Time was fleeting, and even made Jiang Yuanshen feel creepy.

During recess, he would chat with Asaka and others, and sometimes go to play baseball with some boys such as Ken Shimizu.

When I get home at night, I will occasionally talk on the phone with Kurosawa, but the conversation is about some very inexplicable, even unnutritious topics-

For example, if Chopin was still alive, would he be admired by the world? Which one plays the piano more beautifully than Chopin?

"Chopin will be stronger, he is recognized as a saint of music, no matter what era he is."

"Impossible, could I, who have learned from the experience of hundreds of pianists, be inferior to someone a hundred years ago? The most important thing is that I am a genius, and even if my talent is not as good as his, I can't have the resources to be worse than him. ”

"But he was forced to play the piano since he was a child, and he was slapped when he played the wrong game, your parents won't beat you, right? He's strong. ”

"I wasn't beaten because I was right, and that's what makes me great, and Beethoven was beaten, which means he's wrong, so Beethoven isn't as good as me."

Is that how it is proven?"

"Isn't that how it is proven? I'll play it to you now, I don't know if my phone can hear it clearly, and tell me which one is better than me or Beethoven. ”

In a few moments, Kurosawa's loving piano voice flowed from the receiver of her phone, and she played Beethoven's "Fantastination Sonata".

Jiang Yuanshen was surprised when he lay on the bed, he knew that she was talented and courageous, but when he heard the sound of the piano she played was as clear as crystal, he would still be very emotional.

At that moment, a very funny thought popped into his mind, if Chopin lived in this era, maybe he really couldn't compare to Kurosawa's pity.

"Which one is great?"

"I think you're amazing."

"I'll just say it."

"But it's just that I feel."

"That's enough, it's not early, good night."

"Good night."

Jiang Yuanshen couldn't describe the temperature during this time, but the reciprocating daily routine made him feel extremely happy, and even wanted this life to last forever in his mind.

However, this tepid life came to an end soon after.

As Akari Funami said, the monthly exam is approaching, and all clubs will stop their activities.

The islanders' vote in the Great Ruins is also on the agenda, and Zhitori Island is full of round fluff of dandelion seeds, like small kagura bells, containing a certain premonition.

It was as if as long as you shouted loudly, the calm and peaceful fluff in front of you would boil on the island, and everything in the field of vision would be dyed pure white, leaving only a lone dandelion grass stalk.

June 28, the first day of the monthly exam.

In the morning, the doorbell rang, Jiang Yuanshen wiped the milk stains on his lips and opened the door.

"I'm back."

Jiang Yuanshen then remembered that he had an adoptive father who had been kicked out of the island and lived in Tokyo for two months.

The middle-aged man in front of him is wearing a fisherman's hat and black sunglasses, white short sleeves and gray shorts.

Jiang Yuanshen remembered the fairy tale books he read when he was a child, the characters in them did not get old, and the furniture and decorations in the Grimm's fairy tale style always remained unchanged.

But he was thinner than he remembered, his cheeks became thinner, the bags under his eyes were thick dark circles, and at the same time, he seemed to have abandoned his previous frivolous style and became a good man with crisp short hair.

But always with a smile that makes people wonder if his nature has changed.

This time, he came back to record the news of the vote for the development of the Great Ruins.

"Didn't sign?" Azusa Kawa held the handle of the suitcase with one hand and smiled with the other.

Jiang Yuanshen didn't quite understand what kind of feelings were hidden in his eyes, and he didn't understand whether he had any other purpose for coming back this time.

He didn't tell him that Jinghai Shenyue was going to leave the island in a few days.

"It's hard work to come from afar." Jiang Yuanshen opened his position sideways and said, "Haven't you been beaten on the road?" ”

"Maybe I'm too much like a tourist everywhere, how can the islanders beat their own food and clothing?"

Azusa Kawa Takaku said teasingly, and then moved his luggage in.

"What are you doing in Tokyo?" Jiang Yuanshen followed behind him and watched him carry his suitcase to the room on the second floor.

"My old boss took me in, and although my current position is more like a chore, I also have time to write some news about the queen of Zhitori Island."

"I never saw it."

"It's not just you who don't see it, most people don't see it."

Azusa Kawa Takaku also seemed to be a little embarrassed because it was ineffective, scratched his cheek and said,

"The president didn't agree with me to put the news I wrote on my own newspaper, saying that if there was a social problem, I would be responsible, so I created a website dedicated to writing about the queen, but there was no exposure, to put it bluntly, I was just moaning without illness, although there were occasional views, but everyone thought it was a folk story and didn't care."

