The air was mixed with the smell of salty and rusty steel, and there were no fingers in sight.

The ankles and wrists were bound by rough hemp rope, and she wanted to move, but she found that her arms and legs were already numb, and the twisted posture made it impossible for the girl to exert her strength normally.

Natsuryo Kawano opened her eyes in the dark, the numbness and weakness of her body made her feel a little panicked, and the complete silence magnified her fear, and she tried to call Qianxue's name.

It's just that no one gave her a response.

Natsuryo Kawano kept trying to sit up and adjust the posture of her arms and legs, if she didn't do this, the blood would not flow for a long time, and what awaited her would be partial paralysis.

The human body is not as strong as imagined, and it needs to be protected.

Ten minutes later, she began to touch the cold tin wall, but some unknown liquid began to drip from above, and the chill made her shiver a little.

At this time, she noticed that her lips were already dry, and she didn't know how long she had been asleep, and she was already very thirsty.

But......

Now in this place, can there be something for her to eat and drink?

This is a real kidnapping, not a joke.

I knew that something like this would happen, but I chose to do it anyway?

Kawano Xia Liang suddenly realized that his behavior this time seemed to be the love brain that people often say on the Internet?

Seems to have made another mistake of wishful thinking?

I knew that even if I did this, nothing good would come of it, but I still ......

"If Mom and Dad knew, they would probably be angry......" Natsu Kawano smiled bitterly, she leaned against the cold and rusty iron wall, the deteriorating and rusty wall was scraping her delicate skin, in case of scratches, it would be very dangerous.

Natsuryo Kawano tries to think about more things so that she can find a calm state, but her body doesn't lie, she still can't help but tremble, and she will feel scared because of the unknown future.

Will you really die?

She thought.

If you really die, isn't it unjust?

It's just to save those two people, and I obviously don't like them......

Wouldn't it be too unworthy for me to make such a big sacrifice in order to get Saionji Akino's understanding? Is he the only one left in the world? Why should I be attached to him? Why am I ......? To come up with such a crazy thing.

Wouldn't it be nice for me to stay with Qianxue honestly and live a good life......?

Do I like him that much? As for giving everything he has to protect the person he likes......?

One by one, negative thoughts began to occupy her mind, and those so-called "realizations" dissipated with the passage of time, the worse and worse environment, and all kinds of physical discomforts.

When a hero bears everything alone, he has to go through all kinds of mental torment, and there are too few people who can maintain a firm idea from beginning to end, let alone an original evil girl like Natsuryo Kawano.

Kawano Natsuryo will inevitably begin to have a grudge against Saionji Akino in his heart, and he will blame him in his heart, all because of his fault, which caused him to fall into such a situation, but, after a short period of time, she found that not only did she not have any sense of pleasure in her heart, but felt more and more empty.

In the past, when I bullied him, I would feel that I could reflect my superiority and feel refreshed, and at that time, the world would always revolve around me, and I would always be the hero of the world.

But since he changed, the world has changed.

Although the world was not kind to her, it ...... Kawano Natsuryo also got something he never had before - friendship.

When she was proud, she never put anyone in her eyes, and because of this, no one could approach her heart, she was a thorny rose, although beautiful, but I believe that no one was willing to endure the pain and shed blood to touch her and approach her.

Only after being taught once, realizing the reality that she is not the only beautiful flower in the world, and realizing that she is not so special, can she slowly begin to put away her spikes and really begin to grasp her first friendship.

Truth be told, although she knows everything about male creatures coveting her thoughts, but ...... Natsuryo Kawano doesn't know what love is or what love is, so she likes Chiyuki more than Saionji Akino at the moment.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that Saionji Akino didn't pay much attention to her.

In short, if he hadn't experienced all kinds of things, hadn't been rejected by him and started to think about change, he wouldn't have nurtured such a friendship with Qianxue.

From this point of view, perhaps...... He is also his benefactor.

Moreover, he has never done anything to hurt himself or trample on his dignity.

Therefore, now that he is dominated by those negative energies and resents him, Kawano Xia Liang can't get any emotional release.

