Their restricted abilities are refreshed every week.

"Shoko, are you okay? Do you need my help?" Shirakawa Haru looked at Nagasaki Suyo, who looked a little bewildered, and then turned to Toyokawa Shoko, "Or should I take Aine and the others and leave for a while?"

Chihaya Aine and Deng looked at a loss.

Shiina Tatsuki crossed his arms over his chest like Toyokawa Shoko, acting as if it had nothing to do with him.

"No, I don't have anything to talk to her about. I guess we can't even chat for five minutes." Toyokawa Shoko looked at Nagasaki Suyo, "So, what exactly do you want to talk to me about?"

Shirakawa Haru lowered his eyes. He told Aine and Dengqing to leave first and he would take care of the things here. Then he asked Shiina Riki to take the two of them away.

Between the positions of Nagasaki Suyo and Toyokawa Shoko, he undoubtedly chose to stand on the side of Toyokawa Shoko.

Toyokawa Shoko looked at Nagasaki Suyo quietly, thinking that her attitude towards Nagasaki Suyo was not like this at the beginning.

When she first met Nagasaki Suyo, she was still a third-year junior high school student at Tsukinomori Girls' Academy.

The musical atmosphere at Tsukinomori Girls' Academy is much richer than that at Hinodemori Academy. Almost anyone who plays an instrument will form a band with people they know.

After meeting the talented lyricist Takamatsu Tomo, Toyokawa Shoko also thought about forming a band.

She successively found guitarist Mutsushi Wakaba, Tatsuki Shiina who had a crush on Deng, and bassist Motoyo Nagasaki.

In this way, they successfully formed a band called CRYCHIC.

At the beginning, Shoko Toyokawa really enjoyed the days of rehearsing and living in the band. Every time she played instruments with her teammates and immersed herself in the world of music, she felt extremely fulfilled and happy.

Even though there are many contradictions, those contradictions are just the glue that enhances their feelings for each other. There are no difficulties that cannot be overcome, and no dangers that they cannot defeat.

Nagasaki Motoyo served as the emotional glue of the band.

During the CRYCHIC band period, Toyokawa Shoko had not yet realized her true nature. After all, she had always been committed to resolving conflicts within the band, harmonizing the relationships between members, and acting as a mouthpiece for the band members. Many members conveyed things through her that they were reluctant to say in person. She helped the band members to build relationships, resolve disputes, and liven up the atmosphere.

Where emotional support and active emotional delivery are needed, Nagasaki Suyo does her best.

At that time, Toyokawa Shoko even teased Nagasaki Suyo about these things, saying that your strengths are like a mother who takes care of our band in every possible way. If CRYCHIC, which you regard as another home, disbands, you will definitely be sad enough to find a way to reorganize the band, even at all costs.

What she said made Nagasaki Suyo blush and giggle.

But as Shoko Toyokawa spent more and more time in the band, she discovered that Nagasaki Suyo's true heart did not seem to be in the band's main job, which was to play music.

She cares more about the relationships between the band members and seems to literally treat the band as her second home.

Toyokawa Shoko never expected that her teasing to Nagasaki Suyo would come true.

Shoko Toyokawa is the only person in the CRYCHIC band who can see through Nagasaki Suyo's true thoughts. Due to the feelings of the band members, she cannot say these things directly. At the same time, Nagasaki Suyo is indeed able to handle the conflicts within the band, so she did not reveal these things.

She began to change her opinion of Nagasaki Suyo.

Finally the conflict broke out.

Previously, Nagasaki Suyo had been trying to adjust the atmosphere within the band, softening the band members' hearts due to fatigue from playing, but she was actually unable to completely resolve the conflicts within the band.

Her actions and words can only solve half of the conflict. After all, her mind is not on the band and music, while the other members are really working hard for the music.

Her way of resolving the remaining half of the conflict was to rely on the erosion and wear away of time.

This method is indeed effective to a certain extent. However, once a major conflict arises or the conflicts accumulate to a certain extent, all the problems left over from the band's past will erupt at once.

"Saki-chan, it's great that you came over. You're soaked, aren't you? Are you okay?" Nagasaki Suyo took out a handkerchief from her pocket and handed it to her, "You're not going to school, and you're not replying to messages..."

"I came here today to talk about something." Toyokawa Shoko remembers slapping Nagasaki Suyo's hand away. "Please let me quit CRYCHIC."

Her departure became the fuse for the band's disintegration. Although no one has said that CRYCHIC has disbanded until now, this is something that everyone tacitly agrees on. However, only Nagasaki Motoyo said that CRYCHIC has not disbanded, but no one is participating in the band's activities anymore.

