Chapter 241 Catching the Vixen
"Pay attention to the rhythm here, relaxed and brisk, yes, yes, yes, very good, very good."

Fujii Itsuki closed his eyes, feeling the music echoing in his mind.

"Hold on, hold on, pay attention, here--"

The music stopped abruptly.

Because both he and Yang Kui Chitose who was holding the trumpet in front of him could hear that the music changed at this turning point.

"Brother Shu, I'm sorry."

This was her fifteenth attempt.

There was only one week left before the representative competition. On the music classroom schedule, the bright red circle stood out.

Fujii Itsuki put down the baton in his hand, took out his cell phone and checked the time.

It was already 7:30 in the evening. The sky outside the window had already turned dark, and the lights on the street were only a few.

Seeing that Yang Kui Chitose kept her head down, Fujii Itsuki reached out and gently stroked her head, saying in a soft voice:

"It's okay. I don't blame you. This is the most difficult and important part of the piece. It's really difficult for you to play such an important part alone."

The action of patting the head is very light.

Chitose Yang Kui only felt a lot of warmth from the hand touching her head.

It was as if the loss from another failure was gradually melting away under this touch.

"Thank you, Brother Xie Shu, for being willing to train with Qiansui until now."

"Why don't I thank you for being willing to practice until now?"

Yang Kui Chitose looked up at him, and after noticing that he was smiling, she also lowered her little face and smiled as he touched her head.

"Brother Shu is still the best~"

Fujii Itsuki glanced out the window and said, "It's getting late, let's stop here for today. I'm afraid that practicing any further won't be very effective, so why not get a good night's sleep and continue tomorrow."

"Yeah!" She nodded vigorously.

Fujii Itsuki asked Yang Kui Chitose to go out first, and then locked the door of the music classroom. Then he went to the office, packed his briefcase, and prepared to leave the school.

Just before he was about to leave with his briefcase, he suddenly saw some notes on his desk.

He picked it up curiously and looked at it.

It turned out to be a message from the president of the wind band, Shoko Aoyama, and some old members.

Most of these notes contained words of gratitude such as "Thank you" and "Thank you Mr. Fujii".

Thanks to him and Teacher Muzi for rebuilding the wind orchestra, which gave them a place to pursue their dreams and gave them the opportunity to stand on a real big stage.

They also made a promise on the note, saying that they would definitely give their all in the competition a week later, and would definitely definitely continue to work hard towards the goal of the national competition.

Fujii Itsuki looked at these messages full of enthusiasm and gratitude and smiled inadvertently.

".Why is Brother Shu laughing for no apparent reason?"

After walking out of the office, Yang Kui Chitose stood at the door of the office with a shoulder bag in one hand, tilting her head to ask.

"Take a look." Fujii Itsuki handed her the note.

"Oh, these were written by Buchou and Natsumi, right?"

"It looks like Chitose knows their wishes."

"Of course!" Yang Kui Chitose nodded as a matter of course, her hair color being stained by the orange light extending from outside the school. "After all, we are all in the same club, and we always get together to train. Besides Kai Xinchun and Jiu Huayue, that training pervert, they are the ones who work the hardest and care the most for the club."

This time, Fujii Itsuki looked at her and couldn't help but touch her head again.

"Brother Shu?" Yang Kui Qiansui asked in confusion.

"Qi Sui, do you know what I am praising you for?"

Yang Kui Chitose thought about it, then shook her head, "I'm not sure."

"I just think it's no wonder that you're under so much pressure, Chitose. Not only do you not want to disappoint me, but you're also afraid that you'll fall behind during this period and leave regrets for the seniors in their high school career, right?"

"I, I'm not that great! Brother Shu, Qiansui is the most selfish!" Her face turned red and her tone was a little hurried.

Fujii Itsuki smiled and rubbed her head vigorously, "You've also learned to be humble."

Yang Kui Chitose was embarrassed by his actions and muttered in a low voice, "I'm not being modest, it's just..."

Fujii Itsuki looked at her slightly red cheeks and felt warm in his heart.

He knew that Chitose had been burdened with many negative emotions since childhood that ordinary people did not need to bear.

She has seen many bad sides of this world, including being abandoned, bullied, and unfairness. She has indeed seen it all.

Now Chitose has grown more and started to take care of the people around him.

Although he is still stubborn verbally, he still wants to take care of everyone in his heart. In this respect, he is better than Jiuhuayue.

Fujii Itsuki took her out of school and rushed home.

".Brother Shu."

"Ok?"

"When Brother Shu is practicing, will there be a situation like Chitose?"

"Want to hear the truth?"

"Of course." Yang Kui Chitose hesitated for a second.

