your answer to me

God, after sitting for about noon, Xinghe recovered - at the same time, she also received the news from Atobe that Ice Emperor won the first match against Tsubakikawa Academy by a large margin, watching Atobe on LINE She couldn't help but smile knowingly when she spoke in a natural tone.

Saying this, Xinghe asked the staff for the order of appearance in this national competition—Ice Emperor’s opponent today is the Hokkaido representative Chunchuan Academy, and since they defeated Chunchuan today and successfully advanced, tomorrow’s opponent is The Champion Lions of Kumamoto had fun...

Then, if tomorrow's game goes well, Bingdi will meet Qingxue in the national eighth-finals.Of course, this also requires that Qingxue can successfully win their competition.

...In other words, it is also a kind of fate that the opponents in the Kanto competition met so quickly in the national competition.

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On the second day of the national competition, Xinghe couldn't go to the game because he had to go to work, but Atobe still sent her the news that their Ice Emperor had won the Kumamoto champion Shiraku - Ice Emperor advanced one by one, and the opponents after that were as expected It's Youth Academy.

And in the afternoon, Atobe sent her another message, saying that Bingdi was going to face Qing Xue in the quarter-finals.

——Sure enough, Hyotei and Aigaku have met again.

Xinghe put the phone in his pocket and wiped the restaurant table again.

The next day.

Xinghe, who was on vacation, came to the gymnasium where the national competition was held with a nervous mood.

I don’t know if it’s her illusion, but the cheerleaders of Hyotei and Seigaku are even more enthusiastic today than on the first day—probably because the audience pays close attention to these two strong schools in the Tokyo area, so it’s a bit of a special treatment.

She found a seat near the front and sat down, and sent another message "she's here" to Atobe.

Then, she didn't have to wait long, and the national competition started on time.

The first match between Qingxue and Bingdi today was Taocheng vs. Ninzu in singles. Today, Xinghe was a little surprised that Taocheng's style of play has changed a little-but the change of style of play does not seem to be a bad thing, because Taocheng Cheng Cheng was able to control the game more easily. Not long after the game started, he easily won four rounds. The result was so good that everyone in Qingxue was a little surprised.

But after that, Taocheng's opponent Renzu did not give up because of this. On the contrary, Renzu, known as a genius, chased after the fifth round and finally won six rounds in a row. The first battle was won.

Under the cheers and unwilling tears, the second battle between Ice Emperor and Aigaku began immediately—it was Gan and Kaitang who played two doubles against Ice Emperor Xianghi and Hiyoshi.The pace of this game is quite fast, probably because Ice Emperor's Xiangri and Hiyoshi are inferior to Qinggaku's players in terms of physical fitness. Bureau.

And just when Xiangri and Hiyoshi were about to succeed, Qingxue's Kaitang suddenly counterattacked - after that, he and Gan rushed to catch up for seven rounds, and then won the doubles two match.

...The match between Atobe and Kawachi followed immediately. This match must have been difficult, because it rained heavily in the entire area during the match, but Tezuka still performed his nirvana accurately—— Tezuka Ward, and his condition is much better than that of the Kanto Competition, probably because he had a good rest and received treatment after that game.

But also because of this, Atobe deliberately dispatched Kawaji as Tezuka's opponent—because of Kawachi's innocence, he successfully copied Tezuka's Tezuka area. It's a hard fight.

However, Huadi’s opponent was always Tezuka, and it was not easy for him to win, so—in the final tie-break, Huadi still lost the game because of pure imitation, and Aigaku successfully won the singles One point for two.

Next, it was the turn of the doubles match, but due to the increasing rain in the venue, today's match in the national competition was terminated - all matches will also be postponed to tomorrow.

Currently, Ice Emperor's record is [-] win and [-] losses. If they want to advance, they must win both games tomorrow, and tomorrow's game... only the doubles and singles are left, and they are from Qingxue. Oishi Kikumaru's combination against Ice Emperor's Ho and Shido, and Aigaku Echizen's Atobe against Ice Emperor.

The audience who saw the scene began to gradually leave the stadium, and Xinghe also left.

