Time has moved forward by another day.

The air was just as hot, and because Tianhai Jiu Liuli needed to enter early, she left the house earlier than several others.

Before leaving, Kamihara Le quietly hid from her family and held her hand for a while, and Jiu Liuli's face visibly became a little shy and red.

The generous nine glass is really cute when she's shy.

This caused Kamihara to reminisce about the feeling of her little hands for a long time after she said "see you in the afternoon" to herself.

When I returned to the living room, I was glared at by Suzu Kamihara, and asked myself, "What are you smiling at?" ”。

He didn't want to laugh either.

But when I thought of the scene when I held hands, the corners of my mouth unconsciously ran up.

Forget it, let's take a break, then change into clothes and go to the recital with everyone.

......

This piano recital is a perennial convention, not an impromptu occurrence.

Each year, a theme is drawn up, and then the repertoire is selected according to the theme.

Kamihara, who sat on Uncle Tianhai Audi A6, glanced at the black simple invitation in his hand.

The invitation contained a card that, in addition to some ornate decorative images, also included details of the piano recital, date, time, address, and so on.

The theme is "Dawn Moments".

"This recital is only for those who have received invitations?" Kamihara asked the seven bright moons of the heavenly sea on the opposite side.

Tianhai Qi Mingyue paused for a second, looked ahead and replied: "No, the recital is open to the public, and invitations are only sent to those who are specially invited. Compared with the tickets sold publicly, the invitation location is better. ”

Shenyuan Suzu, who was sitting between the two, quietly asked, "Is Jiuliuli very famous?" I think the address is actually at the Tokyo Arts Theater..."

"How old is my sister?" Tianhai Qimingyue asked rhetorically.

"15 Ah, the same age as me, ask what this is for."

"My sister was able to complete the world's most difficult piece at the age of 13 – Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor... Although my sister-chan can't understand the difficulties, you just need to know that my sister's popularity in the circle is no less than that of top stars. ”

"That's amazing....."

Kamihara remembered something: "The tune you said... Is it the song that Jiu Liuli played at the tea party dinner before? ”

Tianhai Qimingyue sat upright and replied, very cold: "Otherwise? Why did the elder brother think they would ask their sister to go up and play a piano piece alone that day? ”

"Feelings, please go up and let everyone open their eyes..."

The car climbed a gentle slope and drove along the city's main road to the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, located near Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park.

The entrance to the theater is large, with a tiled plaza in the form of a half-fallen pyramid, dark blue tiled walls, and a spire facing the artistic logo of Kamihara Raku.

As for why Suzu Kamihara was surprised that the performance venue of Jiu Liuli was here, Kamihara Le went online to find out.

It is the largest performance hall in Tokyo, and it has a two-story attic and can accommodate up to 2,000 people! It's just a big deal.

As soon as Kamihara got out of the car and stepped onto the open flat field, the heat wave of more than 40 degrees Celsius in Tokyo instantly filled his skin. He was really hot in this suit.

"It's too hot this summer." Suzu Kamihara, who was in a short-sleeved dress, held a casual straw hat and stood beside Kamihara Le,

Seeing that he ignored him, Kamihara Ling puffed out his face again, took his hand and asked, "Are you really dating Jiu Liuli?" ”

"It's... How many times have you asked? ”

Suzu Kamihara's eyes dodged in front of him: "Because... Because you've never been in a relationship, and you haven't spoken anything to other girls. ”

Suzu Kamihara's voice became smaller and smaller as she spoke, "I'm here, I'm concerned about the current state of your relationship, brother!" I'm afraid you'll be dumped by Jiuliuli. ”

"How can anyone dump each other as soon as they get along..."

Kamihara is aware of Ah Ling's feelings, although it will not be too exaggerated, but she must be a vinegar jar.

If you think about it, too.

Jiu Liuli grabbed the brother she had been with for more than ten years.

Helpless, Kamihara Le could only say it again to her: "It's true, Ah Ling, you don't have to ask, it's just a relationship, it's really nothing, it's not that I don't want to make good food for you." ”

"Then why don't you have any behavior between couples? It seems that even dating... I haven't gone out on a date yet! ”

This question directly stopped Kamiharaku.

He was more embarrassed to ask Jiu Liuli out, and Jiu Liuli was even more embarrassed to ask himself.

"Tell me~ Tell me, tell me, tell me if it's okay~" Suzu Kamihara kept shaking his brother's arm.

“... If you ask me to answer this question, I can't answer it. ”

"Why?"

"I don't know..."

