I am your deceased love sustenance 1

She didn't hesitate and didn't care that she almost fell when she ran upstairs.

When she came to the second floor of the community activity building, she saw the hem of the girl's skirt at the corner.

But he disappeared in just a moment... But there was no doubt that it was Chitose Noshiro.

It was like a meeting deliberately arranged by God!

Chitose walked towards the wind band club at the end of the corridor with heavy steps.

"Really? So you want to play the piano?"

Chitose Noshiro stayed for a moment and then pushed the door open and walked in.

"Why don't you just tell me... I'm not stopping you from playing the piano."

Li Xi followed closely behind him and pushed the door open, and at this time the sound of piano also sounded simultaneously.

Compared to the songs that Chitose loved to play in the past, such as "Time Heals a Broken Heart", "Bohemian Rhapsody", and "Mango Nectar", which sounded very warm and powerful, this time Li Xi could not hear any vitality at all from Chitose's performance.

Riki stood behind Chitose, and the deaf girl didn't realize that the person who loved her most in the world was right behind her.

The spring breeze flowed in through the open windows, ruffling the girls' hair.

But the only thing that remains unchanged in the wind is Qiansui's playing.

“I think I’ve heard this song somewhere…”

Yes, Canon? Um...

It seemed that the tune was not the version that Lixi was familiar with, and the "Canon" became gloomy during Qiansui's performance.

It seems like the kind of music played at funerals to comfort the deceased and their families.

Chitose's performance soon became discordant.

"Cough cough..."

First, Qiansui coughed, and then Qiansui visibly bent his waist, as if he could not control his body from falling.

She swayed in the wind, but the music she played was even more energetic.

The whole song seems to be becoming cheerful and hopeful! Until——

Chitose Noshiro suddenly played a wrong note, and then made mistakes one after another.

When Li Xi looked over, he found that Qiansui had one hand on the piano and could not play anymore.

"Xiao Su!"

Li Xi immediately supported Qiansui. She thought that the two of them would smile at each other and then return to the classroom to continue their daily lives as before.

But there were tears on Qiansui's face.

She stared blankly at Shiina Riki who suddenly appeared, grabbing the latter's sleeves tightly with both hands.

"Lixi... I found that I've regressed... I... My physical strength can't keep up... Have I become useless? Don't listen... Don't listen to my current performance..."

"You're old, calm down. It's okay. I just haven't been playing seriously lately, so I'm a little rusty. It's nothing serious."

"Lixi...you don't understand," Qiansui suppressed her emotions, as if she was afraid of scaring Lixi. She tried hard to force a smile, "If I keep living at this pace for another ten years...I will completely forget how to play..."

"I feel like I'm about to lose my qualification to perform..."

Rather, it is quite impressive that he still maintains such skills.

Her hearing was severely impaired, she was often ill, and her eyesight was also failing... plus her anorexia meant that Chitose couldn't eat much to replenish her energy...

"Don't cry, don't cry, I'm here, I'm here."

Li Xi patted Qiansui's back, but the strong girl forced herself to hold back her tears.

She sat quietly on the piano chair and whispered in Lixi's ear:

"Lixi, tell me...if I lose the piano...and you, what will I have left to live for?"

"Please, let me keep playing."

Ch231. Otherwise, I will really die

Please, let me keep playing.

In the wind band club's classroom, the skinny, white-haired girl spoke like this.

Her words were soft and gentle, falling into Li Xi's heart but stirring up a huge wave.

【Hurry up and agree to her. 】

Li Xi thought.

【It's just a small request, why not agree to her request? 】

Why?

Li Xi raised his head stiffly and mechanically and looked into Chitose's broken eyes.

Her lips trembled a few times.

"I…"

Should I agree to Chitose Noshiro... and let this treasure that belongs only to me do something that might hurt itself?

This is my Chitose... This is the Chitose I will be responsible for for the rest of my life.

How could I possibly... let my Chitose get hurt?

music.

music…

music!

Music, after all, is something that can be given up.

