[bright] time

Chapter 1 First Snow

(bright side)

The snow fell very early this year, and the streets were already white in mid-December.

The snowflakes are as light and fluttering as the feathers of an angel, quietly covering the branches that have lost their leaves. The big trees covered with snow flakes are like white flowers, showing a kind of pure and beautiful coldness.

Stretch out the slender arm, open the pure white palm, the snowflakes land on the palm like a white butterfly, just want to look at it for a while, count whether there are really six pieces of this beautiful crystal, and it has already melted into a pool of crystal clear water droplets .

There is a feeling of regret, a feeling of pampering.

"Small light!"

Standing in front of the building where the chess club is located, Liang, who was holding a transparent plastic umbrella, came back to his senses after being called out like this.

"Mr. Ashihara, hello."

"No matter how much you like watching the snow, you can't stand here forever! Hurry up, Ichikawa is waiting."

"Miss Shihe?"

Last night, I received a call from Mr. Ashihara, saying that he hadn't played chess with me for a long time and wanted to play another game. He made an appointment with me to play chess at the chess club at noon today.

"Ah? Uh..., of course! Of course Ichikawa is waiting for Luo. I heard that because Shinto-kun didn't come to play chess, Xiaoliang hasn't come for a while either!"

"That's not the case! It's okay to follow the vine. I'm really busy recently, and..."

Even if I didn't come to the chess club, I still often play chess with Teng, about two or three times a week.

Although it is at my house.

The business hours of the chess club are only at eight o'clock in the evening, and it is already six or seven o'clock after finishing the work of the chess academy recently. Even if you want to play chess at the chess club, you will only be interrupted midway because of lack of time.

It's embarrassing to always leave later than Miss Shihe.So I decided to play chess at my house.There is no time limit for this comparison, you can download it until you are satisfied.

"And what?"

"No, nothing. The elevator is here." Ryo quickly stepped into the elevator.

If Miss Shihe or the people in the chess club know about this kind of thing, I don't know how they will feel.

After all, even I find it unbelievable that a friend of the same age comes to my house all day long.

That person was the same Hikari Shindo who quarreled with me back then until it got out of hand.

Liang suddenly thought of something and wanted to ask Ashi Yuan, so he changed the subject:

"Well, Mr. Ashikawa. May I ask if you like Ms. Ichikawa?"

"ㄟ??? How do you know? Ah! I'm an idiot..." Ashihara's face changed, and he had a slippery expression.

It turned out to be true.

"Don't be a light bulb and keep disturbing them, can you? If you are here, Miss Ichikawa's attention will be on you. This will prevent Mr. Ashihara from chasing Miss Ichikawa!"

"Don't accuse me of unnecessary crimes! Besides, I can't see that Mr. Ashihara is interested in Miss Shihe at all."

"Heh! It's raining red when you see it! The next step of reading chess is so shrewd, why is it so outrageously slow when you get off the board?"

A few days ago, Shinto's words pissed me off.So he said he wanted to bet, and of course I bet on no.

Looks like I lost the bet.You must promise him one thing unconditionally.

It seems to be asking me to bring famous products to him from Shanghai, right?

In fact, even if he doesn't ask me to, I will bring it. Isn't this a basic etiquette?

Lu Yuan took a step back, squatting in the small space of the elevator, holding his head in disbelief:

"If even Xiaoliang can see it, then Shihe should also see it. Could it be that she has been pretending not to know? Does this mean there is no chance?"

Ashihara just wanted to talk to himself, but at this volume, Liang could still hear it clearly.

Although I really want to ask what "Lian" means, but seeing Awara's painful expression like a broken love, Ryo decided to put the question stuck in his throat first,

"Actually, Shinto told me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have seen it."

"Ah! Let me just say, Ryo is so slow in this aspect! So it's Shinto-kun, so it's no wonder."

"..." In this situation, can I be angry?Mr. Ashihara.Am I really so dull?

"Does Xiaoliang think I have hope?"

"I don't know either. But, I will help. Because I like Mr. Awara and Ms. Ichikawa, I will be very happy if you can be together."

"Thank you, Xiaoliang!" Awara held Liang's hand, tears almost welling up in his eyes.

"Please don't say that." Looking at Lu Yuan's expression of gratitude, Xiao Liang felt uneasy instead.

Just now, Mr. Ashihara himself said that I was just slow, and now he trusts me so much... Can I do such an important task?Am I talking too much?

When we reached the designated floor, the elevator dinged and opened the door.

At the same moment when you get out of the elevator and open the door to enter the chess club,

"Bump ─ ─!" "Bump ─ ─!" The sound of firecrackers, the oncoming ribbons, and then a large group of people crowded at the door, this lively scene really shocked me.

"Happy birthday! Xiaoliang!"

"Mr. Xiaoliang! Happy birthday!"

