But this time, she quickly came to her senses and turned off the video on her own initiative.

"No, no, I have to work harder."

Then Aiyin reopened the tutorial interface, picked up the electric guitar and continued to practice basic skills.

...

It was one in the morning and everything was quiet.

In a single-family house near Omogei Bridge in Shinjuku Ward, there was still a faint light in Shiina Tatsuki's room.

She was sitting in front of the computer, adjusting the structure of the song over and over again, looking for a more suitable melody and rhythm to make it better fit the mood of the lyrics.

For a beginner, this is a long and complex process, and you also have to make sure the songs are not too difficult that some people in the group cannot play them.

drop drop~

The alarm clock that was set earlier rang, reminding Lixi to go to bed quickly and ensure at least 6 hours of sleep every day.

Shiina Riki closed it in annoyance, then sighed subconsciously.

Working for long hours made her brain like a mess, and she couldn't think clearly like she did during the day.

But she was unwilling to fall asleep like this, because the new song was just missing the final finishing touch, and this long and agonizing journey would be over.

Closing his eyes, Li Xi relieved the over-tired eye nerves and his thoughts dissipated.

"If it were Xiangzi, what would she do?"

In a trance, Lixi seemed to have returned to the time in the rehearsal room. The other party smiled gently and helped her complete that stroke.

When she opened her eyes again, she had the answer in her mind, and she stretched out her right hand to the keyboard to perfect the song.

However, at this moment, Li Xi did not feel the slightest bit of joy.

It was just an ordinary song, but she spent so much time and energy on it. Compared with Xiangzi or that man, she was far inferior.

If it were them, they would have easily handled everything long ago.

Thinking of this, a negative emotion called "inferiority complex" spread in Li Xi's heart.

...

in the afternoon.

After blocking Yao Lenai at the door of the junior high school classroom, Li Xi took her to the recording studio to start a new round of practice.

But just like yesterday, half an hour later, Lenai said the word "satisfied" again and started to organize his equipment.

Li Xi raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why are you leaving again? Don't we have a new song today?"

As if sensing the former's emotions, Kaname put her finger on her lips in confusion: "Rikki, unhappy?"

"Answer me, is it because my music is not as good as others?" Li Xi's voice became increasingly low.

The others also noticed that something was wrong with her today, so Su Shi came over to give her a way out.

"Riki-chan, Ryunae is still young, so she might be tired, right?"

Kaname shook her head, "No, I'm just satisfied."

Li Xi asked again: "Are you also so willful when you are with that man?"

"Ah."

"I understand." Li Xi's face was cold. "Our band is not suitable for you. You don't need to come in the future."

"Hey!" The others were all stunned.

"Why?" Kaname blinked in confusion.

"Our team doesn't need members who do whatever they want. No matter how good your guitar skills are, if you don't obey the instructions, that won't work." Li Xi said with a straight face.

Yao Lenai stared at Li Xi with her heterochromic eyes for a while, and seemed to understand something.

"I understand." Yao Lenai said this calmly, then picked up her equipment and turned away without any reluctance.

When Gao Songdeng saw this scene, his memories of the past were triggered and he lowered his head sadly.

Su Shi was just watching coldly. If she came here, Lenai would definitely be kicked out of the team, the only difference was whether it would be sooner or later.

Only Aine saw that the situation was not good and wanted to chase after him, "Wait! Ryuna-chan."

But when he passed by Li Xi, the latter reached out to stop him.

"Don't mind your own business and focus on practicing your guitar. You'll be the only guitarist in the band from now on, so you need to practice twice as much."

Su Shi interrupted and expressed her concerns, "Without little Lenai, how are we supposed to play a decent song?"

"Yeah, I can't do it alone without Lenai-chan." Aine's voice sounded very helpless.

"Nothing is impossible. You can go to bed later tonight and I will change a new score for you. You just need to concentrate on practicing it in the next few days." Li Xi said in a firm tone.

Then she turned her gaze to Takamatsu Deng, "Deng, given that wild cat's personality, he'll have to leave sooner or later. I hope you can understand that."

Gao Songdeng still kept his head down, not daring to look at her, as if he was a little afraid of her.

Seeing this, Li Xi felt a chill in his heart, knowing that he might have hurt the other person again.

But there was no turning back now, she had to be strong.

"That's the arrangement. You guys continue practicing today, and I'll go change the music."

Li Xi controlled himself and tried not to look at Gao Songdeng. He packed up his things and returned to his home to get busy.

The next day, the group gathered in the recording studio again.

Due to the lack of a guitarist, Aine also joined the ensemble this time. However, she made a lot of mistakes and was always scolded by Riki. The atmosphere in the whole team was extremely depressing and the room was filled with low pressure.

"I played it wrong again, try again!"

"Can you please pay more attention? We are not making enough time at this rate."

After being criticized many times, Aine's negative emotions accumulated beyond the threshold and she finally couldn't help but explode.

She took a deep breath and shouted to Li Xi, "I know my skills are poor, so stop finding fault with me!"

"If you know the dish, practice more and don't make excuses."

"But I've only just started learning guitar. Please put yourself in other people's shoes and consider them!"

"I am the same..." Li Xi stopped yelling halfway and stopped himself from revealing his true feelings.

