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

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“Platinum+〃1 Medical Beauty* ⑸Kick to Death」, 镹⑻Read- yi, have you ever resented me?”

Upon hearing Taro's sudden words, Shirogane Rinko stopped in her tracks and looked at Taro in surprise. Taro also stopped and turned around to look at her.

As his bond with the Dong brothers deepens, Taro often reflects on the first half of his life. Now, perhaps he can also sense some of the troubles of others.

He realized how much trouble his words had caused others. So, he looked frankly at Rinko, waiting for her answer.

Rinko looked surprised and replied softly, "No...why...why did the teacher say that?"

"Because, if I hadn't asked you to participate in the piano competition back then, maybe that kind of thing wouldn't have happened?"

“No…” Rinko Shirogane shook her head slightly and said softly, “Knowing you, teacher… is one of the proudest things in my life…”

"Even if the teacher... didn't let me participate in the competition, but... I think... I'll soon have the idea of ​​participating..."

Rinko Shirogane said with some difficulty, "And... because of you, Sensei, I met everyone in Roselia... I've always been... grateful to you."

Momoi Taro listened patiently to Rinko, then smiled and said, "Well, your keyboard playing is pretty good now. I'll stop here. You can go now."

Looking at Taro's smiling face, Rinko Shirogane nodded slightly and turned to walk towards her house.

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Momoi Taro watched as Shirogane Rinko's figure gradually disappeared into the darkness before he left with peace of mind.

Taro Momoi felt somewhat guilty towards Rinko Shirogane.

After she finished the piano competition, his teacher naturally went to... question her immediately.

"What kind of performance is this! You don't usually play like this!"

After that, he even tried to take Rinko out to do a street performance, but the performance failed. Rinko sat quietly in the crowd for an hour, all by herself.

So he resigned. He said to Rinko, "You have lost your pursuit of the piano as a tool for expression, and you have also lost some of your passion. I have nothing to teach you now."

After that, he reflected on it and wondered if the gradual approach might have been better.

He applied this kind of reflection later when training Goto Ichiri and Takamatsu Akari, first by improving their physical fitness, and then by having them perform live with their teammates.

If you have someone in the same situation who has changed their mindset, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Things went as he had hoped, and because of this, he felt a faint sense of guilt towards Rinko Shirogane. If he had thought of these things back then, perhaps Rinko Shirogane wouldn't be so socially awkward now.

However, it's all in the past now, and there's no point in reflecting on it anymore. Rinko Shirogane seems very happy now, and that's good enough.

With that thought in mind, Taro went back to his home.

……

The next morning, Aine and Hailin opened their eyes at the same time, as if they were having a nightmare, and both of them were ejected from the bed at the same time.

Noticing the movement of the other person in the same room, the two exchanged a glance.

Ai Yin asked hesitantly, "Hai Ling, did you have that dream too?"

"Uh, judging from your question, it seems you also dreamed about that strange place?" Hailing's voice carried a hint of regret.

She had already planned what to do this morning. She originally intended to wake up very early according to her biological clock, then call Ai-yin to wake up and say to her:

"Aine, wake up. Are you disappointed that it wasn't Momoi Taro who woke you up?"

As for why she did this, it was because she had read a book a few days ago that said that appropriate dirty jokes could bring two people closer.

However, the book didn't specify what constitutes an appropriate amount, so she decided to start with one a day to control the variables appropriately.

But this strange dream disrupted all her plans, and she didn't like the feeling.

"Wasn't this the first time Aine had that dream?" Hailing rested her chin on her hand, recalling the words Aine had spoken in the dream.

Ai Yin nodded slightly and said, "Last time, I was also inexplicably taken in. I don't know what happened either. It was the same last time..."

Ai Yin imitated the old man's actions, covering her head with the pillow with both hands: "The meeting time is over!... Just like that, I was kicked out."

"So, what do you plan to do about that dream?" Hailing continued to press, and Aine was also somewhat at a loss.

If you take it seriously, you know nothing about it; if you don't take it seriously, it's clearly a supernatural phenomenon!

As Aine and Hailing were pondering what to do, Aine's phone, which was charging on the bedside table, beeped three times.

It was a message from Momoi Taro. She quickly unlocked her phone to take a look. First, there was a compressed file sent in the large group chat with 25 people, followed by a sentence.

"The music is finished, and I've sent it to the group. Everyone should print out their part; following the style I'm familiar with, you should all be able to do it!"

Then there was a message in the Dong Brothers group chat: "Meet at 9 AM for practice!"

So fast? Although Aine had a premonition, she was still slightly surprised by the speed.

She opened the compressed file and looked at it carefully. It contained 23 compressed files, each labeled with its part numbered "xx". There was also a music demo.

Ai Yin also found her own part. After thinking for a while, she went downstairs to the convenience store and printed out the sheet music for all four members of the Dong Brothers group.

On her way home, Ai Yin couldn't help but open the group chat again to see if anyone had said anything interesting.

On the Dong Brothers' side, only Ruomai replied with "ok". Then Aiyin couldn't help but remind Ruomai, "Ruomai, remember to eat breakfast."

Aine said that because once during practice, Wakame came over without having eaten breakfast and wasn't really in the zone. Luckily, Taro noticed early and made her eat before coming over.

Ruomai replied with a couple of comments like "Aiyin is so long-winded," and after chatting with the other person for a bit, she switched to the large group chat.

The group members have already sent quite a few messages, and Ai Yin scrolled up to take a look.

