Toyokawa Shoko shook her head and said, "I don't want to eat anything. I just want to know more about you."
She took a step forward and stared into Minghai's eyes. Her fair face, warmed by the street lights, had a gentle and beautiful blush that was still gentle and beautiful under the night sky.
"I want every first time for you in the future, and I also want your present and past... Even if I'm this greedy and willful, you won't hate me, right?"
"Nope."
He answered as a matter of course and nonchalantly.
There is no need to hesitate at all. This is the development that Ming Hai expected and the result of his hard work over time.
Although I can’t say I like it very much, but…
It was undeniable that he did enjoy the feeling of being shackled by the girl.
Thinking of this, the place on my neck where the strawberries were planted started to itch again.
"That's good~ Don't worry, just like I did before, I won't let you always make one-sided efforts. I also want you to get to know me better."
Toyokawa Shoko thought about it, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said with great interest: "By the way, I will formally introduce you to Mu someday, right? Although we can't let our family find out, it shouldn't matter if Mu is the one who doesn't act as a mouthpiece... Well, although there is a childhood playmate who I had a very good relationship with, she is currently an idol, and it doesn't seem right to bring a boy to meet her..."
"It depends on your arrangement. I'm fine with it." Ming Hai stuffed the candy into her hands and reminded her, "If you want to say anything, continue it when we get back. Your curfew is about to expire."
"what!"
Miss Xiangzi, who was unexpectedly a little confused, stopped thinking, looked back at the gate, and after confirming that no one was there blocking her, she withdrew her gaze with relief.
"Then, I'll go back first." She blinked, and a soft smile appeared on her lips again, "Ming Haijun, be careful on the road, and remember to send me a message when you get home."
"it is good."
Ming Hai raised his hand, and his fingertips naturally brushed across her bangs, carefully pushing the wind-blown hair aside.
Toyokawa Shoko stood there in a daze, her red lips slightly parted, her eyes reflecting his pupils, which were as calm as a deep pool, yet gentler than starlight.
Suddenly, my body seemed out of control.
The girl leaped forward and hugged him tightly.
"Hey!"
Ming Hai reacted quickly, and in surprise, he firmly grasped her slender body, allowing her arms to tighten behind his waist.
The soft hair, the cute ears, the snow-white neck, the weak shoulders and back, the subtle but still elastic rise and fall of the chest, and the beautiful waist curve.
Everything that belonged to her seemed to be completely engraved on his body, violently filling all five of his senses with the existence of the name "Toyokawa Shoko".
Such a strong hug.
This was also the first time they hugged each other without any gap, not even the light and dust were allowed to get in the way.
"what happened?"
Ming Hai asked in a low voice, feeling as if he was hugging a small hot water bottle. The warm and soft touch made him blink several times faster. He had to carefully control the position of his palm so as not to accidentally slide from the waist to the butt that looked very round and elastic.
With her forehead resting on his chest, Toyokawa Shoko shook her head vigorously, rubbing it like she was acting like a spoiled child.
"Uh-huh~ Just a goodbye hug."
After a pause, she lowered her head and said softly, "Ming Hai-kun, I am very happy now, huh?"
"I am so happy that if I don't say it out loud, my chest will swell to the point where it can't hold it anymore."
"..."
Ming Hai was slightly stunned, lowered his somewhat helpless eyebrows, swallowed the three words "Me too", and just touched her head, and said softly with relief:
"That's good."
In the clear and silent night, the two of them were gentle with each other, whispering lingering words in each other's ears.
It was not until it was really too late that they reluctantly let go of each other's hands, letting the evening breeze begin to cool their hot bodies.
"Be sure to wash your clothes properly when you get home, or they'll smell like me."
Like a wife saying goodbye to her husband who was about to go out to work, Toyokawa Shoko deliberately teased him while carefully straightening his collar.
She raised her pretty face, which was still flushed, and was about to say something else, but her sharp eyes like a hunter suddenly fixed on his lips.
Ming Hai couldn't help but his pupils shrink.
