In a blink of an eye, at the end of July, the final exam of Zhiniao High School ended.

Now, Jiang Yuanshen feels that he is drifting away from Jinghai Shenyue.

She's not doing it well now, either going to the shrine to do activities or going home, her relationship with her is very delicate, since the "failure to escape", Jinghai Shenyue has become an imminent existence by Jiang Yuanshen's side.

She was obviously in the next class and would look at each other in the corridor every day, but Jiang Yuanshen noticed that her heart to leave had long been extinguished, probably because it was related to her mother who had reappeared.

Thinking about it like this, of course she had a reason to stay, but Jiang Yuanshen didn't ask.

On the other hand, he and Kurosawa are drifting apart.

Kurosawa didn't call to blame him, originally thinking that it was because of the problem that Chitorishima's communication had not been restored.

As a result, after the communication network on Zhitori Island recently returned to normal, Jiang Yuanshen's text messages poured in like a newly built adobe house.

Only the information about Kurosawa's love was empty, as if she had never existed in the first place.

If she takes the initiative to contact herself, it will also admit defeat to some extent.

Jiang Yuanshen was a little worried about whether to send a message to Kurosawa Mercy, and he typed in the dialog box-

"What have you been doing lately?"

After being silent for a while, she deleted it, this kind of contradiction that she didn't fulfill her promise before, and she was holding on to the contradiction that might make her fall deeper and deeper, and now she was inexplicably disgusting with her.

One afternoon after school in July, Jiang Yuanshen and Chaokong Shaoxing left school as usual and took the tram that was already in operation to go home.

Suddenly, she looked at the message that popped up on her mobile phone, and her little mouth couldn't help but make a stunned sound, and then she brought her phone to Jiang Yuanshen.

Jiang Yuanshen looked at the screen of his mobile phone, and then he was also stunned.

It is the competition news of the Chopin International Junior Piano Asia Invitational Competition in Poland, and it says "Concerto Group B Winning Results".

Immediately after, a photo with a high number of likes was sent below.

Kurosawa is tall and tall, with a cold little face, and is amazingly beautiful and amazing.

She was obviously winning the award, but her expression was very stiff, and she turned into a funeral scene.

"She's a piano genius, just like her mother!"

"It's a piano girl! It's beautiful, isn't it?"

"This man must be a world-famous pianist, right?"

"Is putting on a stinky face a pretense? A disgusted face that came to participate in the competition of kindergarten children."

Next to her was a teenager with thin glasses.

He had a confident smile on his face, he was obviously the second place, and he stood beside Kurosawa as if he were a prince charming.

When you see the words "The two are really compatible!" underneath When commenting, Jiang Yuanshen's breathing was a little short, and the doubts in his heart were like a snake, constantly wriggling, biting his heart-

"Is this guy Kurosawa's boyfriend?"

"Kurosawa-san, this competition should be very professional!" Shaking the apricot in the air, she opened her mouth wide with envy, and said with a wry smile, "I'm really a lot different from her." ”

But Jiang Yuanshen couldn't laugh at all, and he didn't even have the mood to smile bitterly, seeing the blow of this photo was no less than being hammered on the head with a baseball.

It turns out that he cares more about Kurosawa's love than he imagined.

Chaokong Shaoxing looked at Jiang Yuanshen beside him with a smile, his thin chest rose and fell with unnatural breathing, and she noticed that the young man's skin was redder than when she got into the car.

She subconsciously took back her phone and pretended to be relaxed and watched the funny animal videos on social networking sites.

"Seeing that the conflict between the two was about to break out, the bear suddenly lay down on his stomach and slept on the food obtained by the wolf—"

However, the funny images in the video never made her smile.

At the same time that Kurosawa was leaving, perhaps because he was now with Jiang Yuanshen, he had an "accomplice complex" in his heart.

The relationship between the two was almost broken, but he took the opportunity to take advantage of it, and even felt a little excited about the departure of such an excellent girl as Kurosawa's pity.

Asakura took a short breath, she understood that this was unfair to Kurosawa-san, it was a complete mistake, and she also understood that as the closest person, she should say something to Jiang Yuanshen.

But—

She cautiously stared at the side face of the young man beside her, with both envy and pleasure in her heart.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Yuanshen asked suddenly, as if he noticed that Chaokong Shaoxing had been staring at him.

Chaokong shook the apricot and replied in a panic, "No, it's just that you seem to be very tired lately." ”

Jiang Yuanshen never forgot the photo in his mind, but he didn't want to show it too obviously.

He folded his arms in his hands, looked out the car window with a calm face, and said, "You want to worry about me early." ”

"What are these words?"

Shaking the apricot in the air pretended to be deflated, and after a second, he looked at him with a strong face, just wanting him to see the red face and the lovely smile.

As a result, his eyes were always focused on the window, and he pursed his lips at the air, and her gaze followed at the end of the car when the sun skimmed into the car.

The scenery outside the window began to redden, and the snow-white clouds gradually turned rusty crimson.

