Tokyo Soft Rice King

I also think that talent is just an experience acceleration card, and only proficiency can indicate a person's level.

But in fact, talents are still "restriction removers". The higher the level of talent, the more likely it is to grant "temporary bonuses".

This is what is commonly known as 'extraordinary performance', 'a flash of inspiration', or 'sudden enlightenment'.

It's like being blessed by the gods, cast under a spell, or awakened...

That is the ultimate flow state.

Murasaki Shion's first performance exceeded everyone's imagination, including Kuroba Akira and herself.

When the song ended, thunderous applause broke out from the audience.

The legend of the singer thus begins.

Chapter 246: The Wind Blows Away the Clouds, Part 18

Six p.m.

Logically, the band's performance should have ended, but the audience's response was too enthusiastic, and the overwhelming calls for encores forced Miao, the student union president, to come forward and say that she would sing a few more songs, but just wanted to give the band some more time to prepare.

Hei Yuming did not go backstage to see Ziyin, but sat in the outermost circle, looking at the stage and the lively atmosphere like a concert in his mind.

"Mingjun, don't you want to go see Ziyin?"

Asato Hitomi hugged her knees and sat next to Kuroba Akira.

"...We can pick her up after everything is over. For now, let her focus more on the stage."

The cooperation between Ziyin and Weilai produced a chemical reaction where one plus one was far greater than two.

The guitar solo and Ziyin's a cappella performance just now were the killer performances that completely ignited the atmosphere of the scene, reminding Hei Yuming of the legendary live performances of Queen.

There are people around who are already recording the video, and it will probably be uploaded to the Internet later. I'm afraid that a few years after Ziyin becomes famous, this original live performance will be dug out and given a legendary color by everyone.

Kuroba Akira finally became a witness as he wished, which was what he had told Asato Hitomi before that he wanted to do.

This is the first page of the legend called "Purple Palace Ziyin", the starting point of the dream, the beginning of everything.

This is only the first time, and there will be countless times in the future until she reaches the top and compiles her story into human history.

From ordinary to extraordinary, just like a butterfly metamorphosing into a butterfly, even Hei Yuming was fascinated by it.

But besides the excitement, there is still a little bit of sighing and loneliness in the corner of my heart.

It was the feeling of being 'out of place' that I felt at the beginning of the time travel. I thought it was almost gone now after more than half a year of time travel, but it turned out to have only been suppressed temporarily and is now beginning to resurface.

Perhaps it was because Ziyin was too close to him, so when she really wanted to leave him, Hei Yuming felt a sense of loneliness similar to "sending children to college".

And then beyond that, maybe there’s a bit of envy and jealousy of the talent itself?

It's like watching others achieve success in a certain field, focusing on one thing and reaching the pinnacle, while looking back at yourself and not having achieved anything, you feel a little ashamed.

However, this feeling is the mildest. After all, Hei Yuming has the plug-in in his hand. If he really wants to do it, he can actually do it, but in the end he is not very interested.

It’s a bit like people who like watching game videos and watching others play games, but don’t like playing games themselves.

Hei Yuming’s greatest interest is to read other people’s stories.

Speaking of the story, this time in addition to witnessing Shion's future, Hei Yuming also got a glimpse of the class monitor's past.

Earlier in the library, the class monitor said to Ziyin those words to provoke her, which surprised Hei Yuming who was hearing it nearby. This was also the reason why he stayed out of it at the time. In fact, his head was overloaded with information, which caused him to fail to keep up with the changes in the situation in time.

Class monitor...she is actually Grandma Kobayashi's granddaughter?

It just so happened that the class monitor was right next to him, and it was still the waiting time for the encore, so Hei Yuming couldn't help but bring up this topic.

"I say, squad leader, you already know my 'true identity' a long time ago, right?"

"'Akira-kun's' true identity is 'Ming-kun'."

The squad leader was certainly not pretending to be confused when he said this. The first part about "Ming Jun" was said in Japanese, while the second part about "Ming Jun" was said in very standard Mandarin. The meaning is self-evident.

The squad leader really knew it.

Seeing Hei Yuming's sudden realization, Anri Hitomi added.

