Mygo, you guys seem to be getting a bit heavy-hearted.

"Yan..." Nearly ten pairs of eyes fell on Ai Yin at once, and her cheerful words were immediately stuck in her mouth, her expression freezing involuntarily for a moment, "...uh."

Why are there so many people?!

Aside from Xiangzi, Xiaodeng, and Ruoye, whom he already knew, he had never met any of the other people...?

Wait a minute, the person sitting next to Mr. Yanming is...

Ai-yin's eyes widened.

In her line of sight, a tall, sweet-looking, mature woman with purple hair was politely waving and greeting her.

It's a large lamp... no, no.

It's the living, breathing Miss Meow Dream!

Aine almost screamed, but thankfully, the people in the room helped her control her impulse.

...But I'm still so excited!

It really is Miss Meow Dream!

"...Yanming, why is that girl looking at me so strangely?"

"Maybe they're your haters, and they're about to rush up and kill you."

"Eh..." Miao Meng shrank her neck in fear.

"Just kidding." Yanming stood up and faced the crowd. "Everyone, this is Aiyin, the girl I was talking about."

The reason for such a spectacular scene dates back to yesterday.

Yesterday, Lena contacted him via LINE, telling him about Hikaru Shiina's recovery and the band's practice today, and included the house number she had been trying to memorize.

Yan Ming took a look

Isn't that right next to them?

Let's just pull them together then.

Since Ai Yin was confident that she could master those skills in a week, and the rest of the band coincidentally gathered in one place... wasn't this a great opportunity?

Even if you can't gain everyone's approval at once, you can at least leave some impression on them.

As for whether it's a good impression or a bad impression... that depends on Aine herself.

Among those present were Miaomeng and Xiaoxiang... Xiaoxiang was someone she brought with her.

And Miaomeng really does spawn here randomly. As soon as she sees me, she insists on coming over to join in the fun, and I can't get rid of her no matter what.

"That pink-haired guy... is he the one who talked to Kodama at school?" Shiina Tatsuki's eyes immediately turned cold as she looked at Aine by the door. "I'm talking to you. The one who wants to join our band?"

Their band does lack a rhythm guitar, but that doesn't mean just anyone can presume to get involved.

If this guy's abilities don't earn her approval, she won't agree to him joining their band, even if he's a classmate of Deng.

"Uh... um! Hello..." Aine was a little overwhelmed by such a strong personality, and her tone became somewhat hesitant. "I am Chihaya Aine."

"Shiina Ritsuki." Ritsuki casually introduced himself, noticing Rakuna staring blankly behind Aine. "...Hey, you stray cat, come sit here and don't run around!"

"Hmm?" Lena simply tilted her head and placed the guitar in a suitable spot.

Then, in a flash, she disappeared from the room.

"You stray cat!" Li Xi said angrily, walking around Ai Yin and chasing after her.

Ai-yin subconsciously stepped aside: "Uh..."

This bandmate of Little Lights doesn't seem... very friendly.

"Chihaya...Aine, hello! I'm Nagasaki Motoyo, the bassist of the band. It's 'nice' (emphasis) to meet you."

A friendly smile, an incomparably sweet and exquisitely beautiful voice… The moment Aine saw this beautiful and wealthy woman greet her, her mind immediately understood one thing.

soyo-san! looooooooovvvvvve~

This person is much better than the previous one! They seem like the kind of person you could get along with!

I've heard that every band has a "mom-like" member, and that's definitely true!

Oh my God, if I were lucky enough to be born to Soyo-san, Chihaya Aine can't even imagine how amazing it would be!

"Does Aine want to join our band?" Su Shi asked with an inscrutable, fake smile. "I'd love to!"

She appears quite friendly on the surface, but apart from Yanming, who can truly see what she's thinking?

'Aine-kun? Hmm...isn't that just an unrelated outsider? This, is it unnecessary?' Yanming looked in Su Shi's direction, simulating in his mind Mrs. Nagasaki saying such ruthless words in a clip-on voice.

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To Su Shi, Deng and Li Xi, who split off from the mainstream Crychic, are like her own daughters; no amount of indulgence and pampering is too much.

Because Lena is harmless and adorable, even though her stepmother, Su Shi, is happy to pretend to treat her equally and show her care.

But Chihaya Aine...

Who is that?

Is there such a person in Crychic?

"Yes, I'm also very happy to meet Su Shi-san!" Aine greeted her future teammate (in her own opinion) with a silly grin, completely unaware of what she was about to face.

Looking at Su Shi's beautiful and gentle face, Aine couldn't help but sigh in her heart, 'Su Shi is such a good person.'

Chapter 165 Aine's Practice Results

'This silly child, don't be so easily fooled...' Yanming shook his head. It was too late to warn her now, so he could only leave it to Ai Yin to handle.

In Yanming's view, winning over Su Shi was several levels more difficult than winning over Li Xi; they were on completely different levels.

For Lixi, as long as she doesn't go against Deng's ideas and her skills are up to par, there's no problem with such a person joining the band, especially since they were short of members anyway.

Motoyo Nagasaki is different.

This guy was simply too heavyweight to satisfy her insatiable desires; no matter how skilled he was, it was useless.