(The following names are all notes for Ai Yin)

Kasumi-senpai: "Oh! As expected of Taro, you're really fast!"

Minato-senpai: "It seems like there's no part for me..."

Kasumi-senpai: "There's nothing we can do about Yuki-senpai being the main vocalist."

Next up was a senior member whom Aine hadn't added as a friend and wasn't very familiar with. Her ID in the group was RinRin, and she sent several messages in a few seconds.

"I really like this. Although it's not very difficult, the emotions in it are overflowing. You truly deserve to be called a teacher. I will try my best."

These messages popped up one after another in Ai Yin's eyes, accompanied by some emoticons. The speed at which they appeared made Ai Yin feel a little ashamed.

Never mind, I'll just wash my face, eat, and then go practice.

After Ai Yin and Hai Ling finished their meal, they headed to the practice room. Before leaving, she couldn't help but glance at the Dong Brothers' group chat one last time.

The message from the practice session clearly stated that 3 people had read it.

Aine couldn't help but sigh. She knew without even thinking who it was. Wouldn't they be late? She was a little worried.

"Won't Xiao Le Nai be late, will she...?"

Looking at Aine's expression, Hailing thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "By the way, does Aine know how to accurately find classmates?"

"Hmm..." Ai Yin thought for a moment and made a suggestion that sounded very unreliable: "Say something like treat her to a matcha parfait or something where she might be around?"

Just as Hailing was about to say, "How is that possible?", Le Nai's voice came from behind her: "Matcha Parfait."

Turning around, I saw her wearing that black outfit, pulling a huge guitar case behind her, and revealing a slightly wild smile.

"Really...?" Hai Ling stared blankly at the girl who had suddenly appeared, unsure of how to react.

Ai Yin patted her on the shoulder and said with a cheerful smile, "Yes~ Hai Ling lost, so she has to treat us to a matcha parfait."

Lenai, pulling the heavy guitar case, quickly walked to Hailing's side and said with a smile, "Matcha Parfait!"

“…I know, I’ll treat.” Hailing accepted the bet. She was well aware that Aine was helping her get closer to Lena.

Seeing Lena's excited expression, Aine patted her head and said, "You can have a matcha parfait, but only after practice."

"Yeah! Practice! I'm so excited!" Lena pulled the suitcase and jogged quickly towards the practice room. She grabbed a suitcase she encountered along the way, jumped onto it, and looked genuinely excited.

Hai Ling's eyes narrowed slightly as things she had never paid attention to in the past surfaced in her mind.

In my memory, during her first live performance, Rakuna dawdled around carrying her suitcase. Taro even said, "What incompetent servants! You all need thorough training!"

Then he carried Renai's suitcase upstairs. At the time, no one reacted to Taro's words, but little did they expect that the Travel Club incident would happen not long afterward.

To be honest, she wouldn't even dare to dream about swimming against a shark; such things only happen in comics and novels.

"Hailin~ Hailing~" Aiyin's voice gradually woke Hailing from her memories, and a slender hand with thick calluses appeared before her eyes.

With those two eyes swaying in front of her, Hailing calmly said, "Aine, if you keep swaying like that, I'll get dizzy even if I'm not dizzy yet."

"You suddenly stopped talking just now, it scared me to death." Ai Yin patted her chest, making a loud thumping sound.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered my first live performance."

Her voice carried a hint of reminiscence as she softly said, "Back then, even when my classmates were carrying the guitar case, they couldn't lift it up. Then the incident of us going to the shark drinking contest happened."

Aine's eyes widened in fright, and she quickly said, "Don't say such scary things. Bad things have a chance of coming true if you say them out loud. What if Taro repeats the shark swimming training again?"

"I'd rather race a Jeep than a shark; after all, that looks much more controllable."

Hai Ling hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Actually, I think the two are about the same. Back then with the shark, our physical strength was clearly insufficient."

"But back then, we were never actually caught by the sharks. Taro must have done something."

Ai Yin listened and nodded in agreement, then glanced at her phone, exclaimed in surprise, "Oh no, we're going to be late! Hai Ling, let's run!"

Hailing nodded, and the two of them ran together into the practice room. They took their basses from the shelf and tuned them.

Hailing's bass guitar was left in the practice room at some point.

Aiyin carried her guitar case on her back; after all, she felt that she was the one who needed to practice the most in the band, so she always brought her guitar home. She tuned it one last time.

Ruomai waited until the two of them finished their work before putting down her drumsticks, resting her chin on her hand, and asking with a smile, "How was it~ Hailing's forced soulmate operation? It looks like it was a success since you could come together."

"What does this mean?" Hai Ling questioned in a calm voice, "I don't recall ever planning such an operation."

“But it’s only natural that we come together.” Hai Ling’s voice remained calm; in fact, few could detect any particular emotion in her words.

“After all, I stayed at Ai-yin’s house last night.” Her calm words shocked Ruo-mai: “How did you two end up living together?”

"I don't know either..." Ai Yin still felt powerless when she said this, but she kept her eyes fixed on Ruo Mai. Although she had no evidence, her intuition told her that Ruo Mai must have done something.

“Yesterday, Hailing suddenly said she wanted to follow me or something, and then she ended up following me all the way to my house and even slept there overnight.”

Ruomai looked away guiltily. Aiyin sighed, took out four folders—pink, black, yellow, and blue—from her bag, and handed them to the other three people, keeping a pink one for herself.

Ruomai looked at Aiyin strangely and asked, "What is this?"