Chapter 191 Winter Camping (End)
Kujo Miki's dance suddenly stopped.
"Go back, I'm tired."
"Don't wait for the final song?" Watanabe Toru said, "I heard that according to the legend of love, the two people who hold hands at the moment when the bonfire party ends will be destined to grow old together."
Miki Kujo looked slightly contemptuous and said, "If bonfire parties were really that magical, the world would have been in chaos long ago."
After saying that, she raised her head and stared at Watanabe Toru:
"I would participate in such a boring event just to see what choice you will make in the end."
"Are you satisfied?" Toru Watanabe put his arms around her waist and said with a chuckle.
The light from the bonfire illuminated the profiles of the two people.
"You're smart."
"Are you happy?"
"fine."
"How good is good?"
Kujo Miki glanced at him and said, "Even if I tell you how good it is, can you really tell how good it is?"
After she said this, she saw a thoughtful look in Watanabe Toru's eyes.
About a second later.
His eyes became clear again and he put his lips close to her ear.
"Then tell me, if you were wearing a lotus leaf skirt, would you like to gently grab the hem of the skirt and spin around?"
Miki Kujo was really impressed by this person. He could think of a way to quantify the degree of happiness in such a short time.
"I find you really annoying sometimes." She pushed Watanabe Toru away.
"Tell me, can you spin in circles?" Watanabe Toru asked with a smile.
"Stop talking nonsense and let's go."
She held her left elbow with her right hand, grabbed Watanabe Toru's tie with her left hand, and pulled him away from the dancing crowd.
"Also, I hate assumptions. You are forbidden to say this word from now on. Do you hear me?"
"Why? Without hypotheses, science will not progress."
"Science be damned to me."
“So fierce.”
Kujo Miki grabbed his tie and aimed at the pine tree where Kiyono Rin was reading a book.
Although the atmosphere around her was noisy and the environment was bustling, her beautiful little face looked so focused.
Toru Watanabe even felt that the air around her must be clearer than anywhere else.
Out of the habit of "trying hard to learn from excellent people, and surpassing Kiyono Rin sooner or later", Watanabe Toru glanced at the title of the book.
“Sunny Day Clogs” by Nagai Kafu.
Hearing the footsteps of two people approaching, Qingye Rin raised his head from the book.
The bonfire in the distance couldn't wait to kiss her, staining her delicate face with a layer of illusory color like the afterglow of the sunset.
"Are you here to show off?" There was a sense of awe in Qingye Rin's voice that penetrated people's hearts.
"You just said that you don't allow me to attack Watanabe and his family. Then I'm telling you, if you dare to attack Watanabe, don't blame me for being rude to you."
"Have you ever been polite to me since the age of five?" Qingye Rin didn't care.
"I didn't expect a good girl like you would do something like attacking someone else's boyfriend." Kujo Miki said sarcastically.
"Haven't you always known about the research project 'Make Watanabe Toru fall in love with Kiyono Rin'? Why are you getting anxious now?"
After Qing Ye Lin finished speaking, he added:
"You cater to the world's opinions, erase your own personality, give up your own goals, and foolishly pretend to be gentle to please others. Among the three people present, only Watanabe-san, who is full of lies, is it? Kujo Miki-san, you don't seem to have the right to criticize me."
"Wait a minute." Watanabe Toru interrupted, "Are you planning to isolate the club? Exclude me?"
Qingye Rin: "Shut up."
Kujo Miki: "Shut up."
"sorry."
Watanabe Toru's tactic to ease the atmosphere failed.
Miki Kujo shifted her gaze away from Toru Watanabe and looked coldly at Rin Kiyono.
"Then come on," she said with a sinister smile, "Let's see who has the last laugh."
"It's not just about turning Watanabe-san into an ape-man. I'll be the winner in terms of academic performance, art, and future career achievements," Kiyono Rin declared confidently.
For someone like her, even her black hair glows.
