Anime Crossover Band, Rock Girl Won't Let Me Go

Chapter 153 Hongxia is working too hard

stare!

When their eyes met, the air seemed to freeze.

Bai Qiu pushed open the door and entered Fanxing. After walking down the stairs, she met the somewhat unfriendly, even fierce, gaze of Ichiji Hoshika.

Bai Qiu, feeling a little uneasy under her gaze, secretly realized he had made a mistake.

We should buy her a plush toy or something.

Bai Qiu asked calmly:

"What's wrong... Manager?"

Ijichi Hoshika did not answer directly, but instead snorted coldly.

Xingge gritted her teeth and squeezed the beverage box tightly in her hand. The originally intact beverage box was twisted and deformed in the blink of an eye. If you looked closely, the straw on it was also covered with teeth marks and was wrinkled beyond recognition.

Ichiji Hoshika recalled last night.

When Xingge got home last night, she noticed that her younger sister Hongxia was acting strangely, looking rather depressed.

When preparing dinner, Hongxia even sprinkled sugar instead of salt and poured vinegar instead of soy sauce.

Even now, Xingge still feels a slight sourness in her mouth.

Why is this so?

Yesterday afternoon, she gave Hongxia and the others tickets to their live performance.

They were happy when they went out, but they came back looking like this.

Today, Hongxia arrived at Fanxing early in the morning and locked herself in the practice room.

The muttering could be faintly heard from Hongxia's mouth.

I tried contacting Bai Qiu again, but she hasn't been to Fanxing recently.

Xingge has already deduced that the culprit is Bai Qiu, who is standing right in front of him!

Taking a deep breath, Ichiji Hoshika crossed her arms and questioned Shiraaki, "Tell me! What did you do to Nijika?"

Bai Qiu nodded.

The only person who can make Xingge store manager angry is Hongxia.

Bai Qiu asked in confusion, "What's wrong with Hong Xia?"

Upon hearing this, Ichiji Hoshika stood up abruptly and strode angrily toward Shirai.

Seeing this, Bai Qiu asked Pa-san for help.

"Pa-san, stop watching the show, we need backup."

However, Pa-san smiled with narrowed eyes and a regretful expression, indicating that she was powerless to help.

"I'm sorry, Bai Qiujun."

"A good man takes responsibility for what he has done. I'm going back to defend the high ground."

As she spoke, Pa walked toward the mixing room, but her eyes never left it; clearly, she wanted to continue watching this drama unfold.

Faced with Ichiji Hoshika's approach, Bai Qiu hurriedly shouted, "Manager, I am Fanxing's number one right-hand man!"

"Heh... I don't remember having an employee like you at Fanxing," said Ichiji Hoshika with a cold laugh.

"I'm here today to solve the problem!"

Bai Qiu replied.

Although Bai Qiu didn't know what was wrong with Hong Xia, he knew it was related to him.

Hearing Bai Qiu's sincere attitude, Yi Di Zhi Xing Ge slowed her pace and said proudly:

"Make sure Hongxia is well."

Therefore, Ichiji Hoshika did not do anything outrageous to Shirai.

Pa-san looked somewhat disappointed.

Store manager Xingge is nothing more than a paper tiger that looks a bit fierce.

Bai Qiu thought to himself.

Ijichi Seika pointed towards the practice room.

"there."

Bai Qiu nodded.

As soon as I arrived outside the practice room, I could hear the sound of drums coming from inside.

Bai Qiu pushed open the door and went inside.

Inside the room, Hongxia was playing the drums, and her petite body swayed slightly with the changing rhythm.

Is it just Hongxia alone?

Bai Qiu didn't disturb her, but stood quietly to the side, intending to wait for Hong Xia to finish this part.

But isn't Nijika working too hard?

Hongxia was unaware that someone had entered, and she was on edge. She pounded the drum with all her might, as if trying to unleash all her strength.

However, soon, Hongxia felt her hands gradually lose strength, and the rhythm of her hands became unsteady.

The drumbeats grew fainter and fainter.

Hongxia stopped.

"Failed again...."

Hongxia lowered her head, looking somewhat melancholy, and the Doritos on her head wilted as a result.

