Band Girl Drink Mixing Action

But to Aine's surprise, those students who seemed to have known Qingchuan Xiang since junior high school were a little surprised by Xiang's behavior of holding someone's hand, but they didn't find it strange.

"Hey, those three people over there..."

"What? Let me see... isn't that Xiaoxiang? There must be a conflict between two people nearby, right? Xiaoxiang saw it and went to help reconcile them?"

"You're new to the high school department, right? The guy in the middle is our famous lubricant in Yuqiu, often helping classmates to mediate conflicts."

……

Xiaoxiang is so amazing, Aiyin admired her sincerely in her heart.

When she was in junior high school, Aine was also a popular student council president. Naturally, when conflicts arose among classmates, some would come to find Aine, the peer they trusted the most, to judge the matter.

This kind of thing requires taking into account the feelings of both parties and even more people. If things go wrong, it might even further damage the relationship between everyone, which would be very troublesome for Aine.

Therefore, although Aine has many fans and is eager to be the focus of the crowd, she does not make friends widely, but only chooses a few particularly good friends.

But it seems that Qingchuan Xiang is not only popular, she also really knows how to maintain relationships with people around her.

It is precisely because of similar experiences that I can better understand Qingchuan Xiang's strengths. Even if we put aside the difficulty of adjusting people's relationships, just doing these things is already quite energy-consuming.

"Then I should go back to our class." We had already walked into the auditorium. Each class had already found their seats and sat down neatly. Qingchuan Xiang, who was not in the same class, naturally had to separate.

"Xiao Deng, if you want to see me, you're welcome to come anytime."

"Yeah." Xiao Deng, who had received the promise, did not hesitate this time. She nodded and let go of Qingchuan Xiang's hand.

After making an agreement with Xiao Deng, Qingchuan Xiang winked at Aine again, "Of course, Aine too, we agreed on this before."

Qingchuan Xiang took back the thermos cup that he had placed in Deng's hand, waved to the two of them with a smile, and walked towards his class.

Looking at Qingchuan Xiang's calm and composed appearance, like flowing water, unaffected by other people's gazes, Aiyin encouraged herself in her heart.

Come on, Aine! If you can become as amazing as Kiyokawa Xiang, you'll definitely be more popular!

Having found a role model, Aiyin was now full of momentum. She said to Deng, who was still watching Qingchuan Xiang leave:

"Okay, Xiao Deng, let's go find a seat too."

"Hmm... hm? O-okay, Ano-chan."

Deng also came to his senses and was led by Aine to find a seat.

After walking a distance, Qingchuan Xiang also turned back quietly at this time and saw this scene. Phew, if Xiaodeng could have more good friends who care about her, it would definitely be a good thing for her.

Maybe if this continues, Xiao Deng won't even need to form a band anymore? Hmm... I think it would be best if there was a chance for Xiao Deng to sing out loud.

Qingchuan Xiang found her seat. She and Xiangzi sat together in the classroom. The seats were arranged in that order, and now she still sat with Xiangzi.

Xiangzi, who had left quickly earlier, had already sat down in his seat. Although his eyes were looking forward, they did not seem to be focused, as if he was thinking about something.

It was not until Qingchuan Xiang sat in the seat in front of Xiangzi that Xiangzi's mind refocused on reality, but he did not speak immediately.

Qingchuan Xiang is here, and the light should be here too.

Xiangzi wanted to turn around and look at the lights again, but he finally restrained himself. He leaned forward and asked in a low voice:

"How is Xiao Deng now?"

"Thanks to someone, I had to coax Deng out of tears."

"……Thanks."

The speech had not yet begun and students were still noisily entering the venue. Qingchuan Xiang simply turned sideways and put his arm on the back of the chair so that he could see Xiangzi's face clearly.

"Is that necessary? Even if it's just a word, just turn around and leave. Don't tell me you don't know how fragile Deng's heart is."

Being accused.

Xiangzi was silent for a long while before he whispered unsurely, without his usual boldness and confidence: "Since we've already said goodbye, there's no need to see each other again."

"I've seen this in a novel. The two people who said it in that book were ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends."

