[Net King] July Hokkaido

"Xiao Liang?"

The other party chuckled, his voice delicate and soft, like a spring breeze blowing on his face.

Pian Wuliang stood at the door with a slightly dazed expression. He didn't know whether it was because of the shock of the people in the room, or because of the friendly and familiar address.

Eri Kawakami got up slowly, patted the slightly pleated skirt, walked towards her, and smiled kindly: "What's the matter, looking at me like this, is it possible that you don't remember me after two years?"

The familiar and warm smile made her lose her mind slightly, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses, and she replied in a low voice: "No."

Eri Kawakami gently grabbed her hand, then pulled her in, made a gesture of silencing her, and smiled slyly: "Don't let others find out, I slipped back quietly."

Pian Wuliang could only nod in a daze.

"Why didn't Xiaoliang go back so late?"

Eri Kawakami sat back in front of the piano again, looking at the girl with her chin half up.

"I'm on duty today. I just cleaned up and was about to go back. Suddenly I heard the sound of a piano, so I came up to have a look." Pian Wuliang replied dryly.

"soga~"

"I didn't expect Xiaoliang to come to Ice Emperor, are you happy here?"

"...Well, I'm very happy."

"Sure enough, I still need to change the environment, and I will continue to be happy in the future."

Kawakami Eri slightly bent the corners of her lips.

"Ah."

"E... Kawakami-senpai, how have you been doing these past few years?" Katagiri asked subconsciously while staring at the other party's clear and soft face.

Kawakami Eri seemed to be stunned for a few seconds, then looked away slightly, and replied in a low voice.

"pretty good."

She moved the seat next to her, and then looked at her, "Xiaoliang, come and sit together."

Pian Wuliang hesitated for a few seconds, then walked over and sat down beside her.

"Sitting together and talking like this seems like a long time."

The girl looked at the dark night outside the window very seriously, and seemed to express a sigh of emotion.

"……Um."

"Qian... your brother... is he okay?"

"My brother is fine."

"Well," the girl said with deep powerlessness and sadness hidden in her tone.

"As expected, everyone is doing well..."

A faint sigh sounded in her ears.

What happened that night, when I think about it a few days later, I feel as unreal as a dream.

She and Kawakami-senpai sat in the music classroom and chatted for a while. On the way back together, Kawakami-senpai invited her to eat a cone. It turned out that she still remembered her favorite flavor.

At that moment, she felt as if nothing had changed.

She, brother, and sister Eri.

Pian Wuliang lay on the bed, looked at the edited text, thought for a few seconds and made some deletions, and finally hesitated for a few seconds on the send button before pressing OK.

"Cool": Brother, Kawakami-senpai is back.

She stared at the phone screen for a long time before seeing the other party's reply.

"Brother": Got it.

Three simple words.

Pian Wuliang was instantly discouraged, put down the phone, turned over and buried herself in the soft quilt.

the other side.

The sushi restaurant was full of people, and it was lively.It was still early, and the road outside was full of people and traffic.

The lights on the side of the street elongated the boy's slender figure until it reached the end of the road.

Pianwu Qianshan leaned against the wall, staring at the phone screen for a long time with deep eyes, until someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder.

"Qian Shan, what are you looking at, so fascinated?"

The boy looked at the mobile phone curiously, but saw that the other party had simply turned off the mobile phone, and replied in a flat tone: "It's nothing."

The boy looked at him suspiciously, saw his serious face, consciously didn't ask any more questions, hooked his shoulder and dragged him into the sushi restaurant.

"Celebrate tonight, don't leave until you're drunk."

Walking until late at night, you can hear the voices of teenagers roaring and singing from the sushi restaurant.

-

Everyone's excitement about Eri Kawakami's return to campus has gradually changed from initial excitement to calm.The days went on like water, and she and Aki participated in the sports festival in the first year of high school. It was a surprise that she won the mixed race in the end.People in a class gathered around a big circle and cheered together. For a moment, they felt that they were connected to each other and there was a bond.

Afterwards, the jubilation of the sports festival was replaced by the school festival, and for a whole month, Ice Emperor was filled with a joyful atmosphere.The time of the school festival is at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. The weather in Tokyo plummets and it is rainy. When you get up early every day, you can find that the railings on both sides of the street are covered with thick hoarfrost.

The white air exhaled by the pedestrians turned into frost, curling up under the illumination of the street lamps, and gradually converging into a milky white river, flowing into the distance.

The relationship between her and Kawakami Eri hasn't changed much since that day, they greet each other politely, and occasionally a few people will go out for dinner or drink together when they meet.

The day before the school festival begins, each class needs to select four students to purchase items.After Zhong Chuanjian said that everyone voluntarily signed up for the purchase on the podium, the students in the class were a little less interested. Who made the purchase time happen to be on the weekend, so everyone except the monitor was reluctant to go.

"It's such a headache..." Nakagawa Ken showed a helpless look, "Then just follow everyone's student number. Let me see, except for the monitor... let's order No. 5, No. 12 and No. 22."

Pian Wuliang was sitting on the seat drowsy, when he heard his name suddenly, when he looked up, he saw everyone looking at him, his eyelids twitched.

??

"It's cool in the fog, Aki Atobe and Kenji Takahashi, is that okay?"

