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After seeing her sailor uniform disappear from her sight, Fujii Itsuki leaned back in her ergonomic chair and looked up at the ceiling.
He didn't know whether it was good or bad.
What choice will Xinchun make after she understands her own thoughts?
She is so smart that it is impossible for her not to understand the story implied in the script.
Classes continue in the afternoon.
After class, I went home and had dinner with Xiao Jiuhua. She supervised me while I was doing the laundry. I wanted to be lazy and have a cigarette, but she stopped me with a frown.
It's late at night.
Matsumae Shinharu sent a message.
[Teacher, I have finished reading the script.]
Fujii Itsuki stopped working on the lesson plan and picked up his phone, "Xingchun, do you have any ideas?"
[I roughly understand what the teacher wants, but the teacher seems to have missed some plot points, that is, the ending. How do the brother and sister resolve an irreconcilable conflict.]
“There is no ending.”
[No?]
"Yes, there is no solution, but it does mean there is no solution. That's why I answered you that way at noon. As for why I didn't write it, I wanted to leave it to the stage for you two to improvise. After the Twilight Princess and the Dawn Prince have gone through all kinds of things, resolved their misunderstandings and understood each other, it is their own choice. At this point, even as the creator, I cannot interfere too much."
[That is, the teacher did not write the ending.]
Fujii Itsuki stared at the screen of his mobile phone and typed a long string of explanations, hoping that Xinchun would understand his thoughts.
But after typing more than a hundred words, I deleted them all.
He felt that this explanation was inappropriate and redundant.
Less than two seconds after deleting the message, Xinchun sent me a message.
[I understand. Thank you for replying to me at this late hour. It is late at night. You should go to bed as soon as possible. Good night.]
"OK, good night."
After sending the message, Fujii Itsuki put down the phone as if he had lost his mind.
He picked up his pen and continued his work as a teacher.
I understand
He thought of Xinchun's reply just now, and while sighing inwardly, he still sincerely hoped that Xinchun really understood.
Chapter 219 Jiuhuayue's Initiative
Time came to three days later, when it was time for casting for the stage play.
Fujii Itsuki originally wanted to use the gymnasium as the stage, but there were too many people applying to use it recently, so he had no choice but to arrange the casting in the classroom.
Standing in front of the blackboard, he picked up the chalk and wrote the name of the event on the blackboard. Suddenly, his mind flashed back to the days when Matsumae Shinchun and he had hardly spoken to each other.
After this child realized what he had done, did he suffer from the pain of making an inner choice during this period?
Although she was reluctant to face this situation, she still slowly wrote the words "Casting Conference" on the blackboard.
But compared to before, the chalk strokes began to become much heavier.
The students came back from the toilet one after another. Fujii Itsuki stood on the podium and began his speech facing everyone:
"Don't be nervous, just practice as you normally would. Even if you feel like your acting isn't good, don't worry too much, everyone's level is about the same. It's not your fault that you didn't perform well, it's normal to be nervous."
After briefly calming everyone down, Fujii Itsuki picked up the roster and began to call out the female students who were to be selected for roles one by one. He retreated to the back of the class and observed.
"Akai-sensei!"
"Good afternoon, everyone~"
Hearing the students' voices, Fujii Shu looked up and saw Akai Muzi walking into the classroom with a smile. She went straight to him.
".Why are you here?" Fujii Itsuki asked in a low voice.
"I came to see your class's casting meeting, it seems quite interesting." Akai Muzi responded with a smile.
Fujii Itsuki nodded and said nothing more.
The curtains were drawn and the lights on top of the podium were turned to the brightest setting.
Due to time constraints, Fujii Itsuki directly arranged for the two to go on stage to act opposite each other.
This act is a rivalry between the two characters, the princess and the great astrologer.
Jiuhuayue and Shigaraki walked onto the stage. Fujii Itsuki could see that Shigaraki was a little nervous and his expression was stiff.
"Ashu, Ashu, let me see the script for this section." Akai Muzi said in a low voice.
Fujii Itsuki casually handed her the script.
Akai Muzi read the script carefully.
Scenes:
At dusk, the deep forest was gloomy, the sky was covered by thick dark clouds, thunder rumbled, and occasionally a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the twisting and winding ancient trees.
In the dense forest, the shadows of the trees are so thick that it seems as if countless pairs of eyes are watching in secret.