"Of course there are, but I haven't dwelled on it for so long. I can quickly tell where my own practice went wrong or where I had deficiencies, and I can make adjustments."

Yang Kui Chitose looked up at his shoulder, "As expected, Brother Shu is a genius."

"Maybe it was because I was too bored when I was a kid and had nothing to do, so I always listened to the classical music collected by the dean."

"Then, then why didn't Brother Shu let Qiansui listen to it at the beginning! Maybe, maybe Qiansui can be more talented now!"

"The phonograph in the welfare home is broken. There's nothing I can do about it."

Fujii Itsuki accompanied Chitose Yang Kui out of the car and sent her to her doorstep.

"Brother Shu, would you like to stay for dinner today?"

"Today is not Friday."

"All right."

Fujii Itsuki stood outside the Yunohana Onsen and watched Chitose Haruki walk back home.

Before she went in, she stood on the steps and waved to Fujii Itsuki, saying "Bye, see you tomorrow~"

Fujii Juya smiled and waved to her.

Qiansui has been very well behaved these past two days.

In contrast, Xinchun and Xiaoyue’s quarrels have never stopped.

It's not that I hate or dislike them, it's just natural for them to do this.

It was just during times like this that Fujii Itsuki felt that he could get more spiritual comfort by being with Chitose.

When we got home, Jiuhuayue and Matsumae Xinchun had already cooked the meal.

But the two of them still didn't get along well. When Fujii Itsuki sat down to eat, he had to decide who would serve him the food.

After looking around, Fujii Itsuki had no choice but to bring a large bowl and pour the rice that the two of them had served together. This made the two of them quiet down a lot tonight.

After dinner, Fujii Itsuki offered to wash the dishes, then followed the normal sequence of writing lesson plans and arrangements for the wind orchestra, and then went to bed.

Because Jiuhuayue said she would come to see him last night, Fujii Itsuki deliberately left the door unlocked.

Late at night, she came as expected.

Jiuhuayue walked quietly. Fujii Itsuki closed his eyes and only knew that someone had entered his room and was leaning on the edge of his bed looking at him.

Fujii Itsuki chose to pretend to sleep.

"You fell asleep so soon? Didn't you promise to chat with me yesterday?"

Fujii Itsuki had his eyes closed, so he didn't know what was happening.

He tried to open his eyes a little, and found that Jiu Huayue did not push his shoulder to wake him up, but chose to turn around and leave unhappily.

How does this work?
If Jiu Huayue had forcibly woke him up, he could have still complained a few words, but he couldn't bear to see Jiu Huayue leaving so sadly.

"Ahem. Xiao-Xiaoyue."

He took the initiative to get up from the bed and called her to stop.

"What? You were awake!" Jiu Huayue turned around, and her puffed up little face seemed to be even angrier.

"Didn't you say yesterday that you would come over to talk to me? How could I sleep?"

"Then you were pretending to sleep just now!"

Jiu Huayue felt very angry. She calmed down, but the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She walked over and clenched her fists to hit him.

“Hate, hate, hate!”

"Okay, okay, I'll break your hand later."

"Just break it if you want. Who told you to be so mean?" Jiu Huayue pouted with resentment in her eyes.

Fujii Itsuki knew that she wanted to chat with him, so he invited her to sit on his bed and prepared a pillow for her to hug.

The girl hugged the pillow, lowered her head and hid half of her face, "Uncle, you passed."

"Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about so late at night?" "Tonight."

"Not tonight either."

"Ah?" The girl said in a very dissatisfied voice, "Why?"

"I am very tired today and I don't have the energy to serve you."

Jiu Huayue buried her red face deeper, hugged the pillow tightly and stared at him again, "What do you mean by serving me? Every time you lie on the bed motionless, and then you rely on me."

"Ok?"

"Humph," the girl turned her head away angrily, "I'm telling the truth."

"I say, Xiaoyue, how much do you like——"

"I just like O-Love! What's wrong!"

Fujii Itsuki: “.”

I have never seen a girl who blushes after saying a few words and then can directly say such words.

Thinking back to when we first met, she was the kind of person who wouldn't even wear nice clothes in front of me. She only wore men's clothes in front of me.

"Ahem, anyway, you came to see me because you felt that I didn't pay much attention to you these days, right?"

"Uncle, you already know it, so why did you ask me what I was doing just now?" Jiuhuayue muttered.

"It always pays to ask. Okay, now do you want me to hug you?"

"want"

"Being cute?"

"Want a hug"

Little girls are little girls.

Jiuhuayue is just a little girl who has not grown up at heart.

Fujii Itsuki thought this was adorable of her, so he reached out and held her in his arms.

