On Saturday morning, Tamamo Haomi came to school earlier than usual.

The corridor was as quiet as a ruins, with the only sound of her footsteps.

Just when she thought she was the first person to come, the sound of musical instruments was heard in the distance.

The melody is gentle and delicate, the tone is clear and transparent, it is an oboe.

It's so beautiful, Tamamo is so beautiful that I can't help but stop.

After listening for a while, she suddenly remembered Toru Watanabe's oboe last year, which was like the sigh of God.

Why didn't I notice such a touching timbre at the time? Why was I thinking about how bad the other party was?

A summer where I can listen to such melodious music at any time may never happen again.

The sound of the oboe suddenly stopped, and Tamamo Haomei came back to her senses and quickly put away her feeling of loss.

"This voice... um -" she recalled as she walked, "Horikita... Horikita Mai!"

This petite school girl who had a strange laugh and used her cell phone to catch Pokémon all day left a deeper impression on her than the others.

Walking into the music classroom, she sat down, opened the music score, and started practicing.

Whenever a member of the club walked in, she would read their name in her mind.

'Yuri Tazawa...Shoko Dohashi...Yuri Miyoshi...Ogawa...Ogawa——'

She looked around, quietly took out her phone, and checked the list she took from Kaoru Hayami.

'Natsuko Ogawa! Natsuko Ogawa!'

'Natsuko Ogawa with short hair! Natsuko Ogawa on the clarinet part! Natsuko Ogawa with average looks!'

Like memorizing English vocabulary, the lips open and close silently and quickly.

"I got 96 in yesterday's English test."

Tamamo Haomi was startled by the sudden male voice, and her phone almost slipped from her hand.

Turning around, I saw Toru Watanabe standing aside.

He wore a white shirt and a brand new black suit jacket.

Whether it's her school uniform or her casual and natural hair, she looks better and more fashionable than the male models Tamamo Kaomi saw in magazines.

That face that never smiles would be very suitable for an idol.

Tamamo is so beautiful that I was stunned for a moment.

Although she doesn't want to admit it, she has been judging people by their appearance since kindergarten, and she doesn't think there's anything wrong with it.

She is very strict with the aesthetics of the opposite sex. If Tetsu Watanabe was not good-looking enough, she would not even bother to say bad things about him and would have forgotten him long ago.

"Come back to your senses."

"What are you doing?! You're so scared!" Tamamo cursed, put away her phone angrily, and then flipped through the sheet music just to relieve her shyness.

Although this guy is annoying, no girl can bear it when he suddenly gets so close!

"Is the minister's matter confirmed?" Watanabe Toru ignored her attitude.

"I'm sure." Tamamo said in a dry tone.

"Looking forward to your performance." Watanabe Toru was about to leave, but when he turned around, he suddenly remembered something he said, "The club is very important, but you can't ignore your results."

"Is there anything I can do?" It was obviously a question, but his tone sounded like a question.

Watanabe Toru stopped and said, "Listen to the teacher."

In terms of learning methods, even if he is number one in the country, he will not be better than professional teachers in this aspect.

Before Tamamo Haomei could taunt him, he added:

"There is no way, but here is a small suggestion - don't compare your grades with people from other schools. Comfort yourself that even if you take summer tutoring in Kamikawa, you are still better than most people. You need to only focus on Kamikawa."

Toru Watanabe has always done this.

He had no idea whether others in the class were doing well or poorly, and he had no idea how many of them had entered the top 100 in the country. His targets had always been fixed on Rin Kiyono and Miki Kujo.

After the exam, I took their test papers and analyzed them to see where they lost points, and then reminded myself not to make any mistakes.

"Who doesn't know this?" Tamamo said sternly as she kept making excuses for herself.

"That's all. Come on, work hard."

Watanabe Toru returned to the front of the classroom where Kiyono Rin was.

"I don't recommend you do this." Qingye Rin said while looking at the music score.

"do what?"

"Comfort and encourage girls." Qingye Rin turned to look at Watanabe Toru.

"My grades are excellent, and my appearance..." She looked at Toru Watanabe up and down, "It's pretty decent. If he were as gentle as before, he would only cause trouble."

"R-san, I have a question." Toru Watanabe said.

"Um."

"Excuse me, what should I do to look good in your opinion?"

"Don't lie?"

"Why a question?"

"Except for me, have you never seen anyone who doesn't lie?" Rin Kiyono looked at Toru Watanabe with a look that said, "Be brave for me."

"That makes sense." Toru Watanabe nodded, "What about not lying?"

Rin Kiyono put his hand on his chin and assumed a posture of deep thought.

"Toru Watanabe, Toru Watanabe." Toru Watanabe reminded in a low voice.

Qingye Rin's eyes came back to reality and he smiled handsomely.

She said: "There is also Toru Watanabe. As long as it is Toru Watanabe, only Toru Watanabe can be considered decent in my place."

"Kiyo-kun won't lie, right?"

"I won't lie." Qingye Rin affirmed.

"Does that mean I'm really just 'getting by'?"

Rin Kiyono's eyes became cold, he stared at Toru Watanabe, then moved his eyes back to the music score and said:

"If you want to know what you look like, how about going to the window yourself?"

"It's not like a window can be used as a mirror during the day," Toru Watanabe said.

"I want you to jump down and take a good look at yourself with your soul after you die." Qingye Rin said without raising his head.

"Hey, Qingye-san, I always thought you were the epitome of beauty."

"Thank you. I have always thought that Mr. Watanabe is the real-life version of the hero in the novel who has wisdom and a sense of humor."

"Say one more thing and I will forgive your venomous tongue just now."

"My voice is clear and melodious, my words are funny, my temperament is very good, my hands are very big, and I am very beautiful. I am not only good at studying, but I am also very handsome."

"...More."

"Sometimes when I think of you, it feels like an electric shock is going through my body. Many people, including me, want to marry someone like Watanabe-san."

"Continue, continue." Watanabe Toru could no longer control his lips.

"I want to marry you." Qingye Rin put her hair behind her ears, raised her beautiful and refined little face, and looked at Watanabe Toru and said.

"Uh-huh." Toru Watanabe turned his head to look at the music classroom and raised his voice, "Woodwind group, gather in the elevated corridor on the fifth floor."

Kiyono Rin looked at Toru Watanabe who was pretending to be nonchalant and couldn't help but smile.

After Toru Watanabe left with the woodwind team, she rested her elbows on the podium, held a pen in her right hand, and covered her forehead with her left hand.

'Is it because I have been with Watanabe for too long? I actually said such a thing.'

Her right foot, which was wearing indoor shoes, tapped the floor of the music classroom with her toe, feeling shy.

During the lunch break, Toru Watanabe continued to draw, drawing Rin Kiyono reading a book by the window.

That painting...

"Not to mention other places, my hands are jagged?" After reading, Qingye Rin said with his arms crossed.

"Kyono-san, do you know Picasso's "Three Musicians"? The hands in it are jagged, which is a tribute to the master." Watanabe Tetsuyoshi spoke righteously.

"Picasso's painting "Dora and the Kitten" with her lover as the protagonist was sold for US$95.216 million. I would like to ask, Mr. Watanabe, how much can you sell this painting for?"

"900 million...USD!" Toru Watanabe raised his right hand.

He put down his right hand and raised his left hand: "900 million US dollars once, 900 million US dollars twice, 900 million US dollars three times! Deal!"

He raised the tablet with both hands like a painting and introduced Rin Kiyono: "$900 million, Kiyono-san."

Rin Kiyono stretched out his slender fingers to the tablet and deleted the painting with a single swipe.
To be continued...