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"I actually quite like rainy days," Ruomai said with a gentle smile. "The fireworks that bloom after the rain every year are the most beautiful, and I love them very much."
"Blossoming in the clear sky, it seemed to illuminate even the most obscure night..."
Phew——bang——
"Ah, it's starting." Ruomai looked up at the sky, at the colorful fireworks exploding in the distance.
The flying fireworks, like twinkling starlight of the future, blazed with brilliant light, illuminating hope.
“In the past, I would come here to watch fireworks with my younger siblings, older siblings, and my parents.”
Looking at Taro's profile illuminated by the fireworks, Ruomai said softly, "Back then, what I loved most wasn't the fireworks, but my family illuminated by them. Those fireworks were truly the most beautiful fireworks in the world."
"But as I grew up, I gradually lost interest. At first, it was just that I didn't want to come, but gradually, no one wanted to come anymore. When we did come occasionally, we couldn't see our favorite fireworks anymore."
Ruomai covered her mouth and chuckled: "However, after so many years, I realized that I really, really like it."
"Ah, I understand!" Aine looked at the fireworks in the distance with eyes that seemed to shine: "After being away for so long, it's really exciting to suddenly see something that only exists in my hometown."
"Huh?" Ai Yin suddenly realized what Ruomai had said, turned her head to look at where Ruomai was looking, and fiercely pounced on Ruomai: "Wait! Ruomai, look at me too!"
Although Aine looks fierce, she actually acts like a cute puppy pretending to be fierce.
"Me too—" Lena poked her little head out from beside Aine as if joining in the fun, which was quite adorable.
"Alright, alright, take a look, take a look." Ruomai chuckled, looking at the two little fools' faces, which were illuminated orange by the fireworks, and couldn't help but pause slightly.
We agreed that we would take what we wanted with our own hands. But some things we wanted never seemed to leave us.
"What are they doing?" Taro frowned, looking at his servants' performance art with incomprehension. From Taro's perspective...
Ai Yin and Le Nai huddled together against Ruo Mai. Ruo Mai glanced at them helplessly, then turned her gaze back to the fireworks in the sky and replied casually, "Who knows?"
Hai Ling stood on the periphery like an outsider.
"Ah!" Ai Yin suddenly stood up and exclaimed. Ruo Mai looked at Ai Yin with some confusion and asked softly, "What's wrong, Ai Yin?"
"Photos! Photos!" Ai Yin frantically pulled out her phone, then slapped her forehead in frustration. "I didn't bring a selfie stick or a tripod, what am I going to do?"
She looked around; there was no one there to take a group photo for them.
"Does your phone have a timer function?" Taro asked, and Aine nodded hopefully.
"Then, you set the timer for shooting, and I'll take care of it." Aine was very curious about what Taro meant by "taking care of it," but she still obediently set the timer.
"You, stand beside me!" Everyone naturally obeyed Taro's order, so they all stood beside him.
Taro stands in the center, Hailin occupies Taro's left side, Aine is on Taro's right side, then Meowme rests her chin between Aine and Taro's shoulders, and Rakuna stands between Aine and Taro.
Then, everyone was curious about how Taro would take the picture. Taro calmly placed his phone horizontally on top of his shoe, and then calmly lifted his foot.
To everyone's astonishment, the phone remained firmly placed horizontally on Taro's feet.
"Stop spacing out, get into position—" Under Taro's reprimand, everyone straightened their expressions.
Behind them, fireworks exploded continuously. The members of the Dong Brothers group, dressed in wet live yukatas, stood quietly in the pavilion with a wide view, waiting.
Momoi Taro clearly raised one leg, but his upper body remained unaffected as he stood with his arms crossed.
click-
As the flash went off, the photo was taken. Taro's foot trembled slightly, and Aine's phone flew out like a catapult, landing squarely on Taro's injured side.
He handed the phone to Ai Yin, leaving her speechless with shock. No, you can take pictures with your feet, fine, but how come the lighting and composition are so perfect?!
