[Golden String] Golden Tears

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Hiroto Kanazawa quickly organized the first ensemble practice of the contestants with the orchestra.

The time is set after class on Jinyao Day, and the location is set at the concert hall used by the orchestra for every club activity.

"Ah...it's Tsukimori...Senior...good afternoon..."

On the way to the concert hall of the orchestra, Shimizu Keichi met Tsukimori Ren who was also walking there, and leaned forward with a little effort while holding the cello in his arms, wanting to bow and say hello.

"Good afternoon. Is Shisui going to the orchestra?" Tsukimori Ren nodded slightly.

"Yes."

After a silence, Yuesenlian couldn't help but said again: "...Zhishui."

"...Yes?" Zhishui Gui raised his head in confusion, looked at Yue Senlian seriously with sleepy eyes, not quite understanding why he suddenly called his name again.

"That day... what did you mean by that sentence?" Hearing his response, Yue Senlian asked.

This question has been bothering him for the past two days.

Obviously, he already has a close possibility in his heart, but his long-standing obsession with music requires him to find a definite answer.

"...that day?...that sentence?..." Zhishui Guiyi repeated slowly with question marks all over his head.

"Yes. That's the one... um..." Tsukimori thought for a while, "You said, that Ishikawa Rei... Her hands are very similar to yours, the meaning of that sentence." Usually The calm expression rarely reveals a hint of urgency.

Zhishuigui stared at Yuesenlian's face carefully for a while, and was a little surprised that he could see such a completely different expression from the usually indifferent senior.

After a long time, he realized that he hadn't answered Yuesenlian's question, and explained slowly:

"At that time...I was thinking, I don't know why...Ishikawa-senpai...had the same calluses on my finger...so..."

While talking, Zhishui Guiyi stretched out his left hand in front of his eyes, staring blankly at his fingertips.Once again, I recalled the moment when I fell, the scene where he and his hands were protected, and the faint fragrance that seemed to be the fragrance of gardenias—a faint, but hard to ignore.

"Cocoon..." Yue Senlian murmured and repeated the word, and the pulp of her left thumb couldn't help touching her fingertips.

The touch is hard.

……Yes.

Every left hand that plays the violin, especially the other four fingers besides the thumb, will always be branded with such marks; not beautiful, even some ugly marks.

It was a symbol, a symbol of the sacrifice of the owner of the finger for the music.

However, such a cocoon should not appear on a pair of hands playing the piano.Because these two types of instruments are fundamentally different, the hands of the players of these two types of instruments are also very different.

And that Ishikawa Rei...

Yue Senlian frowned unconsciously.

Perhaps, there are many, many "perhaps" behind her, at least, for them, yes.

"Yeah... Cocoon..." Shisui Katsura repeated softly.

The two people stared blankly at their fingers at the same time, until another voice interrupted their thoughts:

"Tsukimori, Shisui?! What are you two doing at the stairs?"

Tsuchiura Ryotaro seemed to have the words "I don't understand" written all over his face. He stared at the two fascinated people who were blocking the stairway in disbelief, and squeezed out a question from his throat, trying to recall his two The attention of people walking away.

Hearing his voice, Shisui Gui was shocked, and turned his head to look at Tsuchiura Ryotaro as if he came back to his senses:

"Ah...it's Mr. Tsuchiura...good afternoon..."

He leaned forward with difficulty again, and made a simple bow to Tsuchiura Ryotaro.

"ああ, good afternoon. ま...You guys are going to the orchestra." Tsuchiura Ryotaro stretched out a hand to scratch his hair, and complained helplessly, "Really, I don't need to participate in that What concert, why did that guy in Kanazawa ask me to go too?!"

When he was notified two days ago that he would gather with the orchestra to practice ensemble irregularly in the next few weeks, he knew that other contestants in the music competition were preparing for a concert that would be performed after the last selection competition. .

But he became a member of the entry list after the first selection round, so he didn't get any news about the concert, so he felt strange—since he was not one of the concert performers, why Jin Ze Hongren still insisted that he attend the ensemble practice together?

"Ah... Tsuchiura-senpai... is also going to the orchestra..." Keiichi Shimizu's tone was full of a sense of "that's how it is".

"Yes." Nodded, "Let's go."

"……OK."

