MyGO? The string value monster craves the band girl!

I thought that after working so hard and successfully debuting as an idol, I'd gotten much closer to you guys... But I realized that even though you're nominally under the same banner as me, your primary identity is still friends, and you're still guests of honor at the Genjumaki family.

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RiNG, in the afternoon.

Shiina Riki, who had just finished his shift, was checking today's coffee beans, but found that a guy who was nominally the store manager but was actually almost never seen after dark had already sat down on the sofa in the cafe playing with his mobile phone.

"Hey, Li Xi, you're here to work so early?"

"..." Shiina Riki tightened his facial muscles, took out a glass from under the bar and said in a long voice:

"I only work after school...Does the manager have any objections?"

"I heard from Toyama-senpai and the others that the manager has already graduated from university? Is he dissatisfied with our Hanasakigawa's schedule?"

Xian Juanwei smiled and shrugged, not continuing to argue with Li Xi. Looking at the chat content on the phone screen, he asked casually:

"How's your band doing?"

"Band?" Li Xi paused while wiping the cup, and a dull sound came from his throat.

Li Xi slowed down the action of wiping the cup and said in a somewhat depressed voice:

"I see you've seen the news too? About Aine being chosen by that famous director to be an actress."

"I've been preparing for a live performance, but now... what band is without guitars?"

"Yeah, I know." Xianjuan Wei nodded.

"Because I was the one who asked Aine-san to act in the movie. In fact, I was the one who did the casting for that movie."

"……what?"

Li Xi's fingers, which were pinching the wall of the glass, turned slightly white. If the wall of the glass were thinner, a corner of it might have been crushed alive by now.

"I say... don't you consider Deng's feelings at all!"

Chapter 111: Hardworking Chihaya Aine

"Light? (Don't care)"

Xianjuan Wei shifted his gaze from the phone screen, put the phone on his lap, and revealed a pensive expression.

Three seconds later.

“Ah?~!”

He pointed a finger at the ceiling as if he suddenly understood something.

"The lantern you're talking about, is it the Takamatsu lantern?"

"Hey!" Li Xi picked up the glass and put it back on the bar with a "click" sound.

"The first time I met you, you and Su Shi were here talking about crychic!"

"Don't act like you're ignoring the light!"

Li Xi had a cold face and started wiping the cup with the towel again.

“Oh… yes!”

Xian Juanwei lifted a corner of the phone case and put it back, repeating this action to pass the time, and shrugged apologetically at Li Xi.

"Teng-san's presence is too low, and it's easy to forget about him if you're not careful."

“…That’s about enough.”

Lixi put the first glass back, took out another glass and continued working, but his hands seemed absent-minded.

"Deng finally... agreed to re-form the band, but now Aine has plans to film a movie. What are you going to do with our band?"

Xian Juanwei looked at the front desk on the first floor through the glass window, leaving Li Xi with the back of his head:

"We only invited Aine because she's perfect for the role in the movie. As for your band... if I hadn't pulled Deng in, you wouldn't even be able to form a band. Do you really want me to take care of your band forever?"

"Besides, I'm not very familiar with Deng, right? You still want me to consider her feelings. Isn't that asking too much of others? She and I are the most unfamiliar people among the people in Crychic. If I hadn't known that you were a Deng Guard, why would I have run away with her that day to find other people to form a band?"

"Light...Light Guard?!"

Hearing this name, Lixi shuddered all over and his eyes widened as if he was about to enter the form of a Spinosaurus.

Li Xi rubbed the cup vigorously with the towel repeatedly, wanting to say something in rebuttal, but all the words were stuck on his lips.

It seems... is it really like this?

Apart from the day when he met Aine and Deng to form a band together, Li Xi really couldn't think of any other interactions between the store manager and Deng.

Putting the cup aside, Li Xi frowned, put his hands on the bar and said in a deep voice:

"If you had asked Aine to film a movie before we formed a band, I wouldn't have to worry so much now."

"Forget it. If it weren't for Aine's initiative, with Deng's personality and your previous attitude of just watching from afar, you wouldn't be able to form this band until you graduate from university."

Xianjuan Wei turned her head and glanced at Li Xi.

Li Xi, who was provoked, had no courage to refute. He lowered his head, and his voice was full of great annoyance:

"Aine is filming a movie now. I don't know if she'll have time for rehearsals and live performances. Where can I find a guitarist who's not her own? And what should I do with Aine?"

"Our band...will become...what..."

Xian Juanwei glanced at the message she had just received on her phone and said indifferently:

"High school students' worries aren't a big deal. It's just a career besides my hobby of band."

"Xiao Mu used to frequently participate in various programs, and I didn't see your crychic group being disbanded because of this."

Li Xi clenched his fists. "I don't want this band to disband in just one month like crychic!"

Xianjuan Wei looked at Lixi, who was biting his lips and seemed to be recalling some painful past events, and his tone unexpectedly slowed down a little.

"Aine is a very talented person, and it's normal for her to have other careers while forming a band, isn't it? Many things are actually nothing when you look back after the most panicky time."

"Lixi, aren't you working part-time? How can so many people spend their lives doing nothing but studying and band?"

"I..." Li Xi's eyes wavered.

Although it sounds weird to say, "Being a movie star is a part-time job for me, and washing dishes at a cafe is also a part-time job. They're both ways to relax after being in the band."

But she herself seemed to have no right... to accuse others of not concentrating on forming a band.

