After that, Xinying reunited with Liu Ji and the others smoothly, and enjoyed the Chaoyang Festival.Sasada-kun always made her feel a little restrained by her side, and she habitually put on a mask that only people use when facing strangers.Her behavior is still as hypocritical as before, but sometimes hypocrisy becomes a necessary disguise.

Xiaochun has been curiously asking her about the details of the haunted house, and she picked out a few and explained them in detail.Xiaochun showed a fearful expression on his face, but there was a hint of excitement and curiosity in his eyes.However, she didn't tell Xiaochun about the accident she had in the haunted house, and Jianliang probably wouldn't let Xiaochun know about such an accident.If she said it, it would only cause people to worry in vain.

After lunch, Xiaochun excitedly flipped through the Chaoyang Festival brochure that Shuli gave her. "Ah! Got it!" She still held a half-gnawed candy apple in her hand, and held up a brochure in the other hand, "A performance by the Drama Research Department! The time is 01:30 pm, and the location is in the gymnasium. Na, na, Sister Xinying, Sister Liuji, shall we go and see?" She put the brochure in front of Liuji and Xinying, and motioned them to read a line in it.

Xinying checked the time and place of the performance again from the brochure, and Liu Ji was the first to answer: "Of course I want to see it, after all, this is a stage play starring Shuli."

"Where is it? Show me!" Bohe still had crumbs of the pineapple bun on his lips. He and Kenta surrounded the two girls on one left and one on the right, looking for signs in a backwards way. Follow the news from the Drama Research Department.

"You two!" Liu Ji unceremoniously took away the brochure, rolled it into a tube shape in her hands, and knocked Hiro and Kenta on the heads, "Don't you two should have this brochure yourself? "After listening to Liu Ji's questioning, both of them had smirk expressions, and silently shifted their gazes elsewhere.

"It's still as unreliable as before." Liu Ji unfolded the booklet and stuffed it in front of the two of them.

Xiaochun sat back beside Xinying, rested her head on her shoulder, and said, "It's not all because of Sister Shuli. I heard that Sister Xinying also participated in the performance, right?" , she leaned forward and stared at Xinying enthusiastically.

"It's just a favor, it's not a big deal." Xinying waved her hand and said modestly.

"But it's because sister Xinying participated, so I have to watch it even more!" Xiaochun stuck to her side, smiling authentically.I always feel that the tone of her speech seems to have something in it, Xinying shook her head, and no longer delved into the meaning.

After the lunch break, the five of them walked around the school again, and when the hour hand moved to one point, they began to head towards the gymnasium.

The performance of the Drama Research Department seems to be highly anticipated by the audience, so at this time, audiences have already entered the venue one after another.There are printed colorful posters pasted at the entrance of the gymnasium. The little witch played by Shuli, Viola, the prince, the princess and other main characters stand in the center of the screen in poses that fit the roles in the play.

Xiaochun stood in front of the poster and studied it with great interest.Xinying suddenly pulled Laliuji's sleeve, and motioned to her a figure not far away who was walking towards the gymnasium: "Hey, Liuji, look at that, isn't it?" Noticing the conversation between the two of them , Bohe and Kenta also followed Liu Ji and cast their gazes in the direction Xinying pointed.

"Oh! That's not..." Bo He couldn't hold back his surprise, and let out a low voice.

While several people were talking, someone had already walked in front of them. "Hello, Uncle Kato." Xinying and Liu Ji spoke out first, and they bowed slightly to the middle-aged man in front of them.Bohe and Kenta reacted a little too late, but they quickly came to their senses and bent their necks slightly.

"Well, hello." Kato Hajime nodded to several people, and he seemed to quickly recognize the identities of the grown-up children in front of him.It's just that in Xinying's eyes, he still looks as serious as he remembers, but there are more wrinkles on his forehead and white hair on his sideburns.

"Hello." Shuli's half-brother Kato Masahiko poked his head out from behind his father and greeted them generously.

Xinying smiled politely, only Liu Ji raised her hand and touched his head: "Long time no see, Changyan."

"Well, Sister Liu Ji, it's true, I'm no longer a child!" Chang Yan covered the place Liu Ji had ravaged, and curled his lips.His cheerful temperament is very similar to Shuli.

"Are you guys also here to see Shuli's performance?" Facing them, Mr. Kato's expression softened a bit.After receiving affirmative answers from everyone, he nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, it's really good that Shuli has friends like you."

