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"Okay, I'll take note of it." Qingchuan Xiang didn't think too much about it. After getting advice from Xiangzi, he waved goodbye and ran out of the classroom.

The last two gray strands of hair waved playfully in the air as they disappeared in front of the door, also saying goodbye.

........................

I gathered with Xiao Deng and Ain downstairs of the teaching building and set off together.

"We can finally start band activities today!"

Aiyin was obviously a little excited along the way. After all, it was almost the first month and the band members hadn't even had a formal meeting!

"It's a band activity, so I guess today we'll just chat and discuss some things."

"This is also very important! Wouldn't it be fun to work together to think of a band name, design our own logo, and even costumes? Right, Xiao Deng?"

"I, I don't know... We just had a band name before, Xiangzi came up with it..." Xiao Deng was a little nervous, but seeing Aine's excitement for the band, Xiao Deng felt very happy too, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously curved up. "But I think it's great that we can all do something together."

"I didn't say these were bad, but..." Qingchuan Xiang glanced at Aine. He found some time to look for a video of the campus festival released by Aine's school. In it, there was a part where Aine performed on stage. Aine's level was really a little bit lacking.

"Has Aine started practicing guitar seriously recently?"

A fatal question! It froze Aine, who had just been talking freely. Her canine teeth were exposed from her open mouth and she couldn't retract them.

"Yes, I watched some videos and slowly recovered...haha..." Aiyin avoided the sight of Qingchuan Xiang and Xiao Deng guiltily. Sweat poured down her forehead and she quickly reached out to wipe it off.

Looking at Aine's expression, Qingchuan Xiang knew for sure that she must not have practiced well recently. Maybe her guitar was still in the bag and she never took it out.

Qingchuan Xiang felt that it was very likely that Aine had been reminiscing about the photos and autographs of Hatsuka and Mana that she had taken at Sumimi's place for a long time recently.

"Hey, let me remind you, even if you're in a band, there's no requirement for you to have excellent skills—even though Li Xi might criticize you on the surface, he won't ask you to quit. But the prerequisite is that you take it seriously."

Qingchuan Xiang said to Aine in a serious tone, and the serious look on his face forced Aine to nod hurriedly, like pounding garlic, to show that she understood.

When the three of them arrived at the coffee shop on the second floor of RiNG, as soon as they entered the door, they saw Su Shi waving at them.

"Xiao Xiang, Xiao Deng, and Aine-san, this way~"

Su Shi was as gentle as ever, sitting at a small table and beckoning the three people over.

"Lixi will have to wait a while before her shift ends, so you can go and order some drinks from her now."

Su Shi said as he saw the three of them sitting down.

But when Qingchuan Xiang walked closer and sat down, Su Shi's eyes suddenly became serious.

This hairstyle I just saw yesterday...it's Xiangzi again!

And there's also the pink hairpin on her forehead, and the band-aid hidden by her collar...

This...what's going on?

Chapter 163 Unbreakable Alliance

Since Qingchuan Xiang had already come to the coffee shop, there was no reason not to order. She was the first to drop her schoolbag where it was and then rushed to the counter.

Aiyin was about to pull Xiaodeng along with her, but was suddenly stopped by Su Shi:

"Wait, Aine and Deng, I want to ask you something?"

Su Shi looked no different from when he greeted everyone enthusiastically just now, but his voice seemed a little sharper than before, as if a sharp knife was grasped in the hand of an evil ghost and was being slashed hard on the glass, with some kind of murderous intent.

Xiao Deng shrank her shoulders in fear, and Aine also shuddered. She was forcibly interrupted from standing up and sat down again. "Here! What did Su Shi want to ask...?"

Su Shi gently fiddled with his fingers, as if sharpening a knife, waiting for Aine's answer. The oppressive feeling that he might chop off someone's head slowly came over him.

Although I also wanted to ask about the hairpin and Band-Aid, the most serious problem was indeed the hairstyle. It was okay that it happened in the park outside the school yesterday, but Xiaoxiang, who came from school, also changed to Xiangzi's hairstyle?

Su Shi didn't dare to think too much about what the meaning behind this was!

"Ain and Xiao Deng, do you know why Xiao Xiang changed her hairstyle to that?" Su Shi folded her hands and rested them on her chin. "Xiao Xiang usually only likes to wear her hair in a bun and rarely spends time on dressing up, but today she changed to a much more troublesome hairstyle. Is this how it is at school?"

Ain and Xiao Deng looked at each other. They were actually a little curious about this question.

"No... We met downstairs of the teaching building this morning. At that time, Xiaoxiang still had her usual hairstyle, but after we saw her again after school, she changed to her current look."

Aine answered truthfully. She had been thinking about this matter in her mind. Aine had known that Qingchuan Xiang and Xiangzi had a good relationship on the first day of school, but now it was almost less than a month, and the relationship between the two seemed to be even closer.

