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Miao Meng couldn't help but think of a certain boy and his guitar again, and her mood became somewhat puzzled.
She murmured to herself, "I came back to my hometown to heal from a breakup, is that not allowed?!"
Chapter Twelve Big Do Special Do
Yutenji Wakana quickly put the bar matter out of her mind and, before the rain got heavier, went to the hotel she usually stayed at when she went home.
"Ah, Miaomeng, it's been a long time!" the receptionist said excitedly.
"It's been a long time, Kanako."
This is the hotel owner's daughter. Because she didn't study much, her parents forced her to work at their hotel at a young age, and she doesn't seem to mind.
"I've used all the cosmetics you recently recommended. What do you think of my makeup?" the receptionist said with a smile.
After chatting for a while, just as Miaomeng was about to rent a room, she heard Jia Naizi say with some difficulty, "Dear Miaomeng, it's peak tourist season right now, and rooms are in short supply..."
"Uh, is there no room available?" This was the first time she had encountered such a situation.
Kanako gently shook her head and said, "There is still one large room left, but..."
She looked somewhat troubled, and Miaomeng breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this; she no longer wanted to change her plans.
"Any room is fine, just tell me," Miaomeng said readily.
Kanako's expression turned somewhat strange, and then she said, "You know my hotel isn't very soundproof, since it's mostly old stuff. And then, a young couple moved into the room next door. I stayed in that room a few nights ago and couldn't stand it, so I decided to leave it vacant to avoid getting complaints..."
Immediately, Miao Mengqin understood and rolled her eyes, saying, "I thought it was something serious. Don't worry, I'm wearing earplugs."
After hearing this, Kanako shrugged slightly and said, "I warned you, but that boy is tall and big, and he can play the guitar. He's pretty handsome."
"That bar on the shopping street, you just passed by it, right?"
Miao Meng was slightly stunned, not expecting it to be such a coincidence.
"I never expected that the guy would be like that in private... I saw his girlfriend being helped by him to walk when she came down... tsk tsk tsk..." Kanako said with a gossipy look.
Originally, based on her interest as a drummer, Nyan had wanted to communicate with the other party, but after hearing what Kanako said, she immediately gave up that idea.
She now suffers from a condition where she gets envious whenever she sees couples in love.
Once Miaomeng went upstairs, she saw that there were only two rooms on each floor of the hotel. After entering her room, she gently opened the window and could see Osaka Bay not far away.
This is also why she insisted on staying at this hotel. Looking at the boundless sea, it's as if she can clear her mind and temporarily stop thinking about those annoying things.
But soon, her eyes became unfocused.
I wonder where he... and that Toyokawa Shoko are now.
I heard from Yawata Kairin that the two of them had run away from Tokyo.
The love story between the brave poor boy and the rich girl seems to leave no room for the villainous female supporting character to interfere.
"Does she think she's filming a TV drama? How stupid!" she muttered under her breath.
Suddenly, I lost all interest in looking at the sea and just lay in bed, quickly drifting off to sleep.
***
"Thank you both for your hard work, Yuuji-kun and Shana-neechan."
When Teacher Da Xiang, who was eating curry rice, heard this name, he was a beat slow to react.
"Mmm, it's nothing..." she said softly.
Although she knew that it was more appropriate for the two of them to use pseudonyms now that they were traveling the world, Xiangzi was still a little confused as to why it was Yuuji and Shana. However, since Banami insisted on it, she let him be.
"Oh, um, Yuuji-kun, could you please help me move this refrigerator into the kitchen?" the landlady asked, clasping her hands together in a gesture of supplication.
Today is the fifth day that the two of them have been performing at the bar, and the owner even provided them with meals.
“Oh, no problem.” Banami put down his spoon and said in a very manly manner.
As it turned out, the refrigerator was really heavy, and Banami was in a bit of an awkward position. If she tried to move it by force, wouldn't her old back hurt?
Xiangzi couldn't help but roll his eyes at him, walked over, picked up the refrigerator with both hands, and then easily placed it in the kitchen.
The proprietress said jokingly, "Yuuji-kun, you can't do that. Little Shana is stronger than you."
Hearing the landlady say that, Banai almost couldn't hold back, thinking that it was already good enough that she didn't use the weapon of the Nite-dono to cut me.
Alas, it's a pity that no one in this world understands this joke.
“My wife is born to do manual labor. I’m different from her. It’s normal for an artistic young man like me who is engaged in creative work to be weak.”
Banami boasted with a hint of pride.
Just as he finished speaking, Xiangzi came out and punched him hard on the head.
Banami covered her head and complained, "Boss lady, look, when I first met her, she spoke so gently and looked so delicate. She even said she was afraid of bugs."
"Hmph, so it was all a lie she told me because she admired my talent. She could kill a bull with one punch; I fell for her trick!"
When Xiangzi heard this guy's nonsense, he just rolled his eyes and continued eating.
Banami is like a middle-aged man in a bar who likes to brag to outsiders about his messy past with his wife, without telling a single truth.
The proprietress gently covered her mouth and said with a smile, "Hey, Yuuji-kun, you looked so cool and handsome on stage, but you're a completely different person when you talk."
“Like a fool, right? I fell for his trick and was fooled by him,” Xiangzi said calmly.
Looking at the couple with such different personalities, the proprietress even felt a little envious. Suddenly, as if remembering something, she said, "A customer who just passed by said that your band is missing a bassist, guitarist, and drummer, although I think you're already very good."
These past few days, quite a few tourists have come specifically to see you.
Banami and Shoko exchanged a glance. What the other said was true. Even though the song "Ave Mujica" was already quite well-made, it was still incomplete without bass and drums.
But for the two of them, there was nothing they could do.
