[SD] Logic of Wild Dogs

The New Year’s Charity Concert organized by the Red Cross was held in the center of the Chicago Art Center. The magnificent performance hall was brightly lit, and the stepped circular seats extended from the auditorium in sequence.

Nana Dongji's violin solo was arranged in the second half of the whole performance. In the first half of the performance, Nana Snow wanted to sit with her parents in the family area and wait, but Dong Siyang asked her to go backstage to accompany her. Snow responded.As a result, Qi Haixue sat on the rest chair in the backstage, fidgeting and kept asking Dong Si if he was cold, hungry, thirsty, and if he wanted to go to the bathroom. He was even more nervous than his younger brother who was about to perform.

"Sister, it's time for me to put on makeup, you don't need to sit here, go out and relax." Dong Si really couldn't stand her sister's stiff sitting posture, and kindly comforted her.

"Oh!" Qi Haixue stood up without thinking and walked out of the lounge.The red curtain hangs down from the high ceiling, as thick as a stone wall, and the oak floor is shiny with wax, which looks like gold under the light.Sitting in the stands and looking at it, I didn't think much of it, but when I got closer, I realized that the stage was so empty and big.

Qihai stood behind the curtain and sighed: Touji, you are going to perform on such a big stage...

Standing on the stage at the moment is a group of children’s choirs, the unfamiliar tunes are cheerful and melodious, and the voices of children are singing like spring—little buds emerging from the branches, the ice and snow melting, the thawing The river is murmuring, the field is full of pink flowers, the birds are singing, and their feathers are gorgeous...

The girl with the piano accompaniment was sitting on the side, the gown with a goose yellow backless evening dress set off her snow-white skin, her long curly hair was like light golden waves, a beam of spotlights hit her, she looked as elegant as a princess.

It's so beautiful... Although they are so close, the people on the stage and the people below the stage are two completely different worlds, right?

Qihai secretly peeped out from the gap in the curtain, just as the children of the children's choir had finished their performance, the applause sounded like thunder, and the huge shock was heart-shattering.

"That's amazing..." Qihai's eyes widened.

Suddenly there was an exclamation. It turned out that a child stepped on an overly long trouser leg when stepping off the stage, and accidentally fell on the spot.Crying sounded, accompanied by good-natured laughter from the audience.

Qi Hai's heart suddenly rose to her throat.Oops, what if Dong Si also falls down when he is on stage? !No, I'm going to see if the trousers of the dress fit well... Qihai trotted out holding the hem of the skirt.

"Sister? Sister, why are you running in such a hurry?" Dong Si grabbed Qihai at the door of the dressing room.

"Touji...? Why are you here?"

"I just finished dressing, so I came out to look for you." After tidying up, Dong Si was wearing a black tuxedo, and the snow-white shirt set off his extra vigor, "Come and see how I look good?"

"Very...handsome..." Although he had a sick face, Dongji's smile was really...too dazzling, "He's just like a prince!"

Qihai wanted to touch his younger brother's head, but was afraid of messing up his newly made hairstyle, so he withdrew his hand in embarrassment.

Dongji smiled, and hugged Qihai's waist indifferently: "My sister is also very beautiful today, the dress and skirt were chosen by me and my father~!"

This is the first time for Qi Haixue to wear such a solemn dress dress. It has a pure white embroidered design, strapless waist, and fine pearls on the chest. Layers of veils form a fluffy skirt. She was a little uncomfortable: "Actually, it's completely unnecessary. This outfit... You are clearly here to perform today..."

"What nonsense are you talking about, today's sister is a special princess~!" Dongji blinked mischievously.

"Huh?" Princess or something... what do you mean?

"Well, the next one is my show, let's go there together."

Qi Hai was nervous and forgot to ask: "Dong Dong Dong Dong Dong! Are you thirsty? Hungry? Cold? Do you want to go to the toilet?"

"Ahaha, I just want to go on stage now, let's go, sister!"

Holding hands with her younger brother and stumbling quickly across the corridor, Qihai couldn't help but ask eagerly: "Dongji...are you nervous?" On such a big stage, so many audiences, this moment of great attention...isn't it Will you be afraid?

