[Flower card love] turned into a thousand winds

When Taiyi realized that a woman with long hair like seaweed was sitting opposite him, he couldn't help feeling a bit chilled in his heart.

The coffee cup in front of him was already empty, and the waiter, who was late to come, was standing at the front table chatting with a regular customer. A laughing voice came from behind the girl. Happy expression.

She didn't seem to be in a good mood.Taichi thought so.

Taiyi is actually not familiar with Wakamiya Shichang, and even has the impression that he knows the other party, but the other party should not know him at all.The only conversation in my memory also happened at Omi Shrine a few months ago. At the celebration party after Rui Ze won the team competition, this girl wearing the title of "the youngest queen of Karuta in Japanese history" appeared beside them In front of him, and lost his composure that day and got a little drunk.

It's just that in the individual competition on the second day, she seemed to have completely recovered the god of war that everyone feared, and mercilessly snatched the singing cards in front of her opponents.

In the game that he was absent from, the final victory belonged to the girl in front of him.

Yes, in the competition with Xin, Chihaya, and too many A-level strong players, Wakamiya Shichang completely defeated all opponents and stood at the apex.

The quasi-winner was Chihaya, who lost to the same person in the same place for three consecutive years. If it were someone else, it might have already become a psychological shadow.It's just that Qianhao is a person who is too frustrated and courageous, so when she was awarding the award, she just clenched her fists tightly, gritted her teeth and said silently: "Five cards are still missing, five cards are still missing!" open……"

In that match, Qianzao was in excellent condition, and she still lost by five points in the end despite her full firepower. It was a pity for everyone in Ruize.However, on the journey closer and closer to the apex, the girl who was constantly advancing towards the position of queen discovered that there was still such an insurmountable distance between herself and the apex.

Shi Chang is very strong, and she will be even stronger.

Taichi only learned about this after watching the video of the finals recorded by Miyauchi-sensei, and listening to Nishida and Komano occasionally talking about that match.

However, Taiyi didn't know how to respond to the girl with black hair who suddenly appeared in front of him without a word and looked at him with the eyes of a creature sizing up his appearance.

Shi Chang raised her arms and rested her chin on the back of her folded hands.A pair of eyes exuding ink-like precipitation quietly scanned the exercise booklet in front of Taiyi, and on the side of the exam syllabus that was fully marked was the headline "Beijing University Entrance Examination Clearance Manual" impressively written.

"Eh? Do you really want to come to Kyoto to study in university?" Shi Chang slowly raised her eyes, and looked at Tai in the next second.

With just one glance, Taiyi suddenly felt that he was being interrogated.

"Hmm, um. Where's Wakamiya? Don't you have to go to school?" He noticed Shi Chang's school uniform.

"When Xin went to Tokyo, what happened to you?"

"what?"

Completely ignoring Tai Yi's question, Shi Chang guided the content of the conversation according to his own rhythm.

"That guy doesn't seem to be very emotional."

Although I know that Shi Chang and Xin seem to have a good relationship, but the other party uses a slightly intimate term like "that guy" to refer to Xin, which is somewhat beyond Tai Yi's expectations.He put down his pen and tried hard to recall Xin's week in Tokyo: "I heard that the recommendation from the university went well, and there didn't seem to be any troubles. Besides, Xin also participated in the cultural festival in Ruize, so it should be There's nothing wrong with it."

"Cultural Festival?" Shi Chang sensitively captured the key words in Tai Yi's mouth.

"Well, for Ruize's cultural festival, many of our school's Katura performed on the stage. On the day of the pre-performance, because I couldn't make it to the scene, Xin even acted in my place."

Shi Chang didn't answer, but just gave a meaningful "hmm", and then changed the sitting posture to one hand supporting the side of the face.

The atmosphere was a bit down, and neither of the two spoke further. After all, Taiyi didn't know or even understood why the girl was targeting Xin when she asked a question. Originally, she thought she would care a little more about Chihaya.

"Sorry, sir, and... uh, classmate." The waiter who came late appeared between the two at the right time, and just put on a posture of wanting to ask for a refill, but suddenly noticed The school uniform worn by Shi Chang.

"Is there anything else I can help you with?"

The aroma of coffee overflowed from the cup. Seeing the exercise books all over the table, the other party probably misunderstood that the relationship between the two people in front of him was an examinee and a tutor, so he quickly came to his senses.

"The chirping noise is disturbing our conversation."

"Huh?" The waiter didn't hear Shi Chang's whispered words clearly for a while, so he moved closer and asked again.

The girl raised her head, her dark pupils intertwined with the hair on her forehead, which made people feel a little eerie: "I mean, you are very noisy."

Step back ten steps per second.

I'm afraid no one will come to refill my glass in the next time.Taichi thought with some melancholy.

"Do you have any recordings of the stage play?" Shi Chang spread out his palms to Tai Yi.

"Yes, but Wakamiya-san, why...?"

"Because I want to know everything about him."

Shi Chang blurted out without any hesitation, Tai Yi looked into her cold eyes, but seemed to find something that surprised him in the reflection in the center of the pupil.

"Could it be Wakamiya-san?"

"What?" Shi Chang stood up suddenly, looking down at Tai Yi with a pair of sharp eyes.

Taiyi's heart sank: "Could it be that you also care about Xin?"

"Because he is my weapon." The girl turned her head away, and threw Tai Yi a piece of paper with her email address on it, "He is also my only friend."

