In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 259 The May Festival of the University of Tokyo (4)

The back of the stage, because it is an open-air stage, is actually only covered by a relatively large shed.

Kaoru Uesugi held the guitar he bought from England, staring at the signature that Miss Anna wrote to him more than a year ago.

"Hanabi thinks it's a coincidence that we can miraculously be in the same school from kindergarten to high school?"

"Your Majesty."

"Now that I think about it, it's obvious that Hanabi wanted to go to the same school as me. I asked my aunt, and my aunt told my mother. That's how we happened to go to school together every year."

"Huahuo, do you really not feel tired after liking someone silently for more than ten years?"

Hanamaru Hanabi looked at him and was silent for a while, and the voice of reply was still weak and thin: "Hanabi knows, Kai-kun understands."

The lively aftertaste of the stage lingered in his ears, Uesugi Kai only felt that they were dancing, outlining the beautiful outline of the girl in front of him.

In his own eyes, she was already irreplaceable.

"I understand, but recently I've always been worried that I'd lose your smile by my side. I don't know what I can do to keep you."

"This is the last thing Kai-kun needs to worry about. For Hanabi, Kai-kun is the best"

"Is it also what I said just now?"

"Kai-kun. Although I said those words, but Mr. Kai is Mr. Kai."

"If I start to beat you with my hands, I won't be what I used to be."

"No, Hanabi knows it's Kai-kun."

Uesugi Kai saw his own appearance in her bright purple eyes.

The staff of the student union signaled not far ahead that they were ready to go on stage.

"Will you be nervous?"

"Yes, a little." Hanamaru Hanabi looked at the few people in front who helped move the upright piano.

"Speaking of which, I found that Huahuo seemed to be looking forward to this performance."

"Kai-kun has never participated in this kind of event before." Hanamaru Hanabi looked at him again.

Under her gaze, Kaoru Uesugi thought about it for a while, "Well, the guitar I learned was only played for you."

Kitagawa Sakaki came over carrying the violin case and reminded, "Get ready to go on stage, Uesugi-kun!"

"Best friend will also be jealous because her best friend is taken over by her boyfriend?" Uesugi Kai asked when she heard her emphasize her name.

"Of course! Although I also like Hana Huo-chan's happy appearance, if you are here, it will take away my time to talk to her, which is definitely not good for me!" Kitagawa Sakakisa said generously, The black skirt and violin case gave her a British feel.

Kai Uesugi was a little curious, before the staff of the student union called them up, he asked, "What do you usually play when you are together?"

playing what?
Kitagawa Sakakisa didn't expect him to ask this question suddenly, but since it was asked, it's good to answer it.

She raised her head slightly, looked up, thought for a moment and replied:

"Tea party, cake party, topic discussion in the family restaurant, shopping for skirts together in the shopping street, watching morning dramas together."

Kaoru Uesugi couldn't hear anything interesting, isn't it just the usual activities that little girls often get together.

"Nothing meaningful?"

"What's the point of playing!" Kitagawa Sakaki glared at Uesugi Kai, thinking that he was just here to find fault.

"For example, open a coffee shop or something." Uesugi Kai said.

"I don't know how to open a store, but heh." Kitagawa Sakaki put her left hand on her hip, made a gesture that must be arrogant, and said, "If Uesugi-kun opens one, I will definitely go to support it."

"I'm afraid that you will deliberately publicly say that my coffee is not good in the coffee shop."

"I am a man of truth!"

The two quarreled for a while, and Jiushi Lixiang, who was looking down at her phone on the other side, interjected and looked at the staff who signaled them to go on stage again, stood up and said, "Okay, it's time for us to get ready to go on stage."

Ayaka Riei, who had been preparing, also took a deep breath, stood up and asked, "Is everyone okay?"

"Of course not!" It was Kitagawa Sakakisa who said this.

Hanamaru Hanabi also nodded immediately.

Kai Uesugi just looked at Hanabi without responding.

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In the auditorium in front of the stage, the music of the last show stopped for a long time, and the two wives were holding two little guys in their arms and waiting for five people to enter.

"Mieko, what do you think Hanabi and Ah Kai will look like after they get married?"

Mrs. Hanamaru took Hanamaru Hanayu's little hand and punched her left and right, making her giggle, "Xiao Kai should be entangled with Hanabi every day, thinking about what gifts to give her every day to make her happy."

