You are Toyokawa Shoko, then who am I?

So she glanced at the seat next to her and said, "Let's sit down and talk first."

Junda Mana nodded, and after roughly judging the distance, she sat down at a seat farther away from Li Xi, "Thank you."

"Thank you, no need."

Li Xi put the donuts into the lunch box next to him, "What's going on?"

"Nothing special, I just saw you and Sho-kun yesterday. Sho-kun told me you were his drummer. Mana always thought people who could play musical instruments were amazing, so I came over to say hello to you."

Said Junda Mana.

"...I'm not a great person. If you think he and I are on the same level, you might be disappointed."

Li Xi shook his head. "Compared to him, I'm nothing. If he hadn't taken care of me, I wouldn't even be qualified to stand by his side."

"But, since Xiangjun chose you as his drummer, it means there must be something special about you that earned Xiangjun's approval, right? I don't think Xiangjun is the type to be so casual in seeking intimacy."

Mana Junda encouraged, "Say less discouraging things. Everyone has their own shining side."

Li Xi turned his head and looked at Junda Mana with some surprise.

If she was very skeptical about the girl who said she was Toyokawa Sho's idol just now, now she believed it a little bit.

"Can I ask when you first met Xiang?"

Li Xi asked.

"Huh? We met yesterday."

Juntian Mana answered truthfully.

"yesterday??"

Li Xi was very surprised by this answer.

Yesterday, she saw Toyokawa Sho and a girl chatting very intimately, and she thought that the girl and Toyokawa Sho must have known each other for a long time, and she was the one who came.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that the answer should indeed be so.

Toyokawa Sho came into this world a few days ago. These days, Toyokawa Sho has been staying in RiNG. Except for yesterday morning, Toyokawa Sho seems to have no time to get to know this girl.

"Will you...see something strange?"

Li Xi tried to use body language to describe the memories from the past world that she occasionally saw. "Sometimes, I would suddenly see some very fragmented memories flashing before my eyes. The images were intermittent, but I definitely saw them."

Junda Mana blinked her beautiful big eyes and looked at the stunned Li Xi with a puzzled look on her face.

After realizing that Lixi was becoming embarrassed, she quickly made up a lie to try to help Lixi ease the embarrassment.

"Well, yes, yes! Mana sometimes sees strange things. Ahaha, ahahahahaha, they are indeed very wonderful. They are colorful, right? Sparkling and a bit dreamy... right!"

...Not at all.

Li Xi covered her face silently. She really didn't expect that this girl didn't occasionally see the memories of another parallel world like her.

Could it be that this girl and Xiang had no connection in their previous world? Or is it that only she can see such things?

Can't figure it out...

I can't understand...

When Junda Mana saw that Riki became silent, she thought she had said something wrong. She turned around and rubbed her fingers gently, with a look of faint self-blame on her face.

After the two of them remained silent for several seconds, Junda Mana spoke softly.

"...Actually, what Mana just said about not coming here specifically to see you is not true."

"Huh? Li Xi gave him a questioning look."

"I know it might not be nice to talk about Xiangjun like this, but you are the drummer Xiangjun chose. I think Xiangjun definitely doesn't mind you knowing about his affairs. I will definitely apologize to Xiangjun later for saying too much about him, so... please listen to me."

When Li Xi heard that this matter was related to Toyokawa Sho, the confused expression on his face immediately disappeared, and was replaced by a serious look. "You talk, I listen."

"Last night, around eight or nine o'clock, Xiangjun seemed to be in a very bad mood. At that time, Mana sent him a song she had just recorded, and the screen quickly showed that it had been read. Mana waited for Xiangjun to send a message, but after almost thirty seconds, Xiangjun still didn't send a message. Given his typing speed, this is very unusual."

"Mana asked Xiangjun if something unpleasant had happened, but Xiangjun still didn't reply. Mana said a lot, but Xiangjun didn't reply until two in the morning. Then he composed a very nice full version of the song that Mana sang from the draft."

"Actually, Mana should have realized then that Sho-kun was working until two in the morning. Was he trying to escape reality and distract himself by working because something painful had happened? Mana sent a message to Sho-kun that morning, and he replied immediately. He probably didn't sleep all night..."

There was a strong sense of worry in Junda Mana's tone. She was pretty, with her eyebrows and eyes gently squeezed together. Even with such a sad expression, she still looked delicate, like a broken piece of jade, or like an ode to the wind and snow.

"Mana came here today just to see if she could run into Xiangjun again, or rather, to see you. I'm very worried about Xiangjun, afraid that something might have happened to him. However, my relationship with Xiangjun is too shallow to be able to share his worries. Even if I just wanted to be his trash can, listen to him talk about his worries, and vent his emotions..."

"I don't seem to be qualified..."

Junda Mana lowered her eyes, her slender fingers unconsciously clenching into her palms. She turned her head to look at Li Xi, a hint of pleading in her brown eyes.

"You're Sho-kun's drummer, and you work where he works. There's definitely a way you can help Sho-kun. I'm just a trainee, so I can't do anything for him, but you... definitely can."

"...Why are you so sure?"

Li Xi wanted to open his mouth several times, but in the end he only asked this question.

"Because you're his drummer."

Junda Mana said seriously.