……

"I think everyone should have started to practice the pieces to be played at the concert. From now on, I will come here to practice every Golden Day after class until the concert is over. Okay, do you have any questions about the concert? ?"

After all the contestants and members of the orchestra arrived, Hiroto Kanazawa opened the first ensemble practice with a question.

"I have." Tsuchiura Ryotaro stood up immediately, "Excuse me, what should I do?"

From the beginning to the end, he never received any notice about the concert, but was suddenly asked to participate in the ensemble practice arranged for the concert!He thought that there should be no shortage of performers in this concert...

Hiroto Kanazawa was stunned, scratched his head and explained: "Ah, that's right. Rei Ishikawa, who is in charge of the piano department, has some things that can't come here. When she came to ask for leave, she specifically designated you to replace her, so... ..." As he spoke, he raised his head to look at the crystal lamp on the ceiling in some puzzlement, and whispered to himself, "I don't quite understand why she said 'he knows everything'?"

As soon as I heard that Ishikawa Rei could not attend today's ensemble practice, Tsukimori Ren and Shimizu Katsura unanimously showed a trace of inexplicable regret.

"はあ?!...You mean, the person in charge of playing the piano is Ishikawa?!" Ryotaro Tsuchiura repeated in astonishment.

He quickly flashed back to when he first met Ishikawa Zero...wait!At that time, she seemed to be very aware that she had an injury on her hand, so how could she agree to participate in the concert? !

——You must know that even if it is a lyrical piece with a very elegant and lyrical theme, it is impossible for all movements to have only slow and gentle tunes.Usually, after a whole concert, it is a challenge to the physical strength and endurance of the performer; for the "injured" musician, there is no doubt that there is a great chance of causing secondary damage to the injured part.

He thought that Rei Ishikawa should understand the importance of hands to musicians.Otherwise, she would not have used herself as a meat pad in order to protect Shimizu Keiichi's hand from being dropped that day.

But he didn't understand, since she is clearly aware of her injury, and of course she knows that participating in this concert may cause more damage to her arm, then...why did she agree to participate in this concert Woolen cloth?

"Yes." Hiroto Kanazawa was taken aback by Tsuchiura Ryotaro's suddenly excited tone, and asked word by word, "...why, is there something wrong?"

Hearing Hiroto Kanazawa's question, Tsuchiura Ryotaro suddenly realized that his reaction seemed to be too much, and quickly took a deep breath to calm down his aggressive tone.

"No, it's nothing." He waved his hand, indicating that what he said earlier was irrelevant, "But why me?" He asked curiously.

"Because you 'know it all'." Hiroto Kanazawa replied with his arms outstretched.

"はあ?!" Tsuchiura Ryotaro was confused, "What do you mean 'because I know it all'?"

He... what does he know?Why didn't he know about this? !

"Rei Ishikawa said so, so..." Hiroto Kanazawa shrugged, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

Hearing this, Tsuchiura Ryotaro felt even more surprised: "Ishikawa...she said that?!"

He didn't even understand what he knew, so that Ishikawa participated in this symphony practice for her by Zero Point? !

"That's right." As he said, Hiroto Kanazawa took out a stack of music scores and handed them to Ryotaro Tsuchiura, "Hey, here are the scores of all the pieces that will be played at the concert, take it and have a look .”

Tsuchiura Ryotaro took a look at it with both hands, and shouted out in surprise: "Yearning?...Missing?" He opened the music score and looked at it, and suddenly realized, "It turned out to be the melody she played that day... no wonder!"

"...that day?" Kahoko Hino, who was closest to Tsuchiura Ryotaro, asked curiously.

"ま... Ishikawa and I met by chance one day..." He explained vaguely.

Hino Kahoko nodded with a vague understanding.

"That's it anyway. Then, Tsuchiura, please take care of the piano part." Kanazawa Hiroto, as if he had finally solved some very difficult trouble, exhaled, turned his head and said to the OB of the orchestra, Wang Qixinwu, "Wang Qi , I will leave it to you first. Then... everyone, let’s start practicing.”

After explaining a few words perfunctorily, he hurriedly left the concert hall.

His seemingly irresponsible attitude didn't bother anyone.

Soon, everyone in the concert hall devoted themselves to the ensemble practice.

……