Momoi Taro wants to form a "don" brother duo, but it's a music anime.

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However, Wakaba Mutsu didn't give them any time to prepare and pushed the door open directly.

Ai Yin waved to everyone outside the door and warmly pulled them in: "Come on in, don't just stand there!"

Clearly behaving like a mistress of the house, Xiangzi and Su Shi's feelings suddenly became complicated. On the one hand, they felt a little apprehensive about the questions they wanted to ask Taro.

However, they did as Aine had instructed and went inside.

After all, they couldn't just stand there outside. When they went inside, they saw Momoi Taro sitting in a corner, seemingly writing something.

"What is Taro-senpai doing?" Xiangzi was a little curious, but also a little afraid to get close, afraid that she would disturb Taro's work.

"Ah, isn't it dinnertime now?" Aine explained to the two of them, "Everyone went to have dinner first, and they still need to continue practicing when they come back. Taro said that we should take care of the stage effects now."

“As expected of Mr. Momoi…” Su Shi stared blankly at the pen in Taro’s hand moving so fast that the trajectory was almost impossible to see.

Taro didn't keep them waiting long before putting down his pen, turning around, and asking, "Is there something you need?"

Upon hearing this, Aine also looked at the three people. She was also curious as to why Wakaba Mutsu had brought the two of them in out of the blue and asked Taro questions.

Ruo Ye Mu didn't show any particular emotion. She simply asked calmly in a soft voice, "Brother, everyone wants to know, what kind of woman do you like?"

If Ye Mu's words, spoken directly from the heart, were like a thunderclap, striking the tender heart with a scorching heat.

Huh? Why is Xiaomu suddenly asking this?

Although Motoyo and Shoko, who already knew about Wakaba Mutsu's question, didn't react as strongly as Aine, they still held their breath and waited for Taro's answer.

"Huh? What's the point of knowing this?" Taro looked at Wakaba Mutsu with confusion. Wakaba Mutsu simply said softly, "I just want to know my brother's criteria for choosing a partner."

"I see, interesting!" Taro raised his head and began to ponder: "First of all, it's best not to have too many ulterior motives."

Upon hearing this, all three of them froze.

Su Shi's face was the worst; cold sweat even broke out on her forehead.

Then there was Aine, who felt a little guilty, thinking that her little thing shouldn't be considered anything serious.

Xiangzi, on the other hand, felt a little guilty. He thought that his intention to drive people away for everyone's good was probably not a selfish thought.

“And then, frivolous guys are no good!” Taro said decisively, and Aine responded with a bright smile: “Indeed, frivolous guys are troublesome to deal with.”

Then Aine noticed that Shoko and Su Shi were looking at her with strange eyes. She pointed at herself with a trembling finger, looking very puzzled.

Xiangzi and Su Shi nodded in unison, while Ai Yin shouted angrily at the two of them, "I'm not a frivolous person!"

Su Shi and Xiang Zi both simultaneously looked away at Taro, waiting for him to continue, completely ignoring Aine's anger. Aine was furious: "Huh? Ignore me?"

The only one who remained silent looked at Aine with a reassuring gaze. She knew that Aine was not a frivolous person; she was a very thoughtful person.

"In the end, it seems that more frank people are indeed better, isn't it?" Taro nodded and said in a low voice, "They're easier to get along with."

Ai Yin seemed lost in thought, then turned her gaze to Xiangzi and Su Shi, whose smiles were now somewhat stiff.

"What do you want to do after hearing all this?" Taro asked, somewhat puzzled. The two hurriedly shook their heads, indicating that it was nothing.

"Seniors, your band must be busy right now. We'll let you know we're disturbing you. Please go ahead with your work." Xiangzi pulled the two men out of the practice room.

The practice room for the Dong Brothers was now empty except for the two of them. Aine looked at Taro thoughtfully and asked, "Taro, what you just said, was it about your criteria for choosing friends?"

Upon hearing Aine's question, Taro was taken aback and asked in return, "Isn't that right?"