It was nothing, he just put his head on her slender shoulders and patted her petite back, which made her feel comfortable.

The original complaints have become much less, leaving only the attachment to being in my arms.

".I had a bad dream last night."

"Did you dream that I abandoned you?"

"No, you died in a car accident! I cried for a long time in front of your grave. I was so sad."

"Then?"

"After that, I was crying and you crawled out from the grave. I didn't care if you were dirty or not, I just hugged you."

"It seems I'm still buried."

Jiu Huayue suddenly reached out and hit him on the back.

Fujii Itsuki glanced at the girl in his arms and asked, "Why did you hit me?"

".say something that ruins the atmosphere."

"Xiao Yue, if you ask me, you girls just like to think about these nonsense. There is no way such a thing will happen."

"But I am really sad, okay."

Fujii Itsuki pushed Jiuhuayue's shoulders away and found in the moonlight that her eyes were red.

"Really. Are you crying?"

".Who asked you to let go?"

"Okay, okay," Fujii Itsuki hugged him again hurriedly, "I won't let go, I won't let go."

Of course she thinks a lot, but isn't that also a cute thing about girls?

She shed tears because of something inexplicable or something that had never happened, and secretly came to me to cry and seek comfort.

If you say she is strong-willed, she is definitely strong-willed.

To say she is weak is indeed true.

Just a little girl
"today."

"I really can't do it today. I have classes tomorrow. Besides, aren't you afraid that Xinchun will suddenly stand at the door with a fox in her arms and watch us?"

"Okay. Tomorrow then."

"I have to teach Chitose practice tomorrow. Her part is very important. How about the day after tomorrow? I can accompany you after training."

"Well, it's a deal. You can't go back on your word this time."

"Of course I've never lied to you before."

"Don't let Xinchun come with us when the time comes!"

Jiuhuayue asked for another hug, then left Fujii Itsuki's bedroom, wiping her eyes with her hands.

Fujii Itsuki watched the girl leave, with only a smile on his face.

I didn’t expect Jiuhuayue to be a little crybaby, crying over such a small thing.

However, this also indirectly proves that she loves herself very much, right?

Fujii Itsuki spread out the pillow and lay back down.

He closed his eyes, and felt that it was a bit cold to sleep without anyone by his side.
Time soon came to Saturday.

The wind band did not have a rest on Saturday. They still started training at 7 am and ended at 2 pm.

Chitose Yang Kui went to the restroom halfway through the class, and suddenly a senior from the club named Shiina came over and handed her a piece of information.

"Here, take it. Mr. Fujii gave it to you."

"What is this?" Yang Kui Chitose took it and looked at it.

"I looked at your music score. Mr. Fujii said that you should continue practicing according to it when you go back. He has marked the places where you are prone to make mistakes."

Yang Kui Chitose was confused.

Strange, for something like this, couldn’t Brother Shu just guide me in person?

Why give me another copy of the information?

"Teacher Fujii said that you have been practicing until 7:30 every night recently, but the results are not very good and you are too tired. Today he told you to rest more."

"Take some more rest?"

In the past, she would never think too much about it and would just think that Brother Shu was concerned about her.

But after tracking Jiuhuayue for two days, Yang Kui Qiansui immediately felt something was wrong.

There is something fishy!

She wanted to ask more, but Shiina-senpai was called over by her best friend.

"Then Chitose, I'll give you the things, and I'll leave first."

"Ah."

Chitose Yangkui nodded.

She seemed to have thought of something and quickly ran back to the music classroom to take a look.

Xinchun is not there.

Jiuhuayue is not here.

Brother Tree is not here either.

She saw Hiiragi Rinka still wiping her cello, so she hurried over, pulled her into a corner and asked her secretly:
".Where is Brother Shu and Jiuhuayue?"

"Teacher Fujii and Xiaoyue went back home after training. Chitose, you went to the bathroom, so you didn't see them."

"What about Kokoro-chan?"

"Kokoharu-chan was the first one to go back without Fujii-sensei and Satsuki."

Something was wrong, completely wrong.

Why did Brother Shu suddenly give himself a holiday?

Training is obviously so important.

Don't worry, Brother Tree.

But Jiuhuayue is different!

The vixen might have used some method to ask Brother Shu out and kept it a secret from me.

Yang Kui Chitose felt that she couldn't just sit there and wait for death, so she quickly pulled Hiiragi Rinka and asked her quietly:

"Rinka, are you interested in joining us?"

"What?"

"Catch the rapist!"

Hiiragi Rinka looked at her, her hands holding the handkerchief were petrified in mid-air, her face full of surprise.

(End of this chapter)