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A monthly pass and a razor blade for Nagasaki Temari
A monthly ticket from Huang Sa's Wound
Two monthly passes for Long March 4B and Y-40 transport aircraft
The hardest parts to write were Riki, Aine, and the child.
I always get stuck when writing their storylines.
The Reason for Continuing in Chapter 94
"Ugh, I'm so tired..."
Completely unconcerned about her image, the pink-haired girl, along with her pale blue guitar, collapsed onto the soft bed.
Night had fallen, but the girl's room was brightly lit.
Her fingers, red from pressing the strings for so long, were deeply etched with marks. The guitar, her constant companion, mercilessly left deep marks on the girl's delicate fingers.
This pain is never absent during practice.
When was the last time you put this much effort into something?
Miss Aine can't quite remember.
Perhaps, it never has?
After all, her long-standing habit has been to avoid things.
It was only natural that Li Xi would tell her to her face that she was "not trustworthy" and "unnecessary."
Even after expressing her determination to the band members, the thought of running away still lingered in her mind.
I gave up my lunch break and my conversation with my classmates.
I gave up the time I spent with Chen Dai.
The beginning of the practice was still fraught with setbacks.
The abandonment of her daily activities filled her with frustration.
But the penguin girl stayed by her side, and as she plucked the strings, the lamp illuminated her notebook as she scribbled and drew.
Every time she plucked the strings, every utterance she made...
The girls all listened attentively.
She, a student of the radio wave department, encouraged Aine with simple and concise words.
The girl who made a promise with Aine to "form a band for life," spoke to her for the first time after Aine did that kind of thing.
His excited expression was absolutely genuine.
Clumsy as she was, she believed in Chen, who had made a promise to her, and in Ai Yin, who was willing to form a band with her for life.
Despite sometimes needing to go to the Ring, the Penguin Girl still tries to extend the time she spends with Miss Aine as much as possible.
Aine has another reason she can't give up, and another person she can't let down.
The small space of the Astronomy Club was filled with Ms. Aine's persistent piano playing.
Disjointed became coherent, and noise gradually disappeared.
School practice alone is far from sufficient for Miss Aine's rehabilitation.
Even at home, her guitar is always with her.
After finishing her schoolwork, the first thing Miss Aine did was hug her guitar.
My fingers were so sore I couldn't continue and needed to rest.
Lying in bed, she was still recalling the score she knew by heart.
Her efforts have yielded results.
Miss Aine is not lacking in talent.
Every day, she is making rapid and steady progress.
Whenever she wanted to rest, or when the thought of giving up crossed her mind...
Chen, disheartened by her, and Li Xi, who scoffed at her so-called "determination," would appear before her.
She was determined to prove herself no matter what.
She wanted to apologize to everyone in the band, and she wanted to prove herself to them.
Her name is Chihaya Aine, and she is able to regain trust.
I rubbed my reddened fingers until the stinging sensation at my fingertips lessened a little.
The phone, which she used to be able to reach out of her hand, was now placed in a remote and hidden location.
Standing up, Miss Aine took out the sealed phone.
She unlocked her screen and tapped into a chat window.
The contact person's profile picture was a cartoon panda.
That last practice session was the one she was most satisfied with in all these days.
She believed that even the demanding Li Xi wouldn't be able to find any faults during the inspection.
Moreover, she was getting impatient.
She was the only one in the astronomy department on Monday afternoon.
Chen didn't even invite her to go to the zoo!
If time dragged on any longer, Ai Yin didn't even dare to imagine how cold her relationship with Chen would become.
"Lixi~ I've finished practicing my part. Do you have time tomorrow? I'd like you to test my guitar skills."
"I promise, I will definitely master it!"
She awaited Lixi's reply with great anticipation.
But it wasn't until she felt drowsy and sank into the soft, warm bed that she finally felt comfortable.
Neither of those messages was marked as "read".
Sunlight streamed through the window, falling on Miss Aine's face.
What she was most concerned about was the message she hadn't received a reply to last night.
"it is good"
It's marked as read below her message.
Ms. Lixi's reply was very concise.
Anxiety rose in Miss Aine's heart once again.
Her fate depends entirely on how she behaves in front of Miss Lixi after school this afternoon.
segmentation
There wasn't a single ray of light in the black-haired girl's room.
The curtains were drawn tight, and the lights were turned off.
She just stared blankly at the lock screen wallpaper on her phone.
That was a photo of her and the boy.
She looked so shy and joyful in the photo.
A slight upturn at the corners of her mouth, cheeks flushed red.
Cute, clumsy panda
And the close, unbreakable distance between her and the boy.
Why is it that, even though only a few hours have passed, everything has changed irreversibly?
Could it be that everything she perceived was an illusion?
Scattered throughout her room were panda souvenirs that Chen had bought for her under the pretext of "apologizing."
Cookie tins, folding fans, and panda plush toys of all sizes.
Only the doll she once held, the one that left its mark in the boy's photograph, remained by her side.
Was it all a lie? The boy's own words to her, "I like Riki the way she is"...
It wasn't fake; the boy back then also enjoyed traveling with Lixi.
Was it all fake? Her feelings for the boy, her affection for him?
It wasn't fake; her heart transmitted that pain through her ubiquitous nerves to her brain, and then to her entire body.
It made even simple movements impossible for her.
Was it all fake? The boy's trust in her, his care for her, and his honesty in front of her, all for her sake, even at the cost of forcing himself to stop.
It wasn't fake; until the very end, he was completely honest with Miss Lixi.
He also took advantage of this honesty, hurting her and drawing a line between himself and Miss Lixi.
Perhaps from the very beginning, the boy's feelings for her were simply those of a friend.
She misinterpreted those feelings without confirmation.
This is utterly nonsensical and inexplicable; it's practically the domain of that woman, Motoyo Nagasaki.
He was consumed by his own jealousy, his mind only focused on how to satisfy himself.
Only a selfish woman like her could say something like, "snatch it from Chen Congxiangzi."
Lixi couldn't bring herself to ruin someone else's relationship or become a third party in it.
Originally, it was absolutely impossible to do.
Nagasaki Motoyo's tracking skills are indeed unique.
The green-haired girl witnessed everything that Chen did.
Lixi was deceived
Why did he not resist Mu's intimacy at all?
She couldn't overcome the boy's jaw.
But in front of the green-haired girl, it was like an easy road.
Even after they were separated, the silver threads lingered, reluctant to part.
He lingered on the green-haired girl in his arms until he was satisfied, and only then did he slowly release her.
But she was ruthlessly and forcefully pushed aside.
Is this what you call "being responsible"?!
Being so intimate with another girl right next to your girlfriend?!
At that moment, she could barely suppress her emotions.
She just wanted to rush to the boy and use all her strength to question him.
Nagasaki Motoyo stopped her.
"You're being impulsive again, Lixi. Rushing in now won't solve anything."
"Haven't you noticed that Mu is only getting close to Chen in one way?"
The flaxen-haired girl, while trying to stop Li Xi, still kept her eyes glued to everything that might be there, intently capturing every possible detail.
Chen did not respond to Mu's embrace. He only passively accepted Mu's kisses.
"Don't you find it weird, Lixi?"
"Why?" Xiangzi turned his head away, without offering the slightest attempt to stop him.
Why was Chen's gaze fixed on Xiangzi, who had his back turned?
"Chen was actually forced into it."
Miss Su Shi's extraordinary wisdom finally found a use, and the answer was quite close to the truth.