The next day, Xinghe, who was supposed to go to work, asked her senior repeatedly, and finally found a senior who was willing to go to work for her. Then, she came to the venue of the national competition again.

The match between Qingxue and Bingdi restarted after a night of cooling down, and it was a doubles match.

With Seigaku's Oishi and Kikumaru and Hyotei's Feng and Shishido Shanshan on the court, the doubles match will begin immediately.This doubles match was very exciting, because Qingxue's combination successfully used the highest level of doubles - synchronism, but the goddess of victory in this match was not on Qingxue's side, because the timing of Qingxue's combination was too synchronous. They were late, so they didn't have time to get back the points from Bingdi. The rest was that Dashi was still injured, so Qingxue lost to Bingdi by one point.

With Bingdi and Qingxue each having two victories and two losses, their eight-point final of the national competition ushered in a decisive game—that is, a singles match. Watch the singles match between Echizen Ryoma and Atobe.

After waiting for two days, Xinghe, who finally got Atobe's appearance, immediately straightened up. She had heard that this freshman from Seigaku had never lost a game except for Tezuka since he came to Japan. Even, he He has successfully defeated the aces of many other tennis schools, and is Qingxue's tennis prince...

Under the cheers of the stars and the moon, Atobe descended on the stadium exaggeratedly as always - but to Xinghe's surprise, the momentum of Aigaku's Echizen Ryoma was no less than Atobe's. On the contrary, Ryoma's arrogant expression could be evenly compared with Atobe .

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"The winner is Bingdi! The loser is Qingxue!"

"The winner is Bingdi! The loser is Qingxue!"

"The winner is Bingdi! The loser is Qingxue!"

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"The winner is Atobe! The winner is Atobe!"

"The winner is Atobe! The winner is Atobe!"

"The winner is...!"

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"It's me." Echizen Ryoma interrupted the cheerleaders with a face of indifference and nervousness, and casually put aside the seigaku jacket he was wearing, Ryoma, who was more than a head shorter than Atobe, raised his head confidently Looking at Atobe with a smile, he pointed in the direction of Atobe with his tennis racket: "The day when I can compete with you has finally come, King Monkey Mountain."

Hearing the Monkey Mountain King, even Xing He, who was sitting in the auditorium, couldn't help laughing—that boy Echizen Ryoma dared to say, he was really cute.

"It doesn't matter whether you are a prince or an onion..." Atobe was indifferent to Echizen Ryoma's challenge. Instead, he stared sharply at Echizen with a pair of deep blue eyes, and said in a firm tone, "I am the king!"

"You can only play tricks, right? Are you really strong?" Echizen Ryoma also didn't care about Atobe's remarks, but questioned Atobe nonchalantly with a pair of clever eyes.

"Ah-huh? Don't talk too much." Atobe was rarely challenged like this, so he raised his eyebrows and replied in displeasure.

Echizen Ryoma shrugged, with a calm face: "I hope you don't regret it."

"Wait until you beat me first, then talk harder!" Atobe was a little annoyed, and Echizen Ryoma's ignorant appearance really made him a little angry, so he looked at Huadi who was sitting in the player's bench: "It's ridiculous , Do you think so? Huadi."

"Yes..." Huadi spoke silently.

"If I lose you, I am willing to shave my head." Atobe looked condescendingly at the little man in front of him, then stroked his most cherished hair, and said this - and it was exactly when Atobe said this that the whole venue The Atobe cheerleaders in the movie were in an uproar, and even Xinghe silently fantasized about Atobe's shaved head, and couldn't help laughing.

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"Oh? Then if I lose to you, I'll shave my head too." Echizen Ryoma raised his eyebrows and joined the game not to be outdone.

Hearing Echizen Ryoma's words, Atobe raised his brows impatiently. The brat in front of him was a kind of humiliation to him for his unyielding and cowardice-he was completely underestimated by a first-year student, so he had to slightly Raising his chin, he asked, "Little ghost, you haven't even reached Tezuka's level yet, have you?"

