"The list of winners of the piano group is announced below, and the gold medal winner is Seishiro Akaji."

The young man's immature face did not have any joy at all, as if this first place was taken for granted, he accepted the award certificate and bowed to the presenter.

"Congratulations, Akaji-kun." Nanaya, who was standing on the side, said to him with a smile.

She was in second place by a few tenths of a point, and it should have been a joy to hold the silver medal in the competition, but she didn't feel good at all.

In fact, she is not a competitive girl, and she does not have a life code of "do everything first". It's just that the piano is an instrument that she has been in contact with since she was very young, and she has persisted for so many years, from the beginning of the nervous play on stage to the wrong play, and later won the gold medal in the children's piano group of various competitions.

As a result, a Seishiro Akaji came out halfway.

However, people are very strange creatures, and the people who can get your approval the fastest are often your competitors.

The same is true for Qiye, at first she felt sad that he had "taken away" the first place that belonged to her, but she knew that Yiqiē spoke by strength, and then she quickly agreed with the other party, and her admiration for him also accumulated more and more as time passed.

Akaji took more and more territory in her heart, and later the weight of the opponent became less and less in her heart, and she regarded him more and more as a reliable friend.

It wasn't until the third year of the country that the relationship between them, which was both friend and foe, completely broke down.

Speaking of which, after entering high school, they rarely see each other. She was in Tokyo, and he was far away in Kyoto, four hours by Shinkansen and eight hours by night bus.

In fact, Qiye knows very well in his heart that if two people want to meet, no matter how far away they are, they will overcome it. I don't want to meet, no matter how close I am, I will run away. "No time" and "too far away" are just high-sounding excuses in the final analysis.

"Nanaya, I'm glad," Akaji smiled, his red and gold pupils shining in the light, "you're finally willing to come out of your self-imposed cage." ”

The last time he met in the Ice Emperor Academy Festival, he found that she was gradually no longer autistic, and now she has completely moved from darkness to light.

But she belonged to the light, and now she is just back to her original position.

Qiye looked at each other's beautiful eyes, red as a flame, and the light gold showed cold arrogance and nobility. Despite the tenderness in his words, the sharp and aggressive gaze was impossible to ignore.

It wasn't like that before. If Seishiro Akaji, whom she knew before, hid his sharpness and sharpness on the surface of gentleness, then now he is sharp, hiding gentleness in a powerful aura.

She lowered her eyes silently.

The boy wasn't all right. She didn't want to return to the stage to prove herself when she participated in the competition, but under the half-push and half-push of Keigo Jibe, she stood in the center of the crowd with the reason of "winning glory for the Ice Emperor". In the end, it wasn't she herself willing to come out of the dark corner, but she was pulled out by Keigo Trace.

originally thought that she would be embarrassed, but on the contrary, she did not have any resistance. In fact, her heart is also longing for this light and heat.

"Yes," Qiye breathed a sigh of relief, discarding those distracting thoughts, and met the pair of sharp and gentle heterochromatic eyes, pretending to say, "I'm also glad that you came to see the game, not to participate in the game." ”

"Heh," Akaji chuckled lightly when he caught a glimpse of a faint smile in Nanaya's dark eyes, "It seems that you are confident in the outcome." ”

"After all, 'I'm not going to lose,'" Nanaya paused, "if it weren't for you." ”

The first half of the sentence sounds extremely arrogant, but in fact it is just a famous imitation of the young man in front of him. She's been defeated enough times, but she's been on the piano. And the second half of the sentence is just a joke.

"Let's go backstage and wait for the results," Akaji smiled, not paying attention to Nanaya's joke, "Also, I'll go to Tokyo tomorrow, do you want to be together?" ”

Qiye was stunned, a little overwhelmed by the sudden invitation. However, when I saw the young man's eyes that were suddenly full of seriousness and strictness, I immediately understood what he meant.

It's also time to meet the person she's been running away from for so long.

As for the result of the game, Seven Nights didn't expect much. She went all out this time, and her performance was also very good, and there was not much suspense about winning the first place. When she stood in the center of the stage and received the award, she was very indifferent both in her expression and in her heart. It seemed that at this moment, she suddenly understood what Akaji, who was always number one, was thinking.

When a person's strength is too much better than his opponent, victory is in his pocket.

However, in this world, strength is not the only factor that leads to victory, but also mentality, perseverance and luck. So when she learned that Akaji's basketball team had lost to Tetsuya Kuroko's team, she quickly accepted the fact that, in addition to being surprised at first. Of course, that's all for later.

The two universities jointly held this kind of large-scale competition, which on the surface said that friendship was the first and the competition was second, but in fact, they were competing in terms of the number of winners and the gold content. The first winner of the piano group last time was Lihai University, and this time the Ice Emperor finally fell to the Ice Emperor, although they were people they didn't know, the Ice Emperor students were proud of it.

People in the same grade as the Ice Emperor knew the name Asahi Qiye, because she was an exchange student who went to Lihai University this semester, and she was talked about at the beginning of the school year, but because almost no one knew her, it quickly stopped.

And this time, Qiye, who won the first place in the piano group of the art festival musical instrument competition, went from an obscure little transparent to suddenly became a celebrity of Lihai and the Ice Emperor.

However, this kind of red is time-sensitive, and it will soon fade out of people's after-dinner chatter with the upcoming exams.

