Chapter 70

"So," Agatsuma Haruka looked at the other four, "it's decided we're doing a street performance tonight?"

"Mhm!" Drummer Mumi nodded vigorously.

"Junior Student Qing Shan is really forceful." Bass Sakurako pulled at her clothes.

F·Rino took a deep breath, making one think of the idiom "peach and plum trees don't speak, yet a path forms beneath them."

Review time: Peach trees and plum trees don't actively attract people, but because their flowers are beautiful and their fruit delicious, people naturally walk frequently beneath them, forming a small path.

"Anyway, thanks to Little Brother, we've made up our minds." Agatsuma Haruka bowed to Qingshan Li.

"Why did it have to be this perverted playboy who pushed us? I was hoping for someone ordinary-looking but gentle and strong." Drummer Mumi muttered.

"Does the savior have to be to your liking? Being able to save you is good enough." Qingshan Li said.

"I hate handsome guys the most, always with that know-it-all look." If this were a manga, readers would suspect the artist drew it wrong; Drummer Mumi's lines here should be in a 'thought box,' representing inner monologue.

But she really said it out loud.

"Yes, I completely agree." Qingshan Li agreed.

Then he continued: "You pick the songs yourselves, there's still some time to rehearse, I'll handle everything else."

"Can you handle it?" Agatsuma Haruka couldn't help but worry.

"Could you guide me then?" Qingshan Li said rudely, "A band with no performance experience."

"That's really rude." Agatsuma Haruka, saying this, had a bit of a little woman's cuteness.

But she still had the mind to act cute, proving she wasn't angry.

"Begin action!" Qingshan Li ordered.

The four picked songs, Ono Mika was also dragged over; it was clear she was somewhat resistant.

Qingshan Li sat on the sofa, using his mobile phone to search what a street performance needs.

Instruments go without saying, also need microphones, speakers and other props; without a car, it'll probably be very troublesome.

If Mikami Ai could help, just one phone call would settle it.

But with the current relationship between the two, it was impossible.

Now relying only on ourselves, how should we transport these props to the performance venue?

The performance venue has a backup plan; since starting novel writing, he's always observed his surroundings, on the way home he knows where street performers usually are.

Just randomly pick one from those places.

The key is still the equipment

Qingshan Li sort of understood why the Sunny Band Club hasn't had a single outdoor performance, but how come they haven't had any on campus either?

The Cultural Festival you can just apply for freely.

Stop, now is not the time to think about these things.

Find a moving company? Get Kobayashi Shiki, Aizawa Jun to help? Don't know if the four have boyfriends; if they do, those four can become valuable labor force.

"Thump, thump-thump~"

Just then, the door was knocked.

It was Mikami Ai.

Just from the way of knocking, Qingshan Li knew it was her; after all, for several days he watched her knock on various doors every day, while also considering writing a novel with her as the protagonist.

Actually, her polite way of knocking, and the musical knocking sound, were indeed described in detail in the novel.

"Odd jobs! Receive the guest!" Agatsuma Haruka shouted.

Wouldn't the two words 'Please enter' be more concise?

Qingshan Li stood up and walked over to open the door, mainly worried he would make a sound, and Mikami Ai would drop a 'Sorry for the disturbance' and turn around and leave.

Can't let her run away!

"Good afternoon, Mikami Classmate." Qingshan Li opened the door.

A black-haired girl of elegant beauty stood at the door.

Seeing her was like someone long confined in a dark room suddenly seeing the blue sky; the heart opens wide, giving rise to a faint infatuation.

Mikami Ai looked at him once, and said: "You've had it hard."

She was mocking Qingshan Li.

"You stalking me?" Qingshan Li counterattacked.

But he needed a favor, so he quickly changed the topic, immediately adding: "Just kidding. You probably heard the Sunny Band Club is about to be disbanded, and rushed over to evaluate them; please enter."

Mikami Ai hesitated slightly, then stepped inside.

"Come over here." Qingshan Li called the band girls.

