little japanese princess

"Congratulations." Rika smiled and congratulated Kashiwagi Yuki.

"No, no, Arnold..." Kashiwagi Yuki waved his hands nervously, but this ranking is indeed great, and he doesn't know how to answer Rika's words.

And Lixiang just smiled and continued to say a few words of congratulations, and went to find Mayu who was being dragged to take pictures in the corner.When watching the camera follow Kashiwagi, Li Xiang breathed a sigh of relief.Indeed, in such an embarrassing scene, it is really embarrassing to force myself to act without any grievances and to be happy for my teammates.But in front of the camera, Lixiang can't seem too stingy.

Rubbing his stiff face from laughing, he avoided a backstage scene and managed to find Ma You who was in a daze in the corner.

"Are you okay?" Lixiang put her arms around Mayu's shoulders, and asked with concern, "Don't think about it, as you said, the general election is just a ranking."

"I know." Ma You straightened up and hugged Lixiang instead, "Let's not talk about that, congratulations to Lixiang~"

"Is there anything worth congratulating." Li Xiang was a little depressed, "I should be very happy to enter Shenzhou Seven, but now I am so...unwilling."

While talking, a photographer spotted the two talking in the corner, rushed over excitedly to take pictures of the two, and attracted a large number of reporters who hadn't noticed the two before.

Li Xiang quickly changed the subject: "Speaking of which, when did Ma You become taller than me? Just now, I was the one who hugged Ma You, but now you are the one who is hugging me."

"Height?" Ma You couldn't help laughing, comparing the heads of the two, "Didn't Li Xiang find out? I've been taller than you since I was in middle school! Li Xiangjiang really hasn't grown any taller in the past few years oh."

"Huh?!" Li Xiang was surprised when she was reminded of this fact. Speaking of which, she had been paying attention to the problem of body development before, and didn't pay attention to her height.Now... Looking at Mayu who is half a head taller than her, Rika silently lowered her head to look at her chest.

"It's really disgusting, Li Xiang, did you start comparing your chest if you can't match your height?"

"This is the only thing I can compare with now..."

The two who suddenly started fighting attracted the attention of countless people, and Kashiwagi, who received congratulations and interviews from a bunch of people, also came over.

"It's really amazing, Yukirin." Mayu smiled generously, which attracted Kashiwagi's humility again.And Lixiang watched the two of them coming and going, and sincerely sighed, "Mayou has really grown up!" '

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After the general election, Lixiang returned to campus life. Although as this year's Shenqi 22, there were invitations from all major programs, all companies that focused on academics refused for Lixiang.However, there is one job that cannot be refused no matter what, and that is the recording and shooting of the [-]nd single "Flying Start".

The costumes of this song "Flyingget" mainly follow the Chinese style, and the shooting of the MV is naturally full of Chinese style, full of red, gold and Hong Kong martial arts movie-like plots.The members were also very excited about their first attempt at filming a fight scene and a similar movie.

The first disclosure of this song was at the Seibu Dome concert in July. Rika, who has been absent from the concert for a long time, can't miss it this time, but she didn't expect to encounter a "disaster".The disaster this time was not an earthquake-like disaster, but a disaster-like concert.

From the first day of rehearsal, Lixiang felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.Although she missed several AKB concerts, Rika could still feel that something was wrong.Everyone is still rehearsing carefully and confirming every movement, but there is still something wrong...

At the end of the first day of the concert, Mr. Akimoto's scolding woke up Rika.It's attitude!Although he was still serious, he lacked the hard work he once had.After becoming popular, the massive schedule makes every member exhausted, and they have to deal with high-intensity concerts.Of course, there are also objective reasons this time. In the midsummer of July, in the closed venue, there is no air conditioner to adjust the temperature.With only a few fans blowing in the sweltering backstage, several of the members, who were not dressed coolly and exercised a lot, suffered from heat stroke.

Li Xiang's body couldn't bear it in such an environment.But Mr. Akimoto criticized everyone's performance for the first time. Takamina cried so badly because of self-blame. Rika didn't want to increase the pressure on the members because of her own reasons, so she persisted.

Ma You's physical strength has always been good. Although he can't exercise, he has never encountered a lack of physical strength.Seeing Rika sitting in the tram with a pale face, she couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"Are you okay?"

"Well..." Too tired to speak, I could only shake my head slightly to indicate that I was fine.

Seeing that Lixiang was too tired, Ma You didn't dare to talk anymore, so he could only try his best to relax his body so that Lixiang could lean more comfortably.

The next day's concert was still bad.Although everyone's attitude can be said to be earth-shaking compared to yesterday, objective factors cannot be ignored.It was extremely hot and tense, and the intensity was not lower than yesterday.And after experiencing yesterday's physical challenge, today, many people can't hold on anymore.

AKB48's trump card, Atsuko Maeda, fell down.

