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

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"Yes, Mr. Yanming..."

The young man and the pink-haired girl both lowered their heads, troubled by the same thing.

This is Qing...

This is fucking rubbish youth.

"To be honest, to be honest..." Yanming took a deep breath.

Even someone with a fairly good temper like him couldn't help but feel a little annoyed by the constant emphasis and correction.

"Yes...please speak." Ai Yin knew that she had made a mistake in this round, so she lowered her head even further.

Is she really an idiot?

Chapter 151 Mujica's Progress

Yanming sighed, but still spoke truthfully: "Aiyin, your learning progress is slower than I expected."

In half a day, Ai Yin's progress was quite impressive. Even though Yan Ming tried his best, he could only help her become familiar with a few of the simplest chords. She was still far from being able to keep up with the band's progress.

"Sure..."

"It's not entirely your fault. Perhaps there's something wrong with my teaching method. Let's try a different approach next time." Yanming changed his mood and then comforted the somewhat discouraged girl, "Aine, you should keep trying!"

Yanming sighed inwardly.

Sure enough, unless the child's inner conflict is resolved, she will never be able to truly calm down and practice the guitar.

In half a day, Ai Yin Guang had been woken up by Yan Ming from her reverie almost a dozen times.

Yanming summarized his evaluation of Aiyin and said, "Your fingers are very nimble and your comprehension is not bad. If you can concentrate a little more, your progress will be much faster."

"I understand..." Ai Yin nodded, feeling a little dizzy from having been bombarded with so many techniques.

"That's all for today." Yanming took off his guitar and put it back in his bag. "I have to take Le Nai back now. See you later."

Ai-yin was clearly distracted and responded listlessly, "Ah...see you later."

Yanming, carrying a bag, found the two people playing the "Statues" game.

"Lena, it's time to go back."

"Pfft!" Lena, who had been holding back for so long, suddenly broke down. "I lost again."

Mu, sitting opposite her, stretched her body and said casually, "Yeah, it's 12-0."

Such a simple game

It seemed like it was no challenge for her at all.

You win simply by sitting and spacing out as usual.

Lenai stood up defiantly: "Next time, let's have a guitar competition."

Mutsu, the victor, also stood up: "Okay, but my guitar won't lose."

Although she had seen Lena's band perform live a few times, Cucumber Knight was very confident in her guitar skills.

"Alright." Yanming stood in the middle, separating the two. "Let's talk about it next time. The sun is about to set."

Time to go home and cook.

"Yeah."*2

……

The locomotive was traveling towards the setting sun.

This time, however, the person in the back seat was changed from Xiangzi to Le Nai.

"Are you having dinner at my place again tonight?"

Lena's eyes lit up: "I want to eat it."

Compared to her grandmother, Yanming's cooking skills are better.

She also prepares her own after-meal snacks.

"Then I'll call Professor Tsuzuki later." Yanming nodded, then mentally considered his next steps.

Regarding Aine's practice... he needs to carefully plan a strategy.

Besides that, we need to think of another way to get rid of Ai Yin's troubles...

……

"Yanming~" Having stayed home all day, Xiaoxiang, the "dried fish girl," couldn't wait to run from the living room to the door upon hearing the sound of a motorcycle and jumped into Yanming's arms as he was changing his shoes. "Hiss—hiss—"

What are you doing?

"Smell it!" Xiangzi replied confidently, raising his head. Only then did he notice the figure beside Yanming. "Ah... Xiao Le Nai, what brings you here too..."

So...wasn't everything I just did seen?

Steam rose from Xiangzi's head as he hurriedly distanced himself from Yanming: "Xiao Le Nai, this... this is just... our way of greeting each other... it's not what you think..."

"Aren't you going to kiss?"

Lena said it casually.

Then, Yanming glanced at Xiangzi, who was lying on the ground writhing and screaming like a maggot, and said to Le Nai, "You seem to have upset her."

"Oh."

……

At the dinner table, Xiangzi kept putting food on Le Nai's plate, but he seemed a little absent-minded, as if he was still thinking about what had just happened, which left Le Nai speechless.

Which of the two is the child?

Yanming couldn't stand it anymore: "Xiaoxiang, don't take it too seriously. Le Nai is still young and doesn't understand. She was just joking."

Xiangzi exploded: "I didn't care!"

"Okay, okay... but I haven't said what it is yet," Yanming said helplessly.

This person is already quite grown up, yet they can't stand being told what to do by a child.

"Gurgle..." Unable to speak, Xiangzi could only vent his frustration with rice.

