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Li Xi seemed to get angry at this point, but she continued, "I almost got into a fight with her, but Su Shi stopped us. She asked the guitarist for his opinion, but he said he had never enjoyed playing in a band."
"And then it's all over. Isn't that unreasonable? If you have a problem with the lamp, you should have brought it up sooner. If you had brought it up sooner, the lamp could have been fixed. What's the point of keeping it to yourself?"
As they talked, Lixi started to complain.
While listening to her complaints and casually agreeing with her, Aine was thinking.
...Her personality has changed so much before and after, hasn't it?
The naive young lady suddenly transforms into a villainous heiress?
"So what do you think?" Lixi asked again.
"Something seems a bit off."
Li Xi said sullenly, "It's possible that their true colors have been revealed."
Of course, that's a possibility, but Aine prefers to believe her own opinion—that Shoko might have said that on purpose. But only the parties involved truly know the truth.
"Thank you for telling me this."
"...It's nothing, it's already very late, go to sleep."
It's already 1 a.m.
I have to go to school tomorrow. If I stay up too late, I won't have the energy to study, and I won't be able to handle the situation between Xiangzi and Sushi properly.
"OK, good night!"
"Good night."
Ai Yin thought Li Xi would hang up immediately after saying goodnight, but to her surprise, she waited for a second or two and only got Li Xi's silence, and could faintly hear her breathing.
It couldn't be that he forgot to hang up.
"Rikka?" Aine tried calling out.
"And one more thing."
"what?"
Lixi hesitated for a moment before saying, "That guy is very capable."
"Xiangzi?"
"Hmm. If you've heard the Crychic version of 'Haruhi Kage,' then you should understand..."
But I've never heard of it before, and why shouldn't I hear it? Ai-yin thought to herself, and turned over.
"Maybe so, but I prefer the pieces that Riki composed, even though they are really tiring and difficult to play."
"Is that so?" Li Xi's voice softened considerably.
"Next time you compose, could you—"
Li Xi immediately rejected the idea: "No."
"I haven't said anything yet!"
"I always feel like you're going to say you're going to lighten your part of the burden, but I won't agree to that. Instead of lightening your burden, it's better to raise it to a level where you can bear it."
“Running away from burdens will only make you weaker,” Li Xi said coldly.
Well, I knew she would say that.
But now Aine finds playing the guitar quite interesting, and she can accept anything as long as it's not too excessive.
Lixi let out a soft breath, and heard her breathing in her ear.
"...I'm done talking, goodnight."
"Okay, sleep well." Ai Yin said cheerfully.
"I don't need you to remind me. Also, thank you for saying that."
Li Xi stammered, "Although I don't remember everything, looking at the songs you sent me, I can more or less sense that you must have enjoyed creating these things."
"It's very difficult, though, because I'm not a professional in this field. I feel powerless."
Ai Yin thought that Li Xi was already very impressive to have learned to this level on his own.
She chuckled, "Riki will definitely become even more amazing."
"can you?"
“Have faith in yourself.”
"Yes, that's true. Go to sleep."
Li Xi said goodbye with peace of mind and then hung up the phone.
She put down her phone. Actually, she wanted to ask some other questions, such as the vague feeling that flashed through her mind, which seemed to be related to the headphones, or perhaps something from the first timeline.
But Aine has important things to do afterward, so this issue isn't urgent.
And it would be best if you could recall it yourself.
Li Xi glanced at the time and thought for a moment.
"I'm going to sleep in half an hour..." she muttered, and started moving the mouse.
The next day, at Hanasakigawa Academy.
Hai Ling looked at Li Xi's dark circles and nodded: "Good morning, Miss Panda."
Lixi didn't say anything, she just glared at her.
Chapter 29 Children, Don't Destroy Mujica's Worldview
Good morning, Aiyin!
Good morning everyone!
"The results seem to be coming out today."
Aine nodded with interest: "That's something to look forward to."
"So that means Aiyin did very well on the test?"
That's my feeling.
"She must have done very well on the test. I really wish I could have half of Ai-yin's brainpower."
Ai Yin smiled and said, "Then give me half of your piano playing skills!"
