "By the way, did Xiao Deng hide something behind you just now? Where is it now?"

Deng looked hesitant, but eventually he took out a stone from his pocket and showed it to Aine.

"Stone?"

Deng nodded and said, "Xiaoqing took it away in the morning and then returned it to me. At that time, I could feel Xiaoqing's warmth on the stone... It was very warm... I think it was thinking of Xiaoqing as well."

Deng slowly spoke out a long and difficult sentence that was considered complicated for her, but Aine could still only barely understand what she meant.

Fortunately, Aine also saw the scene this morning when Qing took the Deng stone to attract her attention, otherwise she might not understand what Deng meant. Anyway, the general meaning was that Deng wanted to give this stone to Qing.

Aine was somewhat relieved that the person that Deng wanted to give the stone to was not her. Most people would think that this kind of gift was a prank... No, if Deng wanted to give the stone to Qing, Qing might directly refuse it given his personality, and Deng would be very sad then.

So Aine asked tentatively, "Do you think Qing-san will accept this stone, Xiao Deng?"

Deng lowered his head and replied, "I don't know."

Deng remembered that when she was a child, a girl told her that she also liked leaves when she was looking for watermelon worms. Then Deng thought that the girl liked watermelon worms as much as she did, so she gave the girl a can of watermelon worms. In the end, the girl's parents complained and the girl disappeared in her own world.

Deng didn't know whether Qing would disappear from her world like that girl after she gave the stone away. If things would really become that bad, she would rather hide in the safe shadow and do nothing.

But Qing took the stone away in the morning, which means Qing should also like that stone, right?

Seeing that Deng's mood was getting lower again, Aiyin didn't know how to comfort Deng, unless she was sure to convince Qing to accept Deng's stone. She certainly felt that she had a chance to convince Qing, but she was not completely sure, so she couldn't make a big promise in front of Deng now. This kind of behavior for the sake of momentary pleasure had already brought her punishment.

Is there nothing I can do but change the subject?

Aine looked around for something new to talk about, and finally focused her attention on a notebook with a flower pattern on the cover.

"Ah, this style of notebook, I miss it so much, I used to use it a lot when I was in elementary school."

Aine's actions were very deliberate. If it were anyone else, they would just complain that she was so bad at changing the subject, but this was enough for Deng, especially since this notebook had a very important meaning to him.

Ain actually just wanted to look at a page of the notebook to see what the notebook was used to record, but as we all know, if you frequently turn a page of a book, the probability of you turning it over will increase significantly. Ain just turned over the page that Deng often turned over.

On it was a sheet of music called "Spring Shadow", with lyrics, tones, and scores for various instruments and chords. Different people's names were marked on different tracks, and one of the tracks was marked "I".

"Is this... Is Xiao Deng playing in a band?"

Although Aiyin didn't understand music theory, she could tell from the obvious markings of the instruments and names that this referred to the parts that different members of a band were supposed to play, so it was only natural for her to infer that Deng was playing in a band.

When Deng heard Aine mention the band, memories of the past came flooding back to him and he forgot to speak for a moment.

Seeing that Deng didn't say anything, Aiyin continued, "Before, Xiaowu and the others said that Xiao Deng wasn't playing in a band, but he was obviously playing... I haven't heard of this song called "Haruhi Shadow" before."

Aine looked at the lyrics, intending to take a quick look to see if she had any impression, but she saw a few lines that touched her a little.

(I am alone in this world in this fading spring)

This line reminded Aine of the loneliness she felt when she was studying abroad in London and not being accepted by anyone.

(No matter who it is, they all talk about their love in this joy and sorrow, as if confirming the beating of the heart)

When seeing this line of lyrics, Aine remembered the day after she returned to Tokyo. She had a dream at that time, but she could not remember the content of the dream during the day. She only remembered that she was very sad and lonely, and she couldn't help but hug her mother and act coquettishly after getting up.

Now when I see this line of lyrics, the dream seems to reappear, the white sheets, the spring sunshine, the camera and the videotape...

However, just as Aine's dream became clearer, the sound of water boiling in the kettle beside her was heard.

At this time, Aiyin, who was closer to the kettle, subconsciously put down her notebook and tried to pick up the kettle, but she was still in a trance recalling her dream, and she was a little nearsighted, so she didn't see the position of the spout and ears of the kettle clearly for a moment, and mistakenly put her hand on the spout.

"Ah, it hurts!"