Shenyuan Ling thought carefully: "Is it that brother, you don't dare to ask Jiu Liuli out?!" ”

Kamihara Le landed a fist on her straw hat head: "Okay, don't ask so much about your brother, go in quickly, standing outside will be sunburned to death." ”

"Woo... will bully me. ”

......

Through the glass doors, you enter the spacious entrance hall of the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, where you will be greeted by air-conditioning.

The lobby on the 1st floor is full of people, and there are many works of art displayed in and around the public areas of the building, as well as restaurants, shops, and post offices, making it a comprehensive shopping mall with an artistic atmosphere.

Walking a little inside, the three-dimensional poster of the Tianhai Jiuliuli "Dawn" piano recital comes into view.

In the poster, Tianhai Jiu Liuli is wearing a pure white dress and playing the piano in the dark concert hall, with slender jade fingers, and the elegance of playing with his eyes closed makes Kamihara Le can't help but look at it twice.

The promotional poster was very beautiful and moving, and it was also placed in the most conspicuous position on the 1st floor.

Uncle Amami and Mrs. Kamihara took a few people to the general consultation center and confirmed that the location of the Jiuliuli performance was in the concert hall on the 7th floor.

While waiting, Kamihara suddenly remembered Suzu Kamihara's previous goal, "Didn't you say a while ago that you wanted to learn to play the piano?" ”

"Huh? Have it? ”

"Don't play dumb." Kamihara deliberately clenched his fists and squeezed out a smile.

Suzu Kamihara immediately hugged her head and glanced through the brim of her hat: "It's too difficult to learn the piano, I watched a few videos and found that I had to learn a lot of knowledge, so I gave up." ”

"Sister-chan, this is a lack of persistence."

Whoever said he was fine, but Shenyuan Ling just didn't want to hear Qi Mingyue talk about himself.

If you want to ask why, you can only blame this fox for always going against yourself!

"So, do you know how to play?"

When Shen Yuan Le heard this, he thought to himself that Qi Mingyue would not be able to, her piano was a little worse than Jiu Liuli, and her violin was even better.

"My sister-chan wants me to teach you by hand, but it's not impossible."

"Hey~ It's not impossible, if you say it, there will be no good thing to say it."

The gossip of several people soon ceased, because at the entrance of the hall, a man came.

Even Uncle Tianhai, who was about to take a few people into the concert hall first, followed suit.

He frowned.

The mother of the Tianhai sisters, Bertha Hekja, walked in with her long hair tied and a very elegant and clear summer blue dress, with her slender legs.

Kamihara noticed that many eyes were on Aunt Bertha, and they were all blonde and blue-eyed foreigners, as if they all knew her.

Yes, most of the people who came to this concert were insiders.

As the mother of a gifted girl, Aunt Bertha must also have a high reputation in the circle.

There were two well-dressed couples, who were supposed to be German, and they didn't speak English anyway. They went up to talk to Aunt Bertha, who took it in stride, and after a few words of conversation, smiled and nodded at each other.

Aunt Bertha had apparently spotted a few people, put her hands in front of her with her hands, and walked over.

The tiled floor of the high heels is very crisp and loud.

Aunt and Uncle had quarreled before, but it is conceivable that Tianhai Maodian's face darkened the moment she saw Aunt Bertha.

"It's been almost a month and it's still like this, but July can be here." Madame Bertha smiled politely, her head tilted slightly, and the pendant of her earlobe was shiny.

Kamihara Le deliberately glanced at Qi Mingyue, and the details of her expression were as calm as the surface of a lake.

Shigerunori Amami: "You don't have to look at me like this, I don't think we have any common language anymore. ”

Madame Bertha reluctantly said, "I just want to see my daughter." ”

"Aren't you here to inspect the results?" Tianhai Shigeru said this unceremoniously.

"That's too much, Shiranian, you are a well-known lawyer in Tokyo, you should know that mothers do not need the consent of their guardians to visit their children, this is the legal right of mothers, and there is no need to be angry because of what happened before."

Tianhai Maodian did not deny her words: "If you don't visit once in 3 years, who can know the purpose of your return this time?" ”

"What do you say, Gordon," said Madame Bertha with a sigh, "I've only come back this time for commercials and commercial films, ah... Of course, visiting Ruri and July is also a very important part. ”

Uncle and aunt each said a word, and the words became sharper and sharper.

Kamihara could hear the discord between the two of them next to him, even if he wasn't excited enough to fight, but the cynicism was getting more and more.

Down to the recent frictions, up to the sesame dots of the marriage period of the couple trivial.