Since then, Nagasaki Suyo has been desperately trying to talk to her and re-form the CRYCHIC band. To this end, she constantly uses her friend Wakaba Mutsu, and tries every means to get her home address, while blocking her at the door of Hinomori Academy.

Shoko Toyokawa thought that Nagasaki Suyo must be crazy, and she had nothing to say to such a madman.

"If you have anything to say, tell me now," said Toyokawa Shoko. "I have something else to do later. You should know that I'm the vice president of the high school department of Hinomori Academy. Today is the academy festival, and I'm very busy."

Toyokawa Shoko lowered her eyes. In the final analysis, she didn't want to see Nagasaki Suyo at all. She felt that staying in the same place with such a person for even one second longer would make her feel sick.

If Qing hadn't been by her side, she would have definitely...

Thinking of this, Toyokawa Shoko couldn't help but look at Shirakawa Haru.

Baichuan Qing was also looking at her at this time, his eyes full of determination, as if telling her to do whatever you want, I will stand firmly by your side.

Nagasaki Sushige looked at the silent Toyokawa Shoko, and then remembered that she said she was very busy and asked her to tell him quickly if there was anything. Does this mean that Shoko still has her in her eyes, and she wants to take this opportunity to reconcile with her and reorganize CRYCHIC?

No, she didn't need to reconcile with herself at all, because there had been no conflict between the two of them from the beginning.

"Saki-chan, can you come back to CRYCHIC?" Nagasaki Suyo's tone was full of pleading. She looked at Toyokawa Shoko affectionately, ignoring Shirakawa Haru and Shiina Tatsuki standing aside, as if the two were confessing their love. "Please, as long as you come back, CRYCHIC will definitely be resurrected."

"Let's not talk about whether I will come back or not. Secondly, you have just joined the band, right? There is no place for me there." said Shoko Toyokawa.

"Saki-chan, you can join us!" Nagasaki Suyo said no problem, "Mu can also join us, as long as..." She suddenly realized that this was not a glorious thing, "If it really doesn't work out, I will quit the current band and re-form CRYCHIC with you!"

Shirakawa Haru looked at Shiina Tatsuki who was walking away.

He wondered if she heard them.

Even from his perspective, what Nagasaki Suyo wanted to do and what she thought in her heart were too far beyond the line.

"I don't understand you." Toyokawa Shoko gave Nagasaki Suyo a cold look, "I don't understand what you are saying, and you don't have to continue talking to me. I don't want to listen. Sorry, Nagasaki-san, I'll leave first."

Toyokawa Shoko only left Nagasaki Suyo with her back.

"Wait... wait! Wait for me, Saki-chan!" Nagasaki Suyo tried to run up and grab Toyokawa Shoko's hand, but she finally gave it a soft shake and didn't really rush over. She looked at her outstretched hand and wondered what was wrong with her. This was clearly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...

She suddenly looked at Shiina Riki walking away and Aine and Deng playing with each other even further away, and realized that she had no way to take the initiative to grab Xiangzi's hand.

What the hell am I doing... Isn't this hurting everyone's feelings at once? If I continue to act like this, both Xiangzi and the former CRYCHIC members will stay away from me.

There is still a chance. Xiangzi's crush is Shirakawa-kun. As long as Shirakawa-kun is in Chihaya Aine's band, she will never have to worry about not having the opportunity to continue to contact Xiangzi.

Nagasaki Suyo turned her head to look at Shirakawa Haru, her eyes gleaming with a brilliance that was hard to describe in words. She was suddenly stunned because she saw Shirakawa Haru walking towards her.

"Nagasaki-san, if you don't mind, let's find a place where no one is around to talk?" Shirakawa Haru said, "I don't know what the conflict is between you two, but Xiangzi undoubtedly wants to resolve it. You're pushing her too hard."

"If you continue to treat Xiangzi with this attitude in the future, there's no way you'll be able to reconcile with her, Nagasaki-san." Shirakawa Haru calmly analyzed, "I can try to help you reconcile with Xiangzi."

Happiness comes too suddenly.

Nagasaki Suyo looked at Shirakawa Haru with a serious tone. If the music that just rang in her ears was "Lord, Please Do Not Move Away from the Mountain" by the great gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, then now it was surrounded by "Hallelujah" from the oratorio "Messiah".

She hadn't expected Shirakawa-kun to actually offer to help her and Shoko reconcile.

