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

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Ai Yin is a warm-hearted and easy-going person. If I were to say that I was leaving the band, she would be very sad... Her hand holding the drumsticks trembled slightly.

It's a pity, but it's my own decision...

But what happened to her...? Why didn't she even take her guitar home today? Come to think of it, her expression while playing the guitar was also strange today...

She glanced down at her phone again and saw that Ai Yin had already replied to the message. Was this person looking at her phone 24/7?

"Tokyo-Anon: Thank you for your concern, Meow Dream! But that's our band's practice room, so it's perfectly fine!"

Well... it's good that there are no problems.

Let's go back to a short time ago.

"Let's call it a day for practice, everyone must be tired." Sha Ling smiled gently and dismissed everyone.

"I'm perfectly fine, I could play for another three hours without any problem." Guitarist Tae Hanazono inexplicably began to speak with pride: "But Kasumi is surprisingly not very energetic today."

"So it was because of that, wasn't it?" Sha Ling said with a smile, "Kasumi made a mess of RING's warehouse this morning."

"Seriously! It took me a lot of effort!" Kasumi stretched vigorously and put the guitar into its case.

"You got what you deserved," Arisa retorted mercilessly.

"It's over, it's over~ Let's go get something to eat later~ Yu~ Saki~~" Kasumi habitually whined at Yusaki.

"Kasumi, didn't you make plans to go to karaoke with the guitarist from Taro's band?" Saya took out her phone, glanced at the time, and asked with a gentle smile, "If we don't hurry, we'll be late."

"Oh no! I forgot!" Kasumi exclaimed, her face pale. "Yu~ Saki~! Why didn't you remind me?!"

"Huh? Who cares about you!" Arisa said dismissively, arms crossed. "Take responsibility for yourself!"

"Um... Kasumi, if you don't hurry... you'll be late," Rimi reminded Kasumi in a very soft voice.

"Oh no! Let's go! Arisa!" Kasumi grabbed Arisa's hand tightly and ran outside.

"Hey! Don't pull me! I can walk by myself!" Although she said that, Arisa's hand did not struggle at all in Kasumi's hand.

Kasumi led Arisa to the entrance of the karaoke bar, where they saw Aine standing empty-handed. Kasumi pulled Arisa over and apologized, "I'm so sorry, Aine! Am I late?"

"No, not at all~" Aine smiled and waved to the two, then her gaze fell on Arisa: "This is... ah! It's Ichigaya-senpai!"

Her expression turned solemn, and she bowed slightly, saying, "Nice to meet you. I am Chihaya Aine! Please take care of me."

"Well... Ichigaya Arisa, nice to meet you." Arisa gave a generous smile, bowed slightly, and greeted Aine.

"Oh~ Arisa~ Here we go again~ You're so dishonest." Kasumi patted Arisa's back with a nonchalant smile: "Just be more honest, okay?"

"Huh? I am who I am! I'm not putting on airs!" Faced with Kasumi's playful smile, Arisa couldn't help but break down in a second.

"Alright, alright! Let's go quickly." Kasumi Toyama skillfully changed the subject, asking Aine, "Aine, have you booked a room yet?"

"Yes! The room has been booked for an hour already." Aine smiled and stepped forward, saying, "Please come this way."

The three of them sang karaoke for quite a while...

"What's wrong, Ai-yin? You don't seem very happy today?" Kasumi looked at her with concern, her eyes sparkling like stars. "If you have any difficulties, you can talk to me about them!"

"Well, don't let Kasumi's appearance fool you. When it comes to crucial moments, she's surprisingly... well, maybe, perhaps, maybe she'll be reliable..." Arisa chimed in, but remembering some of Kasumi's outrageous behavior in the past, her voice became more and more hesitant and softer.

"That's so mean! Yu~ Saki~!!" Kasumi hugged Yusaki tightly, rubbing her face against Yusaki's.

