About the fact that I unintentionally raised my sister to be a cripple

"One cup of matcha strawberry, four cups of hot cocoa, thank you."

"." The clerk was a little sluggish.

"What's wrong?" Tianhai Jiuliuli asked.

"Ah? Hug, I'm sorry, I'm very sorry. I was distracted just now," the young boy behind the console was very shy, blushing and bowing his head to apologize again and again, "Can the guest please tell me his needs again?"

"One cup of matcha strawberry, four cups of hot cocoa."

The clerk touched the screen of the console a little stiffly, and kept blushing and lowering his head in front of Tianhai Jiuliuli, "Confirm, one cup of matcha strawberry, four cups of hot cocoa, right?"

"Yes."

"Tomorrow is Christmas, and all drinks in our store are currently on sale at 30% off, so the total is 2,450 yen."

Tianhai Jiuliuli took out a ten thousand yen note from the satchel on his waist and handed it to the clerk with his slender hand.

The clerk took it with both hands, gave the change, and bowed his head to express his apology in the polite manner of the service industry:

"Okay, please wait here for a moment."

Tianhai Jiuliuli waited in the store for about ten minutes. During this period, while the clerk was preparing milk tea, she kept carefully observing her movements out of the corner of her eye, and she saw it.

"Guest, your milk tea has been waiting for a long time."

"Thanks."

Tianhai Jiuliuli took it politely, passed by a new customer who had just entered the store with some snowflakes on his down jacket, and left the milk tea shop.

The young clerk watched her leave at the counter. It wasn't until the long, smooth flaxen hair completely disappeared in the crowd that he withdrew his gaze with a hint of loneliness.

".What do you think? This is the last time, right?"

He murmured, and couldn't help but look at the place where the figure disappeared, but all he could see were passers-by walking outside the store.

There are Christmas trees all over the streets, red decorations everywhere, discount billboards marked with eye-catching fonts, passers-by wearing red hats, and the Christmas song "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells".

In the face of the upcoming Christmas, these elements have already fallen in the snow and filled the entire commercial street.

"It will snow tomorrow too, right? White Christmas!"

"Well, I should be able to do that."

"Then, we agreed, you want to take me out to play."

"Where do you want to go?"

"Amusement park! Go see the ice sculptures! Go ride the Ferris wheel! Go ride the carousel!"

"Really, why are you still like a child, playing this every year?"

"Humph, aren't you too? Are you cold or not? Do you want me to hold you?"

"Yes, yes!"

"whee."

The conversation between the lovers at the intersection before the intersection made Tianhai Jiuliuli, who was waiting at the traffic light, look up at the snow and feel a trace of longing for it.

It’s been almost a week since we formed the band to practice their instruments, right? It's been two days since the final exam. I wonder if he can take the initiative to invite me out tomorrow?

Although they are clearly in a relationship, he seems to rarely invite her to go out with them.

Of course I know that he has been busy learning guitar recently and laying a good foundation for bass. I am also very happy to learn rock-related knowledge with him.

But what I wanted most was to be alone with him, to listen to him say nice things to me, to hold his arms and lean on his shoulders.

If you suddenly want to kiss, it's not impossible to say a few words in your ear.

I'll probably agree to it myself.

Tianhai Jiuliuli crossed the intersection and walked on the street, blushing, thinking about these things in his mind, but his heart felt empty for some reason.

She felt that her brother didn't like her as much as he did when he first confessed to her.

"Why?"

Probably because he has not completely forgiven himself yet - Tianhai Jiuliuli thought about it and could only blame himself for the mistake.

But she was not entirely convinced by this answer, because judging from the interaction between him and her during this period, he did not have any sense of distance from her because of past events. Will pull myself into my arms for a hug.

Tianhai Jiuliuli liked that feeling very much.

Compared to Qi Mingyue's state of never being able to get close, I don't know how much better I am, right?

Well, one shouldn’t feel negative and decadent!

