I am the emotional sustenance of your deceased

"So you must play a song with me today. I have a lot of new ideas I want to play for you."

"Eh."

Li Xi blinked: "Why me? Xiao Sui has a lot of good friends around him."

She only realized belatedly that there was a hint of jealousy in her words.

"How can you say that!" Qiansui answered Li Xi's question seriously, holding the back of her skirt with both hands to adjust her sitting posture, and answered with a dignified demeanor:

"You are different, you are special, you are my best and my most beloved little Lixi."

"Even if... you say all sorts of things, isn't it still..."

Aren’t there still a lot of people around you?

Li Xi didn't say anything, she just muttered in her heart.

After all, she was still very happy that Qiansui cared about her.

"See what I can do with this pure white piano!"

The nimble fingertips slid across the keys quickly, and the black and white keys that were skipped made pleasant sounds. Then Chitose let out a long and graceful breath in front of Lixi:

"Please enjoy this song my best friend Shiina Riki gave me."

""芊り子""

"Eh!"

Before Li Xi could even begin to be shocked, he heard the piano version of "Dancing Girl" resounding throughout the room.

At the same time, Chitose's lazy and cheerful singing voice reached her ears:

"ねぇ、どうしてprivateが好きなの,"

(Hey, why are you obsessed with me?)

"Once upon a time, I will meet again,"

(It was only a chance encounter,)

"思いを贴って,"

(Ahhh, just kick away all hesitation,)

"二人でしてんだ,"

(Just like that, the two of them together.)

The music never stopped, but the sound of the piano had become distant. Chitose quickly picked up the electric guitar beside him, and the instrument, which had been plugged in, obeyed Chitose's will and started playing.

とぅるるるとぅるるるとぅるる,

(Durrulu, dulpulu, dulpulu,)

とぅるるるとぅるるるとぅるる,

(Durrulurrulurrulurrulu.)

The music is not long, only a few minutes including the interlude.

Soon, this song that carried decades of memories for Shiina Riki ended.

"How is it? Does it sound good?"

"It's like listening to fairy music and my ears are temporarily bright."

"Hahahaha, is that so?"

"Well," Li Xi nodded seriously, "As for that, it's great, very good."

"Well, but I have a question for Li Xi."

Qiansui spoke carelessly, but immediately asked a question that Li Xi had never imagined:

"What does the word 'dululu' at the end of the song mean? Why did Li Xi add 'dululu' when he wrote the lyrics?"

"Ah, this..."

Li Xi seemed to see fragments of old memories, and she smiled with relief:

"Because, this is the sound of the sun bubbling. Hmm...are you satisfied with this explanation?"

"Is the sun emitting bubbles? Hahahaha, how romantic! I didn't expect little Lixi to be such a romantic?"

"Is that even possible?"

"Humph."

"Answer me with my own answer, Shiina Ritsuki, you cunning and evil woman."

Chitose heard the sound of Kyomoto watching TV downstairs, and she knew that after playing one more song, she should go cook for him.

The cute little Kyomoto likes to eat Miracle Fried Tonkatsu very much recently, which is similar to Li Xi.

"The following song is one I just wrote recently, and I want you to listen to it."

"Sure, I'm looking forward to it."

"It's pure music, without lyrics," Chitose explained, giving Shiina Riki an ominous feeling.

"Let's get started, I can't wait."

"Then please enjoy—"

Noshiro Chitose deliberately dragged out the ending sound:

""A Broken Heart Heals with Time""

……

"Great."

When the song ended, Shiina Riki realized that he was in tears.

The tears of the past crossed time and space and fell on Li Xi's cheeks again.

"Don't cry, I'll play it for you later if you like... Go down first, I'll clean up and cook."

"it is good."

Shiina Riki walked to the door reluctantly. She heard some movement upstairs and knew that it was a wild cat with heterochromatic eyes that had been living in Chitose's new house for a long time.

"I'm looking forward to... Chitose's craftsmanship."

When Chitose was the only one left in the room, she quietly closed the piano.

He walked to the window and picked up a medical report from the cabinet facing the setting sun.

That was the critical illness notice, luckily Li Xi didn't see it.

He locked it in the drawer and Chitose will keep this secret forever.

"I can't let the girls worry anymore, haha."

……

When we are scattered all over the world, what will be left behind will be the song of love that has never changed.

As the wheel of time moves forward, we will continue to live in love.

You are a special person whom I will never forget in my life. Your charm will not be overwhelmed by your inferiority complex.

Seeing the beautiful you now, I am truly proud and happy of you from the inside out.

Your broken heart has been healed.

The mango nectar of the Holy Spirit is not as sweet as your little lips.

I wish you happiness forever, Tatsuki Shiina.

Ch480. Pain! Pain! Fly away!

"Goodbye, Xiao Sui Sui. Please give me a sweet kiss before we part."

"it is good--"

"Don't push your luck, Chihaya Aine!"

It was another day's journey home, and just when Aine was about to act recklessly and do something bad, she was stopped in time by Nagasaki Suyo.

She grabbed Qiansui's hand and quickly turned and left.

"Hey hey hey! Sushi! You're protecting your food again!"

Chihaya Aine's dissatisfied voice came from behind.

【Protecting food?】

Nagasaki Suyo, who had already walked away from Chitose, stretched out her beautiful eyebrows.

[Maybe, I'm just a bad girl who protects her food.]

"Don't run, Xiao Sushi. I know you're in a hurry, but won't we be home soon?"

"call--"

Nagasaki Suyo shook her long hair, and her brown hair turned golden under the orange sunset.

Just like the golden color in Qiansui's eyes.

"I'm really looking forward to having dinner with Xiao Sui, so I want to walk quickly."

"What about little Kyomoto? Has she arrived yet?"

"Mom has gone to pick her up. Xiao Sui is really the one."

Su Shi thought about the words in her mind, but to her great dismay, she couldn't remember them at all.

"Which one?"

"Ah, I remember now, Xiao Sui really is a sister complex."

"!!!"

Qiansui covered his mouth seriously and exclaimed:

"Have you discovered all this, Detective Su Shi?"

It’s because you didn’t hide anything at all.

Nagasaki Suyo smiled gently and thought Chitose was extremely cute.

……

Mrs. Nagasaki smiled gently and thought Chitose was very cute.

"Su Shi, go make Xiao Sui's bed quickly. What are you still standing there for?"

The dinner was still sumptuous, with a wide variety of dishes, and both the guests and the host were very happy.

But what made Ms. Nagasaki happy was that Chitose finally agreed to take Kyomoto with her to be adopted.

Even though I had agreed to this a long time ago, hearing Chitose call me "mother"—just at the dinner table—was a completely different feeling!

"Mom, don't be so happy. Go to work. Didn't you tell me to remind you this morning?"

"Ah! I remember now! That's right! Ahhhh, my work isn't done yet! I need to go get a quote!"

Although he is in his thirties, he is still as active as a three-foot-tall child.

Ms. Nagasaki gradually faded from Noshiro Chitose's sight, and Kyomoto, who was a little tired at this moment, fell asleep.

"I'll send Kyomoto off to rest... Tonight, do you want to play an exciting Pokémon battle with me, Sushi-chan?"

"It's hard to say who's older, Chitose-sister."

"Ah--"

While laughing and joking, Qiansui pinched Su Shi's skirt hard, causing Su Shi to scream repeatedly before he stopped.

"Don't be rude to me, your elder sister! You jerk!"

……

"Auntie Nagasaki is so kind. She allowed my sister and I to keep our last names."