Instead, I recalled the few bits and pieces of pictures some time ago, such as in the corridor, when I saw his tiredness, I instinctively wanted to go up to comfort him, but in the end, because of my own reasons, I stopped and sat aside.

I thought of the pictures of him rejecting himself badly at school at the beginning, and rejecting himself with a smile in the end.

Walking in your own screening gallery, watching one shot after another, reminiscing again and again.

Natsuryo Kawano has come to the end, and it is also the beginning.

On that sunset afternoon, under the slightly hot temperature, she stood with Mana Motoyama.

When she took the love letter handed over by Saionji Akino, the picture froze.

As if she had crossed time and space, she repossessed herself to her original self, and she looked at the words written by Akino of Saionji Temple, and clenched the envelope.

"It's so funny hahaha, this guy actually wants to confess to Xia Liang."

"Xia Liang?" Mana Motoyama looked at the stunned Kawano Natsuryo.

Natsu Kawano swallowed her saliva and wanted to say the words of acceptance, but the moment she thought about it, the scenery in all directions cracked, and the sound of crisp glass shattering made the imaginary in front of her turn into nothingness.

Natsuryo Kawano looked down at the palm of his bound hand again, it was pitch black, and there was nothing.

All there was was the cold tin walls, the rusty, salty air, and the sewage that was still dripping on her hair.

"Don't even qualify for fantasy?" After muttering something to himself, Natsu Kawano leaned helplessly against the iron wall behind him, completely silent.

……

On the other hand, Sakuraba Chiyuki's treatment is much better than that of Kawano Natsuryo, her wig has long been detached, and she is being handcuffed by the green-haired girl at this time, and then the green-haired girl is tying her various hairstyles.

With a ball-headed, double ponytail, and princess braids, in the eyes of the green-haired girl, she is an excellent humanoid doll, which is too cute and cute.

After enduring it for a few hours, Sakuraba Qianxue finally couldn't hold it back, "Xia Liang, where did you take Xia Liang!" ”

She was tied up and had no choice, and the first time she asked her, she said to wait a while, and tell her when she finished tying her hair.

It's changed more than a dozen hairstyles, and there's still no reply, and Qianxue is really anxious.

She wouldn't have hurt Xia Liang already, right?

So, what to do then?

Although Sakuraba Qianxue has read a little more, she is not smart herself, she is probably about the same as Yili, so her cognition of many things is not as perfect as Kawano Natsuryo, and she has also not considered the seriousness of anything, so she can do it if she wants to.

And, Kawano Natsuryo said at the time that he would take his life in exchange for the safety of the Asaba sisters, and Kawano Natsuryo was just exaggerating, but she was completely serious.

She doesn't have the twisting mind of Natsu Kawano, basically saying what she says. Of course, for people she doesn't trust, she won't believe half a word, and she will have all kinds of suspicions, but for those who are willing to believe, such as Saionji Akino, Xia Liang, the friends who ended the band, and Sister Zhixue, she definitely believes them.

"Don't worry, Xiao Qianxue, it's right that you're not dead anyway, my task is just to arrest you, not to assert yourself, you are now hostages, but you are quite valuable." The green-haired girl said with a smile, she looked at Qianxue's face, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, she really wanted to play with Qianxue as her sister, simple, and very upright, simple, she liked this kind of person the most.

"......" Qianxue fell silent when she heard the word value.

She pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "I, I'm worthless, I'm worthless." ”

"Yes, but you're not Saionji Akino's stepsister? Although, it's a shame that I didn't catch the pink-haired sisters, but to be honest, I think you're also a very important person to him, right? ”

"It doesn't matter at all!"

"I was bad for him and then ...... I'm a very hateful person, so I don't have much value to him. ”

"Really?"

"Yes!" Sakuraba Qianxue said words that hurt herself, and tears appeared in the corners of her eyes, this stubborn and delicate appearance was really cute, and the green-haired girl couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Whether it's valuable or not, just wait for Aso Xi to test it, if you really don't have any value, it's okay to kill you when the time comes."

…… Kill.

The verb full of violence and coldness made Qianxue tremble uncontrollably, and she tried to plead, "Can you just kill me?" Don't kill Xia Liang? ”

"Do you value that Xia Liang so much?"