Aine's smile grew even brighter as she looked at the closed door with an expression of anticipation, and said, "It's nothing. By the way, Taro, I'm still a little unfamiliar with this part."

Looking at the sheet music that Aine was pointing to, Taro said, "This part should be like this..."

Of the three people who had just left outside, Ruoye Mu was a little confused as to why she had been dragged out.

She actually wanted to talk to her older brother a little longer, since they didn't usually have many opportunities to talk.

Hearing Taro's "criteria for choosing a partner" made the two of them feel a little down. After all, they couldn't say that their own criteria were slightly off, but rather completely unrelated.

However, the two of them quickly composed themselves. Standards are one thing, but the actual choice is another.

"I'm going back now. Mom will be back today," Su Shi said softly. After Xiangzi and Mumu said goodbye to her, Su Shi left.

"Mu, do you want to go to my family's ramen shop later?" Xiangzi said with a bright smile, "My father's ramen gets better and better every day. I don't think you've ever had it before, Mu?"

“No, I have a ballet class later,” Wakaba Mutsu gently declined Shoko’s request.

"Huh? But didn't Mu say that your mother is no longer taking care of you?" Xiangzi looked at her with some confusion.

“Aron reported it to me,” she said softly. Aron, of course, refers to her father, Ruoye Long.

Xiangzi nodded understandingly, gave Ruoye Mutsu a gentle smile, and said with a light laugh, "Well then, I'll be going now."

After Xiangzi left, Ruoye Mu asked softly, "Metis, what's wrong? Why have you been silent since just now?"

If Ye Mu's body was replaced by Metathia and she walked forward, she said, "I was just thinking... could it be that Momoi Taro's criteria for a partner is me?"

"Huh?" Wakaba Mutsu was shocked by Metis's bold statement.

She held up her fingers and counted: "Look... frank, not frivolous, without any ulterior motives, isn't that me?"

"what?"

What Motis said seems to make some sense? Is it right? This isn't right, is it? Right, right? No, no, it's wrong no matter how you look at it.

If the Yemu.exe process is not responding.

Overthinking caused Wakaba Mutsu to fall into confusion.

"So I was thinking, if someone were to ambush Momoi Taro with a beautiful woman, would there be a way to hit him?"

Ruo Yemu immediately pushed Motis away and said softly, "I feel that Motis is overthinking things."

At that very moment, a tragedy occurred at Momoi Taro's house—

I used Deepseek to correct a typo, which resulted in an extra sentence. My apologies.

Chapter Twenty-Four: The Stars Obscured by the Moon and the Moon Disguised as a Star

"Momoka-san! Be careful, be careful—" Nina waved her arms anxiously, directing Momoka to move the things down.

"Sure." Momoka carefully took the items off the truck, making sure they were unloaded safely, and placed them securely in Nina's hands. Only after the items had been safely delivered did she breathe a sigh of relief.

"Wow, it's so heavy!" Nina stumbled, nearly falling over. Ebizuka Tomo quickly came over to help: "It's only 10 kilograms..." Together, they gently placed the box on the ground.

"Ten kilograms is still heavy!" Nina exclaimed indignantly, while Momoka, standing on top, had veins bulging on her forehead: "If you know that, then don't call me slow!"

"Hehehe..." Nina scratched the back of her head a little embarrassedly, trying to get away with a silly laugh. She stuck out her tongue and said with a silly grin, "But, Mr. Momoi seemed very relaxed last time."

"Don't play dumb," Momoka's forehead veins bulged again. "Can that guy Momoi Taro compare to anyone else?"

Renna didn't answer; she knew she wasn't in the right, but continued to stick out her tongue and pretend to be clueless. For some reason, she felt her fists clench tightly.

His fists were clenched so tightly that he really wanted to punch that guy pretending to be stupid on the head.

"Thank you so much, you've really been a great help." Perhaps sensing the tense atmosphere, or perhaps simply wanting to witness the conflict, Rupa poked her head out from the driver's seat, squinting and smiling at Momoka.