The scorching steam scalded Ain's hand as expected. Ain withdrew her hand in pain, and Deng came over worriedly at the first opportunity.

"Aine-chan, are you okay?"

Deng quickly put the stone in his hand on the table, walked anxiously to Ain, grabbed Ain's burned wrist without hesitation, and raised the hand to check the situation.

"You're injured, I'll go get a Band-Aid!" After saying that, Deng turned around and walked to the locker to look for a Band-Aid.

“Hey, the hot water is still boiling and hasn’t been turned off yet…” After saying that, Aiyin could only reluctantly walk towards the kettle, trying to turn off the power with her other hand.

At this moment, the door of the club room suddenly opened, and a tall figure quickly came over to support Aine.

"If you're hurt, stay well."

Qing's cold voice rang in Aine's ears. After saying that, Qing leaned forward and turned off the switch of the kettle. This action made Qing, who had been holding Aine's shoulders with one hand, hug Aine with one hand. Aine had just felt lonely from the lyrics, and then suffered the pain of being burned. At this moment, being wrapped in Qing's warm arms, she actually felt a sense of security.

Before Aiyin could feel Qing's warmth, Deng had already taken out a whole box of Band-Aids and placed them in front of Aiyin and Qing.

"Let me help you..." Deng opened the box and took out a Band-Aid with a penguin pattern on it.

Qing stopped him and said, "Go wash it with cold water first. Aiyin, I'll help you go to the bathroom."

Ain didn't respond, but followed Qing's help and went out. When she saw Deng take out the penguin-patterned Band-Aid, her thoughts flew to the past. The day Ain returned to Tokyo, the man she met at Haneda International Airport had all kinds of penguin Band-Aids on his wrist, and Deng's box of Band-Aids just now were all Band-Aids with various animal patterns, including the ones on the man's wrist.

If there was still some probability that the man could say that she might play in a band, then the band-aid on his wrist happened to be the same as the band-aid on the light, which was a bit too coincidental. Combined with the somewhat suggestive words, Aiyin felt terrified when she thought about it carefully.

What is his relationship with the lamp? Is he really a person from the future? If so, what happened in my future? Is this really possible?

Before she knew it, Ai and Qing had already arrived at the bathroom. Qing saw that Ai was absent-minded while washing, and thinking back to the scene when Deng took out the penguin band-aid, she, as the mastermind behind the scene, naturally guessed what Ai was thinking at the moment. She sighed and said, "You have to rinse first and then wash, I'll help you."

After saying that, Qing helped Aine wash her injured hand. There was no other way. It wasn't that Qing wanted to take advantage of her, but it was because he made Aine absent-minded. He could only take the responsibility and help her personally.

[Reward. The host's single promotion behavior has reached the reward threshold, and the reward is: 2 yen and amateur guitar playing ability. ]

Is the timing of this system reward a bit too coincidental?

Forget it, as long as it can pop rice.

Just as Qing was feeling happy that it was time for dinner again, Aine turned her attention back to reality. She looked at herself in the mirror and Qing, who was bending down to wash her carefully, and her heart began to beat faster than expected.

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I felt dizzy while writing this, so there may be some parts that I didn't write well. If so, I will correct them later.

I wanted to finish writing about Aine’s first day at school, but my head hurts and I can’t continue. Maybe I didn’t get enough rest.

12 Team up, a lifetime, escape

“Well, I can do it myself.” Aine said softly, calming down her wavering heart from having her hands washed by Aoki.

Qing didn't say much after hearing that. He just nodded, then untied his hands and silently took a step back, keeping a distance from Aine. There was no reluctance or relief on his face.

The burned part of Aine's hand actually didn't hurt as much after being rinsed with cold water, and Aine could focus more on other things.

For example, wasn't the timing of Qing's appearance just now a bit too coincidental? Qing didn't appear when Aine and Deng were talking, but he came over as soon as Aine was injured. Combined with Aine's previous speculation that Qing deliberately left to create space for her and Deng to talk, Aine had reason to suspect that Qing had already returned with the water, but had been eavesdropping outside the door and didn't come in.

Aiyin, who knew Aoki's personality, didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "Aoki-san was actually eavesdropping on my conversation with Deng outside the door just now, right?"

Qing did not admit it directly, but argued: "I was not eavesdropping, I just happened to hear you talking when I was standing outside the door."

“Yes, yes.” Aiyin ignored Qing’s excuse without paying any attention, and then asked with a slightly serious expression, “Then did you also hear that Deng wanted to give you the stone?”