They gathered over with some puzzlement.

"I'll only say two sentences." Qingshan Li said.

"First, Mikami Ai Classmate only needs one phone call to solve the equipment transport problem;

"Second, Mikami Ai hopes to see your performance."

Finished speaking, he sat down on the sofa, appreciating the six girls before him.

In terms of appearance, the elegant Mikami Ai, the tranquil Ono Mika, are undoubtedly the most beautiful.

The four girls of the Sunny Band — not counting Ono Mika for now — though not necessarily pretty, each have their own characteristics.

Agatsuma Haruka is intellectual and shameless;

Bass Sakurako is cold yet lewd;

Drummer Mumi is lively and despicable;

F·Rino's breast presence is too strong; will evaluate her when Qingshan Li can ignore breasts.

And the crowd who heard Qingshan Li's two sentences kept silent all along.

Finally, Bass Sakurako spoke up first.

"Junior Student Qingshan," she unbuttoned her shirt, turning it back into an off-the-shoulder style, "I'm counting on you."

She looked at the others as well: "You all come too, ah, right, Ono-san, you're a Band Member now too, so you have to take it off."

"Me?" Ono Mika was both surprised and amused.

"Rino, this time I'll help you take it off!" Bass Sakurako approached F.

"No way, Senior Mingxiang, help me!"

"Rino, Seiten Band will always remember your Sacrifice today!"

Mikami Ai looked at Qingshan Li: "You're having fun, huh."

"Self-deprecating Humor." Qingshan Li smiled bitterly.

"Clap!" He clapped his hands, as if pressing the Video Pause button, making the undressing girls Stop Movement.

Qingshan Li Stood Up, and said to Mikami Ai: "Tonight might be their Last Performance, I hope you can help them."

He Bowed Down.

Mikami Ai had no reason to Refuse.

But——

"I won't help, but I'll still be able to see their performance tonight, right?" The girl's tone was definite, her smile bright and radiant, "I'm looking forward to it."

"Um," F·Rino Raised Hand nervously, "Are the two of you having a lovers' quarrel?"

Here we go again.

The Track and Field Club President said something similar too.

Although Mikami Ai is also a girl, she really couldn't give a Positive Evaluation of women's Obsession with Love Topics.

Mikami Ai was Reluctant to Explain, she looked at Qingshan Li, hoping he would explain, but Qingshan Li still maintained his Bowing Posture.

Helplessness welled up from the bottom of her heart, and she couldn't help but sigh.

"I—"

"Inspiration Came!" F·Rino suddenly said.

Mikami Ai looked at her in puzzlement, then Subconsciously looked at Qingshan Li, hoping he would explain.

Qingshan Li's Bowing Angle changed from 15 to 30.

"Why do you want to help them?" She couldn't help but ask.

"I'm their Manager, and the Street Performance was my Proposal."

"Could it not be because, with Sakurako-senpai and the others' Personalities, if the Relationship gets one step Closer, something might happen?"

That Possibility exists.

A Hypocritical Lewd person could totally do that, Pretend Care when a woman is in a Weak Moment, actually Taking Advantage to have a One Night Stand.

"Impossible impossible, Junior Student Qingshan, I'll Only Show You." Bass Sakurako responded immediately.

"Sakurako, saying it like that, how do you face Junior Brother's Bowing?! Be more tactful!" Agatsuma Haruka seemed Anxious as if seeing her aim a Fireworks Nozzle at herself.

Bass Sakurako listens to advice well: "But World Has No Difficult Things Only Fear Determined People, Junior Student Qingshan, as long as you put in Effort, I believe you'll definitely succeed!"

"Please!" Qingshan Li's tone was determined, 30 turned into 35.

Mikami Ai was thinking.

One, Qingshan Li's 'Please', is he Simply Requesting her?

Two, or is he Requesting Sakurako-senpai to let him succeed?

Three, by begging her to Promise, making Sakurako-senpai Promise, and finally achieving success?

What is his True Meaning after all?

(Chapter End)