Band Girl Drink Mixing Action

"And it's not just during break time. I also noticed that you were drinking water almost all the time during class." Another classmate who sat very close to Qingchuan Xiang added.

"This..."

Qingchuan Xiang opened his mouth and spit out the straw.

The discovery of the students in Class B was not an illusion. Qingchuan Xiang had indeed been drinking water continuously today. In order to avoid being called out by the teacher for drinking too frequently in class, she also specially prepared a long straw that could be inserted into the bottom of her thermos cup, and tried to drink water with smaller and more inconspicuous movements.

Even though Qingchuan Xiang was trying hard to sip the water in small sips to avoid drinking it all at once, she had already finished two thermoses and a small bottle of mineral water.

"To rinse my mouth." Qingchuan Xiang explained vaguely.

"gargle?"

This answer obviously aroused more doubts and curiosity among the classmates, but before they could ask further questions, Qingchuan Xiang glanced to the side and then stood up.

"Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom, otherwise I'll be finished when the bell rings."

"Oh oh, go ahead."

Qingchuan Xiang hurried out of the classroom, but he couldn't run. However, everyone could see something fishy from Xiaoxiang's hurried walking posture.

"Hey, don't you think Xiaoxiang is running away?" Someone nudged the friend next to him with his elbow. "And I think I saw some signs of blushing on Xiaoxiang's face!"

Seeing that she was getting more and more excited as she spoke, who knows what plots from the thin book she had been reading in the past few days were on her mind. Her friend hit her in annoyance.

"Why don't you try drinking so much water and sitting through a whole class? Forget Qingchuan, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold it in halfway through the class."

"Hehe, that's hold-in play..."

"Just shut up!"

The classmates around him also looked at this crazy guy with a look that said "this guy is hopeless".

After Qingchuan Xiang had resolved the emergency situation in the bathroom, he walked to the sink, turned on the faucet, and washed his hands carefully. Not caring about his wet hands, he lifted up one side of his hair, bent down, put his face close to the faucet, opened his mouth slightly, took the water into his mouth, held it for a while, and then spit it out.

After repeating this several times, I still couldn't get rid of the subtle feeling that had been lingering in my mouth since yesterday.

"Are you okay?" A familiar voice sounded from beside her. Qingchuan Xiang didn't even need to straighten her waist and continued to busy herself with putting water into her mouth. She knew who it was.

"Thanks to you, I didn't sleep well last night. Luckily, I got used to the early morning sleep pattern a little bit during the past two days in the hospital bed."

Qingchuan Xiang spat out another mouthful of water, raised his head, wiped the water from the corner of his mouth with his hand, and then when he was about to wipe his hand on his clothes without any grace, someone handed him a tissue.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect this to have such a big reaction on you."

"You said sorry, but you were smiling, and it never stopped."

Qingchuan Xiang grabbed the tissue without hesitation, wiped his hands dry and threw it into the trash can beside him, and said to Xiangzi beside him in a bad mood.

The culprit who caused Qingchuan Xiang's abnormal behavior today was Toyokawa Shoko, who was standing next to Qingchuan Xiang at this moment. She seemed to be acting elegantly like a noble lady, but in fact she was forcibly kissing someone in front of her mother's grave.

The sudden kiss itself was not very lethal to Qingchuan Xiang, but this time Xiangzi was not satisfied with simple contact, but a deeper liquid blending.

The mucus was crudely injected into the "bottle," and then the mouth of the bottle was completely blocked with a cork, forcing a subtle and inexplicable "chemical reaction" with the liquid already in the bottle, which ultimately affected the bottle itself...

"With this attitude towards experiments, your chemistry teacher will definitely give you a big cross."

"My chemistry score was still the highest in the class in the last quiz." Although Xiangzi didn't immediately figure out why Xiaoxiang suddenly brought up chemistry here, he subconsciously understood that it must be related to what happened yesterday.

"The experiment doesn't matter your written test score. Rough shaking and stirring will only destroy the beauty."

Qingchuan Xiang has always liked mixed reaction experiments of various liquid reagents since he started chemistry experiments in junior high school. Among his chemistry teachers and laboratory preparation teachers, he is a rare good student who strictly follows laboratory rules.

"Can I ask how it feels?" Xiangzi was really curious.

