[Golden String] Golden Tears

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— Ding Dong! ——

The door was opened a crack, and it was Rei Ishikawa who had taken off his uniform and was dressed lightly at home.

One hand is holding the doorknob, the other hand is holding the untied ponytail high.

"Ah... it's you guys."

Outside the door, those familiar faces who participated in the school music competition or recital appeared unsurprisingly.

"Please come in."

So she gently opened the door.

This is a high-end elevator-style apartment located in a relatively high-priced area in the central city. Because the company in charge has done a good job in confidentiality and security, most people who choose to live here are either rich or expensive.Because of this, when the few people who came to visit found this building based on the address given by Hiroto Kanazawa, they once wondered if they found the wrong place? !

After confirming that the address is correct, I thought about Ishikawa Rei again—what kind of incredible identity background does he have? !

Walking in the door, the interior furnishings are quite different from the grandeur of the exterior, which is surprisingly simple:

In Nuoda’s living room, which is at least as wide as a tennis court, except for a set of exquisite leather sofas next to the hall, an empty mosaic glass coffee table in front of the sofa, and a theater opposite the sofa; there is only a black Steinway The three-legged piano carelessly occupies the center of the living room.Coupled with the cold white wall paint on the four walls, it is especially empty and lonely.

"Um... aren't uncle and aunt home?" Hino Kahoko looked around for a while and asked curiously.

The answering voice didn't sound immediately - Ishikawa Rei closed the door lightly, turned around and stared at Hino Kahoko for a long time.

No, it's also possible that she wasn't looking at her at all, but her eyes just happened to fall on her.

That gaze was as empty as if there was nothing; the expression on that plain face was so flat that no one could see a trace of emotion.

Not a word.

Until Hino Kahoko had almost decided that Rei Ishikawa either didn't want to answer and ignored her question deliberately, or didn't notice her action of asking the question at all, then she suddenly heard Rei Ishikawa speak.

It's just that voice, which is so cold that there is no warmth at all.

"I live alone."

……

Immediately, at the same moment as the voice fell, expressions of surprise and surprise appeared on the four faces.

"For...why?"

Tongue gaped, Hino Kasuke managed to squeeze out these three words after a while.

"Is it weird living alone?"

Compared with Hino Kahoko's agitated reaction, Ishikawa Rei appeared surprisingly calm, and the voice of nonchalant questioning came from the kitchen next to the living room.

Soon, a tray with four glasses of water came out steadily, and they were delivered to everyone one by one.Then, she sat down on the luthier's seat in front of the piano.

"Come here...what's the matter?"

As if he didn't want to continue the topic just now, Ishikawa Reiichi sat down and immediately asked again.

"This." So Wang Qixinwu took out a piece of MD from his pocket, handed it to Ishikawa Rei, and explained to her who was looking at the piece of MD with doubts, "This is yesterday... well, after you left, the rest of our performance Part of the recording. Teacher Kanazawa asked me to give it to you to listen to, so..." He paused, "I originally wanted several main performers to come together, but Yuzuki and Zhishui happened to be absent today Hibara and Fuyukai have other things to attend, so I invited Hino, Tsukimori and Tsuchiura together."

By the way, it also explained the reason why the four of them would appear in her house at the same time.

Nodding in understanding, Ishikawa Zero carefully took the MD from Wang Qixinwu's hand, and held it with both hands devoutly as if carrying some rare treasure.

He couldn't take his eyes off, staring at him for a long time like worshiping.

"……thanks."

He spoke softly, almost inaudibly.

"Hmm...well, Ishikawa, is your hand... better?" Tsuchiura Ryotaro asked suddenly.

The hesitant tone seemed to reveal his uneasiness and uncertainty about whether he should bring up this matter; but his somewhat eager look easily revealed his concern.

Facing his question, Ishikawa Rei was stunned for a moment, then shook his head hesitantly.

"It's...it's all right." Compared to denying it, her brisk and erratic tone and the momentary shift of her gaze to the side seemed more perfunctory.

"That's it." As for Tsuchiura Ryotaro, he was only half-doubtful.

Ren Tsukimori, who was sitting beside him, frowned from beginning to end, and didn't say a word, but his eyes were locked on Ishikawa Rei, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

"That...Xiao Ling, can I visit your house?"

"Ah."

……

The melodious music filled the spacious living room.

With the permission of the owner of the house, Rei Ishikawa, Hino Kahoko began to "wander" around at a very relaxed and even pleasant pace.

Ishikawa Rei dropped yesterday, in fact, only the second movement "Separation" and the entire third movement "Missing" that were about halfway in progress at that time; but the notes that spread from the speaker were the overture from the beginning and the first movement. "Encounter" played.

