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"So beautiful... I can't even see the stars from back home..."

Chuhua, having been rewarded with Xiangzi's admiration, felt immensely satisfied. She didn't know when, perhaps from the very beginning, a child's innate competitive spirit had made her subconsciously want to experience the beauty of the island with Xiangzi. Perhaps she also had a crush on Xiangzi, and wanted to show her something she held most dear.

"Xiangzi, what do you think of this place? Do you like it?" The children on the island asked this question with expectation.

"I like it! There are many interesting things here, such as rhinoceros beetles, fishing and stars, which are things you can't see in the city." The children in the city also counted excitedly.

Xiangzi suddenly had an idea. She wanted to repay Chuhua for being her guide today, so she decided to show her some things that were not on the island.

"Chuhua! Follow me."

The two of them sneaked back to the small villa where Xiangzi's family lived in the resort, and Xiangzi showed Chuhua a small machine.

Is this the machine Xiangzi wanted him to see? It doesn't look like a big deal, just an extra stick whose purpose is unknown.

Chu Hua expressed his doubts directly. Xiangzi smiled. His facial features, which had not yet fully developed, were already so bright when he smiled, though with a bit of childish naiveté.

"This is not what I want Chuhua to see. What I want to show Chuhua is this—"

Xiangzi took out a round disc and placed it on the small machine, which was actually a record player.

After Xiangzi pressed the button, the stick, which Chuhua didn't know what it was used for, automatically moved to the top of the record.

Then a melodious tune flowed out——

That was a sound Chuhua had never heard before.

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Chuhua developed a deeper curiosity about big cities.

Xiangzi only came to the island with her family for vacation in the summer, and she would be going back soon.

However, Xiangzi left her promise to Chuhua, telling her that she would come to the island to play again in the next summer. If there is a chance, she would also like to take Chuhua to Tokyo, and she would be Chuhua's guide at that time.

Besides this, Xiangzi also left something else, a seed that was quietly planted in Chuhua's heart.

The island is constantly in contact with the outside world and is not backward. Almost every household is equipped with a television or other similar equipment.

It’s just that life on the island is so rich and colorful. Why don’t children choose fun that is closer to their reality rather than the visible and intangible things on the screen?

The TV in Chuhua's house is basically used by grandpa to watch old historical dramas, and by dad to check the weather forecast at a fixed time every day.

And now it finally had another little listener. Chu Hua flipped through all the available channels, looking for programs related to the city.

Chuhua saw many things, the concrete and steel forests with tall buildings, the various shops, the torrent of cars traveling on the complex city routes... These were all shocking, but they were not what Chuhua wanted to see.

After Xiangzi left, Chuhua's mind kept echoing with the music of that night that came from that ordinary machine, which was completely different from the fishing songs that the fishermen loved to sing.

Some of them are peaceful, some are passionate, some are sad, and some are ecstatic... But no matter which one it is, when the music sounds, an inexplicable invisible force grabs Chuhua's heart, making it beat more violently, as if to burst out of his chest.

But until now, Chuhua had only regarded music as a daily pastime and a scenery along the way, until she saw...

An opera with a performative quality on a stage with elaborate and sophisticated scenery; a symphony orchestra where dozens of musicians, each performing their own duties, combine the sounds of various instruments into a single beam; and, in contrast to the symphony, a single musician, demonstrating the limits of his instrument with the highest and most exquisite skills...

There are also idols that are extremely interactive, and bands that also collaborate with multiple people but have more diverse styles.

It's not just a view, it's a real, new road, different from all the options on the island.

The young child didn't understand this yet, but it was enough for her to remember first.

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Sanjiao Chuhua looked outside the island.

Xiangzi kept her promise. In the summer, although not every summer, she would come to the island. They would go together to catch insects, take walks on the beach, and watch the stars.

Before they knew it, the two of them had grown taller and had more thoughts.

But there is a new activity this summer.

"Chuhua, look what this is!" Xiangzi took Chuhua to the villa again. This time, she took out something that Chuhua, who had secretly learned a lot from watching TV, could tell what it was.

“Is this a piano?”

"It's a bit similar, but different. This is a keyboard, or an electronic organ." The keyboard had already been set up in the room, and even a small stool was ready. Xiangzi sat on it, his fingers hovering over the keys, obviously ready to play. "I've been studying piano very hard at home this year."

Xiangzi began her performance.

The sound of music echoed again. Actually, Xiangzi's level might not be as good as the music on the record player at that time, but in Chuhua's ears, this was the first time she really watched someone play music with an instrument up close. She felt that Xiangzi's music was more pleasant to the ear.

