Yingliang walked straight to the piano, gently lifted the lid, revealing a row of black and white keys.
He sat directly on the piano stool, adjusted his sitting posture, then turned on the video function of his mobile phone and placed it in a position where he could fully capture the entire keyboard.
His purpose was clear: the band's live performance at "RiNG" would be in two days, and he wanted to play "Unravel" on the piano before the performance and post the video on the band's account as a promotion.
Taking a deep breath, Yingliang closed his eyes and let his mind calm down. When he opened his eyes again, his gaze was already on the piano keys.
As his fingers danced, a sad melody flowed out from the piano, like a gurgling stream, echoing in the air.
But before anyone could savor the charm of it, the melody suddenly became extremely intense, as if venting dissatisfaction at the top of its lungs...
Time passed by minute by minute.
With the end of the last short section, the performance came to an end.
"Papapa~!"
Crisp applause suddenly rang out.
Yingliang was startled and looked back.
I saw a beautiful girl with blue hair and twin ponytails, a pure and beautiful face, and two amber-gold pupils in her eye sockets standing at the door.
Shoko Toyokawa smiled, stopped clapping, and walked over. "What a wonderful song! Did you write this yourself?"
[Detected as a possible target - Toyokawa Shoko]
【Bind? 】
"Yes."
Yingliang's words were double entendre.
[Congratulations to the host for gaining 81 favorability points]
Xiangzi covered her lips with a hint of surprise, "That's amazing! I didn't expect there was a student with such high piano proficiency in this school."
Sakura stood up, offering her seat and inviting him, "Would you like to try playing it? Since you're so surprised, you must be an expert, right?"
"Thank you for your invitation, but I don't think I can perfectly replicate the song you just played."
Xiangzi bowed slightly and declined.
This is not modesty, but her true thoughts.
It's true that Shoko Toyokawa is quite accomplished in piano, and the original song of "Unravel" is not particularly difficult, but the version that Sakura just played was adapted by Uncle A.
The difficulty level of this single-round technique is no more than level ten.
Even Uncle A, who has the highest level of piano performance, admits that he cannot guarantee that he can play it perfectly every time.
Of course, this kind of problem of considering the state will not appear in Yingliang. After all, he has the peak physical fitness of humans, and his musical instrument skills are also fixed at the highest level by the system.
"Is that so? Then I won't force it."
"By the way, when did you come in?"
Xiangzi smiled and said, "When Sakura-san just started playing, it was really wonderful. I was completely mesmerized by it."
She usually liked to come here to play the piano during lunch break and right after school when no one was around. It was purely a coincidence that she ran into Sakura playing this time.
However, she was very fortunate that she had met a student in school whose piano skills were as good as hers.
Looking at Xiangzi's innocent attitude, Yingliang found it hard to associate him with the guy who liked to "breathe" in the original work.
He suddenly had a wonderful idea.
He seriously suspected that Xiangzi might be aware that he lived in a world awash in neodymium, and he blew on girls who treated him nicely because he knew he would be punished if he didn't do so.
I don't breathe on girls who don't treat me well, because I know that doing so may anger them and then get them...
Xiangzi found that Yingliang was staring at him without saying anything, with a slight smile on her lips. He felt a little uncomfortable for some reason. "Um, is there something on my face?"
Yingliang waved her hands and made up an excuse, "No, no, I just felt that you looked familiar, as if I had seen you somewhere before."
Xiangzi suddenly realized, "I'm so sorry, let me introduce myself, my name is Xiangzi Toyokawa, and I'm from the class next to Sakura. It's normal to leave an impression when we meet occasionally."
In this school with a male-to-female ratio of 1 to 9, Sakura's arrival is undoubtedly a bombshell, so Xiangzi can hear discussions about her around him every day.
Over time, she memorized the other person's appearance even without having seen him in person.
Yingliang was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Xiangzi to believe her casual words so easily. "Is that so? That's not surprising."
He took his phone back and prepared to leave. "Toyokawa-san is probably here to play the piano, right? I won't bother you."
Xiangzi shook his head slightly and looked Yingliang in the eye. "It's not that I'm bothering you at all. Rather, if it's convenient for Sakura-san, please stay and listen to my music. It would be best if you could give me some comments after listening."
Xiangzi naively thought that Yingliang would definitely not mind spending this little time.
But things are unpredictable, and Yingliang decisively rejected her.
"Sorry, I'm not available right now."
"Eh?"
Xiangzi stood there in a daze. When she came to her senses, Sakura was no longer in the classroom.
……
Strolling down the corridor, Sakura was glad for her decision.
He didn't think he had the ability to raise the other party's favorability to the maximum. Since that was the case, he might as well quit while he was ahead.
After all, anyone who has anything to do with Toyokawa Shoko is bound to suffer, and Sakura isn't a masochist, so she's too lazy to bother.
As Sakura was thinking, she turned a corner.
I don’t know what happened up ahead, a large group of girls gathered together, almost blocking the entire corridor.
Just as Yingliang was puzzled, a familiar face appeared in the middle of the crowd—RUPA!?