After so many days of feeding, Xiangzi's weight seems to have increased, but since he already has a round face, there is no obvious change in his appearance.

Yanming placed a piece of braised pork on her plate and casually asked, "How's your business going?"

He was referring, of course, to the things that Xiangzi and Miaomeng had done behind his back.

Although he didn't quite understand why he wasn't told, since it was Xiangzi's own decision, Yanming wouldn't say much. At most, he would ask about the progress and see if Xiangzi needed any help.

Although he already had some guesses about what the two had done...

"Huh? Cough cough..." Xiangzi wiped the rice grains from the corner of his mouth with a tissue, and said somewhat flusteredly, "Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

"Because you said it was important to you, right?"

For Xiangzi, Ave Mujica was the key to her turning her life around; it was more than just "important."

After successfully taking down the mercenary, the team still had one lead guitarist, one rhythm guitarist, and one vocalist left.

According to her plan, her childhood friend, Mitsumi Hatsuka, should join as the lead singer and play one of the guitars.

Xiangzi plans to try to bypass Chu Hua's current agency and discuss the matter directly with her soon... They used to be such good friends, and she hopes that even after so long without contact, Chu Hua still cherishes the memory of being her friend.

And the final guitar position

Xiangzi was intended to be left to Yanming.

In terms of both strength and trustworthiness, the other party is the absolute first choice.

However… Yanming is currently extremely busy with Xiaodeng’s band, so it’s not the right time for him to speak up.

No rush, let's get in touch with Chu Hua first, and deal with Yan Ming last.

The latest you can wait is after the midterm exam.

“Our progress is getting better and better,” Xiangzi replied.

We've already collected 3/5 of the people, isn't that a sign of things thriving?

When the Galactic Fleet assembles, won't the rice be exploding after just one performance?

After four or five live performances to generate buzz, and then using that opportunity to debut, her reinstatement will be just around the corner.

Then, she wouldn't be tied down by these trivial matters anymore... and she could do things she truly wanted to do.

Make up for the disappointment of Crychic

Or to have an ordinary relationship with someone you like.

as well as……

To find the lost self, the self that longs to become human.

Chapter 152 Visiting Lixi

"I can handle this myself, Yanming, don't worry about it." Xiangzi said with a confident expression.

It's as if she's really very confident.

Yanming easily noticed the slight wavering and worry in Xiangzi's eyes.

If things really went as smoothly as she said, without any difficulties, how could she possibly behave this way?

To deceive yourself, you need more practice.

Let's pretend we don't know for now and let them roam freely for a while longer to observe them.

Lena lifted her head from the bowl: "Xiang."

After learning Xiangzi's real name, she began to call him "Saki," a simplified form of He Mu.

However, this is only because Lena was too lazy to say the whole thing.

"What's wrong, little Lena?"

Because Lena often visited their home, the two of them gradually became very close.

Xiangzi was originally a cheerful and quick-witted person. Although he couldn't understand Le Nai's thoughts immediately, he could guess most of them after thinking about it.

Therefore, Le Nai had a very good impression of Xiangzi, and her impression of him gradually changed from "a strange keyboardist who likes to wear lace underwear" to "a keyboardist who likes to wear lace underwear".

Xiangzi also had a very good impression of Le Nai, not only because Le Nai played the guitar well, but also because he envied the carefree and free spirit that Le Nai possessed, which he himself did not have.

Everyone else in Dysis treated Renai like a child who needed protection, but Xiangzi was the only one who didn't see it that way.

While Lena is indeed young now, Xiangzi believes that even when this child reaches middle age or even old age, some things about her will not change.

Rather than being swallowed up by her environment, Lenai tends to wander on the fringes of society, seeking a secluded corner. She possesses a potential that transcends worldly concerns, like a wise white cat, observing the world with indifferent gaze through her bright eyes.

Xiangzi both admired and loved this special child.

Lena swallowed the fried fish roll in her mouth: "Today, I made some new friends."

"Really? Isn't that great?" Xiangzi smiled and picked up a piece of meat for her.

"You even treated me to a parfait."

"Hmm, not bad." Xiangzi unconsciously imitated the tone of his mother in his mind, gently echoing Lena's words at the dinner table.

With Yanming silently watching this scene from the side, it felt like a family of three.

But from the perspective of proper job allocation...

These two would be more suited to the roles of an older sister with a somewhat chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur) and a younger sister.

As for Yanming

He is both a father and a mother.

but

A home is a home not because its seamless roof can keep out torrential rain, nor because its sturdy walls can withstand strong winds.

A house becomes a home simply by people coming together.