My girlfriend is from the future!

"There are people here today, it seems... it's not just for the welcome show~"

In the empty school auditorium, the male student sitting at the piano on the stage had a gentle voice, but if you listened carefully, there was a hint of malicious ridicule in it. His voice echoed over the auditorium, and the overhead light that was shining on him suddenly went out and lit up again, reappearing two meters above, which was the center of the stage.

A girl was standing there, bathing in the light that belonged only to her, but not only did she have an angelic face, but even the look in her eyes when she was looking somewhere seemed so... superior.

"Really? Isn't the show over yet? Is there something else I don't know about?"

Her expression was innocent, and although her words were in a questioning tone, they were just like the pretentious interludes that every host says. No matter how she performs, it cannot hide the script that she has already prepared in her mind.

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a "click" sound and a spotlight suddenly lit up. However, this time, the focus of the light was no longer on the stage. Instead, it moved quickly across the audience seats and finally stopped squarely on a boy.

The boy was suddenly illuminated by the light, and his reaction was full of anxiety and uneasiness, but he seemed to know what he should do now. Since he was not sitting in the front row, he had to stand up from his seat and slowly walk down the steps between the audience seats...

You can see that he is very nervous. He is so anxious to follow the crowd and is afraid of delaying something. He is like an ant that cannot hide from the sunlight focused by a magnifying glass...

So, he was pushed to the front of the stage by the spotlight.

It was only at this moment that I could see clearly that the boy was holding a bouquet of flowers...

The goddess on the stage looked down at the boy who presented flowers to her. Perhaps she felt that she was too distant in this way, so she gently walked forward a few steps, came to the edge of the stage, leaned over and slowly took the bouquet from the boy's hand.

And just as she leaned over, the boy seemed to muster up his courage and whispered something in her ear.

The girl paused, but she didn't seem too surprised, and still had that "innocent" smile on her face.

"What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly. Say it again."

As if to confirm the other party's words, this time, she put the microphone to the boy's mouth...

The boy in the audience hesitated for a few seconds, his cheeks flushed. After a few breaths, he seemed to have mustered up his courage and said into the microphone:

"Wenliang, I..."

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta

Before the boy could finish, at this moment, the dimly lit student auditorium suddenly lit up, and the ceiling and ceiling lights of the entire venue were turned on one by one. The scene where you could hear a pin drop last time was suddenly filled with all kinds of noisy sounds. Looking back, the huge auditorium was actually filled with a huge crowd of teachers, students and classmates...

Their eyes were burning as they watched the wonderful show unfolding. Amidst the noise, the boy heard his own name harshly, but before he could listen carefully, Wen Liang slowly took back the microphone, and the scene became strangely quiet again...

The girl leaned forward again, and the boy's pupils reflected the other's encouraging and charming expression. He only heard one sentence in his ear -

……

……

"He Tianran, what are you waiting for?! Come up!"

On the balcony, a warm and familiar voice urging He Tianran suddenly woke him up from his memories.

At that time and at that moment, just like at this moment, He Tianran, who was not real enough to begin with and was used to hiding in the dark corners behind the scenes, was at a loss.

He looked at the girl on the balcony who was yelling at him to go up on stage. He was flamboyant and bright. Even though he had become a person who could influence the other person's fate, he still subconsciously wanted to avoid the position that shouldn't belong to him, the position where he could stand next to the girl...

The "boy" was afraid of facing the adult world, so he gave birth to He Tianran. But who can solve this familiar "nightmare"?

However, He Tianran, who originally thought he was being pushed out of the crowd, took another step forward involuntarily at Wen Liang's urging...

……

……

"So, why do you write Take a Step Forward?"

"I said, it's not 'I', it's the character in the novel who took a step forward."

"So you used your name?"

"As an author, can't I use my own name as the protagonist and fantasize about it?"

Another scene was played out in He Tianran's inner world, but this time, he seemed to have become an outsider. He was very familiar with the man and woman in front of him. The woman was very similar to Wen Liang, but there was a touch of maturity between her eyebrows. The man was just over 1.7 meters tall, wore glasses, and was a little fat and out of shape. Wasn't this the true projection of He Tianran's inner personality at this moment?