"That won't do, haha~"
Deng took in this scene and was deeply impressed. Unlike her, Ai Yin always managed to get along well with people, neither getting too close nor making them feel distant.
If I had better social skills, wouldn't all sorts of problems be avoided?
"Good morning, Tomorin!"
Deng snapped out of her reverie, smiled gently, and nodded: "Yes, good morning... Um, do you have time after school?"
"today?"
"Ah."
"Is something wrong?"
Deng blushed slightly: "Uh, no, I just wanted to go for a walk with Aine."
It seems to be just a simple invitation.
Ai Yin really wanted to accept it, but she had already made her plans for today. Changing her mind at the last minute wasn't out of the question, but Su Shi was still waiting for her to take action.
"I'm sorry, I have something to do today, maybe next time?" Aine apologized, clasping her hands together.
Something?
Is it... about being with Li Xi?
They're in the same band, so it's normal for them to talk about band stuff. It's a place I can't reach; it's so close, yet feels so far away.
Is this the difference between having a band and not having one? Deng lowered his head and wondered.
"N-nothing..." she said, but her expression betrayed her loneliness.
Again.
Ai Yin sighed inwardly; she didn't like this atmosphere. After thinking for a while, she picked up a pen, wrote something on a piece of paper, tore it up, and handed it to the lamp.
"What is this?" Deng asked in surprise.
"With this scroll, you can ask me to do one thing! —Aion," it was written on the paper.
Aine laughed and said, "With this, Tomorin can ask me to do anything."
"...Anything is fine?"
"Ah."
The lamp held the paper, its expression softening: "Okay, let me think about it."
That should be enough to appease her, right? Making Akari happy isn't difficult, but Aine also thought that Akari's world was probably not very big, only big enough to hold a small number of close friends and family.
That's probably why she has such a delicate heart.
But I don't really want to expand my own world. Aine took out her textbook and thought casually.
Because that would be very tiring.
Finding a place that suits you and letting your heart settle down—this is what most people do, and she is no exception.
And that place is called MyGO.
Ai-yin's gaze fell on Deng's back. Deng was staring intently at the "Ai-yin Roll" in her hand. The preparatory bell had already rung, and Ai-yin was a little worried that the teacher might confiscate it.
No, what we should be more worried about is that the lamp might be collected.
...very likely.
Aine caught a glimpse of the smile that appeared on the lamp, which further convinced her of this.
Shortly after the preparatory bell rang, the teacher arrived at the classroom as the class bell rang.
"Ahem, the last quiz has been graded. Special praise is due to Chihaya, who achieved near-perfect marks and came in first in the class for the Japanese language exam. I hope everyone will take this as a lesson..."
She almost got a perfect score on the Chinese exam!? The whole class immediately turned to look at Ai-yin.
It's easy to guess that the essay will likely be the one where points are deducted.
It's extremely difficult to get a perfect score on an essay; teachers will always find points to deduct. That means, aside from the essay itself, everything else is correct.
As expected, transfer students are no ordinary people.
"Aine...you're amazing." Deng said with genuine admiration.
Aine, on the surface, maintained a smile, but in reality, she clenched her fists.
Great! As expected, everyone's looking over here. As expected of Aine, I thought to myself with a light heart: I'll get first place in the grade next time!
It will definitely be even more popular then, hehehe
No, I can't laugh out loud; I need to be reserved.
But after class, Ai-yin still quickly sent messages to the two of them.
[Aiyin: rikki, you almost got a perfect score on your Chinese exam!]
[Lixi: But I can only give your guitar skills a score of 25 out of 100]
[Aiyin: What's wrong with praising me?]
[Li Xi: No exaggeration]
The other one is naturally Su Shi.
[Aiyin: soyorin, you almost got full marks on your Chinese exam?]
[Su Shi: That's amazing!]
[Aiyin: Praise me more, that's fine too!]
Su Shi didn't reply; only a "read" status appeared next to the latest message. There was still no reply until the bell rang for the next class. Ai Yin couldn't help but pout.
[Aiyin: I suddenly feel like I've lost the motivation to go see Xiangzi.]
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