Depressive screenwriter.

Chapter 100: Reversal and Bad Premonition
The next plot is that Miyazono Kaoru tries every means to hope that Arima Kousei will overcome his psychological barriers and become her piano accompanist.

But until the day of the second round of preliminary selections, Kousei Arima hid on the school rooftop and did not go to the scene.

Because he knew he would definitely screw up.

He absolutely couldn't go and ruin the competition.

Miyazono Kaoru rushed back to school on her bike and found the lonely boy looking at the sky on Tiantai Mountain.

[Don't you still have me? I know you can't hear, can't play the piano, I know everything. But I still chose you. As you said, maybe you can't play satisfactory music now, but there are still people who are willing to listen to your performance.]

[I will do my best, for those who listen to me and remember me. To stay in their hearts forever. This is why I play, so please, accompany me. ]

Miyazono Kaoru lowered her head and asked Arima Kousei with tears in her eyes.

Xie Lu, who only glanced at it, didn't understand the real meaning of Gong Yuanxun's words just now.

I don't understand why she had to have Arima Kousei just to be an accompaniment, and even cried.

However, in this spring landscape composition, there are only two people on the school rooftop, Kousei Arima with a moved expression, and the girl who is crying and begging him in front of him.

That feeling of youthfulness that came over him, this scene, touched Xie Lu's heart.

At this moment, the protagonist, Kousei Arima, subconsciously agreed to her request.
Following her, we went to the competition venue.

In the contestant's backstage room, he was so nervous that he was incoherent.

The competition piece was a song he had played countless times under his mother's whipping a few years ago, and he could recite the score with his eyes closed.

But he hasn't played the piano for several years.

But even so, he chose to follow the girl's footsteps.

[Innocent and whimsical, she is like a roller coaster, playing me around in circles. She herself is a journey that leads to nowhere.]

As Arima Kousei was led by the hand by Miyazono Kaoru towards the competition stage, his inner monologue stopped and his lips spoke what he was thinking.

【You are, freedom. 】

【no】

Miyazono Kaoru grabbed Arima Kousei's hand, stopped walking, turned around and smiled.

[No, music is free! ]

In Arima Kousei's pupils, the gray world became more colorful.

The two of them stood together in the center of the concert hall, watched by thousands of people.

Xie Lu's heart was pounding with nervousness at this moment.

Because the sense of immersion was so strong, she thought she was the one on the stage. She already felt the pressure and didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

The judges of the competition did not pay much attention to the protagonist, violinist Kaori Miyazono.

But everyone recognized the accompanist, Kousei Arima, at first glance.

"So, is it famous?" Xie Lu became even more nervous.

Audience members with social phobia and strong empathy have already had their big toes biting the soles of their shoes.

Just put in the role of the protagonist.

A talented young pianist who is well-known in the music industry.

He disappeared for several years, leaving behind only a bunch of urban legends about his childhood competitions.

In reality, he hadn't practiced the piano for several years, and he had auditory and visual hallucinations whenever he touched the piano, but he was in a situation where all the judges recognized him.

The judges also adjusted their mindset and prepared to listen carefully to the comeback performance of this talented young man after several years.

Plus the thousands of spectators watching
If the performance is messed up, it will be a complete social disaster.

The plot is developing in exactly the same direction as Xie Lu fears the most.

Kaoru Miyazono began to play the violin, and his piano accompaniment also began.

In the first minute, the two of them were fine, but then
Kousei Arima was under a lot of mental pressure.

The target recalled the memory of being beaten with a stick while practicing the piano as a child, and scenes from his mother's death emerged before his eyes.

His accompaniment was completely messed up. He couldn't hear his own playing, nor could he hear the sound of Miyazono Kaoru's violin.

The piano keys were floating above my eyes and the entire scene in the venue was distorted.

He could only play the competition song mechanically, relying on his muscle memory from a few years ago.

But this is an ensemble piece, and he can't hear Miyazono Kaoru's piano, so how can he cooperate with her?

Xie Lu didn't even dare to breathe.

Because the male lead has too many psychological monologues in this drama, viewers like her feel too deeply involved in the drama.

I was already feeling a little nauseous by this time.

When I thought about myself making such a joke on stage, I wanted to die.

"No way, Mr. Su Yan, you won't let the hero become a clown like this, right?"

The fall of a genius?

Miyazono Kaoru also lost her rhythm because of Kousei Arima's accompaniment.

Kousei Arima even stopped playing in the middle of the performance due to too much mental pressure.

Only Miyazono Kaoru was left playing the violin alone.

But Miyazono Kaoru also stopped.

I can’t pull it down!

Xie Lu was extremely nervous at this moment.

She couldn't guess what was going to happen next.

I was a little afraid that Miyazono Kaoru would get angry and hit Arima Kousei on the head with the violin.

The live audience and judges in the TV show were all criticizing Arima Kousei's poor accompaniment and felt sorry for Miyazono Kaoru's violin.

【Try again.】

Miyazono Kaoru turned her head and said to Arima Kousei with a smile.

What Gong Yuan Xun said was beyond Xie Lu's imagination.

Again?

Can the game be played again?
Both of them stopped in the middle of the performance, and some even chose to start over from the beginning. Regardless of how the subsequent performance went, they would definitely get a zero score in the competition.