Fukui Prefecture.

Although the maple forest here is not as beautiful as in Kyoto, Xin still likes it very much.

The savage autumn wind stirred the thin hair on the young man's forehead, and the evening sun reflected in his black pupils. The tall and thin figure sat alone on the eaves of the backyard, looking extraordinarily peaceful.

"new."

Loud footsteps came from behind him, and Shinichi Murao with square glasses appeared in front of him.

"Today's Nagumo Club's practice is over." Murao said as he sat down next to Shin, with a big brother's warm smile on his gentle cheeks as always, "What's the matter, are you worried about the preliminaries the day after tomorrow? ?”

Xin was slightly taken aback as if he had been told something central, and cast his attention in the direction of the village: "I..."

He hesitated.

"Want to win, don't you?"

Although it sounds a bit domineering, it is difficult for Shin to refute the words that Murao said.After returning from Tokyo, I don’t know why, but suddenly I have a stronger desire to win than before. I want to win, I want to win, I want to win... Words like these appeared in my mind countless times.It is rare to be so lost and unable to see your own heart clearly. Even the new self feels terrible about the growing desire in the heart.

What's the matter?Own.

He looked up at the fire cloud gradually turning into a sea of ​​smoke in the sky, and his heart was constantly fluctuating.The tightly clenched fists did not match the cold expression on his face, Taichi and Chihaya appeared in front of his eyes, just for a moment, there seemed to be a cracking sound in his chest, and the sky It was dim for a moment, and the night wind blew past, making his thin back feel a little cold.

A pair of warm hands patted his shoulder heavily: "What's the matter, Xin, such a hesitant expression is not like you."

"Yes, yes?" He couldn't help touching his cheek, it was so cold.

Murao looked at the hesitant young man in front of him, and suddenly remembered that a few years ago, when he was a child, the death of a close relative made him fall into despair, and he even began to dislike his favorite song card.Murao sighed, although now Xin has grown into a man who is capable of being alone, but in fact he knows that this child is not as strong as he looks.

"The road to celebrity is not as simple as you think. Even your grandfather experienced countless setbacks before realizing his dream."

"Grandfather?"

Murao raised his head, quietly staring at the increasingly cloudy sky: "No one is born to be successful, and no one will always be at the top, so that includes that person."

That person... Shin looked into Murao's shining eyes, and he knew that he was referring to Su Fang Hisashi.

"Oh, it's ridiculous. Even the members of the Kara Pai Association tried their best to bring down that problem child, but no one was able to stop his five consecutive victories last year. Now he has become a permanent celebrity. It's really unfair."

"It's not like what Mr. Murao said."

"Ok?"

Xin slowly got up, took out the vibrating mobile phone in his pocket, and squeezed it lightly in his palm: "Isn't Celebrity Zhou Fang not going to retire as the rumors say? That is a signal to all of us."

"Signal?"

Xin closed his eyes and said slowly: "He wants to tell all of us, come and challenge me, come and defeat me. That person, while laughing at him, is encouraging us to grow, isn't he?"

Going around the corridor, the new footsteps stopped at the side entrance of Nagumokai.The phone in his hand was still vibrating tirelessly, it seemed that the caller had an unusual persistence.

Xin looked at the name that lit up on the screen of the external unit, took a deep breath, and pressed the call button.

"Hey, Taichi."

The other end of the phone was a bit noisy, but soon came an unexpected voice: "It's me."

Xinyi couldn't react for a while, he filtered the voice just now several times in his mind, and then blurted out in a daze: "Shi, Shi Chang?" He reconfirmed the number on the caller ID with a little disbelief, "But This call is obviously Taiyi..."

"Ah, I asked him to borrow it."

"why?"

Xin who asked this question immediately realized that for Shi Chang, this might just be a habitual prank.So he changed the question and asked again: "Why is Shi Chang and Tai Yi together? Where are you now?"

"Kyoto."

The other party only answered his question with two simple syllables, and didn't seem to intend to explain too much.

Although he had learned the news that Taiyi and his family moved to Kyoto from Chihaya's email a while ago, and later saw their recent photos in occasional exchanges with Lihua, but he never thought that Shi Chang and Taiyi would look at each other. When did people who seemed to have nothing to do with each other get in touch?

"new."

The female voice on the other end of the receiver suddenly became low.

"Come to Kyoto tomorrow."

"What?" Xin almost couldn't believe his ears, "But the day after tomorrow is the West Japan qualifier, I plan to come here with the seniors of Nagumokai, tomorrow, it's a bit..."

"Are you going to reject me?" Shi Chang's attitude seemed very firm.

"But why?" Xin was puzzled.

"Because the foreign confectionery I brought back from my trip to Fukui has been eaten up, I really want to eat it now."

"what?"

"Idiot, can't you even hear this obvious joke?"

Xin fell silent in embarrassment. Although he planned to meet Shi Chang on Sunday when he went to Kyoto to participate in the West Japan Representative Qualifiers, if he changed the ticket temporarily, he might be scolded by the president.

"Because your voice sounds very lonely."

"..." For a moment, he didn't hear clearly Shi Chang's voice in the noisy background through the receiver.

"In Fukui alone, don't you feel very lonely?"

Even the air became very thin, and in the long blank pause after Shi Chang said that sentence, I felt a familiar soreness spread out of my chest again.

Yeah?Did you feel lonely all the time?

"So, come to see me, come to Kyoto."