"Come on! Let's sing Happy Birthday and welcome Teacher Xiaoliang to come in!"

"Oh!!"

"Happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you~..."

The singing of Miss Shihe, Mr. Ashihara, and everyone who played chess in the chess club reminded me,

It turns out that today is my birthday.

In previous years, my birthday was always spent with my parents.This year, because my father has something to do in Shanghai, I can't get away.After discussing it, it was decided that I would go to Shanghai after the work at the chess academy was over, to meet my parents who hadn’t seen each other for more than a month. My father said that he had someone who wanted me to play against him, so it was a trip to go. Exchange trip.

On the one hand, I was looking forward to the event in Shanghai, and on the other hand, my life was too tight recently, so I completely forgot about my birthday.

"thank you all."

"Look at your expression, Xiao Liang, you forgot that today is your birthday!"

Ryo, whose thoughts had been seen through, smiled sheepishly.

"How can this be done! Teacher Xiaoliang! Birthday is very important, how can you forget it!"

"And from today onwards, it will be the second half of the tenth generation, and I'm already an adult!"

"It seems that there are only four years left before the 20-year-old coming-of-age ceremony! At that time, we must celebrate more vigorously!"

"Oh! Maybe it will be with the wedding ceremony!"

"Xiao Liang won't get married so early! If you want to snatch Xiao Liang, you have to pass me first!" Shi He said, shaking his head.

"I said Shihe! You must be worried that you won't be able to get married within four years and lose to Teacher Xiaoliang, right? Hahahaha!"

"Mr. Kitajima, from now on I will list you as a rejected account of this chess club!"

"Oh! Uh..., well, Ichikawa doesn't have to worry about it, anyway, that kid Awara will--!" A hand suddenly stretched out from behind and covered Bei Dao's mouth.

"Then, let's cut the cake! Xiao Liang!" Ashihara, who was alarmed in his head, continued to be busy with one hand, and handed the knife to Liang with the other.

"Huh?...Ah! Okay, then I'll cut it!" Mr. Ashihara meant to confess in person, and didn't want to say it through someone else's mouth, right?So I know!

Bei Dao who was almost breathless, Awara who was anxious, Shihe who was confused, Liang who suddenly realized, and everyone who was laughing so hard that they staggered to this side.

Everyone, you speak and I speak to stir up the atmosphere to the highest point.

***

At four o'clock in the afternoon, after the birthday party at the chess club, I returned home.Start to organize your luggage for tomorrow's trip to Shanghai.

As of today, all chess games will come to an end.The dinner party of the year-end party will be held three days later.At this point, the chess academy will take a break for a while.There is no way to participate in this year's year-end party.Because tomorrow he will leave for Shanghai.

I will stay in Shanghai until January [-], a total of eighteen days.There should be quite a lot of things that need to be taken after such a long time, Liang thought in his mind while taking out the suitcase.

Shanghai's latitude is lower than Japan's and it shouldn't be so cold. You don't need to bring a coat, right?

I will check the local temperature on the Internet later.

Then there are chess records and books that I often read.Bring an extra pair of shoes just in case.

The seasoning given by my mother and the cosmetics I forgot to bring.

My father likes to eat wagashi and the medicine prescribed by the doctor.

There are all kinds of daily necessities in the hotel, so there is no need to bring them.

These should be enough, right?

Also, take a small iron with you,

Otherwise, when I fly to Shanghai, I don’t know how wrinkled the suit will be in the suitcase.

Wearing rumpled clothes is outrageous.

After making the list, Liang started packing.Put things in the suitcase while deleting items on the list,

After a while, everything was packed.

Ryo sat on the tatami and continued to stare at the list, wondering if there was anything he had forgotten.

I was lost in thought.

After several reminders, he finally learned to contact the meeting before coming.

If the call didn't come in, it means that you won't come today?

The game against Yijiao yesterday is said to have gone well.

He's been doing really well recently, and it seems he hasn't lost a single game this month.

I really want to read the chess record, I don't know what trick he has come up with.

However, the round against Kimura's [-]th dan the day before yesterday seemed to be a little risky, and Mr. Kimura's recent situation is not bad.

Liang looked up at the clock hanging on the wall, it was almost five o'clock.

I've only been here once this week, what are you up to?

I remember that he didn't have a chess game today, and he didn't guide chess in the evening.

Although there is no appointment, but...

I'm going to Shanghai tomorrow,

I can't play chess for eighteen days...

eighteen days...

I really want to play chess.

want to play chess.

Follow up Vine to play chess.

When Liang came back to his senses, he was already standing in front of the phone, and dialed out Guang's cell phone number from memory.

Listening to the unchanging voice in the microphone, Liang suddenly thought,

This seems to be the second time I have dialed into Vine's cell phone number.

And I got the number from Shinto's mother, not Shinto himself.

Is this not good?

Would it be strange to see a number I don't know, and simply refuse to answer it?

