Secluded mountain forest.

A quaint and atmospheric dwelling stands quietly on the empty flat land, with a dense bamboo forest in front of the house and surrounded by deep mountains.

The boy lay lazily on the roof of the bamboo hut, holding a list in his hand, his amber eyes resting for a long time on a name he was very familiar with, and the corners of his lips were slightly upturned with a hint of uninhibited ease.

Finally, it's coming.

With a slight release of the hand, the paper flew up and down with the wind, refracting the glimmer of the early morning, and finally fell to the ground with a slight soft color.

In the glow of the sun, he glanced at the black card that had been sent with the list aside, and the noble golden font was dazzling and flamboyant in the light, and it was extremely powerful.

Picking up the precious card that represented too much meaning, his eyes seemed to appear deep and dangerous, powerful and mysterious.

"Terrible man,"

There was a faint jealousy in his eyes, and the young man muttered thoughtfully, "Fortunately, it's not an enemy." ”

American, Japanese garden.

"One more thing,"

The expression of the man in the suit and leather shoes suddenly became cramped, he looked at the shrewd woman in front of him, took out the beautifully made invitation letter from his bag, and said thoughtfully, "The association very much hopes that Miss Yuan can attend this meeting, and the time is next weekend." ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Nemo, but the eldest lady has just returned from a long renovation, so she won't be seeing guests as usual and won't be attending any events. So,"

The woman refused the man's request without any leeway, and her tone was a little forceful, "I'm afraid you'll have to go home disappointed." "This, that's it."

Sighing heavily, the man nodded hesitantly, turned and walked out, "Excuse me." ”

Seeing the man leaving, the woman thought for a moment and walked towards the backyard.

With a sword, the girl stared at the stake in front of her, her waist-length hair contrasted with her cold face, and there was a kind of outstanding that was intolerable in the world.

The sound of clogs flashed from around the corner, and the woman bowed slightly respectfully, "Miss." ”

Then there was a long silence, the girl held her breath, and after a while, with a light leap, the blade of the sword slashed down from above the stake, silently.

"Kara."

An imperceptible crack emerges from the center of the stake and gradually expands until.

"Smack!"

Without looking at the broken pieces of wood on the ground, the girl held the hilt of the sword instead, and her voice was as cold as falling snow, "What's the matter?" ”

"According to your instructions, after the previous information was disseminated, it really attracted the attention of the Japanese side, and Mr. Nemo of the association said that if he got the information, the Japanese side would send out an invitation in a few days."

The woman paused, and then said, "Mr. Nemo wants you to be invited to meet you next weekend, but he has declined on your behalf. ”

"Hmm."

Put the sword away, and the girl's plain kimono was glowing with the light reflected by the sword, with a cold aura.

"But, miss, didn't that gentleman say that all information would be blocked? Will this anger him? ”

After hesitating again and again, the woman still took the risk to ask the doubts in her heart, and got a cold and cheerful answer from the girl, "Oh, let's not say that this is what he meant, even if it is not, so what, I am just helping her make the right choice,"

Walking past the woman, the girl's tone was faintly filled with longing that had been dormant for a long time.

"She's been quiet for so long, I can't wait."

Aerodrome. At the pick-up gate, two teenagers stood against the wall, one of them looked at the exit from time to time, his eyes were anxious, and the other was lazily whistling and looking around.

"Why hasn't it come out yet? Isn't that the flight? ”

The anxious young man frowned, his eyes flashing with unease, "Nothing will happen." ”

"I mean, your sister fetish is too serious. It's usually quite normal, why is it that your sister is such a mother-in-law as soon as she gets involved? ”

The whistling teenager stopped looking at him and joked to his friend who was crazy about his sister, "Isn't it just that I took a plane by myself, and I haven't been to Japan before." Can someone as big as her be thrown away? ”

"Please! Since she was a child, I have been almost protective of her. Only once left, let her go out on her own, and almost lost this sister. This time she was left alone, how could I not be worried. ”

The anxious lover frantically remembered the old things, but her heart still palpitated, and the young man on the side couldn't help but shake her head speechlessly.

"You protect her so stubbornly, who will dare to marry her in the future against your fierce gaze!"

"Cut! Not to mention if there is anyone who can match my unique good sister, even if there is, he will have to pass the test and go through a hundred and eight difficulties I have set before he can win the qualification to stand by my sister's side and protect her for me! ”

"You! It's outrageous! ”

The young man was stunned when he heard the words, really, there was no help.

"Brother!"

The two were talking, but suddenly a clear voice came from behind them, and following the voice, a beautiful girl was dragging a box and running towards the two, smiling brightly.

"You're finally here, and you're going to kill him."

A faint smile appeared on the lazy boy's face, and he glanced at someone who had just put his heart down.

"It's been a good ride, right?"

"Well, it's all right!"

The girl gave her brother a reassuring smile and turned to the teenager on the side, "I didn't expect you to come to Japan and make a special trip to pick me up, which really doesn't fit your super lazy character." ”

"How's it going, isn't it an honor?" The young ruffian's words only drew chuckles from a pair of siblings beside him.

"yes, it's an honor."

The girl skillfully slapped the boy's shoulder, and there was a happy smile on her face that she was reunited.

"Long time no see, Long Ya."

The weather on the day of the regional preliminaries was exceptionally sunny, and the sports park was crowded with tennis enthusiasts and members of various schools who came to watch the game.

"Open!" "Hey!"