"...So what?" Echizen Ryoma's eyes were filled with displeasure, and the corners of his lips curled up again: "Let's start!"

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Afterwards, the trump card "shave your head if you lose" decisive battle between Ice Emperor and Aigaku was on the verge of breaking out, probably because of the hair on top of him. Both of them tried their best at the beginning, first of all, Atobe-he started Immediately, he used his own trick, and Tannhauser served.

This is the first time Xinghe has seen this trick—this ball is the same as the "Cool Volley" used by Echizen Ryoma before. After the ball was hit, it bounced irregularly. Echizen couldn't parry it, so it was taken by Atobe first round.

After that, Echizen Ryoma immediately opened up the "state of selflessness" and confronted Atobe with all his combat power. In this state, Echizen Ryoma was able to use almost all the moves he had seen before, and subconsciously used them at the right time. Switching to the relative style of play, even the Fubayashi volcano used by Tachikai Sanada is no problem.

But even if Echizen Ryoma can switch the style of play and use other people's tricks at will, or even mix different tricks, he still can't get many points from Atobe immediately, because Atobe is also very strong—— Atobe, who is a genius, immediately calculated the corresponding method of returning the ball, so the match between Echizen and Atobe can be said to be comparable.

And just after Echizen used a lot of tricks, Atobe finally made a real move—using the "World of Ice", he found out all the dead spots and weaknesses of Echizen, and Echizen was about to be killed immediately. When Atobe was defeated, he duplicated Tezuka-ku again using No-self Realm.

This surprised Atobe a little - he thought that Echizen's ability could not reach Tezuka's realm, so when he saw Echizen successfully counterattacked with the Tezuka area, he became a little annoyed.

Since Echizen successfully used Tezuka, Atobe was unable to hit Echizen's dead corner, and Atobe could not easily score because of Echizen's use of Tezuka.And it was at the beginning that Echizen made more and more pressing offensive pursuits, and finally--not long after, tied the score of Watobe.

... After that, Atobe and Echizen began a non-committal offensive and defensive battle. Even if Atobe succeeded in winning the round, Echizen would catch up. Before he knew it, the two had reached the final stage Tie-break.

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This may be the most difficult tie-break in history that everyone has seen - because neither Atobe nor Echizen refused to concede more than one point, and then... Echizen and Atobe also fell to the ground at the same time due to lack of energy .

Because of the ball rule, Atobe and Echizen are now on the same score. If neither side stands up within [-] seconds, the game will be ruled as a draw. But also because both of them fell to the ground, if If one side stands up and the other side cannot, the winner will be the side that remains standing.

The ball certificate is counting down to this critical [-] seconds. All the cheerleaders present, as well as Xinghe, are subconsciously holding their breath and staring at the court without blinking—how much she hopes that Atobe will stand up now, so... that person This will lead the Ice Emperor to the next level!

And it seemed that the voice of the fans was successfully conveyed to Atobe's heart, and Atobe stood up first on the court.

——At this moment, Atobe's whole body was drenched with sweat, and his face was paler than usual. Maybe he was reaching his limit... But Atobe's pair of dark blue eyes showed no intention of giving in at all. On the contrary, his body He clenched the racket tightly for the pride of the king of the Ice Empire, and without hesitation, he ruthlessly sent the ball in his hand to the court where Echizen was——

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dusk.

"...you have shaved your head bald."

The match between Atobe and Echizen just now was Echizen's victory.

Although Atobe was the one who stood up first at that time, but later Echizen did return the ball, and then Atobe lost consciousness while standing, so the ball certificate also announced the end of the game, and Aigaku will advance to the semi-finals— — After that, Atobe, who lost consciousness, was sent to the hospital, and his energy was gradually replenished by drips. The ice emperor's team members also came to visit Atobe one after another. Xinghe was the last one, coming with Huadi .

Atobe looked at the girl standing in front of him with a charming smile, and listened to her teasing words, Atobe stretched out his hand to caress the top of his head in annoyance and resentment—because it was Echizen Ryoma's hand, so The problem Atobe is facing now is not only that his hairstyle has changed to a bald head, but also because of Echizen Ryoma's clumsiness that gave his bald head an ugly bonus magic.