Uncle Tianhai and Aunt Tianhai are both people with strong personalities, and they will feel uncomfortable if they fall a little behind.

This made Kamihara Le very embarrassed, it turned out that the quarrel between the barrister and the big star was so daily, and he could even talk about who he helped with the laundry.

"How can they quarrel so much?" Kamihara Suzu quietly asked the seven bright moons of the heavenly sea.

"Emotional discord."

"Oh~"

In the end, of course, the two could only break up unhappily, but it was only in the presence of Mrs. Kamihara that the two stopped "friendly" communication.

Kamihara couldn't help but sigh that his ex-wife and ex-husband were really enemies.

......

The concert hall is much larger than Kamihara imagined, fan-shaped outward, with more than a dozen rows in the middle, more than a dozen rows on both sides, and a stepped block of lights at the back, making the hall very classical theater flavor.

The walls are also inlaid with rod-shaped wooden flanges, which transmit soft reflections to the auditorium.

A pure black piano was placed in the center of the stage, and that should be the place where Jiu Liuli and others were going to perform.

There was still an hour before the opening of the recital, and the audience had already begun to enter, and they were sitting in various corners of the 2,000-strong concert hall with no regularity.

It seems that in addition to many connoisseurs in the piano world, there are also many ordinary audiences who come in to watch.

The 2,200 yen ticket is really not expensive.

The seats of Kamihara and the others are in the attic on the second floor, which is also the best place to observe and admire.

The attic of Kamihara and the others is located on the right, and Uncle Tianhai and Mrs. Kamihara are in the attic on the left.

Because it is a special location, when Kamihara Raku is seated, there are waiters who bring snacks and fruits.

It's all high-end goods—fruits, lychees, and longans that don't exist in Japan, which makes Kamihara Suzu very happy.

"I haven't eaten it."

So he started eating, and after eating, he went to ask for Kamihara's pleasure, and Kamihara was happy to see that she wanted to eat, so he gave it to her casually.

But she hadn't eaten enough.

"You want?" Tianhai Qi Mingyue glanced at her.

"Uh-huh!"

"No."

"Ah~~ Why is this ......"

Tianhai Qi Mingyue said like a life coach: "It is impossible for everything in life to be satisfactory, and you don't let everyone obey your will to satisfy you, I won't be used to your sister like my brother." ”

"But you're mine—" Suzu Kamihara suddenly covered her mouth.

"Huh? What am I to you? "The seven bright moons of the sky and the sea peeled a lychee steadily.

"No, nothing." Suzu Kamihara turned her head decisively and sat back in her place.

There was a little silence.

"Here's this, Suzu."

Suzu Kamihara followed the voice and looked back, and found that it was actually Lady Bertha, and she subconsciously shouted, "Auntie." ”

Lady Bertha smiled: "Well, the bell is very good, you can take it if you want to eat." ”

"That's... Thank you, auntie. "Suzu Kamihara can't refuse this kind of fruit that she can't usually eat.

"Nothing." Lady Bertha laughed, and sat down.

Tianhai Qi Mingyue glanced at her mother, who was sitting between herself and Shenyuan Ling, and asked, "Are you sitting here?" ”

"Of course." Lady Bertha's temperament has a mature calmness at all times, "Liuli knows that I have been at odds with your father recently, so she naturally arranged me with you. ”

"My sister is really careful."

Tianhai Qi Mingyue is a person who rarely speaks, and after knowing that his mother is indeed sitting here, he did not continue to speak.

Kamihara Raku and Kamihara Suzu talked and laughed with Lady Bertha and greeted each other several times.

Madame Bertha also invited Kamihara to play with her, saying that she would make him something delicious.

The clock was more than ten minutes back, and there were still 42 minutes left before the recital began, when Kamihara suddenly said that he was leaving the concert with his mobile phone.

"Why are you going?" Suzu Kamihara asked.

"Jiu Liuli told me to go to the rehearsal room downstairs."

At this moment, even Lady Bertha and Tianhai Qimingyue, who had been waiting patiently, also looked at Kamihara.

"But it's only half an hour before the opening." Suzu Kamihara was puzzled.

Kamihara spread his hands, "No way, she called me to go over." ”

"Then I'm going too!"

"You go... What are you going to do? ”

"I'm going."

"Ah Ling, don't be willful."

As soon as Kamihara said this, Kamihara Suzu was silent, she turned her head, pinched the hem of her skirt with her little hands, and muttered a big fox in a whisper in silence.

Then he watched Kamihara leave the attic on the second floor after saying a word to Lady Bertha.