Although he still has an absolute advantage against Qi Mingyue, in front of his twin sister, a twin sister whose face is exactly the same as his own, he still has to take the initiative and let his brother understand who is the one who wants to rely on and like him the most. !

Tianhai Jiuliuli encouraged herself in her heart, carrying the milk tea she bought, crossed the street and entered an office building.

*

On the sixth floor, there is a warehouse-like room.

Putting aside the soundproof walls decorated in black style, apart from a bunch of messy wires and a bunch of brackets that don't know what to put, there are only a series of musical instruments left.

Tianhai Qimingyue sat expressionlessly in front of the bass drum, snare drum, four-sided tom, hi-hat, and ride cymbal, which are a large number of instruments that make up the drum set, and used simple 8 beats to get familiar with this instrument.

She is very focused and serious, and she is meticulous about learning this instrument.

Raku Sakakibara is holding the guitar and is helping Suzu Sakakibara, who is also holding the guitar, correct how to play the F major chord so that it runs smoothly.

Tianhai Zhixue sat quietly by the floor-to-ceiling window, eating bread and staring blankly into the distance where the world seemed to not exist.

The door to the room opened.

Sakakihara Raku saw Amami Kuruuri coming in from the door.

He smiled at her, put down his guitar, walked over and said a few words of care, took the milk tea she bought from her hand, and then distributed it to everyone one by one.

"Put it aside." Tianhai Qimingyue seemed to be still familiar with the drum set.

"Oh, thank you." Although Sakakibara Suzu was very happy to drink milk tea, because it was bought by Amami Kuruuri, she was a little confused whether she should say thank you to her.

"." Tianhai Zhixue said nothing.

A band with no chemistry at all!

After practicing for so long, Sakakibara, who is well aware of the interpersonal relationships in the band, can be said to be desolate.

"How is my brother's guitar practice going?" Tianhai Jiuliuli asked.

Sakakibara leaned on his elbows and recalled with his eyes upward: "It's not bad, at least I've regained my previous level. I don't even remember how many years I haven't played."

"Six years," the short-haired Sakakihara Suzu, who was sitting on a small stool, squeezed milk tea in her hands and interrupted, "I remember, I picked up that guitar from the garbage dump. It was very old. I studied by myself for a period of time, and then I stopped playing the guitar after I broke it.”

"I played pretty well back then." Suzu Sakakihara took a sip of milk tea and quickly added.

"Brother, why didn't you continue before?"

Raku Sakakihara explained helplessly: "The guitar was expensive, and I couldn't afford to buy it at that time. My life was much better since I was in junior high school, but I forgot about it because I kept studying and preparing for the entrance examination at Meitoku Junior High School."

Although Tianhai Jiuliuli understood what he said, he still found it difficult to empathize with his experience of "having no money."

*

In general, everyone in RUNTO today has a musical foundation.

Needless to say, Tianhai Jiuliuli and Tianhai Qimingyue.

The eldest lady in the purdah never knew the music theory she had learned for many years since she was a child.

Jiuliuli is also a genius in classical piano, capable of holding independent concerts.

At their level, they only need to transfer years of music theory to different instruments, and the rest is just practice.

Don’t know if we should say that they are musical geniuses?

After seeing the two of them playing a rhythm or a song in a decent manner after just a few days of exposure to complicated instruments such as electronic keyboards and drums, Sakakihara's heart almost dropped.

No wonder they are called geniuses, they are really geniuses who can learn everything quickly.

If he hadn't had the foundation before and the music theory knowledge he learned when learning piano, he wouldn't be able to catch up with them in a rocket.

Although Ah Ling is a lazy person, she is not slow at learning, she is just lazy.

"Ahem, now that we've drank the milk tea, let's try to play in an ensemble and find out how we feel."

"Ask a question!" Sakakihara Suzu raised her hand.

Sakakihara looked over and said with a smile: "What a question! Please tell me."

Sakakihara Suzu lay on the backrest of the chair and kept squeezing the empty milk tea can, "What song are we going to play together? Little Star? I'm not very good at guitar yet."

