You are Toyokawa Shoko, then who am I?

Yamada Ryo made a scissors hand gesture, showing off her impressive performance in the past few days.

enough.

Is there no normal person in this store?

Li Xi sighed heavily and reached out to push away the two people who were approaching.

If she could, she really wanted to pin the two men to the ground, but they were both older than her, and she had to use honorifics to address them, so she could only swallow the resentment in her heart.

She raised her eyes gloomily and saw Toyokawa Sho still quietly waiting for her answer. She blinked and her mood suddenly improved.

As expected, Xiang is the only clear stream in the store.

"Ahem... Um, Xiang, I'm going to go change first. We can talk later when we're working."

Li Xi suggested.

"it is good."

Toyokawa Sho made an OK gesture.

When Li Xi entered the locker room, Fengchuan Xiang turned his gaze to the two people who were joining in the fun. In an instant, the birds flew away and the beasts scattered, and the two guys who were so fierce just now turned their gazes away.

"Ah... I suddenly remembered that the boss asked me for something. Haha, Toyokawa-san, I'll leave the cafe to you—"

Rinrinzi laughed it off and left, but before leaving, she specifically reminded him, "If you want to leave early, remember to tell me."

"I suddenly remembered that the guests below still need me to introduce Bei Si. So, junior brother, I will take my leave first."

Yamada Ryoya quickly ran out of the door with Rinrinko.

"Wait a minute."

Toyokawa Sho grabbed one with each hand.

"You two stay and help. It will be the peak time for school soon, and it will definitely be another fierce battle then."

He looked at Yamada Ryo, whose face was covered in cold sweat, and said, "You, change into your butler's uniform. I've told you before that you should put this face of yours to good use."

Then he looked at Rinrinko who swallowed her saliva and said, "Shinji, please help with the cashier and coffee at the front desk. If necessary, support Senior Liang. I will handle the main battlefield."

"……Yes."

The momentum of both of them was suppressed invisibly, so the voices of their answers sounded a little weak.

Toyokawa Sho patted their shoulders with satisfaction.

"We'll try our best to make back all the money we lost on the dinner last time, okay?"

"From a statistical point of view, there is no problem."

Yamada Ryo pulled his phone out of his pocket and showed it to the two of them. "Our school chat group is now forwarding the photos of my junior that I took. Look, they're all saying they want to come over to see him, and some are even forwarding photos of their friends who took of him earlier."

"Judging from the increase in this data, the cafe should be packed for the next month, and my junior will be able to make a lot of money."

Yamada Ryo gave a thumbs up. Like Li Xi, she was the type who usually had no expression, but there was still a difference between them.

Li Xi has a cold face, and because of his aura, his normal speech sounds sarcastic.

Most of the time, she has a blank expression, even though her facial features can move very flexibly. Unlike Mu, who needs a magnifying glass to observe facial expressions, she can easily distinguish between joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

But no matter what kind of facial expressions she makes, her face always gives people a feeling of being cold and indifferent.

That's it now.

She gave a thumbs up, obviously very satisfied with her masterpiece.

"Senior Liang, I really need to control you."

Toyokawa Sho was provoked by someone's face, so he stretched out his claws and was about to fight with this person for three hundred rounds.

But that Shimokitazawa Dahundun was no ordinary person. She had a slim figure and moved very easily. She played tag with Toyokawa Sho for a long time.

Seeing the two of them playing around, Rinrinko couldn't help but laugh: "So they're here to help with the work... Seriously, that scared me. I thought Toyokawa-san was grabbing us because he wanted to bring up the fact that we just teased Shiina-san."

"how come."

Toyokawa Sho stopped playing childish games with his childish seniors and said, "Rather, I really hope that Shinji-san and Ryo-san can spend more time with Riki like this."

"So you also like to see Shiina-san get humiliated?"

Rinrinko leaned back strategically, covering her mouth with her hands and laughing, "I never thought Toyokawa-san, you actually have such a bad temper."

"I don't have the same interest in teasing children as Shinji-nee."

Someone who had been making fun of his own dark past not long ago shook his head and said, "I prefer Li Xi to be confident rather than being humiliated."

“Ohhhh…”

Rinrinko stretched out her voice with ill intent.

Yamada Ryoya, who was standing next to him, had an interested expression on his face and took a stool to sit down.

Toyokawa Sho leaned against the table, supporting himself with his hands. "Although Li Xi is very beautiful and hardworking, she doesn't have many friends. Maybe she's not good at expressing herself, or maybe she's always buried in her own inescapable worries... Anyway, whatever the reason, before our previous band formed, she only played with one person."

As he spoke, Toyokawa Sho looked at Yamada Ryo, as if he had something on his lips, but he didn't say it in the end.

Yamada Ryo understood.

The unspoken words probably meant that she was very similar to Shiina Ritsuki. Toyokawa Sho didn't want her to reveal in front of Rinrinko that she was actually a lonely person with few friends, so he kept silent about it.