As the end of the semester approached, the atmosphere of the class became solemn. No one went to the corridor to play and frolic anymore, and there was also one less routine of Sanada Koichiro's roar, and Nanaya felt a little regretful in his heart, but he soon immersed himself in the sea of books.

After a few days of hard study, the students finally passed the exam and ushered in their long-awaited vacation.

After the holiday, when Nanaya was about to pack up and return to Tokyo, he unexpectedly received an invitation to Yukimura to have dinner together.

"I haven't seen you in a while, Asahi," Yukimura said softly over the phone, "let's have a meal together." ”

After confirming the free time, Yukimura smiled and told Nanaya to come, and the end note was quite meaningful.

Do you always feel that something is happening, is it her delusion?

Although she had some doubts, she was still a little happy about Yukimura's invitation. He is her rare best friend in Lihai.

On the agreed day, Nanaya dressed up for a rare time, and then walked to the door of the private room of a barbecue restaurant according to the address given by Yukimura.

This private room should not seem small, but I always feel that it is unlikely that it is just two people. She thought to herself.

However, even with a certain amount of psychological preparation, after pushing the door open, Qiye was still shocked by the scene inside.

In addition to Yukimura in the private room, there are also all the main selection and manager of Lihai University. At this time, sitting together, some are playing with mobile phones, and some are chatting in pairs, so it's not lively. When they saw her enter the door, everyone let go of what they were doing.

On the wall, there is a big banner with a strong and powerful calligraphy written on it - "Asahi Seven Nights Farewell Party, Lihai University Tennis Club All Participates!" ”

"It's finally here!"

"The protagonist always appears in the finale, poof."

Nanaya looked at the group of teenagers who were smiling at her with a friendly smile, and the corners of her mouth were hooked from the bottom of her heart.

"Thank you." She bowed deeply to them.

In fact, I can think of it, this is probably Minister Yukimura's suggestion, and these members of the ministry can be so neat, not only obeying the minister's advice, but also supporting and optimistic about her.

It seemed that everyone was stunned for a moment when they saw her rare smile, but the atmosphere that had frozen for a moment quickly became active.

"Wow, the smile of the Asahi school girl is really hard to see, can we go buy lottery tickets? Maybe you'll be lucky. Mori Shouzaburo teased.

"Asahi usually smiles more, isn't it pretty?" Fumita Marui blew a big bubble, compared to the scissor hand, and smiled at Nanaya.

"I've collected a good number of jù." Liu Lian squinted her eyes, and at this time she didn't forget to record the number of jù.

This group of people. Nanaya shook his head helplessly, and then sat down next to Yukimura.

This farewell party was not very grand, it was similar to the usual offline party, everyone joked unscrupulously, ate, and did not have any worries at all. The only difference, though, is the addition of a gift-giving session.

Seven Nights didn't expect to receive a gift when he left. When she received Sanada's copy, she was filled with gratitude.

After obtaining Sanada's permission, she slowly unfolded the calligraphy and displayed the large characters on the white rice paper in front of everyone's eyes. The pen is strong and round, and the momentum is solemn and majestic.

- "Open-minded."

It's really suitable for her now.

Nanaya used to learn calligraphy, but he could only barely write the characters that he could read with one hand, and it was obviously not up to Sanada's high level. Looking at this familiar style, the banner on the wall must also be made by Sanada.

"Thank you, Sanada-kun." She nodded at him, carefully putting the notebook away.

"You can't relax after returning to the Ice Emperor!" Sanada looked at him with affirmation.

At first, it was only because I believed in Yukimura's eyes that I agreed to come to Nanaya to become the manager of the tennis department. After a semester, he witnessed her style of doing things, not saying much, just doing things quietly, and taking care of a lot of logistics in the tennis department in an orderly manner. Academically, he seems to have been ranked in the top three of his grade in the final exam. Even if she is not good-looking, sometimes too low-key, but in many ways he admires her.

Seeing that the deputy minister gave a parting gift, the others also took out the things they had prepared.

So Nanaya received all kinds of gifts, which at first glance were very in line with the characteristics of the teenagers.

Bunta Marui gave her assorted flavored bubble gum, which is said to be a limited edition. Yanagi Billus sent a detective novel, Agatha's "Murder on the Orient Express". Liu Renji is also a book that was sent, but it is a typical Japanese novel, Natsume Soseki's "I Am a Cat".

Seven Nights of Books is not a refusal to come, she can be regarded as a literary girl herself, although she has borrowed these two gifts in the library, she can treasure them. However, the gift of Nioh Masaharu at the same table was a little weird, and Nanaya looked at the "chewing gum" in his hand and raised his head with some hesitation.

Will Nioh send the same thing with Marui? The answer, of course, was no, and Nioh then gave her a wicked smile and explained to her that this was a trick item he had just bought, and that it was no longer the kind of "spider" that pulled out, but an upgraded version - it would be electrocuted when pulled out.

It's really in line with his usual style. Seven Nights was a little speechless, but still kept it in his bag.

Like her, who usually looks very serious, if you want to fix the person, it's easy. She silently pondered the feasibility of this plan in her heart.

Everyone turned their eyes to Yukimura, the only one who hadn't given a gift yet, and Nanaya also looked at him. (Please support genuine for the rest of the content)