The Twilight Princess was wearing a purple cloak and a long veil, and her face looked solemn and tired.
Raindrops dripped from the leaves, splashing tiny drops of water, and the muddy ground made her steps heavier. The surroundings were so quiet that even the wind seemed to hold its breath, with only the sparse sound of rain and the faint sound of light joy, which was so eerie that it made her hair stand on end.
The Twilight Princess held the sword tightly with both hands, the blade trembled slightly, and she was secretly alert. According to legend, this dense forest is the residence of the great astrologer. Only by finding him or her can the curse of the kingdom be lifted.
But this strange forest made her feel uneasy. She repeatedly confirmed her direction, but she went deeper and deeper and gradually got lost in this foggy world.
Suddenly, a small figure vaguely emerged from the white mist, appearing and disappearing from time to time. The brisk music echoed in the white mist, seeming to be getting closer and closer to her, with an elusive rhythm that made it hard to figure out.
Twilight Princess held her breath, sweat oozing from her palms, and she involuntarily took a step back.
At the moment when she was most nervous and fearful——
"what--!"
A sharp scream suddenly came from the mist, and then a petite figure suddenly jumped out of the white mist and threw herself into the arms of the Twilight Princess. This was a little girl with a white flower in her hair and an innocent smile on her face, but that smile looked particularly strange at this moment.
"Big bad guy! Come to catch you~"
As soon as Akai Muzi read this, Nagasaki on the stage made the same "ah" sound. But her voice was weak, causing the whole class to laugh. In contrast, the performance of Twilight Princess, that is, Jiuhuayue, was particularly outstanding.
The Twilight Princess (Jiuhuayue) was frightened so much that her face turned pale, and she almost dropped her sword. She quickly adjusted her posture and was about to draw her sword to fight back, but she saw the girl in front of her covering her mouth and laughing, with joy flashing in her eyes.
"Who are you?" Twilight Princess' hair was wet and her tone was trembling as she forced herself to remain calm.
The difference in their acting skills is clearly revealed here, especially in how they handle tense emotions.
After the two finished their scene together, Fujii Itsuki took note of it and then asked the next group to perform.
As several groups finished their performances, Fujii Itsuki asked the students to start voting.
"Ashu, is this the script you wrote?" Akai Muzi took the opportunity to ask again in a low voice.
"how?"
"It's nothing, it's just that I don't think it was written by you, Shu. It's a bit... weird."
".I already said it's a fantasy fairy tale, this is the effect we want."
"Then you also set up the character of the Great Astrologer?"
"correct."
"Could it be that you, Shu, just like this kind of older loli?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
The casting lasted until half past six.
He took a quick look and found that there was absolutely no problem for Jiuhuayue to play the Twilight Princess, and Matsumae Shinchun was also just right for the Dawn Prince.
After returning home at night and correcting the work, Fujii Itsuki went to bed on time and prepared to sleep.
The night was quiet, but he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
Xinchun hasn't said good night to me on her own initiative these past few days. Is it because I feel a little lost and uneasy in my heart?
Could it be that I have really begun to fall in love with this child?
Picking up the phone, he hesitated for a moment, and finally sent a message to Xinchun:
"How was your afternoon?"
After clicking send, he put the phone down again.
He didn't know what emotion he was feeling at the moment.
I just feel that I am expecting Xinchun to reply to me. If she doesn’t reply, I will feel a little worried and lost.
Thinking of this, Fujii Itsuki smiled to himself.
I laughed at myself for being an old man and falling in love with a little girl, and I was a little worried that she would no longer like me.
Three minutes later, Xinchun replied.
[Xinchun thinks it’s great. Xinchun thinks the teacher put a lot of thought into shaping the role of the brother.]
"Xinchun, after reading the script, which part do you like best?" Fujii Itsuki asked tentatively.
As expected, Matsumae Shinchun was silent for a few seconds.
[It was the scene when the brother and his sister, when they were little, disobeyed the ban, broke out of the palace, and saw a sea of flowers they had never seen before.]
Is it?
Fujii Itsuki didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy, he felt mixed emotions.
Because Xinchun's answer is self-evident.
This is probably why Xinchun chose to still participate in the casting today.
[Teacher, what do you think? Even if the brother and sister go their separate ways in the future, or even become enemies and suspicious of each other because of an irreconcilable conflict, if they can reconcile one day, can they really let go of the previous tit-for-tat grudges and accept each other again?]