"Ms. Xiangzi, what you said is just like a pervert who stabbed someone and then asked the victim how he felt." Qingchuan Xiang sighed again. Could it be that the Xiangzi who was so sincere and open to her yesterday was a fake?

After what happened yesterday, although only one class had just passed at school today, Qingchuan Xiang could already clearly feel the change in Xiangzi's attitude towards him in school and in his interactions with her in public.

Xiangzi no longer hesitates to appear close to others, even though everyone has already noticed. After all, Xiangzi, who has always been very aloof to others, only speaks to Qingchuan Xiang when they pass by. It may not seem that he is that friendly, but the difference in treatment is obvious enough.

"That kiss..." Qingchuan Xiang thought about it and really wanted to answer Xiangzi's question properly, but unfortunately other students came in from outside at this time.

Xiangzi quickly interrupted what Qingchuan Xiang was about to say.

"Xiang, class is about to start, let's go quickly. You still need to fill your cup with water, right?"

Ah.

Looking at Xiangzi's seemingly righteous excuse of thinking about Qingchuan Xiang, Xiang could not help but understand that even if Xiangzi was not so shy about showing his good relationship with her in front of others, and the fact that they had directly escalated to the point of kissing, if it were exposed, it would definitely cause an uproar.

It’s okay, at least you have some shame.

Chapter 359 Lunch Break

As the weather cools, the rooftop becomes a popular spot for students to enjoy lunch and a meal. The expansive views from up there, along with the occasional strong breeze, are all the more appealing. In autumn, the scorching sun becomes a major advantage, offering a cool breeze while still maintaining warmth in the sun.

But unfortunately, precisely because the rooftop was so popular after it turned cooler, students who did not like crowds and preferred to eat alone or with a small group lost the right to use the rooftop.

Qingchuan Xiang couldn't say that she hated crowds, but compared to overly lively occasions, she did prefer quiet corners.

The Astronomy Department's club activity room is a good place to go.

Although it is not as well ventilated as the rooftop, there is always wind coming into the room when the door and the window opposite are opened together. Perhaps the only disadvantage is that it may be a bit cold.

But this drawback can be solved by eating itself.

"Here, Xiao Deng, this is yours."

Qingchuan Xiang took the third thermos cup he brought to school and poured a small cup of hot soup for each person who came to the club room to eat lunch.

"Thank you..." Xiao Deng thanked him softly, took it carefully, took a sip, and immediately showed a cute expression of satisfaction.

"In this weather, I really need hot soup~" Aiyin held up the already empty cup and licked her lips with satisfaction, her little canine teeth still glistening with oil. "Xiaoxiang, can I have another cup?"

"Let everyone finish their drink first, and then you can divide it among yourselves when the second round starts." Qingchuan Xiang asked Aiyin to calm down and poured a glass for the last person in the room. "Here, Xiangzi."

"Thank you."

Shoko was a rare visitor to the Astronomy Club, or rather, no one had ever seen him eat with anyone else. Even with Kiyokawa-sama, he had only met with her a few times. So when Aine and Deng saw Shoko coming to the Astronomy Club with Kiyokawa-sama, they were surprised for a moment, then immediately expressed their welcome.

By the way, when Qingchuan Xiang and Aine helped to set the lunch boxes they brought as if they were setting up the table at home, Xiangzi borrowed Deng and walked outside in the corridor. She had already explained some of her reasons for quitting the team. Although she did not tell everything like she did when facing Qingchuan Xiang yesterday, she also explained a lot of things frankly and apologized to Deng.

So Xiao Deng seems to be in a particularly good mood now. The biggest manifestation of this is that Qingchuan Xiang, Aiyin, and Xiangzi each have several different Band-Aids stuffed into their mouths.

"By the way, Xiangzi, have you found a new part-time job?" Qingchuan Xiang asked after taking a few bites of food and swallowing it.

Although I wanted to follow the etiquette of not talking while eating, I was eating with everyone, so it was nice to indulge myself a little once in a while.

"Not yet, but I've picked out a few good options."

"Does Xiangzi want to work part-time, too?" Aiyin chewed on the small octopus sausage she had brought. She had always thought Xiangzi's family must be quite wealthy, otherwise they wouldn't have raised someone like Xiangzi. So, Xiangzi might just be looking for some experience. "Lixi works at RiNG, and it seems like she has it pretty easy. I always see her not too busy. Xiangzi, you can work with her."