——Now he is wearing a particularly ugly bald head.

It made him wish he could get his IV out immediately, and then go to the hair salon to have his unbearable hairstyle fixed.

"You bastard...the first sentence is to laugh at my uncle's hairstyle." Atobe stared resentfully at the girl in front of him who kept smirking at him, but although he wanted to get angry at her, after all He was the one who lost, and he couldn't be arrogant anymore.

But for some reason, playing with Echizen Ryoma like this, going all out and then losing consciousness, even getting his head shaved by that bastard boy--I'm not in a bad mood.

Well, even if he lost, Atobe surprisingly didn't feel heavy.On the contrary, his heart is very happy at the moment, and he is even thinking about when he can compete with that kid again, and then, he also looks forward to encountering stronger enemies after Echizen Ryoma, and then becoming stronger Yes—that kid has endless potential, so he really wants to see where that bastard can go... and his defeat here may also be meaningful.

...However, Atobe also understands that although he himself is immersed in the thrill of competing with masters, his fans don't think so—they will definitely be disappointed in himself who lost, right?

And just when Atobe was about to say to Sawajo Xinghe, "I'm sorry, it's rare for you to come to see me but you lost the game", he noticed that the girl was stretching out her hand to him——Atobe was stunned for a moment , and felt the girl gently put her hand on top of his head, she first rubbed it lightly, and then laughed: "It's so funny..."

"...Hey." Atobe frowned, why is this woman still laughing at her hairstyle, doesn't she know how to read the air?

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"No... I just want to say that I quite like this refreshing hairstyle."

After a while, Xinghe's soft voice came from the top of Jibu's head, and Ajibu felt his heart tighten, and felt Xinghe's hand on top of his head was taken away—then the girl sat beside him naturally like this Beside him, a pair of star eyes looked at him honestly, and evoked an unusually gentle and sincere smile at him.

Xinghe said this, and lowered his eyes again: "And you also played very well in the game just now, I admire you very much, you are so handsome."

... Atobe was taken aback for a moment, only to feel that Xinghe's rare good words just touched his heart, making his heart beat faster.

The setting sun was slanting westward, and the warm orange light poured into the entire ward, and even the girl's face appeared softer and gentler than usual, and just when Atobe was about to say something, he found that Xinghe's ears were turning red at the moment—— Is she shy?

Atobe's heart trembled, and for some reason, he looked at her shy girl's face, and he immediately became a little deer.

——Even now, he had the idea of ​​rushing her into his arms.

Well, he admitted that he actually liked this girl quite a bit.

I have always thought she is quite cute, and I have always thought that she is easy to get along with. If it is this girl, he will always want to be with her.

"Hey..." Atobe looked at her, and stretched out his hand to pull her closer to him in a mysterious way. A pair of dark blue eyes caught her frightened eyes, and Atobe tightened the strength of his hand, forcing her to look directly With his own eyes, he slowly asked:

"——Sawajo Xinghe, do you want to date this uncle?"

The author has something to say: tsk tsk confession!Can't the confession blow up the readers?

By the way, when I was reading manga, I really wanted to complain, Atobe’s hair grows super fast, okay? QUQ

Please leave a message and collect it~ I am so diligent and cute!Don't you take care of me?

☆、Several days off

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"Sawajo Xinghe, do you want to date this uncle?"

At that time, Atobe had a pair of dark blue eyes full of seriousness.

In addition, Xinghe also felt something that shouldn't appear on Atobe from his expression, nervous, anxious... Xinghe couldn't help but glance at the reddish ears of Atobe, she could feel this self-esteem The tall boy is not calm about confessing, and he didn't confess with a playful mentality. On the contrary, he... this confession is his sincerity.

Looking at Atobe's longing eyes, Xinghe felt the throbbing of love in her heart - at first, she just knew that she liked this boy, but she didn't expect this boy to have such sincere feelings for her , This moment of mutual connection is simply beautiful and exaggerated.

"...What's the answer?"