Because after the blow, I closed my heart, my spiritual world collapsed and I couldn't live actively. I fell out with my family and lived a miserable life alone...

This is who I am...

What are they arguing about?

Apparently, it was because of the plot in a certain novel.

"…You've been brooding over that matter, haven't you?"

"It's all gone. Past experiences have long become inspiration for today. Reality is reality, fiction is fiction. I can tell the difference."

"But I can't tell -! He Tianran, what do you want to do?! Why is it that every time I think that our relationship should have eased and calmed down, and we can get out of the haze brought by that prank, you always remind me intentionally or unintentionally, whip me, and tell me that all this is not over?"

“That’s why I wrote in the novel that you need to take a step forward.”

"Why can't you take one more step in reality? Is it interesting to just stick to your old ways?!"

  The woman asked excitedly, even throwing the manuscript paper with the contents of the novel into the air. However, the man gave her a cold and firm answer:

"interesting!"

……

Standing outside, He Tianran looked up at the papers floating in the air. He stretched out his hand to catch one of the falling papers, but it just slipped through his fingertips and fell at his feet.

When he bent down to pick it up, another hand appeared in front of him and took the manuscript paper first.

He Tianran looked over and saw that it was another boy who looked exactly like him, but unlike the mature self just now, this boy exuded a more sunny state, with a warm smile on his face. Judging from his clothes, he looked like a college student. The couple from before were like a passing cloud, and had long disappeared.

The other person seemed unaware of the outsider in front of him. He picked up the paper and turned around, leaving the outsider with a broad back and a tight and neat figure.

"Tianran, let's go~ The band asked us to go rehearse, forget about the script, it's not you who wrote it, why are you taking it so seriously?"

A crisp sound attracted the attention of the two people. A girl who looked exactly like Wen Liang was sitting on the edge of the stage with a guitar hanging around her neck, her chin supported by her hands, and a look of complaint on her face.

As the boy approached, he brushed off the manuscript paper in his hand, his eyes lingering, and said in a soft and slow voice:

"Didn't I tell you...I really like this script written by Senior and I think it's very suitable for you. I'll help her polish it and get some investment for her. Maybe I can even let you play the leading female role."

"Really? When did you tell me that?"

"You seem to be forgetting things a lot lately..."

The boy approached and touched the girl's head, but was greeted with a snort of doubt:

"Hmm... you didn't lie to me, did you? Tell me, were you hooking up with this senior behind my back? You're so hypocritical, there's something fishy going on!"

"No... I have you by my side, how can I have the courage to do that?"

"Hehehe, that's better~ I didn't forget anything, the band notified me to go rehearse, and there's a performance tonight, I really don't have time, I have to leave first~"

"Don't make any mistakes~"

"You tell me."

"Which song are you going to rehearse?"

"Oh... you're right... Let's talk about it when we get there. It's all the same to me anyway. It's a piece of cake. See you later~"

"Yeah...see you later."

The girl who had just been clamoring to go to rehearsal together suddenly jumped off the stage without noticing, put her piano on her back, and left the boy alone there. She waved her hand and walked out of the stage with light steps.

He Tianran looked at the boy who bent down and began to pick up the manuscript papers scattered on the ground one by one. He could only hear him muttering:

"She has almost forgotten the song we sang together. It seems... everything will be over soon."

"This scene is not suitable for her, but if I change it, the senior might complain. I'll think about it later..."

"This type of film won't sell well in China, but it should be fine to use it to establish an actor's image. As long as it's well made, you won't have to worry about not having any roles to play in the future..."

"But that girl's personality... well, it's hard to say..."

"By the way, I have to let Li Wang participate more in this matter. No matter what happens in the future, his contribution as an outsider should still be there..."

……

As the boy muttered in confusion and picked up all the scripts on the ground, the girl's figure gradually walked away.

  He Tianran, who had been witnessing all this as an outsider, couldn't help but ask:

"You... aren't you going to catch up with her? She... wants you to go with her..."