"Nervous?" Dong Si picked up the violin in the waiting room, looked up and smiled, "Are you kidding me, I've been looking forward to this moment for a long time! I'm shaking with excitement!"

The host has already started the announcement of the next show, Dongji let go of Qihai's hand: "I'm going to enjoy the stage! See you in a while, sister!"

"Ah...please come on!" Qihai only had time to say this, and Dongji had already stepped onto the stage with his head held high and his chest high.

Two beams of follow-up lights surrounded him in the center of the stage, Dong Si bowed slightly, then smiled and put the violin on his shoulder.

The bow is pulled slowly, and a ray of music suddenly flows out in the silent hall where you can hear the needle falling... It seems to come from a very far away place, and then it is close to your heart.

"Oh... very nice voice." An English sentence suddenly came from behind, and Qihai turned her head in surprise. It was a gentleman sitting in a wheelchair, and he was also holding a violin in his hand.

"This gentleman...?" The English word came to her lips, but she didn't know how to say it, so Qihai paused in embarrassment.

"Hush..." Fortunately, the gentleman just smiled and gestured, then closed his eyes and listened intently.

Nanami breathed a sigh of relief, and turned her gaze back to the center of the stage.

At the end of a somewhat sad Sanban, the bow in Dongsi's hand suddenly began to jump continuously, and the short and light scales rose one after another, rising... like the endless starry sky on a winter night... the stars are in the sky... Twinkling, rising, countless huge stars form a vast galaxy, mysterious, deep and gentle...

It is another soothing melody, like a lost child wandering by the embankment under the moonlight, like a chick calling its mother, like a believer praying for God's mercy.

The elongated swinging notes make people's hearts tugged, as if dark clouds cover the moonlight, and the world gradually darkens.After a few short legatos that made people breathless, a ray of stars instantly penetrated the clouds, and the stars jumped out, and then the second, and the third... Hundreds of millions of stars fell from the sky, That radiance poured on the stage, enveloped Dongji's figure, and made him shine.

Like being embraced by the stars, the darkness can no longer be close, the warm sound of the piano surrounds everyone, and the light washes the soul...

【Great, I was saved...】

When the sound of the piano disappeared, Qi Hai still couldn't recover for a long time.Until suddenly there was applause from the side, and the gentleman in the wheelchair smiled and applauded: "Unbelievable! Perfect!"

Qihai smiled proudly: "He is my younger brother."

As if he had just woken up, countless applause sounded from the auditorium, and cheers surged like waves.The host took the microphone and asked Dong Si the name of this song that he hadn't heard before.

Fuyuji didn't speak English very well, so he replied in Japanese after hearing the translation's question: "This song is called "Silver Coin of the Stars", and I wrote it myself."

The host was surprised and continued to ask the reason for composing.

Dong Si lowered his head with some embarrassment: "I have been sick for more than two years, because my body has been in pain, and I can't sleep well at night. Whenever I go to look at the stars outside the window. One night, my body was abnormal. Painful and heavy, like being swallowed by the devil. At that time, I saw the starry sky falling, falling to my side, the starlight surrounded me, shining, as if to bless me, bless me, darkness It all disappeared...Since then, I have been getting better day by day, and I always feel that the stars are protecting me and bringing me a new life. If it is the New Year, I want to pass this feeling on to everyone, thank you."

The applause sounded again, and Dongji bowed politely.

"Actually, this song is my New Year's gift to my sister." Dong Si continued with a smile, "When I was young, my sister told me a story. Once upon a time, there was a kind girl who gave bread to beggars. She gave the hat to the waif, and even the clothes she was wearing were given to others. Just when she had nothing and was cold and hungry, the stars in the sky suddenly fell and turned into beautiful clothes and countless silver coins. "

Dongji suddenly turned his head to look at Qihai behind the curtain: "During the two years when I was sick, my father worked hard to support the family, and my mother took good care of me. Only my sister stayed in Japan alone. I know she has been doing it for me, for This family is silently enduring and sacrificing. This time she came to Chicago, our family can finally be reunited, but it also means that my sister may have to give up her life and friends in her hometown, although she didn’t say much, But I know it's sad."

I don't know who pushed Qi Hai, she walked onto the stage in a daze, and the spotlight hit her body, hot and dazzling.