Qingchuan Xiang not only complained mercilessly, but also kept muttering in his heart.

So am I mistaken about the relationship between lovers in novels? In fact, this kind of breakup plot where there is no contact anymore is often seen in real life; or is forming a band actually the same as falling in love?

Qingchuan Xiang herself was silent. She was also worried that it was because of her lack of understanding of various emotional relationships that Xiangzi's approach was actually correct and Xiang was wrong.

Xiangzi thought that Qingchuan Xiang's sudden silence was an expression of dissatisfaction with him, and he didn't know what to say.

Finally, it was Qingchuan Xiang who spoke first: "So Xiangzi, do you hate lights?"

Since you can't figure out the complicated things, just simplify the problem into the simplest one, that is, the most basic likes and dislikes that you can identify.

"I don't hate it... I really like the lamp's singing and shouting. When she sings, I have truly felt something that moved me."

"Then you shouldn't be so indifferent to the person you like, or even the person who likes you." Qingchuan Xiang came to the conclusion directly.

"Xiangzi, what do you think of the relationship between me and my sister?" Without waiting for Xiangzi to answer, Qingchuan Xiang brought up another seemingly unrelated topic.

Xiangzi was used to this and answered honestly: "Miss Yu cares about you very much. Although you have always been... not very polite to her, Xiang, it can be seen that you have a good relationship."

"This is what I want to express. There are many ways to like someone and express your feelings. Although I don't know what's going on between you two, I only know that cold indifference is definitely not the right behavior to appear in a place like this."

Qingchuan Xiang was very serious, even on the day when he drank with Xiangzi, he had never been so serious.

Because what Qingchuan Xiang said at this moment was the most important thing she could learn from the only "family love" she knew clearly. It was the first ray of vitality injected into Qingchuan Xiang to help it "flow" -

Chapter 08 Making up for it

This was the first time Xiangzi saw Qingchuan Xiang so serious. Even on the day they became a community of shared destiny, Qingchuan Xiang had never been so serious.

Xiang seems to attach great importance to "emotion"...

"I understand." Xiangzi simply replied, but did not directly say what his attitude would be towards the lamp in the future.

Qingchuan Xiang did not ask any further questions. People are always different. She insisted that people she liked should not be indifferent to each other no matter what. This idea was derived from her one-sided and extremely narrow emotional understanding, and the only family affection she had.

Qingchuan Xiang has never been neglected by her family and has always been surrounded by love. She also repays her parents and sister with this love. In addition to not wanting to change herself into a stagnant and boring person, a big reason is that she doesn't want her family to worry about her.

After Xiang expressed her opinion, it was up to Xiangzi to decide how to proceed. She wanted to maintain a distant relationship with Deng or the other members of CRYCHIC, or at least have a basic connection, so she followed Xiangzi's lead.

At worst, I can just go and coax the neglected lights more often in the future.

Qingchuan Xiang has always been indifferent. She will just keep moving forward without being affected by others.

But now, looking at Xiangzi's unhappy expression, Qingchuan Xiang also sighed secretly.

Doesn't it seem like he cares a lot? At the beginning, he directly asked himself what was wrong with the light. Why couldn't he express it clearly?

"Lotus seed soup, would you like some?" Qingchuan Xiang waved the thermos cup in front of Xiangzi. "Warm soup always makes people feel relaxed when they drink it."

"Not now, Xiang, we are in the auditorium now." Xiangzi was slightly stunned, looking at Qingchuan Xiang who had turned back into the familiar him, smiled and breathed a sigh of relief, and politely declined Xiang's proposal.

"Then let's drink it later?" Qingchuan Xiang still insisted on letting Xiangzi try it.

"Okay." In fact, after hearing what Qingchuan Xiang said, Xiangzi already had some ideas in his mind. Now seeing Qingchuan Xiang just finished blaming him and then turned around to comfort him, the depression in his heart seemed to be relieved a little.

Maybe Qingchuan Xiang is practicing her point of view now, to the person she likes...

Although Xiangzi had not yet drunk Qingchuanxiang's lotus seed soup, he had already recovered. Perhaps Qingchuanxiang itself was a bowl of good medicine.