Atobe grasped her hand tightly, and only then did Xinghe notice that Atobe's body temperature was exaggeratedly high at the moment, and he didn't know the reason, but only knew that the contact with his hot skin made her feel intimate, that is, Her face flushed shyly.

Are you dating this person?Xinghe looked at Atobe shyly, her pair of star eyes wavering, she likes this person, and this person really likes him...but...

"...I'm sorry...I'd rather be friends with you."

Pay attention, she has already said the words of rejection.

In September, the pleasant summer vacation is finally over, and the second week of school is ushered in in a blink of an eye.

—— Staring at the blackboard, Xinghe sighed silently in his seat.

...After that, she didn't communicate with Atobe.After that, she even learned about the results of the national competition from Hocho Taro, and she and Atobe could no longer speak.Although she said at that time that she "would like to be friends more", but in fact she can't even be called a friend in this state now.

After that, the summer vacation passed by in a hurry, and in a blink of an eye, it was already the beginning of school. Xinghe, who hadn't spoken to him for a week, mustered up the courage to say hello to him on the first day of school, but Atobe still acted like he couldn't see her. Get angry.

In fact, she really wanted to agree at that time—but for some reason, the appearance of the cute fake fiancee appeared in her mind at the critical moment, and she felt that if she dated Atobe, there would be many more Some invisible pressure and fear appeared in her heart unexpectedly, she felt that she was too useless and really not worthy of the good boy Atobe.

Probably because of her inferiority complex... so she turned down the confession that actually made her happy as hell.

...Probably there will be no second time for such a good opportunity, right?Xinghe lowered his eyes and thought.

In addition, the relationship between her and Atobe seems to be unable to return to the past.

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"Sawajo-san... Sawajo-san!"

A voice brought Xinghe back to reality from the state of daze, Xinghe's shoulders trembled, and he raised his head immediately: "Yes!"

"Really... Sawajo-san should pay attention to the class meeting..."

A girl standing in front of the blackboard said with a complaining face, and looked at Zecheng Xinghe with some sorrow, and then pointed to some words written on the blackboard with chalk: "What role does Zecheng student plan to play in the play?" ?”

Speaking of which, every September is another day when middle school students prepare for cultural festivals.

After all, this is their last school festival in this high school, so basically all the third-year classes hope that the cultural festival can be well-known, and of course, the Atobe class is no exception.

This year, the preparatory committee member of their class proposed to perform a drama, because the performance of a drama can involve the whole class in both the preparation process and the performance, and there are several members of the drama club in the class, so there is no problem with the main actor's acting skills and script operation .

Therefore, the discussion about performing a drama has been going on for several days. Their class finally fixed the script a few days ago, so the current class meeting is planning to assign everyone's roles and support staff.

Xinghe froze for a moment, then stopped his gaze on the column pointed by the chalk of the preparation committee member, and then fixed his gaze on the remaining characters, all of which seemed to have a lot of lines, so he touched the back of his head and replied: "...I don't Good at speaking in front of people, can I choose to make props?"

"...Well, since Zecheng is so good-looking, he must be more attractive as an actor."

Another preparatory committee member said, but agreed to her request: "Okay, then we will put you in the prop group."

"Well, I'm sorry, please." Xinghe smiled and replied with some embarrassment.

... Atobe next to him saw the absence of Sawajo Xinghe, he knew that the woman must be distracted by the incident between them-but this was what made him particularly unhappy.

In fact, he clearly felt that this stupid woman liked him to some extent - so he didn't understand her reason for rejecting him. Even if he asked her that day, she would never say anything, which made him very angry.

Then, it was the fact that he was decisively rejected by her that hurt his self-esteem a bit.

...But damn it, even though he hoped that he could put her matter behind him immediately after being rejected by her, but now he cares about her even more.Even seeing her troubled look, I really wanted to go to her side right away.

After that confession, he went home and thought about it for a long time. He felt that he liked her very much—even if she rejected him, he still liked her... If he couldn't be a couple with her, he would also want to continue to be with her The degree of liking of friends.

——But damn it, he still can't control his self-esteem that ran out without authorization, how should he get along with her normally now?

