Chapter 95 – Staying the Night

After homeroom ended and school was out, everyone else left. The four members of the newly formed band still had a few things to discuss.

“First, Ms. Huang should serve as the band’s Captain,” Su Xiangxue suggested.

Huang Haiyao shook her head frantically. “No, no, no. One of you should be the Captain instead.”

Lin Xi said, “Teacher, you were in a band in college. You have experience.”

The beautiful teacher’s expression turned despondent. “I have experience breaking up bands…”

Seeing that the beautiful teacher was about to activate her “gravity field,” Lin Xi hurriedly changed the subject.

“Then Miss Su Xiangxue should be Captain.”

“Miss Su Xiangxue has excellent management skills. That should be fine, right, Miss Su Xiangxue?”

“Thank you for the compliment,” Su Xiangxue said, accepting the role. “The instruments aren’t a problem. We’re just missing a practice space.”

Huang Haiyao stepped forward. “I can handle that. I was planning to apply to the school for an activity room tomorrow.”

“Great. Thank you for your hard work, Ms. Huang.”

“You don’t have to be so formal with me,” Huang Haiyao said. “In the band, I’m not your teacher. I’m your big sister.”

The most fundamental reason Huang Haiyao had joined the band was to get closer to her students…

The sharp and capable Su Xiangxue then arranged a few more matters with perfect clarity.

“That’s all for today. Tomorrow, we’ll meet in the activity room and officially begin practicing for the school anniversary in half a month.”

“Miss Lin Xi, we’ll be counting on you to work hard on guitar and vocals.”

Lin Xi nodded, then shook her head. “Vocals???”

“No, no, no, no-“

“I really can’t do that!”

Lin Xi absolutely did not want to double as the lead singer.

“It’s really not because I’m shy,” Lin Xi explained. “I can’t even play guitar yet. Asking me to learn guitar and singing all at once is way too hard.”

“Mm…” Su Xiangxue admitted that time was a little tight, and they really did need to consider someone else.

“Miss Shanshan!” Lin Xi looked toward Yang Shanshan, who had been silent enough to seem invisible. “The lead singer role is yours!”

“Not bad,” Su Xiangxue agreed. “It’s a little rare for the bassist to double as the lead singer, but that’s fine. I believe Miss Shanshan can definitely do it.”

Yang Shanshan said nothing. She only shook her head weakly.

Lin Xi decided to help her make up her mind.

“Miss Shanshan, you don’t want our band to have no lead singer and split up on the spot right after forming, do you?”

Yang Shanshan: “…”

She stopped shaking her head.

“That’s more like it,” Lin Xi said. “Look, you already know how to play bass. From here on, you just need to focus on singing.”

“Besides, I think your voice sounds really nice.”

“Yes!” Su Xiangxue chimed in. “I also think Miss Shanshan’s voice sounds very nice.”

Huang Haiyao felt the same way.

As a socially anxious invisible person, Yang Shanshan almost never spoke in class unless a teacher called on her.

Because of that, aside from Lin Xi, who often talked with Yang Shanshan, the others had barely heard her voice.

Today, after hearing Yang Shanshan speak loudly, both Su Xiangxue and Huang Haiyao felt that her voice was very nice.

Yang Shanshan was still hesitating, so Lin Xi directly initiated a vote.

It passed with three votes, and Yang Shanshan had no choice but to accept the result: she would also be the lead singer.

After settling several important matters, the meeting finally broke up.

Once she left school and her head slowly cooled down, Lin Xi regretted it more and more the longer she thought about it.

How had she agreed to this in a moment of impulse???

…

“Qin Ling!”

“Help me!”

After Lin Xi got home, she called Qin Ling for emergency aid.

Qin Ling wasn’t in Shi Yu’s “sickroom” at the moment. She had given Shi Yu some preliminary treatment yesterday; the rest would have to wait until Sister Lin arrived from S City to finish it.

Lin Xi contacted Qin Ling because Qin Ling was the guitarist for their Kizuna Band.

Lin Xi had gone to the livehouse with Zhao Xinning before and happened to catch Kizuna Band’s performance. Qin Ling’s playing had been amazing.

Lin Xi told Qin Ling that she’d been chosen as the guitarist for her class band and was already in too deep to back out.

“I’m really going to need your help over the next half month.”

“If I end up asking so many questions that I annoy you, I’m apologizing in advance.”

At school, Su Xiangxue could guide her. Once she got home, she would have Qin Ling teach her.

Since she’d chosen to join, she would see it through to the end. Lin Xi planned to learn the guitar seriously.

“By the way, Qin Ling, how long did it take you to learn guitar?”

Qin Ling replied, “Half a day.”

Lin Xi: “…”

There was no comparing. Qin Ling was a genius Fox-kin girl, while she was merely an ordinary, everyday Blazing Blast Witch…

Not only did Qin Ling agree to help, she even reassured her.

“Don’t worry. Guitar isn’t hard to learn.”

“Playing and singing at the same time is what’s hard.”

Lin Xi told her that she would only be playing, not singing. She’d dumped lead vocals onto another classmate.

“I believe that under the guidance of this genius, you’ll be able to speedrun guitar in no time.” Qin Ling wasn’t confident in Lin Xi. She was confident in herself.

Hopefully… Lin Xi hung up the phone.

“Time to start learning.” Lin Xi went online and found the most basic tutorial videos first, planning to preview a bit.

By the time she finished watching tutorial videos, it was already dark, but she finally had a rough idea of how the guitar worked.

“I’m hungry.”

Since she was alone, Lin Xi didn’t really feel like making dinner.

She might as well order takeout.

But then the doorbell rang.

Zhao Xinning had come to visit, carrying a few ingredients with her.

As she stepped inside, she said, “Aside from wanting to chat with Xi about you forming a band, it’s also been ages since I last ate your cooking.”

Lin Xi, who had just placed her order, immediately canceled the takeout.

She was more than happy to make Angel-sama a lavish dinner.

Unlike Shi Yu, the “kitchen disaster,” Zhao Xinning wasn’t clumsy at all.

While Lin Xi bustled around the kitchen, Zhao Xinning tied on an apron too and started helping.

It kind of felt like a sweet, lovey-dovey couple living together… Zhao Xinning really liked this feeling.

“Wow-this is such a feast! Thank you, Xi!” Before picking up her chopsticks, Zhao Xinning gave her a proper thanks.

“What are you thanking me for?” Lin Xi said. “You made half the dishes on the table.”

Lin Xi couldn’t wait to taste Angel-sama’s cooking.

“It’s delicious!”

Lin Xi heaped praise on Zhao Xinning’s cooking, and Zhao Xinning couldn’t stop complimenting Lin Xi’s.

After a round of mutual business flattery, the two of them burst out laughing.

When she was with Lin Xi, Zhao Xinning felt like everything they did was fun.

“Xi, there’s no one at my place today, and I don’t want to go back. Can I stay over at your house tonight?”

“Sure. After we eat, I’ll clean up the guest room.”

“The bedroom… isn’t okay?” Zhao Xinning asked shyly.

“That’s fine too,” Lin Xi said. “I’ll let you have the bedroom, and I’ll sleep in the guest room.”

Zhao Xinning’s voice grew even softer. Lowering her head, she asked, “What I mean is… can we sleep in the bedroom together?”

Ah. This-

True, she’d shared a bed with Zhao Xinning at the inn before.

But home wasn’t an inn.

The bed at home was narrow, which meant… being pressed up against Angel-sama all night long???

Lin Xi’s heart started pounding wildly.