"I want to give this song to such a sister, because she is so good, so good..." Dongji stretched out his hand to Qihai, "I want the starlight to fall on my sister."

The two follow-spot lights merged into one again, and the hands of the siblings met in mid-air, and they clenched tightly.

Tears blurred her vision, and she couldn't care less about listening or seeing, Qi Hai was dazedly dragged by her younger brother to sit in front of the piano beside the stage.

"Play it, sister!"

play the piano?But what to play?Nanami subconsciously placed her hands on the smooth keyboard.

"Trembling trembling trembling trembling trembling trembling..." A familiar melody came from Dong Si's violin.

Ah, "Little Star Variations"...

Dong Si's piano sound leads, and Qi Hai's fingers can't help playing along with the melody.

It is still clumsy law enforcement, still stubborn notes, like tiny stars shining faintly from the void.However, under the leadership of the violin, Qihai's piano sound also brought out a bit of lightness, and the familiar and fluent score was spinning at the fingertips...

Slowly, the sandy beaches of the Shonan Sea spread out endlessly like a picture scroll, a pony was running in the waves, the sound of the piano was like the sound of hooves, and in the vast dome, an eagle soared in the moonlight ...The melody of the violin hovered up and down, and Nanami's fingers ran on the keyboard, always chasing the rhythm of the strings of Dongsi.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a light wind blowing the horse's mane, and the young foal raised its head and neighed, and chased towards the end of the starry sky.The land is boundless and vast, and the eagle and the horse gallop one by one, chasing endlessly.The stars light up the night sky, they are big and bright, the sky is covered with black velvet like diamonds, the moonlight is broken on the sea surface, and there are fluorescent lights...

This is Dongji's world, and in music, this is his world.

At this moment, Qihai forgot everything, she was led to immerse herself in the music, without fear, and went forward bravely. The variation of No.11 is gentle and gentle, the theme melody of Little Star appears and disappears from time to time, and the relaxed atmosphere surrounds them.

Although I can't fly, I can't fly like a goshawk, but how happy I am to run happily...

Qihai opened her eyes and looked back, Dongji also smiled at her at this moment.Full of tacit understanding, the rhythm of the siblings suddenly accelerated together, and the variation entered Chapter 12.

The tempo changed into three beats, starting from the fast passage of the left hand, the rapidly dancing fingertips slid across the keys like the wind, and the rhythmic notes seemed to suck people into the whirlpool.The long-span crescendos climbed bar by bar, straight to the heart, and in an unbelievably fast jump, the piano and violin simultaneously dropped the final forte, and the tense heartstrings came to an abrupt end - the lights came on with a bang , Qihai gasped heavily, her face blushing.

"Sister, it's great!" Dong Si walked over with a smile, sweat dripping from his forehead and nose, "It's great!"

"Dongji!" Qi Haixue hugged her younger brother tightly.

The applause sounded, and the audience stood up smiling, encouraging them enthusiastically.Qihai looked over in disbelief——have I been accepted?She bowed a little blankly.It turns out that the facial features of those Westerners who look scary are actually as bright as the Orientals.

……

Qihai can’t remember the rest of the concert. The finale was the gentleman in a wheelchair came out to perform, and Dongji shouted excitedly: “It’s Itzhak Perlman! It’s Yizhak Copperman!" However, Qihai exhausted all her energy due to the previous tension and excitement, and when the New Year's bell rang, she had already fallen asleep deeply and sweetly with Dongsi in her arms.

Vaguely, Qihai had a dream.In the dream, I was standing in the middle of the vast grassland, unable to tell the direction, and there were rumbling sounds all around.At some point, the land behind him cracked and collapsed, gradually turning into a cliff and abyss, but Qi Hai was strangely not afraid.

【Not afraid, because I will move forward. 】

Thinking this way in the dream, I suddenly stepped forward, full of courage in my heart.At first it was extremely difficult to lift, but then it became easier and easier until finally it seemed like it was about to fly.In the dream, she turned into a pony, chasing the track of the wind, running towards the bright distance, the collapsed earth, cliffs and abyss were all left behind far, far...

