Time is like a song

"Ping, are you ready?" Sanada was standing on the edge of the player area with a racket in hand.

I tied a black ribbon around my head and picked up the racket, "Of course."

In the early spring of this year, my grandparents who were over [-] passed away.They were found by their younger brothers in the early morning of one day, holding hands and passing away together in bed.From the looks of it, it should have gone peacefully.I would definitely be wearing all black if it wasn't for the sponsors.Although the two always run to unknown places behind our backs, we are very clear about who really loves our fifth sibling.

I'm sorry I couldn't stay by your side, thank you very much for your care, grandpa and grandma.

But then again, if I stay by their side, they will think I'm troublesome again.

"We're going to win the championship today."

I replied, "Of course."

Sanada and I pressed our hats down at the same time and walked out of the court together.

The time has come to May, and now it is the final of the French Open mixed doubles.Both Sanada and I had good results in the first half of this year. At the Australian Open in January, Sanada reached the quarter-finals of the men’s singles, and I reached the semi-finals of the women’s singles, but we lost in the final of the mixed doubles. Can win a Grand Slam championship.However, I also won the women's singles championship at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, which is one of the crown jewels of the China Tennis Open. This year's ranking should only rise but not fall.

It was Tezuka Kunimitsu who won the men's singles championship at the Australian Open, and is currently the strongest among our old acquaintances.Kazuya Tokugawa missed the Australian Open due to injury, but he did attend the current French Open and reached the semi-finals, competing with Seiichi for the final.I glanced at Sanada.He's still out in the quarterfinals.

"Ping, don't try to say anything to affect my mood." After shaking hands with the opponent in front of the net, Sanada said as he walked back to the court.

"I thought you were used to it." I stood up in the middle of the half.

Sanada passed me and walked towards the bottom line, "This habit is difficult."

I pouted.That's why you're being too slack.

Then, today, when I was almost 22 years old, Sanada and I won the French Open mixed doubles championship in Paris.

"Slap!" We looked at each other and slapped each other.

"Ping," he flipped his hat, "we're three short." We're going to win all the mixed doubles championships in the four Grand Slams.

I stretched out my index finger and pushed up the hat, "Don't worry, it's a matter of course."

He glanced at me, "Of course."

"However, you were dumped by the cutie this year, it's so pitiful." I held the trophy for the media to take a photo, and the two rings on my middle finger kept flashing in the sun.

"You bought too many rings." He put a ring on his ring finger, "One pair is enough."

"...Sanada, the position of the ring should not be worn indiscriminately."

He glanced at me, "Didn't you ask me where I was just before the start of the game? Mei and I registered our marriage in Paris. I didn't wear it because I was afraid that the ring would get scratched when I played golf."

"..."

"Ping, what's your expression?"

"It's as if my five senses were taken away in an instant."

Sanada turned out to be one of the first to get married, we are so pitiful.Perhaps this is called stupid people have stupid blessings.Be sure to call Yagyu later and tell him about it—he was just dumped by his girlfriend again.

Then in the women's singles event at the French Open, I was eliminated in the semi-finals.Walking out of the arena, I went into the auditorium and slapped Sanada hard on the head.He must have passed the bad luck on to me.He returned his hand with a wooden face, then floated out of the scene, and went to find the little cute Enai who was still in the hotel.I curled my lips and went to look for Jingshi.He will also play the semi-final against Tokugawa Kazuya today.

"Jingshi." I ran up to him with a tennis bag on my back.

He hugged me, "how's the game going?"

"...lose."

"Maumi, you are still a little weak after all."

"..." I kindly came to see you, you fuck me.

"Hahahaha~" He patted my head, "Don't be unhappy, I will give you the championship trophy in two days."

"Megalomaniac."

"It's self-confidence." He pinched my face, "Mayumi should just sit in the auditorium and watch." After that, he walked into the contestant area.

When I turned around, I saw Kazuya Tokugawa standing behind me and looking at me.I froze for a moment, then bowed to him, "Hello, Tokugawa-senpai." We haven't seen each other for many years.

"Hmm." He approached me, "Your grades are good this year."

"Thank you. Tokugawa-senpai, your injury..."

"It's okay." He paused, then raised his hand and rubbed my head, "Call me brother."

I blinked and laughed, "Yes, Brother Kazuya."

He held the corner of his mouth, "Go to the auditorium."

"Yes."

Seiichi wins the ticket to the French Open final and will face Tezuka Kunimitsu.I stood up and bowed to Tokugawa Kazuya from a distance.His injuries don't seem to be healed yet.Next, I went to dinner with Jingshi holding hands. This year we have many events held in the same place, so the number of meetings has skyrocketed.We can barely be regarded as players of the same level, but if Jingshi wins the French Open, he will definitely be worth a hundred times.