Bertha Hekja turned her head, and in the exchange just now, she keenly noticed a clue, and she asked Suzu Kamihara: "What is Ruri looking for Xiaole to do?" ”

"I don't know very well..."Suzu Kamihara could see that he was not very happy.

"What does the big fox mean?"

Kamihara Suzu didn't expect her to be heard by her aunt, so she hurriedly explained: "This and this... I'm so sorry, aunt, I'm joking..."

Bertha Hekja smiled softly, "It's okay, I don't care. ”

After that, Madame Bertha abruptly left the attic for ten minutes. When she returned, Kamihara hadn't returned, but she already had a smile on her face.

Madame Bertha lifted the red curtain of the attic and glanced at the seven bright moons of the sky and the sea reading an e-book on her mobile phone in her seat.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

"July." She shouted.

Tianhai Qi Mingyue didn't look back, but nodded his head slightly, signaling that he heard it.

"Come on, come out." Madame Bertha smiled and left the place again.

Tianhai Qi Mingyue felt something, put down the phone, and glanced sideways at Shen Yuanling, "What's wrong?" ”

"Huh? What's wrong. ”

"......" After a moment of silence, Tianhai Qimingyue said again, "No, it's nothing. ”

After saying that, he got up and walked out of the attic.

The corridor of the attic on the second floor is covered with a red carpet and the surrounding carvings are very Renaissance Baroque.

Characteristic whirlpools of flowers, smiling angels holding Lyra, beautiful women holding vines facing downward, and carp crouching in a mass of water spewing water to the left and right......

In such an atmosphere, Tianhai Qimingyue quietly came to her mother standing next to a flower pot.

She lifted her gold-rimmed glasses and looked at her smiling mother.

"What's the matter?"

"Ah Le and Liuli are dating, aren't they?" Bertha Hekya asked, clasping her hands over her shoulders.

“......”

"Yes." Tianhai Qimingyue replied.

"How long?"

"It didn't take long."

"How are you feeling in July?"

"......" Tianhai Qimingyue just looked at her mother quietly.

"You're still the same, it's okay to talk to me more"

Bertha Hekja knows her daughter very well, and even though she has rarely seen each other since the divorce, her personality has hardly changed compared to when she was a child.

"July, I still remember when you were a child, obviously the daily tasks are so heavy, and it is uncomfortable to practice the piano, but you still want to go out... Get out, why would you want to go out as a child? I was curious... But after seeing that little music, I understood. ”

"Haha... It's really funny, childhood sweetheart, right? ”

Bertha Hekja smiled with half-drooping royal blue eyes, the smile was very sunny and beautiful, and her shoulders moved in laughter, "Originally, I thought you forgot, but I didn't expect to remember it in my heart... Ha ha... Childhood sweetheart,I didn't think you would be entangled in this kind of thing in July... Ha ha. ”

Bertha Hekja collected her expression for a moment and put down the hand that was hiding her face: "How is it, it feels very uncomfortable to be snatched away by my sister, right?" ”

Tianhai Qi Mingyue still didn't speak.

Bertha Hekja knew that this daughter was very smart, she knew too much information, she wouldn't say too much to herself, she wouldn't admit too many things she didn't want to admit.

The corners of Bertha Hekja's mouth hooked into a smile, she bent down slightly, her mouth leaned over her daughter's ear, and whispered to her, "... Why don't you do me a favor, so that I can take Liuli out of the country for a year, and you can be satisfied, July. ”

“......”

Bertha Hekja straightened up again, she tilted her head slightly in her smile, and the crystal jewelry of the earrings shone brightly, "The important thing is not what you and Jiu Liuli think, but Xiaole's thoughts, isn't it?" As long as Liuli is away for a year, no man will not dislike you in July, and you are so similar to Liuli. ”

"You can't do anything in a year."

"Not necessarily," Madame Bertha tapped her fingers on her face, her expression was very young and playful, "I can see from the tea party that Ruri's level has not regressed. As long as she is willing to go to Europe with me to participate in the competition, it is equivalent to getting a stepping stone in the future... Although it will be a problem after this, I am still confident in Europe to keep the glass......

"How? It's not like your sister won't come back, it's only been a year, and after a year, won't she come back? You'll still be good sisters and sisters, and you'll still be able to get what you want in July.

"Everybody's happy, aren't they?"

......

Tianhai Qi Mingyue sighed helplessly, "I don't like this feeling very much. ”

Bertha Hekja's smile became even better, and the corners of her mouth seemed to have a touch of bright red wine: "Meaning, don't refuse, right?" ”