Chapter 30: The official job of the assistant is to please the president
The afternoon sun shines through the translucent yellow screens, gently illuminating the profile of Amamiya Chiran's face, adding a soft temperament.
Her pretty and lovely face had no expression, only her charming eyes, which had various golden ripples from time to time due to the curtains being blown by the wind.
Facing Amamiya Chiran’s proposal, Aikawa Yusheng waved his hand:
"No, President, thank you for your kindness. This is too troublesome, and I'm not suitable."
"This is one of the assistant's jobs." Amamiya Chiran put the handkerchief back into the box on the piano, moved a little, walked from the seat to the piano, and her eyes wandered from Aikawa Yuo to the position.
Obviously, this may not be a request or suggestion, but an order from the president to his assistant.
It turned out that this was the assistant's job. Aikawa Yusheng raised his eyebrows, but it didn't matter, so he walked to the piano and sat down.
"How much does Aikawa-san know about piano?"
"I know nothing, I don't understand anything." Aikawa Yusheng shook his head and said with a slightly innocent sincerity.
"It doesn't matter." There was no reaction because Aikawa Yusheng had no foundation at all. Amamiya Chiran nodded and began to explain the most basic knowledge of piano:
"First of all, let me explain to you the keys of the piano. As you can see, the keyboard of the piano is composed of 88 keys in total, including black keys and white keys.
Among them, there are 36 black keys and 52 white keys. If you carefully observe the black keys and white keys, you will easily find the regularity of their distribution and arrangement: black keys are in groups of two and groups of three...
....”
Chizo Amemiya carefully explained the key positions and pedals of the piano, and how to identify the sound produced by each key.
Aikawa Yusheng listened very seriously. Although he had no interest in learning piano, Amamiya Chiran said that this was 'work', so naturally he had to take it seriously.
What's more, Amamiya Chiran's voice is like the small waves rolling on the vast sea. The sound is melodious and comfortable, as if she is about to sing.
Listening to such a voice, even the boring content will be a pleasure to listen to.
"Do you remember?" After explaining what she thought was the basic thing, Amamiya Chiran was a little thirsty, so she took a glass of water, held the disposable paper cup in both hands and took a sip, and asked.
"I roughly remember it." Aikawa Yusheng nodded, and then played a sound from 'do', 're', 'mi', 'fa', 'so', 'la' and 'xi'.
Aikawa Yusheng's fingers are so long that he can span thirteen buttons with one hand.
"Can you read piano music?" Amamiya Chiran asked, pointing to the music score on the piano, which was titled "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini".
"Won't."
After checking the time, Amamiya Chiran gave up her plan to teach her how to read piano scores, put the water glass aside, bent down slightly, and pressed her fingers on the keys.
Although there was no physical contact, the sweet and sweet smell that belongs to the girl hit me unexpectedly.
Aikawa Yusheng moved his position to the left to allow the opponent to better display his skills.
With her fingers dancing lightly, her voice, which had sounded ordinary during the audition, easily merged into a short piece of beautiful music in her hands.
Or when there is no way to adjust the music by pedaling.
"You can try this short section just now."
"I'm sorry, President, can you play it again? I just listened and forgot to see how you played." Aikawa Yusheng had no idea that this was to make himself repeat.
"Okay, I'll play it a few more times. Just stop when you remember it."
...
"Okay." After repeating this several times, Aikawa Yusheng said.
"Come and give it a try." Amamiya Chiran stood up straight again, leaving only a faint scent that was evocative.
The girl's eyes were very calm and without any expectations. She seemed not at all interested in what Aikawa Yusheng's performance would be like.
"Yeah." After recalling the process, Aikawa Yusheng put his fingers on the position where Amamiya Chiran was just now, and the cold buttons seemed to have a hint of girlish warmth.
The dancer tried to move gracefully, but her limbs were not smooth and she stumbled slightly.
Aikawa Yusheng raised his head and looked at Amamiya Chiran, waiting for her instructions.
"Play it again."
"Play it again."
"Play it again."
The dancers gradually become more proficient and no longer stumble, but the time is too short to allow people to immerse themselves in it.
At the end of the fourth time, Amamiya Chiran opened her half-closed eyes and nodded: "That's it."