The boy's body was shocked. He looked around in confusion, as if looking for the source of the sound. But when he finally found nothing, he lowered his head, laughed at himself, and murmured in a low voice:

"She called me, so I went? Didn't you fail to take that step as well?"

"I have!"

He Tianran's straightforward rebuttal finally startled the boy. He walked towards the direction of the voice step by step, as if to confirm the direction. He looked up and asked loudly: "When? In your autobiographical novel full of erotic fantasies?"

The two similar men were getting closer and closer. In the distance, the girl seemed to notice something was wrong with the boy. She turned her head and opened her mouth, wanting to confirm whether the boy was abnormal. But before she could speak, the boy finally heard an extremely familiar and resounding echo from the nothingness before his eyes.

"Now!"

……

……

"He, Tian..."

  Just as Wen Liang on the balcony was getting impatient and thought that the guy was going to back down, a big hand emerged from behind her and gently covered her head. A man's low, teasing voice rang in her ears:

"I'm here, stop shouting... You forgot what you were going to sing when I wasn't here, right?"

He Tianran's appearance caused cheers from the audience, but now all the noise seemed to be deliberately reduced and blurred, so small that one could almost hear someone's breathing and heartbeat. An indescribable feeling suddenly arose in Wenliang's heart.

The girl was stunned for two seconds, looking at He Tianran in front of her. Her already drunken and hot cheeks became even more beautiful. After she came to her senses, she raised her hand and knocked the hand off her head. Then, like a kitten with its fur standing on end, she stared at the man in front of her fiercely and scolded him unceremoniously:

"So greasy! And what do you mean by forgot the song to sing? It was clearly me who asked you to come up and perform!"

  However, the "He Tianran" in front of her was not flustered at all. He skillfully tied up his messy hair in front of his forehead, turned his head to look at Wen Liang, and smiled:

"I'm coming up, but we have to go together."

"Together?"

"Yeah, you know, I can't handle this kind of situation alone~"

He Tianran said this as a matter of course, as if he was discussing something, but it also seemed as if he had already tacitly agreed that Wen Liang would help him perform.

Or you can use appropriate words to express such an action, such as -

He naturally lowered his posture to coax her.

"What do you mean I know, I know? It's you who made the decision on your own..."

Wen Liang muttered quietly, and although there was some complaint in her words, she did not loudly object. Others did not hear her and naturally thought that she agreed. He Tianran even walked away and talked to the band on the balcony, leaving her aside.

Wen Liang was furious when he saw this, and walked over with a proud look on his face, and asked arrogantly:

"What are you going to sing later?"

  He Tianran, who was setting the tone with the band, turned his head and said with a smile:

"I told you you'd forget what to sing."

Wen Liang's eyes widened in disbelief:

"He Tianran! You added a scene at the last minute, didn't you? You didn't even tell me what you were going to sing with me!"

"Hey~ this one~"

The man took the iPad from the keyboard player's stand, and on it was the music sheet with lyrics that he had just flipped through.

"The lyrics for this version are all divided. Let's sing the original tune. Remember to fill in the gaps for me when I can't sing."

  Wen Liang glanced at the music score, and his expression instantly became serious. He looked at the unfocused man in front of him with a suspicious look, and said uncertainly:

"Are you sure you want to sing this chorus version in its original tune? There's a rap in the middle, can you do it? Don't embarrass yourself or I won't be able to save you."

"Don't worry, I've rehearsed it many times..."

"You sing for fun in private and cooperate with the band on stage differently..."

"I've rehearsed with the band many times."

Before Wen Liang could even utter the word "style", He Tianran interrupted her. He took an electric keyboard from the band's assistant guitarist and put it on his shoulder. The drummer beside him twirled the drumsticks in a fancy way and chimed in:

"Don't worry, Teacher Wenliang. Teacher He just talked to us a little bit. It doesn't seem like this is our first time playing. We will help with the harmony for the high notes. Just have fun."

"Right, let's play~ Besides..."