"But I didn't know about this from the beginning. It was only after I mentioned to Grandma that you, Mingjun, and I became friends that she told me about this. She also specifically warned me not to tell anyone about you. So, Mingjun, don't worry. Now, only I know about this."

“I haven’t worried about that…”

Hei Yuming believed in Grandma Kobayashi unconditionally, so he never thought that Grandma Kobayashi would sell him out. What he was more confused about was the most basic thing.

"Although I guessed that you, squad leader, might have some relationship with ba... Granny Kobayashi, I never thought that you, squad leader, were the legendary 'granddaughter'..."

"Yes, Mingjun, when did you notice it?"

"I noticed it when Grandma Xiaolin invited you in to sit down. Grandma isn't the hospitable type, so the fact that she invited you in suggests you're very special, so you and she are very likely related."

Having said that, Hei Yuming scratched his head and said.

"But I didn't expect that you, squad leader, really are the granddaughter she mentioned. After all, your last name is Anri..."

In Neon, women have to change their surnames to their husbands after marriage, so if the squad leader is the granddaughter of Grandma Kobayashi, then her surname should also be Kobayashi.

But in fact, it is not the case. Maybe her father let his daughter keep his wife's surname, or... marry into the wife's family.

"Well, it's normal for you to be confused, Mingjun, because my father married into the Anri family."

"That's true..."

But marrying into the family...

Grandpa Kobayashi, as a time traveler, is so awesome, does he actually need to let his son marry into his family?

Is this a political marriage?

Or is there any other reason?

"It is said that Dad was adamantly against marrying into the family at first and didn't want to change his surname, but Grandpa was very adamant. I heard that Dad and Grandpa had a big fight over this matter, and Grandpa even kicked Dad out of the house because he disagreed."

Hei Yuming used to wonder why Grandma Kobayashi's son never went home to visit his old mother. Later, he asked Grandma Kobayashi, and she said that it was because the father and son had severed their relationship.

But now that Mr. Kobayashi has passed away, why doesn’t he go home to visit?

Now I understand after listening to it. It seems that Grandpa Xiaolin never agreed to let his son return to his hometown until his death, so he has never come back until now.

This father and son...are really stubborn.

However, the relationship between father and son is inherently contradictory and complicated. A lot of things happened between Hei Yuming and his father in his previous life, so he can understand it very well.

"Later, after meeting Mom, Dad agreed to marry her, but he still didn't agree to marry into the family, so Grandpa kicked Dad out of the house and didn't allow him to use his own surname. So Dad only has his first name now, but of course he still uses Anri to the outside world... And there was no way he could give me the surname Kobayashi, so my last name is Anri now."

"I see...that's what happened."

It would be fine if he was just deprived of his surname, but what Grandpa Kobayashi did was really ruthless.

Hei Yuming could still understand the class monitor's father's feelings. If he had received a traditional panda-style education, he would really not be able to accept the idea of ​​changing his surname. We don't have that custom.

It may be okay for children, they can take either parent’s surname, but I definitely don’t want to change my surname.

No...it seems that we can't say it so absolutely.

After thinking about it carefully, Hei Yuming found that he had actually completely accepted the surname "Hei Yu".

And he has become accustomed to hearing people call him "Ming" instead of "Yu Ming".

Perhaps only when the old woman calls him "Bai Zi" and Xiao Hong calls him "Senior Bai" will he remember that his surname was "Bai".

Especially now that I know that I am myself in both worlds, I feel that the different surnames are just a matter of worlds and there is nothing to insist on.

Maybe Grandpa Xiaolin's surname wasn't Xiaolin before he traveled through time, most likely his surname was "Lin", so he thought it was okay to let his son marry into the family?

It's just a change of surname. Xiaolin wasn't his original surname anyway...but his son couldn't accept it and felt humiliated.

Maybe this is the difference between a generation of time travelers and their descendants?

However, although the father and son have severed their relationship, the relationship between grandfather and grandson is still very good. The class monitor said that she often went to her grandparents' house to play when she was a child.

This is probably also the reason why Grandma Kobayashi was able to lend the gymnastics uniform worn by her granddaughter, the class monitor, to Ziyin.