Xinying and Liu Ji exchanged an inexplicable look.Xinying didn't know if Liu Ji thought of a place with her, because she was a little confused at this time, whether Mr. Kato recalled the nightmarish time five years ago when he saw them.Perhaps for some people, the scars can gradually fade away, but not everyone can easily forget the scars left after blindly bravery.

After saying this, Mr. Kato didn't stay any longer.After nodding to them, he hurried into the gymnasium which was arranged like a theater.Masahiko waved to them, then followed his father and ran all the way into the theater.Liu Ji and Xin Ying who fell into silence were left behind, as well as Bo He, Kenta and Xiao Chun who looked inexplicable.

"Speaking of which, every time I see Uncle Kato, I find it scary." Bohe made his habitual movement again, folding his hands behind his head, "I thought he would be able to treat Kato after that time." Be gentler."

Xinying didn't answer, and Liu Ji unexpectedly didn't say much.They all knew exactly what Bohe referred to by "that time".

It was Kenta who pushed his glasses and exclaimed, "Family members have different ways of expressing themselves." After speaking, he crossed his arms and nodded with a serious face.

Both Xinying and Liu Ji showed surprise expressions.It's hard to imagine that such words came from Kenta's mouth.

"What's the difference? Kenta, what are you talking about?" A familiar voice came from behind.Everyone turned around and found that Qiren and Jianliang had also rushed over. The two had changed from the weird cosplay style of the class project to the more common school uniforms, but even so, there were still girls passing by who cast curious glances at Qiren .

The moment Xiaochun saw her brother, she had already greeted her with joy.Just happened to answer Qiren's question by the way: "Just now we met Sister Shuli's father! Sister Shuli's younger brother also came to watch this performance together."

"Really." Qi Ren looked a little nervous.

"Eh? Where's Shuli?" Liu Ji interjected at the right time, "Why didn't I see her?"

"If Kato-san said, she would have gone backstage to put on her makeup." Kaito explained to Ruhime, "The senior sister from the drama department had already sent someone to remind her, so Sasada-kun had no choice but to let her go."

"What about you? Is it okay to run out like this?" Xinying noticed that Qiren and Jianliang were both relaxed, so she couldn't help asking, "What about the class project?"

"Qiren and I, oh, and Kato-san have already finished work in the morning, so the afternoon is the time to rest." Jianliang smiled and said to Xinying, "Okay, let's stop standing at the door, no matter how unhappy If you go in, you won’t be able to find a good place to watch the show.”

After finding a suitable seat and sitting down, Xinying glanced at the time.15 minutes until the show starts.Hirowa and Kenta, who ran to the front row, began to tease Kaito, who is very popular now.Sitting on the right side of Xinying, Liu Ji was flipping through the manual introduced by Chaoyang Festival to see if there were any interesting items that she missed.On the left, Xiaochun happily told his brother about the interesting things he encountered in the morning.Xinying sat aside and listened quietly, while maintaining a smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Hey, so that guy really did that! It's still funny when I think about it now!" Xiaochun excitedly described the scene in the morning, but unexpectedly she stopped the narration in her mouth suddenly and pointed at the moment A figure passing by in a hurry, "Huh? Isn't that Sister Shuli?"

Xiaochun's words made several people who were doing their own things come back to their senses.They watched Shuli search blindly among the crowd, and then when they saw their position, they quickened their pace and walked towards them.When they got closer, they realized that Shuli had finished putting on her makeup, but she hadn't had time to change into her costume.

"Student Kato, what's the matter with you?" Qiren stood up "squeaky" and faced Shuli's direction.

Shuli didn't even have time to answer him this time.She went directly to Xinying, took her hand, and dragged her up from the seat. "Be careful, Ying," she pulled Xinying aside with a look of embarrassment, and asked in a low voice, "Do you have a backup file for the background music that you arranged for us?" She drowned her question in the din of voices.

Shuli's sudden question made Xinying feel inexplicable: "Well, yes, it's on the computer at home, what's wrong?"

Shuli, who originally showed a "relieved" expression, fell down again after hearing her answer: "Eh? How could this be...how can I do this!" She sighed, her face His expression was extremely disappointed.

"Shuli, did something happen?" Xinying asked carefully.

Shuli turned her gaze away, looking a bit embarrassed: "Nanai who is in charge of sound effects, Xinying, you know her, Ito Nana." Seeing Xinying nodding, she continued, "She said that the music and sound effects she had stored originally The USB flash drive is missing. Everyone has been looking for it for a long time but can’t find it.”

"Well, don't you people in charge of sound effects have a backup?" Xinying frowned and asked.

