Band Girl Drink Mixing Action

After all, Rinrinko is a knowledgeable and reliable adult. She can see that Riki's attitude towards Kiyokawa Xiang is definitely not just the relationship between band members.

And this feeling did not only appear when Li Xi was with Qingchuan Xiang, but also appeared in the long past, when Li Xi was with Xiangzi, the leader of the band, when they were in a band called CRYCHIC.

Rinrinko sometimes has this feeling: Riki is competing with them, but she always subconsciously believes and agrees with the other party's words, whether it is Xiangzi or the current Qingchuan Xiang.

Even though Li Xi seems to be suppressing his anger now, Rinlinzi feels that the fact that Li Xi, who has always pursued independence and self-reliance, would suppress himself in this way is already a problem.

Although Qingchuan Xiang's suggestion did not conform to her ideas, she subconsciously felt that Qingchuan Xiang had her reasons for thinking so, and tried to listen to Qingchuan Xiang's words.

Sure enough, although Li Xi frowned, he still chose to sit down on the high stool obediently.

It was at this time that Rinrinko spoke:

"Then I'll make the other three cups that Li Xi ordered later. Black coffee is very delicious, so I'll make it quickly~"

"Sister Rinrinko, what about mine?"

"Hmph." Rinrinzi snorted, pretending to be angry. "Irish coffee, right? That's alcoholic coffee. Do you think I'd make it for you if you ordered it? Besides, we don't serve alcohol here."

Then he blinked again and said in a light-hearted and teasing tone:

"When you reach the age to drink, Sister Rinrinzi will specially invite you to my house and make you a drink."

After hearing this, Li Xi on the side immediately showed an expression of disgust on his face, as if he was looking at an unfit adult who was not qualified to be a member of society and was assaulting a child.

"Ms. Rinrinko... I didn't expect you to..."

"Wait a minute! I clearly told you to wait until Xiaoxiang is old enough to drink before inviting her! Don't look at me like that. Besides, I'm not that much older than you guys, so it's okay to say we're the same age, right?"

How could he still say "peers" with such a shameless face...

There was an extra layer of "pitiful" emotion in Li Xi's eyes when he looked at Rin Rin Zi, which made Rin Rin Zi even more sad.

It’s obvious that I just graduated from college not long ago... What’s wrong with calling myself a girl?

"Huff, huff, huff..." The culprit who caused Miss Rinrinko to fall into such a situation was still laughing here, and after laughing, he also helped Rinrinko to clear the situation.

"Then I've made an appointment with Sister Rinrinko. When I'm old enough, I'll drink with Sister Rinrinko for the first time! I have to have a good experience, please."

“…” Miss Rinrinko suddenly fell silent.

"What's wrong?"

"Xiao Xiang, can you stand up for a moment?"

Qingchuan Xiang did as he was told, jumped down from the high stool, stepped firmly on the ground, and then looked up at Rinrinko again.

"Yeah, and then lean forward a little bit."

"so?"

Qingchuan Xiang supported himself with his hands on the table, leaned forward slightly, his eyes unconsciously widened and appeared very clear, and his bangs swayed as his upper body bent down, all showing his defenseless posture.

And this was exactly the feeling that Rinrinko wanted. She just hugged Qingchuan Xiang's face and rubbed it, and couldn't help rubbing her face against his.

"Uh, Rinrinko-sister?"

"I'm sorry, Xiaoxiang is so cute, she's much more sensible than Lixi!" Rinrinzi said, her hands still moving, almost kissing him directly. "Really, how can Xiaoxiang say such things without blushing or beating her heart? It's okay to say it to me, but don't say such things to others."

If someone else came here, Xiao Xiang would be easily deceived by talking like this!

After enjoying Qingchuan Xiang's soft face for a while, Rinrinzi reluctantly let go. She still remembered that Xiaoxiang and Lixi had ordered drinks, so she couldn't help but pinch her gently again. Then she went to mix drinks for them in a good mood.

"Really..."

Li Xi sighed, tapped his fingers unconsciously on the table, and then looked at Qingchuan Xiang, whose face was still a little red.

