You are Toyokawa Shoko, then who am I?

"...Senior, are you praising me?"

Chihaya Aine's eyes slowly lit up with stars, "Praise me more? Praise me more, please. If possible, I hope you can praise me from head to toe!"

"If I praise you too much, you'll get carried away."

"Will not!"

Chihaya Aine hummed complacently and said, "Just like what you said, being targeted by me would be the greatest compliment to you. That's true for me too. Senior's praise is the sweetest candy in the world to me. I'll be very happy if you're willing to praise me."

"Then ask me to praise you."

Toyokawa Sho has no compassion.

"Look! It appears! It's evil!"

Chihaya Aine slammed the table and stood up, "You can't do this, Senior. I've been so honest with you and told you that I like being praised by you. Translated, it means that I like you too. Do you have to be so cold and heartless to a girl who has feelings for you?"

And I am such a beautiful girl.

Chihaya Aine blinked her eyes. Although she didn't say the latter part of the sentence, Toyokawa Sho felt that he had heard what she said.

Toyokawa Sho pushed Chihaya Aine's cheek aside and said, "Instead of talking nonsense, you should think carefully about whether you want to learn guitar or not."

"If I learn guitar, would you be willing to form a band with me?"

Chihaya Aine looked at Toyokawa Sho with anticipation.

"If you can convince Liang-senpai and Li Xi as well, I have no objection."

Toyokawa Sho didn't say anything final, he just gave Chihaya Aine a target.

"Isn't there another girl named Lenai?"

Chihaya Aine was curious.

"I'm her brother and basically represent her position, so if I agree, it's like she agrees, and if I refuse, it's like she refuses."

It's the legendary one person, two votes! ?

Chihaya Aine felt a sense of danger from Kaname Rakuna, a girl she had never met. From the sound of her name, she didn't seem like Toyokawa Sho's biological sister. Then, doesn't a sister who is not a biological sister mean a lover?

Is this okay?

What is Rikki doing? She stays next to the senior every day, so how can she release such a character with super high economy to threaten the battlefield?

Chihaya Aine raised her two small hands into fists, and for the first time she had some unworthy thoughts about Shiina Riki.

At this moment, Shiina Riki, who was far away outside, suddenly sneezed, wondering who was talking about her behind her back.

"If that's the case, why don't I just pester you, Senior? You're the core of the team, and everyone listens to you."

Chihaya Aine put her finger on her cheek and said, "Why don't I just deal with you directly, Senior?"

"When shooting a man, shoot the horse first; when capturing a thief, capture the leader first."

Toyokawa Sho spread his hands and sighed.

"Just tell me if that's the truth."

Chihaya Aine said with a smile.

"No."

"why?"

"Because no matter what choice you make, I will support you,"

Toyokawa Sho held up half of his cheek and said to Chihaya Aine with a smile, "I have been on your side from the beginning."

Chihaya Aine's cheeks turned red as she remembered what Toyokawa Sho had said to her when they came out of the aquarium. Her mind suddenly became a mess and she was so confused that she couldn't say anything.

After struggling to open my mouth for a long time, I finally came up with a sentence: "Senior, you don't have to be so nice to me just because you owe me something."

But when she was about to say it, an uninvited guest suddenly broke into the music store. Rinrinko, who was wearing work clothes, ran into the music store at this critical moment.

Regardless of whether this pleasure-seeking ancient god of chaos came in on purpose, Rinrinko hurriedly trotted up to Toyokawa Sho, grabbed Toyokawa Sho's shoulders and said.

"Oh no, oh no, Toyokawa-san, come here quickly! Shiina-san is arguing with someone!"

……

"...How dare you appear before me?"

Outside the RiNG store.

Li Xi, who had changed into the Yuqiu uniform, crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked coldly at the girl in front of her.

"Why can't you show up? Rather than running away, I think facing it directly is the best. I won't beg for your forgiveness, Riki-san. You speak to me with a disgusted tone... I think it's normal, but I hope you can handle the matter between us calmly."

The girl who was choked by Li Xi's cold face didn't seem to care about being treated like this. She changed into the Yuezhisen school uniform again and just stood in front of Li Xi with an elegant demeanor, looking into Li Xi's eyes with dignity.

Obviously.

The girl was none other than Toyokawa Shoko.

There was a Maybach parked behind her, which was obviously the one that picked up Toyokawa Sho this morning.

"I've already secured the forgiveness of Deng and Sushi, and I've also appeased Mu. The only Crychic member I haven't properly dealt with yet is... you, Riki-san. I know I've made an irreparable mistake, but I hope you can at least give me a chance to calmly discuss this."

"What compensation do you want? I can satisfy you."

"Huh? You...are you serious about saying that?"

Li Xi's fists clenched suddenly.

She didn't understand why the person in front of her had to say the last word. If he didn't say this, Li Xi might still treat Toyokawa Shoko as a human being for Toyokawa Shoko's sake, but she got angry when he said this.

She already had a lot of grievances against Toyokawa Shoko because of her withdrawal from the team.

And after she met Toyokawa Sho, these opinions became even stronger.

It's really irritating to see people compare to each other.

She really couldn't imagine that Toyokawa Sho, such a perfect person in every way, could be the same person as Toyokawa Shoko.

In fact, if it were just this, it would be fine. Li Xi would just dislike Toyokawa Shoko at most.

But when she vaguely realized that the reason why Toyokawa Sho was so uncomfortable in those days was because of Toyokawa Shoko.

