[Golden String] Golden Tears

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That was...how long ago?

In fact, it's just a matter of two years or so.

……

She thought that she should have forgotten it, but she never thought of that incident and him, never leaving, always buried deep in her heart...

……

"Zero, Zero... just wait for me!"

While panting slightly, the boy did not dare to slow down in the slightest, trying his best to move his legs forward.

The girl not far away ran forward without looking back, her long, smooth hair like a waterfall fluttering in the air with the wind.

"Little Zero, Little Zero!"

Seeing, finally, the distance between the two is getting closer.The boy stretched out his hand and finally touched the girl's shoulder.

Then, stop.

"Little Ling! What's going on? Who made you unhappy? I saw you rushing out just as I arrived at the door... I, I have been tossed by that perverted conductor all day today with terrible music scores. , I can’t run anymore!”

The young handsome scholar's white face put on an infinitely cautious, serious and serious expression, but on the contrary, he muttered a series of coquettish and complaining words.

As he said that, he exerted just the right amount of strength with both hands, which would not hurt the person in the palm of his hand, but also made her turn around and face him.

What came into view was a pair of red and swollen pupils, wet marks on the pale cheeks, and the lips that were slightly bitten, with red bloodshots already faintly visible under the teeth.

"Little...Xiao Ling?!" The boy gasped in distress, frantically rummaging through his pockets for the handkerchief he carried with him, trying to wipe away the girl's tears.

Suddenly remembered something and stopped the movements of his hands: "Did those aunts come again? When I chased you out, I seemed to see several pairs of women's shoes in front of the door... It must be them! They said to you again What's wrong, right?"

The boy anxiously shook the girl's thin shoulders, and the girl's slender body swayed with the strength on her shoulders.

Lips, pursed into a downward curved arc.

"...Xiao Zhe." The voices of the locals were not angry at all, "You said...the parents went to them, did they not intend to adopt me?"

"Huh...why do you say that?" The boy was stunned.

"My aunt said that because my parents didn't want to adopt me in the first place, that's why they refused to give me the family name of the 'Shenzong' family." I buried my head so I couldn't see the expression on the girl's face, "...Is that so? I asked my mother several times before, but my mother always smiled and didn't answer. So... it's because I can't say such an answer?"

"Uh..." The boy paused hesitantly, a faint pink glowed on his face.

After a long time, I was indignant:

"I knew that those aunts who came to visit at home must have no good intentions!"

Stretching out his hand, hugging the girl in his arms like a brother, his voice was full of pity and tenderness.

"Xiao Ling, don't listen to those aunts talking nonsense. I think you should be very clear about how your parents treat you, don't you? As for your family name... you don't have to worry about naturalization. Father Mother, they are also waiting for the moment when you will be crowned with my family name!" The boy said confidently.

"...Really?" Confirmed cautiously.

"Of course!" With a confident smile and a sunny smile, "How about it, feel better."

The girl's expression was still clouded, she nodded hesitantly, after a moment, she nodded more firmly with a little certainty.

The hidden worry in the boy's smile also disappeared.

"Really, I ran so far in one fell swoop! Let's take the subway back. You don't even know that damn conductor, you've been tossing around all day! I'm so tired..."

The young man thought about it.

The girl responded with a light smile as if understanding.

"...By the way, the group leader said that our next performance has been confirmed, and it will be in Tokyo! I'm so excited! It's been a long time since we're going to perform in Japan for the first time..."

……

"...So I said, if I have to write, then I want to write the score for the entire orchestra. It doesn't need to be too long, just two or three movements, ten minutes or so. The ghost conductor actually told I said, I’m fantasizing! It’s not as easy as I thought it would be to compose music for an orchestra. How could I not know that there is a difficulty, and I just want to try it because of the difficulty! I hate bad conductors, and I like to let others down when I have nothing to do ..."

Non-stop, can't wait to share the experience of the day with the people around me, all the way to the platform.

"If you really want to try to compose for an orchestra, I can help you."

"Huh? That's right! Your music theory is much better than mine, and it will be fine with your help! I will invite a pair of orchestras to play afterward, and it will be perfect! Mmmm!"

……

The same topic was maintained until the train was about to pull into the station.

——A gust of cool wind blows from the hole where the train enters the station, the whistle becomes clearer and clearer, and the light gradually overflows——

Then, there was a sudden impact from behind, and when he turned around, the boy looked terrified.

"Zero...!!"

Immediately afterwards, the arm felt another force that was completely opposite to the direction of the momentum...

Then, the muffled sound of two objects colliding together...

Everything happened too fast and abruptly, and I only had time to feel the sharp pain coming from my arm or chest.

The memory, then disappears into the darkness...

He opened his eyes suddenly, and the dark eyes reflected a familiar scene.

Outside the window, the evening light shone inside the house, making the whole room look gloomy.

Guests, don't even know when they left.Leave the empty room silent.

Ishikawa Rei twisted his neck stiffly.Out of the corner of the eye, the music score that fell on the sofa next to her hand tugged unnaturally.

There was a dull pain in the elbow again.

After a long period of rehabilitation, the reattached arm was finally able to move more flexibly, but she could no longer hold her precious Baroque violin for a long time.

Then she stretched out her hand, gently caressing the sheet of music score as if she was touching some rare treasure.

The light between the fingers flashed into the pupils - it was the thin ring that couldn't be simpler in style.

Inevitably, recalling the gentle voice of the deceased adoptive mother:

"Zero, you should have been wondering why we haven't changed your name for so long...Actually, it's not that we don't want to let you, but... Zhe stopped us."

"……Ai?"

"Here, he was going to give you this after your concert in Tokyo...but now, I can only do it..."

……

She turned the thumbwheel lightly.

In the end, she failed to bear the surname "Shenzong", but when her adoptive parents passed away unexpectedly, she became the only heir in the lawyer's will, and took over the business property inherited by both her adoptive father and mother.At that time, she began to understand why the uncles and aunts on both sides were dissatisfied with her appearance and always spoke bad words to her, especially when she soon made another will stating that if she passed away, the name Everything below will be donated in full...

Slowly breathed a sigh of relief:

In two days, in two days it will be the concert.

And the piece of "Missing" that will be played is entrusted not only to fulfill that person's last wish, but to this point——

He raised his other hand and covered his eyes.

A salty taste suddenly entered the corner of his mouth.