Chihara Rin has no opinion on spending the New Year with Konoe Hitomi, he likes the silly girl Konoe Hitomi - the love between friends, has nothing to do with the love between men and women, although this silly girl often makes something unnoticed, it is very speechless, but there is a sense of justice, there are ideals and persistence, and it is simple enough, Chihara Rin feels very relaxed with her, laughing and scolding is very freewheeling, and he can't hate it at all, and he really doesn't want to spend the New Year alone.

Lonely and murderous, in this strange world, he will be uncomfortable as soon as he is idle, and he feels empty in his heart, like rootless duckweed, which is really not a taste.

Of course, he wants to celebrate the New Year with Baima Ningzi, he always has a faint sense of warmth when he thinks of Baima Ningzi, as if his soul has some kind of sustenance (can't help himself, no way), but people have families, and it is not his turn to accompany him for the New Year, and he thinks about it in vain.

He agreed as soon as he could, and by the way, he took over the responsibility of New Year's procurement, so as not to add a financial burden to the two little girls, and then on the afternoon of December 31, he wandered to Konoe Hitomi's house.

Hitomi Konoe has been mixed up in Tokyo for a year, and her luck is also very good, Iori Murakami and Rin Chihara take good care of her, especially after following them to the Kanto United TV Station, the income is quite good, naturally I don't live in the attic anymore, I rented a small apartment in Minato, and after Rin Chihara rang the doorbell, Izumi Izumi opened the door for him.

Banquan Spring Water is still the same, wearing slightly fat home clothes, not like a musician at all, with a little buckwheat flour on his hands, he smiled a little shyly, and bowed directly and greeted: "Chihara sensei, welcome." ”

Rin Chihara glanced at her hand and smiled back, "It's really hard for you." ”

He can cook, but his skills are very average, and today he is here to eat white food, and think about it with his ass, Konoe Hitomi's cooking skills are estimated to be enough to choke, so he basically has to work hard to get spring water.

Banquan Izumi smiled even more shyly, let him into the living room, poured him tea, and brought him mandarin oranges to eat—one of the New Year's goods that Rin Chihara ordered a few days ago, so expensive.

Hitomi Konoe shouted in the kitchen, "Izumi, is Chihara-sensei here?"

Rin Chihara responded with a smile: "It's me, I'm sorry!"

"It's okay, it's okay, it's only lively when there are many people during the New Year!" Hitomi Konoe shouted happily and didn't move, and Chihara Rin peeled the oranges himself, signaling that Banquan Spring didn't need to treat him as a guest, and asked with a smile: "I heard Hitomi say that Miss Banquan moved out and lived by herself."

Banquan Quanshui nodded: "My aunt doesn't approve of me being a singer, and wants me to continue to work in the grocery store, and I've been making noise, and I can't convince her, so I can only move out." ”

After she finished speaking, she felt as if she was "ungrateful" when she said this, and hurriedly added: "I will help them save a sum of money every month, after all, my uncle's family raised me, and I will not forget this kindness." ”

She finished adding, and it didn't seem to be quite right, so she hurriedly said: "I didn't say that I would just give the money, but I can only use the money table to show my heart for ......the time being."

Chihara Rin felt that there was nothing wrong, and smiled directly: "I understand what you mean, this kind of thing can be asked to have a clear conscience, I can understand." ”

"If only you understood. Banquan Spring responded softly, paused and said seriously: "Thank you, Chihara-sensei, for giving me the opportunity to realize my dream." ”

She has already received her first payment, and she has officially debuted as a singer, and she has long wanted to thank Rin Chihara, but Rin Chihara has been busy filming at the "Unnatural Death Research Institute" for a long time, and she can't find a chance.

Rin Chihara smiled: "It's you who have talent, I listened to the theme song and interlude, and the effect is very good, so I should thank you for your hard work on the show." ”

Banquan Izumi was even more embarrassed, and said shyly: "You are too awarded, it is the result of the joint efforts of the music supervision team, I just did what I had to do." ”

"Of course, it's a lot of people working together, but you do give a lot. ”

"No ......"