"It's good to be confident." Kujo Miki said without hesitation, "But I advise you not to be too proud. If you lose because of pride, don't say it's luck."
"Thanks for the reminder. I'll say it again: you'd better be humble."
As far as Toru Watanabe is concerned, both of them should be more humble - I have never met anyone more narcissistic than them.
He is literally the sole conscience of the Human Observation Department.
The two young ladies stopped threatening and the three of them walked back to the camp together.
"Isn't it 'school rule that everyone must attend'?"
"Yeah, but there's no school rule that says everyone has to stay until the end."
"You say you're being completely honest, but you're actually picking conditions that are in your favor, right?"
"Kujo-san, you can look at me however you want, but you, you've done too many bad things. You should be careful when walking at night. It's not always that you happen to be in Ochanomizu and then run into Watanabe-san drinking coffee in a cafe."
They started arguing again.
Watanabe Toru stepped back and let the two of them walk together.
"Do you think I will suffer in the same place? As for Watanabe who is drinking coffee in the coffee shop, he will always be by my side for the next few decades. There is no need for you, Kiyono-san..."
As they were talking, someone dropped a piece of firewood on the ground while carrying it.
At night, on the snowy ground, Kujo Miki, who was busy refuting Kiyono Rin, stepped on a roughly round piece of firewood and fell down.
She reacted quickly and used her hands to support herself on the snow without getting her clothes dirty.
"Ah, ha, I told you to be careful on the road at night." Kiyono Rin said with a happy smile in her voice.
Miki Kujo, who was propped up on the ground, had a face even gloomier than the night in the woods.
"Miji, are you okay?" Toru Watanabe hurried over.
Just now, if he was with Kujo Miki, he could hold her back no matter what happened.
But because of the quarrel between her and Kiyono Rin, Watanabe Toru deliberately fell behind, which led to this situation.
Before he could stretch out his hand, Miki Kujo suddenly stretched out her long legs in black stockings, aimed at Rin Kiyono's feet in stockings, and hooked them flexibly.
"Ah!" a soft cry.
In panic, Qingye Rin barely managed to support her body with her hands.
"What are you doing?" She asked with a cold face and a flat tone.
"You cater to the world's opinions, erase your own personality, give up your own goals, and foolishly pretend to be gentle to please others. Among the three people present, only Watanabe-san, who is full of lies, is it? Kiyono Rin-san, you don't seem to have the right to criticize me."
Seeing Kiyono Rin's even colder face, Kujo Miki's mood naturally became cheerful.
If she really wore a lotus leaf skirt and there was no one around her, she would definitely grab the hem of her skirt and spin around.
"I really feel sorry for you," Qing Ye Lin sneered, "Not only do you not dare to admit your failure, but you even have to use other people's excuses."
"I only do things that make me happy, Kiyono-san, it's not the first day you've known me."
Toru Watanabe was really caught off guard. He didn't expect Kujo Miki to do such a thing.
Looking at the two people lying in the snow and arguing, he stretched out his hands helplessly and grabbed their arms.
While pulling them up, he said:
"You two should stop talking so much. What's the point? Didn't we say we should compare grades and art?"
Just then, the sound of fireworks exploding was suddenly heard.
With the sound of "boom" and "boom" like a string of cannonballs, clusters of fireworks with tails rushed into the night sky.
When it reached a certain height, it suddenly exploded.
The dark sky is colorful and brilliant.
There were loud cheers coming from the square in the distance.
Beside the campfire, the boy and the girl held hands.
In invisible corners, there are people who don’t want others to know, who mind other people’s eyes, and who hold hands secretly.
"How long are you going to hold my hand?" As if the Ice Age was about to replay, the cold air that wanted to freeze everything poured out of Kujo Miki's mouth.
"No!" Watanabe Toru quickly let go, "I just want to help you two up!"
