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Is it inconvenient for you and Takamatsu Deng to exchange notes for so long?

Toyokawa Shoko could even see Chihaya Aine, who was sitting in front of him, and Goto Ichiri, who was sitting beside him, occasionally passing him a note.

They can all talk to you in class, but I can't? What kind of discrimination is this? They can obviously give me such valuable things.

She decided to try one last time, and she knocked on the window hard, and the glass made a dull sound.

Shirakawa Haru turned his head and found that Toyokawa Shoko was still looking at him.

The teacher also held his glasses and cast his gaze toward the window, but he saw nothing. He only had time to see a tuft of aqua-blue hair brush past the corner of his eye. What a strange thing, he thought.

Just when Shirakawa Haru thought Toyokawa Shoko had left, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps coming from the corridor. He looked up and found Toyokawa Shoko standing at the door of the classroom. She walked into the classroom, first said sorry to the teacher, then walked straight towards Shirakawa Haru, shook his hand, and was about to pull him away from his seat.

Shirakawa Haru was stunned for a moment. Toyokawa Shoko stood beside him, blocking the sunlight, which made her look like an angel with her back to the sun. Her aura overwhelmed everyone present, including the Chinese teacher who was a little confused on the podium.

"President Shirakawa, I have something to discuss with you." At this moment, her eyes were raised, and her amber eyes, which already seemed a little stern, now looked even more majestic. She said to Shirakawa Haru openly, "Excuse me, could you please come out now?"

Then Toyokawa Shoko looked up at the Chinese teacher sitting on the podium. The white chalk in the teacher's hand was still pressed against the blackboard, unconsciously drawing crooked curves.

"I'm sorry, teacher. It's really something important. I will come to your office this afternoon to apologize in person." Toyokawa Shoko said.

"It's okay, it's student council business, right? Just go and do it. The Hinode Forest Academy Festival is almost here, thank you for your hard work."

The Chinese teacher waved her hands at the podium to show her understanding. After all, Vice President Fengchuan's name was quite well-known in the teacher's circle. She was Shirakawa Haru's deputy, and many of the actual work was assigned to her by Shirakawa Haru.

He is meticulous in character and has a very serious work attitude, just like a precision machine. He never reveals too much personal emotion, and sometimes appears a little unkind and strict.

"Thank you for your understanding, teacher."

"Xiangzi, what are you doing?"

Shirakawa Haru looked at his hand, held by Toyokawa Shoko, and felt the piercing gazes of his classmates, their gazes on him and Shoko. While he didn't mind the attention, if rumors got out, it would undoubtedly hurt Toyokawa Shoko. He tried to pull his hand back, but after several attempts, Toyokawa Shoko's grip remained firmly in his.

"Come out with me, don't refuse me." Shoko Toyokawa frowned and said in a low voice.

Toyokawa Shoko grabbed Shirakawa Haru's left hand and dragged him out of the classroom. Her movements were so fast that even the students around her didn't react. Shirakawa Haru followed behind her, not knowing where Toyokawa Shoko would take her.

"Xiangzi, slow down." Shirakawa Haru said.

"Why are you talking to me at this time?" Shoko Toyokawa glanced at him and slowed down her pace.

In fact, she thought that as long as she walked out of the teaching building, she would not need to run anymore.

It was a rare experience to walk with him in the campus of Hinomori, listening to the teachers' lectures and students' recitations coming from the teaching building. The streets were almost empty except for Shirakawa Haru and me.

"Well... because it's private time now. We were just in class."

"Then why are you talking to Deng and Goto? And Chihaya Aine, who you recommended to join the student council." Toyokawa Shoko said with her head down, a hint of complaint in her tone.

"Because that's passing notes, and passing notes is a necessary skill for students," said Shirakawa Haru. "If you're a little braver, you can even play Gobang on the notes. But that's a bit disrespectful to the teacher."

"Haru, you look like someone who's dishonest." Toyokawa Shoko said, "Manager Matsuo is coming to Hinode Forest today."

