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Ruo Ye Mu sighed softly. Of course, she knew this wouldn't be an easy task. She had known Xiangzi for a long time and understood what kind of person he was.
She has an extremely strong sense of self-respect. This would be fine when things are going well for her, but now, most people who are kind to her are probably seen as doing her a favor.
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Even her own childhood sweetheart... wouldn't be an exception. If it were her former self, all she could probably do was wallow in her depravity.
She could only sink into the abyss with her... and all she could do was try to slow her descent a little. That was all.
However... no matter what, Wakaba Mutsu will definitely hold onto Toyokawa Shoko, that will never change.
That's why she was curious about Momoi Taro himself, since he was able to get close to Shoko and help her get better.
That's why she believed that Momoi Taro could solve Shoko's problems.
But… she shook her head. She had changed; Momoi Taro had changed her, and she wanted a better solution. She would no longer be content with simply sinking into depravity with Shoko.
"Speaking of which, why is Xiaomu so persistent about Xiangzi's situation?"
Metis sat backstage at the dimly lit stage of her inner time, looking up at the enormous Wakaba Muku above her head, and asked in confusion.
Wakaba Mutsu smiled slightly, and in her heart, she gently pressed the central chandelier, illuminating the entire stage and brightening the room.
【Mortis, don't you have my memories?】
"That's true." Motis crossed her legs and slumped onto the sofa. "But I still don't understand, is it just because of that one sentence?"
The enormous Wakaba Mutsu shook his head in his inner world and said in a low voice, "Not only that... the first person to abide by this agreement was Shoko."
The giant Mutsuka (hereinafter referred to as Mutsuka) snapped her fingers, and the projector beside Metis started working, projecting a light screen onto the stage in front of her.
The screen shows young Mutsu and Shoko. Shoko is pulling Mutsu into the woods, and she is holding a rhinoceros beetle in her hand, which she is handing to Mutsu: "Mutsu, this is a rhinoceros beetle. Here, have a happy one."
At that moment, Wakaba Mutsu smiled and accepted the rhinoceros beetle that Shoko handed to her: "Thank you, Shoko. I will cherish it."
The screen went black for a moment, then lit up again, showing two young children gazing at the stars from a balcony:
"Look! Mutsu! It's a shooting star! A shooting star! It's the Draco meteor shower! I heard that if you make a wish upon it, your wish will come true. I hope Mutsu will be happy."
"Thank you, Xiangzi. I'll be happy," said Wakaba Mutsu, still wearing a smile.
Xiao Mu explained, "Back then, we...we didn't have a true sense of self. Those smiles were just acting. It was only the child Xiang who keenly sensed that we weren't truly happy."
She paused slightly and said in a low voice, "After all, it's just an empty shell, so what's there to be happy or unhappy about? But Xiangzi was really hardworking back then. She told us everything she found interesting."
"Even though it was all in vain... even though he failed hundreds and thousands of times, Xiang still persisted... wanting us to be happy."
Listening to Xiao Mu's story, Motis fell silent. The same thing can be seen differently by different people.
Similarly, Metath, who also possessed Wakaba Mutsu's memories, naturally saw those memories as well, but... Metath only felt that Shoko was annoying back then, and did not expect that Mutsu thought that way.
"And most importantly, the guitar... was introduced to us by Xiang." Xiao Mu said in a low voice, as the stage lights flickered and changed again.
Young Xiangzi carried a pink 7-string guitar with a cute bow tied to it: "Look, look! Mu! This is called a guitar, isn't it cute? This is for you, be happy!"
"And it makes a nice sound, Mutsu, give it a try." With that, she hung the guitar on young Wakaba Mutsu's shoulders. Wakaba Mutsu tentatively plucked the strings with her fingers—
From that time on, a being named Wakaba Mutsumi was born.
Metis fell silent, and in that silence, the school bell rang, signaling the end of get out of class. Ruoye Mutsu's consciousness also refocused on the real world.
As soon as get out of class ended, Su Shi came up to her with a smile and approached Ruo Ye Mu, asking in a soft and gentle voice, "Xiao Mu, you seemed to be thinking about other things all day in class. What's wrong?"
