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"Yes, I understand why you did that, and I can tell you take very good care of this piano; it's practically brand new."
Upon hearing this, Wu Qing nodded.
At this moment, Rikka, who had been quietly listening to the conversation between the two, quickly walked to another piano and asked a question.
"Is this a new one you bought?"
She deliberately tried to steer the conversation away from the topic of sadness.
The sadness emanating from Tachibana Kanade gradually faded, and she walked over and nodded, "Mm."
"Let me take a look at it for you now."
Now that she had found the mission target, Wu Qing didn't want to waste any more time, but she needed to test the pitch first.
Chapter 80: Conquered by the Adorable Rikka
I remember Wu Qing recommended Tachibana Sora before, and I bought a Xinghai brand piano because this brand of pianos is affordable and has many good reviews online.
However, if Kiriharu had known earlier that the Tachibana Kanade family was far wealthier than he imagined, he wouldn't have recommended the Seikai brand. Wouldn't it have been better to spend a little more and get it right the first time?
"Let me check the pitch."
Wu Qing sat in the black seat, looking at the glossy black piano body and the white, shiny keys in front of him, and slowly lowered his slender fingers.
ding ding ding-
After smoothly pressing all the keys in a row, Wu Qing closed her eyes and carefully recalled the sound she had just heard.
"Wow, you can actually play..."
Seeing how skilled Kirigaya was, Takanashi Rikka was surprised and opened her mouth, but before she could finish speaking, Tachibana Kanade covered her small mouth.
"Shh!"
Tachibana placed her clean, delicate fingers on her glistening, pink lips, signaling her to be quiet.
Seeing this, Rikka quickly nodded.
When Tachibana Kanade loosened her fingers, her pretty face was still slightly flushed, and she clenched her little fists, looking at Kiriharu with admiration.
When Kiriharu and Tachibana Kanade were talking at school, they didn't mention anything about the piano.
At the time, Rikka didn't know why Kanade Tachibana would invite Kiriharu to her house.
After seeing the piano, she vaguely learned from their conversation that Tachibana Kanade had called Kiriharu over so that Kiriharu could help her tune the piano.
Rikka, who had just learned this, was still wondering, "Kiriharu can play the piano? How come I didn't know?" when Kiriharu smoothly pressed all the keys with her hands crossed.
Although she didn't play any music, it's easy to see from her movements that Kiriharu is extremely skilled at the piano.
Wu Qing carefully recalled the sound of the piano, then said calmly, "Seven strings need fine-tuning."
"Ah."
Kanade Tachibana, who fully recognized Kiriharu's strength, nodded without hesitation, without even the slightest doubt.
Even though Wu Qing made the judgment out of thin air, she didn't even glance at the professional instruments on the cabinet next to her.
Rikka Takanashi, who knows nothing about the piano, could only stare blankly.
Wu Qing walked to a cabinet on the side, where there were many piano tools, including tools for adjusting the strings. After taking the tools, he began to tune the strings. It took him more than 10 minutes to tune the piano.
"It's all set up, come and try it out."
He stepped aside and smiled as he looked at Tachibana Kanade, the first member of the 705U.COM book club.
Upon hearing this, Tachibana Kanade nodded, walked to Kiriharu's side, and sat down on the piano chair, smoothing her skirt.
Then she slowly extended her fair and delicate fingers and gently placed them on the piano keys. Before trying, she looked up at Wu Qing.
"Go ahead and try it, you'll be surprised."
Wu Qing gave her a reassuring smile.
His musical skill level of 120 is no joke.
"Mmm." Tachibana gently touched her pretty face.
Afterwards, Kirishin found a chair and sat down, while Takanashi Rikka sat obediently beside him, ready to enjoy the upcoming performance together.
The Tachibana music began.
With her slender fingers, she skillfully pressed out each beautiful note, the process smooth and rhythmic.
Wu Qing recognized the piece she was playing; it was the Violet Evergarden opening theme, Sincerely, that he had played at the cat cafe that day.
"You can play it after hearing it only once?"
Kirishi couldn't help but admire Tachibana Kanade's talent.
Then the music flowed gently like a stream, surrounding the small music room and seeping into the hearts of Kiriharu and Rikka.
The prelude to this piece is slow and melodious, like taking a nap in a deck chair next to a big tree in the backyard on a summer afternoon, comfortably feeling the just-right warm breeze, and gently tossing your freshly washed and dried hair...
After the initial part, a faint sadness would follow. This music made Wu Qing vaguely see long-forgotten memories of her past life flashing before her eyes.