"You're helping Kiyono Rin?" Miki Kujo grabbed Watanabe Toru's tie, staring into his eyes with their faces almost touching.
"Well, it was you, Meiji, who tripped her. As your boyfriend, I want to apologize, so..."
"That's enough!" Kujo Miki said word by word, "Do you think I will believe this nonsense?"
"The fireworks just went off by themselves. It has nothing to do with me. I am so wronged! Also, Meiji, don't you care about the bond legend?"
"I don't care, but that's not a reason for you to hold her hand." The murderous look between Kujo Miki's brows became more and more intense.
"I'm innocent, the fireworks hurt me!"
"Hmph!" Kujo Miki pushed Watanabe Toru away, "I'll deal with you tonight."
She turned her head and said to Qingye Rin who was watching the fun with her arms folded:
"Aren't we going to compete in art? I have a piano room in my room. Watanabe, you be the judge."
Qing Ye Lin put her hand on her chin, thought for a moment, and said, "With Watanabe-san's ability and status, he is indeed qualified to be our referee."
But Toru Watanabe didn't want to be a referee.
He just wanted to go back to sleep quickly, wake up, take the bus to leave this nightmarish winter camping, return to Kamikawa where he had been away for three days, and continue his daily life as an ordinary high school boy.
"I think it's better to forget it," he said. "It's late today."
"It's only nine o'clock, why are you late?" Kujo Miki rejected his opinion mercilessly.
She took the lead and walked towards the campsite, with a majestic demeanor and her hair dancing in the night breeze. Under the illumination of the fireworks above her head, she looked like the queen of the night.
After walking a few steps, the Queen of the Night stopped again and looked back at Toru Watanabe.
"What are you doing lagging behind? Do you want to see me fall again? Stand next to me!" she ordered.
"Yes, yes, yes." Watanabe Toru walked forward.
"That's perfect." Qing Ye Lin walked on the other side of Watanabe Toru, "This way I can rest assured about Kujo-san. Watanabe-san, you will definitely not let her hurt me again, right?"
"Um..." Watanabe Toru was caught in the middle, "Can I go to the back?"
"No." They said in unison.
So why did these two suddenly become so compatible when it came to him? !
The detached villa where Miki Kujo lives is fully equipped with a piano room, kitchen, and gym.
There is a grand piano, a guitar, a violin, and a harmonica in the music room.
Generally speaking, most people who learn to play musical instruments have practiced the piano and learned the basic knowledge of music through the piano.
If you plan to apply to a music university in the future, in addition to your major instrument, your secondary instrument will be the piano, so even if I don't become an expert at it, I will still be able to play it.
Except Toru Watanabe .
He knew nothing about piano, and his only experience in learning musical instruments was recorder in elementary school and oboe some time ago.
However, considering his musical level, he could make irresponsible remarks on any high-end piano performance, but there is no need to do so.
He has no habit of seeking superiority from others.
Today, I know a little more than yesterday. It doesn’t have to be much, even just one word or one more page of a book - this is his goal.
"What are you playing?" asked Qingye Rin.
"Art varies from person to person, so let's just compete in basic sight-reading." Miki Kujo sat down in front of the piano.
She had a straight back, a slender waist, long legs, and long, gorgeous black hair.
"There's no need to play Mozart, Beethoven or the like. Find a modern piece of music." Miki Kujo lifted the piano cover and pressed the black key at the edge.
The piano responded with an extra-high note.
Resting on the black keys, Kujo Meiji's fingers appear even whiter, tenderer and longer.
"Then just pick a song at random." Qing Ye Lin looked at Watanabe Toru, "Watanabe-san, you will be responsible for choosing the song."
"Wait a minute, what is sight-reading?" asked Toru Watanabe.
"Play by looking at the music score ." Miki Kujo explained casually.
“Isn’t this too easy?”
"The score must be read for the first time," added Kiyono Rin.
“Oh, that’s pretty difficult.”
