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Chapter 113 Is it really a woman-centric story?
Chapter 113 Is it really a woman-centric story?
"The song 'Lemon' doesn't seem to be about love or anything like that."
As Shiori Kisaragi flipped through the sheet music, she asked, "Although the lyrics are somewhat similar, the melody and style don't seem right."
"Congratulations, you can now hear emotions in music. You've transcended the realm of tone-deafness and finally developed a normal human sense of music," Kirihara Akira said sarcastically.
"Your words are getting more and more venomous. Don't poison yourself when you lick your lips." Shiori Kisaragi rolled her eyes and said, "So what exactly were you feeling when you created this? Such a beautiful piece must have some meaning."
How would I know? Go ask a lawyer in Tianjin in a parallel world... Kirihara Akira said, "You are the singer, you have the right to interpret."
Shiori Kisaragi rolled her eyes again and said, "How could the singer have more say than the lyricist?"
"Consider this an exam. What emotions do you think this song contains?" Of course, Kirihara Akira couldn't admit that he didn't know, so he could only use his master's power to pose a question.
Kisaragi Shiori called out, and then began to think seriously.
"The lyrics are somewhat heavy, but they don't seem to be describing love between a man and a woman."
"I feel—like retrieving something forgotten, gently brushing away the dust that covers memories"—this sentence sets the tone.
"This is a memory, a remembrance."
As he spoke, Kirihara Akira's memories gradually became clearer.
He recalled the background of the song, which seemed to describe death and departure, and was about a close relative, to be precise, his grandfather.
"Sometimes I really find you mysterious," Shiori Kisaragi suddenly said. "Where did you get all this experience beyond your years? And where did you learn all these skills?"
Kirihara Akatsuki shrugged and said, "Does it matter?"
"It's very important." Shiori Kisaragi nodded emphatically, saying, "After all, mystery is a crucial tool for men to attract women. What if I get seduced by you?"
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"..." Kirihara Akira was speechless.
"I was just kidding, who would even look at you?" Shiori Kisaragi said with a grin. "So, does that mean I passed the exam? What score would you give me?"
"Zero points," Kirihara Akira said.
"whispering sound."
After a while, Shiori Kisaragi suddenly said, "Kirihara-kun, everyone outside is saying that we're in a teacher-student relationship."
"Where is 'outside'? Isn't it inside the school?" Kirihara Akira said angrily. "Isn't that all your doing? Aren't you afraid of being kicked out for tarnishing the reputation of Dongcheng High School? I think you probably don't have a proper teaching certificate anyway."
"I have them!" Kisaragi Shiori showed her regretful social personality: "After I graduated, I took a bunch of exams, thinking that I could use them in my future work. I even have an electrician's certificate and a firefighter's certificate. Of course, a teacher's certificate is a piece of cake!"
As a result... not only did they not give me a raise, but my boss also refused to reimburse me for the money I spent on certification exams and courses.
"That's terrible," Kirihara Akatsuki said. "Then you should be even more careful. What if your teaching certificate melts away?"
"It's alright, the certificate I gave to the school was fake," Shiori Kisaragi said. "The Metropolitan Police Department went to great lengths to help me conceal my identity."
Kirihara Akira asked, "What if someone suspects and investigates your social connections?"
"We didn't do much. We used their real names and identities to enhance the sense of realism, but we filled in a lot of details, blurring and hiding many people," said Shiori Kisaragi. "If they want to investigate, they'll have to go through the trouble of identifying these smokescreens. Even if they get rid of the smokescreens, the core of this identity is just a boring persona with little substance."
Reclusive, doesn't make friends, just graduated from university, unemployed, and has a passionate love for music.
"As expected of Souichi, they are truly professional," Kirihara Akira praised.
Kisaragi Shiori exhaled and said, "You should praise me! I personally participated in the creation of this fake identity."
"Good, good, you're very professional... A half-truth is the hardest to expose," Kirihara Akira said with a smile.
"I'm just a little lonely," Shiori Kisaragi said. "Although I didn't have many friends to begin with, I used to be able to meet some new people occasionally. But now, I'm trapped here, and I can't even see my parents."
Kirihara Akatsuki sensed the subtle loneliness that she exuded at all times.
He said seriously, "I'm right here beside you—if I can make you feel better."
Shiori Kisaragi was silent for a while, then muttered to herself, "You still have two more years before you can drink with me. I really don't know why our laws are so twisted. Sexual consent is at sixteen, adulthood is at eighteen, but drinking is at twenty."
As she spoke, she fell silent again.
She looked at Kirihara Akira, suddenly becoming serious, and said, "Akira-kun, could you, um, just once, really just once, go back and check on my parents for me, just check on them for me?"
Kirihara Akira was silent for a moment, then said, "It sounds like it's not just a matter of whether it's convenient to meet."
"You brat, don't you know it's okay to play dumb sometimes?"
Kisaragi Shiori said, "Yes, there is some contradiction."
"Can I ask?" Kirihara Akira took a bottle of beer from the refrigerator and poured it into an ice glass for her without saying a word.
Kisaragi Shiori took the glass, hesitated for a moment, and then decided to speak: "I think I told you before, my father is a junior police officer."
"Yes, I remember."
"He said before that he taught me to be a good person, so he has always been my role model. He has also intentionally or unintentionally led me down the path of becoming a policeman," Shiori Kisaragi said. "As a result, in the past few years, I don't know what happened to my two old folks at home, they regretted it again - mainly because my mother has been complaining."
She said it's too hard for a girl to go down this path, and she's never really approved of it; it was all my dad's fault for forcing me into it.
"As a result, in the past two years, my dad has probably been influenced by my wife's words too much, and his attitude has started to waver."
"They won't force you to get married, will they?" Kirihara Akira asked.
"You guessed right." Kisaragi Shiori downed the drink in one gulp, making a "haha" sound. After feeling satisfied, she said unhappily, "Women can't escape this."
It seems that neither sheltered young ladies nor powerful career women can necessarily escape these "curses."
Kirihara Akira said, "They're pushing us very hard."
Shiori Kisaragi said, "It's not a big deal. It's like a ghost that keeps calling occasionally and nagging. After I went undercover, the frequency of contact actually decreased. I'm actually worried that they'll start to worry."
"You trust me quite a bit, aren't you? An undercover cop dares to expose his feelings. Aren't you afraid I'll betray you?" Kirihara Akira said.
Kisaragi Shiori looked at him and said, "I believe you."
"Hey, Chong Nu, this kind of trust is really heavy, you know."
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