"I think so. It was the other way around when I was a child. Hanabi followed Ah Kai every day, and often gave him some handmade gifts." Mrs. Uesugi lowered her head, "It should be fate."

"Because Hanabi really wanted a friend back then, and Kai was the only one who cared about her." Mrs. Hanamaru said calmly.

Mrs. Uesugi patted Uesugi Koko who fell asleep in her arms, and recalled how Uesugi was when she was a baby:
"Ah Chi has never cried or made trouble since he was a child, and he has never been in trouble. He is very smart, but he just doesn't want to talk too much."

Mrs. Hanamaru also recalled that when Kai sent fireworks home, he said goodbye politely, "Xiao Kai, how should I put it, is very mature, but in exchange for it, he has a little bit of stagnation, not like a child. "

Mrs. Uesugi thought for a while, "I think Hanabi probably liked his maturity before, not as naughty as other students."

"Kiko, you are wrong."

Mrs. Hanamaru shook her head and said, "What Hanabi really lacks is care. She needs the care of a peer, and Kai is someone who can give her care. Her thoughts are very simple and pure. Whoever treats her well will be hers." I can always be nice to that person."

It's easy to say, but extremely difficult to execute.

Who can be grateful to a person all the time?
"It's very rare to see such a good girl like Hanabi." Mrs. Uesugi sighed.

Mrs. Hanamaru smiled slightly: "So, Noriko, you have to thank me."

Mrs. Uesugi smiled jokingly: "Yes, I thank Mieko on behalf of Ah Kai!"

Mrs. Hanamaru shook her little daughter's hand and continued to make her happy.

Compared with Huahuo, Huayu is more difficult to raise.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, love is always the two children get along with each other."

"But," Mrs. Uesugi sighed, "I think Ah Kai is inseparable from fireworks."

Mrs. Hanamaru said with a smile: "This shows that my family still has the charm of fireworks."

After a long pause since the last performance, the lively discussions in the auditorium were all silent, including those who were still immersed in the women's costume dance of the Faculty of Engineering of Tohoku University just now, and hadn't recovered from their composure.

They all looked at the five people who were slowly walking out on the stage.

The senior students of Dongda University were immediately puzzled when they saw the girls on the stage, and they discussed in whispers.

"Which department is this from?"

"never seen it."

"First of all, you have overlooked a question, how can Dongda have such beautiful girls!?"

"Why not, haven't you seen Shengu Mingcai?"

"Then who do you think is cuter, Kamiya-senpai or the one in front of you?"

Everyone was silent.

None of the girls knew each other, but a few students from Group 3 of Category 7 of Liberal Arts recognized Uesugi Kai from their class.

Katsura Totsuka was also among the boys.

"Isn't that Uesugi? I haven't heard that he's going to perform on stage. Totsuka, you got close to him, do you know what's going on?"

Totsuka Katsura knew what these guys were up to, didn't they just want to know information about beautiful girls.

When they entered school in April, they were full of interest. They had to learn everything, never missed every class, and took whatever electives they had.

By May it was all flat.

Every day is basically college fraternity.

The status of a student of Dongda University is particularly useful, and it will give people a feeling of being looked up to.

"Totsuka! If you don't tell me, I can go to Uesugi to ask. It's rare that a few good-looking female students came to cleanse my eyes polluted by the women's costume dance of the School of Engineering!"

Most of the male students in the Faculty of Engineering like to play cosplay, and courage is certainly something to be encouraged.

But the appearance and dance plus women's clothing are really not flattering.

Totsuka Katsura glanced at him: "Didn't you see that it's not from our campus? Doesn't the school have beautiful girl ratings every year, and the guys from the Love Research Institute will never let go of such a good-looking girl from Tokyo University."

"I know this. Anyway, there are only a few girls in our campus, and I haven't seen them. Are they from Komaba?"

Totsuka Katsura pointed to Hanamaru Hanabi in a white dress on the stage, she looked a little nervous, but also full of eye-catching cuteness, as if she could be forgiven for anything she did.

"Uesugi's fiancée."

After a long silence, the other party didn't seem surprised, but a little discouraged.

"The good-looking girls belong to others." He lowered his head and continued to ask, "Where are the few in the back?"

"Then I don't know him anymore, she should be that girl's classmate." Only then did Totsuka Katsura remember that he didn't know the name of Uesugi Kai's fiancée.