He was a little shy about it, but it made sense when he thought about it.

Jiang Yuanshen looked at the back of Zichuan Xiaokong with one hand in his pocket, only to see him bend over and say:

"Jiang Yuan, I also have to thank you, I'm very happy that you can accompany her."

The moment he heard his words, Jiang Yuanshen's eyes drooped slightly.

I didn't really accompany Jinghai Shenyue, but occasionally went to the music classroom to talk to her, playing a role that was not a friend.

But at this moment, Jiang Yuanshen sensed that Azusa Kawa Takaku felt deeply guilty about living on Zhitori Island in Jinghai Shenyue.

Seeing that his adopted son was silent, Azusa Kawa Xiaokong suddenly lowered his face and said in a depressed tone:

"If only I had superpowers like them, but I'm just a mortal, can you understand the feeling in my heart that I can't go up or down, and can't find a place to belong?"

Jiang Yuanshen just nodded silently, he became the way he is now, I am afraid that he is exhausted in the night of endless sorrow.

Standing in place and watching him walk back and forth and tidy up for a while, Jiang Yuanshen turned around and went downstairs.

I stayed downstairs for a while, quietly listening to the footsteps coming from upstairs.

Today, it was a sunny day with sheep clouds, and the trams were full of people, and the fences that "prohibit tourists" from entering were everywhere at any time, casting a long shadow on the asphalt road.

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Pencils, swishing on the answer sheet.

Carbon is tightly attached to the fibers of the scratch paper, and various formulas and inferences are presented on the paper.

The classroom was dominated by silence that could not breathe, and the invigilator suddenly exhaled vigorously, which raised the tension of the scene even more.

However, this soon came to an end.

On the afternoon of the end of the exam, there was an atmosphere of relief everywhere, and there were even people who were overjoyed by the questions.

But to resonate with students with average grades is completely difficult for Jiang Yuanshen.

The girls formed small groups, and the boys laughed and laughed.

Jiang Yuanshen didn't stop long, stood up, a little red outside the window, and according to everyone's agreement, he went to the abandoned iron factory to prepare for what he wanted to do on July 2.

When I came to the abandoned iron factory at the foot of the Naku Mountains, I was crouching down and walking through the fence when I suddenly heard a shout.

Jiang Yuan came back to his senses and looked in the direction of the sound.

It was a dark-haired cat with a small tag around its neck, in the shape of a small tomato.

As soon as it saw Jiang Yuanshen, it sat down, and let out a milk cry of "meow~~", and the pair of puppet-like brown eyes stared at him.

Jiang Yuan cautiously looked at the small tomato tag hanging around its neck, and immediately thought of whose masterpiece it was.

"What a beautiful cat."

There was another voice in my ears, and when I looked sideways, it was Kurosawa who was still holding the dog leash in her hand.

She changed into a white sailor suit and wore a light yellow dress with a light body, with a ribbon tied under her rounded chest. However, the most striking light was her long black hair.

Looking down, Firewood was about to lean forward and sniff the black cat with his nose, but because Kurosawa was lovingly pulling, the black cat always sat dignified and indifferent.

"You're here?"

"Hmm." Kurosawa's eyes with a smile flashed with pity for the petite thing, "The rope of firewood will be held for me first. ”

"You're going to touch it?" Jiang Yuan took the rope cautiously and honestly, and took the opportunity to touch a few handfuls of firewood's hair.

Kurosawa covered the hem of her skirt with her hands along the curve of her hips, clamped her legs and squatted down,

Jiang Yuanshen looked at the girl with some astonishment, never expected that her movements looked inexplicably astringent, but there was some innocence, and the two did not conflict with each other.

Kurosawa took a few steps forward, his strapless heeled sandals making a crisp and cool sound.

Her long fingers tucked the hair from her cheeks behind her tiny ears, and she shrunk her shoulders slightly and held out her hand.

"Meow~~Meow~~"

Her gesture of quietly imitating a cat's meow in response was too funny, and Jiang Yuanshen couldn't help but say, "Do you think it understands?" ”

Kurosawa raised his eyebrows and glanced at her, his peach-colored lips outlined a dangerous arc, and he snorted coldly from his nose and said:

"Otherwise, come and call me, and see if it should be you."

"Instead of screaming, give it something to eat." Jiang Yuanshen said.

"It seems to be."

Kurosawa took out a pet delicious stick from the hidden skirt pocket of the dress, and when she was about to tear it open, she saw the small tomato tag,

"It's not a stray cat?"

"You just found out?"