The stretcher carried away Maeda, who had collapsed due to overbreathing, and Rika, who saw this scene, was silently anxious.Why is this concert so difficult?

But fortunately, before the opening, she returned to the team.Although her complexion was not very good, she still gave everyone a shot in the arm when she returned. After all, besides her, who else can take on the role of the immobile Center?

In a concert, due to the sharing of other sister groups, everyone did not sing much, but Lixiang, who is a big top, still exercises a lot.After being injured in the earthquake before, Lixiang couldn't be too tired, her physical strength was much worse than before, and she often caught colds.Although her mother forced Lixiang to eat a lot of nourishing food, the head injury still cannot be fully recovered.

Everyone in the backstage was busy, and those with a little physical strength could do it by the fan to blow some air, but most of them collapsed to the side and were helped by the staff to inhale oxygen.The more popular members are, the more tired they are.Ma You also helped Lixiang take a paper bag to help her breathe.

"Mayou's physical strength is really amazing, isn't it?" Seeing that Mayou can still maintain the shape of iron bangs, Li Xiang joked while panting.

"Baga! You're still talking when you're out of breath!" Mayou slapped Li Xiang on the head bitterly to let her concentrate on adjusting her breathing.

"My state is much better than that of Maeda-san."

Hearing this, Ma You was silent for a while, and after a long time he said sullenly: "I don't want Lixiang to be so difficult..."

Although the voice was low, Rika still heard it, and touched Mayou's hand, trying to adjust her breathing.

The MV didn't play for a long time. After changing clothes and resting for a while, it's time to go on stage and perform a new song.

However, Maeda Atsuko failed to come up.

When he was on stage, he saw from the corner of his eye that Maeda, who was surrounded by the staff, couldn't stand upright at all. It was not easy for someone who fell down during rehearsal before the opening to dance for so long.Li Xiang couldn't bear it anymore, she couldn't speak, so she could only silently adjust her breathing behind the members.

However, Maeda, who was still breathing, came up.

Still out of breath, still unable to straighten up, but she still managed to get on stage.The big screen kept cutting to Oshima Yuko and Takahashi Minami, so that Maeda, who couldn't see it, could rest for a while.However, if you help her cover in time, when the song starts, it's time to shoot her again.

Everyone was very worried, but they still stood in their positions and waited for the moment when the performance started.

At that moment, Maeda burst out with an unparalleled aura!Rika from the side could clearly see Maeda, who was still panting for breath before the light came on, and showed a vigorous smile the moment the light shone on her.Although the sound is still a bit trembling, it is enough for a half-open microphone.

Looking at the figure dancing with all her strength, Li Xiang realized that the figure was so reliable and stable.Li Xiang, who was exhausted, was also infected by this aura, and dedicated her hardest performance so far.

However, after the performance, Lixiang collapsed.

After bidding farewell to the audience, he fainted backstage.Fortunately, Ma You, who was walking beside her, quickly grabbed Lixiang, otherwise she would have to knock her head again.

After waking up, Lixiang has arrived at the hospital.Although I felt much better, the doctor advised me not to attend the concert on the last day.The cameraman who filmed the AKB documentary followed Rika to the hospital, and Rika, who just had a day off, took time to accept a separate interview in the hospital.

"It's really hard work... But even Maeda-san survived, but I fell down. I can't be reconciled... I think the efforts of the past few days have been in vain." The director first asked about the feelings of the two-day concert.

"Physical factors are out of your control, right?"

"Indeed, I don't blame myself because I fainted. However, the fainting has caused too much trouble for everyone. Obviously there is only one day left, but I still have to trouble other members to take my place and get familiar with the dance steps and positions again. .These results, make me very sad."

After the topic of the concert ended, we started talking about the Great East Japan Earthquake.

"Even if you want to study, you can't miss the sympathy performance." Li Xiang said seriously, "In 08, when another earthquake happened in my hometown, Sichuan, I went to be a volunteer. This time, Although I couldn’t become a volunteer due to various reasons, I will do my best if I can.”

"Can you tell me about your time as a volunteer in Sichuan?" The director was unexpectedly interested in what Li Xiang had just mentioned in passing.

"Eh, that?" After getting a positive look from the director, Rika tried hard to recall the situation at that time, "That is, not long after Team B debuted. After getting the news, I immediately asked Akimoto-sensei for leave to go to the disaster area to support .But I am still young, no one wants me, I just help my parents with chores."

"I saw a lot. Some people cried because their loved ones died, and some people were happy because they were rescued. But most of them were still sad. After all, the disaster was too bad." Li Xiang still feels depressed when thinking about those scenes.Everyone in the room was silent for a while.

"However, going to the disaster area this time is different. Everyone in the disaster area is very happy to see us. Really, it is great to bring happiness and smiles to everyone."

"At that time, I felt from the bottom of my heart that it would be great to be a member of AKB48."