Nagasaki Motoyo looked at Shirakawa Haru and thought that he was indeed a great assistant on the road to reconciliation between her and Xiangzi. Before, she was still hesitating whether to become Shirakawa Haru's disguised girlfriend, but now, she has completely confirmed this strategy.

I must become Shirakawa Haru's disguised girlfriend!

As for really falling in love with Shirakawa Haru...that's impossible!

When Nagasaki Motoyo was weaving a plan to become Shirakawa Haru's disguised girlfriend, she was like an innocent dream weaver, immersed in the plot she had conceived, but she never expected that one day she would be deeply caught in the emotional whirlpool with Shirakawa Haru.

At that time, she was like a bird flying freely in her own world. To her, Shirakawa Haru was just a vague scenery in the distance. Although it had a bright light, it could not touch the tranquil lake deep in her heart.

In her world, in the current emotional landscape, Shirakawa Haru is just a passerby, although she has to admit that Shirakawa Haru is as outstanding as the brightest star in the night sky.

However, in the vast world of her heart, Toyokawa Shoko is the warm morning sun, and CRYCHIC is the rain that nourishes her soul. The two are intertwined to form all the colors of her life.

Everything else is just a vague shadow on the edge of the painting and is insignificant.

What's more, love is a mysterious garden that she has never set foot in.

She was like an ignorant traveler, standing outside the garden gate, having never experienced the sweetness and bitterness of love.

In the past years, her world was free of the troubles of love. To the opposite sex in love, she was like a pure and flawless white paper, without any emotional graffiti, waiting for the pen of fate to fall gently and depict an unknown emotional trajectory.

"No problem, thank you Shirakawa-kun for helping me reconcile with Xiangzi." Nagasaki Suyo said, "If there's a time, it can be now."

"I'm sorry, I may not have made myself clear. What I meant was that you pick a quiet place where no one is around, and I'll tell you in detail what Xiangzi thinks of you now. The sooner the better." Shirakawa Haru said, "You decide the time, but it can't be now."

"So how about tonight?" said Nagasaki Suyo.

"Tonight? Today is the Hinodemori Academy Festival, and I have a lot of work to do." Shirakawa Haru said he was a bit embarrassed. "With so many things put together, it might be very late by the time I finish."

"Shirakawa-kun said the sooner the better. Can't we do it today? But you said it yourself..." Nagasaki Suyo didn't want to wait any longer. She lowered her head. When she looked up again, her blue eyes were already filled with crystal tears. "Is Shirakawa-kun going to break his promise?"

Shirakawa Haru looked at Nagasaki Suyo with tears in her eyes, wondering if she was pretending or if it was a true expression of her feelings.

He preferred to pretend, but as long as there was a possibility that these tears were real, he was unwilling to reject her.

He suddenly thought that he had been badly hurt by girls in his life. His younger sister Yuki had a modifier in her body who was eyeing him covetously, there were mature urban beauties in society who had ill intentions towards him, and even at school there were passersby like Nagasaki who gave him a twinkle in the eye.

He could always see through the thoughts and eyes of men at a glance. Although the same was true for women, he was always unsure what their true feelings were.

"If you don't mind waiting, then let's do it tonight." Bai Chuanqing sighed and said, "I told you in advance that I'll be busy until very late."

"Okay. Until then, I'll be waiting for you in Tsuki no Mori." Nagasaki Suyo said with a smile, "As for the location, how about going to my house?"

"it is good……"

Shirakawa Haru looked at the smiling Nagasaki Suyo and always felt that she was planning something bad.

He answered with some difficulty.

Chapter 77: Aine's Invitation

"Aine, Touma, have you two taken off your makeup?" Shirakawa Haru said to Chihaya Aine and Takamatsu Touma.

He had just promised Nagasaki Suyo that he would go to her house tonight to talk in detail about Toyokawa Shoko's opinion of her, and now he and Nagasaki Suyo immediately walked to the girls in the band.

After all, Takamatsu's aphasia on stage could easily undermine her self-confidence, and the doubts from the audience below also obviously affected the atmosphere among the entire band.

As soon as he walked into the dressing area, he saw Chihaya Aine and Takamatsu Touma comforting each other.

At this time, Takamatsu Touma and Chihaya Aine had already changed out of the girls' school uniforms of Hinomori Academy and both put on their casual clothes for daily shopping.

Chihaya Aine's dress, the hem of which resembled a soft, pale blue cloud, flowed gracefully, its length perfectly framing her elegant demeanor. The clear rhinestones inlaid along the hem shone brilliantly under the soft lighting of the makeup area.

