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"Probably...no. Because it would be too lonely."
Su Shi nodded: "I guessed so. It would be very difficult to achieve the idea of friends for life. What if Ai Yin finds a boyfriend abroad and doesn't want to come back?"
Ai Yin said with dissatisfaction, "Wait, why do you keep using me as an example?"
Su Shi smiled and said, "It was just a coincidence~"
Who believes it!
“I have no intention of finding a boyfriend,” Ai Yin said again.
"Huh? That's my girlfriend?" Li Xi took a half step back, remembering Ai Yin's previous enthusiasm.
"No, these things should be left to nature!"
Su Shi brought the conversation back to the main point: "In short, it's easy to be friends, but difficult to be friends for life. Without constraints, the little balls on the water's surface will only scatter with the current, drifting towards various forks in the river, possibly never to meet again."
"unless--"
She said softly, "Use a circle to enclose these small balls."
"Light, let's form a band."
Tuqiongdagger met.
After all that talk, it all comes down to forming a band! Ai Yin sighed inwardly.
Deng understood Su Shi's meaning: the band could bring them together, even though they had their own lives, they could come together because of the same goal: a performance, a ensemble.
There's no need to worry about becoming emotionally detached.
Unless the band breaks up.
"You just want to revive your Crychic, don't you? Stop using the lamp!" Lixi said unhappily.
"Doesn't Lixi also want Deng to join your band?" Su Shi whispered.
Li Xi was speechless for a moment.
She did want the lamp to come along too.
"Even if you rebuild Crychic, what good will it do?" Li Xi retorted, standing in front of Su Shi, their eyes locked.
"So you want me to be a traitor?"
"what?"
Su Shi's tone became agitated: "Do you want me to betray our previous agreement? We all agreed that we're all in this together—"
She clenched her fists.
"If even I've forgotten, then what about all the time before?"
Deng looked back and forth between them, and she finally understood that she was now the one being fought over. Su Shi wanted to use her to rebuild the old band, while Li Xi and Ai Yin hoped that she could join their band.
That's why the argument happened.
As expected, the band was not good at all. She pursed her lips and subconsciously took a step to leave.
But Aine grabbed her wrist.
"Everyone hasn't taken Tomorin home yet. If we can't even keep this small promise, then no matter how big or wonderful our wishes are, they're useless, right?" Aine said softly.
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"Alright, let's go. Let's get together again next time. Tomorin really enjoys watching TV together, right?"
"Uh-huh," Deng said, head down, looking bewildered.
“Then let’s get together again when we have time. Let’s not talk about anything too far in the future, but at least we can keep doing this throughout high school,” Ai Yin added.
The lamp looked up and asked, "Can we meet again?" Aine didn't seem to be lying, so she felt relieved.
"Hmm." The lamp nodded slightly.
Ai Yin spoke in a cheerful tone, turning to Su Shi.
"Soyorin is coming too?"
Su Shi gripped her arm, avoiding Ai Yin's gaze, and made no response.
"What's the answer?"
"....All right."
In any case, in order to persuade Deng, she had to have more contact with Deng.
Lixi let out a deep breath: "...Let's go."
Chapter 21's goal is to take down Su Shi.
"Thank you everyone, that's enough for now."
Aiyin looked up and saw that the apartment building in front of her was Deng's home.
She waved and said, "See you tomorrow! I want to visit Tomorin's house next time."
Deng nodded vigorously: "Yes, I also want Aine to come and play."
"And what about me?" Lixi asked.
"Lixi and Sushi are also very welcome."
Li Xi's expression softened a bit. Su Shi didn't speak, but just nodded absentmindedly in response.
"Also, thank you, Aiyin. You invited everyone to this study session so that our relationship could be eased, right?" Deng's voice was gentle, her eyes sparkling.
Aine was a little embarrassed: "I guess so!"
"Let's do it again next time," Deng said earnestly.
"I have no opinion."
"Me neither."
Therefore, everyone's eyes finally fell on Su Shi's face, waiting for her to speak.
Su Shi said softly, "Haven't I already answered that question?"