Yingliang thought she was seeing things and rubbed her eyes hard, but the scene in front of her remained unchanged.
"Why is she here?"
……
Chapter 34: The lesbian circle’s favorite, the enthusiastic senior.
RUPA169's tall stature makes her stand out among her peers in the country of Sakura, where women are generally short.
Her mixed-race genes make her skin slightly brown, with an exotic East Asian style. Coupled with important elements such as neutral short hair and gentle personality, RUPA has become a standard "lesbian circle's favorite".
Sakura remembered clearly that in the original work, RUPA was very popular among women, and every time the band sold Polaroids, they would attract a large number of women to take photos with them.
So, Sakura wasn't surprised to see Rupa surrounded by a bunch of girls.
The question is, why did the other party appear in school?
Sakura stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw Xiaozhi's figure in the blocked corridor on the other side. He knew that RUPA would not act alone.
Because she was not good at dealing with too many strangers of the opposite sex, Sakura took a detour, walked up the stairs at the back to the next floor, and came to Xiaozhi through the corridor below and the stairs on the other side of the teaching building.
"Why are you here?"
Xiaozhi was startled by the sudden sound.
Turning around and seeing that it was Yingliang, she immediately complained:
"Don't talk coldly behind other people's backs."
Sakura shrugged, unconvinced.
Xiaozhi sighed and looked back at Rupa who was surrounded by people not far ahead. His face flushed slightly. "Come here to register for school."
"Enrollment?"
Yingliang was surprised, "Why would you come back to study when you're fine?"
"Don't get me wrong, I didn't come here just because of you."
Xiaozhi made this clear beforehand, then explained in a complaining tone: "You're responsible for writing the lyrics and music for the band, and now I live with you and don't have to work. So, can't I just come to school when I'm bored?"
"..."
Yingliang was speechless.
At this moment, RUPA turned around inadvertently and happened to notice the situation on Xiaozhi's side.
She smiled and waved her right arm, saying in a friendly tone, "Xiaoliang~!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the girls surrounding her turned their heads to look at Sakura's position. Sakura suddenly felt something was wrong. He was about to escape when he turned around but was held down by the shoulders by RUPA who was jogging towards him.
"Why are you in such a hurry, Xiaoliang? Isn't it lunchtime now? Is there something important that you haven't dealt with?"
"Ah, not really..."
Yingliang scratched her cheek awkwardly. She was in a school with a male-to-female ratio of 1:9, and the only members of the band were girls except herself. At this point, she couldn't even bring herself to say that she wasn't used to dealing with strangers of the opposite sex!
It's strange that anyone would believe it...
Of course, except for Aine, she really believed it.
At this time, a large group of girls also chased after him.
"RUPA-san! I haven't taken a picture yet!"
"Yes, yes, it's obviously my turn!"
……
RUPA did not refuse and generously satisfied the remaining people who had not taken photos together.
"Well, let's take a photo~ Hug!"
When she faced the last person, she gave him a surprise hug. This action immediately made the girls around her scream. The girl who was hugged was so excited that she said, "I will never take a shower again!"
Xiaozhi, who was standing not far away, couldn't bear to watch anymore and turned his face away angrily, "Wash quickly! Wash your brain first!"
Hearing this, Yingliang's mouth twitched and he thought to himself, this person must be jealous.
"Thank you very much for your support. We will be having a 'Live' at 'RiNG' the day after tomorrow. If you have time, please come and support us!"
Before leaving, RUPA did not forget to do some publicity.
The girls around said they would definitely go, and some even boasted that they would be waiting at "RiNG" the day after tomorrow to be the first fan to greet RUPA.
Seeing this, Yingliang couldn't help but sigh:
"That's great! I'm not even that popular."
After forming the band, except for being surrounded by girls in his class once, he never encountered a similar situation again.
The time at the arts school doesn't count, after all, those girls didn't surround him because of the band.
Xiaozhi glanced at Yingliang and said with a slightly dissatisfied tone, "Why, do you want to be surrounded by a bunch of girls too?"
"That was not what I meant."
Yingliang shook her head and explained, "I'm just curious. I'm not bad looking and I'm the lead singer in a band, so why doesn't my popularity seem to be as high as Rupa's?"
"Tsk."
Xiaozhi smacked his lips. "It's simple. Because you're a boy, they still have a sense of shame. If you were a girl, they wouldn't be so reserved."
"What kind of logic is this..."
Sakura muttered quietly.
……
After school.
When Sakura arrived at the coffee shop inside "RiNG", she found that An and Subaru had already arrived and were sitting in the same corner as yesterday.
She was wearing a black JK as usual.
It's worth mentioning that the art school doesn't actually require students to wear school uniforms. When Sakura went there, except for An and Subaru, everyone else was basically wearing casual clothes.
The reason why An and Subaru like to wear school uniforms is that the uniforms themselves look good, so they don’t have to worry about what to wear, and high school students have preferential treatment in many places here.
Although she is not a high school student in the strict sense...
"welcome!"
Toyama Kasumi's voice came from the other side of the counter.
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