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Chapter 130 - 94. Dubian Che’s Sigh, The Girls’ Annoyance

Chapter 130: 94. Dubian Che’s Sigh, The Girls’ Annoyance

Seated by the window, Dubian Che examined the reed pipe in his hand.

It was about 11 millimeters in diameter and had been stored for two years, produced in France.

Straight, with a smooth shiny surface, it was slightly yellowish-brown with tan stripes, and its cross-section fibers were finely tightly packed.

This was the best material for making reed plates.

The afternoon of the second day of parent-teacher conferences, with the clear sound of cicadas accompanying the scorching sunlight, students in class 4, year 1 were each busy with their own tasks.

Dubian Che, whose first reed had started to be out of tune, used tools like the reed planer, thread, reed seat, and a blade to tinker with the reed pipe, planning to personally make a second reed.

"I’m back."

Saito Keisuke, who seemed as if he had shed a layer of skin, collapsed into the seat of a girl in front of Dubian Che.

He stared blankly at Dubian Che, who was focused on wrapping thread around the reed, "What are you doing?"

"Making a reed."

"A reed?"

"That’s right." Dubian Che remembered something interesting, "Professional oboe players usually have decent skills in making reeds, and since the reeds are also called ’kanes’, oboe players are also reed masters."

After finishing, he introduced himself again, "I, Dubian, am an exceptionally outstanding oboe player destined to become a grandmaster."

"Oh, then what?" Saito Keisuke responded very calmly.

"Saito, you really are boring."

"You’re the boring one. I have no idea what you’re talking about."

"It’s hard to make clear to you, Island Country people."

shook his head as if playing the lute to a cow, picked up the reed he had wrapped with thread, tried blowing it to make sure there were no issues, then used a knife to thin out the top part.

Drained and not bothering to argue with Dubian Che, Saito Keisuke used the classroom’s air conditioning to cool down and recover his energy while pricking up his ears to eavesdrop on the front row girls’ conversation.

"...Really?!"

"Shush!"

The girls snuck a glance this way, with Saito Keisuke maintaining his position staring at the ceiling, motionless.

still kept his head down, diligently making reeds, occasionally picking it up to blow a couple of times.

Outside the window, he could hear the shouting of sports clubs under the harsh sun.

Kunii Shuichi from the baseball club was striving hard in preparation for the Koshien preliminaries.

The girls’ conversation continued.

"Can’t believe how nasty his personality is, actually insulting a girl’s appearance."

"He’s really scum!"

"So terrible."

"Trash."

Saito Keisuke inwardly nodded frequently; it seemed not all girls judge by appearance, some indeed understood the situation.

After the reed easily made a crowing sound, Dubian Che put away his tools in his backpack, "I’m heading to the club, want to go?"

Saito Keisuke leaned back, "I’ll rest a bit more, it’s too hot in the hallway."

"Then I’m off."

"Yeah."

Dubian Che slung his backpack over his shoulder, hands in his pockets, a new reed in his mouth, intermittently blowing "Kikujiro’s Summer" as he leisurely walked towards the classroom door.

The front row girls instantly quieted down.

After he left, and the moment the classroom door closed.

"Did you see?! Did you see?!"

"Yeah! His walking posture is so cool!"

"Ah—Dubian! I kinda want him to scold me!"

Saito Keisuke: "???"

As Dubian Che passed the entrance of year 2, he glanced inside but did not see Jiutiao Mei, however, he unexpectedly bumped into Yuzao Haomei coming out from year 1 classroom.

In her hand, she was holding a case containing a trombone, with a floral scrunchie wrapped around her clean white wrist.

Yuzao Haomei glared at Dubian Che; she still remembered the incident on Shibuya Center Street.

It was hard to believe that there could be a guy who’d ask her out and, even though she agreed and arrived at the meeting spot, he stood her up!

Dubian Che didn’t really want to see her; there were many ways to get to the music classroom, but intentionally taking a detour now would just show his guilt, right?

Thus, the two walked one behind the other in the same direction.

Although there were other people walking on the road, it still felt awkward, like filming a TV drama where, even though there were extras around, the camera always focused on the two of them.

’Is this the awkwardness of running into an ex-girlfriend?’ Dubian Che shifted his gaze from the back of Yuzao Haomei to the window outside the corridor.

The muggy clear day of the rainy season; couples were still intimately sitting under trees in the courtyard, their arms touching, not even a breeze could pass between them, making even Dubian Che feel hot for them.

He simply kept his gaze on Yuzao Haomei ahead.

However, it was also very hot.

Speaking of the weather.

"Are you taking your instrument home to practice?"

Dubian Che waited a while before confirming that Yuzao Haomei was indeed speaking to him.

"Yeah."

"I see." It was hard to discern any particular emotion from Yuzao Haomei’s voice since her face wasn’t visible.

Stepping onto the aerial walkway to the club building, the sun suddenly felt much more intense, and he could see contrails in the sky.

"What time?"

"...About two hours," Dubian Che thought the conversation was over, so he was caught off guard and didn’t respond right away.

"I see."

"I mean," Dubian Che couldn’t help himself, "are you imitating Asuka?"

Like a volcano that erupts without warning, Yuzao Haomei suddenly turned her head, her beautiful amber eyes glaring angrily at Dubian Che.

Dubian Che was startled, thinking she might use the instrument case in her hand as a weapon to throw at him, and he instinctively stopped in his tracks.

"The way you just spoke really resembles Asuka," he explained.

"This is how I communicate with people I dislike! I hate you, Haomei hates Dubian Che, understand?"