Each piece is interlocked and closely complemented to form a magnificent movement. Under the unique sound quality of each instrument and the interpretation of the performer, happiness, sadness, joy, pain, sweetness, sourness... each Such emotions pour out with the overflowing tunes!

What kind of state of mind is it?What kind of emotion is it?How much effort does it take to integrate all the emotions that a person can experience in a lifetime in just 10 minutes and three chapters of music?

A whole set of musical notes seems to be telling a poignant story; a whole piece of "Missing" seems to be mourning a person's heart-wrenching memory.

So beautiful, yet so gray and pale, the shaking melody almost makes people cry!

Even the few people who participated as performers and have heard it thousands of times, could not help but be attracted by the exciting movement again, and listened intently...

Music, filled with...

On the small bar that separates the kitchen from the living room, a photo of two people suddenly caught the sight of Kahoko Hino, who was sitting on the sofa, intoxicated by the sound of music, and looking around leisurely:

There are two young faces in that photo, one of which is indescribably familiar, but it makes people not sure-the two faces are still full of childishness, full of innocence and purity. Smiling—but, this was an expression she had never seen on that face she knew so well!

"Zero..." Hino Kahoko ran up to Ishikawa Rei with the photo frame.

Coincidentally, the music stopped abruptly.

The air seemed to freeze.

Suddenly, there was no sound, not even the sound of breathing could be heard.

Ishikawa Ling hooked her head, but buried it slightly, and didn't bend too much, so any small expression change on her face could be seen at a glance.

Then, not only Hino Kahoko, but also the other three people present were stunned:

The corners of the lips are lightly raised.

This is an expression that they have never seen appearing on her plain white face since they knew Ishikawa Rei for such a period of time.

This is... a smile!

A smiling face from the bottom of my heart: the thin lips evoked obvious arcs, and even the corners of the eyes with drooping eyelids inevitably reflected the curved satisfaction.The intoxicated look with closed eyes seems to be still reminiscing about the melody that just ended, but it is so...... as if the wish of "this life is enough" has been fulfilled!

Dazed, Hino Kahoko stared at the smile she saw for the first time in front of her eyes, it was a faint but full smile——

Sure enough, Ishikawa Reiichi was just as she had expected when she first saw her, and was more suitable for a smile...

Hino Kahoko couldn't help admiring from the bottom of her heart.

"Xiao Ling, this photo..."

Finally, Kahoko Hino opened her mouth again to continue the question she wanted to ask about the photo in her hand, but she stopped again because of the sudden behavior of the person in front of her:

Two thick and curly eyelashes like a bird's eye were slowly raised, revealing the black eyes covered by the back.

Bright, but paradoxically muddy without focus.

Before everyone had time to look behind the dense fog in her eyes, a drop of crystal dew suddenly overflowed, passing across her white cheeks, leaving a crystal line...

There was still a faint smile on his lips, trembling slightly.

The arc was so slight that a touch of his hand seemed to be able to completely wipe away the remaining trace of the smile.

But still smiling.

The corners of the eyes, moist but like pearls with broken threads, slipped down.

Uninterrupted, falling downward.

"...Little Zero..."

"Sorry," before Hino Kahoko asked, Ishikawa Zero wiped the saltiness on his face, and interrupted hastily, "Well, if you have other things to do later, you can leave at any time, no need Leave me alone...sorry!"

The tail sound dissipated behind the heavily closed door.

All that was left was the figure that disappeared after leaving quickly, and the four people who were full of doubts behind them:

"Xiaoling, is she... crying?!" Hino Kahoko couldn't believe it, and said to herself in a daze, "But...she was obviously laughing..."

The hesitant tone seems to be wondering if the smiling face just now is a mirage, or is it her whimsical illusion?

But, that purity is so real?

The weakly hanging arm just made the photo in the frame in his hand clearly greet the pupils of the other three people in the living room——

...two angelic smiling faces.

boys and girls.

They are all innocent, but sincerely smiling.

The boy's appearance looked very strange, but the girl's facial features had familiar shadows.

And what the girl held in her hand was unexpectedly a brown-red violin!

……

"This girl is... Ishikawa?"

After a long time, Tsuchiura Ryotaro couldn't help but walked a few steps.

The more realistic the image in the photo frame looked, the more incredible he felt, and he murmured.

"……Could it be that……"

Can't help but think of the scene when he saw her on the day of the second trial, Yue Senlian couldn't help showing a look of astonishment, but it seemed that she understood.

Wang Qixinwu, who was at the farthest corner, supported the mirror frame on the bridge of his nose.

"So, it's these two people..."

At this moment, he finally realized why when he saw Rei Ishikawa for the first time, he thought she looked familiar, but he didn't know her name? !

……