Qing Ye Lin rolled his eyes at him and said, "Hurry up and find the song."
"It has to be the first time." Watanabe Toru thought for a moment, "Then let's play Jay Chou's "Nocturne"."
"I've heard it. Let me sing another one." said Qingye Rin.
“Do you know Jay Chou?”
“Not familiar with it, but I’ve heard of Nocturne.”
"What about 'Sea of Flowers'?"
"I don't have a name, but I don't know if you've heard the melody by chance. Sing it once."
"Understood." Watanabe Toru snapped his fingers, "Da da da da, um um um, um um um um ..."
The two young ladies looked at him strangely.
Kujo Miki couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Your singing is so bad that it's despairing."
Qingye Rin nodded in agreement.
"...No need to say more, I know the song is terrible!" Watanabe Toru made a gesture to stop, "'Sea of Flowers', okay?"
"no problem."
Neither of them had ever heard the song.
Toru Watanabe found the piano score of "Sea of Flowers" on the Internet. Such famous things can be found with just a search.
To make it as fair as possible, the first person must leave the piano room while the other person plays.
With Kiyono Rin's ability to see through lies, no one would cheat.
Kujo Miki played first.
The music flows smoothly, and the notes on the score are not isolated notes, but sentences with grammar.
In terms of level, it takes many people a long time to practice to reach that level.
Next is Kiyono Rin.
Toru Watanabe noticed that Kujo Miki did not ask her if she had secretly looked at the music scores outside. The two had a bad relationship, but they had a certain trust in each other.
Kiyono Rin's melody is brisk, and although it was her first time playing it, her technique and charm were not bad at all.
There was no need for Kujo Miki to go out again, so she stayed as well.
She leaned against the wall, hugged her arms, closed her eyes and listened, her figure looked particularly graceful.
After the last note fell, Watanabe Toru regretted it.
There is almost no difference between the two. Even if the judges of piano grading examinations were to come, they would probably be divided equally.
Unfortunately, Toru Watanabe's oboe is a "superior oboe", and although there is a gap between the instruments, you can still tell the good from the bad.
Watanabe Toru always has a feeling:
Could it be that the system has betrayed him more times than it has helped him?
"Watanabe-san, who sounds better?" asked Kiyono Rin.
"Well... I mean... fighting and killing and all that..."
"Just say it." Kujo Miki interrupted his hesitating.
"Miji." Watanabe Toru's voice became clear and sharp.
The corners of Qingye Rin's mouth curled up slightly and she smiled.
Even better is Kiyono Rin, whose music has a hint of charm, like the gentle night breeze blowing across the grassland.
"Watanabe-san, you really like to lie." Kiyono Rin said with a smile.
"Are you lying?" Kujo Miki pulled down Toru Watanabe's tie and lovingly stroked his flawless face. "I call this partiality, and I am very satisfied with the result."
Kiyono Rin's face turned cold and he glanced at Watanabe Toru with an icy gaze.
"I told you not to compete anymore. No matter what, it's all my fault." Watanabe Toru responded with this look.
"Kiyono-san," Kujo Miki smiled and looked at Kiyono Rin, "How long are you going to stay here? Please don't disturb us as a couple, okay?"
Qingye Rin glanced at her and said good night politely.
She waved her long hair neatly and walked out of the piano room.
As soon as she left, Kujo Miki's face turned horrible.
When Toru Watanabe saw something was wrong, he quickly said:
"Meiji, listen to my explanation. I can't do anything about whether the music is good or bad! If you want to blame someone, blame it on you for letting me learn. Otherwise, I can't tell which of you plays better!"
"So, the responsibility is mine?" Kujo Miki said word by word.
“Absolutely!”
"'Completely correct'? What about you holding her hand? Explain it to me again." Kujo Miki reached out and twisted Watanabe Toru's ear.
“It hurts! Be gentle!”
On the last night of winter camping, Toru Watanabe was fucked hard.