"I'm still a little uncomfortable when I actually do it myself. I'm sorry." Aikawa Yusheng, who made many mistakes in the first three times, shrugged and said apologetically.
"You are very talented at playing the piano." Amamiya Chiran responded with this answer.
"Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" has very high requirements for piano skills. As a beginner, Aikawa Yusheng only learned the most basic theoretical knowledge for ten minutes, and he didn't even learn it completely.
Reproduce a performance that can be 'good'.
Although it is only a short fragment.
"There is no need to comfort my president." Aikawa Yusheng stood up, waved his hands, and imitated what Amamiya Chiran did just now, picking up the handkerchief on the piano stand and wiping his hands and keys.
"I have no need to comfort you." Amamiya Chiran said calmly, staring at his handkerchief, "And I can guarantee that if you are willing to spend time on the piano, you will definitely have great achievements in the future."
"That's it, that's pretty good, great." Although he tried to express his excitement and used words like "great," the "it doesn't matter" deep in the words can still be heard at a glance.
Amamiya Chiran shifted her gaze from the handkerchief to Aikawa Yuo's face.
"I can recommend you to go to the wind instrument department. We were only one place away from winning the gold medal in the national competition last year. As long as you show your ability in this year's wind instrument competition, you will definitely be valued by the music school, and your future will be smooth sailing.
At the same time, I can ask the best piano teacher to teach you piano, and I will pay for all the expenses. As long as you become famous, you can say that you have received favors from the Amamiya family."
Amamiya Chiran pointed out a clear path for Aikawa Yusheng.
Sensing the other party's increasingly serious attitude, Aikawa Yusheng scratched his head in distress: "President, well, I think I still have no talent. It just happened to be today. Also, I really have no interest in piano, so I can't learn it."
Going down."
"Didn't you just say you were a little interested in the piano?"
"I just think the piano music sounds good, and I plan to listen to it more in the future. President, I really have no interest in playing the piano myself."
Amamiya Chiran's eyes, as deep as the stars, finally showed a little ripple because of herself.
"Didn't you learn just now?"
"President, don't you think this is the job of an assistant? Besides, Amamiya-senpai is so good-looking, no one would refuse if he taught me personally, right?"
"You are wasting your talent."
"Waste it, waste it." Aikawa Yuo shrugged indifferently, sighed at Amamiya Chiran's posture as if she was about to start preaching, and prepared to start pretending to be dead.
"Pfft~"
Aikawa Yusheng looked up. This was the first time he saw Amamiya Chisome's smile. The corners of her mouth curved slightly, as lightly as the melting glaciers in spring, as fresh and moving as the new snow on the top of the mountain.
The ecstatic scene only lasted for a short moment, and then the smile disappeared again, and the calmness returned, making people even doubt whether this had happened.
"One of the regular jobs of the 'assistant' is to come here right after class every Monday and Friday to receive about twenty minutes of piano instruction from me.
I'm so good-looking, so if I teach you personally, I hope Aikawa-san won't refuse, and this is work."
The words were obviously meant to be teasing, but the girl said them very calmly, as if this was what an assistant should do.
"I never thought an assistant's job would include this."
"Work itself means being forced to do things you don't like."
"It seems to make sense."
Nine hundred and eighty-seven-year-old Aikawa Yusheng has experienced his first workplace PUA in his life, but if the target is such a harmless and charming girl, even if he realizes it, he will forgive her.
"No, what does the piano have to do with the assistant?" Aikawa Yusheng asked. He was already ready to forgive the other person.
"What the Assistant to the Student Union President should do is to help me."
"Yeah." Aikawa Yusheng is looking forward to the next article.
"Teaching you to play the piano can make me feel happy and help with my subsequent work. It's that simple."
"...What kind of pleasure method?"
"I don't like playing the piano either." Amamiya Chiran looked at Aikawa Yusheng, "Like you, I also prefer to listen to piano music played by others."
The logic is self-consistent, and Aikawa Yusheng already believes that his work content includes this aspect.
Forget it, just forty minutes a week is nothing.
However, he was a little confused. Could the little emotion hidden in the corners of Amamiya Chiran's eyes be called cunning?