But the memories that his mother left for Kousei Arima were not all about the devilish training and terrifying teachings before death.

There were times when I was gentle with him. At a certain moment when I was playing again, when Arima Kousei thought of those things, he could not hear his own performance, nor could he hear the sound of Miyazono Kaoru's piano.

But he recreated the scene when his mother taught him this song on the spot.

The piano no longer accompanies the violin, but instead the violin follows the rhythm of the piano.

Start here.

A piano and violin ensemble scene appeared, shocking the Xia audience.

The plot, pictures and music complement each other, making this ensemble piece very infectious.

Xie Lu's eyes were wide open and his ears were equally focused.

During the ten-minute performance, which lasted two times, she was not distracted for even a second.

A combination of drama and music.

From the poor accompaniment at the beginning to the performance where the two people's music competed with each other and fought for the protagonist position in the competition.

Xie Lu felt very happy listening to this, and a feeling of complete satisfaction rose in his heart.

[I can hear your voice.] Kousei Arima looked at Kaoru Miyazono beside him.

【You are right here.】

The music ended, and so did Arima Kousei's inner monologue.

In the TV series, a group of judges ruthlessly gave the two people zero points because they were improvising and there was a pause in the middle of the performance.

But the audience cheered.

Xie Lu finally let go of the breath he had been holding.

What is this?
Only then did Xie Lu react, feeling his eyes welling with tears and his heart filled with emotion.

"The person performing on stage isn't me! It's Kousei Arima in the play! Why am I so nervous?"

Xie Lu noticed his arms, his hair stood on end and he got goose bumps.

Both the plot and the music shocked her.

At the end of the second episode, amid the cheers of the audience.

The violin in Miyazono Kaoru's hand fell, and she fell to the ground and fainted in front of the stunned expression of Arima Kousei behind her.

The ending theme song sounded at an inopportune time.

The joy and shock of the audience in front of the TV were instantly overwhelmed by anger.

?

Xie Lu looked confused.

This turning point?
What do you mean?
Su Yan, you old thief, are you sick?

Can you get dizzy from playing the violin?

Don’t force me to curse you online when I’m at the most touching moment of watching a drama!
In fact, the second episode ended less than ten minutes into its run.

In April, the comment section of the drama on Raccoon.com was completely occupied by new posts from angry fans.

"Go to hell, old thief."

"Why did Miyazono Kaoru faint? Explain it to me clearly?"

"I was so excited watching this drama that I was about to recommend it to all my friends and family. What's wrong with you?"

"You're not going to start a fight, are you?"

"It's the first time I've watched a youth romance drama that was so thrilling. By the way, that Kaoru Miyazono probably just fainted from low blood sugar after the performance, right?"

"Su Yan is a really good pianist. But there's something wrong with his writing direction. Why did he have to do this kind of plot at the end of the second episode?"

"I can accept that the judges gave Kaoru Miyazono zero points in the competition. But I can't accept that Kaoru Miyazono fainted for no apparent reason! You old thief, explain it to me in the third episode!"

"Let's ignore the scene where Miyazono Kaori fainted at the end. The plot before the second episode was really amazing! It's been a long time since I was so deeply involved in a drama."

"The music is amazing! Even an amateur like me can feel my emotions going up and down while listening to it. Is this really composed by old thief Su Yan?"

"My mind is in a mess, but I only have one thought right now. If this drama about old thief Su Yan makes me depressed again, I'm going to go fight him in person."

"Although I want to support you, if you go fight him, you will most likely be beaten to a pulp. Rurouni Kenshin, those moves of Kenshin have been circulating on the Internet. They were performed by the old thief Su Yan without any special effects or auxiliary equipment. How many moves do you think you can withstand?"

"I don't care. If the old thief Su Yan dares to attack Gong Yuan Xun, I will make him know how cruel I am!"

"Cruel? Did he say that he would stop following his works from the next drama? And then he broke his promise later on?"

That night, the hot topic on Sakura.net was the drama "The Simplest Love".

Raccoon.com gave rave reviews to "Your Lie in April".

But the B-rated drama "Scarlet Love" aired on the same night was almost ignored, as if it had been abandoned by the audience.

This is the worst.

noon the next day.

The ratings data for a number of TV series and movies that aired on Sunday night were released.

The second episode of "The Simplest Love" had a viewership rating of 4.31%, continuing to rank second in the quarter.

The second episode of "Your Lie in April!" had a viewership rating of 3.89%.

Compared to the first episode, the ratings increased by 0.2.

It surpassed "Word Spirit" and ranked fifth in the quarter in ratings in its second week of broadcast.

As for "Scarlet Love", the second episode had a viewership rating of only 2.41%.

While most TV shows see an increase in ratings in the second episode, this one saw a decline instead, dropping to 19th place in the quarter.

After the results came out, many people in the television industry were silent.

Qingkong TV, second week of broadcasting, ratings 3.89%?

What kind of result is this?

What are you going to do, Su Yan?
If it were someone else, this result would be okay.

But Su Yan is now well-known in the industry for his late-stage efforts.

The post-production results of the three previous works all soared like crazy, like the engines of an airplane.

Will the ratings trend in April be even more impressive than his previous work, To the Moon?

(End of this chapter)