Chapter Twenty-Three: A Sonata for an Upside-Down Girl

"This script has nothing to do with you, don't think about it. ”

Rin Chihara walked over while talking, and took back the half-written "Sonata for the Upside-Down Girl" from Michiko's hand.

Michiko didn't believe it, lowered her head slightly, and instantly her big pure eyes were covered with a faint shadow, and asked in a low voice: "Is that me? You guessed what happened to me, and then used it as creative material, right? It's not enough to ruin my life, but you still want to use it to make a profit?"

How shameless is this man to take advantage of other people's suffering to make money?

Rotten people!

"Sonata for a Handstand Girl" is a short script that Rin Chihara is writing:

In a piano competition, the actor Kuroki worked hard, but he didn't win any awards, and the first prize was won by his beautiful classmate Yoshino Dot, but Yoshino Dot's expression was faint in a compliment, and he didn't care, which made Kuroki feel even more depressed, and his friend Kadokawa was also very unhappy, and whispered a few bitter and mean strange words.

After the competition, Kuroki walked home, wondering if it was time to give up his dream of becoming a pianist - no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't compare to those who were born with talent, maybe he should give up his dream and find a job steadily, right?

He was struggling to make a decision when he heard a few terrible crows on the side of the road, and looked up to find a dark forest on the side of the road, and the trees were clustered with an old bookstore.

He felt very strange that there were no buildings here, and hesitated for a moment, and chose to go in to have a look, and it was twelve o'clock in the evening.

The bookstore was empty, and he looked around, and a blood-red gilt hard-cover book on the shelves caught his eye. He took the book down, and a sheet of music fell out of it, stained with dried blood.

The text on the sheet music seemed to be in German, which he didn't recognize, but he tried humming the stave, and found the melody to be wonderful—and out of curiosity, he eventually bought the strange sheet music.

The next day, he looked for a dictionary to translate it, and found that the sheet music was called "Sonata for an Upside-Down Girl", which belonged to a virtuoso named Albert, and there were a few lines of handwritten words on the score:

"Nobody can hear this tune. ”

"Don't play, never, make a mistake and lose your hands. ”

He became more curious, went to the library again, checked the information for the piece, and found a news item from 1921 - the famous pianist Albert was playing "Sonata for an Upside-Down Girl" when his hands were broken by a falling chandelier.

Cursed scores: Losing your hands if you fail to play?

What does that mean no one can hear?

Kuroki was skeptical, but he couldn't control his curiosity, so he finally went to the piano room and played the song - he was disappointed in his dreams anyway, nothing to fear.

But when he struck the first note, the clock stopped, the metronome stopped, the laughter outside the room was gone, and even the raindrops outside the window stopped in mid-air.

The whole world stands still!

Kuroki was so surprised that he didn't dare to stop, he didn't dare to make a mistake, and when he played the last note on the score, the second hand on the quartz clock went down and the metronome swung again.

......

Kuroki was so surprised that he couldn't help but tell his good friend Kadokawa about it, and showed him the cursed score, but Kadokawa didn't believe it, and instead joked that he could give Yoshino some play to this score, so that if she made a mistake, she would lose both hands, and everyone would have a chance to go to Germany for further study in the tryouts.

Kuroki thinks this is wrong, but Kadokawa dismisses it, saying that he has seen Yoshino a little bit of the woman unpleasantly, always relying on his talent to see no one, his temperament is too cold and arrogant, and it is not bad to teach her a lesson.

At this time, Yoshino came, and when he heard Kadokawa's criticism behind her, he glanced at Kadokawa coldly, as if to say: People like you can only be jealous of talented people behind their backs.

Kuroki and Kadokawa were very embarrassed, and Kadokawa knocked over the cup in a panic, Kuroki hurriedly went to help him pick it up, Kadokawa hesitated, and took the "Sonata for the Upside-Down Girl" with a heavy face.

......