"Wow! Kasumi! Don't come any closer!" Arisa grabbed Kasumi's face, trying to push her away.

"Haha~ You seniors are really funny, aren't you?" Aine covered her mouth and laughed to make it sound like nothing was happening, then awkwardly changed the subject, saying, "What do you think of my singing, seniors?"

"That's great!" Kasumi said encouragingly as Arisa pushed her away. "Look, the karaoke system gave it a very high score!"

"Really...?" Although her karaoke score was almost the same as Kasumi-senpai's, her own subjective evaluation felt completely different... If Taro were to evaluate her, she felt she could only give him a 25 out of 100...

Thinking this, Aine sighed. Kasumi looked at Aine with great concern and asked, "Aine, what's wrong?"

She quickly gave a fake smile, waved her hand, and said, "No, I was just thinking about something."

Just then, her phone beeped. Ai Yin quickly looked at it, hoping to divert the attention of her seniors. It was a reply from Miao Meng! Great!

Ai Yin smiled sincerely, typed a reply, and then said to the two seniors, "Let's continue singing."

The two exchanged a glance, nodded, and continued singing as if nothing had happened.

An hour later, the three left the karaoke bar.

"Ah, today's karaoke was so much fun!"

"Yes! That's great, Kasumi-senpai!"

"Well, I think it's just average."

"Well then, I'll be going now. Goodbye, seniors." Aine waved goodbye to the two seniors.

"Bye-bye! Little Aiyin!"

After Aine's figure disappeared into the distance, Arisa said, "I have a feeling that Chihaya-san doesn't seem very happy."

"But Kasumi, it's really surprising that you didn't just ask directly." Arisa looked at Kasumi in disbelief, wondering if she had swapped souls with someone.

"I was planning to ask, but..." Kasumi thought for a moment, then said with a smile, "After Aine saw what message was sent on her phone, she smiled genuinely, and I thought that was fine."

"Is that so... That's good." Arisa looked at the street where Aine was no longer there, then closed her eyes, turned around and said, "I'm leaving."

...the other side.

Aine escaped from her two seniors. It was late, and she walked along the bustling street. Despite the lively atmosphere around her, she felt incredibly lonely. She walked slowly with her head down...

Finally, she bumped into someone's arms and cried out, "Ouch...!"

"Are you alright?" the person she bumped into asked her with concern, taking a small step back.

"I'm fine..." Aine replied, then looked at the person who bumped into her. The person's height seemed to be similar to Taro's, or perhaps slightly shorter, and his entire body was hidden in a black robe.

Only the lower half of her face was visible from the upper body, her eyes completely shrouded in the shadow of the hood.

Although her appearance didn't reveal her gender, her voice sounded like a woman's, a bit strained, and seemed somewhat familiar, though she couldn't quite place where she'd heard it before.

But the place she bumped into was her chest, right? Thinking about it that way, it's not impossible that it was a man, since it actually felt about the same size as hers.

“Oh dear…you seem to be at a crossroads in your life. Do you need help?” The woman in the black robe took out a stack of tarot cards from her pocket and began to shuffle them. “To be honest, I’m a fortune teller. Would you like to give it a try?”

The woman, who called herself a fortune teller, smiled, her cute canine teeth gleaming under the light: "I'm quite confident in my fortune telling skills. How about giving it a try? It's free...?"

Aine stared at the stack of tarot cards she had laid out, lost in thought...

Let's turn our attention to Yuzawa Cafe.

"Yao, can you explain to me what it means to play with a cat?" Hai Ling's meticulous face was devoid of any extraneous expression as she organized her schedule on a tablet. But the most difficult thing was still this person named Yao Le Nai.

“?” Lena tilted her head and explained softly (?), “It’s just playing with the cat.”

This kind of ineffective communication, asking "Can you elaborate on the specifics?", has been going on for a long time.

“Play guitar for the cat, feed the cat, and be with the cat,” Xiao Le Nai said to Hai Ling, counting on her fingers.