Finally, I didn't think about him and cried, but Jingshi was complaining that I was not as enthusiastic as before.Pervert, do you really have to cry once to be enthusiastic?

In the second half of the year, the coach asked me to fully prepare for the remaining two Grand Slam tournaments, so that I don’t have to participate in too many small competitions, so after the French Open, I have about two weeks before Wimbledon in June. files.Of course, training cannot be missed for a day, but it is not too tight.

After I finished training early, I picked up my backpack and went to watch the French Open final in Jingshi.

Then, he won.

"Mayumi," he said after shaking hands with Tezuka, dropped his racket and ran to the sidelines, and opened his arms to me in the audience, "come down."

congratulations.

I pursed my lips, and then jumped over the railing, letting Jingshi off the court catch me.I hugged him tightly, tightly.I don't even remember how long it took for Jingshi to come to this point.I still remember standing outside his ward in junior high school, listening to him smashing things in the room and crying bitterly.I hugged Seiki tightly.

"Mayumi," he also hugged me vigorously, "I love you."

"I love you." The stinky sweat all over his body stinks, "You go back and take a shower first."

He smiled, "Okay. The real bow needs to be washed and wait for me."

"Pervert, what are you trying to say at a time like this?"

"Nobody heard it anyway." He whispered in my ear.

To be so bold in S me.I pursed my lips and leaned forward to kiss him forcefully.He froze for a moment, but responded to me vigorously.The nearby spotlights, screams, and whistles were all left behind by us.

The result of this is that the front page of every sports news in every newspaper has a picture of me kissing with Jingshi, and my lips with Jingichi have been swollen for two days.

It's super stupid.

"Hahahaha~" In the hotel room, Seichi hugged me from behind who was grinning at the newspaper.

I blocked his approaching face, "If you kiss me again, I will beat you."

"Pfft!" He kissed my face, "Isn't this enough to let the whole world know that you are my girlfriend?"

"..." It turns out that he still remembers what I told him half a year ago.Careful.Fool. "Yes, I'm going back to Japan."

"Mayumi won't accompany me? I have two weeks before Wimbledon."

"Soon, just go back for a while. Then, I'll run over to find you." Anyway, it's not the first time I've run to back you up.

"Okay." While I wasn't paying attention, he gave me another big kiss on the mouth.

I bumped an elbow expressionlessly.

The next day I returned to Japan wearing a hat, sunglasses, a backpack, and the mixed doubles trophy.People were giving me weird side-eyes as I boarded the plane.I don't blame them, most of them have never seen the French Open trophy, it's in Daxiang, I don't blame them.

Then I was overwhelmed by the crowd asking for autographs.The fans, especially the Japanese, really nearly crushed me to death.I was forced to hide in the flight attendant's dining area.Just as I was trying to sleep with the trophy and the cartoon Medusa pillow that Youseiki bought for me, a beautiful Japanese stewardess poked me on the shoulder.

"Miss Ping," she smiled slightly, and handed a board in front of me, "Can you please sign it for me?"

"..." You won.

In fact, according to the rules, flight attendants are not allowed to harass passengers, but I saw this lady smiling so happily after getting my autograph, so forget it.I rubbed my nose and suddenly discovered the meaning of being a football star.But next time I'm on a plane, I'll cover the trophy with a burlap bag.What a mistake.It must be because of staying with Jingshi for a long time, and his head is disabled.

When I got off the plane, I avoided the reporters, jumped into a taxi, and took out my phone.

"Lenji, you have two hours to come to Tokyo."

"...I have to go to work, idiot."

"You found a job right after graduation."

"Masumi, that sentence of yours is superfluous. I graduated with first-class honors. I'm an idiot who dropped out of school."

"I don't care, I have to hurry back to see Jingshi, if you ignore me, I will ignore you."

"...What's the matter with you acting like a baby at the age of 22? Jingshi is too much for you."

"It's up to you. I'm not being coquettish, I'm explaining the facts and the consequences of the matter."

"..." There was a sound of flipping papers from the microphone, "You wait for me for four hours, and I can only leave work two hours earlier at most."

"Lenji's ability is really bad."

He gritted his teeth, "...see you later."

"Yes, idiot."

Then, I called Sadaharu again.

"Idiot, I give you two hours to come out." I brushed my hair.

"..."

"Speak up, idiot."

"I said, are you the fool? Who can walk away at this time?"

"I do not care."

He gritted his teeth, "No, you have to wait for me for at least another five hours."

"You really are worse than Lian Er."

"...What's the matter with you suddenly complaining about me?"

"Lianji said I'll just wait for him for another four hours."

"...See you in four hours."

Fool. "good."

Then, I got off at the mausoleum area of ​​Kanagawa.Holding my things in my arms, I climbed up the class step by step, and came to the tomb where my grandparents were buried together.I looked at the photo on the tombstone, and tears suddenly flowed down my face.I sniffed, dropped my stuff on the ground, and set about weeding the grave.In fact, there are not many weeds here. It seems that my sister and brother are still here very frequently.Just as I went to wash the tombstone with water and came back, I saw my father and half-brother Takumi.