"And then?" Baichuan Qing asked. He closed his eyes and let the sunlight shine on his eyelids. Through his eyelids, the world in Baichuan Qing's eyes was so bright, as if he could see the sun by just raising his head.

"Then the grand piano in the music room I used to go to was moved away. I no longer had a piano to play."

"Well...it shouldn't be."

"Shouldn't what?"

"Nothing. I'm going to call Manager Matsuo later to ask when the instruments I rented and ordered under the contract will be available." Shirakawa Haru pulled out his phone and was about to send a message to Manager Matsuo when he saw Toyokawa Shoko beside him, seemingly about to say something. He shoved his phone back into his pocket.

"Later, Manager Matsuo put a grand piano in the piano room and said it was a gift from someone. Do you know who gave it to me?"

"I don't know." Shirakawa Haru kicked a stone off the roadside and said nonchalantly, "There's no point in thinking about it. Didn't Manager Matsuo say this was a gift from someone else? Just use the piano well."

"Actually, I don't particularly want to know who gave me the piano. I just wonder what kind of value I have that would make someone give me the piano as a gift," said Shoko Toyokawa.

"This makes me a little panicked. Can I really bear the expectations placed on that piano?" she said. "Qing, stop kicking those stones. Aren't you afraid your shoes will get scuffed?"

"...Really!" Shirakawa Haru lifted one foot and looked at the sole. Noticing no serious wear and tear, she felt relieved. "I'd say you really shouldn't overthink it. All those hopes and expectations are fake. There's no expectation on the piano; the emotions are all hidden in the sound."

"Qing, you're right. Just hide your feelings in the sound of the piano." Suddenly, Toyokawa Shoko looked at Shirakawa Haru and asked, "Why do you care so much about these shoes?"

"I bought some things and it cost me a lot of money."

Shirakawa Haru raised his other foot. To be honest, he was bored. There was someone next to him chatting with him and they were kicking stones with their alternating feet.

"I heard that you want to have fried noodles and bread for lunch?" Toyokawa Shoko asked casually.

"how do you know?"

"I'll just glance at the pile of papers on your desk and see it."

“Nice eyes.”

"So you gave me that piano, didn't you?"

Shirakawa Haru became a little nervous, although he didn't know what to be nervous about. Even when his opponent's sword was only one centimeter away from touching his head in the sword-fighting competition, his heartbeat didn't speed up. But now there was no doubt that his heartbeat was slowly getting faster, as if his unspeakable secret had been exposed.

Toyokawa Shoko stood quietly on the cobblestone road, with purple wood sorrel on both sides. Her eyes were gentle and focused, gazing at Shirakawa Haru with affection.

The amber eyes seemed to contain a sky full of stars, or perhaps there really was a whole Tokyo hidden in them. The connected streets, the buildings on both sides, the doors and windows of the houses, etc. had all been imprinted in these eyes, like amber wrapped in resin, sometimes whispering, sometimes crying, and swaying lazily. The moisture in the eyes would brush across their faces, and the solidified and flowing seemed to blend, sparkling with infinite tenderness.

The breeze gently blew through her hair, and a few strands of hair floated in front of her forehead, adding to her charming charm. Shirakawa Haru still remembered that Toyokawa Shoko's hair was long and messy before, and it was the owner of the clothing store who trimmed her hair for her.

The corners of Toyokawa Shoko's mouth curled up, with a smile that was both teasing and shy, and that smile bloomed quietly like a spring flower.

"You found out... because of the note under the piano stool?" Shirakawa Haru didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he agreed.

"Yeah. I was pretty careful when I checked, and I was lucky to have discovered it. If I hadn't found it during this morning's checkup, I'm afraid I wouldn't have found it in my lifetime."

Toyokawa Shoko blinked and looked away. The expression on her face became majestic and cold again. She opened the door of the piano room and led Shirakawa Haru in.

After entering the piano room, Shirakawa Haru discovered that a lot of things were missing, such as the rusty music stands that were previously placed in the corner had all been taken away, and the musical instruments that were damaged beyond repair had been cleaned up.

At this time, there was only a grand piano, two piano stools, and a sound-absorbing carpet under the grand piano in the piano room.