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"Sure enough, listening to speeches makes me want to sleep."

"Even so, Xiang, aren't you falling asleep too quickly?"

The speech ended very quickly, at least that's what Qingchuan Xiang thought. As soon as he closed his eyes and was woken up by Xiangzi behind him, the freshman speech was over.

The students began to leave the auditorium slowly and in an orderly manner, just as they had come in. Qingchuan Xiang and Xiangzi also continued to walk out of the auditorium side by side and returned to the open space outside.

"Because I didn't sleep well last night." Qingchuan Xiang stretched his shoulders. Sleeping on a plastic stool was obviously not very comfortable. His neck and waist were stiff. "Also, it must be because of the lotus seed soup. It was really calming. I couldn't help but feel sleepy as soon as I sat down."

After just three sentences, he veered back to promoting his own lotus seed soup. He watched as Qingchuan Xiang held the thermos in one hand and held the other hand flat in front of the cup, demonstrating it like something out of a TV commercial.

Xiangzi covered his mouth with his hand and chuckled. Now that they had walked out of the venue, they didn't have to worry about the etiquette. He was about to follow Qingchuan Xiang's words and fulfill her wish, but he saw two people standing on the side of the road in front of him, seemingly waiting for someone.

It's Chihaya Aine and Takamatsu Touma.

Qingchuan Xiang naturally noticed the two people and was also a little surprised. If Aine and Deng were waiting for her, Aine knew that Xiang and Xiangzi were in the same class, and she couldn't have been unaware that this would cause Deng to run into Xiangzi again, who had previously made Deng feel lost.

Qingchuan Xiang looked at Deng's movements carefully again. Although his hands were still clenched in front of his chest somewhat unnaturally and he looked very nervous, he did not look frightened at all.

In other words... it seems Aine is more proactive than she thought. She probably took the initiative to persuade Deng to come here and wait for Xiangzi, but wouldn't that be too rash? Aine probably doesn't know about Deng and Xiangzi's past disputes yet. What if the conflict between the two is difficult to resolve and the previous scene is repeated?

With the social skills that Aine had shown before, she shouldn’t make such a mistake.

Just as he was wondering, Qingchuan Xiang noticed that Aine was giving him a look from a distance.

Ah, I think I said before, "There's nothing wrong between Xiangzi and Deng." So that's why Aine thought that while she was here, she could have Deng catch Xiangzi and talk it out.

I guess in addition to this reason, Aine also trusts herself because she is relied upon by Deng. Even if the two of them break down again, she can still stabilize Deng's emotions.

That's great! Aine!

It was only at this time that Qingchuan Xiang began to truly like this pink-haired girl with a positive personality but delicate mind. He had previously been somewhat calculating towards Aine, thinking that if she had Aine's personality, she might be a good companion for the fragile Deng.

Qingchuan Xiang did not stop and continued to walk forward towards Aine and Deng. What made Xiang happy was that Xiangzi continued to follow him after hesitating for a brief moment.

"Xiang, Xiangzi." Deng was very surprised to see that Xiangzi did not avoid him this time. He opened his amber eyes wide and greeted him with some stammering.

Xiangzi couldn't hold on to his stern face after all. He sighed and smiled helplessly: "Deng, you are still so shy."

"I'm sorry..." Deng heard these words, which were obviously just a greeting, but he still thought they were accusing him of not making progress. "I..."

"I didn't blame Deng," Xiangzi interrupted Deng's self-blame with a calm expression. "I told you that day, it was all my own fault."

Deng was a little confused after hearing Xiangzi, who was believed to have quit the team because of his poor performance, explain to him that it was not his fault. But he finally raised his head and looked at Xiangzi: "But Xiangzi said that I still need more practice..."

"Yes, please practice harder." Xiangzi said this without any intention of explaining. He nodded and bowed slightly again, showing an attitude of treating others with courtesy. Although not indifferent, it was not close enough. He had no intention of continuing the conversation and walked forward.

As she passed by Ain, she heard a very small "thank you". Ain subconsciously turned around to look at Xiangzi, but she could only see Xiangzi leaving as if naturally, as if the small thank you just now was just an illusion of Ain.