On the bare concrete balcony, a boy and a man, dressed in shorts and slippers, squatted by the damp sink, crushing soap to make bubble solution, and then blowing countless colorful bubbles down to the ground.
Celebrating the Lunar New Year in winter.
A man who had been working away from home took his son to the supermarket. The boy was attracted by a very expensive remote-controlled car and insisted that the man buy it.
The man looked at the boy with a mixture of remorse and anger, and forcibly dragged him home before pulling out the Seven Wolves cigarettes.
However, after beating the boy, he took the little money he had and bought the boy an ordinary toy car from a small shop, constantly trying to cheer up the sulking boy.
Childhood memories flicker in fragments, and time seems to have grown wings, quietly flying by through several springs, summers, autumns, and winters.
One day, the grown-up boy left his hometown and came to a strange city to attend high school with his suitcase.
His somewhat withdrawn personality and impoverished background made him a target of ostracism. His seat was covered in glue, and his homework would mysteriously disappear. The boy got angry and fought with those people, but as a result, he was isolated by the whole class.
Those were a period of confusion and gloom. The boy, who had few friends, fell in love with anime. He longed for the beauty of the world and believed that the two must exist.
Later, the boy received the devastating news of his father's passing. Having attended his mother's funeral earlier, he was already deeply grieving during that time.
But later, he was falsely accused by someone he had fought with before, who said he had stolen the class funds.
These events, one after another, struck him down like a heavy hammer.
The boy completely broke down. After being questioned by the teacher and gossiped about by his classmates, he, who had always appeared extremely strong, finally couldn't hold back anymore and secretly hid in a corner of the playground after school, wiping away his tears in grievance.
From beginning to end, no one offered him even a word of comfort; all he received was malicious speculation.
Wu Qing's blurry vision slowly cleared, and a small, warm tear trickled down her cheek from her right eye.
"Huh, how come I..."
Wu Qing hurriedly tried to wipe away this timidity, but at that moment a delicate pink hand pressed against his face.
Takanashi Rikka cupped the boy's face and gently pressed her forehead against his. "Don't cry, Kiriharu," she said.
Rikka didn't know what was wrong with Kiriharu.
She was usually clueless and didn't understand anything, but she felt that Wu Qing needed comfort, so she did.
Takanashi Rikka and Kiriharu were head to head, with Rikka gently holding Kiriharu in her small, warm embrace with her slender arms, a soft smile on her face.
"Rikka..."
Wu Qing's heart pounded violently, and an uncontrollable impulse drove him to press his lips close to the glistening thin lips in front of him.
"Well!"
Rikka Takanashi's pretty face immediately turned bright red, and her ahoge (cowlick) stood up abruptly, but soon became limp again.
Chapter 81: Today's Dinner at Kozo's House
Tachibana Kanade was still engrossed in playing the piano.
After listening to Wu Qing's performance, she rushed home, wanting to memorize the beautiful piece completely while it was still fresh in her memory through repeated practice.
Clearly, she succeeded.
Although she was not as good as Wu Qing in many ways, she still played very smoothly, almost at a concert level.
Meanwhile, Kiriharu and Takanashi Rikka are the two.
It was an intimate conversation behind her back.
Rikka Takanashi sat on Kiriharu's lap, her eyes tightly closed, completely absorbed in the ever-changing happiness.
The same goes for Wu Qing.
Although he knew that Rikka liked him, and he also liked Rikka quite a bit, it wasn't that kind of liking.
For a long time.
Kiriharu only regarded Takanashi Rikka as a cute adopted younger sister, but this adopted younger sister secretly liked him, which once gave Kiriharu a headache.
That's why he had previously planned to let things take their course.
But today, he lost completely.
The adorable and sensible little girl in front of him dealt a heavy blow to his soft spot today, making it impossible for him to ignore these feelings anymore...
All the emotions had been building up to this point.
Wu Qing wasn't some eunuch; as a healthy man, he naturally couldn't resist.
Feeling the small, soft, fragrant flesh, Kiriharu continued her assault on Rikka. Rikka's body gradually heated up, her pretty face turned red, and her whole body became hot.
Wu Qing, who was sitting on her lap, could clearly feel the hot spot, which was indescribably hot.
Is the temperature really that high?
Rikka seems to have some kind of special constitution...
Small, tender, pink, and warm.
As Wu Qing subconsciously associated various adjectives with the character, wicked thoughts uncontrollably arose in his mind, but he couldn't do anything strange at this time.
Tachibana Kanade is still playing the piano in front of us!
"Fog...fog clears up..."
Takanashi Rikka, finally breathless, slowly moved her incredibly cute face back, her eyes filled with affection.