“Say it again,” Ai-yin said cheerfully.
The more cheerful her tone, the stronger Su Shi's displeasure became. She thought to herself that she and Aine probably didn't get along at all.
A dream is just a dream; she would never let Aine touch even a single hair on her head.
Su Shi had no choice but to repeat himself: "I didn't say no."
"Thank you," the lamp said again.
There's no need to thank me so many times.
Su Shi smiled wryly and said, "The lamp is too restrained."
Upon hearing this, Deng pondered for a moment and then responded with a faint smile.
"I will never forget the time we spent together today."
Then, after saying something that sounded like a closing line, Deng turned and walked towards her home. She watched Deng disappear through the doorway, and Su Shi turned to leave.
"I'm going back too."
"Wait a minute," Ai Yin called out to her.
"What happened again?"
Ai Yin hesitated for a moment, then said, "I understand your desire to reform the band—"
"lie."
"—It's true! Soyorin, were you dreaming?"
A dream? Su Shi turned her head: "What dream? This is such a sudden topic."
"A dream that includes me or us."
Li Xi thought to himself: So he just said it outright?
But she knew she wasn't good at expressing herself and was easily carried away; she had almost gotten into an argument with Su Shi just now. Opening her mouth might only make things worse, so she just leaned against the railing of the overpass and let Aine do as she pleased.
How did she know? Su Shi was surprised.
"...So what?"
"What if I told you that none of that was fake? That it really happened...?"
Su Shi understood what she meant.
"You mean the things in my dreams actually happened, but don't exist in this timeline?"
He actually understood! Li Xi was even more surprised.
Su Shi added, "Maybe Aine has been reading too much science fiction. Only science fiction novels have such settings."
I understood what she meant, but I didn't accept it. Of course, no one would believe it if they were in her shoes.
“I can prove it’s not true, because I dreamed about her before I met her,” Li Xi said.
"That's just one side of the story, isn't it?"
Ai Yin shook her head: "I have evidence—"
"So what?" Su Shi's tone lowered.
Even if we assume, hypothetically, that everything in the dream actually happened, so what? It has absolutely nothing to do with what I'm supposed to do, and besides... Su Shi recalled the contents of the dream:
It's not a Crychic song, nor is it by any member of Crychic.
She frowned and said, "Are you saying my goal of reforming Crychic is nonsense? Do I have to form a new band with you guys?"
That's not what I meant. I just wanted to say...
Ai Yin patted her chest and said earnestly, "I know you're feeling really bad right now, I understand!"
“How could you possibly understand?” Su Shi said in a low voice, clutching her arm.
Su Shi's words were like a needle, piercing Aine's heart.
She didn't want to be told that by Su Shi. The difficulty of reorganizing MyGO might not be any less than that of reorganizing Crychic. She had been running around for a promise and had worked hard until now.
Therefore, Aine can say frankly, "I will prove it."
"Prove what?"
"Prove that you can believe everything I say."
Su Shi's brows remained furrowed. She ignored Ai Yin and turned to leave.
Li Xi crossed his arms and sighed, "Is this a good idea? I thought you would find a more appropriate time to make things clear."
“That was the perfect moment. Soyorin must have been hitting roadblocks everywhere in her efforts to rebuild the band, and I can understand how she feels.”
"...No wonder you always say the same things as her."
There's no such thing as "always".
Ai leaned against the railing, pressing her wind-blown hair, lost in thought for a long while. Riki waited quietly beside her.
"It's decided!" Aine suddenly said.
"What decision was made?"
Ai Yin smiled and said, "I'm going to help Soyorin out!"
"Huh? Don't tell me you gave up on MyGO." Li Xi frowned. What she admired about Aine was that even after all these things, Aine was still able to take action for a promise.
If Aine gives up, she will definitely look down on Aine.
"How could that be? I have my own wishes too, and I can't listen to Soyorin."
"That's good." Li Xi's brows relaxed a little.
Ai Yin pushed up her air glasses: "Just leave it to me, I have a great idea!"
"What about the lights?" Lixi asked again.
"Securing Soyorin is the most important thing."
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