Soon after, there was a terrible scream from the piano room, and passers-by heard it, broke in to take a look, and found that Kadokawa's two hands were bloodied and had been seriously injured, so they hurriedly called an ambulance for him.

Kuroki didn't know why, thinking that he had hurt his friend, and when he heard about it, he hurried to the hospital, but found that although Kadokawa was lying on the hospital bed with his arms hanging, his expression was much better, and he didn't have the bitter resentment he used to have.

Confused, Kuroki asks why Kadokawa is playing the tune, is it just out of curiosity?

Kadokawa smiled peacefully, "Because I wanted to give myself a reason to give up, but I didn't expect it to be a success, and I can be a company employee with peace of mind in the future." ”

Then he said seriously: "You still have a chance, Kuroki, your talent has also made me jealous, now it's time for you to prove yourself, you should go to the selection meeting and go to Germany to realize your dream!"

Kuroki lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked at his friend again, and silently agreed.

......

A few more days passed, and the school selection competition began, and Kuroki played as hard as he could, but noticed that the judges were expressionless and didn't seem interested in him. When he finished playing, he was disappointed, and Kadokawa, who came to see him playing, comforted: "Don't be discouraged, there is hope for success!"

At this time, Yoshino arrived and said coldly, "Get out of the way!"

Then she took the stage, sat down at the piano and began to play—her technique was exquisite, and the sound of the piano was moving, as if desperate and depressed and like an unwilling cry, and every note could hit the heart.

Kuroki listened for a while, and finally became convinced that he would never be able to beat Yoshino, and decided that it was time for him to give up. He didn't listen any more, but went straight to the piano room, and after a long silence, he began to play the "Sonata for the Upside-Down Girl".

He intends to play until he makes a mistake, because dreams are just dreams after all......

For a moment, the whole world stood still again, but Kuroki looked out the window in amazement, where Yoshino was standing upside down in mid-air - she was halfway through the competition, suddenly stopped playing, and then sat down at the piano and was silent for a long time, got up and left the arena to go to the roof, and threw herself down.

Yoshino was surprised when he stood upside down in mid-air, looked at Kuroki in front of the piano and asked, "Why?"

Why didn't I die?

Kuroki was also very confused, and he didn't dare to stop playing, and asked rhetorically, "Why?"

You have a talent that others can't ask for, so why should you give up on yourself?

Yoshino's beautiful face showed a beautiful smile that she had never seen before: "I have long wanted to end all this, and the talent has brought me only pain - my whole life has been forced to practice, except for practicing the piano, I am tired, I want to end it all." ”

............

For the time being, the script is only written here, and Michiko has only seen it, but she is very suspicious that the prototype of the heroine Yoshino is her, who has been forced to participate since she was three years old, from the kindergarten stage to the current studio.

At the beginning, she was still enjoying it, proud and proud of being praised by her mother, but as her mother's eyes became brighter and brighter, the requirements for her became more and more strict, and she felt a little unbearable and tired after uninterrupted physical classes, vocal lessons, voice training, acting classes, talent classes, dance classes, and a large number of boring and unbearable body management and appearance management.

If you are just tired, it is okay to say, gritting your teeth may not be unable to persevere, but you have to smile at every stranger, pretend to be well-behaved, maintain your image, follow your mother to beg for help, endure the unwillingness to complain when your mother can't find a chance, and slowly, your heart is tired.

She began to hope to end this life, but at this time she unexpectedly got the opportunity to audition, she tried to pretend to be stupid, hoping that such a few failures would make her mother discouraged and give up, don't always think about sending her to TV series and make movies, don't always think about making her famous, so that she can start to live a normal life, but she failed in her first effort and ruined it to Chihara Rin - Chihara Rin was entangled, causing her to drag her mother in and not pretending to be stupid, and directly fell short.

She felt that Rin Chihara had ruined her life, at least as an accomplice in ruining her life!