Although Xiaosui loves music, music has long become an ivory tower that is out of her reach.

If it weren't for that drowning incident, Chitose might have successfully pursued her musical dream throughout her life.

But there are no ifs. This is how it is.

The angel's wings have been broken by Riki herself... All she can do now is to let Chitose Noshiro live as healthily and happily as possible.

What did she, Shiina Riki, do wrong?

Lixi swallowed her saliva. For some reason, her mind was full of the words Deng had just said.

Is your desire for control too strong?

【You should let Chitose do what she likes. 】

【you…】

I made a lot of mistakes.

I really am, high and mighty.

But how can I sit by and watch Qian Sui's body continue to break apart?

Just think of me as a really bad person with a strong desire for control.

But I'm really thinking about Chitose.

"No... Chitose, absolutely not."

"You really can't, you really can't... continue playing."

It was like a doctor declaring a patient's death sentence; Lixi swore that the feeling was real.

And it's annoying.

But there was no way around it. Chitose Noshiro's body was becoming too weak to support her free performance.

The right thing to do now is to sentence him to death.

Li Xi didn't use sign language, but she knew Chitose understood what she meant.

After all, the lip shape of the word "不不" is easy to recognize.

The Chitose Noshiro in front of him was like a kite with a broken string, and her arms slammed on the piano, making a lot of noise.

When faced with the question of survival and dreams, for the sake of his beloved who gave him a second life, Shiina Riki chose the former without hesitation.

……

When faced with the question of survival and dreams, Chitose Noshiro chose the latter without hesitation for the thing she had been pursuing for most of her life.

"Little Lixi was washing dishes downstairs... She finally compromised and allowed me to have ten minutes of slow piano playing after dinner and before bed."

What does this look like?

Like... the little lovebird that Chitose raised as a child in real life.

Lovebirds are easy to keep and it's okay to keep them in a cage most of the time, but the most important thing is to let them out for a walk every day.

This period of time is the best time for lovebirds to move freely. After the feathers used to help them fly are clipped, they can eat some dust and food scraps on the ground to relax.

Chitose Noshiro felt like a parrot raised by Riki.

When did this situation start?

It must have started when Riki completely mastered everything about Chitose.

"call…"

Qiansui noticed this situation as early as the beginning, but she did not stop it but instead indulged Li Xi in everything he did.

Because this is exactly what Chitose Nodandai needs and wants to see.

When Chitose crumpled up the poster of Xiangzi's new band, Noshiro Chitose finally stood up and walked to the stairs.

She looked down and saw Shiina Tatsuki preparing to go upstairs, and knew that the rare and precious opportunity had come.

"Lixi..."

"Years old? Is that you talking?"

It's me.

Qiansui held a utility knife and walked towards the bathroom naked.

All she left behind was her lonely shadow.

……

"Xiao Sui? You don't wear hearing aids, do you?"

Shiina Riki came to tell Chitose to stop playing the piano and get ready to go to bed.

But when she reached the stairs and didn't see Chitose who was lingering in front of the piano and didn't want to leave, she realized that something was wrong.

"Did Sui go to the bathroom?"

Li Xi had a not very pleasant premonition.

She couldn't put her feelings into words, but the tightness in her chest felt like a call for an unforeseen event.

"Xiao Sui? Xiao Sui?"

Riki discovered that Chitose's hearing aid was not in the box, so he called out to Chitose as loudly as he could.

"Can you hear me? You're in the bathroom, right?"

The bathroom light was on, so there was no doubt that Chitose was in there.

But why didn't Chitose Nodae respond to her? Wasn't she wearing a hearing aid?

Lixi tried to open the door but it was locked. His heartbeat reached its peak as he went back and forth to find the key.

【Could it be…】

Wounds...The wounds on Qiansui's wrists that have become a thing of the past still linger in Lixi's heart.

[No way?]

As the bathroom door was pushed open, Lixi cautiously stuck his head in.

I seem to hear sporadic sobbing sounds...Xiaosui, are you crying?