However, this time, she did not take action.
She just let him go for the time being, turned around, waved her hand, and trotted away towards the home lightly and happily.
"See you tomorrow~"
Volume 61: Chapter Chapter Rewards for the Third Stage
The lights come on.
Ming Hai closed the door. The room was stuffy and cold. The smart air conditioner started running and greeted him with a low sound.
"finally arrived at home……"
Putting down what he was holding, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Today's experiences were so wonderful and rich that it was like living in one day for three days...
Once you completely relax, the fatigue and stress will continue to surge back like a tide, and it can be said that it has a strong aftertaste.
...Well, the process was indeed very enjoyable.
Not only did he establish a solid friendship with the girls, but he also successfully pushed the progress bar of the task to the third stage; in the end, he put a perfect end to the date with a hug and spent a fulfilling and meaningful day.
Apart from being a little tired, there's nothing to complain about.
"It's just that I had too much chicken soup today, and I almost turned myself into a girl's friend... As Lu Xun said, adolescent girls are the most troublesome creatures~"
Facing the empty and deserted room, Ming Hai sighed to himself, twisted his neck, shook his arms, and his expression quickly returned to his usual dull and lazy appearance.
After casually sending a message to Toyokawa Shoko that he had arrived home, he put his phone aside and began to organize other things at hand.
The turtle pendant from Takamatsu Tomo and the penguin stuffed doll from Toyokawa Shoko...
There are also free singing tickets from KTV.
——Recalling the subtle look in the shop assistant's eyes that said "You young people are having such a big time", Ming Hai couldn't help but touch his neck.
"I guess I can't go to that store anymore... at least not with anyone other than Xiangzi."
Ignoring the singing tickets for now, he placed the gifts from the girls on an empty space on the bookshelf in the room, then looked at the tie clip box that had been placed aside. He was stunned for an inexplicable moment, and his mood became a little complicated.
"Is this a collection stand of love tokens?"
Can it also be said to be a scumbag’s trophy display cabinet?
However, Ming Hai does not think that he is a scumbag. These are not tokens of love given to him by girls. At best, they are just proof of friendship.
Amazingly enough, he is still single.
Confessing and being confessed to are both "first times" to be experienced, and both of them are experiencing that vague and ambiguous feeling that is known only to you and me.
"No way, we young people are like this."
Ming Hai nodded in agreement, feeling himself and his body regaining their youthful and immature heart.
As the saying goes - confession is a song of victory, not a clarion call to charge.
Some people don't confess their love because they have already made a deeper promise, so it doesn't matter whether they say that simple sentence or not; while some people don't confess their love simply because they don't want to accept the reality that they will inevitably break up, and after saying it, they can't even be friends anymore.
Even Ming Hai himself thought that it was best for him and Toyokawa Shoko not to confess their love for each other in their current relationship.
after all……
"How can a simple and cheap relationship like boyfriend and girlfriend be as impressive as Bai Yueguang?"
From the time they were alone in the KTV, he was really afraid that Toyokawa Shoko would be moved and say directly, "I like you, let's go out," pushing him into this situation where he couldn't advance or retreat.
What if the instant mission he accepted failed and he died immediately?
Wouldn’t this mean all the previous efforts have been wasted?
Fortunately, the two of them were in sync and tacitly decided not to speak out or define their relationship, but only to convey their feelings through actions and eyes.
Like flowers in a mirror or the moon in water, you can see them but you can’t touch them.
Precisely because it is not actually in one's hands, the feeling is so unforgettable.
……
After running some hot water in the bathroom, Ming Hai stripped off all his clothes except for his underwear, then sat in front of the refrigerator, drinking a cold grape-flavored Fanta while opening the system panel.
The first time is new, the second time is familiar, and the third time it becomes very easy, so he just clicked to receive the reward.
"Improve your musical talent? Xiaotong, don't you think it's too late?"
I just complained casually, not caring whether the system would reply or not.