"Both of you calm down for a moment." Su Shi again acted as a peacemaker, trying to smooth things over. "Li Xi is the most hardworking person among us, right?"

Li Xi was stunned for a moment, then turned his face away and said in an almost pleading tone: "Don't say that again."

Su Shi failed to understand her thoughts and continued to comfort her in a self-righteous tone: "I'm sorry, Riki-chan, we shouldn't have left everything to you."

Gao Songdeng also felt that his friend was in an abnormal and extreme situation, and took the initiative to step forward and said, "Li Xi-chan, please let me do something."

Su Shi followed with a gentle tone, "Yes, is there anything we can help you with? If we all work together, we might be able to find a solution."

"You mean... I'm unreliable?" Li Xi clenched his fists, feeling that all his previous efforts had been denied.

At this moment, Su Shi realized that he had said something wrong and quickly stretched out his hand to defend himself, "That's not what I meant..."

But Li Xi was no longer listening and interrupted in a self-deprecating tone, "I just can't do it as well as Xiangzi. Are you satisfied?"

Suddenly the entire recording studio fell silent, leaving only the sound of Li Xi's rapid breathing.

Chapter 34 Promise under the sunset

The next afternoon, Li Xi did not come to RiNG practice.

The others took turns calling, but the other party did not answer.

Su Shi stared at the screen of his mobile phone, thinking anxiously: What should I do... If Li Xi-chan doesn't come, the concert will definitely be a failure if it continues like this.

After sending the apology message, Aine put down her phone and sighed tiredly: "Ah... Why is everyone in the team so willful?"

Hearing this, Takamatsu Deng raised his head with a guilty look on his face, "I'm sorry, Aine-chan..."

Aine also realized that she had been being too blunt and immediately put on a smile, "I wasn't talking about Xiao Deng, you don't have to apologize, it's not your fault."

Takamatsu Deng's expression softened a lot, "Aine-chan... I want to go help Riki-chan. She must be feeling very sad right now."

"Then let's go find her together. I was the one who got angry first yesterday, so I must be responsible for it."

"Yeah!" Gao Songdeng nodded vigorously.

Then Aine looked to the side, "Do you want to come with Suyo-san?"

"Well...I'd better continue waiting here, in case Riki-chan comes and can't find anyone."

"That makes sense. Let's go, Xiao Deng." Aine said with high morale.

"Good luck, both of you." Su Shi smiled and waved.

...

After saying goodbye to their teammates, Chihaya Aine and Takamatsu Deng came to the gate of Hanasaki River and waited for 2 hours, 56 minutes and 31 seconds before they saw the real person come out.

Then there was a fierce chase, and Sheng Aiyin successfully captured the "escaped drummer", and the few of them reconciled with Yu Chu.

Great, needless to say.

Then they sat on the bench in the school courtyard and discussed things about the concert.

Aine said in a spoiled tone, "Rikki, without Lenai-chan, I really can't do it alone."

"I understand." Li Xi said helplessly, "But you've seen that wildcat personality. He comes and goes as he pleases, and doesn't obey any arrangements. As a member of a band, this is not acceptable."

Aiyin put her finger on her chin and thought, "Is there any way to make little Lena more obedient..."

Hearing this, Li Xi's eyes fixed, and she thought of someone...

But she really couldn't bring herself to ask for help from the other party.

Thinking of this, Li Xi sighed, "I'll go talk to Wildcat tomorrow. It's too late today, everyone go back and rest first."

"Ritsuki-chan, let's come and help tomorrow," Aine suggested.

"No, Aiyin, just focus on practicing your guitar and don't worry about anything else. We don't have much time left." Riki returned to his captain's state. "You too, Deng. I'll take care of the Wildcats."

Gao Songdeng nodded, "I will try my best..."

...

The next afternoon, at Hanasakigawa Girls' College.

As soon as school was over, Shiina Riki ran to the junior high school, wanting to catch a cat.

But this time she came back empty-handed. The other party was not even in the handicraft club, and the phone call was unreachable.

"Tsk...where on earth did this wild cat go?"

With such doubts, Li Xi came to RiNG and took a look around, but still couldn't find the other party.

As the time for practice was approaching, Li Xi became more and more anxious and restless. Anyone could see her current mood.

"Forget it, just think of it as the band's business and ask that man."

Li Xi took out her cell phone and turned to the contacts interface. In fact, she had already memorized Tian Nalin's number a long time ago, after all, he was a staff member of RiNG.

I dialed the number and after a moment of waiting, the familiar male voice sounded.

"Hey, who is this?"

"..." Li Xi opened his mouth, suddenly not knowing what to say.

"Hello? Can you hear me?"

"It's me." Li Xi responded with a stiff upper lip.

"Uh... who are you?" Because the voice was converted by electronic equipment, Tian Nalin was unable to recognize it at first.

Hearing the question, Li Xi was very embarrassed and his face immediately turned red.

"I'm Shiina Riki, and you're Mr. Tenna, right?"

"Eh?!" Tian Nalin's voice suddenly rose to a higher pitch. "It's Miss Shiina. Hello, what can I do for you?"

Li Xi quickly thought, "Well, the concert is going to be held in two days this week. I'm here to inform Mr. Tianna in advance. If you're free, don't forget to attend."

"I see. I see. Thank you, Ms. Shiina."

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