"The owner must not be a good thing to let it run around like this."

"I remember that you lost the firewood before."

"What did you say?"

"No, no. I didn't say anything. ”

"Wang ——!"

The stiff smile on Kurosawa's face suddenly retracted, and he still tore open the crab stick and handed it out.

The cat with the small tomato tag moved up step by step, and then ate it with relish.

"Alas, it's better to be good with me, and eat and drink for the rest of your life."

Kurosawa tilted her head slightly, and just as one hand reached out to touch the cat's head, the cat suddenly exploded and stood up in warning.

"Be careful, it's not very friendly."

The cat's throat made a low "rumbling" sound, and Jiang Yuanshen immediately remembered who the cat was.

It was the cat he met on the way when he sent Jinghai Shenyue home that night, and Jinghai Shenyue complained that he would be scratched if he touched it.

But she never expected that she would really tame this fierce cat, and Jiang Yuanshen once again deeply felt her superiority.

Kurosawa retracted her arm in fright, and then frowned, her beautiful eyes burning with anger from the little thing's resistance.

"I'm not saved! Cats that don't please people don't live long! ”

Kurosawa looked very angry, glaring fiercely at the cat who continued to eat crab-flavored sticks after the murder.

Immediately afterward, she directly snatched the food.

"Don't give it to the disobedient cat, it's better to give me firewood."

Kurosawa saw the cat raise its head and meow at her, thinking that the other party was soft, and the little face was quite proud, and a transparent smile appeared at the corner of his mouth,

"It's useless to apologize now, you won't be able to eat such a delicious crab bar in your life."

She turned around, waved slightly to the firewood, licked the dog's heart, and took Jiang Yuanshen and ran to the girl's skirt.

Kurosawa prefers to bring the crab stick to the nose of the firewood, but always controls the distance between its mouth, and watches the cat's expression playfully with the rest of his gaze.

"If I don't give it to you, even if I don't give it to you, now I know that I regret it? I'm telling you, it's no fun. ”

"You and a cat are bothered about this"

Jiang Yuanshen was even wondering if she was referring to Sang scolding Huai.

"I've given it a chance, it's its own fault for not cherishing it, and it won't know that the opportunity can be repeated until I put my heart into it."

Seeing her arrogant appearance, Jiang Yuanshen couldn't help but want to frustrate her prestige.

"It was a stray cat before, if you guessed correctly, this cat is now being raised by Jinghai Shenyue, and she has also been scratched by this cat a lot."

Jiang Yuanshen's words suddenly made the atmosphere just now disappear, and Kurosawa suddenly raised his eyebrows, and without saying a word, he stuffed the crab stick into the mouth of the firewood.

"Hmph, I just think, no wonder it's a backbone." Kurosawa sneered at a cat.

However, the cat could not understand human speech, and it seemed that it could not forget the taste of the crab stick, and it twisted up with the cat's steps, crouched at Kurosawa's loving feet and began to call.

Its voice was a mixture of restlessness and peculiar delicacy, sounding as if it was about to cry.

Kurosawa's original expression of disdain fell apart in an instant under the meow of the cat, and she pursed her lower lip to open her face, and said hesitantly:

"I said there was no chance, and it's useless to be coquettish now."

There was a few remnants of childish softness and stubbornness in her words, but that was enough to make Jiang Yuan smile noncommittally.

However, the cat is really good at using cuteness, and the sound of the cry is even more vibrating, and Kurosawa's expression of pity immediately changes again, his brows are slightly furrowed, his delicate eyelashes flutter up and down, and his eyes are undisguised and charming.

"Forget it, I'm big-hearted, I'll give you one last chance, I warn you, it's really the last chance! It won't be possible in the future! ”

As she said this, she took out the crab flavor stick that was originally firewood from her skirt pocket and tore it open for Jinghai Shenyue's cat to eat.

The cat continued to bow its head and eat, and Kurosawa felt that it was okay to reach out and touch it, but the cat drank it back.

It really doesn't like to be touched.

"Hmph, other cats can't change stealing food! You cat doesn't understand any human feelings! If you're human! I'm going to punch you in the head! ”

She said so, but she still didn't take the crab stick.

The girl's expression of integrity in her mouth, Jiang Yuanshen just smiled, as if he didn't see it.

As a result, Kurosawa found out that he was snickering, narrowed his eyes slightly, pursed his lower lip and said coquettishly:

"Laugh over there, be careful I beat you up! Hurry up and go! ”

Jiang Yuan pulled his face and restrained his smile.

"Okay."

(End of chapter)