In other words, the class monitor had Ziyin's current bust size when she was in junior high school... There is indeed a certain difference.

Before, he could only watch, but since he had already used Ziyin and the class monitor Leilei, he could compare them in all aspects.

In general, the monitor's feels better, after all, the size is there, and it is easier to knead, but Hei Yuming prefers Ziyin's small Ziyin, which has a better shape and color, and is easier to pinch.

So based on Hei Yuming's personal experience, if it comes to face-off, the class monitor wins, and if it comes to points, Ziyin wins.

Asato Hitomi noticed Kuroba Akira's gaze, and smiled as she loosened her grip on her knees, allowing Kuroba Akira to admire the full shape of her breasts.

"But I thought you, Mingjun, had noticed it earlier."

Of course, the squad leader was not referring to her breasts, but the fact that she was Grandma Kobayashi's granddaughter. Hei Yuming did not get confused and asked back.

"Isn't this early enough?"

"Actually, if you were more attentive, you should have noticed it at the very beginning, right?"

"Oh? At the beginning..."

Hei Yuming was confused at first, then he immediately thought of something and shook his head and laughed.

"Ah...could it be 'that thing'...haha...this is really 'the darkest part of the lamp'."

Hei Yuming thought of something, which was also something the old woman borrowed from her granddaughter.

Japanese textbooks.

I see……

Is this the real reason why the squad leader noticed me?

She didn't notice herself because she often went to the library. She knew from the beginning that the reason she went to the library to read books was to learn languages.

"Yes, it's the 'primary school Chinese textbook' that grandma lent you. It's actually the textbook I used before. If you open the cover and take a look, you should be able to see my name."

Anri Hitomi still remembers how she felt when she first met Kuroba Akira, which was surprise and curiosity.

The day before, grandma suddenly called and asked if she still had the elementary school Chinese textbook. After she said she did, she asked Ruiqing to run errands and bring it to her.

Then the next day I saw an unknown boy in my class at school, studying hard with the textbooks he had used as a child. It was a really amazing feeling.

At first she thought she had seen it wrong, but after repeated observation, she was sure that the textbook that Hei Yuming was holding was her own.

After looking through the class roster and finding out his name, you would definitely be curious about his identity, right?

And why did my textbook end up in his hands?

After that, Anri Hitomi contacted her grandmother and learned about Kuroba Akira bit by bit.

"Come to think of it, I should thank you, Mingjun."

"Thank me for what? I should be thanking you... I never thought I needed your help in learning the language."

This time, I really can never repay the squad leader’s kindness in my lifetime.

"After Grandpa passed away, Grandma was actually depressed for a long time... But since you came, she has become much more energetic and often talks to me about you."

"Is that so... But squad leader, you and Granny Kobayashi didn't seem that close before? You even seemed a little hesitant to recognize her? That wasn't just an act for me, was it?"

There is an implicit meaning behind Hei Yuming's words.

Why keep it secret until now?

Why didn't you tell me from the beginning that you were Grandma Kobayashi's granddaughter?

If the monitor had said it at the beginning, many things might have turned out differently...

Anri Hitomi hugged her legs again and talked about the complicated situation in her family.

"Well...actually, not long ago, my family forbade me from going to my grandma's house to play."

"Huh? Why is that? Wasn't it only your father who was kicked out of the house? You shouldn't be affected, right?"

"Because I'm from the Anri family, and my grandmother's family is the Kobayashi family. The relationship between the two families... is a bit complicated now."

"Wait, Anri... Xiaolin, could it be that the historical event of the Anlin Uprising was a joint effort by your two families?"

"Well, it was my grandmother, An Lili, and my grandfather, Xiao Lin De Wan, who jointly initiated the incident. However, the textbooks don't mention the origin of the name An Lin or the mastermind behind it, so it's normal that you only think of it now, Mingjun."

As expected, the two families have had a friendship since their grandfather's generation, so they married to take the relationship to the next level.

"But if we're already relatives, why are we becoming more distant now?"

"The reasons behind this are somewhat complicated, and can be categorized into two main aspects... Let me start with the more personal reason, which is that my mother and my grandmother had a very bad relationship."