"Mr. Momoi... is that Mr. Momoi from the Ton Brothers?" Ash asked softly.

Nina nodded and replied, "Yes, Xiaozhi knows him too?"

"What do you mean by knowing or not knowing... They're the hottest new star band online right now."

"There weren't many live shows, but the quality was incredibly high." Xiao Zhi recalled the live performances of the Dong Brothers. He and Rupa had basically attended all of their live shows.

However, seeing that arrogant guy's performance on stage, although I was very unwilling, I couldn't find any fault with it...

At least, I can't find any fault with it. The stage arrangement, lighting, performance, and singing are all top-notch.

If there's anything imperfect about him, it's his teammates.

I still remember the first time I went to see his live performance with Rupa. I went with the intention of finding fault, but I ended up being captivated by his music.

That guy, he's good at more than just beef rice bowls...

“Yes, Mr. Momoi is truly amazing…” Nina praised, “Hasn’t Satoshi met Mr. Momoi before? Why are you so surprised?”

"Hmph, it's nothing..." Ash crossed his arms, closed his eyes, and pretended to be completely indifferent. Then he slightly opened one eye, looked around, hesitated, and asked softly, "Where's that guy?"

"Mr. Momoi is still practicing with the band. He said he would be back late when he left this morning. It's a pity, I won't be able to eat Mr. Momoi's food again."

Nina answered Ash's question naturally at first, then as if she remembered something, she grabbed her hair and shouted a little agitatedly, "Oh no! It seems like we haven't practiced much since the live performance."

“Isn’t this just common sense?” Sitting in the carriage, Momoka picked up another suitcase and handed it out: “After the live performance, we’ve been shuttling back and forth between Tokyo and Shin-Kawasaki almost constantly because of the new members.”

Rupa jumped out of the car and said with a smile, "By the way, we don't even have names right now."

"Ugh... a name, it's so hard to think of one." Nina rubbed her temples, struggling to come up with a good name: "How about Chocolate?"

"Huh? That's too stupid, I don't want it." Ash rejected Nina's proposal without hesitation.

“Where is it stupid? It’s perfectly fine.” Nina retorted indignantly, and just as she was about to say something more, Rupa quietly crept up to her and placed his hands on her shoulders:

"Yes, yes, we can talk about the band name later. Let's deal with this luggage first, how about that?"

"How cunning! Rupa-san!" Nina pointed out the contradiction in his words without hesitation: "You were the one who brought it up first!"

However, after a little commotion, Nina and the other three people moved their things back to Taro's house.

Momoka had prepared the guest rooms for them in the morning, and Satoshi and Rupa didn't have much luggage, since they were only staying for two days.

The heaviest thing was the Xiaozhi electronic keyboard; the rest were nothing special.

"Anyway, that's fine. There shouldn't be anything else." Tao Xiang looked around to make sure nothing was missed before nodding in satisfaction.

“Speaking of which, Mr. Momoi’s live performance is about to start, why don’t we go watch it?” Nina suddenly suggested.

"If it's a live performance in Shimokitazawa, you probably won't be able to get tickets," Rupa said with a gentle smile.

"Huh? Why?" Nina looked at them in confusion, and Rupa explained naturally, "Of course, it's because when we went to buy them, they were already the last tickets available."

"Don't worry about that, I got the tickets," Momoka said softly, with the air of a reliable adult, then added with a hint of doubt:

"Um, my shoulders feel a bit heavy, I'll go rest for a bit."

“Um… Momoka-san, your shoulder…” Nina carefully extended her finger and pointed to Momoka’s right shoulder.

"Huh?" Momoka looked stiffly at her right shoulder, where a cute little snake was lying on her shoulder with its tongue sticking out.

"Waaah—" Tao Xiang's screams echoed throughout the heavens and earth. Afterwards, Taro's villa was in complete chaos. We will leave aside for now the details of Tao Xiang's many acts of violence.

The perspective returns to the practice room of the Dong Brothers group.