"Ah... ok."

Pianwu Liang hurriedly stood up with the other three students to answer.

"Then after class is over, Ueno, go to my office to get the purchase order."

"it is good."

The boy answered bluntly.

"Then get out of class, everyone have a good weekend, and pay attention to safety."

"Okay—teacher—"

As soon as Nakagawa Ken left, the classroom rang loudly, the sound of pushing tables and chairs merged with the sound of loud talking, the crowd was bustling, and there were only a few people left in the classroom in an instant.

"I still want to sleep late this weekend," Aki Atobe sat on the seat in front of Katagiriyo, turned around and lay on her desk with a sad face, but immediately comforted herself Said, "But next week is the school festival, I'm still looking forward to it, right Xiaoliang."

"Ah."

The two were chatting when they suddenly heard a voice coming from the door of the classroom.

"Kagiri, Atobe, are you still leaving?"

It was Ken Nakagawa's voice.

Boys are coming in from outside the classroom, holding some papers in their hands.

"Well, I want to see what I need to buy tomorrow first."

Ya Ji got up, and Uenogawa responded, handing one of them to her, and the other to Pian Wuliang, and smiled at her.

"Thank you."

There are quite a lot of things to buy.

Pian Wuliang took a cursory glance, no wonder he asked four people to go shopping.

"Where's Takahashi?"

"Let's go first, I guess."

"Soga, I'll give him the purchase order tomorrow."

"Are you going back?"

"Ah."

"Then I'll take you home."

"No, thank you Ueno-kun."

"Okay, then I'll see you at the school gate at nine o'clock tomorrow."

The two simply answered, packed up their things and went home.

-

The next day, the sky finally cleared.The winter sun shines through the clouds and shines on people, giving off a warm feeling.Every family in the community took out the clothes and quilts to dry, and looked around, the clothes were flying, the sun fell on them, the light and shadow were mottled, and it felt like summer inexplicably.

The air has a fresh smell after the rain, mixed with the smell of earth and green grass. It probably stopped raining last night, so there are still some puddles on the street. When vehicles come and go, fine water droplets are splashed. Laughter filled the whole street.

Because it was the weekend, there was almost no one at the gate of the Ice Emperor Academy. She came a little early, and seeing that the other four hadn't arrived yet, she went in for a walk by herself.

There is a huge fountain in the central square, surrounded by roses of various colors, which are said to have been planted together by Mr. Atobe when he was in the first grade of junior high school.

She squatted down and looked carefully at the rose bushes. The delicate leaves were covered with dew, crystal clear, and exuded colorful brilliance under the refraction of the sun, and the leaves even had a hint of luster.

"This rose is called Holiday Princess."

A boy's voice came from behind.

Hearing the sound, Pianwuliang subconsciously turned back, met the boy's smiling eyes, with a bright smile, showing the standard eight teeth, he glanced at her, and greeted her with a smile: "Good morning, Pianwu."

"...Good morning, Nakagawa-kun."

Standing beside her, Nakagawa Ken looked down at the roses in the flower bed, and then continued to popularize science: "She has many flower languages, such as happiness, smile, and good mood. I wish you a good day."

"Nakagawa-kun seems to understand this very well?"

"Because of the flower shop at home, I know a little bit about it."

Seeing that the agreed time was almost up, the two got up and walked out of the school gate.

"The fog came early."

"Fortunately, Mr. Zhongchuan came quite early."

The two met Aki Akibe who just arrived at the school gate. The girl was wearing a white shirt and a sky blue cotton skirt. She ran up and stopped in front of the two of them panting softly, "Hold, I'm sorry, I'm coming late."

Pian Wuliang glanced at his watch, and said with a puzzled face: "It's not late, it's still 10 minutes away from the appointed time."

"Huh?" Aki Atobe took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and the words [-]:[-] were displayed on it, and the other party suddenly muttered dissatisfiedly, "The housekeeper Yamaki is really telling me that the time has passed It made me go out without even eating breakfast..."

Pian Wuliang smiled slightly.

Aki Atobe noticed Nakagawa Ken standing next to Katagiri, and the other party smiled heartily at her, "Good morning, Atobe-san."

"Good morning, Nakagawa-kun."

When all four of them arrived, they set off for the business street in the city center.Nakagawa Ken and Takahashi Kenji walked in front, Aki Atobe and Katagiri Ryo walked behind.

"Xiao Liang, why are you with Nakagawa this morning?" Aki Atobe looked at the two people who were chatting enthusiastically about games, and asked her in a low voice.

"Come early, just in time."

"Is that so..."

"What's this?" Pian Wuliang couldn't laugh or cry, and tapped her forehead lightly, "it seems like we have some secret that cannot be seen."

Yaji stuck out his tongue, looked around, and then muttered softly: "It's not because they want... the time is coming soon, it would be bad if they misunderstood."

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"No, nothing..."

Pian Wuliang looked at her suspiciously, and saw that she looked away guiltily.

"Well, Xiaoliang, I didn't even have breakfast this morning, why don't you go shopping with me?"

"Don't go."

"Who told you not to say anything."

"Ahh...Xiao Liang, you have changed, you always promised me before."

"Go, go..."

Pian Wuliang was dizzy from her shaking, so he agreed hastily.