"NONONO, how can it be as simple as playing a little star ensemble? I have already decided on the practice song, Green Day's classic song "Wake Me up When September Ends"."

"This one." Suzu Sakakihara remembered that her brother had played and sang in front of her before. "Do you have the music score?"

"Yes, I printed it out yesterday." Raku Sakakihara took a stack of paper from his backpack and distributed it to everyone in the music room. "To be honest, it's really difficult to find the sheet music for each instrument."

Tianhai Qimingyue took over the drum set she was responsible for, holding her beautiful chin and looking at it carefully.

"Everyone, let's get familiar with it now. After noon, we will try to sing a piece together. Ah Ling, you should also learn to sing."

"Let me sing this?" Suzu Sakakihara looked at the guitar sheet in her hand, "Is that okay? I haven't learned a few chords yet."

"I know you're not good at playing guitar yet, so just sing the vocal part first and ignore the guitar in your hand."

"oh."

"Can you sing a lyrical song in English?" Sakakihara asked again.

"Look down on me!"

"Okay, as long as you are confident, let's get familiar with each other. We will officially start in the afternoon. Zhixue?"

Tianhai Zhixue raised her head blankly.

"Is it okay? Let's try to play together in the afternoon." Raku Sakakihara asked.

Tianhai Zhixue nodded lightly.

"Okay, let's get started."

*

Although this Green Day song is indeed very suitable for novice bands to use.

However, a few people were only familiar with the instrument enough to be able to use it. Under various difficulties, the time had already reached five o'clock in the afternoon.

I also ordered takeout for lunch and ate a packed lunch.

After practicing like this for a day, Jiuliuli, Zhixue, and Aling didn’t have any major problems with their electronic keyboards, lead guitars, and vocals.

The main problem lies in Nanami Nanami's drum set and Sakakihara Raku's bass.

The two of them are not too familiar with the instrument yet.

"The beat changes quickly and the speed requirements are high. I'll try again."

Qi Mingyue is saying that the main difficulty in playing drums in this song lies in the speed of the beat.

In fact, after practicing two or three times, she already knew clearly where her shortcomings were. These times were just her getting familiar with how to use the drum set more smoothly.

Raku Sakakihara's bass is designed to keep the rhythm when playing, highlight each beat in the song, and add different timbres to the song. He knows it too.

Music is like this. You know where you are going wrong, but you still have trouble controlling what went wrong.

"Practice some more."

When Raku Sakakihara suggested this, Nanami Nanami didn't say anything at all. He just picked up two drumsticks and continued to find the rhythm.

Her slender hands held the drumsticks, moving from ride cymbal to ride cymbal, and then quickly back to ride cymbal, while her legs under her skirt also tapped the pedals rhythmically. Wearing headphones, her hands danced lightly like butterflies in the night, and her unwavering expression made every beat of hers clearly identifiable.

At first glance, it really looks like that.

Sakakihara Raku often observed her, and sometimes he couldn't help but tap his legs to join in a rhythm she repeated many times.

Self-practice, ensemble, self-practice, try ensemble over and over again.

In this case, the time came to eight o'clock in the evening.

It was already dark.

A few people haven't finished their meal yet and are still improving the parts they are responsible for.

However, it has indeed reached a level where we can play together.

Everyone is more or less tired. It should be said that the fatigue is written on their faces.

In order to cheer up everyone's spirits, Sakakibara, who was holding a bass guitar, stood up enthusiastically, clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to look at him:

"Okay! No matter how you practice today, try to play the whole piece together. Don't interrupt if you make any mistakes. Just play the whole piece together. Ah Ling!"

"oh!"

"Kuriuri?" Sakakihara looked at the girl behind the electronic keyboard who was wearing Audio-Technica monitoring headphones.

"Can."

"Qi Mingyue?"

Tianhai Qimingyue, who had her headphones hanging around her neck, nodded slightly.