……

When the winter vacation was coming to an end, Qi Haiyi's transfer notice was finally sent out, and at the same time, he also received a letter of acceptance from the Juilliard School of Music*.

After dinner, the Qihai family sat around the dining table.

Qi Haiyi and his wife looked at each other, coughed before speaking: "I have something important to announce today."

Qi Hai and Dong Si silently adjusted their sitting postures, and their eyes stared straight at Qi Haiyi's face with burning eyes.

Qi Haiyang put the two notices together on the table: "One is that Dad's job transfer notice has finally been issued, and he will be able to stay in Chicago in the future. You can spend about half of your time here."

The whole family cheered and applauded together.

Qi Haiyang picked up another notification letter with a smile on his face: "One more thing is that Dongsi received an admission letter from the Juilliard School in New York, and it is said that Yitzhak Perlman* served as the recommender. "

"Really!?" Dong Si couldn't help jumping up in surprise, grabbed the notice and read it.

"But—!" Qi Haiyang raised his voice, and said with a stern face, "There are a few problems that need to be resolved."

Dong Si raised his head in doubt, and obediently sat back in his original position under Qi Hai's signal.

"Si Dong's body has not recovered yet, and there is a big gap in language. The school proposes to have an adult as a guardian to accompany him to school."

"If this is the case, mom can do it." Dong Si said excitedly.

Yangzi made a calm gesture: "If I accompany Dong Si to New York to enroll, where will Axue go? To New York together? In New York we have no foundation, food, lodging, school and so on Both are problems. Besides, Dong Si, your language and physical condition are inseparable from others. Your mother is really incompetent and has no energy to take care of the two children. Although my father is transferred to Chicago, he often needs to travel. The same is true for Axue staying in Chicago. Alone. As an underage girl, commuting to and from school alone, whether it’s Chicago or New York, is just too unsafe. And with the family spread out, Dad’s reassignment doesn’t make sense.”

"But..." Dong Si still wanted to refute, but was stopped by his father's gaze.

"There is another reason." Qi Haiyang said lightly, "Actually, after Dongsi was released from the hospital for recuperation, our family's financial situation has improved a lot. Studying in a private school allows the whole family to gather together. If Dong Si wants to attend the Juilliard School, the tuition fees for this private middle school will not be enough."

Yoko looked at Nanami Xue who had been silent all along: "If you let Ah Xue enter an ordinary community school, honestly, it would be better to stay in Japan."

"I can apply for a scholarship! I will work hard! I will work very, very hard!" Dong Si fought hard, unwilling to give up.

Yangzi stroked his son's hair helplessly: "We have already consulted. In the field of violin, the scholarships for foreign students are very limited and the conditions are harsh. Without two years, it is impossible for you to get funding."

"But Axue can't wait, she will be promoted to the second year of high school, and she will take the college entrance examination within two years..." Qi Haiyang added looking at her daughter.

Dong Si's eyes gradually dimmed, he lowered his head, his face was pale: "So...that is to say... If I must enter the Juilliard School, Dad's transfer will be meaningless, the whole family will not be able to reunite, and my sister will also be unable to reunite. Want to be wronged?"

"Dong Si..." Qi Haixue reached out to shake Dong Si's hand, but her younger brother avoided it.

"Sister...please don't say it yet..." Dong Si showed an ugly smile, "please...let me think about it first."

The author has something to say: Originally, this chapter could be updated on time...but when I opened the background, my mother saw it.She was eager to read the reader's message, and then the child's message in chapter 31 instantly fell into the eyes of the mother... and then there was nothing...

Explaining that I didn't secretly say bad things about her in the novel has exhausted the scumbag author..._(:з)∠)_

Small note:

① The Juilliard School of Music is the second largest music school in the world. It was founded in 1905 and is located in Lincoln Center, New York City, USA.

② Yitzhak Perlman, the world's top violinist born in Israel, was disabled by polio and graduated from the Juilliard School of Music.

The dream in this chapter was inspired by this unnamed picture.

When I saw this picture for the first time, what came to my mind was: 【Don’t be afraid that there is no way out, because I will go forward. 】

The winter volume ends, and the next chapter begins the spring chapter, and Xiao Qihai can return to Kanagawa.

Good night, gentlemen.