At the station separately, I shook the apricot in the sky and went home alone.

Obviously, the two of them are looking at the same scenery, but why do they always feel that what he really wants to see is completely different from himself?

Shaking the apricot in the air and talking softly to himself, the street is like a dream.

- I liked him first, I think, Xiao Shen likes me too, but I don't know if he likes him anymore, or if he likes each other?

— but I never heard the word "like" from his mouth.

"Forget it, let's go home."

muttered, shaking the apricot in the air to close the curtain on the drama that comforted him.

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A few rays of lemon-yellow sunlight stretched from the gaps in the continuous cumulonimbus clouds to the ground, and suddenly, raindrops fell, instantly wetting the ground.

The neighbor's wisteria bloomed, and this time the flowering time was half a month later than usual.

Bright purple flowers in full bloom sparkle in the abundant rain, and crystal water droplets stay on the petals, reflecting the world.

Jiang Yuanshen got up early and went out with an umbrella.

Finally, we came to Mano Port.

As soon as I got off the station, the smell of the sea came to my face, and the sea breeze carried the sound of the waves piling up.

Under the cloudy sky, there is a cold port with the afterglow of the earthquake.

Qing Shui Ken, wearing light brown fishing pants, was sitting on the railing of the pier, and when he saw Jiang Yuanshen coming, he showed a hearty smile and waved at him.

"Here! Here——! ”

Jiang Yuan walked over with an umbrella.

"The job is very simple, it is to help move the fish frames on the ship into the warehouse, and the clothes for the work are ready for you, go and change them."

Qing Shui Jian's hand patted Jiang Yuanshen's shoulder heavily, and said with a smile,

"Don't worry, there are very few ships today, just eight, and it is estimated that they will be able to be moved in the day."

Jiang Yuanshen nodded, the summer vacation began, because it was very difficult to find a job on Zhiniao Island, there were no cram schools that relied on brain power, and most of the students were either idle on the island during the summer vacation, or they made an appointment with friends to go out of the island to play.

Jiang Yuan Shen and Shimizu Ken found a job at Mano Port, that is, when the big ship that went out to sea to fish came, they carried the goods to the warehouse together.

It's not all fishing boats, but also merchant ships with other goods.

It's a physical job, but it's not impossible to think that you can still exercise, and the salary is calculated according to the number of ships, and it takes three hours to complete the moving of a ship, which is about 6,600 yen.

Jiang Yuanshen quickly put on fishing pants, but there was not a single ship in the port at this time.

Qing Shui Ken supported the railing with both hands and sat down directly, not caring at all if he would fall into the sea.

"Jiang Yuan, you can't go on like this."

Qing Shui Jian's tone was extremely solemn, and in the face of his unusually solemn appearance, Jiang Yuan was stunned.

"Why can't you go on like this?"

"Uh" Shimizu Ken lowered his head and caught his feet on the railing to keep his upper body balanced, "I don't know if I want to say it, but don't you think you're very unenergetic right now?" ”

Jiang Yuanshen braced his arms on the railing, the deep blue sea reflected a harsh metallic sheen, and a small fishing boat set sail next door, stretched into a thin line on the horizon with the roar of its engine.

In the face of Qing Shui Jian's words, Jiang Yuan didn't know what kind of refutation to make, these days, he could feel as if he was living shamelessly under the ruthless impetus of time.

was exposed by Qing Shui Ken like this, Jiang Yuan was desperate.

"I don't know if it's another big earthquake or something else, but how about you try to focus on new gadgets now?"

"New gadgets?"

"Well, if it were me, I would go to play baseball with my friends every day, fishing or not, and then play games together all day, but for an honor student like you, I think I would like to read more, right? It's better to write those literary books and write them with a lot of brains."

Qing Shui Ken had an extremely surprised expression on his face, jumped down directly from the railing, walked up to Jiang Yuanshen and said,

"Wait a minute, Kurosawa-san, didn't she win that amazing award recently! You can do it too! I've heard those people say you're a genius! ”

Jiang Yuanshen's lips were tightly closed, and he didn't say a word, Qing Shui Jian just looked at him quietly.

Then, with a frown, he stepped forward, finally reacted, took a big breath, and put his arms around his neck.

"Kurosawa-san's departure, shouldn't it be because you quarreled with her?"

“.”

Seeing Jiang Yuan's cautious acquiescence, Qing Shui Jian's mouth was like a goldfish niche.

"No, Jiang Yuan, how can you make a beautiful girl angry? Do you know how many boys in this society want to die alone? Listen to me, last year's government white paper said that the marriage rate in this country is only about 50%, which means that you and I may not be able to get married in the future! ”

Looking at Qing Shuijian, who was emotional, Jiang Yuanshen smiled lightly: "Then I want to thank you." ”

Qing Shui Ken thought he was really thanking, and then crossed his hands on his waist and said, "You're welcome, we're friends." ”

"Thank you for being my friend."

At this time, a fishing boat appeared in the distance, and Jiang Yuanshen and Shimizu Ken sorted out their work clothes and prepared to start work.