"Come on, what do you want to tell me?"

"Hmm? Why do you say that?" After hearing Li Xi's words, Qingchuan Xiang touched his face which had become a little numb from being rubbed and pinched, but his expression did not show any disgust.

"There was absolutely no need to drag me out here alone, and you didn't even have to call me." Li Xi had a blank expression on her face, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking. "When we were at CRYCHIC, you always bought a drink by yourself without knowing when. You didn't have the habit of dragging others along back then."

"Hey, how sharp."

"Just say whatever you want to say."

"So, Lixi, do you hate me and Xiangzi?"

"..."

Li Xi had originally crossed her legs, supported her face with one hand, and looked quite relaxed. Now she put her legs down, turned around and looked at Qingchuan Xiang, staring into her eyes, trying to see what Qingchuan Xiang was thinking.

But she soon gave up on this difficult task. Staring at Qingchuan Xiang would only make people feel dazed, and it would have no other effect.

"I don't like Xiangzi." Li Xi only mentioned Xiangzi, but never mentioned his opinion of Qingchuan Xiang.

"While I realised she had her issues to deal with when I saw her last weekend, I still can't accept her 'you don't need to know anything' attitude when she left the band.

"Besides, it was because of her that the band disbanded, and that made Deng look so hurt..."

"What about me?" Li Xi didn't mention it, but Qingchuan Xiang deliberately pressed on, "Li Xi, you haven't told me what you think of me yet."

"Why do you have to ask this?"

"We're a band again now. If we want to avoid another breakup, shouldn't we understand more about how others view me?"

My opinion of Qingchuan Xiang...

Unlike Xiangzi who quit the team, Li Xi really seems to have no reason to hate Qingchuan Xiang.

Although Xiangzi is the team leader, she sometimes appears to be very "dictatorial", which inevitably gives people the feeling that she is always bossing people around and has the final say in the team. However, because her suggestions are always very appropriate and correct, Lixi doesn't say much.

Kiyokawa Xiang, on the other hand, is more gentle, almost like Shimizu. Although Suyo is often the one who controls the atmosphere in the band, it is undeniable that Xiang is also a very important part in maintaining the relationship between teammates. If Suyo is always concerned about the status of the teammates, Xiang will only appear suddenly when it is most needed, providing just the right amount of help.

In terms of ability, Qingchuan Xiang is even more impeccable.

Although Li Xi initially complained about Qingchuan Xiang's attitude of not caring about the band's affairs, after actually starting to practice, Li Xi discovered that in terms of playing, she always completed the tasks assigned to her by Xiangzi perfectly, and even Li Xi could not find any fault with her.

What makes Li Xi feel even more suffocated is that Qingchuan Xiang's talent and ability are reflected in almost every aspect. Even if only a few of his characteristics are occasionally revealed, Li Xi feels that he can never match him.

So, Li Xi probably "hates" Qingchuan Xiang because of his ugly, despicable sense of inferiority...

Maybe Li Xi couldn't answer whether he really hated Qingchuan Xiang in the end, but one thing was certain.

Li Xi doesn't like himself.

Chapter 207 Questioning

Seeing Li Xi fall silent, Qingchuan Xiang was no longer in a hurry to continue asking questions or putting pressure on him.

This kind of thing requires a moderate degree of relaxation, alternating between deep and shallow. It cannot be too tight, and if you exert all your strength at the beginning, it will cause the other party to subconsciously resist. Not only that, it will raise the threshold of intensity at the first moment, which will also make it easier for you to lose your strength afterwards, and then you will inevitably be counterattacked. However, if you only exert force lightly, you will not achieve the purpose of oppressing the other party. It is like scratching an itch through a shoe, without any feeling, and you will not be able to produce even a drop of water.

It's almost just right now, and a drop of sweat even appeared on Lixi's forehead.

Qingchuan Xiang has always kept in mind Li Xi's inferiority complex. Although today is not a particularly good opportunity, since Li Xi is a little excited about the band's affairs, Xiang still plans to give it a try.