"Where's Zhixue?"

Tianhai Zhixue, who was wearing an electric guitar, responded by scanning a row of notes with an expression on her face. The sound of the electric guitar is quite harsh.

"OK, then everything is ready, right?"

Although this band has only been established for a short time, although this band does not seem to be what it is.

But, it’s still the first step, right?

Raku Sakakihara took a breath of cold air, picked up the bass in his hand, and looked at the brightly lit Tokyo night sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window. After a few seconds of silence, he nodded to everyone, indicating that the ensemble could officially begin.

*

shit.

Apart from shit, Sakakibara no longer knows how to describe today’s results.

In the warm-colored self-service barbecue restaurant, Raku Sakakibara took a sip from a bottle of juice.

"Alright, alright," Suzu Sakakihara patted her older brother's slightly decadent back, "Judging from how well we can get together, isn't this band making progress?"

"A-Ling, are you here to make fun of me?"

"How could I? I'm just trying to comfort you, okay?"

Sakakibara Suzu said, glancing at Amami Kuriuri who ran to get the barbecue ingredients, and deliberately moved closer to Sakakibara Raku, bumping her body against him twice, "We have only been playing for less than a week, and we can't sing a song together." Songs aren’t a normal thing?”

"That's what I say, but we are not complete novices, so we need to learn Qi Mingyue's drum set from scratch."

"I didn't learn the guitar from scratch!" Sakakibara Suzu said, and took the initiative to pour another glass of juice for Sakakibara Raku.

"It's not like you can't do it if you just sing." Sakakihara glanced at her sister pouring juice for herself strangely.

"What's wrong? Look at me like this."

What's wrong?

If the juice is replaced by beer, and the identity is replaced by a boss and a social worker, such an action will not feel inconsistent at all, okay?

"Be courteous for nothing."

"What does it mean to be courteous for nothing? You are my brother. Can't I pour you some juice?"

"There's nothing wrong with pouring juice. But you pour it." Raku Sakakibara picked up the cup and used the chandelier of the barbecue restaurant to see through the liquid inside. "Is it poisoned?"

Sakakibara Suzu was angry, "Humph, you are stereotyping! You are poisoning? It's so outrageous. I want to poison you and knock you out countless times."

"Then what's this?" Sakakibara brought the juice in front of her.

"This is my condolences to you after a hard day."

"A Ling, you have changed."

"I don't have any!"

"You've really changed."

"No means no."

Sakakihara Raku couldn't guess why Suzu was so diligent in pouring juice for him, but she actually learned to serve her brother, which was unprecedented.

"Is there anything to eat yet?" Tianhai Zhixue, who was sitting opposite, asked, her hand already placed on her belly.

Sakakibara said: "Right away, they will be back with the things right away."

"Brother, why don't you let Zhixue get things by herself? It's her first time in the cafeteria."

Indeed, this is Tianhai Zhixue’s first time at the buffet restaurant.

When she knew that everything in the restaurant could be taken and eaten at will, her eyes lit up.

As for why she wasn't allowed to get it herself.

Sakakibara was afraid that she would grab a certain kind of food and pluck it hard. She was already full before the group started eating.

Tianhai Jiuliuli and Tianhai Qimingyue returned to their seats with the ingredients.

Sakakihara Raku and Sakakihara Suzu sat aside.

The snow of Tianhai separates the two sisters of Tianhai in the middle.

The three Tianhais sitting across from each other had no communication, and Yaque was silent.

"Brother, let me grill you some meat." Sakakihara Suzu became enthusiastic. She picked up the pieces of meat and threw them on the iron plate.

"A Ling."

"What's wrong?"

"I think it's quite weird. You're not you anymore."

"What! You don't appreciate the kindness to you." Sakakihara Suzu clenched her fist in front of him.

"I'd rather bake it for you."

"It's okay, I'll do it."

Tianhai Qimingyue: "It's not that my brother doesn't let my sister Jiang help her bake it, it's just that you don't bake it well."

