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Especially when it comes to sports, she really can't imagine Baiyin losing to others.

"It's a relay race," Shinomiya Kaguya explained. "The president was the last runner, but by the time he got the baton, the other team's ace athlete had already run more than halfway. Even though the president was much faster than the other team, there was really no way to turn the tide."

Maid Hayasaka Ai's expression returned to calm.

"I see. That's fine then. This can only be considered a loss for the entire team, but Baiyin himself didn't lose."

A classic teamfight lost, but I won. But that's true, you never know what stupid things your teammates might do.

"Hayasaka, are you protecting the president?" Shinomiya Kaguya looked a little surprised.

The maid, Hayasaka Ai, simply waved her hand. "How is that possible? I only hate and despise Shirogane right now. I haven't even had time to slander him, so how could I possibly defend him? What I just said was merely an objective fact."

"Let's just take it as it is."

Shinomiya Kaguya came to sit next to the maid Hayasaka Ai. Since there was no competition for her to participate in later, it would be better to just rest here.

"Hayasaka, isn't Aunt Nao here?"

Hayasaka Nao is Kaguya Shinomiya's wet nurse, so the two have a close relationship. She is considered to be the elder that Kaguya Shinomiya respects and loves the most.

"No, she said she's been busy lately and can't come over. But it's actually okay. Saying she can't come in advance is better than breaking the promise today. After all, there's no disappointment if you don't expect... Well, I'm a little disappointed, but it's not a big deal."

Hayasaka Ai is a mother-con, and Shinomiya Kaguya knows this, so she didn't say anything and just stayed by her side silently.

About half an hour later, Kaguya Shinomiya looked up at the sky, which was gradually covered with dark clouds and turned dark.

"Ah, it feels like it's going to rain soon, even though the sky was clear just now."

"This is the weather this season, Miss Kaguya, let's go somewhere where we can shelter from the rain."

"Let's go to the indoor gymnasium. The closing ceremony of the sports festival will be held there even if it rains. I heard from the president that he will also be performing a show on stage. I absolutely cannot miss it!"

The two of them quickly completed the venue transfer.

Xiuzhiyuan is wealthy, and its indoor gymnasium was built according to high standards from the beginning. It can accommodate a large number of people. Even if the number of current students and people from the society is multiplied several times, there will not be any feeling of crowding.

Watching several staff members fiddling with some huge speakers that were taller than people to set up surround sound, the maid Hayasaka Ai suddenly felt a very bad sense of déjà vu.

"Shirogane, he's not going to sing, is he...?"

"Greek milk~ I've never heard the president sing before, but since you and Fujiwara-san both said his singing was terrible, I'm sure the president knows how to sing and won't embarrass himself in front of the entire school and so many people outside the school."

"...I hope so."

Maid Hayasaka Ai consoled herself by saying, "It's normal to set up the sound system for the closing ceremony. There's hosting, drama, band performances, etc. It doesn't necessarily have to be Shirogane singing."

She looked around and saw that not only high school students and parents had come, but even junior high school students had come to join in the fun.

No matter how crazy Baiyin is, he wouldn't use the voice that sounds like sea cucumber intestines to strengthen everyone here, right?

He probably just performs some eye-catching acrobatics and magic tricks.

At this time, it started to rain outside.

It was just a drizzle at first, but then it gradually got heavier. Now even if you go out with an umbrella, you will get wet. This indoor gymnasium seems to have become an isolated island trapped in the heavy rain.

Just as everyone was waiting for the closing ceremony to begin, the lights in the stadium suddenly dimmed.

A spotlight shone on the center of the newly set up stage. Zi Anyan, wearing a little dress, walked slowly onto the stage with a microphone in her hand, exuding a radiant feeling.

As a member of the sports festival executive committee, he was directly selected to be the host because of his good image and temperament.

It was also Zi'an Yan's first time doing this kind of thing, but she seemed quite excited.

"Dear teachers, students, and parents, welcome to the closing ceremony of the Shuchiin Academy Sports Festival..."

The girl's voice was clear and pleasant, and her sweet smile was just the right amount, making the usual polite words seem sincere.

"First, let's give a round of applause to our student council president, Shirogane, for his special performance of 'Rain - The Garden of Words', played on piano and sung."

!!!

Maid Hayasaka Ai's face turned pale instantly. There was no time for reaction. He just went all out right away?!