But as expected, there was still no way to get Lixi to readily admit her inferiority complex towards Xiangzi and Qingchuan Xiang. However, she was Lixi after all. If she could really say it out loud immediately, then this problem of hers would probably not be that difficult to solve.

Qingchuan Xiang was guessing what Lixi was thinking in her heart. Since Lixi couldn't say it out loud, her attitude towards her was definitely not just a simple matter of disliking her or not. If she hated her, she would have said it directly to her, just like she had just expressed her dissatisfaction with Xiangzi.

And if Lixi didn't hate her, although Lixi suspected that she was not good at expressing herself, the outward manifestation of Lixi's inability to express herself was that she was used to showing that fierce look to others, and she couldn't speak words of praise directly. But if Lixi just said "I don't hate you", it would be no problem.

Hmm...? Thinking about it this way, Qingchuan Xiang always felt that there were many people around him who were not good at expressing their thoughts. In addition to Li Xi, there were Deng, Xiao Mu, and even Su Shi. They were a little too concerned about socializing and had difficulty speaking their true feelings.

If we consider this issue from the perspective of people being divided into groups, Qingchuan Xiang thought to himself, should he also reflect on whether there is anything wrong with himself?

Back to Lixi's matter, if my guess is correct, Lixi's attitude towards me should be contradictory, with mixed feelings of good and bad.

And no matter whether it was good or bad, at least one side of the opinion caused the reason that Lixi could not say, and Qingchuan Xiang thought that it was probably because Lixi felt inferior to himself, and the dark side of his heart had some thoughts about himself. For Lixi, she could not control her thoughts about this dark thought, but she knew very well that it was not Xiang's fault.

Besides, I am not like Xiangzi who can use the fact of "quitting the team" as an excuse to express my dissatisfaction, so I am in this situation now where I don't know what to say.

It would be better to just say that you hate it, but you still have so many demands on yourself and refuse to say it out loud.

After waiting for a few more seconds, seeing that Li Xi still had no intention of speaking, Qingchuan Xiang sighed and deliberately made a loud noise:

"Lixi, it's okay if you don't say anything, but at least look at me. Is this considered cold violence?"

Hearing this, Li Xi turned his head silently. Just when Qingchuan Xiang was unsure whether his "provocation" would work, Li Xi suddenly stretched out a hand and pinched his cheeks on both sides.

"Mmm..." Qingchuan Xiang immediately lost the ability to speak and could only sob and make meaningless breathing sounds.

"...You can be quite irritating sometimes, that's all."

Li Xi held Qingchuan Xiang's face with one hand, and tried to lower his voice so that he could behave as usual.

This sentence is indeed not a lie. Sometimes Qingchuan Xiang's sudden and natural actions, and his unaffected behavior, would often make Li Xi feel the veins on his forehead throbbing.

As if to make his words more credible, Li Xi said as he used a little more force on the hand that was holding Qingchuan Xiang, squeezing, loosening, and squeezing again.

Only now, after actually trying it, did Li Xi understand why Miss Rinrinko liked to pinch Qingchuan Xiang's face so much. The face flesh was as soft as marshmallow, and the smooth skin almost slipped when the fingers first touched it. But when he applied a little more force, the tough elasticity under the skin began to show, and it also had a cool touch, which felt very good to touch.

Li Xi had originally planned to let go after he finished speaking, but now he couldn't help but pinched her a few more times after he finished speaking.

"I'm already a little numb, and you're pinching me so hard, Lixi..." Qingchuan Xiang started complaining as soon as he was able to speak again.

I actually found the right words to fool Li Xi. This kind of bland answer is not what Qingchuan Xiang wants.

Should we continue? Qingchuan Xiang's original idea was to let Lixi take the initiative to speak out his thoughts. Some things will become a disease if they are suppressed in the heart for a long time.

Looks like I was a little too anxious...

"Here, coffee for you two."

At this time, Rinrinko had just finished making the coffee and placed one cup in each hand in front of the two of them. This made Qingchuan Xiang realize that they had missed the good opportunity to continue the attack, so they should make other plans later.