"How do you feel, Chuhua?" Xiangzi asked his playmate confidently.

"It sounds good!" Chu Hua clapped her hands sincerely. She couldn't say anything professional, so she could only express her love in the most direct and ancient way. As she clapped, a small thought emerged in her mind.

That's great, I want to try it too...

Chuhua was still fantasizing about pressing the piano keys with his fingers as deftly as Xiangzi, when Xiangzi suddenly made a proposal.

"Chuhua, do you want to go to Tokyo?"

Xiangzi, who was sitting in front of the keyboard, turned his head to look at Chuhua. She was still wearing a gorgeous dress today. When she played in the woods with Chuhua every day, this dress always looked out of place.

But now, this dress gave Xiangzi a completely different temperament, and made Chuhua realize that the girl in front of him, who was the same age as himself, was a real young lady.

Xiangzi is different from herself. She belongs to the city, and the leisure and sea breeze of the island are not suitable for her.

What about yourself?

She belonged to the island, so was it possible for her to choose a different path? This was a path she had never considered until this girl, more beautiful than a doll, personally led her down this path, a path she had never truly seen on the island.

"I wanna go!"

Chuhua decided to go and see the whole new world.

Chapter 97: First Encounter in the Past

Chuhua came to Tokyo.

The plan to come to Tokyo went smoothly and was approved by my parents. With the guarantee of the Toyokawa family, there was no need to worry about safety.

Although Chuhua had seen many city scenes on TV and other places before, it was only when he actually came to Tokyo that he felt how overwhelming this steel behemoth was.

The air in Tokyo lacks the salty and humid air of the islands, there are no stars in the sky, and people on the streets are always in a hurry, not knowing what they are busy with.

But fortunately, with Xiangzi's company, Chuhua didn't have to face this scene alone, which was too stressful for a child who was still in elementary school and had never left the island before. Instead, he was quite happy.

In addition to eating, drinking and having fun, Xiangzi also took Chuhua to a live house to watch several live performances by student bands - at this time, the era of big girl bands had already begun to take shape.

To be honest, the levels of these student bands vary, and the strongest one is not that strong. However, under the dazzling spotlight, the audience's enthusiastic cheering atmosphere, and the music amplified by the speakers, only a sufficiently dynamic rhythm is enough to arouse people's emotions.

"I'm really envious..."

The live house was too noisy, but Chuhua felt that he heard Xiangzi next to him say something, but when he wanted to make out what was going on, there was no further text.

Even as a young lady, would Xiangzi envy the band of these students?

But for some reason, although the gap in status between Chuhua and Xiangzi was so huge, Chuhua felt that he seemed to be able to understand Xiangzi's thoughts.

Chu Hua looked at the dazzling stage. She used to think that she would do the various jobs that fishermen should do like other people on the island, but now, she had a new idea.

"Xiangzi, I want to ask you a favor."

……

Xiangzi helped Chuhua find a very good guitar teacher, provided her with many music theory books, and was even willing to buy her an electric guitar. Although Chuhua repeatedly said that she didn't need something too expensive, Xiangzi still prepared an electric guitar that made her feel suffocated.

Although these may be just easy things for Xiangzi, Chuhua is already full of gratitude for Xiangzi's help. In addition, she has a mysterious intuition about this decision. Chuhua studies very hard and begins to show her talent in this area.

Xiangzi was also happy for her friend's rapid progress. When she learned that Chuhua also wanted to learn composition, she would take out some time out from her schedule packed with various courses, and find time with her to rent a practice room in a live house. They would use it specifically to practice arranging music together. After each section they wrote, they would play this immature and clumsy work together, and then continue to improve it. In the end, they didn't even write a complete song, but they still enjoyed it.

"Maybe we can form a band together in the future, Chuhua!"

Xiangzi's smile was as beautiful as a flower, and it seemed as if moonlight was falling.

Chuhua remembered that smile.

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Chuhua was hesitating.

Although she had made the decision in her young and impulsive heart when she was in Tokyo, she became a little hesitant after returning to her hometown island and seeing her parents hugging her and asking her curiously about her feeling in Tokyo.

Going to Tokyo, honing my skills, and eventually forming a band with Xiangzi was just the future plan that a sixth-grade kid had in mind.

But the children on the island have been exposed to the work of adults since childhood. Even if they don’t really help, they have a vague concept of the so-called future and prospects.

The same was true for Chu Hua. Although she was a little impulsive, she was not completely overwhelmed. She began to struggle.