If this continues, won't Xiangzi get there first before I can even reach the level of Qingchuan Xiang?!

"Didn't you ask Xiaoxiang for the specific reason?" Su Shi was very disappointed. With Xiaoxiang's personality, if you asked her directly, would she tell you soon?

As for why not just ask Qingchuan Xiang yourself?

This kind of thing will reveal that she cares a lot about the relationship between Qingchuan Xiang and Xiangzi, so of course she has to let others do it. Now Su Shi just needs to be a gentle big sister!

"I did ask..." Aine was a little distressed, "but Xiang just said that Xiangzi wanted her to try out her hairstyle again, and Xiang simply agreed."

There is no more information at all.

Su Shi suddenly realized that he had previously thought that he had a considerable advantage. Not only did he bring Xiao Xiang to his home to sleep with her, but he also deduced Xiao Xiang's "weakness".

But he forgot about Xiangzi, who is now in Yuqiu and is even in the same class as Qingchuan Xiang. If you want to say who spends the most time with Qingchuan Xiang every day, it must be Xiangzi.

Moreover, Su Shi also suspected that in addition to the close relationship of being classmates in school, Xiangzi must have another connection with Xiaoxiang.

And now, her identity as a student of Tsuki no Mori has become the reason why the information gap between the two is getting wider and wider! Not only is she inferior to Xiangzi, but the information that Su Shi can obtain is also inferior to that of Aine and Xiao Deng!

No! We must find a way to reverse the current decline!

The best solution I can think of now is the two people in front of me.

As long as he could form an unbreakable alliance with Aiyin and Xiaodeng and let them convey information about Xiaoxiang at school to him, although it would still not be as good as Xiangzi who could get along directly with Xiaoxiang every day, at least a small part of the information gap would have been filled!

But how should I start? If they ask me why I want to know Qingchuan Xiang's information, how should I answer?

Meanwhile, Aine’s mind was also spinning rapidly.

Oops, now I'm at a huge disadvantage not only compared to Xiangzi, but also to Xiaodeng, Sushi, and everyone else in CRYCHIC.

I know the least about Qingchuan Xiang's past. I have no idea how Xiaoxiang got along with other people in the past, and my level of familiarity with her is also the lowest.

For example, if I want to give Qingchuan Xiang a gift, I don’t know what Xiaoxiang likes. If I have to ask her directly, the gift will lose the sense of surprise.

And if I randomly guess what to give Qingchuan Xiang, and if I give her the wrong thing, and happen to give her something that Xiaoxiang hates, then my favorability will be reduced!

If you want to solve this problem now, the most direct and best way is to ask the current Su Shi!

Although it’s okay to ask Xiaodeng, Xiaodeng herself doesn’t seem to know much about Xiaoxiang. Maybe she rarely pays attention to these things in her daily life.

As for the other members of CRYCHIC, I heard that there was a guitarist named Wakaba Mu, but it was obviously unrealistic to ask this girl whom I had never met about Qingchuan Xiang.

Then Li Xi felt too fierce...

Thinking about it this way, Su Shi is indeed the best! She is good at talking, takes care of others when interacting with others, and is very gentle.

Let’s see if we can ask Su Shi!

The two people raised their heads at the same time and looked at each other.

"Sushi~I have something I want to ask you, can you please?"

“Oh, what do you want to ask of me, Aine?”

Xiao Deng watched as the two people's voices suddenly became more shrill. She wondered what they were thinking during those few seconds of silence. But then she heard someone calling her from behind, and her attention was immediately diverted...

Meanwhile, the two of them are still playing coy with each other.

"I see. Aine wants to know more about Xiang's past, right? Why do you want to know this?"

"Because we're friends!" Aine used the most legitimate and irrefutable reason.

"Ah, they are friends." Su Shi agreed, not knowing what she was thinking. He always felt that there was something else behind her words.

"In that case, I also have a request." Aine's request undoubtedly gave Su Shi an excuse.

"please say."

"I also want to know some things about Xiaoxiang's daily life at school. Maybe we can exchange information with each other?"

As expected, Su Shi also cares about Xiao Xiang?

It seems that the alliance with Suye/Aine is no different from seeking the skin of a tiger, but now they have a common enemy! Only then do they have common interests for the time being.

"it is good!"

Thus, an unbreakable alliance was born!

Chapter 164: Biased Li Xi

"What are Aine and Su Shi discussing?" Qingchuan Xiang ran to the counter and placed his order, then waved for everyone else to come over. However, only Xiao Deng paid attention to him, as the other two were chatting excitedly about something.

They both look very serious, but it feels like they both have daggers hidden behind their backs and are being insincere. What's going on?

"Sorry, Xiaoxiang, I came over before I heard you." Xiaodeng was asked by Qingchuan Xiang to sit on the high stool in front of the counter. Before he sat down, he heard Qingchuan Xiang's question and hesitated whether to run back to listen to what Aiyin and Su Shi were saying.