Improving one's musical talent sounds impressive, and is more useful in daily life than turning into candy or repairing musical instruments. In some entertainment novels, it can be said to be the highest reward.
But for Ming Hai, the timing of this reward was so bad that he couldn't have any expectations or prospects for it.
"I'm only getting the ultimate novice outfit when I'm about to defeat the final boss. Who am I going to perform this musical talent for?"
"Or do you want me to hold a concert in a year, invite Teacher Xiaoxiang to listen in the best seat, and then compose a song of my own, "To You, My Beloved," as a love song, and then burn myself out completely after playing it, and die contentedly on the piano?"
"That's really uncreative..."
Ming Hai put down the hand that was rubbing the corner of his mouth, his face full of helplessness. He could no longer think of how to make up for the system.
It wasn’t given earlier or later, but just when he was about to be conquered by Teacher Xiaoxiang… No, it was given when he was about to conquer Teacher Xiaoxiang. It was hard to tell what the system’s intention was.
...You can't think of what to give him, so why not just give him an entertainment reward?
Playing a musical instrument or composing music for fun can not only add interest to his life, but also allow him to find something meaningful to do instead of using the system money to pay for games every day.
Ming Hai felt that he had seen through the system's intentions.
There was no way, after all, there was really nothing about music between him and Toyokawa Shoko.
At most, I could help Teacher Xiaoxiang a little when running the orchestra in the future - but having maintenance skills in this area is actually enough.
As long as Toyokawa Shoko doesn't care, whether he is tone-deaf or a music master, it makes no difference to him, a man whose every trace of existence will completely disappear from this world in a year.
"It's better to help someone in need than to give him icing on the cake. Don't you think that using music as a topic of conversation was better than asking him what kind of candy he wanted to eat?"
Muttering and complaining, Ming Hai closed the system panel and sat down in front of the computer desk.
——No matter how much you dislike it, it is something that is closely related to you after all, so it would be better to understand it carefully first.
I randomly searched for a video of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" on YouTube. The score continued to advance with the music. The originally obscure black tadpoles gradually became active on the staff, pouring down like a rushing river to the final rest.
Having taken music lessons in school before, Ming Hai naturally understood basic music theory, and could expertly play Ode to Joy on the flute just by muscle memory.
But when it comes to reading music, it's like a child who has just learned to read and is forced to appreciate five-character quatrains - even if it is just the relatively simple "Spring Dawn", it takes some time to understand it before you can read it, let alone apply it in depth.
When I said I didn't know any musical instruments, I wasn't trying to fool Toyokawa Shoko.
He couldn't hum a melody by looking at the sheet music, couldn't play a song without the DoReMi mark below it, and didn't even know the difference between G major and F major. He could learn, after all, not knowing how to play a musical instrument does not mean being tone-deaf, but there was no need to spend time and energy doing so.
But now, the system has directly enabled him to cheat.
After listening to the six-and-a-half-minute first movement of "Moonlight Sonata", Ming Hai took out the electronic piano that had been repaired before and was now covered with dust from the corner. After plugging it in on his legs, he touched the black and white squares with his fingers and listened to the sound represented by each key one by one.
Soon, after matching the notes with the keys, he fluently played the only song he knew before - Ode to Joy.
At this moment, it seemed as if someone was saying in my ear:
"Very good, now you can play Ode to Joy. Now try the Moonlight Sonata!"
So Ming Hai really played it.
Closing his eyes and thinking for a moment, his slender fingers pressed the piano keys somewhat stiffly, moving, jumping, and plucking, and the notes poured out like a tide.
From awkward to proficient, the scattered notes gradually gathered into a turbulent music, swirling and falling, washing away the tranquility in the house.
More than six minutes later, Ming Hai opened his eyes again, looked down at his ten fingers that seemed to have become much more flexible, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.
"Absolute pitch and a photographic memory for music scores..."
Although it was not very useful, it did not stop him from reopening the system panel and giving a thumbs up to the translucent prompt box in all seriousness:
"Brother Tongzi, you are still awesome."