"That's right, Rikki, please trust me a little more!"

The sound of excessive sugar content came from the door of the coffee shop. Xianjuan Wei turned around with a smile and waved to the person who came. Li Xi stuck his head out and subconsciously said "Ha".

Aiyin, carrying her violin case, skipped into the café with an optimistic smile on her face.

"I've been practicing guitar seriously. I want to do both in movies and in the band!"

“Wait, Aine, you…why are you guys still here?!”

Li Xi leaned out a little longer.

Two figures wearing Tsuki no Mori school uniforms also entered the cafe after Aine.

Nagasaki Suyo is a frequent visitor here, and it's not uncommon to see her here after school.

But... why did even crychic's top blaster Wakaba Mu come to RiNG?!

Nagasaki Suyo put her schoolbag on the sofa and said softly:

"Yes, Lixi, as long as everyone in the band is happy together, it's enough. It doesn't have to fill each other's lives."

"Yeah." Ruo Ye Mu didn't say anything, just sat on the sofa.

"Su Shi... Mu... Why are you and Aine together... No, why are you here together?" Li Xi couldn't hide the surprise on his face.

The biggest connection between these three people is the movie that Aine is currently starring in, right? But you don't need to go to a livehouse to film a movie, right?

"Actually, I'm the first one to arrive." Xianjuan Wei smiled and waved to Li Xi.

"Wait a minute...Manager, have you been waiting for them?"

"Well, I originally wanted to work at the bakery to repay a favor, but they were just renovating, so I had nothing to do so I ended up here first."

As she was spraying water on the plants in the cafe with a watering can, Yamabuki Saya, who had been completely invisible until now, turned around and said with a smile:

"Hey, working part-time as tuition for my cake-making skills, isn't Xianjuan-san taking it seriously?"

Riki turned his head left and right to look at the other people in the cafe, and finally his gaze stopped on Aine.

"Why are you guys...filming a movie at a livehouse?"

"What movie? Mana is going to participate in Sumimi's commercial performance today, so we just came here to get together. It just so happens that the band doesn't have rehearsal today." Aine sat down in her seat, took out her glasses from her shirt pocket and put them on.

Xianjuan Wei leaned on his face and looked at Li Xi: "Huh? I told Aine that the movie will only be shot on weekends, and the weekdays will be reserved for her band. Don't you have any rehearsals arranged?"

Li Xi sighed: "Hai Ling has to go support other bands' live this week, so she can't rehearse."

Genmaki Yui blinked. "Hailing? Several livehouses nearby are quite famous. It's said that Hachiman Hailing is the backup bassist for more than ten bands?"

“…She herself said it was thirty.”

"So... the band already has mercenaries who can't schedule any more time, and you're still worried about Aine filming a movie?"

Aiyin looked at Li Xi, who lowered his head and remained silent when asked by Genmaki Wei, and smiled and picked up the guitar case.

"Actually...after the last rehearsal, I've been practicing guitar besides performing. I wanted to give Rikki a surprise today."

"But Soyorin asked everyone yesterday if they had time to practice together after school, so we all came to RiNG together!"

Su Shi, who was looking at Aine's piano case, frowned slightly.

Soyorin...where does the name come from?

Chapter 112 This is the world of music and martial arts

The hardworking Chihaya Aine was defeated and was badly beaten by Wakaba Mutsu, who was suspected to be a talented player.

In RiNG's practice room, Aiyin held her light green six-string guitar and played the guitar part of "Spring Shadow" in one go in front of Li Xi without looking at the music score.

Li Xi's face was filled with obvious surprise.

Although it is obvious that the song played by Aiyin has some obvious off-tune and flaws in details, but being off-tune is an inevitable part of a live performance, so let's not delve into it for now.

The week the band was first formed, Aiyin, who was so proud of being able to play the C chord, can now... at least be considered to be able to play the table.

"Hehe, how about me, Kasuga Shadow?"

"...It's, it's okay." Li Xi stuttered a little.

Aiyin placed her fingers on her chin, narrowed her eyes slightly, and looked at Riki with a smile.

"Rikki is so dishonest. You clearly want to praise me, right?"

Li Xi turned his head and said, "You have made considerable progress compared to yourself..."

“Hehe.” Aine strummed the lower strings with a pick, a smug smile on her face.

In the practice room, the three people sitting next to each other applauded.

“Aine plays the piano quite well.”

Wakaba Mu: “Yeah.”

Xian Juanwei: "My sister is so happy" (Congratulations)

Seeing this, Li Xi clapped his hands twice with a complicated expression.

I didn't expect that what Aine said during rehearsal earlier, that she was the guitarist for the student council in junior high school and could charm all the girls in the school with just one guitar move, now seems to be somewhat true...

No, are you really doing rehabilitation these days?

Xianjuan Wei looked at Aiyin, who was holding the guitar in her arms with a smug look on her face, and smiled and encouraged her:

"Aine-san is very talented."

In other words, in the entire Bangjiu Group, the performance of most people in their corresponding positions is actually a natural talent that can make a living as a professional.

Except for Idol Producer Caicai, there may be some doubts, but that is only relative.

"As long as Aiyin works hard at something and has the perseverance to stick to it, success is foreseeable." Genjumaki Wei gave Aiyin a thumbs up.

"Ah...hahaha...thank you so much, Xianjuan-san..."

The corners of Aine's mouth twitched, and she felt as if a non-existent cold sweat was flowing down her forehead.