"Lixi looks idle because every time you go to RiNG, it is at a time arranged by her. Because of the band rehearsal, she must arrange time for herself to rest." Qingchuan Xiang explained for Lixi, who is actually very diligent at work. But she still wants to poach Lixi to work in her store.

"I'm afraid Li Xi and I don't get along very well." Xiangzi sighed lightly and said helplessly.

It’s true that Xiaodeng accepted his apology very well, but as for the other two, Xiangzi felt a headache just thinking about how to apologize to them in person.

Su Shi might be okay, after all, they've been in contact so many times since leaving the team, but as for Li Xi...

There is a high probability that the first thing you will say when you see Xiangzi is "Why are you here?" or "Ha!"

"Lixi...will listen to Xiangzi carefully!" Xiaodeng said anxiously, fearing that Xiangzi and Lixi would never even have the chance to meet to explain and apologize.

"I know." Xiangzi smiled and comforted Deng, "I know that Lixi will calm down immediately after she vents her initial anger.

"But as for RiNG's work, I'm afraid I'll have to think about it a little more."

Qingchuan Xiang took over at this time:

"Actually, when I heard you say yesterday that you were still planning to find a part-time job on your own, I thought it would save me a lot of trouble. After all, you probably know that my sister is quite upset about this matter. Although I can beg her to let you work at the bookstore again, and she would agree, the atmosphere between you two would probably be very awkward. When she gets home, she'll probably complain about me being too easy to deal with."

Xiangzi's smile became a little bitter, but there was nothing to defend.

Looking at the two of them, Aine and Deng had already guessed that the reason behind Xiaoxiang's fever two days ago should be related to Xiangzi, but it seemed that neither of them intended to tell the specific reason. Aine knew the importance of social distance and would not ask. As for Deng, as long as the two of them seemed to still have a good relationship, he would be very satisfied.

"But Xiangzi, if you plan to launch your band commercially, there's no need for you to work part-time, right? The money you saved before should be enough to last for a while."

"Although I plan to make a quick decision and form a band quickly, I also have to worry about whether the plan will be delayed due to some unexpected events. I can't rush to find a job at that time." Xiangzi shook his head.

"A commercial band? That sounds so cool!" Aiyin agreed excitedly, but then became a little worried. "But is it really that easy to debut commercially? Xiangzi, you're really that talented, aren't you? I've heard a lot of jokes in RiNG about bands that ended up in poverty..."

"I'm confident I can do it. Just like the popular group Sumi, they debuted when Chuhua was in middle school. Although they only gradually came into the public eye this year, they also proved that this path is not unworkable at this age."

Aiyin knew very little about this, and seeing Xiangzi's confidence, she nodded as if it was natural, and asked Qingchuan Xiang:

"Hey, is it possible for us to commercialize it?"

Looking at Aine's sparkling eyes, Qingchuan Xiang bluntly said, "Before that, our guitarist Aine might need to learn to practice harder, otherwise you'll be punished by Li Xi again today."

"Well……"

Qingchuan Xiang turned his gaze back to Xiangzi: "When do you plan to start the band thing?"

"Just this week."

Chapter 360: Asking for a Seal

Qingchuan Xiang suddenly realized that he, who had been complaining a while ago about not having been to VA-11 to enjoy pure drink-mixing time for a long time, now seemed to have suddenly become free.

After that heart-to-heart talk, Xiangzi was not confident that there would never be any problems between them again, so after making the prohibition list (which Xiangzi himself had broken), Qingchuan Xiang and Xiangzi also made some simple rules.

The most important thing is to "speak your mind" and try to discuss as much as possible when it comes to matters involving the other party. This sounds like a very common and normal thing, but the reality is that most people don't really like to speak human language.

This was a reminder Qingchuan Xiang received from her sister.

After discussing with Xiangzi, Qingchuan Xiang decided that she would not need any more substantial help from Qingchuan Xiang until Xiangzi successfully formed a band. After all, Qingchuan Xiang had already done enough. If Xiangzi couldn't even form a band, there was no point for her to continue talking about her dream.