Upon hearing Su Shi's words of concern, a hint of suspicion flashed in Ruo Ye Mu's eyes. The Su Shi of the past... refers to the Su Shi after the repairs were made.
She does care about herself, that's true, but she doesn't pay that much attention to herself.
To give an example, if it were a normal Su Shi, she would probably say something like, "Xiao Mu, you seemed to be daydreaming in class just now." She only focuses on herself for a moment, not for an entire day.
As Wakaba Mutsu fell into deep thought, Metath took over her body, mimicking the usual Wakaba Mutsu and calmly replying, "Hmm, a little."
Speaking of which... the time when Suze's attitude changed... was after she heard from me that she was Momoi Taro's sister!
Ruoye Mu's extraordinary wisdom spun wildly, and finally, she came to a conclusion—Does Su Shi like Momoi Taro?
When Motis sensed Ruoye Mutsu's thoughts, she almost spat out her drink. She tried her best to keep her expression from breaking down with her strong will.
But this was already her limit... She was about to lose control and break down in the next second, so she quickly shrank back into Ruoye Mu's body and pushed Ruoye Mu up to take the lead.
Ruoye Mu scrutinized Su Shi from head to toe, then fell into deep thought. For some reason, Su Shi felt a little nervous under Ruoye Mu's scrutinizing gaze.
She fidgeted with her fingers nervously, wondering what Ruoye Mu meant by looking at her like that.
"Su Shi, do you like Brother?" Ruo Ye Mu blurted out a question out of the blue, startling Su Shi so much that she almost lost her soul. Her loss of composure and defenses made Ruo Ye Mu know the answer.
Fortunately, it was already after school; some members had already gone to the activity room, and others had gone home. No one heard Wakaba Mutsu call out "Brother-sama," and no one saw Suze break down in tears.
"Why would Xiaomu ask that?" Su Shi squinted, looking at the other person as if trying to glean some information from Ruoye Mu's eyes.
What Momo had learned from Taro was to speak her mind, so she didn't hesitate to ask what she wanted to ask: "Suze, do you like it? Or don't you like it?"
Seeing that Ruoye Mu was relentlessly pressing for answers, Su Shi couldn't help but play with her hair, her face slightly flushed. After a long while, she nodded and admitted, "Well... I guess it's... something I like."
Su Shi…is going to marry my brother? It doesn’t seem so bad, does it? She thought about it for a moment, then decided it wasn’t her place to worry about it. So she nodded, indicating she understood, and then answered the question Su Shi had asked earlier:
"I'm thinking about Xiangzi," Ruoye Mu said softly. "How can we get Xiangzi out of this mess?"
"How did it go?" Su Shi's attention was immediately diverted when she heard about Xiangzi's situation, and she asked somewhat anxiously.
Then she noticed the somewhat troubled expression on Wakaba Mutsu's face, and immediately lowered her head, whispering words of comfort:
"I see... It's going to be very difficult right now, but there's nothing we can do about it. Xiao Mu, don't worry too much about it. This is something for all of us."
However, Ruo Ye Mu's expression didn't change much. But at this moment, the Metis within her suddenly jumped out and gave Ruo Ye Mu some advice.
"Xiao Mu! How about writing a song for Xiangzi? Right now, only a song can move her."
Upon hearing Mortis's words, Ruo Yemu's heart skipped a beat, then sank again. She shook her head slightly and said...
"No, my composition is not as good as Xiang's, and my music can't possibly move Xiang."
Seeing Ruoye Mutsu talking to herself, Su Shi looked at her with some doubt, then immediately remembered what Ruoye Mutsu had said before, tried to calm herself down, and asked, "Was it that child named Ruoye Mutsu's suggestion?"
"Mmm." Little Cucumber nodded silently.
"If composing isn't an option, how about writing lyrics?" Su Shi pondered for a moment and guessed what Motis had said, so she tried to offer Ruo Ye Mu a suggestion:
"Xiangzi hasn't tried writing lyrics yet, has he? Xiao Mu, why don't you give it a try? Maybe it'll be a breakthrough."