Well, since it's Momoi Taro, everything makes sense, right? Aine edited a message on social media and Twitter. Send—
Ruomai glanced at it, then lowered her head and tapped a few times on her phone. Before long, Aiyin saw that someone she followed had retweeted her tweet. She couldn't help but look up slightly and saw Ruomai's eyes meet hers in mid-air.
Then, these two rivals exchanged a smile and said nothing more.
Episode 18 of "Dong": Meeting with Li Xi
The next morning, the Dong Brothers group took a plane back to Tokyo.
As Aine predicted, the last photo was very popular on social media.
She got a lot of likes and shares... at least more than her personal photos and daily life posts.
What upset Aine even more were the comments below.
"Wow, that's amazing! Was it shot by a professional photographer?" "Probably, but it definitely wasn't taken with professional equipment. The resolution looks like it was shot with a mobile phone, but the composition is incredible."
Just thinking that Taro filmed this with his feet... makes Aine wonder how those people who praise him feel.
Ai Yin sighed softly, took a picture of her breakfast, added a very ordinary greeting, and uploaded it.
Next, she needs to prepare properly for the re-recording of the designated dance. She had only danced it once before, and she had almost forgotten all the moves. Before starting, she should definitely practice first.
On the other hand, Taro returned home. It was around eight o'clock. He had arranged to meet the other three members of the Dong Brothers group at four o'clock in the afternoon to re-record the dance. He also met with Lixi at six o'clock in the afternoon. It seemed like he was quite busy that day.
"Momoi-san, you're back." Hearing the door open, Nina peeked out from the other side of the entryway. "Welcome back. How did the live performance go?"
Taro was slightly taken aback; he wasn't used to talking about this with others yet, and it might take him a while. However, he quickly recovered.
With a calm and confident voice, she raised her head and replied in Nina's direction, "Ah, the result doesn't need to be explicitly stated!"
"As expected of Momoi-san...!" Nina said excitedly, then became a little disappointed and whispered, "I wish I could be there too."
"Maybe next time." Taro calmly changed into indoor shoes and walked over. "Next time should be in Tokyo. By the way, how's your band doing?"
"Ah...Speaking of which, Momoi-san, I...have a favor to ask you, may I ask...?" Nina followed closely beside Taro, bowing her head and asking softly.
"Just say what you want to say!" Taro snapped at Nina, making her straighten up and stand at attention, shouting, "Yes, sir!"
The two moved to the living room and sat down. Nina said, "Actually, didn't we say before that two band members came to Tokyo from Shin-Kawasaki to pursue their careers?"
"So what?" Taro looked at the talent with a serious but slightly puzzled expression.
"Actually... when they moved in, they found that the air conditioner in the apartment the agency recommended was broken, so... could they stay here for a couple of days until the air conditioner is fixed..."
“It’s alright! You can stay here as long as you want.” Taro interrupted Nina, raising his head and saying, “There are plenty of empty rooms.”
"Thank you so much!" Renna hurriedly bowed in thanks, then looked up slightly and asked, "There's one more thing..."
"So, is it okay to keep pets in this house?" Nina asked Taro, while Momoka quietly peeked out from the kitchen.
"What? A cat? A dog?" Taro's reaction was quite calm. Nina scratched her head and said softly, "Neither...it's a snake. Ash has a pet snake. In this kind of weather without air conditioning, it might..."
Before Nina could finish speaking, Momoka jumped out and shouted, "No! Absolutely not!"
"Why!" Nina turned to look at Momoka with displeasure, but was surprised to find that her face was a little pale. She asked blankly, "Momoka-san, what's wrong? You look terrible."
"It's nothing! But snakes are absolutely, absolutely not allowed." Momoka replied perfunctorily, then firmly reiterated the order.
Seeing Momoka's resistance, Nina grinned mischievously and teased, "Hmph... Is Momoka-san not good at dealing with snakes?"