However, occasionally Xiangzi would come and talk to Qingchuan Xiang about some of his plans and decisions, and the two of them would consider together whether there were any areas that needed modification or attention. For Qingchuan Xiang, this was just a matter of thinking. Compared with her previous "doing everything myself" model, it was indeed much more leisurely and simple. Most of the problems were found by Xiangzi on his own and modifications and optimizations were made.

As for her own band, practicing has always been quite easy for Qingchuan Xiang. Everyone can make mistakes during practice, but she is just practicing with the accompaniment played by the player, while the other members of the band are practicing with her background music.

So every time the band practiced, there would always be a time when Qingchuan Xiang would take a break and drink a drink while the others continued practicing. Even Li Xi was very confident in Qingchuan Xiang.

So, how about she just ask for leave from everyone for today's practice?

"Xiao Xiang, are you thinking about something?"

Aine's voice suddenly came from the side, and Qingchuan Xiang immediately and seamlessly recovered from his distracted state of having his eyes open and turned to look at Aine.

"Nothing, what's wrong?"

It was time to go home from school. As soon as the bell rang, Xiangzi hurriedly packed up his schoolbag and left. Qingchuan Xiang came to the astronomy room with Aiyin Xiaodeng as they had done several times before to sit for a while.

"Hehe, I just wanted to test out the behavioral patterns I discovered about Xiaoxiang."

Qingchuan Xiang blinked and did not ask Aine what she had discovered, because she knew that Aine would definitely tell it all out of control.

As expected, Aine immediately started explaining like a "little doctor" in a children's education film.

"Xiao Xiang, you always have some kind of water bottle in your hands, whether it's a thermos or some kind of beverage bottle or can. If you hold it normally with one hand or hold it with both hands in your arms, it means that you are still paying attention to the surrounding environment. But if you put the cup to your mouth, half cover the bottle mouth with your mouth or bite the edge of the cup, and your whole body is still motionless, it basically means that you are daydreaming."

Qingchuan Xiang looked down and found that he had really been holding the water bottle in front of his mouth. While he was thinking about it, part of his attention was still vaguely remembering that he was indeed biting the metal edge of the thermos.

"Hehe, I'm right, right?"

Aiyin proudly sat closer to Qingchuan Xiang, wanting to hear Qingchuan Xiang's affirmation, and their shoulders leaned tightly against each other.

"That's true." Qingchuan Xiang smiled and turned his head, "Aine, you observe me very carefully."

too close.

Aiyin felt an inexplicable jolt in her heart, and she laughed it off and quietly moved a little further away. She had clearly been the one who had moved closer just now, but now she couldn't bear just looking directly at Xiaoxiang at such a close distance.

Wow, it's not that I'm not good enough, but looking at those blue eyes that are as gorgeous and clear as gems, and shiningly staring at me, it means that Aine is already an extremely outgoing and lively person, and even loves sociability. If you change someone else to stand in front of Qingchuan Xiang, I'm afraid they won't even be able to look her in the eye.

Moreover, Xiaoxiang always says all kinds of embarrassing things as if nothing happened.

"Because observing Xiao Xiang is quite interesting, that's why I want to take a closer look..." Aiyin thought of a lame excuse to explain why she observed Qingchuan Xiang so carefully. She didn't want to be regarded as a perverted high school student who was always secretly watching and peeping at others.

"I don't think it would be very interesting to observe me."

"Xiao Xiang is really different from ordinary people! Even watching Xiao Xiang drink water gives me a different feeling."

“Hoohoo, why does it sound like I’m not quite human in Aine’s eyes?”

Although Qingchuan Xiang was just joking, Aiyin scratched her face with a guilty conscience after hearing it. Aiyin had secretly thought more than once whether Xiao Xiang might be a strange creature with human appearance.

Like sirens, water elemental elves, and even Aiyin went to read the Cthulhu mythology, which she had no interest in before and found a little confusing... To be honest, sometimes Aiyin really felt that Xiaoxiang was somewhat similar to the "creatures" in those weird stories.

After all, apart from anything else, Xiaoxiang's dependence on water alone seems to be something that cannot be explained by human diversity, right?

However, Aine's guilty look did not escape Qingchuan Xiang's eyes at all. Her eyebrows immediately narrowed and her smile became playful.

"Oh, so in Aine's eyes, I really don't look like a human?"

"No no no! How could that be...Haha."