The two of them didn't know each other very well, so they fell into a cycle of politeness for a while, and Hitomi Konoe shouted in the kitchen: "Spring water, the noodles are kneaded, you can come and take a look!"

Sakaizumi quickly apologized to Rin Chihara and went into the kitchen again, and soon Hitomi Konoe came out with the flour in his hand.

Rin Chihara was very familiar with her, and asked directly, "Isn't Yasuda-san coming?"

His financial advisor Shintaro Yasuda is also an unlucky guy, and he currently lives in the attic where Hitomi Konoe used to live, and Rin Chihara thinks that he may be quite miserable for the New Year, so please call Hitomi Konoe too.

Konoe Hitomi shook his head: "It seems that he can't come, he said he wants to see his daughter." ”

"Did his ex-wife let him see him?"

Hitomi Konoe sighed: "Then I don't know, but he just wants to go." ”

Chihara Rin nodded, feeling choked enough, but he couldn't control this kind of thing, no way, and Konoe Hitomi felt that this topic was a little sad and not suitable for the New Year's atmosphere, so he immediately changed the topic and chatted about it, and asked if the song of Banquan Spring Water was going to be filmed on MTV, whether it was suitable for her to play - Banquan Spring Water has special feelings for her, the first fan, and also wants to help her career, and plans to recommend her to play the heroine, after all, the singer also has a little say in this regard, so there is no need to use it in vain.

Chihara Rin didn't be too polite with Hitomi Konoe, and told her directly that he couldn't - he must be the first to give priority to Hitomi Konoe when shooting sand sculpture MTV, but the aesthetic MTV should forget it, her appearance and temperament can't go together at all.

Hitomi Konoe was a little disappointed, but it was also expected, and he didn't take it to heart, and pulled Rin Chihara to talk about some gossip on the TV station, and soon laughed again.

The two of them were chatting here while waiting for white food, and Banquan Izumi was very proficient in housework, and soon put the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on the table.

It is said that this side of the New Year wants to eat "New Year's Eve soba noodles", which is equivalent to Chinese dumplings, Banquan spring water rolled the noodles by hand, boiled a big pot, drained the water and put a large plate, when eating, everyone picked up the radish puree, egg juice or seasoning, which is considered to be a show atmosphere.

The rest of the dishes are basically cold food platters, after all, it is a tradition to not use the fire during the Chinese New Year, most of them were made a few days ago or simply bought in the supermarket, but Rin Chihara is already quite satisfied. If he's not here for the New Year, he has to eat instant noodles in his apartment, and he's not even in the mood to do these tricks, which is already good!

Konoe Hitomi doesn't care anymore, she's a straight guy who doesn't even want to go home without getting ahead, and she poured herself a big glass of wine and began to coax her, wanting to have a happy New Year.

Chihara Rin didn't stop her, she drank it for the New Year, and she poured a cup to drink with her, while Banquan Spring Water didn't drink, poured juice, and clinked glasses with them with both hands.

They were chatting and eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and at half past seven, the traditional program of Chinese New Year's Eve, "Red and White Song Battle", began.

This is equivalent to the "Spring Festival Gala" in China, organized by NHK, which is equivalent to a large-scale singing variety show, selecting the most influential singers of the year from the music scene, divided into two teams, the male is the white team, the female is the red team, and then the two teams are confronted, and at the same time, they are also in line with international standards, and overseas singers are invited to participate every year, such as Teresa Teng in the original world of Rin Chihara, Alan Tam and other famous singers have participated many times, and the combination of the Twelve Women's Music Workshop seems to have been invited to be guests.

And this show has a long history, since the fifties. Originally, it was NHK's radio program, which was originally only going to be held once, but I didn't expect the response to be unexpectedly good, and the next year it came again, and the response was still excellent, and then it became a convention, and it was held every year, and then it was transplanted to TV, and it has continued until now - it has been held until the 45th edition.

There's nothing special about this show, it's just singing, it seems to be very monotonous, but the viewing habits that have been precipitated over time are extremely strong, and the ratings are extremely terrible, with a maximum of more than 81% - this record is relatively early, and there may be a little moisture in the statistics, but last year, there were still more than 50% of the ratings, and there was no moisture in this.