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The preparations for the cultural festival officially started in the third week of school.

As a powerful school in the district, besides current teachers, students and former students who have graduated from the Ice Emperor Cultural Festival, some participants who intend to apply for Ice Emperor or other people will also come to visit, so for the cultural festival The level can be enough to enhance the image of Ice Emperor, and Ice Emperor even deliberately takes time off in September every year to let students prepare.

And the past few days are the continuous holiday dedicated to the preparation of the cultural festival. Almost the whole school is exaggerated by the atmosphere of the cultural festival. It is not difficult to see the students running around carrying a lot of props and supplies, so unhappy.

"By the way, Sawajo-san's hair has grown a lot after a summer vacation." A girl wearing glasses said so while the props team was making props for actors.

"Really... I was wondering if it's time to cut it." Xinghe blinked and touched the ends of her hair again. Indeed, her hair is almost touching her shoulders now—it's just because she is lazy and doesn't do it house only.

"No! Why don't you just take this opportunity to grow your hair long? Because it definitely looks better with long hair!" The girl stopped, and then said to Xinghe solemnly: "You know, the boys in our class are still quietly I found photos of you with long hair before, and everyone said you were a great beauty at that time—don’t cut your hair.”

"Haha...I'm quite embarrassed to be said that by you, Baishi." Xinghe touched the back of his head, and continued to paste the colored paper in his hand.

...hair?In other words, she also remembered that Atobe said countless times that she didn't like her "male head".From the time she transferred here, to when she went out during the summer vacation - he said that his "man head" was ugly.Maybe it would be nice to stay a little longer...

Well, by the way, what is Atobe doing now?In the tennis club... I heard that other than classes, other clubs will have some experience activities, probably like Qinggaku, Ice Emperor will also have club-themed activities, right?So Atobe, the president, is also making preparations there...

No, no, why is she so full of thoughts about that guy?

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They kept preparing for the cultural festival without stopping. Finally, they completed the costumes, sets, props and rehearsals for all the characters the day before the cultural festival. Today is the day of the performance.

In addition to the part of ordinary lines, the drama of their class also includes music performance and dancing. Therefore, even if the students in the logistics group do not have characters with lines, there will still be several parts of the whole class dancing together during the drama. All the people are soldiers.

Xinghe tugged at her costume helplessly—although she rejected the role, she still ended up dancing and singing on stage. She didn’t want to embarrass herself on stage with her uncoordinated hands and feet... …

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"...Too bad! Misato said that she has a high fever and will never be able to come back today!"

While Xinghe was chatting with the friends from the props group in the background, the preparatory committee member of the class rushed into the dressing room with a mobile phone in his hand. Everyone in the three-year group was shocked by the news of the preparatory committee, and in the next moment, The dressing room was filled with voices of discussions and worries.

Xinghe was also taken aback—the girl named Meixiang was the child in their class who was in charge of playing the piano. As I said before, there are singing and dancing parts in the drama in their class, and the music in the singing, dancing and story parts of the whole drama is made by Mei A person from the township is responsible for the accompaniment.Their class doesn't have any backup candidates, so if Misato isn't there...

"Has anyone among us ever recorded Misato's performance?" the organizing committee asked nervously.

A girl raised her hand and said, "Yes, but I only have the music for singing..."

"Me too, and there are noises..." The other vocalist who was in charge of singing also nodded.

"What should we do, then shall we search for music online?" asked another organizing committee member.

The dressing room where the three-year group stayed was filled with worry and nervousness. The drama with everything in place lacked the most important background music. The images of hard preparations emerged in everyone's minds. The only thing they didn't want was that the performance of this drama would fail.

...Because this is their last cultural festival.

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"It's too late, we're only half an hour away from the performance..." Baishi said, and nervously grabbed Xinghe's sleeve: "What should we do, Sawajo-san, will our performance fail?"

"No way..." Xinghe pursed his lips, then shook his head: "...There will always be a way."

There's always a way... there's always a... way?