"I see, I understand roughly now. Could you tell me approximately how long it will take?" Hai Ling's calm face showed no sign of impatience, but whether she truly understood... was hard to say.

"I don't know." Lena calmly stated the final straw that broke Hailing's back. She slammed her hands heavily on the table: "I understand. I'll spend the whole day tomorrow checking your schedule with you—"

Hai Ling, actually, has absolutely no communication skills (?).

Chapter 45, Sold

Aiyin looked at the divination cards in front of her and hesitated.

"What's wrong? You really don't want any money?" the woman in the black robe said. "Or do you not trust me?"

"No... it's just that I don't really believe in these things?" Aine tried to deflect the tall woman in front of her who seemed to be selling something. On one hand, she really didn't believe in these things, and on the other hand... this person's clothes looked too suspicious.

“I see. Then I’ll try to divine your past… In that case, we don’t need Tarot cards.” The man in black robes wasn’t embarrassed or annoyed. He simply explained, “There’s a divination technique in China called face reading. Do you know it? If not, that’s okay. It’s basically about predicting a person’s past and future by looking at their face.”

"Miss, you must have encountered a very serious setback somewhere not long ago, right?" The woman in black robes revealed half of her face with a mysterious smile. "Perhaps you couldn't adapt to life abroad or something?"

Ai Yin's pupils contracted slightly as she looked at the woman in the black robe, her face filled with fear.

"Oh my, it seems I was right." The woman in the black robe said, looking carefully at Aine's face: "Hmm, it really is a very cute face."

“But I want to congratulate you…” she said with a smile, “In the not-too-distant future, you will encounter an extremely special day for you.”

"A special day...?" Aine repeated softly.

The fortune teller unfolded the cards in his hand: "So, shall we play?"

Aine hesitated, but finally drew a card from the deck... and revealed it.

“The Lovers, upright…” the fortune teller looked at it and said in a very serious voice, “You are about to face an extremely important choice.”

"An important choice?" Ai Yin asked, touching her lips in confusion.

"Well, you may be heading towards a future filled with pain and hardship, or a future filled with light and hope. On that day, you will face a very, very important choice." The fortune teller smiled and said, "At that time, you just need to believe."

"Believe?" Ai Yin looked at the fortune teller in front of her with doubt.

"Yes, trust Momoi Taro. He will definitely appear when you need him most." The fortune teller gave a mysterious smile, left with these last words, and quickly ran away: "Believe it. You don't need a reason to believe."

"Wait—!" Aine tried to chase after him, but found he had already disappeared: "So fast!?"

In some unknown corner, the fortune teller threw all twenty-one lover's cards into the trash can. Strands of pink hair escaped from her hood and clung to her sweaty cheeks.

"I hope it works... I hope so." The fortune teller murmured to himself as he left the place.

With a heavy heart, Chihaya Aine could only return home with the Lover card in her hand...

the next day.

Chihaya Aine woke up early and the first thing she did was take out her phone to check the schedule that Hailing had sent her.

There's a practice session at 5 PM... She composed herself, went to school, returned to her classroom, and greeted each of her familiar classmates.

Finally, of course, was the seat in front of her. She hadn't put up any stones today; instead, she was engrossed in a book. Ai-yin couldn't quite make out the contents of the book, but she didn't seem to care. She simply gave Ai-yin a bright, sunny smile and said, "Good morning, Deng-deng."

"Good morning... Ai." Takasatsu looked up at Ai, as if she wanted to say something.

"Little Light, what's wrong?" Aine walked back to her seat and sat down, looking at Takamatsu Light and waiting for her reply.

"Um... Ai, can you teach me guitar?" Takamatsu looked at Ai with expectant eyes. Ai pointed to her face in surprise and asked, "Me... me?"

"Yes! Xiao Ai's guitar playing is amazing!" Gao Songdeng nodded in confirmation.