Rin Chihara watched it for a while, and felt that NHK was too advantageous to the National Broadcasting Association, no wonder he didn't care about the ranking on the hit list, he had this kind of program in his hand, and he put it on at the end of the year, and he ensured the first place every year, no one could compete for it, and he could make his peers angry half to death, and what was even more outrageous was that NHK would also insert the news in the "Red and White Song Battle", and the audience still bought it and had no opinion, which was really speechless.

Hitomi Konoe and Izumi Izumi are loyal viewers of this show, even if they are eating food from Kanto United TV now, they still have to contribute ratings to NHK on Chinese New Year's Eve, and they feel that it is natural to watch this show on Chinese New Year's Eve, especially Hitomi Konoe, who comments on the singers inside while watching, only likes inspirational support songs, and sneers at love songs and rock.

It was almost half past nine, NHK threw out the news special, this is the second half of the Red and White Song Battle, Konoe Hitomi was not interested in the news, turned to Chihara Rin and asked, "Chihara-sensei, do you say that Izumi can participate in the Red and White Song Battle next year?"

She was full of confidence in Banquan Spring, thinking that she would definitely be on fire, and Banquan Spring was startled, and hurriedly waved her hand and said, "I can't do it, I ...... How could I possibly participate in such a show. ”

This is a show that is conservatively estimated to be watched by 60 million people, she is now an unknown little singer, and she can't climb to the sky in one step, but Konoe Hitomi drank a little wine and was obviously super excited, and hugged her shoulders and said seriously: "Why can't you participate, you have to be ambitious!"

Banquan Quanshui stopped talking, if she dared to say that she could participate in the Red and White Song Battle, then other people's teeth would laugh off, and that would be the most influential group of singers of the year.

Rin Chihara smiled and spoke for Hitomi Konoe: "It's really not impossible, it's better for Miss Sakaizumi to be mentally prepared earlier." ""Lemon" has indeed been in the red and white song battle, and it is indeed possible that the singers of the other world, such as Banquan Spring, can also participate.

Banquan Izumi was even more panicked, she didn't know what to say, she admired Chihara Rin very much, she didn't want to refute his words, and she wasn't sure if he was joking, so she could only whisper: "I just want to sing well, don't think about anything else......"

Hitomi Konoe didn't like her lack of ambition, so he patted her on the shoulder and shouted, "You have to think about it, you will definitely be able to go!" Next year, Chihara-sensei's works will sell well, and your works will also sell well, and my works will ...... I also want to be able to participate in good works, and we will all succeed!"

Banquan Spring said helplessly: "Ah Hitomi, you are drunk!"

"That's impossible, I can drink three bottles of such a big bottle, and now I've only drunk one and a half bottles!"

The two girls of their age fought over the wine bottles there, and Chihara Rin didn't care, and continued to drink his small wine with a smile on his face, very relaxed - three people celebrate the New Year together, it is indeed better than one person, even listening to Konoe Hitomi's nonsense, it feels very festive.

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

This Chinese New Year's Eve meal was eaten for a long time, and Konoe Hitomi was a wild girl, drinking by herself, not talking, and dragging Chihara Rin to drink together, until more than eleven and a half, the red and white song battle was not over until half past eleven, and then Konoe Hitomi proposed that everyone go to the shrine early tomorrow morning to "first harmonize" and ask for a good omen for the new year - if it weren't for Chihara Rin and Sakaizumi Spring Water pulling her, she would also want to go out directly to find a temple bell to ring.

When Banquan Spring Water forced her to sleep, it was past twelve o'clock, and when she went out of the room, she found that Chihara Rin was also asleep, probably because the wine was also up.

She didn't wake up Chihara Rinto, she found a thick blanket to cover him, and then knelt there and watched Chihara Rin for a while, seeing that he was asleep, his brows furrowed tightly, and some wanted to reach out to smooth him, but he didn't dare.

After a long time, she turned off the lights and silently went back to Hitomi Konoe.