In the distance, a loud roar in the venue had already been heard, and Sakurano smiled a little apprehensive as she listened to the somewhat familiar voice and the surrounding discussions.

That's their tactics?

Sakura, who finally squeezed to the front of the net, saw the situation on the field, and was slightly stunned with a little crying and laughing, really, it's funny.

Echizen and Momojo's singles ability is undoubted, but when two strong people get together to play doubles, it is inevitable that there will be constant, and oolong events such as racket collisions that occur in order to compete for the right to return the ball, regardless of how strong the opponent is, the contradictions on their own side alone are enough for them to endure.

In order to deal with this problem, the Echizen couple also seemed to have spent a lot of effort to develop this "opening and closing" tactic, deciding who would return the ball when they took turns shouting instructions.

But the problem is that this tactic is still very effective in the middle of the field with relatively balanced distances, but on both sides, the two who seem to be eager to hunt only have the ball in their eyes, completely forgetting this imperfect strategy rule.

"Sakurano-chan!"

The sharp-eyed Eiji caught a glimpse of Sakurano standing in front of the fence in surprise, and couldn't help waving his hand and trotting all the way over, "You're here!" "Well, how's it going? What are they doing here? ”

Smiling in response, Sakurano couldn't help but deepen the smile in her eyes as she looked at Eiji with disgust on the field.

"Alas. Who knows, two people don't play singles well, they have to mix doubles. ”

Eiji grimaced, "At first, the 'opening and closing' tactic was still somewhat effective, but now,"

Sakura naturally understood what he meant after a pause, and couldn't help but say, "After all, the tacit understanding is not very good, but it may not be a good understanding, for the singles of the two of them." ”

"Huh?"

Eiji was about to say something, but when he saw Ryuzaki's eye knife shooting from the air, he hurriedly ran back, "I'm sorry, Sakurano-chan, I have to go back and prepare to warm up, wait for our good news!" ”

Laughing and watching Eiji slip back in a panic, Sakurano's eyes fell on Echizen and Momojo, who began to argue on the field due to various frictions and untacit understanding.

Surrounded by the joking ridicule of the people around her, she smiled as if she hadn't heard it, and her soft and interesting gaze always flashed under the sparkling eyes.

"What are those two people doing, it can't be that they don't want to fight." There was a lot of discussion around him, looking at the Echizen duo on the field who seemed to have divided one side of the court into two parts because of anger, Sakurano had a slight smile in his eyes, and he knew the intention of the two in an instant.

Divide the field equally, each guard their own territory, do not invade each other, no longer have to worry about the collision of oolongs due to the scramble for the return ball, you can have a singles without distractions, and when the return ball points to the only possible conflict between the two of them in the middle line, their previous "opening and closing" tactics will play a role, fundamentally speaking, it is really a complete singles of two people.

Smiling helplessly and turning around, Sakurano shook her head and walked to the side, the outcome was decided.

“Hey！ Can I take a photo? My beautiful princess. ”

Sakura, who was sitting quietly by the fountain and thinking about things, suddenly remembered a clear and delicate voice in her ears, she turned her head suddenly, accompanied by the sound of the camera shutter that sounded at the right time, and what caught her eye was a delicate face that she hadn't seen for a long time since the start of school, "Sister Naryo!" ”

"Hah! Sakura, see you again! ”

Nagasaki Naryo hugged Sakurano who stood up with a bright smile, and even her eyes were filled with joy, "I'm so happy to see you!" ”

"Sister Nailiang, why did you come to Japan?"

Sakurano gently withdrew from Nailiang's arms, which was a head taller than herself, with a smile on the corner of her lips and a bright look in her eyes, "Are you alone?" ”

"How is that possible! You can guess that my stupid brother must be with me! It's just that he said he was going to rock around the stadium, and he didn't know where. ”

Nai Liang pursed his lips, and his face was full of helplessness when he mentioned his brother who was well protected, "And Long Ya, I heard him say that you have already met, but he didn't come out with us today." ”

"That's right." Sakurano nodded understandingly, looked at the time, and motioned for Naryo to walk towards the competition venue together, "When did you arrive?" Where to stay? ”

"It's been a few days! As for the place to stay. ”

Naryo blinked a little mysteriously, playful and beautiful, she leaned into Sakurano's ear and said a place name, and successfully saw a look of surprise on the face of the girl in front of her. "In the mountains?"

"Uh-huh! It is the foothold of Mr. Baichuan here. ”

Naryo happily danced on her tiptoes.

"He's here, too, but a little before us."

"Grandpa Baichuan is also there?"

Sakurano frowned, as if she smelled some conspiracy, "What kind of earth-shattering thing are you going to do when you come to Japan in groups?" ”

"Hey, hey, this one. The Japan-U.S. Friendship League, which will be held in a few years, is a tennis event jointly held by the tennis associations of Japan and the United States, bringing together elite players from all walks of life to compete in age groups. ”

"Before the start of the Friendship League, the two countries need to start their respective league player selection, which is undoubtedly another competition."

Nai Liang saw Sakura's head, and couldn't help coughing lightly, and Zhengse spoke.

"The U.S. selection is over, and my brother and I are part of the U.S. team. Part of the reason I came to Japan this time was to observe the league primaries on the Japanese side and compare the differences between the two competitions. ”

"On the other hand, hehe,"

Taking a closer look at Sakurano's calm and smiling face, Naryo pursed her lips and spoke.

"It's for you!"

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