Before Momoka could answer, Taro slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and shouted in a low voice, "Interesting!"
He looked at Nina and said with a smile, "I give permission, bring it along!"
"Really?" Nina asked Taro excitedly at first, but then looked at Momoka, whose face was ashen, "But... Momoka-san seems to be very bad at dealing with snakes..."
Momoka nodded vigorously, while Taro said matter-of-factly, "The best way to deal with fear is to face space directly! Bring it over!"
After saying that, Taro paused slightly and said softly, "But make sure her pet stays in the room and is locked up. There are cats around, and cats can hunt snakes."
During the few days Taro was away, he entrusted the responsibility of feeding the cat to Momoka. He just returned and saw the black cat.
The food looks pretty good. Tao Xiang doesn't seem to have been neglected.
"Ah! Speaking of cats! Momoka has a cat too, right?" Nina looked at Momoka excitedly.
"Ah, that's right." Knowing that objecting was futile, Momoka listlessly opened a can of beer from the refrigerator and started drinking. "Mr. Momoi, would you like some?"
"No, I don't drink." Taro refused very seriously.
"I see." Tao Xiang didn't force anyone and started drinking on her own.
"Um, what I wanted to say was, could we bring Momoka's cat over too?" Nina asked, which surprised Momoka, who glanced at her in surprise before taking a sip of beer without saying anything.
“Momoka’s cat is currently being fostered at a friend’s house. It would be great if it could come.” Nina touched her own head a little embarrassedly. She knew how troublesome her request was.
“It’s alright!” Taro raised his head, clearly supporting this unreasonable request: “However, cats have a strong sense of territory, so you’ll have to deal with any trouble that may arise.”
With Nina's assurance, Taro returned to his room to rest for a while, and then picked up a pen and paper.
His open and honest conversation with Ruomai gave him new inspiration. Perhaps it could be used as a new song for his next live performance. After all, the program for that important live performance is still undecided, and it will need at least six songs.
Taro wrote very quickly. After finishing, he put the lyrics and music on the table and went out. Although there was about an hour of practice at eight o'clock tonight, Taro did not plan to practice this piece today.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Taro arrived at the practice room, where the other three were sitting and practicing their dance... However, it was basically Aine and Rakuna instructing Wakana.
After Taro and his attendants cleaned up the venue, the four of them recorded a dance and uploaded it.
"Hmm... I feel like something's missing?" Aine frowned, deep in thought.
Ruomai peeked over and, seeing nothing amiss, casually remarked, "We're still missing Hailing, aren't we?"
"Although this is also present, it feels like more than just this..."
Meanwhile, the cat sat in a corner of the practice room watching everyone's discussion, while Taro had already left early.
The dance recording itself didn't take much time, but including post-production, it still took an hour, which was about the same time as his appointment with Lixi. After having lunch at a fast food restaurant, he headed to Asukayama Park.
Just as he was about to reach his destination, his phone suddenly rang. Taro stood still, picked up his phone, and glanced at it.
The caller ID on his phone showed the contact name he had saved as "Boss of the Stars". He thought for a moment, realizing that he hadn't had any contact with that person recently, so why was he suddenly being contacted?
So he tapped to answer, and the call connected.
"Moshi moshi?" It was indeed Ichiji Hoshika's voice coming from the other end (we exchanged names last time I went). "Is that Momoi?"
"Yes, is there something you need?" Taro's eyes widened. It was still early, so a little delay wouldn't matter and Taro wasn't in a hurry.
"Did Boqi sell you tickets to their band's first live performance?" Xingge asked in a calm voice.
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"For that live performance, one band couldn't make it because their lead singer had a throat problem. Could your Dong Brothers group temporarily fill in for them?"
On the other end of the phone, Xingge rubbed her temples, looking a bit of a headache, and leaned back in her chair.
"I've been following your live performance in Kumamoto, and the level is truly excellent. Of course, I won't skimp on the appearance fee."