Toyokawa Shoko told Shirakawa Haru that this piano room wasn't often used to begin with, and now with this piano, it's basically her secret base. So, all the extra stuff has been cleared out, and the extra piano stool is left for you. "Don't you want to hear my piano? I'll start playing right now, so just sit down."

In a spacious and bright piano room, sunlight shines softly on the surface through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.

The girl sat quietly in front of a piano, her posture elegant and dignified, as if she had merged into one with the huge black piano.

Toyokawa Shoko lowered her head, her long eyelashes trembling and drooping melancholy, casting a faint shadow in the sunlight. Her fingers curled slightly, making a strumming gesture, like a butterfly about to take flight. After a moment's silence, her fingers began to dance.

Clear and melodious notes flowed from her fingertips and slowly spread throughout the room.

A lake appeared in front of Shirakawa Haru under the night sky.

A small boat swayed with the ripples on the lake. He was aboard it. Just by gazing outward, he could spot the lush algae beneath the surface. Then the moon rose, like the sun from another world. A wind began to pick up on the lake, growing stronger and stronger. The boat, navigating the wind, felt like it was surviving under the threat of a monstrous wave. When the wind died down completely, Shirakawa Haru looked up, surprised to find himself so close to the moon in the sky.

This is Beethoven's "Moonlight".

Shirakawa Haru had heard it many times before, and then Toyokawa Shoko played the second and third movements. After completing the three movements of "Moonlight", she was obviously much more relaxed.

"Qing, playing Beethoven's 'Moonlight' in this mood is really tiring!"

"What's your mood?"

"That's how I feel." Shoko Toyokawa waved her hand without explaining anything.

How come you've changed now, Toyokawa Shoko? How come you like to talk halfway, just like Takamatsu Deng? Shirakawa Haru looked at Toyokawa Shoko and felt that the little girls around him seemed to be a little bit off recently.

"This is the last one." Toyokawa Shoko turned to look at Shirakawa Haru, smiled and narrowed her eyes and said, "This is the 'Midnight Song' I gave you."

The piano's sound is sometimes melodious and gentle, like a plaintive cry, as if telling a touching story. The piano's sound is passionate and powerful, like a bridge connecting the two people's hearts. On one side of the bridge is Shirakawa Haru, on the other side is Toyokawa Shoko.

When the music ended, Toyokawa Shoko closed her eyes. Shirakawa Haru stood up from his seat and said to her, "You played beautifully. You and this piano will definitely complement each other in the future. So don't give up on your dreams, whether it's the dream of playing the piano or the dream of performing on stage hidden in your heart."

Shirakawa Haru was still expressing her feelings, but Toyokawa Shoko suddenly opened her eyes and waved her hands to let Shirakawa Haru calm down first.

"I have something to tell you." Toyokawa Shoko turned around, facing Shirakawa Haru so that he couldn't see her face. "Who was the girl you hugged at school last time to you?"

"Who?" After hearing what Toyokawa Shoko said, Shirakawa Haru was a little confused. "Are you talking about Yuki? She's my sister."

"Kiss?" Toyokawa Shoko raised her eyebrows, remembering the provocative and contemptuous look she gave her at that time.

"Dear." Baichuan Qing nodded.

"Oh." Toyokawa Shoko raised the piano stool and then moved her hips back, letting her legs dangle in the air. She swung her legs, staring out the window at the birds flying and the cat basking in the sun on the grass. "Qing, I have something to tell you."

"Xiangzi, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly. After all, we are friends. You haven't forgotten the goldfish scooping competition at the summer festival, right?"

"Of course I haven't forgotten." Toyokawa Shoko's words were full of anticipation. "I want to form a band. Can you help me? Like, be my band's manager or something?"

"Well... it's a bit inconvenient. After all, I've become Chihaya Aine's band's amateur manager now. She just formed the band, and the whole band is on the rise. I have to take good care of those girls, so I can't be your band's manager anymore. Otherwise, it would be irresponsible of them."

