In the dojo, everyone is practicing hard, regardless of middle school or high school, all competitions are about to kick off. The seniors are very motivated, especially for seniors in the third grade, this may be the last competition. Most students in the third grade of the next semester will leave the club to prepare for the entrance examination. If they can enter the national competition, their retirement time will be delayed.
Regrettably, although Li Haida’s Kendo Department is at the national level, it has not won a national championship in the past ten years. I heard that the Kendo Club under the leadership of Minister Ito is very hopeful of winning the championship this year, so everyone is enthusiastic.
On the one hand, we in the first grade look forward to the competition, and on the other hand, we are also encouraged by the fighting spirit of the seniors, so there is no complaint about the high-density training after class every day.
Today's presence is also filled with the frenetic atmosphere of preparing for the start, tense and active.
"Sakura, will you accompany me to learn from each other?" Kawashima invited me when they were doing warm-up exercises.
There are also frequent discussions among members of the same club in daily training. I have no reason to refuse, and generously agreed.
But I think Kawashima is very strange. She talked about learning from each other, but from the perspective of her action ability, she was very serious. The first blow that came up was all her strength, and the momentum was amazing. Although he managed to deal with the past reluctantly, he did not dare to be careless.
The essence of martial arts lies in observing the smallest details, finding out the opponent's flaws, and hitting with one blow. I'm not without flaws, but fortunately, I first discovered Kawashima's weakness. She raised her sword too high and moved too much. Uncle Sanada told me that you must use small moves to win against your opponent, so that the opponent will not detect your movement early in the morning. Therefore, despite the fierce Kawashima, I still scored a point first.
In normal practice, Uncle Sanada always said that holding the sword correctly is the key to victory, and I remembered that Hanichiro said to me that day, "Relax your shoulders and don't use your right hand too hard." I didn't think it before, but now I discovered the importance of these details, and I became serious before I knew it.
Today is in good shape, I easily beat Kawashima 3-1. The small victory made me feel a little overwhelmed, only secretly happy, but forgot to avoid the edge, it is not good to be too ostentatious in front of others.
"Sakura, you are amazing. We are all first graders, but your strength is so strong." Matsui from Class 2 held me enviously.
"Yeah, yeah, that's amazing—"
The other first-year classmates echoed, and there were even praises from the predecessors.
"Sakura."
"Yes, Minister."
"I just watched you compete with Kawashima. I think you should strengthen the basic exercises so that your strength will be more improved. After the club activities are over every day, you stay and I will practice with you."
"Yes, I see, thank you Minister." I happily responded.
"There is a reason why Sakura is so powerful—" Kawashima, who had not spoken all the time, opened his mouth. I had a bad feeling, "Every week, Sanada-senpai will practice with her."
"Sanada-senpai? Are you talking about Genichiro Sanada from the tennis club." Someone reacted.
"Of course, I heard that the Sakura family and the Sanada family are family acquaintances, and Sakura and Sanada-senpai are childhood sweethearts."
Kawashima's tone was envious, and this voice was clearly fanning the flames. Although she was laughing and behaving enthusiastically and gossiping with other people, her eyes were cold when she looked at me.
I feel a bit cold in my back. I acted in a low-key manner in school. Whether I treat my brother Yukimura, Genichiro or Hirushi, I try to avoid it, and there is always a voice in my heart telling me that the "intimacy" between us should not be known to others.
Things often backfire. Just as now, I reluctantly become the focus of everyone, which puts a lot of pressure on me. Everyone gathered around and asked me if it was true. I didn't know how to answer for a while. Kawashima did it on purpose.
"I only go there occasionally. I Chord, I and Sanada-senpai are just acquaintances, not childhood sweethearts." I weakly distinguished, things came suddenly, and I didn't even know what to do.
I tried to distract everyone, hoping that they would stop talking about it, but my voice now seems extremely small. I was very upset, and I even complained about why Genichiro wanted to be a man of the school.
"Hey, haven't you been called Sanada Gakunaga Genichiro? Why did you change your mouth?" Kawashima said unwillingly, and I am now finally sure that she was taking revenge for what happened that day.
Generally, the source of lace news is not noticed, and people usually only care about the parties they are interested in. I understand the situation and reason very well, but in fact, I am quite incompetent in dealing with people's problems. Faced with a pair of staring, curious, and questioning eyes, I only felt a guilty conscience and fear. There is no essential difference between being ignored as a transparent person and being focused on.
"Kawashima, don't say any more!" I looked at her angrily, everyone whispering in my ear. A genius remembers Chinese in one second 8/1/z/o/m/
"Are they so close already?"
"Are Sakaki and Sanada-senpai boy and girl friends?"
"No way-"
At the critical moment, Minister Ito rescued me, "All give me a little quiet, return to their respective positions and continue practicing!"
The entire Kendo Department was calm because of the minister's roar.
Kawashima's cold eyes made me feel vaguely that things will not stop there. It seems to be going in a bad direction. What should I do
Facts have proved that I have no groundless worries, and the storm has just begun.
The next day, the incident that I was a childhood sweetheart with Xian Ichiro has spread. Everyone added their enthusiasm, and there were people pointing and whispering behind their backs wherever they went.
Yuriko also asked this when she came to see me for dinner at noon.
"Who spread this out?" Yuriko asked.
"Kawashima Taeko." I replied helplessly.
"How would she know?" Chaoxiang was a little worried.
So I told them what happened at Genichiro's house last week and what happened in the Kendo club yesterday.
It is gratifying that Yuriko and Asaka stood on the same front with me and condemned Taeko Kawashima for a long time. At the same time, they both believed that rumors that were inconsistent with the facts would soon be self-defeating, so let me not worry.
This question is mostly useless. Fortunately, the rumors have not caused me any destructive trouble, and I have passed by and pretended not to hear.
No longer struggling with this, I changed the subject: "Yuriko, has the tennis club started to play?"
"We have played two games. Brothers and them are really amazing. We won easily. I think the champion of this national competition is still ours." When it comes to the game, Yuriko said excitedly, "Xiaoyin and Asaka are coming. Do you watch the game?"
Asaka frowned in distress: "I'm afraid there is no way. Music clubs also have competitions. Although I don't have a chance, I want to cheer for the seniors."
Thinking of my situation, I had to refuse Yuriko: "I won't go anymore. There is nothing to see for you to win easily, and the game with predictable results is forgotten."
"There will be a tough battle next week. Our opponent is the Youth Academy of tennis, which should be very interesting~ but they lost to Bingdi Academy last year..."
I didn't listen to Yuriko anymore. The youth school that my brother was in was doomed to end in failure this year. With dreams, how would he feel when he faced two years of failure? If my elder brother could become the backbone of the youth school a year earlier, would the situation be different? Even if he loses in the end, he will have no regrets.
"Xiaoyin, are you listening to me?"
I was taken aback, looked at her, and said, "Yuriko, when will the game next week be?"
"Next Wednesday afternoon, okay?" Yuriko begged.
Because of my brother, I agreed. I haven't seen him for a long time, so I really want to see him.
Yuriko was very happy and vowed to say that Brother Yukimura would win, and the admiration for her brother could not be concealed in her words. The relationship between their brothers and sisters has always been very good. I am envious. Brother Guoguang and I have no such closeness. For me, my brother always makes me look up, and I feel that there is a sense of distance between us. However, I like him from the bottom of my heart, respect him, if I can, I don't want to see his disappointed face.