"I have always felt that partnership and group are relationships that connect our destinies and are one of the closest relationships in the world. A band is also a group, and a drummer is also a partner."

"So... in Xiang-kun's heart, you must hold a special, extremely important place."

After saying that, Junda Mana pursed her lips slightly.

She realized that when she said these words, there seemed to be a hint of imperceptible envy in her tone, but it was so subtle that she didn't even realize it when it surfaced in her heart.

It seems that I also hope to become some kind of inseparable partner with Toyokawa Sho. I envy the girl in front of me that she can be Toyokawa Sho's drummer, and I envy her that she can meet Toyokawa Sho today.

But she quickly shook the thought out of her head.

Not to mention that she and Toyokawa Sho have only known each other for one day, the most important point is that Toyokawa Sho is still a very important friend of Xiaochu.

Whether she is standing as an idol or a friend, she should not have any other thoughts for public or private reasons, emotionally or rationally.

But she really hoped from the bottom of her heart that Toyokawa Sho wouldn't have to suffer so much.

"..."

After hearing these words, Li Xi fell silent.

She also didn't know what exactly made Toyokawa Sho feel pain. Judging from the timeline, the only possibility was Toyokawa Shoko who lived with him.

Is it because Toyokawa Shoko, as another him, possesses everything he has lost now, and this is why conflicts arise between the two?

But when they were pushing the bicycle back together that day, he said that Xiangzi and he had a good relationship. Could it be that something unexpected happened after that that caused him to become so fragile yesterday... ?

Shiina Riki couldn't figure it out.

The information she had was so scant that she couldn't deduce any fragment of the truth.

But there was one thing she thought was right.

She is Toyokawa Sho's drummer.

She has the responsibility and reason to do something for Toyokawa Sho.

"Thank you for talking to me so much,"

Riki extended her hand to Junda Mana, a gesture of approval. "My name is Shiina Riki, just call me Shiina."

When Junda Mana saw the hand being offered, she was stunned for a moment before she suddenly broke into a brilliant smile and happily shook it. "Okay, my name is Junda Mana, Shiina-san, just call me Mana!"

"No need, just call me Juntian."

Lixi shook her head. Apart from her family and band members, everyone else who knew her basically only called her by her last name. Similarly, she would only call others by their last name unless necessary.

If it wasn't a relationship she considered close.

She would not allow others to call her name, nor would she allow herself to call others' names.

Mana Junda also noticed the gap between Li Xi and her, but she didn't mind and still smiled happily. She stood up and patted the dust off her pants.

"I've said everything I wanted to say... Well, Mana will be heading back to the office now. Bye, Shiina-san."

"See you."

"Oh, by the way, Shiina-san, please give this to Sho-kun."

Junda Mana took out another bag of donuts from the cardboard box on the cart. This was the most delicious bag she made. "Mana made this especially for Xiangjun."

"..."

Li Xi couldn't remember how many times she had been silent.

If possible, she didn't want to take the donut, it made her feel bad.

But the other person's consideration for Toyokawa Sho was so genuine that she finally sighed and took the donut again.

"I'll leave it to him."

"Thank you!!"

Mana Junda waved happily, then hummed the melody of "Here, The World" while walking to the other side of the street with the cart.

Shiina Riki watched her slowly disappearing figure.

Hold your hands up to the end, lift your head and look up at the sky.

Mana Junda said that she was not qualified to be Toyokawa Sho's audience or an outlet for him to vent his emotions.

At this point.

Li Xi felt the same way.

They had only known each other for four days, which was too short, so short that she couldn't even confidently say that she was Toyokawa Sho's important friend.

She reached out her hand and touched the sky.

It was as if there was a red balloon above waiting for her to catch it.

But gravity bound her body, preventing her from flying into the sky with a light leap and grabbing the red balloon that symbolized all that was beautiful. She could only watch the balloon float higher and higher, and fly farther and farther.

"If only I could remember more about you..."

Li Xi muttered to himself.

"Is that right? Then I'm qualified..."

She didn't say it out loud.

He just lowered his head and looked at the phone he took out again.

After watching calmly for a long time.

Take a deep breath.

Suppressed other thoughts in my mind.

I called Ruoye Mu.

……

……

……

"So hungry."

One p.m.

Yamada Ryo, who had been learning how to make coffee for the whole morning, collapsed weakly on the table. His slender fingers seemed to reveal the powerlessness that went straight to his soul, and his soft wailing sounded like a lame zombie crawling out of a grave.

"So hungry..."

she murmured.

She hinted.

Her beautiful golden eyes seemed to have been locked tightly in endless darkness by the terrifying hungry demon. In fact, before she closed her eyes, she had already used her amazing dynamic vision to aim at all the bento boxes in the cafe.

Even her current position was very sophisticated.

This position is right next to Toyokawa Sho and Shiina Riki, the only two supreme saints who came to the cafe with lunch boxes.

"I saw a bass I liked, so my budget for this month has already run out..."

Yamada Ryo carefully whispered to her the background of why she was in such an embarrassing situation, and then he took out a handkerchief from somewhere and wiped her non-existent tears while speaking in a pitiful tone.

"If no kind colleague is willing to treat me to a meal, I will just have to eat grass..."