Even so, Xiangzi still insisted on writing the sheet music in the style of a five-person band, as if he were sticking to something.
However, the two accounts with the same name have attracted a lot of attention on YouTube in the past few days, and have even boosted the business of the bar.
Since the two people wearing masquerade masks wouldn't be noticed by the Toyokawa family, Xiangzi decided to continue operating this account and write more songs under the name "Bird Without Freedom".
Perhaps, she harbors some unspoken hope that her songs will be seen by a select few.
She didn't tell Banami about this idea, after all, it was too presumptuous.
"Okay, thank you so much for these past few days. This is your reward."
The proprietress smiled, handed an envelope to the two of them, and then left.
Xiangzi's eyes lit up immediately; she always felt this happy when she received her wages from her job.
With a heart pounding with excitement, she whispered, "How...how much?"
Banami said, "There should be two hundred thousand."
It seems the proprietress was quite satisfied with the two men's work.
Xiangzi clenched his fists tightly, a light smile spreading across his face. Now he had the money for the journey to the next stop.
"Let's go, let's go to the convenience store." Banami couldn't wait and pulled Xiangzi up.
"Do...do you want to buy anything?" Xiangzi asked, somewhat surprised.
But seeing that her eyes were a little red, Banai shouted, "We finished using that thing the day before yesterday, and you wouldn't let me touch you. It just so happens that we get paid today."
Having already developed a taste for the flavor, Banami went hungry for two days straight, and now even the smell of Daisho-sensei's scent makes her feel a little nauseous.
"You...you're alright!" No kind person would finish a box of that stuff in just a few days.
Xiangzi hasn't wanted to go shopping these past two days; it's too embarrassing.
"Let's go, let's go back to the hotel."
Banami couldn't wait to have a big time.
Chapter Thirteen: Gu Killed Me
Banami quickly dragged Mr. Daisho back to the convenience store near the hotel.
Looking at the few somewhat familiar faces inside, Xiangzi gently nudged Banami and said, "Xi, go to a convenience store further away to buy it, don't buy it here."
The boy, feeling hot all over, didn't care about any of that and said, "Ugh, why go through all that trouble..."
Xiangzi said, "Hurry up and go. I've been performing all night and I'm covered in sweat. I'll take this opportunity to take a shower."
Actually, I mainly wanted to be mentally prepared, because girls sometimes have these inexplicably sensitive spots.
Although it's only been two days since I last did it, I still feel a sense of unfamiliarity. It's not that I'm unwilling, but I just want to do some mental preparation on my own.
Seeing that she looked rather sentimental, Banai understood what was going on, saw her to the entrance of the hotel, and then headed towards the convenience store a little further away.
He soon passed the coastal road, and the misty seaside looked quite peculiar and novel.
He instinctively took a picture of the scene with his phone and muttered, "If Su Shi saw this, she would definitely like it..."
The next moment, the boy lowered his hand, and suddenly, he missed the other girls terribly.
Su Shi's mother, do you feel lonely when I'm not around?
How is the big golden retriever doing now, after he helped me drag Toyokawa Noboru along?
Xiao Mutou, despite disliking him, still chose to help him and Xiangzi escape.
In the end, Aine still chose to come and say goodbye to them.
Little Lantern, Cat, Shiina Sisters...
If it weren't for their help, Xiangzi and I definitely wouldn't have been able to escape Tokyo so easily.
And then there's... Meow Dream.
In fact, Banami was not angry with her at all, and even understood why Banami deliberately made things difficult for Xiangzi back then.
After all, Miaomengqin is a girl who seems strong but is actually very sensitive. She is probably the first person to discover her own feelings.
That's why she targeted Teacher Da Xiang in that way.
If she had made her decision sooner, she wouldn't have had to become the villain.
This is the way of thinking of Yana Miyu.
He pursed his lips gently, wondering how Miaomengqin was doing now.
I really wanted to tell her that I wasn't angry with her, nor was I disappointed that she didn't show up during the rescue operation.
Unfortunately, he doesn't dare to contact the other party now, fearing that his number is being tapped.
After pushing his lover to go shopping, Xiangzi was stopped by someone as he passed the front desk.
“Um, Miss Shana,” Kanako called out.
This name always made Xiangzi respond a beat late.
"Uh, what's the matter?" Xiangzi asked, slightly puzzled.
However, Kanako seemed hesitant, as if she didn't know how to start the conversation.
Suddenly, Xiangzi became alert. Perhaps she had been having too much fun these past few days, and she had almost forgotten that she was being chased.
Could it be that the Toyokawa family took control of the inn while Banami was away?
"Um, could you please be a little quieter tonight? Someone's already moved into the room next to yours," Kanako said with an embarrassed smile.
"Eh..." Realizing she had misunderstood, Shoko, the heiress of the Toyokawa Group, was stunned, as if her mind had crashed.
My mind was filled with words like "commoner," "small fry," and "I'm going to die."
This is even worse than the Toyokawa family chasing after them.
Actually, Kanako was just trying to be helpful and avoid making Shana and Meowmeng feel awkward, but she didn't expect Shana to be so shy. At this moment, her cheeks were already flushed.
"I...I'm sorry, I'll be more careful." Xiangzi was so ashamed that tears were almost streaming down his face.
"It's nothing, it's nothing, I was just reminding you." Now it was Kanako's turn to feel awkward.
Before the atmosphere completely turned tense, Xiangzi quickly went upstairs.
Waaah, I'm too ashamed to stay here any longer.
However, since the two of them were planning to leave Kobe anyway, staying in one place for too long would make them more likely to be discovered by the Toyokawa family.
She returned to her room with a flushed face, thinking to herself that she would definitely not make a sound tonight!
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