Mr. Ogata is like this, so some calls to him will come to my house, asking me to tell him...

If it's the same with Shinto, maybe it's better to call his house.

The phone call that no one answered for a long time made Liang almost confirm his doubts.When you are about to hang up the phone,

"Taya, what's the matter..." There was an extremely low and hoarse voice from the other end of the microphone. If the person called by his name was not his, Ryo wanted to apologize directly for making the wrong call.

"Are you Shinto?"

"This is my phone... not who I am..." The voice was still low, and it was obvious that the owner of the voice was not in a good mood.

"How do you know it's me?" I haven't even said a word yet.

"The screen says "Taya House".Except you...who...such a special...surname...」

Intermittent and lifeless voice, again explaining that the light is,

"...Are you sleeping?" A nap?But it's too long.

"Yeah..., my leg hurt all night last night....After reading for a long time..., the last time I looked at the clock was already eight o'clock in the morning... sleepy.... 』

"A sore foot? Didn't you go to the doctor?"

"Look at which subject... I haven't heard of anyone registering because of... growing pains...." 』

"Growing pains?"

"Growing too fast all of a sudden...the side effects...it hurts...." 』

"Are you showing off to me!? It's true that you've grown taller recently, but I'm growing too!"

"Hey..., can I advance... to sleep during the time I quarreled with you... Good night..."

Ryo hurriedly stopped Hikari from cutting off the phone.

"Shinto! Nine hours of sleep should be enough, right? Aren't you going to get up?"

"When did I sleep for nine hours... It's only ten o'clock... Can you let me go..."

Light complained feebly, sounding like a voice muffled in a pillow.

"What are you talking about! It's five o'clock! It's five o'clock in the afternoon!! Open the curtains and see!"

"Um?How is it possible, my Zhong Mingming is..., ㄟ! ?The second hand stopped? 』

From the beginning of talking on the phone until now, Hikari has always had a hoarse voice haunted by Sandman, but when he said the sound of "ㄟ", he suddenly returned to his voice when he was awake.

From the other end of the microphone came the sound of "唰" and the curtains were being pulled open.

"It's miserable~~ruined~~dead~~it's over! ! ! ! 』After a series of screams, only the sound of rough footsteps and the sound of opening the door was heard,

"Mom! Why didn't you call me!?"

"Oh, Guang, so you are at home?" 』Shinto’s mother said in a vigorous voice,

"──......, otherwise, where would I be! ? 』

"Everything is almost ready!Call Taya-kun to our house! 』

I seem to hear my own name.Why?

"Already ready? You just don't want me to help you at all!"

"No way!Mom really didn't know you were at home!Now that you are here, hurry up and change your clothes and wash your face to pick up people. 』

"Huh, I got it."

"Hey, Taya, I'm sorry.Is it cold?You go to the station first and wait, I will immediately change clothes and go to the station to pick you up. 』

"What the hell are you talking about? Why am I at the station? I called you from home!"

"...Ha~...That's right!You are calling from home.Huh──, it's good that you haven't arrived yet.I can take my time.To be honest, my room is now as messy as a nuclear bomb site. 』

"Shinto, I'll say it again. I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about! Where haven't I been yet? Where do I need to go?"

There must be a sequence of events and an order of precedence when speaking. The current Shindo has no words at all. Did he fall asleep?It's like talking about the universe, what's cold or not?What station?What does it matter to me whether his room is messy or not?Totally clueless.

"My home!Did you not read your email? 』

"mail?"

"I said, don't you receive letters every morning? 』

"Not recently. I'm going to Shanghai tomorrow. My mother won't send letters these days."

"I can't stand it──."Then I will send it! ! !Your mailbox is only for your mother? ?Go and receive the letter!The time was changed to six o'clock.that's all. 』

Beep—beep—beep—beep—

receive letter?

Walk back to the room, turn on the computer, set up the connection and open the mailbox, there is indeed a new email in it.

It was one o'clock at night when the letter was received.

What is he doing up so late?

Sender: Shinto Hikari

Date: December [-], [-] [-]:[-]:[-]

Subject: I don't want famous property anymore, change to something else

"Taya,

You lost the bet last time, go ask Brother Lu Yuan and wake up early.

In addition, I don't want famous products as prizes. Instead, you can come to my house for dinner.

(Don't try to say no. This is willing to bet and admit defeat!)

My mother said: You must invite Taya-kun to my house for dinner tomorrow, otherwise you will have nothing to eat!

Mom always feels embarrassed to go to other people's houses to disturb her!

That's the way it is.My mom wants to thank you.

I will pick you up at ○○ station at [-]:[-] this afternoon, my home is nearby.

It's about a [-]-minute drive away.I'll wait for you at Exit No. [-].Just come out when the time is up, don't come out early and wait outside.You know, I'm not one to arrive early.

see you then.

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