“So that’s how it is…”

Rinrinko said quietly, "Although I knew that Shiina-san probably didn't have many friends at school, I didn't expect it to be this serious... Poor Shiina-san, I will definitely work harder to care for her in the future."

"If you go too far, Li Xi will find you annoying."

Toyokawa Sho teased.

"No, I'm an adult after all. Don't look at me like this. I know exactly how much heat to use."

Rinrinko puffed out her chest.

"A solitary wandering soul needs no ties."

Yamada Ryo mysteriously quoted a famous quote that was not her original creation, "Although I don't have friends at school, here at Shiina, we have friends."

"So, I hope that Ryo-senpai and Shinji-nee can continue to get along with Riki like this. Riki may say she's annoyed with you, but if she really is annoyed, she'll grab your collar and punch you in the face."

"How do you know so much, junior?"

Yamada Ryo discovered the blind spot.

"Of course, because I've known Lixi for a long time."

Toyokawa Sho remembered the red-hot Riki that he saw in Toyokawa Shoko's memory.

"When I first met Li Xi, I actually thought she was a thorn in the side, but it wasn't until later that I realized she wasn't as cold as she appeared. She knew everyone in the band by heart, including their dislikes and likes. Even if she said she wouldn't try to understand, she could actually tell them accurately."

I didn't even notice it at the time.

She actually joined Crychic because she admired me.

"I've received so much help from her, so now it's natural for me to help her in my own way. I hope she can become more confident, that she can stand tall and proud in front of everyone. I hope she won't feel lonely. I hope she can stop her hurried pace and be surprised to find that she is actually a very capable person."

"Don't waste time on yourself, don't be anxious. These two sentences are easier said than done. Seeing something you want but can't achieve right in front of you will inevitably lead to suffering. This is human nature and unavoidable, especially at such a sensitive and clumsy age."

As he spoke, Toyokawa Sho remembered a sentence he had read in a book before. Seeing that there were not many customers at the moment, he continued to talk to Yamada Ryo and the others.

"The word 'youth' originally embodies both brilliance and despair, childishness and innocence. Some begin to grow wings, while others fall into the valley." In Li Xi's view, if I can't become the person she envisions in the future, I will be falling into the valley."

"Shiina-san is really demanding of herself..."

Rinrinko sighed.

"Everyone has the ambition to become what they want to be. Shiina is an excellent person, and when he sees someone even better, he naturally has these thoughts."

Yamada Ryo rarely expressed understanding for Riki's views.

"Senior Liang is right."

Toyokawa Sho smiled and said, "But Li Xi is much better now."

Is the progress so fast, Toyokawa-san?

Only then did Rinrinko realize that she seemed to have underestimated the progress of these two people.

If it weren't for the fact that I'm too young.

Are they going to step into adulthood before me now?

Rinrinko's face darkened, and she said with tears in her eyes, "Since the situation is much better, why are you still saying this..."

"Because I want her to get better."

Toyokawa Sho said as a matter of course.

Just one sentence.

The Chrysanthemum Award general Rinrinko could not withstand this wave of laser cannons and fell to the ground, with blood flowing from the corner of her mouth and her index finger extended forward.

Phew…

Toyokawa-san and Shiina-san...?

not bad.

I'm lucky enough to meet this pair in my lifetime.

I am already satisfied.

This life... I have no regrets.

Rinrinzi clasped his hands together and headed west.

Yamada Ryo next to him looked a little dazed.

In the gap that neither of them noticed.

A hint of envy slowly flashed across her eyes.

The light was very light.

It was like a gust of wind blowing through the fields in my heart.

It's different from the usual feeling.

This time she was particularly confused, which made her unable to control her emotions.

Seemed to see.

The wind swept across Qinghe's temples.

The smoky purple petals fell to the ground.

Take a light boat and cross the ditch.

Finally it hit the wind chime on the door.

Jingle bell, jingle bell.

Jingle bell, jingle bell.

Yamada Ryo silently looked at Shiina Tatsuki who had just walked out of the locker room, his golden eyes filled with simple emotions.

very nice.

……

……

……

"So Xiang, where are we going later?"

After finishing a day's work.

Shiina Riki finally had time to ask Toyokawa Sho the answer that she had been curious about all afternoon. She had never thought of refusing. The moment Toyokawa Sho asked the question, she had already nodded in agreement in her heart.

Although she was extremely tired, she still helped get a cup of iced coffee from the front desk and handed it to Toyokawa Sho, who was leaning back in his chair. The colorful timer on his chest seemed to have run out of energy and started to ding-dong.

"...Thank you, Lixi..."

Toyokawa Sho weakly took the coffee and took a sip. "Can you massage my shoulders for a while... I'll talk to you after I rest..."

"Huh? Um... Can I...?"

The heart began to beat faster and the drummer began to back off.