"It's okay, it's okay." Qingchuan Xiang waved his hand and took Xiaodeng's hand to let her sit down. "Then ignore them for now. Xiaodeng, do you want anything?"

"Anything is fine... What did Xiaoxiang order?"

"I just ordered randomly. I closed my eyes and pointed at the menu and decided." Qingchuan Xiang blinked and raised a finger to demonstrate how he just did it. "After all, there is basically no drink that I find disgusting.

"Xiao Deng, don't you have any favorite drinks?"

Qingchuan Xiangshang asked thoughtfully. This morning he was thinking about giving Xiaodeng one as a return gift for the Band-Aid she gave him when they went camping.

"I often drink milk at home..." Xiao Deng sat on a stool, his hands on the edge of the bar, slightly leaning over as if he was lying down to rest, and spoke in a low voice a little embarrassedly.

Because when she drinks milk at home, her parents sometimes tease her for drinking like a child. It seems that people of her age always drink more mature beverages, so she feels a little shy to say it in front of Xiaoxiang.

Does Xiaoxiang also feel that she is a bit childish?

"Milk, that's not bad either." Talking about what one likes to drink always makes Qingchuan Xiang excited. "Milk can be added to many beverages. Even with milk as the theme, there are many classic drinks with a very mellow taste.

"For example, latte, although the name suggests it's mainly coffee, the milk content is actually higher."

"Is that so..." Xiao Deng nodded in confusion. Although it was something he didn't understand very well, seeing Xiao Xiang happily explaining it to him made him feel a little happy. "Then, I'll have a latte."

Qingchuan Xiang nodded and shouted to the workroom behind the bar: "Lixi!"

Immediately, a rude shout rang out from the workshop: "Don't worry! It won't be that fast. Don't tell me you don't know how long it takes to make one cup!"

"I'm not rushing the order, someone wants to place an order."

"Let her wait a moment!"

"Hoo hoo." Qingchuan Xiang laughed again, deliberately not lowering his voice to talk to Xiao Deng beside him, "Okay, it looks like Xiao Deng, you have to wait a little bit. Li Xi is not very busy right now, so come over."

As expected, as soon as these words were spoken, there was a hurried clanging sound in the workshop. A few seconds later, the door of the workshop was suddenly pushed open and Shiina Riki ran out.

After running out in a hurry, he saw Qingchuan Xiang looking at a show, and Xiaodeng looking a little scared by the commotion, both of them looking at him in unison.

"Ahem." Li Xi quickly stood at attention and walked steadily to the bar. His purple eyes looked down at the small notebook with some embarrassment, "Xiao Deng, what would you like to order?"

"Tsk tsk, they're like two completely different people." Qingchuan Xiang mercilessly pointed out Riki's discriminatory behavior and criticized him, "Can't you be a little gentler to everyone like this?"

"Why do I have to..."

"Taki...?" Before Lixi could finish his words, Xiao Deng timidly spoke up, interrupting Lixi directly, "I want a latte."

"Okay, I will serve it as soon as possible." Li Xi wrote it down immediately, but after writing it down, he stopped inexplicably, looked up at Xiao Deng and Qingchuan Xiang, and then looked at Aiyin Sushi and the other person who were "sympathizing with each other" in the back, as if he was thinking about something.

"What's wrong?" Qingchuan Xiang asked.

"I just didn't expect that I could actually form a band with Xiao Deng again." Li Xi still used her somewhat fierce and unkind tone, but it was also a little gentle. "Honestly, when Su Shi suddenly said yesterday that she couldn't come, I thought you were playing a bad joke on me. The so-called band was all a lie."

"How could it be...!" Xiao Deng was a little excited after hearing Li Xi's words. His originally hunched back straightened up. "Of course we are serious!"

Then his momentum immediately dropped. "It's probably because I always thought everyone hated me and was always avoiding everyone, which is why the band..."

"It's not Xiao Deng..."

"Stop, stop, stop." Qingchuan Xiang had no choice but to quickly insert himself between the two of them. This way, the two of them would only blame each other repeatedly.

"Instead of dwelling on whose fault it was in the past, you two should focus on how to develop your current band in the future.

"Of course, before that, please diligently prepare Xiao Deng and I's order first, Ms. Li Xi~"

Li Xi's emotions were interrupted and he didn't know what to say. He couldn't help but look at Xiao Deng again before returning to the workshop.

"Oh, I feel like the mocha I ordered will be served a little later." Seeing Lixi go in, Qingchuan Xiang sighed.

"Hey, why?"

"Because Lixi will definitely make the small lanterns before serving them together."

"Hmm..." Xiao Deng himself didn't understand why Li Xi valued him so much. Could it be that this would also affect the relationship between Li Xi and everyone?

How could she not know that Xiaodeng was daydreaming again? Qingchuan Xiang shook her head and threw back the braid that fell in front of her body. She was still a little uncomfortable, and then she pointed in the direction of the workshop.