Going to Tokyo, could he survive in such a big city relying solely on his music? Chu Hua had not forgotten that in front of that concrete and steel beast with its jaws always open, it was Xiangzi's help that prevented him from actually bearing any pressure.

Although it seemed that if he and Xiangzi formed a band, he would be able to regain Fengchuan's protection...but Chuhua would never accept such a thing. If his own strength really could not produce any results, Chuhua would definitely leave the band immediately and refuse to accept any more sponsorship from Xiangzi. He would work on his own and repay all the help he had received before.

This is one of the reasons. The uncertainty of the future is the most practical problem.

But at the same time, this choice also meant leaving the island where he was born and raised. And if he returned to the island after that, he would either be successful and proudly return to his parents with fame and wealth...

After experiencing all the failures, they will flee back in shame with their tail between their legs.

Before the arrival of that distant future with an unknown outcome, Chuhua had not yet told his parents about his "treasonous" decision.

Chu Hua finally chose to let the matter go for the time being. With a smile on his face, he told his family about the interesting things that happened in Tokyo. He did not mention his "change of heart" at all. He only recalled the knowledge he had learned in private, practicing fingering techniques with his hands in the air.

It still requires an opportunity.

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A year has passed and it is midsummer again.

Chuhua is about to enter the first grade of junior high school. During this year, Chuhua has entered a period of growth. He has grown a lot taller and his mind has become more delicate and complicated.

But she still hasn't figured out this crucial decision for the future.

Chuhua wanted to wait until she saw Xiangzi again to ask her in person whether it was feasible for her to make a living in Tokyo through music. Her parents were not familiar with big cities and did not understand music, so they could not give Chuhua any good advice in this regard.

Therefore, Chuhua wanted to understand this musical path more clearly, including its advantages and disadvantages in detail, before discussing it with his parents.

But Xiangzi didn't come this year.

However, the island's resort has become famous, and some other tourists have come to the island to enjoy the scenery. The islanders have even cleared a beach for tourists to play.

One weekend, Chu Hua, who was on summer vacation, wrote down some composition exercises in his notebook and planned to go to the beach to relax.

She came to this tourist beach. The reason why this place was chosen as a place for foreign tourists to visit is naturally because it has a good experience in terms of sand quality, terrain, wave watching, etc.

But there were indeed too many people here, and most of them were strangers. Chu Hua looked around and decided to find a place to sit behind a reef in the corner of the beach.

But when Hua went around the stone, she found that there was already someone there.

She was a rather thin girl, and even at the beach, she wasn't wearing a swimsuit, but a thin sun-protective jacket and a pair of waterproof knee-length shorts.

She sat in the shallow water behind the reef, the constantly rising and falling small streams of water flowing over her feet on the sand, flooding her ankles and then falling back, leaving strings of foam on her fair skin.

Hearing the noise, the girl turned around. The dazzling summer sunlight made Chu Hua unable to see the girl's eyes clearly. He could only notice her light-colored lips without any curve.

A girl who likes to walk alone and has no expression.

Chu Hua quietly made an evaluation of this unexpected guy in his heart.

It felt a bit awkward to just turn around and leave now, so Chu Hua tried to wave in a friendly manner to the child who didn't seem to want to interact with others.

"Hello...? My name is Sanjiao Chuhua."

The girl did not respond, and remained sitting on the ground, turning her head to look at Chu Hua.

This awkward scene lasted for several seconds. Just when Chu Hua was thinking about turning around and leaving, the girl spoke.

If we only talk about the sound, Chu Hua feels that it can undoubtedly be classified as very pleasant to listen to, with a slightly crisp feeling, just like the chilly dewdrops on a cool morning.

But there was no fluctuation in her voice when she spoke, as if she had no emotion at all. The dewdrops were about to condense into ice cubes, with sharp edges that could prick people.

"Hello."

Qingchuan Xiang responded.

Chapter 98: Statement of Facts

During the hot summer vacation, although the sea can provide some coolness for people when the temperature is high, it can only play a role in cooling off the heat.

But when Hua heard the girl's cold voice, he couldn't help but shudder.

After returning the greeting, the girl looked Chu Hua up and down without any concealment, but then she did not react any further. She moved her gaze back to the front, looking aimlessly at the boundless sea that rose and fell regularly.

Maybe I should leave.

But Chu Hua took a step closer to the girl and asked her, who seemed to have fully expressed the meaning of "keep away from strangers", "What are you doing here?"

"Look at the sea." The voice still lacked any inclination, simply stating the facts. Chu Hua didn't even know if she was repulsed by his approach.