I blinked my eyes, ignored them, and squatted down to wipe the tombstone.

"Maumi," Papa called.My father, who used to be handsome, now has a lot of gray hair.

Many people have told me that you have to speak well, so let me speak well. "Dad, go and dye your hair when you have time, you won't be able to date your little sister with your appearance." He scratched his head in embarrassment, and at the same time grabbed Takumi who was about to say something.

"Don't be so sentimental, no one hates you. Maybe it used to be, but not now." Even the younger brother stopped talking about hurting his father, "I still don't like you, and I hate what you do. , but," I clapped my hands, put the towel next to the water dish, stood up, and bowed ninety degrees to Dad, "thank you for bringing me into this world."

"Maumi..."

I straightened up and smiled, "I'm having a great time." If I say this, the grandparents who love my father from the bottom of their hearts will also be happy.

Dad wanted to pat my head, but I turned sideways to avoid it, "Don't pat my head without washing your hands."

Then my father really ran to wash his hands, and then ran back, looking at me shyly and silently.

you are vicious.

I pursed my lips, "Once."

Then Dad was rubbing my head happily like a child, rubbing it non-stop.If I had known it, I would have said it in a second.

"Okay, hurry up, don't hinder me from chatting with my grandparents." I ignored my father squatting aside and Takumi who pouted, turned around and knelt in front of the grave, dangling in front of the photo with a trophy, " Do you see? I am short-sighted and presbyopic, so I can hold it closer." I pouted my lips, and tears flowed down again, "If you don't make a sound, how do I know if you can see? It's so troublesome " I hugged the trophy and sat cross-legged, "Next time I will show you the women's singles trophy. This is the French Open mixed doubles championship won with Ben Sanada. You can just wait and see."

"Maumi." Dad handed me a small handkerchief.I took it and wiped it hard, then threw it back to him.

"Forget it, you probably don't know what the four Grand Slams are. All in all, I am living a very good and happy life. When I am number one in the world, I will show you the trophy. No Don’t look at it if you think it’s troublesome, anyway, you can’t leave now, you can’t escape, just wait for me to quarrel with you.” I pursed my lips, “It’s too much for you to sneak away without waiting for me. "

Really, thank you very much, thank you for letting me grow up freely in Kanagawa.

When the time was almost up, I picked up the bag, jumped on the spot and straightened the shoulder straps, "Have grandpa and grandma finished reading? I have to leave before I finish." Holding the trophy, "I don't give it to you, I For a friend." I looked at the photo again, then turned away.

Papa and Takumi were still there.

When I came to Tokyo, I went to elementary school. It was the Midorikawa Daiichi Elementary School where Renji and Sadaharu were studying together.I came to the abandoned tennis court on the mountain behind the school, and when I was about to call Renji and Sadaharu to come over, I saw that they had already arrived.Obviously, I didn't say where the appointment was waiting.

"Maumi?" They turned their heads to look at me together.

I took off my backpack on the ground, pulled out the medal, picked up the trophy and walked over.I thought about it, then stuffed the medal into Renji's hand and the trophy into Sadaharu's arms.I remember that the medal in elementary school was given to Sadaharu, and the trophy was given to Renji.

They were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and then Zhenzhi asked, "This is your first Grand Slam trophy, can you give us such a precious thing?"

"Why do you send the things that are not precious." There is a pile of scrap metal at home—except for the brand of the national champion in the third year of junior high school, all the brands that are not grand slams are scrap metal, tsk.

"Maumi." Renji called me.

"What are you looking at, you forgot what I look like, and went back and faced my picture for ten hours." It's been a long time since I played tennis with the three of them, "I obviously want to play mixed doubles with one of you , who knows that both of you have disappeared without a trace. Although I took it with Kigi Sanada, you should just take it."

They looked at each other, then rushed over and rubbed my head together.

"Bastard! Don't pull your hair!"

"Hahahaha~"

He was bullied by them again.

Tired of playing, the three of us lay on the ground.The starry sky tonight is not beautiful, probably because it has rained, so the sky is dark red.

I stretched out two hands and rubbed the heads of Renji and Sadaharu respectively.If it wasn't for you, I would never play tennis again.I like you very much.

I pursed my lips.Even though you are no longer by my side very much, I still like you very much.

"Maumi." Sadaharu on the left called me.

"Look." Lian Er on the right said again.

At the same time, they each took out a newspaper clipping, on which was a large photo of me and Jingshi kissing.

"Hee hee hee hee!" Sadaharu raised his perverted smile as a data man.

"Hehehehe." Lian Er turned her head away, laughing until her shoulders trembled.

"..." I hate you guys.

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