Ruo Ye Mu lowered his head and pondered... Writing lyrics? Perhaps it was a good idea, but... he didn't know how.
Suddenly, Ruoye Mu raised her head and said to Su Shi, "Su Shi, move."
The sudden words startled Su Shi again. She asked in confusion, "Move...? Where are you going?"
“Go find the lamp,” Wakaba Mutsu replied without hesitation.
Su Shi was taken aback again. She tried hard to understand the logic in Ruo Ye Mu's words, and after a long while, she said, "What does Mu mean...? Do you want to ask Deng about the secrets of writing lyrics?"
Ruo Ye Mu nodded slightly, confirming Su Shi's words.
Su Shi wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, secretly relieved. Communicating with Mutsu was really difficult... Fortunately, Mr. Momoi wasn't as difficult to communicate with as Mutsu.
However, if I were to marry Mr. Momoi later... I wouldn't be able to avoid communicating with Mutsu, hehehe... It seems like it wouldn't be bad to get used to it now.
Seeing Su Shi lost in her own fantasy world, Ruo Ye Mu couldn't help but tilt her head. What was this woman doing?
Ruoye Mu shook her head and left the room directly.
Startled awake by the noise of Ruoye Mu leaving, Su Shi quickly chased after her, calling out, "Wait for me, Mu!"
At this moment... in the Haneoka Concert Band classroom, a girl with blue twin tails sat at the piano, playing elegantly, just like a young lady.
On the shelf, there was a laminated sheet of music, which appeared to be a photocopy.
The sound of the piano playing was so sorrowful, regretful, and tender. There was also a hint of admonition, and the meaning of starting anew in the second chorus…
And the melody gradually becomes more powerful... It doesn't seem to be very difficult to arrange; perhaps the senior artist has already arranged it.
However, my senior said that this was all he wanted to convey to me... but what exactly did he mean...?
Xiangzi stared blankly at the sheet music, then carefully picked it up and put it into his schoolbag.
She was reluctant to let anything given to her by a senior, even a photocopy, be damaged.
As for the original—? Xiangzi had already laminated it, framed it, and hung it on the wall of his room.
"Hmm... The next thing to do is to find a way to ease tensions... and also..." Xiangzi picked up his phone and wrote in his notes: "And also, I need to write lyrics for my senior's song!"
Speaking of Mu, she couldn't help but sigh again. Although she wanted to mend things, she had said and done so many hurtful things; how could she possibly make amends...?
She rubbed her throbbing temples, but Toyokawa Shoko did not regret what she had done. She firmly believed that she was doing the right thing... but repairing this relationship was indeed a bit difficult.
But, I'll have to get along with my seniors in the future... I can't let things get so strained with their families, can I? Oh well, I'll think about that later. Then there's writing lyrics...
"This is my first time writing lyrics, I don't know if I can do it well, it's so exciting!" Xiao Xiang squinted her eyes excitedly, but then a ringing bell dispelled her excitement.
It was her own phone ringing. She glanced at the notification... Thankfully, it wasn't the police station, it was Chu Hua. That meant there must be some progress on the band's matter.
So she happily left the classroom, went to a corner, and answered the phone: "Moshi Moshi, Chuhua? Is there any news about the band members?"
Soon, Xiangzi's face turned very disappointed... She forced a smile and said to Chuhua, "Oh, it's okay. We're not in a hurry. Chuhua, take your time."
After saying that, she hung up the phone and prepared to leave Yuqiu dejectedly... However, a huge commotion seemed to have broken out at the school gate of Yuqiu.
It was Ruoye Mutsu and Su Shi standing at the entrance, attracting a crowd of onlookers. It was already rare to see young ladies from Tsukinomori, but to have two of them at once was truly remarkable.
Only Xiangzi looked anxiously outside. She didn't want them to notice; she was in a bad mood and didn't want to talk to them...
Just as Xiangzi was getting anxious, the girl with long pink hair rushed towards the school gate, naturally attracting the attention of almost everyone.