Chapter 23 Dragonfly
"The New Year Festival is only two months away. Our guitar club must come up with something that will astonish everyone and wipe out the shame of last year!"
Senior Ito from the guitar club sat cross-legged at the front, looking at everyone with a serious face.
Last year, during the guitar club's New Year's Festival, a member who was performing broke a string because he was so excited that he either got nervous or neglected to take care of .
Faced with the laughing audience, the member left the stage in shame before even starting his performance.
Ito has always regarded this incident as a shame, and decided to make the guitar club famous this year at all costs.
Seeing that both sides of the club were listening attentively, Ito nodded with satisfaction, "Then we will start selecting the program today, and use the rest of the time to practice."
"Ah~" Everyone was stunned, "Isn't Senior Ito a little too impatient?"
"There are only two months left. We still need to practice after the selection. We must not let what happened last year happen again." Ito waved his hand and said without question.
Everyone sighed, but Baichuan Feng looked like he was watching a show. With my level, it's not my turn anyway, so I'll just eat melons~eat melons~
"Shirakawa-kun"
"Eh, hay." Baichuan Feng was stunned, then sat up straight.
"You don't have to play the guitar, just sing a song, anything is fine." Ito seemed to see through Shirakawa Kaede's little thoughts, it was impossible to watch the show. If you can't play, then just sing a few lines.
"Ah?" Baichuan Feng was surprised. Isn't this a guitar club? Why are they singing?
"Great!" Several other female students in the club cheered. Of course, this kind of thing is welcome. Eat melons~Eat melons~
Ito didn't give him a chance to refuse. "As a member of the guitar club, everyone has to make their own contribution. Of course, singing to relieve everyone's fatigue is also a kind of contribution." After saying this, Ito couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Haha" everyone laughed, especially Asuka Kobayashi, whose eyes showed a mixture of anticipation and gloating.
You just can't stand seeing me just sitting there doing nothing, Baichuan Feng complained in his heart.
So after each student showed off their guitar skills, they tacitly formed a circle around Shirakawa Kaede and looked at him expectantly.
Alas, what to sing? I don't know many Japanese songs. Shirakawa Feng pondered for a while, and searched through his poor music library, and finally found a suitable song.
"Well, the song is called 'Dragonfly'. Please give me your advice."
Dragonfly? I don’t think I’ve heard of it. Everyone was puzzled but also expectant.
"Every time I stomped hard on the asphalt road
…
I once longed for the flower capital of Greater Tokyo."
This was the first time that Shirakawa Feng sang in front of everyone, and it was also the first time that he heard himself sing since coming to this world.
I was a little surprised when I opened my mouth. Hey, it seems my voice is not bad.
The reason he thought of this song was because it reminded him of the first time he and Kotaro came to Tokyo.
Obviously, it is not a wonderful memory, but it is quite appropriate for this song. They are also "East Drifters", coming from the countryside and throwing themselves into the arms of Tokyo with enthusiasm. However, what greets them is both the prosperity of the city and the indifference of the city.
"Ah~ Where are you going to fly to, happy dragonfly?
Ah~ The happy dragonfly is sticking out its tongue and smiling.
The narrow river in front of Xiaolu Village, the fish in the river, the cicadas watching among the branches and leaves.
Everyone jumped and cheered, enthusiastically and sincerely. But they were all getting farther and farther away...
…
The singing gradually faded, and Baichuan Feng put away his memories.
He didn't know music, but after a few months of hard work, he barely had some basic knowledge of music theory and could recognize simple musical notation. Now, at least he could sing in tune and without making any mistakes.
After the song was over, seeing that no one was talking, he still felt a little embarrassed, "Thank you for your care."
Everyone looked at each other with disbelief in their eyes.
"Wow!", "Wait!" Senior Ito stretched out his hand to stop everyone from cheering.
He looked at Baichuan Feng with a serious expression, "Baichuan-kun, this song is called "Dragonfly", right?"
Baichuan Feng nodded.
"If I remember correctly," Senior Ito leaned forward, "I don't think anyone has ever sung this song. Am I remembering it wrong?"
Shirakawa Feng thought about it and realized that this song had not been released in the original time and space. He shook his head and confirmed Ito's guess.
Senior Ito took a deep breath and said cautiously, "In other words, this song is... original?"
Baichuan Feng's face flushed. He couldn't explain to him that this was a song from a few years later. So he could only nod guiltily.
This is the first time I do something like this, and I feel quite guilty.
"Sri Lanka!" Senior Ito clapped his hands and cheered first.
"That's great, Shirakawa-kun."
"I didn't expect that Baichuan has such a good voice. I can't really tell when he normally speaks."
"The lyrics are really well written, very relatable. The voice is like a clear spring, clear and bright."
"Good job , Shirakawa!"
Senior Ito's cheer also made everyone excited. They chattered around Shirakawa Kaede non-stop.
"I've decided!" Seeing that he had attracted everyone's attention, Ito continued, "At the New Year's Festival, let Shirakawa-kun go on stage to sing this song, and we will accompany him."
"Ah?" Baichuan Feng was stunned.
"Yoshi!" Unlike Shirakawa Kaede, everyone else unanimously agreed with President Ito's decision.
"No...wait a minute," Shirakawa Feng explained in a panic, "Senior Ito, this is the guitar club."
Ito waved his hand, "Yes, you sing. We will play guitar accompaniment for you."
Baichuan Feng was stunned. Is this possible?
"Don't worry, Shirakawa-kun." Ito patted Shirakawa Kaede's shoulder, "You sing very well, maybe you haven't even discovered your singing talent. At least in our guitar club, you are the best singer."
Everyone around him showed approval, and Asuka Kobayashi quietly gave him a cheering gesture. There were also a few senior schoolmates who were flirting with him.
Baichuan Feng sighed, he was being forced into doing something he was not prepared for.
So, with the unanimous agreement of the Guitar Club and the ineffective objection of Shirakawa Kaede, the Guitar Club's New Year's Festival performance was hastily changed to a performance of the song "Dragonfly".
So when the new semester started, Shirakawa Kaede had another task. He had to go to the activity room regularly to practice singing. Ito even found a professional vocal teacher to teach him.
Not to mention the wonderful life on campus, that day Shirakawa Kaede returned to the dormitory and, as usual, brought Yamashita Daiji with him, preparing to go to an apartment near Asakusa together.
During the entire summer vacation, Yamashita Daiji was forced by the ruthless capitalist Shirakawa Kaede to become a fully automatic worker, but he enjoyed it.
In Yamashita Daiji's own words, he could do what he liked and make money at the same time. Where else could he find such a good thing? He was so happy that he didn't want to leave.
Since buying the Daihatsu, Kotaro's range of activities has gradually expanded to the nearby Adachi District.
Naturally, the harvest was also quite rich. Every time I came back, the Daihatsu with the rear seats removed could be fully loaded.
Fortunately, Yamashita Daiji helped, otherwise Shirakawa Feng might not be able to handle so many electrical appliances by himself.
It can be seen that Yamashita Daiji was dragged into the water..., bah, it can be seen how right it was to ask Yamashita Daiji to work and earn some pocket money.
Of course, Baichuan Feng would definitely not treat him unfairly. At least the salary he gave him was much higher than being a waiter in a restaurant.
"Hey, why hasn't Kotaro come back today? Did he go out for a drink?"
When we arrived at the Asakusa Apartment, it was strange that Kotaro was not at home. His car was not there either. According to the usual time, he should have returned long ago.