Xinghe was stunned, any idea flashed in her mind, she thought for a moment, then slowly let go of Baishi's hand, and walked towards the direction of the organizing committee, with some kind of awareness written in her eyes:

"...do you...have a copy of the sheet music?"

She... maybe she can help everyone.

The author has something to say: The heroine in the next chapter is playing handsome... Hahaha Atobu was rejected just like that!

Maybe Xinghe refused because of his hairstyle! (No)

Finally, please leave a message and ask for collection to call Xiaojibu, the author is also very cute!

☆, a group of three years

Just when Atobe came back from the tennis club, full of joy, she thought that she could see Xinghe put on a medieval costume, but she had already changed back to her school uniform.

Isn't the show about to start in 15 minutes?Why is that woman wearing a school uniform?Obviously even my uncle was sent to change clothes?

In other words, she is still talking to the organizing committee. When did she become an important figure in this drama?

"Everyone is ready! After this set is over, it's time for us to play!"

Just when Atobe was full of question marks, another female preparatory committee member spoke. Her words put the students in the third-year group in the dressing room into a state of preparation, and Atobe was no exception. He immediately picked up his part Quickly read the lines for the last time, and adjusted the skirt for the last time.

And just when Atobe was sorting out and the prop group was about to start setting up the scenery, Xinghe had disappeared.

Isn't she from the props group?Why don't you help set up the scene?

But no one could answer these questions in Atobe's heart, and then—while Atobe was full of doubts, the drama began.

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"A group of three years, "The Pure Evil Dragon and the Evil Little Red Riding Hood."

"On this beautiful sunny and cloudless day, Pink Rabbit went out with her good friend Alice"

The narrator is reading the lines behind the stage, and a girl wearing rabbit ears and a boy wearing Alice costume appear in front of the stage, and along with their actions and dialogue, there is a leisurely and comfortable piano sound in the background.

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"That's amazing! As expected of Sawajo-san, she perfectly took over Misato's job!" Shiraishi said.

"Really! It's great to have her here, and she doesn't even need to read the sheet music, it's amazing." Thanks to Xinghe, the organizing committee managed to escape, almost moved to tears.

"Actually, we should let her read the score, but we don't have all the scores in our hands, and we don't have any extra hands to lift the score for her, so she only chose the most difficult part and put it on the music stand."

And because there is no music score, Xinghe once said that if she suddenly forgot the score, she would temporarily modify the content of the performance. The whole class knew this and agreed.

"There's no other way. The only one in our class who can perform a piano performance for more than 40 minutes in real time is Sawajo-san. Uh, maybe she's the only one in this school."

"...But it's a pity. I heard that Sawajo-san stopped piano training because of a tendon injury near his arm. Otherwise."

Atobe, who was waiting to appear in the background, heard other people's discussions, and immediately raised his head again—that's why he finally understood why the class felt uneasy when he came in just now. It turned out that Misato, the accompanist, was absent, and then Is that woman going to be an impromptu accompanist?

Atobe got up from the waiting seat, approached the stage again, and looked at the direction of the piano from a distance—it was Sawajo Xinghe, who was concentrating on playing the background music of the drama at the moment, and his eyes were unprecedentedly devoted Seriously, although he couldn't see her hand movements at this distance, he could see her body shaking slightly to match the performance. Her starry eyes were looking at the piano in front of her very softly, yes, very softly—— It's like looking at your most precious thing.

At this time, her whole body exudes an aura that seems to be integrated with the sound of the piano, and then, for some reason, her sound of the piano seems to be able to reach the heart of the listener, and every section makes him feel abnormally affected .

Once people realize that she is playing, they can no longer look away.

...So, he had to admit it.

Sawajo Xinghe is undeniably a genius at playing.

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The drama was performed smoothly, and besides appreciating the high-quality acting skills and script of the three-year group, gradually, everyone turned their attention to the girl next to him who was accompanying the drama.

What to say?

That is, although the girl is playing music scores of ordinary grades, the music can be perfectly integrated with the story when they are connected in series. The ability to switch and control the background music and atmosphere naturally is completely beyond the high school students. level, many times, they reflect that the main tone of the background has