"Huff, huff." Qingchuan Xiang, who had been silent the entire time, finally spoke. "The result is still very awkward. And maybe she forgot my lotus seed soup again..."

"Xiao Xiang, what happened between Xiangzi and Deng?" Aiyin was very confused when she saw Xiangzi, who was clearly blessing her but said something that didn't seem to be true.

"I don't know either." Qingchuan Xiang didn't lie, "But at least it's better than before, isn't it? That's enough."

Chapter 9: Aine, Really Useful

"Xiao Xiang."

Although he was unable to say a few words to Xiangzi this time, Deng did not feel as disappointed as last time. After Xiangzi personally told him that quitting the team was not his fault, Deng still liked to blame himself for the reason, but this time Xiangzi took all the blame away with his simple and clear words.

But Deng had new doubts and subconsciously looked at Qingchuan Xiang and Aiyin, hoping to get an answer from them: "What did Xiangzi mean by her last words..."

Although it is not your problem, please practice more.

"I think Xiao Deng needs to figure it out on his own. After all, I was the last one to join CRYCHIC. There are a lot of things I don't know. Even the day Xiangzi quit the team, I was... ahem, not there."

Although no one has ever blamed him for being late that day, Qingchuan Xiang still feels a little guilty.

Who made it rain so badly that day?

It's all the rain's fault. I was delayed on the road...

But from Qingchuan Xiang's understanding, Xiangzi's words should be a blessing to the lamp, even if I am gone, please continue to work hard and shout...

However, Qingchuan Xiang did not express her guess. This was the emotion between Xiangzi and Deng. Qingchuan Xiang could make any guesses about the emotions expressed by others to her, but she would not interfere in other people's affairs unless Qingchuan Xiang was ready to take responsibility.

Because she is different and belongs to the absolute minority in terms of emotional concepts, she cannot guarantee that her speculations are correct. There is a huge gap in her understanding of emotions, which lies between herself and others. The huge rift is always waiting for her to fall in and then laugh at Xiang's confused heart.

Seeing that Qingchuan Xiang refused his request for help, Xiao Deng looked at Aine again, but Aine knew even less.

"Well, I know even less than Xiaoxiang..." Aiyin looked away with a headache, not daring to look into Xiaodeng's eyes that seemed to have the power to draw people in. "If possible, could you tell me what happened between Xiaodeng and Xiangzi first? What does CRYCHIC mean?"

When CRYCHIC's name is mentioned, the lamp will subconsciously shrink its body, but soon look up again, with a nostalgic tone:

"CRYCHIC was a band we formed together before... but they're disbanded now."

"The band—" Aiyin dragged out the last syllable, repeating the words in Deng's short sentence.

Although he seemed to be much more cheerful than before, Deng still spoke in a weak voice. He only knew that the band had disbanded, but he didn't explain the specific reason. Aine didn't know how to comfort Deng.

"What positions do Xiaodeng and Xiang play in the band?" Aiyin asked curiously. She had also played in a band in junior high school, and she was the most eye-catching guitarist and lead singer!

"I'm the backing guitarist, and Xiao Deng is the lead singer." Qingchuan Xiang took the initiative to talk. She didn't mind letting Aiyin know more about CRYCHIC. "By the way, Xiangzi is the keyboardist."

"Xiao Deng is actually the lead singer!" Aiyin covered her mouth in surprise. Then she realized that it was too rude to Xiao Deng and quickly apologized to Deng, "Sorry, Xiao Deng, that's not what I meant..."

Deng shook her head, not caring about it, because she had always doubted her singing ability. "Ano-chan, you don't have to apologize... I really can't sing well. At the beginning, I couldn't even open my mouth. After my first live, people also said that my singing was not good..."

"How could that be? Xiao Deng's voice is so nice, and many people will definitely like her singing!" Aiyin really thought so. Although Xiao Deng always spoke in a low voice, as long as you listened carefully, you could feel Xiao Deng's soft, lovable and cute voice.

"I think Xiao Deng would be perfect for the part of Mana in the group Sumimi. It's that kind of sweet song."