A simple phrase like "Springtime is hard to hide" can shatter almost all of an applicant's illusions.

……

When Lixi carried Lena back into the rehearsal room, everyone was finally there.

Mu patted the empty seat next to her and whispered, "Lena, over here."

"Mmm." Le Nai ate the matcha parfait that Li Xi had bought for her, then ran over and sat down next to Mu.

Lixi glanced at her empty palms, then at Lena who had run away.

You ungrateful stray cat!

"Lixi, please have a seat," Yanming gestured for her to calm down.

Li Xi snorted and sat back down in her seat.

Then, she glanced at a pink-haired girl who was still confused about the situation, and was clearly taken aback when she saw the girl's finger wrapped in a penguin bandage.

It wasn't just because it was a band-aid for the lamp; there were other reasons as well.

Xiaodeng told herself that this girl was a complete beginner who had only been learning guitar for a short time, and hoped that she could be a little more tolerant of her.

Tolerance is impossible; when it comes to the band, even regarding the lights, she wouldn't be entirely certain.

I do have principles, although those principles are generally tied to the lamp.

But at least if this pink guy tries to join the band through back channels, I will absolutely not let that happen!

However, this pink-haired girl managed to injure her finger in such a short time... isn't she pushing herself a bit too hard?

In that case, maybe her skills aren't as bad as you imagine?

Let's give it a try, with just a sliver of hope.

Yanming asked, "Aiyin, is your guitar fixed yet?"

Ai Yin paused for a moment, then took off the two guitar bags she had been carrying: "It's fixed now, right here. Yanming, you can return your guitar now."

Although she had been practicing with Yanming's guitar for the past few days, switching to a different guitar suddenly might feel a little strange, but she figured with her skill level, it shouldn't be a big problem.

After all, Yanming said that his guitar was just a cheap one bought from a street stall, and although Aiyin's own guitar wasn't much better, it was still a pretty good mid-to-high-end product for an ordinary family.

"Hmm." Yanming opened his guitar case, stroked the Magic King guitar inside, and instantly knew how well it had been used over the past few days.

Just as I expected, the girl was indeed studying intensively day and night.

Even its old partner was almost unable to hold on, and the old parts almost fell apart on the spot.

"Go back and ask someone to give you a full-body overhaul," Yanming reassured the spirit within the Magic King Pro, whose very existence was uncertain.

"Buzz..." This kid is not bad.

Yanming zipped up the guitar case, looked at Aiyin and continued, "Right in front of the band members, let me test your practice results, Aiyin."

Being watched by so many people at the same time, honestly, it would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous.

but

In the crowd, Aine noticed that Miss Meow Dream was also casting an interested glance at her.

This seemed to give her a shot in the arm.

One of my idols is watching me right now!

If this is still embarrassing, I'll regret it for the rest of my life!

She had to consider whether this was her only chance in her life... If she made too many mistakes, forget about getting autographs, even if someone was willing to give them to her, she wouldn't have the nerve to go up and ask for them.

Ai Yin silently cheered herself up, then took out her ESP from her guitar bag and connected it to a power source.

"I'm going to start!"

She took a deep breath and pressed her fingers, which had bandages on them, onto the strings.

"Thump..." Perhaps due to excessive nervousness, Aine played the first note incorrectly.

This unexpected turn of events left Aine somewhat at a loss, unsure whether to start over or continue playing despite the mistake.

Once hesitation arises in one's thinking, actions will inevitably be affected.

Almost at the same moment that Aine revealed a flaw, Yanming stood up.

"Aiyin." Yanming handed over the Magic King guitar, giving Aiyin a way out and preventing a disaster. "Use mine instead. You don't seem to be used to that guitar."

The reason for playing the wrong notes is because the guitar is not comfortable to play, not because the player's technique is not good enough.

“…Hmm.” Aine nodded gratefully, taking the guitar back from the others. Her initial panic somehow disappeared as she held the guitar in her hands.

If that's the case... then it will work.

After connecting the guitar, Aiyin plucked the strings once more.

With the added boost of a week of intensive guitar practice, Ai Yin's condition was noticeably better than before, and she regained the feeling she had during practice.

The results of a week's practice were all integrated into this not-too-long melody. Although it was still a bit immature, the guitar sound was no longer like a baby who couldn't walk, stumbling and stumbling, but could be smoothly transmitted to everyone's ears.

She's made great progress; at least she's really digested what was in that video.

Yanming nodded in satisfaction.

He greatly appreciated the feeling of nurturing someone's talents little by little.

"...So-so," Mu said quietly to Rakuna beside her.

For them, 1% of beginners and 99% of beginners are the same; the latter are just at a barely listenable level.

In the eyes of professionals, Ai Yin's performance was commendable for a beginner, but in reality, it was just so-so and still not up to par.

“No, Ruoye.” Rakuna glanced at the expressions of her band members, especially Akari’s. “Things are starting to get interesting.”

After saying that, while everyone's attention was focused on Aine, Lena quietly stood up and quickly ran to a corner to get her guitar.

Mu looked at her with a puzzled expression.

Lena then slung the shoulder strap over her shoulder and gave the little cucumber a cool smile.

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