Takamatsu Deng's skirt is slightly shorter, and the simple design highlights her youthful vitality.

She was wearing a pair of pure white stockings on her legs. The stockings seemed to be tailor-made for her long legs, fitting tightly to her leg lines.

Against the backdrop of her stockings, her legs appear even straighter and longer, like two white jade pillars, exuding a pleasing charm that makes people admire her.

Shirakawa Haru's gaze flashed across Takamatsu Deng's legs, but Takamatsu Deng had obviously noticed Shirakawa Haru's gaze at this time. Although she knew that Shirakawa Haru's gaze was very polite and passed by quickly with just a glance, she still subconsciously felt that Shirakawa Haru's gaze was very aggressive. In her own words, to describe it with her own unique words, she felt that there seemed to be a kind of "desire" in Shirakawa Haru's eyes that made people blush and heartbeat. Although this evaluation may be a bit too subjective, that subtle emotion lingered in her heart.

But because he was her lifelong friend, she didn't hate Shirakawa Haru looking at her like that.

"I've already removed Deng's makeup. Don't you see a big difference between Deng now and on stage?" Chihaya Aine said, posing with her hands crossed while holding various makeup tools. "I put simple stage makeup on Deng, Riki, and the others. This kind of makeup makes us look more energetic and gives our features more three-dimensionality."

"But Aine, it seems like you haven't completely removed your makeup yet." Shirakawa Haru approached Chihaya Aine, staring at her face carefully, and then pointed at Aine's face in the mirror, "This spot seems to be a little red."

"What!" Aine looked at Shirakawa Haru who was walking towards her, her face slightly reddened. When he pointed out that her makeup hadn't been completely removed, her face turned redder. "Where? Chairman, please help me take a look."

Chihaya Aine's slender fingers quickly rummaged through her shoulder bag, then she pulled out a wet wipe and handed it to Shirakawa Haru.

She closed her eyes gently, puffed out her cheeks and moved her face forward.

Shirakawa Haru saw it all, and for him, Aine's meaning was naturally self-evident.

She asked him to help her wipe off the makeup that had not been completely removed from her face.

Shirakawa Haru took the tissue, pinched a corner of the wet wipe with her fingers, and then gently wiped Chihaya Aine's cheek.

From Chihaya Aine's perspective, Shirakawa Haru was extremely gentle at this moment. She was sure that she had a good impression of Shirakawa Haru, but she didn't know whether she liked him or not. However, she did not resist such physical contact.

She didn't know why, but a clever idea suddenly popped up in her head and she wanted to play a trick on him.

"It hurts!" Chihaya Aine covered her face and took a few steps back, grinning and revealing a pair of sharp fangs. "Chairman, you are so strong, you rubbed my face so hard that it hurts."

"I've been very careful..." Shirakawa Haru said to Chihaya Aine. He was a little undecided, not knowing if Aine's expression was fake or if he had really hurt her. "Sorry?"

"Why does the chairman use question marks when apologizing?" Chihaya Aine took a few steps forward, her tone like a lively girl in an anime, "Apologize to me, chairman!"

Chihaya Aine stared at Shirakawa Haru with a fierce look.

"Aine, I'm sorry..." Before Shirakawa Haru could finish her words, Chihaya Aine took a step forward and then put her fingers to the corner of her lips to make a gesture of silence.

"Chairman, you don't have to apologize to me, but... I want compensation from the chairman." Chihaya Aine winked at Shirakawa Haru.

"Compensation..." Now Shirakawa Haru was certain that Chihaya Aine's expression just now was just an act.

After all, the speed at which she changed her expression was too fast, just like the pages of a book he was reading that he flipped through casually. "So what compensation do you want?"

He thought that if Chihaya Aine made any excessive requests, he would refuse. If it was just a joke, then he would go along with Aine's thoughts.

"I, I want the chairman to make it up to me by going shopping with me!" Chihaya Aine looked a little embarrassed. She thought that her relationship with the chairman wasn't close enough for her to say such a thing, so she changed her words, "The chairman has been helping me to form a band very attentively. I have received so much help from the chairman, so... I should be the one to make it up to the chairman."

Chihaya Aine did feel guilty towards Shirakawa Haru, and she used the threat of "cheating" which did not matter to Shirakawa Haru at all to get Shirakawa Haru to help her form a band.

He could have rejected her directly, but he still agreed to help her form a band.

If she didn't have the help of Shirakawa Haru, it would be unknown whether she could stand on the live stage today.