And not only singing, but also playing the piano while singing.

The voice of sea cucumber viscera is already unrivaled, and now with the piano as its weapon, who in the world can survive when the song ends?

Seeing Shirogane wearing his school uniform as a cape and holding a microphone as he walked onto the stage step by step, the maid Hayasaka Ai, who was triggered by PTSD, grabbed Shinomiya Kaguya's hand directly.

"Quack! It's the Demonic Sound Monster——Miss Kaguya, retreat quickly!!!"

Not only did she react like this, but Fujiwara Chika beside her was also extremely panicked.

A massive, concert-quality sound system filled the indoor gymnasium with 360 degrees of intensity. Was the president planning to exterminate all the students and parents of Xiuzhiyuan, turning it into a living hell?

"Kaguya-chan, don't stand here any longer. Run!"

This puzzled Kaguya Shinomiya. "Fujiwara-san, didn't you say the president's singing of the school song was already good enough? Why is he still so flustered?"

"The school song is the school song. I haven't taught Shirogane any other songs! Even this unknown thing scares me—let's run, while there's still time!"

"I agree 100%."

The two girls whose sound paths had been damaged by Silver exchanged glances and nodded in tacit understanding.

"It's too late to evacuate the crowd. We must preserve the last spark of Shuchiin."

“Retreat quickly!!”

However, at this critical moment of escape, Kaguya Shinomiya reached out and held back the two deserters who were trying to escape.

The grip was so strong that the two men couldn't break free.

"Let go, Kaguya-chan, come with us!"

"Miss Kaguya, now is the most precious time for escape, we can't afford to waste it!"

"...Ah." Shinomiya Kaguya sighed softly, "I'm telling you guys, can't you just have a little trust in the president?"

Knowing Shinomiya Kaguya's temper, the maid Hayasaka Ai has resigned herself to her fate and given up resistance. Only Fujiwara Chika is still making her final struggle.

"I can trust you in other areas, but not in singing, let alone singing and playing the guitar—"

"I don't agree with your point of view. Since the president is confident that he can go on stage, he must have made full preparations. Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that something like what you said could happen. If that were the case..."

Shinomiya Kaguya smiled and said, "Let's all die together."

"Eh eh eh——"

As the girl let out a desperate cry, Shirogane had already placed the microphone stand on the piano, tested the sound briefly, and found it was fine, then he played the first key of the piano.

It's over, it's all over, it's too late.

This was the thought that appeared in the minds of maids Hayasaka Ai and Fujiwara Chika at the same time, and they quickly covered their ears.

Covering your ears doesn't completely silence the sound; some melodies still penetrate the barriers clearly and reach your eardrums.

"This……"

The two of them put their hands down in sync because it was no longer necessary.

What lingered in the indoor stadium was not the ghostly howling of wolves as imagined, but a very soft and ethereal prelude, which blended in with the sound of rain outside, as if it was supposed to be in such harmony.

After this prelude that seemed to cleanse one's restless soul, Baiyin on the stage spoke...

Chapter 103 Hayasaka Ai's tears can't stop (4k reward)

"Like an ice sculpture, unable to form words, always submissive and tactful, the heat and intensity in my heart gradually accumulated, turning into a tight hug on a rainy night, holding you in my arms..."

Baiyin's voice was soft and magnetic, like a breeze carrying drizzle, slowly brushing past everyone's ears.

"It's not your fault, it's all my fault. I can't suppress the throbbing in my heart?"

Listening to the trembling of his singing voice with the ending note, Hayasaka Ai's fingers curled up unconsciously.

She looked at the figure on the stage. It was still the familiar and annoying look, but now it seemed to be shrouded in a hazy halo and became dazzling.

It was as if an invisible arrow pierced his heart, shattering his inherent perception of him.

The young man lowered his eyes, his eyelashes casting tiny shadows under his eyes, and the light outlined a gentle arc on his profile, overlapping and separating with the figure in his memory.

Rainy night...does it mean the rainy night on the day of the fireworks display?

She could feel that he was watching her, waiting for her response.

Just like the lyrics say, he doesn't care even if it's pouring rain, or even if he's completely soaked.

He was about to disappear in the heavy rain after splashing water, so he had to hold on to himself tightly now.

This is already a confession. What kind of campus romance drama is this? He actually uses this method on purpose. He must be an idiot.

