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Aine took a step forward and grabbed Riki's hands to prevent her from running away: "Riki always wants to bear everything alone. She always thinks that she has to face and solve problems by herself, but she always fails because of this."
This is true.
Lixi stopped talking and lowered his head.
“But unfortunately, Lixi, you can’t solve these problems on your own right now,” Su Shi said softly.
Of course I know about this.
“But Riki, you’re overthinking it,” Renai said again.
Thinking too much? How can you make progress if you don't think things through?
"Lixi..."
Deng took a deep breath, then said firmly, "...Please don't forget, we're all part of this band. We promised to be in this band for life! No matter what happens, we'll face it together."
“This is the melody we wrote. Lixi said you wanted a new song, that we... that the band could take a solid new step, but it didn’t go well at all. We’ve seen all of this.”
Lixi remained silent.
Ai held Riki's hands tightly, looked directly into her eyes, and said softly, "This isn't about pitying Riki, nor is it about thinking that what you did was wrong."
I know. Lixi thought to herself, they didn't deny her efforts and decisions.
"Then why do all this?"
“To tell you that you are not alone,” Su Shi said softly.
The lamp closed its eyes: "We were together before, discussing how to help Lixi, and then we got the answer—to turn the voice in our hearts into a melody."
“Aine, Suze, Rana, Riki, and I... Everyone has different experiences, different appearances, and different personalities, beliefs, likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses.”
"But that's precisely why everyone has their own unique color and voice."
"We want to give these voices that belong to us to Lixi!"
"Lixi's music is not lonely, Lixi is not lonely! Su Shi is, Aine is, Rakuna is, and so am I!"
Deng desperately tried to voice her inner thoughts. The words she couldn't properly convey to Lixi last time, she had to tell her now, and also to everyone else, including herself!
"When a person is in great pain, no matter how much they cover their eyes and ears, they can still feel their heart shrinking and trembling slightly."
Ai-yin remained silent.
"No matter how much you want something, there will always be things you can't hold onto, and places you can't go back to."
Su Shi looked away, and Le Nai nodded slightly.
"Pushing the stone up the mountain repeatedly only leads to failure. Countless gazes fall upon you, stinging your skin. No matter what you do, you can't fulfill this wish—so let's get rid of it all!"
Get rid of everything?
"How do we get rid of it?" Li Xi couldn't help but ask.
Even the sky is a color confined to this world.
The light pointed upwards.
"To space!"
"Universe!?" Aine exclaimed in surprise.
Su Shi exclaimed in surprise, "This is really...far away."
"Oh~" Lena said with interest.
"Since no matter what we do, we will eventually face failure after failure, and the stone will roll down again and again, let's set our destination in the endless future and the end."
"Transcending the sky, defying gravity—"
Deng took a notebook out of his bag, placed it on the table, and opened it.
"Rolling Star Stone," it says.
These are new lyrics.
"Let's use our hands to push this stone into the universe!"
Of course, this will definitely be painful, and things in the world will certainly not all go as they wish.
Even if it's painful, we must move forward together; no one can be left behind.
If they knead all their pain into a ball and push it along, one day they will reach the world they have always dreamed of.
It sounds like a fairy tale, so dreamy it doesn't seem real at all.
Looking at everyone in front of her, Lixi had a slightly unrealistic thought in her heart—maybe they really could do it.
"...I hope I can do it." Li Xi said softly.
Ai-yin smiled broadly: "I can definitely do it! Come on, everyone, hands up!"
Aine placed her hand on the back of Riki's hand.
Su Shi sighed and placed it on top of Aine, then on Rakuna, and finally on the lamp.
"one two Three!"
"Target: The universe!"
As for how to get there, we'll just have to take it one step at a time.
But actually, the universe isn't the most important thing. The most important things are always hands clasped together, friends' smiles, and the determination to start over and keep going no matter how many times you fail.
"rikki!"
"what?"
Ai Yin's smile remained unchanged: "Let's put on a live show!"
Chapter 87 Walking the Path
Lixi sat in front of the computer, repeatedly playing snippets of melody created by others.
To be honest, 80% of these clips are unusable.
Apart from Lena, most of the other people's works were not very good, but Lixi knew very well and could feel that these melodies were all written with great effort and painstaking thought.
These fragments did indeed give her a lot of inspiration.
Whether it's Aine, Sose, Akari, or Rakuna, the world they see is different.