"The sound effects are indeed saved! But that idiot Zetian! He thought that Nana would have enough processed music files, so he actually deleted the music—including the one you gave him!" Shuli squeezed Clenching her fists, bringing up this incident inevitably added a bit of indignation, "So, Miss Hasegawa, please ask me to ask you," she lowered her head in shame, biting her lower lip, "Ask you, do you have any tapes? The one with music, that U disk." She almost squeezed out the last words through her teeth.

Xinying shook her head.Her USB flash drive is usually placed in her schoolbag, but today, she did not expect such an accident to happen, so she only brought a small portable bag, which only contained some keys, wallets, mobile phones and other personal belongings.

"Is that so..." Shuli lowered her hands in frustration.

Xinying looked at the time on the phone again, and it was 8 minutes before the scheduled start time of the show.Even if she goes home to get a backup of the music, 8 minutes is far from enough.And within these 8 minutes, unless the U disk storing the music can be found, there is probably no way to do it.

"Shuli," she asked tentatively, "I remember that there are only a few places where background music is needed, so even if it is not used in official performances, will it have a great impact?"

Shuli tangled her fingers anxiously: "It's true that it may not have a great impact on the whole, but a person who cares about your music feels really good. If it is missing, it may affect the emotional contrast and The infection did not achieve the expected effect; the second is, after all, it was before the performance, and if such a mistake happened, it would inevitably lower morale... When I left, Hasegawa-senpai and several seniors Very frustrating."

Xinying sticks out her neck.She walked around Shuli and looked at the situation on the stage.

"Let's go, Shuli." Xinying pulled Shuli over, but she didn't know how to soothe her anxious and chaotic emotions, so she had to say in a coping manner first, "Don't worry, let's go to Hasegawa-senpai first."

From the corner of the eye, Qiren, Liu Ji and others were still waiting for a result, Xinying stepped forward and explained to them simply: "Shuli said that Hasegawa-senpai had something to do with me, so I'll go and see first. I should be back soon." After speaking, she led Shuli in big strides to the backstage area connected to the stage of the gymnasium.

When Xinying and Shuli rushed to the backstage, the place was already a mess.Ito Nana sat on a chair beside her, her eyes were a little red and swollen from crying.Two of her friends, Tomoko Kawada and Naoko Takahashi, were by her side.Zetian stood aside and clenched his fists.Hasegawa-senpai and two other seniors who looked like seniors were discussing something in a low voice. Looking at the way they shook their heads and sighed, one could guess that the search work had no results.

"I said I didn't do anything at all! But I don't know what happened..." It was Zetian who was defending loudly.

"Forget it, let's give up the background music. With the lines and the strength of Kato and Tono, there must be no problem."

A few students who had finished changing their costumes were running around chaotically. When they saw Xinying pulling Shuli backstage, several people swarmed up. "Kato-san, you are finally back!" "Hurry up and change your clothes! Otherwise it will be too late!"

Hasegawa-senpai turned her head.She strode in front of Xinying with a surprised expression, at this time Shuli had already been dragged to change clothes. "Student Yao, I'm really sorry that such a mistake happened. I'm afraid we won't be able to use the background music you provided for our play." Hasegawa-senpai said apologetically with her head down.

"That..." Xinying gritted her teeth and said, "Actually, there is still time to remedy it. If you can borrow the music classroom to re-record, you can finish it in 10 minutes." But without post-processing, I'm afraid it won't be possible. It perfectly fits the ups and downs of the plot.

"Eh?" After listening to her suggestion, Hasegawa seemed to rekindle hope.

"Please wait a moment, Baihua." A tall and thin boy who was discussing the situation with Hasegawa-senpai came over, "Excuse me, are you classmate Yao?"

Xinying nodded in confusion.

"I went back and checked, but I didn't find any information about some of the songs you matched with us. I wonder if these songs are from your own creation?" The boy looked at Xinying peacefully and asked.His speaking speed is not fast, giving people a calm and reassuring force.From his nickname for Hasegawa-senpai, it can be deduced that he is probably Hasegawa-senpai's boyfriend, and the current head of the drama research department is a senior.

"Yes." Except for Shuli, she didn't mention this matter to anyone in the drama department, but since they were all discovered, Xinying had no reason to deny it.

"Then, I know this request may be unreasonable, but for the sake of the performance," senior Jie Cheng pointed to the curtain beside him, "Can you ask Yao to perform directly on the spot to make the soundtrack for our repertoire?"

The words of becoming a senior made Xinying freeze in place.She clearly remembered that she was hiding behind that curtain, sitting on the piano bench, and overheard the private conversation between Nana and the three girls.

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