And the person he confessed to wasn't me, who liked him, but me, who hated him. How stupid... Did he really think that a song alone could change my attitude?

It's not a romance comic or a music anime.

The above are all the thoughts of the maid Hayasaka Ai at this moment. Shinomiya Kaguya beside her also felt that Shirogane was looking at her and singing this song to her.

Sing to yourself... confess!

As for Fujiwara Chika... she didn't think about anything, just closed her eyes and immersed herself in the music.

"I clearly know you so well, yet I'm still arguing with you like we first met, telling you not to leave, not to leave~"

Shirogane had no idea what the girls were thinking, he just kept singing seriously.

Even the original purposeful things have been temporarily forgotten. In this state of being the center of attention, I express my feelings through singing.

"Don't leave me, don't leave me, I'm telling you..."

When the last note fell, there was a brief silence in the stadium, followed by deafening applause.

The corners of Shinomiya Kaguya's lips unconsciously rose, her eyes filled with relief and pride, and she murmured softly: "See, I told you that the president won't let you down, what do you think?"

What's more crucial is that he is vaguely confessing his feelings to her. The repeated mention of rain has already hinted at it very clearly, referring to the incident when he caught a cold in the rain and what happened when the president came to visit him.

At that time, he didn't care that he was wet, and he directly gave me his clothes to shelter me from the rain. Later, when he visited me, he slept in the same bed and hugged me tightly...

And the way he looked at her... there was no doubt that his eyes were full of love, under the eyes of so many people, really.

No, if I continue thinking about it, it might be bad if I lose my balance. The girl shook her head, temporarily expelling the love thought from her mind and concentrating on the music.

Although Baiyin's singing skills are not particularly exquisite, the delicate emotions contained in his singing, with the help of the weather, the ambient sound of dripping rain, and the 360-degree surround professional concert equipment, seemed to really bring all the audience into a quiet, distant, and slightly sad rain scene.

"It's amazing. It feels like the refreshing after rain. It's not a heavy feeling of sadness and regret, but it touches the audience in an indescribable way. It's like telling a story about a lonely longing before love. The melody is light and not heavy, and the singing is not dragged out at all."

Fujiwara Chika widened her eyes, her face full of disbelief, but she had witnessed the transformation of the Shirogane school song before, so it was not too exaggerated. She just had tears in her eyes and gave a relatively professional evaluation.

Unlike many students nearby who just kept saying simple exclamations like "Wow, it sounds good" and "It's so good".

And the maid Hayasaka Ai...

I burst into tears halfway through the song, and even now that Baiyin has finished singing, I can't stop crying.

"It's a heavenly sound, it's really a heavenly sound..."

The girl couldn't help herself and couldn't control her tears. "This is simply the best song I have ever heard."

"Eh?"

Now it was Kaguya Shinomiya's turn to be a little confused. "Although the President's singing just now was not bad, and it was an original song, it can be considered an excellent song, but it is still far from being the best, right?"

In this song alone, she heard three or four minor flaws and mistakes in the singing, but they were masked by the rich emotions and the extraordinary atmosphere brought about by the resonance between heaven and earth.

"Ms. Kaguya, you won't understand, you won't understand." The maid Hayasaka Ai wiped her tears with the handkerchief handed to her by Shinomiya Kaguya.

"When you've been through endless hell and experienced unimaginable pain, when you return to the human world, even an ordinary little white flower will seem to be the most beautiful thing in the world. Baiyin can actually sing like a normal person. I really, really..."

"Alright, alright, Hayasaka, please stop crying, everyone is watching."

When a small chaos broke out there, Baiyin also stood up to express his gratitude.

Then, a short poem written in beautiful cursive calligraphy appeared on the huge screen.

"There's faint thunder, and a gloomy sky, but I hope the wind and rain will come, so I can keep you here. There's faint thunder, and a gloomy sky, but even if there's no rain, I'll stay here."

The junior high school students in the front row were the first to recover from their shock. Several girls huddled together excitedly. Among them was Fujiwara Moe, who was holding Kei. Her face flushed as she screamed, "Shirogane-senpai is so handsome!!"

"Senior Baiyin's calligraphy is so beautiful—"

"Senior Shirogane sang so well!! We love you!!"

They took out their cell phones and took photos and videos frantically, wanting to record every moment. The chatter of discussion quickly spread among the crowd.