".Excessive!"

"Ling's cooking is indeed not delicious." Tianhai Zhixue ate the small cake Jiuliuli brought for herself.

"Ah," Sakakihara Suzu wanted to scratch her head at the words, "Why do you even say that to Lian Zhiyuki?"

"Because it's true."

Sakakibara remembers that Suzu tried to make a tomato scrambled egg meal for Zhiyuki. She said that she wanted to try to learn cooking again, and asked Zhiyuki to help as a test subject.

The result is that it tastes even weirder than the food Jiuliuli cooked at the beginning.

"Okay, okay, I know you have good intentions, so I'll take care of the barbecue."

"Hehe, brother is still nice to me!"

After a while, the meat was roasted, and Sakakibara put a piece of it directly into the bowl.

She was quite happy, so happy that no one knew why she was so proud.

"I always feel that the meat you grill is a level better than others."

"Really? Then eat more, pay more attention when practicing, and don't keep dropping the beat."

".That's not because Qi Mingyue's drums haven't been beaten properly."

Tianhai Qimingyue raised her eyes: "I followed my own rhythm and made no mistakes."

"That's right, but that means you didn't cooperate well!" Suzu Sakakibara imitated Qi Mingyue's arms, crossed her arms, and looked provocatively.

Tianhai Qimingyue's hostility towards sister-chan is no longer surprising. "It sounds like you just cooperate with me, sister-chan."

Seeing the two of them starting to fight again for no apparent reason, Sakakibara stopped him directly:

"Okay, let's have a barbecue and stop arguing."

"Brother, this is baked." Tianhai Jiuli gave Sakakibara Raku a piece of his favorite pork ribs.

"Ah? Well, thank you Liuli."

When Tiankai Jiureli intervened so suddenly, Sakakihara Suzu and Tiankai Nanimeige, who were still tit for tat, instantly shifted their focus.

"Sister really knows how to choose the right time to add meat."

"That's right." Sakakihara Suzu nodded repeatedly.

Tianhai Jiuliuli smiled and said, "It just happened that the ribs were roasted."

After saying that, he put another chopstick into Sakakihara Raku's bowl.

"."

"."

Both of their eyes were on Jiuliuli's movements.

Even Sakakibara Raku fell silent.

They were obviously just two pieces of meat, so why did I feel like they were about to fight?

Tianhai Jiuliuli said casually while picking up the meat, "Don't look at me like that. My brother will help you grill the meat, and I will help him grill it."

Sakakihara Suzu curled her lips: "Tch, attentive."

Tianhai Qimingyue said calmly: "A small favor."

Sakakihara Raku: "."

Liuli, are you putting me on the fire to roast me?

His feet under the table were stepped on twice.

What kind of flight are you doing? Didn’t you say you were tired from practicing and came out to have a meal?

"Yuki." Raku Sakakihara looked at Koyuki, the quietest person directly opposite.

"Um?"

"Do you have anything you want to eat? I'll bake it for you."

"that."

"Beef tongue, right?" Raku Sakakihara immediately put two pieces of beef tongue on the iron rack. After roasting, he immediately put them into her bowl, without giving a few people a chance to grab them.

"What does stinky Lele mean?"

Although this question was asked by Sakakibara Suzu, it also represents the look in the eyes of the two Amami sisters.

"Ah, it's not interesting." Raku Sakakihara smiled and pretended to be stupid, "You just don't think it's good to have a meal in peace?"

"."

Needless to say, the remaining tricks really worked and everyone stopped bickering.

Seeing that there was no longer any conflict, Raku Sakakihara became enthusiastic and took the initiative to assume the role of barbecue minister, livening up the atmosphere.

"Come on, come on, you can eat it yourself. You don't need to pick it up for me. You can eat it yourself if you want."

In fact, the atmosphere was much better without the quarrels.

The smoke of fireworks in the barbecue shop became stronger and stronger as time went by.

Raku Sakakihara took the initiative to start the conversation with today's practice, and everyone began to express their thoughts.