Now, while wandering around inadvertently, she discovers that Rin Chihara has written her pain into the script...... Seriously, I feel very uncomfortable, and I even hate the man in front of me!

But......

Rin Chihara was actually wronged, he is a very planned person, "Sonata for the Upside-Down Girl" was already in his plan, this is also an episode of "Wonderful World Story", but he changed it a little and erased the "future technology" involved in it.

This can only be said to be a coincidence, and he didn't expect that there would be such a thing in reality when he made plans before—art comes from life, and life is sometimes more outrageous than art, which is really speechless.

He was silent for a while, and said seriously to Michiko: "This script really has nothing to do with you, I don't mean to insinuate you, but I know what you're angry about...... I just did what I had to do, and if you didn't want to be involved, you should have a good talk with your mother, not just get angry with me. ”

Michiko looked up at him with a small face and asked calmly, "Can you oppose your parents' decision when you are ten years old?"

Rin Chihara was stunned, and was speechless, if a child can oppose his parents' decision, then elementary school and junior high school must have at least half of the students - there are not many children who like to study, and they all love to play.

He sighed and said helplessly: "I can't, then I think I should say something...... Sorry, I didn't see it at the time. If I see it, I won't call you back again. ”

Michiko didn't seem to expect him to apologize directly, her resentment decreased slightly, and she slowly shook her head and said, "You can't change anything if you apologize, her plan has taken a big step forward." ”

"Have you tried to talk about it? Have you tried to ...... Have you resisted?"

"Yes, but it didn't work, she wanted to be a star when she was young, but it didn't work out, I'm now her tool to achieve her dream, she won't give up easily - she's invested too much, she can't go back. Michiko's little face was full of melancholy, showing maturity far beyond her years: "As for resisting, how should I resist? Crying and making a fuss? That can only be exchanged for stricter discipline, more study classes, and I don't want to be beaten again." ”

"Have you thought about a legal route? I remember that there was a family court, right?"

"And then she was stripped of her custody and I was sent to a welfare home?" Michiko said softly with a faint expression on her face and a calm tone, not at all like a little girl in her early tens, and said softly: "Or maybe I'm forbidden to engage in acting? What will she do to me? She thinks it's for my good, and I should be extremely grateful!"

Rin Chihara was blocked again and had nothing to say, some things were just simple to think about, but when it came to operation, it was full of dilemmas - now she was in a bad situation, but she really started to resist, maybe it was just changed from one bad to another, or bad.

He pondered for a moment, and stopped talking nonsense, it seemed that he couldn't help with this matter, this was originally a family matter, and it was difficult for a Qing official to cut off family affairs, let alone him.

He was silent, and Michiko also lost interest in continuing the conversation, and turned around to leave, but her breath was very depressed at a young age, and the whole person felt gray, but she took two steps, hesitated, and then turned her head and asked: "That heroine, it's that Yoshino, she ...... in the end." Did you succeed in the end?"

Rin Chihara was stunned, and his heart jumped, didn't you read this script and imitate it, right? He couldn't help asking, "What do you want the ending to be?"

Michiko stayed for a while, and slowly shook her head: "I don't know, aren't you a screenwriter? ”

Rin Chihara looked down at her, she used to have a pair of big pure eyes, but now there is only confusion in her eyes......

She is actually very painful, and she is in pain and has no power to change anything, so she is even more painful?

It's not a good thing to be precocious......

He thought for a moment, handed her the half-written script, and smiled, "Then this one is for you, write the ending you like - you can make at least one decision for Yoshino's life." ”

He was careless at the time, otherwise he would never force a child to do what she didn't want to do, which violated his principles of being a man, then this can be regarded as a gift of compensation, although it is useless, but he can only do so much.

Let him persuade Liangzi in the south, and what kind of position should he take to persuade him?

Michiko looked at the script, then at Rin Chihara, was silent for a long time, slowly reached out and took the script, then turned around and walked away directly.