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Cumulonimbus clouds have been raining, and Jiang Yuanshen and Shimizu Ken are wearing hoods and jumpie fishing pants to run back and forth in the rain.

There was no rest time for handling, and after the goods of the previous ship were moved, the next ship would enter the port, and the two and other workers needed to continue moving.

It wasn't until half past eleven that the rain finally stopped, and the two of them had to rest and go to work at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Asaka shook the apricot early with the lunch box and stood aside waiting for the two to get off work.

"Where to eat?" She asked.

"It's good to be here, there is no sun today, the wind is comfortable, and there are fewer people."

Shimizu Ken carefully held a wooden box in his arms and placed it on the aisle of the pier by the sea, and brought three small plastic chairs, the kind that kindergarten children sit on.

Jiang Yuanshen took off his shoes from his swollen and painful feet, and let out a long sigh of exhaustion as soon as he sat down.

"It's hard work, be careful." Shaking the apricot in the air said as he opened the lunch box.

It is a steak bento with meat sauce, tempura, egg rolls, and a fragrant miso soup.

"Na Na Na Na, there should be my share, right? Yes, yes? Shimizu Ken said with an envious face.

Shaking the apricot in the air, she pursed her lips in confusion, took out another lunch box and said, "I really didn't want to do it."

"Thank you Asa!" Shimizu Ken folded his hands with a hippie smile.

"But there's leftover leftovers, which I'll cook for you by the way."

"Well, I'm tsundere again."

Ken Shimizu opened the bento box expectantly, only to find that it was not as hearty as Jiang Yuanshen, but just ordinary garlic chili soba noodles.

Seeing the stunned look on his face, he glanced at him funny:

"Who's going to show you tsundere."

"Wow!" Qing Shui Jian held his head in his hands, "I did the same physical work as Jiang Yuan!" If I don't have enough to eat, I'll faint in the afternoon! ”

"Let's eat together." Jiang Yuanshen said.

Chao Kong shook the apricot and hurriedly said: "No, no, no! He's got beef curry underneath! He didn't see it himself! ”

"Oh, it's double-layered, haha, sorry~~"

The three of them chatted while eating at the open-air pier, and spent a few minutes eating the bento made by shaking apricots in the air.

"You have a good rest, I'll go back and clean up." After shaking the apricot in the sky and saying it to Jiang Yuanshen in a gentle voice, he walked to the bus stop.

Shimizu Ken asked Jiang Yuanshen to go back to the staff lounge to rest, but he didn't want to go, the fish inside was too heavy to rest at all.

Jiang Yuanshen sat on the small chair and stretched his body, and sighed heavily.

The balustrade splits the turquoise sea into several pieces, and most of the white paint sprayed on it has fallen off, and the exposed part has long been rusted.

At this time, the sea is extremely heavy, far less than the sparkling sea on a sunny day, and it is dexterous and moving.

Jiang Yuan cautiously didn't look at it, took out his mobile phone, and searched for the performance video about Kurosawa's mercy in a daze.

Her piano sound was as clear as crystal, and she won the competition without any suspense, winning first place in her group.

If nothing else, she will still be able to get an excellent ranking in the next Asian competition, and she may be able to directly include the album and make a successful debut.

The sound of the piano continued to flow out of the speakers, and Jiang Yuanshen sat on the dock with some embarrassment, but this was also the position directly chosen.

Jiang Yuanshen is like a sleeping fish, closing his eyes and not moving, letting his thoughts fly, and even his body can't help but lean back.

Then, slowly, he "poured" backwards.

He fell miserably on the plank, and the small stool was kicked aside by his foot trying to maintain his balance.

Because the work clothes on his body were not very clean, Jiang Yuan was too lazy to shoot, so he stood up directly and walked on the creaky wooden floor.

As he was about to pick up the small stool, he caught a glimpse of a small blue object at a white railing that was so clean that it was unbroken.

He thought it was the sea, but he found that the little object was bluer than the sea.

It is a blue meat steamed bun, which is tied to the railing alone by a white satin.

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but doubt his eyes, he reached out and touched the blue meat steamed bun, and sure enough, it was made of silicone.

He was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly went to untie the satin, only to find that it had been tied with a knot that was difficult to untie.

Jiang Yuan was so anxious that it took a long time to untie the knot of the satin.

When it was unraveled, it was found that the white silk had the word "love" written on it.

It's like a distant letter from someone to someone, slowly swaying in the wind in the field of vision.

The tip of Jiang Yuanshen's nose suddenly tingled, and he didn't know what kind of expression to put on.

But in the softest depths of his heart, there is an unknown flower that quietly blooms.

At the right time, the light spilled through the gaps in the cumulonimbus clouds, and the water stains on the back of Jiang Yuanshen shone dazzlingly.

The surface of the sea also began to glow with a vein-like blue light, and countless glowing leaf veins were warm and warm currents flowing in the body.

It turns out that between what can be met and what can be sought, but now it seems that it is separated by vicissitudes of life.

(End of chapter)