"There are only problem girls over there. To be honest, they are so troublesome." Shirakawa Haru waved his hand.

Toyokawa Shoko frowned. She remembered that Shirakawa Haru joined Chihaya Aine's band because of her. She felt a little depressed and jealous at the same time because he said he was responsible for the members of her band.

Now Lixi, Deng, and Sushi should all be in that guy's band... Not only did this guy snatch them away, but even Qing fell victim to her murderous hands, and she was willing to stay in her band and be responsible for it!

Toyokawa Shoko felt unhappy because Haru was taken away by Chihaya Aine and because he rejected her again.

The woman sat quietly in the corner of the room, her eyes empty and confused. When she thought that Haru belonged to Chihaya Aine's band in some ways and not to herself, her heart felt like it was about to break, as if she had been abandoned by the whole world.

Girls always like to have wild thoughts during high school. In the past, Shoko Toyokawa didn't believe this. She just thought that those girls must not have enough pressure on them, and she always sneered at those girls who became a little crazy in their emotions.

But she found that she seemed to be becoming that kind of girl.

She hated those girls who she thought were moaning for no reason.

She still has a large debt to pay off. While serving as the vice president of Hinomori High School, she is also a telephone customer service representative for a company.

She told herself not to think too much and not to guess what Duqing was thinking, but the worries in her mind could not be stopped.

Shoko Toyokawa heard from store manager Matsuo that it was because Haru watched her performance on the live stage that she truly understood her heart and hoped to give wings to her dream so that it could break free from the constraints of gravity and fly to the moon. In other words, the reason why Haru gave her the piano did not involve any exchange of interests, but because he liked her shining dream.

Like my dream...like...me?

Shoko Toyokawa thought of the words that Shirakawa Haru wrote on the note this morning: "I just want you to know that I will miss you and everything about you."

After taking the note off, there was actually another sentence on the back of the note.

“Stay by my side.”

Stay by my side and never leave me.

He wanted Qing to leave that Chihaya Aine, he wanted Qing to join his future band, he wanted Qing to be by his side.

Shoko Toyokawa thought of the scene she had seen when she was standing on the stool before, Haru, Takamatsu Touma, Goto Ichiri, and Chihaya Aine passing notes to each other.

He sat at the desk, writing and drawing on a piece of paper with a pen, his face full of smiles, and he showed more expressions than when he was with himself.

They were having so much fun passing notes around that she even watched them through the window for a long time, but they didn't notice her.

Qing never passed a note to her.

An idea that frightened her and made her subconsciously unwilling to accept suddenly popped up in her mind. The corners of the girl's eyes became moist silently, and she didn't know how to face this cruel reality.

So Toyokawa Shoko asked Shirakawa Haru again:

"Qing, you really can't join my band?"

"I'm sorry, Xiangzi. I need to be responsible for Chihaya Aine's band because this is what I agreed with her. This is an agreement, and an agreement must be followed. This is the rule I believe in."

"But I also need your help, and I want you to be responsible for me."

"Shoko..." Shirakawa Haru sighed and said, let's discuss this matter later. Now let's organize the Hinomori Academy Festival and give the chairman a perfect answer sheet.

"...Xiangzi, why aren't you talking?" Shirakawa Haru was a little confused. He noticed that Xiangzi seemed to have fallen silent just now, and didn't react at all to what he said. "Xiangzi?"

"Toyokawa Shoko?"

"Toyokawa-san?"

"Customer service Xiaoxiang?"

"Say something?" Shirakawa Haru stood up from the piano stool and took a few steps towards Toyokawa Shoko.

"Why are you so disgusted with joining my band?" Toyokawa Shoko suddenly turned around and pointed at Shirakawa Haru, "Do you hate me that much?"

In her hand, a flash of light appeared.

Alice's Candy House

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Chapter 6000 Qing, I Like You ()

"Haru, please join my band, I need you." Toyokawa Shoko's heart gradually became empty, so she used [Alice in Candy and Smoke].

Shirakawa Haru stood in front of her, bent over, his face full of worry and concern, but his eyes, contrary to his delicate expression, looked so confused and dull.