The other party seemed unwilling.

"Totsuka, tell me, why is there such a big gap between the same university students in Tokyo? Uesugi is a national Kyushu, has been on NHK (the status is equivalent to cctv), and is famous and handsome. You don't know how many girls inside and outside the school secretly give it to him. He handed over a love letter."

Totsuka Katsura patted him on the shoulder, signaling him not to be discouraged: "You and the beggars in Liberia in Africa are still from the same earth, isn't the gap so big?"

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Being on stage for the first time and being watched condescendingly can be understandably nerve-wracking.

Because a pair of eyes are looking at oneself, bringing an emotion that is being expected.

Kaoru Uesugi was sitting not far behind Hanamaru Hanabi holding a guitar.

He wasn't that nervous, maybe because he had a thick skin and was able to bear it.

It doesn't matter whether people look at it or not, as long as you play it with your heart.

This is not the case for Hanamaru Hanabi. She stood at the front of the five and attracted more people's attention because of her beautiful appearance and cute dress.

The increasing sight pressure made her inevitably develop an emotion called tension.

Hanamaru Hanabi clasped her hands in front of the skirt, and her gaze was slightly erratic downwards. While being cute, she could also let the audience understand that she was very uncomfortable.

Uesugi, who was hugging the guitar, whispered encouragement to her back: "Don't worry, Hanabi, I'm here."

However, the influence of emotions made Hanabi's movements stiff, and he could only respond cautiously: "Yeah".

Kuju Rika and Uesugi Kai glanced at each other, and they both understood that Hanabi was not in the right condition now.

The lead singer is not in the state, and the pillars that support a song are trembling.

At this time, should I step forward, run to Huahuo and tell her not to be nervous?
There were so many people watching from the audience, doing this would only make her more flustered.

"Fireworks."

Uesugi Kai shouted to her back, "Everyone is behind you, think about it when you usually practice, don't you always go through it once, it's great, don't be discouraged, keep going."

"But Kai-kun" Hanamaru Hanabi's nervous and small voice could only be heard by the two of them.

"Huahuo, your current state is like when you were learning to swim, because you paid too much attention to the feedback from the outside world and gave up paying attention to yourself."

The lines of Hanamaru Hanabi's back, reflecting the swaying ginkgo leaves in front, look as delicate and moving as a spring breeze.

She is extremely beautiful in everyone's eyes, but she rarely gives herself the confidence she should have gained.

"Don't think about what will happen if you can't sing well, let yourself recall the lines of the song, take a few more deep breaths, or close your eyes, just sing the lyrics you memorized slowly. "

Uesugi Kai whispered,

"Just sing it out, the four of us will accompany your singing, whether it is the same as the original song or not, we will follow you."

"Remember, just sing it out."

Kaoru Uesugi stared at her back, then quickly looked back and put it on his own strings.

He memorized the score, and the tunes in the score are full of cheerful and joyful colors all the time.

But the lyrics are full of sad tunes all the time, like looking for memories of the past on the ancient streets.

He knew that Hanabi liked this song very much.

Hanamaru Hanabi took a few deep breaths, restraining herself from paying attention to the eyes of other people in the audience. When she looked down, she saw two wives waving to her with two little guys.

Words seemed to leap from the smiling faces of the ladies and become inspirational.

Hanamaru Hanabi tries hard to encourage herself: Just do as Kai-kun said, just do as Kai-kun said.

Just sing it out.

With the bright white microphone in front, under the gaze of hundreds of people, you will be so tense that you can clearly feel the beating of the carotid artery.

However, Kai Uesugi understood that she was roughly ready, and then looked at Kuju Rika next to the piano, indicating that it was time to start.

Finally, the anticipating people off the stage began to usher in the prologue of the song, and the screen began to flash alternately, and the voices of people's conversations all fell silent.

Kai Uesugi focused his attention on the guitar, and Kujurika also put his hands on the bone-colored piano keys.

Sweeping the strings of the guitar, the slender fingers leap alternately on the bone-colored keys, the ear-catching guitar, the crisp piano, the light seems to bloom quietly in the hidden darkness, like the first light that illuminates the earth after the rain. A ray of light brightens the eyes of people who have been dull for a long time.

The prelude is as fresh and pleasant as a gurgling brook in summer.

Very good!
This is the first exclamation that everyone sent out from the bottom of their hearts.

(End of this chapter)