Qingchuan Xiang put the matter behind her and took the cup of coffee that belonged to her. After being rejected for the Irish coffee, she didn't have time to place a new order. She could only leave it to Sister Linlinzi to do whatever she wanted. However, for Qingchuan Xiang, who loves beverages, firstly, she drinks all kinds of beverages, and secondly, just like those guys who love trendy toys, it is always difficult to understand why they are so obsessed with them. This experience, which is like opening a blind box, is used to guess what she will drink next. Qingchuan Xiang also has a similar sense of anticipation and excitement.

It would be even better if it was Rinrinko-sister's special blend...

However, when she looked into her cup, her face immediately fell.

After Li Xi took a sip, he saw that Qingchuan Xiang didn't drink the drink first. He felt strange, looked at her expression, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Sister Rinrinzi, you must have been lazy."

"Hey, no way~"

Seeing that Rinrinko was still trying to get away with a friendly smile, Qingchuan Xiang pointed directly at the coffee in the cup, which contained the same black coffee as Lixi's.

"They must have done this to save trouble."

"Ah ha ha..."

Qingchuan Xiang muttered softly as he drank. At least this cup of black coffee tasted good, but when he thought about it, and even actually "drank" some of Sister Rinrinzi's perfunctory thoughts in the coffee, he felt uncomfortable drinking it.

Chapter 208 Unable to Stop

"By the way, did Xiao Lixi stay up late again?"

Rinrinzi wanted to touch Qingchuan Xiang's face a few more times under the pretext of comforting her, but was glared at by Xiaoxiang, who puffed up her cheeks cutely. Then she withdrew her hand in dismay and turned her attention to Lixi.

"Look at your eyes, the dark circles are getting worse. Even if the band starts activities, you don't have to be so busy, right? If you keep doing this, you'll really turn into a giant panda."

"Panda...that's not bad either."

After hearing this, Li Xi not only did not admit his mistake, but it seemed as if he had found a new good excuse to stay up late. He took another sip of the extremely bitter black coffee, which made his eyes, which were already a little forced and dull, look a little brighter.

"Rinrinzi-sister, why did you choose to use a panda when there are so many metaphors to use?"

Qingchuan Xiang also asked,

"We haven't even officially started practicing yet and you're already staying up late. You took on the responsibility of composing the music yourself. When Xiao Deng's lyrics are finished, are you planning to stay up all night?"

"It's okay. I'm in good health."

"You can only say that at your age now," said Miss Rinrinko, speaking from her own experience. "Even if you were just a few years older, staying up a little longer at night would make you feel like you were going to pass out. This is especially true for someone like you who's already overdrawn their body!"

Seeing that Li Xi still didn't care, Qingchuan Xiang thought for a moment and added, "Xiao Deng wants to form a band with you guys for life. How long can you last like this?"

"But I can't stop."

Li Xi's face suddenly became gloomy, as if water could drip out of it. Along with it, even Li Xi's hand holding the handle of the teacup clenched tightly, showing white marks, as if he wanted to crush the cup as well.

If you stop even making an effort, the anxiety and unwillingness will immediately surge up like a rising tide, drowning you even if you stop for a moment.

There's her older sister, Shiina Maki, who completely obscures her own shining points and practically robs herself of the name "Shiina." There's Toyokawa Shoko, who seems omnipotent in the band, perfectly solving every problem raised by the band members and confidently leading them all. And then there's Kiyokawa Sho, who usually looks harmless but can suddenly reveal just a "drop" of her talent when not expected, leaving everyone amazed...

It’s not that Lixi is so fanatically superstitious about hard work, but she has to believe that as long as she keeps working hard, she will be able to get closer to these people.

After the band disbanded, Li Xi, who had found strength in Gao Songdeng's singing, fell back into a numb cycle of moving forward. This time, it was even worse than before. Like Bi Gan with his heart dug out, he relied on some kind of belief to train himself aimlessly, practicing drums, working part-time jobs, and learning composition...

And if one day someone suddenly came out and said, "How can a person without a heart live?", Li Xi didn't know what kind of mood he would fall into.

……

Suddenly his face looked very bad.