She could no longer suppress her anger towards Toyokawa Shoko.

"Let me ask you, how long will you continue to maintain this condescending tone?"

Li Xi said coldly, "Do you think that the tugging I did on your collar in the rehearsal room that day wasn't hard enough? Or do you really need me to punch you before you understand?"

"...Ritsuki-san, I don't think I've done anything wrong to you other than the Crychic incident. Aren't you the one who needs to be spoken to nicely right now?"

Toyokawa Shoko is not a pushover either. She rarely gives others a good face when dealing with problems. The reason she was able to speak to Li Xi properly just now was all thanks to the positive influence that Toyokawa Shoko had on her.

Once she heard Li Xi starting to use such aggressive language towards her, Toyokawa Shoko would treat Li Xi with the same attitude because she could not accept it due to her self-esteem.

"You...are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? Don't you know why I treat you like this?"

Li Xi said in a disgusted tone, "Ask yourself, what do you mean by you can satisfy me with whatever compensation I want?"

"Am I a stray dog on the roadside who needs your charity? Or am I forming a band with you just to covet your family's wealth?"

"...Riki-san, I don't mean that."

"You have, including me, you don't really take the other people in Crychic seriously."

Li Xi mercilessly used the sharpest language to point directly at Toyokawa Shoko, "If you really took us seriously, you wouldn't have said we were the button of destiny when you formed the band, and then said it was okay for the four of us to practice when you disbanded the band. You never imagined that you were the core among us."

"You're just treating this band as a game!"

"—"

Shoko Toyokawa's expression was frozen on her face, and she couldn't utter a word for a long time. She clenched her fists tightly, and her teeth almost bit through her lips.

"What do you know about me...?!"

Toyokawa Shoko lowered her head and shouted in a low voice.

"Don't pretend to understand me if you don't know anything! My feelings for Crychic and my expectations for this band are no less than any of yours! If I truly didn't care about this band, I wouldn't have come all this way to find you—!"

"Then why did Crychic disband again? Aren't you the culprit?"

Li Xi asked coldly. She looked at Toyokawa Shoko as if she was looking at a clown.

“That’s because—!”

Shoko Toyokawa took a few steps forward and was about to give the answer when she saw Sho Toyokawa rushing out of the store.

In an instant, the spikes and anger that had just erupted turned into smoke and dissipated, and were replaced by the soft and sticky feeling that subconsciously arose in the heart after seeing the spiritual pillar.

She sniffed her red nose hard, then, regardless of other people's reactions, rushed over and held Toyokawa Sho's hand.

"Sho, let's go home...!"

"Is it urgent?"

Toyokawa Sho looked at her and asked softly.

"Um……!"

With red eyes, Shoko Toyokawa nodded vigorously, and without waiting for a response, she held Sho Toyokawa's hand tightly and walked towards the Maybach.

"Hey, give me your hand—"

Li Xi was almost furious. How dare this person look for Toyokawa Sho? When she was about to go up to stop her, she saw Toyokawa Sho shaking his head at her out of the corner of her eye.

"..."

Just this one move made Li Xi stop her movements.

Although she didn't understand why Toyokawa Sho wanted to stop her.

But since this is Toyokawa Sho's wish, she will choose to respect it.

"Thank you, Lixi."

As they passed by each other, Lixi heard Toyokawa Sho thanking her. Seeing Toyokawa Sho getting into the Maybach, she didn't know what emotion to face it with. She just stood at the door of the store and watched silently.

Sudden.

A hand gently patted her shoulder, patting her a few times as if to comfort her.

"Don't mind your own business."

Li Xi knew who was behind him without having to guess.

This new guy likes to spray perfume on himself.

"Oh, Rikki, please don't be so grumpy."

Chihaya Aine smiled and said, "If you had a better temper, I guarantee that many people would like you."

"unnecessary."

"I think so too."

Chihaya Aine sighed, then slowly said, "Don't worry too much about Senpai, okay? I don't know what happened between you, but Senpai is very capable. You have to trust him."

Lixi watched the Maybach speeding away in the dark night. She didn't look away until it was out of her sight. For the first time, the sound that came out of her mouth contained a hint of loss.

“…I always believed in him.”

"That's why I don't want him to get hurt at all."

"If possible, I don't even want him to have any contact with that guy anymore... I don't believe that guy will cherish Xiang at all."

116

Chapter 116 Ruoye Mu returns to the battlefield.

The light and shadow of the night flowed on the car window, stretching the neon lights and noise of the city into long lines and leaving them behind.

When the black noble Maybach drove onto the overpass, Toyokawa Sho, who was sitting in the back seat, couldn't help but turn his head to look at the night view outside the window. He only retracted his gaze after confirming that it was not raining outside.

Shoko Toyokawa didn't say a word along the way. The atmosphere in the car was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. It seemed that any sound other than breathing would be labeled wrong.

However, despite this, Toyokawa Sho could still feel that Toyokawa Xiangzi was asking him for comfort in a soft voice. From the moment she got on the car until now, the girl with red eyes had been holding his hand tightly.

If I loosened my fingers even slightly, she would hold them even tighter, as if I was the only raft that could keep her alive in the raging storm.

If it weren't for the wide armrest between the seats of the Maybach, Toyokawa Sho felt that Shoko might come over and rest her head on his shoulder, holding his hand tightly with her fingers interlocked, while letting tears run down her cheeks and wet the clothes on his shoulders.