This is already her umpteenth failure today.

At this moment, Bai Qiu softly called out, "Hongxia."

Are you experiencing auditory hallucinations?

Hongxia thought to herself, her eyes lowered.

"Hongxia."

The sound was clearer this time than before, and at the same time, Hongxia noticed that her vision had darkened.

Hongxia was startled.

This is not a hallucination.

Qiu Jun did not ask for leave today!

Hongxia suddenly raised her head and then revealed a warm smile, trying to hide her previous disappointed look.

"Qiu...Qiu, you've come."

However, Hongxia is not good at acting, and her voice clearly gives people a sense of panic.

Hongxia worriedly thought that Bai Qiu must have heard everything she had done so badly.

"Hmm." Bai Qiu nodded with a smile, as if she hadn't heard Hong Xia's terrible practice just now.

"Where's everyone?"

"that……"

Hongxia hesitated for a moment, a slightly embarrassed expression on her face. After stealing a glance at Bai Qiu, she whispered:

"Actually, everyone asked me for leave privately today."

"Eh?"

Bai Qiu was taken aback.

Has everyone taken leave?

Why today of all days?

Was there something wrong with how he was beaten?

At this moment, Bai Qiu inexplicably felt like the band had been thrown back to square one after having already completed a game.

"Um……"

Hongxia nodded, then looked at Bai Qiu with slightly pursed lips, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

With everyone else having taken leave, Hongxia could easily cancel today's practice.

But Hongxia did not do that.

Hongxia wanted to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Bai Qiu and understand his true thoughts.

The rest of the band felt that Bai Qiu might say something today, something they might not want to face.

For example, leaving the band and joining Mygo or something.

But as the team leader, Nijika cannot escape it.

If it's really bad news, then she'll try to see if she can keep Qiu Jun, or at least try to delay things for a while.

During this time, they practiced intensively, striving to reach a level that would satisfy Bai Qiu, or at least not lose to Mygo.

If it still doesn't work out in the end, then she'll take it on herself first and then tell everyone else.

Bai Qiu smiled helplessly, "That's really unfortunate, I was planning to..."

"Wait...wait a minute!"

Hongxia suddenly raised her hand to stop Bai Qiu from continuing.

Seeing Hongxia's startled reaction, Bai Qiu also paused in confusion.

Hongxia took several deep breaths before mustering the courage to look at Bai Qiu again.

"I'm ready, Qiu, you go ahead and say it."

Bai Qiu knew that Hong Xia must have misunderstood something, so he held up the gift in his hand and told Hong Xia.

"What I meant to say was that I prepared gifts for everyone."

"Huh?" Hongxia blinked. "Is that all?"

Bai Qiu nodded: "Otherwise what?"

Under Hongxia's surprised gaze, Bai Qiu took out a pair of packaged drumsticks from the bag and handed them to Hongxia.

Hongxia recognized her at a glance.

It was the limited edition model that she had always wanted but couldn't bring herself to buy.

"Wait, Aki-kun! This, this..." Hongxia stammered, "This is way too valuable!"

Bai Qiu waved his hand dismissively, "How can a gift for Hongxia be anything less than valuable?"

Hongxia blushed slightly.

Qiu's words are so easy to misunderstand.

However, Hongxia still felt that the gift was too expensive.

Hongxia said shyly, "How can that be? I didn't do anything! Giving me gifts for no reason or anything."

"Don't worry, I've also prepared some for everyone."

To prevent Hongxia from refusing, Bai Qiu showed her the gifts he had prepared for Yili and the other two, explaining with a light laugh, "So Hongxia, don't feel pressured."

It's understandable that Hongxia was embarrassed to accept it, as this drumstick was indeed the most expensive among them, even more expensive than Nagasaki Motoyo's perfume.

After some initial refusals, the gentle Hongxia finally couldn't persuade the eloquent Baiqiu, and accepted the gift with a mixture of helplessness and gratitude.

However, even though she was holding the drumsticks she had always dreamed of buying, Hongxia's mood became heavy again.

Could it be... that Qiu intends to reveal his plans only after giving everyone farewell gifts?

Thinking about it this way, Hongxia felt that this was very much in line with Bai Qiu's style.