“…… May I? ”

The green-haired girl continued to laugh: "It's not for me to decide, it depends on what Aso Xi means." ”

"......" Qianxue immediately withered again and stopped talking.

The green-haired girl is happy to do this, and continues to tease her with various questions to see her reaction.

——

Enough to fit a recital hall for 3,000 spectators, the pianists on the stage at this time were engrossed in the music, and the audience fully appreciated the emotions contained in the piece.

The blinding spotlight fell the moment he stopped, shining on him, and then the entire recital hall erupted in extremely enthusiastic applause.

And after the other party left the field, he was replaced by a black-haired boy in a suit, tall and elegant, with an Asian face, but he was extremely handsome, as if he was as handsome as the person in the painting, and he appeared very calmly.

For the teenager in front of him, the audience and the judges are also very familiar, after half a month of competition performance, they have long known that this teenager is amazing, in addition to the superb piano skills, he is more praised for the excellent music one after another, as if he does not need money.

Although he is only a teenager, he can frequently come up with those tunes that seem to have passed the precipitation of time and have produced a soul on his own.

At first, many people questioned whether this was plagiarism, or whether he plagiarized other people's ideas and took possession of them, but after the excellent works that had been shown one after another, the doubts also turned into amazement.

In the case of both quantity and quality, no amount of questioning is meaningless.

The current Saionji Akino has already become the brightest star in the world piano world.

And Aso Xi, who was standing under the stage, had a wooden face and an expressionless face.

Although she is also called a genius, she is compared to Saionji Akino in terms of discussion or as a whole.

Up to now, it was obviously a competition that could be ranked, but it has completely turned into a solo show of Saionji Akino.

Another incisive performance, with a brand new repertoire.

Saionji Akino's Symphony of Destiny has shocked all pianists in the world today with its powerful and stirring emotions, and his achievements on the piano have set the tone here.

It's no longer because of the Leeds Piano Competition that makes it great, it's because of him that the Leeds Piano Competition makes this competition meaningful!

Aso Xi looked at the young man who was bathed in light and applause, and suddenly showed a sneer.

So, so what, even if he seems to have won over himself now, winning everything, then as long as he grasps his weakness, isn't it still at his mercy?

When the award was presented, Aso Xi happened to be standing next to Saionji Akino.

Because the two young people are both geniuses and have extremely good looks, photographers are more inclined to photograph them, and the same is true for interviews.

Aso Xi maintained a charming smile in front of the camera, but in fact, he squeezed out a resentful voice from between his teeth, "Do you think you have won everything and are very proud?" ”

When Saionji Akino was about to reply to her, the system's reward suddenly arrived.

10,000 points plus attribute points (fixed appearance +1)

Suddenly, the photographers just now involuntarily put down their cameras, and they began to check the photos they had just taken, and they couldn't help but look up and compare with the current Saionji Akino.

It's not that there is a fine-tuning of facial features, but Saionji Akino, who has reached 10 o'clock, has undoubtedly become the darling of the world in terms of appearance, and it has truly become the state that Kawano Natsuryo thought he was in at the beginning.

At this time, no one will feel annoyed when looking at him, every action he makes, every expression, even if it is murderous to you, you will feel that he is too good-looking and can be forgiven.

People are visual creatures, and the effect achieved by Saionji Akino is more like a spiritual potential.

Those photographers who checked the photos just felt that the photos they had just taken were garbage, and they had not been able to capture one ten-thousandth of the handsomeness of Akino in Xiyuan Temple.

Aso Xi looked at his slightly turned head, and the expression of wanting to say something and stopping, the thought of wanting to ridicule him just now suddenly dissipated a lot, and was replaced by a strong desire to possess.

Such a beautiful toy...... It has to be mine......

Aso Xi also fell into a stupor for a while, and when she continued to want to say something to Saionji Akino, she found that someone around her had already squeezed her away.

"Get out of here! Don't get in the way of me shooting Mr. Saionji! ”

"You're blocking the camera!!"

Aso Xi, who was roared by the photographers, was stunned for a moment, and then glared at Saionji Akino viciously again, but the anger couldn't rise up.

Weird......

What the hell is going on......

(End of chapter)