"There is no doubt that today's ensemble failed." Tianhai Qimingyue put down her chopsticks and said.

"I'm so full. What do you think I should do?" Suzu Sakakibara touched her belly, complaining that she couldn't eat, and stuffing meat into her mouth.

"practise."

"Tch, I thought you had any great ideas!"

Tianhai Jiuliuli also put down his chopsticks and said, "Actually, we formed a band without knowing anything about rock. We have no sense of direction other than knowing how to practice the music."

Raku Sakakibara understood what he said, saying that he was a layman in short.

“We don’t know where the band is going to perform, we don’t know what short-term goals we want to accomplish, and we don’t know how to effectively work together.”

Sakakihara Suzu seemed to understand, "You mean, we are all outsiders? We need to find an insider to help guide us?"

Tianhai Jiuliuli nodded.

Sakakihara Suzu continued to ask: "Do you know anyone who plays rock music and bands?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"The people I know are all in the classical music circle," Tianhai Jiuliuli said, holding her chin and thinking for a while, "They are either violinists or orchestral musicians. They should know each other in pop music, but we have no reason to ask each other to come to us for a long time. The problem."

"Wouldn't it be better to pay for it?"

Sakakibara hit his sister on the head with a knife: "Have you forgotten what we said? Don't use the power of the Amami family."

"It's not like this," Suzu Sakakihara said aggrievedly, "it's just about collecting money to hire a consultant!"

"How much money do you have left after renting a music room and buying musical instruments? Do you know how much your guitar costs? How much does my bass cost? How much does a Jiuli electronic keyboard cost? There is also a pair of monitoring equipment, speakers, and cables , microphone and so on, not to mention Qi Mingyue’s drum set.”

"I know it's an astronomical figure, but isn't Qi Mingyue in charge of the company? Let her make some money and use it."

Sakakihara hit her on the head with a knife again: "We have agreed that our band will be self-reliant in addition to some initial capital? And we are not a company, not a bank, so there is no reason to take it casually."

"You're still relying on your own efforts. It's only been a few days, and you're going to be so poor that you have no money!"

"Then why don't you use your salary to help everyone?"

"What? I don't want it, I'll save it for my future wedding."

Tianhai Qimingyue suddenly interjected: "At present, our level still needs to be improved by consultants. We can't even sing a song well. Even calling a consultant is just embarrassing. However, we can indeed put the consultant's affairs on the target in advance." .How much money does our band have left now?”

"If each person contributes about 150,000 yen, there will be more than 100,000 yen left."

There is no doubt that as long as they borrow money from the Tianhai family, this team's funds will probably be so strong that no team in the country can match them.

But what's the point?

Is this a band?

Everyone knows that without pressure, there will be a lack of motivation.

If they don't put some restrictions on themselves, how can they allow the band to officially enter the Budokan with their lifelong ability to eat and drink?

So everyone decided not to borrow help from the Tianhai family.

Although with the pocket money of Tianhai Jiuliuli and Tianhai Qimingyue, it is impossible for everyone to be short of pocket money.

"How can we hire people if there are so few? Why don't you Qi Mingyue invest some more in our place?"

Tianhai Qimingyue hummed softly: "What was promised is fairness and justice? Five people are equal? ​​I will invest five hundred thousand, can you add another five hundred thousand?"

"If this doesn't work, half of my savings will be lost," Sakakihara Suzu muttered, "I still want to get married."

Nothing came out of the discussion around team funding, but everyone decided on the same idea.

That's the thing - the band really needs a consultant.

"You really don't know anyone?"

"No."

Everyone said no.

"Where's Yuki? Ah, forget it." Sakakihara Raku was just about to ask Yuki, who plays rock and roll, if she knew her peers, when he suddenly remembered her identity as a squatter at home.

How is this possible!

"Wait a minute!" Sakakihara Suzu stood up suddenly. She remembered something, "I seem to know someone!"

"who?"

"senior!"