But it is precisely because of this that Lixi is able to see scenery through their eyes that she had never noticed before.
"Beyond the sky, defying gravity, let's push the stone into the universe with our own hands"—Lixi recalled the words the lamp had said and couldn't help but look up at the ceiling.
I wish I could do that.
...or rather, the desire to achieve it.
"Lixi, try again. Even if you take the wrong path, keep moving forward," Aine once told her.
I don't want to go down the wrong path, I don't want to fail again, and I don't want to hurt anyone again.
Even so, we should keep moving forward.
"Only by moving forward can we surpass ourselves, become stronger, and see further and higher—so that we can better hold other people's hands and heal their wounds."
Only in this way can we transcend the sky and gravity, and go to a higher and farther world.
Even now, Lixi still feels depressed and in pain, and she can't say she likes herself. But if she continues like this, she will only repeat the same mistakes.
We must move forward despite the pain.
Then, just like I said before, one day I will be able to breathe freely without the aid of anything.
The real universe is a vacuum environment where you can't breathe, but the universe they're going to isn't that silent world either, but a world full of stars and galaxies, a world where sound can travel to every place.
Lixi thought for a moment and put on her headphones.
I am not alone, she thought.
"This is the new piece of music, listen to it." Li Xi was a little nervous.
Press the play button, and the sound will fill the entire room.
It was difficult to incorporate the personalities of all the band members, but even so, she managed to create it successfully.
Ai Yin's eyes sparkled: "Oh! Isn't this beautiful!"
"It has a kind of... cosmic sound feel to it." The lamp nodded repeatedly.
“Great,” Su Shi said softly.
"Where's Live?" Lena asked, turning her head.
The new song is finished, so when will her favorite live performance be held?
Li Xi said helplessly, "We haven't practiced yet, have we? But we've almost finished practicing the other two songs. Now we just need to focus on the new song."
"Yes! Riki really can do what she wants, right? She's just as good as Shoko!" Aine said with a smile.
"...I do feel like I underestimated Lixi," Su Shi said frankly.
Lixi thought that it might still be different. If it were Xiangzi, she would be able to compose the music more easily, instead of walking and stopping like this, her legs covered in wounds from the thorns before she barely reached the finish line.
However, this is a song that belongs to them.
No one can reproduce it.
"...That guy is amazing. I think he could easily handle many different styles, but—"
Facing everyone's gaze, Li Xi gently exhaled.
"--That has nothing to do with us."
Crychic is a thing of the past. No matter how good Xiangzi's composing skills are, he's not the kind of person who will stay with them.
No matter how capable my sister is, she won't look up at the sky like they do.
"I want to become a better version of myself, just like Aine said, and I want to go beyond the sky and into the universe with everyone, just like Toki said."
Li Xi lowered his head and said softly, "I really like this band, so... everyone should do their best."
She will continue to work hard.
Su Shi smiled slightly: "Finally, you've become a little more frank, Li Xi."
"Huh? You have the nerve to say that to me?"
It's not a big deal that Aine said that; the least honest one is clearly Suze.
"Of course, when it comes to embarrassing yourself, I'm your senior," Su Shi said with a smile.
"...I don't want this kind of senior. Don't treat embarrassing moments as something glorious."
But she understood that Su Shi was just trying to lighten the mood. Su Shi, like Aine, enjoyed doing this.
Aine said with satisfaction, "Riki is really cute, don't you all think so?"
"Huh? Huh!? Huh??? Why are you suddenly saying such strange things?" Li Xi's face turned red, and her tone was full of displeasure.
"I think so." The lamp nodded with a smile.
“The stray cats have become friendly,” Lena said succinctly.
"You're the one who's like a stray cat!"
Honestly, this is what happens when you speak the truth. I should have just kept it to myself.
Lixi sighed deeply, but she didn't want others to overreact.
So this might be the best way.
The lamp said softly, "We are all so small, just specks of dust, yet we are going to the universe... Even so, I feel very content and happy."
"After all, we share the same goal, even if it seems unattainable," Su Shi sighed.
“I actually have a question,” Aine suddenly said.
Su Shi asked, puzzled, "What question?"
“MyGO means lost child, a child who has lost their way. Even if we are confused, we must move forward together. But once we have a goal, are we still lost children?” Aine stroked her chin, lost in thought.
"Thinking about these philosophical questions doesn't seem like Aine at all," Su Shi said with a smile.
"You're so annoying."
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