He Tianran rolled up the sleeves of his shirt again and plucked a few chords casually. Low and hoarse electronic music burst out from the speakers on both sides of the balcony, and the crowd looking up and waiting on the balcony cheered again.

"Besides what?"

Wen Liang asked, He Tianran slowly walked past her, walked to the balcony, adjusted the microphone stand, then turned his head and looked directly into the girl's eyes:

"Besides, it doesn't matter whether the song is good or not. What's important is...Aliang, we can have a real fight."

"Hmm - tsk ~ kind of interesting."

A strange light flashed in the girl's eyes, her signature long sound rang out subconsciously in her nose, and the corners of her mouth curled up.

She walked step by step to the man, one taller than the other, and looked at each other sideways. The girl raised her proud chin slightly, and the man smiled slightly.

I don't have to walk towards you every time, because you can also walk towards me.

This is the best state between us.

The light on the balcony slowly went out, and the audience below held their breath.

In the darkness, after the drummer tapped his drumstick three times, a slow lead guitar, bass, and bass drum sounded at the same time. People looked up at the two dark figures on the balcony. After a short prelude, the man's slightly hoarse voice slowly sounded -

  Longing turns into wind, cutting through the sky and breaking into my dreams

The controversy of gathering and separation, the definition of separation and reunion, the unsolved mystery...

This opening was not amazing, but the voice was full of stories, just like opening a door for the audience, making the listeners want to explore deeper. And when the female voice that followed opened, it was like a magical power that suddenly opened the door and sucked in all the people wandering outside the door——

Why don't you give me a reason and then abandon me?

Can't your sharp eyes see the hesitation in my eyes?

……

Their lyrics are like a conversation. This is the first paragraph of the song "Ask the Wind". There are no lights and the two lead singers are in darkness. People can't see their expressions, but can only hear the slow singing between the man and the woman, without any interweaving, and clearly separated. It's like a couple in the darkness suppressing all the complaints and grievances in their hearts and having their last calm and rational conversation.

  As the emotional melody began to rise, a bass drum like a heartbeat sounded as the lights turned on. Standing in the light, He Tianran took the lead and launched the attack:

Will I still be myself without you? Should life go right or left? At the end of time, only ashes remain, and there will no longer be a spark in the depths of the soul...

What is left between you and me? Are the memories still there? Your departure emptied everything, leaving only the shell, everything was wiped out...

A rap song with an extremely fast speech speed rang out like an explosion, and the lights on the balcony flashed wildly, which made people feel very involved. If the two lead singers were still very restrained in their emotions and sang complaints before, then now it was equivalent to the man being unable to bear the woman's endless nagging, and directly overturning the table, revealing everything in his heart one by one -

The fine wine you gave me is actually full of poison! It would be better to part ways and burn this picture...

  I have endured hardships that I could not endure, and enjoyed blessings that I could not enjoy. I wanted to ask the wind where to stop, but the wind blew out my candle—!

……

The audience couldn't imagine that He Tianran would actually rap a few lines, and he was in such good shape that he could arouse the enthusiasm of the crowd and even suppress the aura of Wen Liang when she was singing!

Wen Liang was also very surprised and even forgot that there was a harmony of hers here.

The reluctance and anger that He Tianran showed while singing was as if he had really been abandoned by someone, and no one could understand this kind of emotion of a man better than Wen Liang at this distance...

This annoyed her. She thought that she shouldn't bear He Tianran's emotions...

This made the girl feel wronged.

Because if they were in a relationship, Wen Liang was certain in her heart that she would not be the one to leave first.

Besides, she was standing next to him now.

There are too many questions, and the words are too sharp...

  He Tianran was still singing his own lyrics loudly, but Wen Liang, who was full of resentment beside him, raised his voice and interrupted him:

There was no time to ask you why you left——!

He Tianran was stunned, but before he could react, Wen Liang's connection was very good. He asked and answered his own questions, and sang loudly:

Just like a flying fish that has escaped from the net and fallen into the ruins, no one wants to be an enemy. The deep sea is not the only one!

He Tianran, whose lyrics were stolen, seemed dissatisfied with this behavior, and seemed to be using the lyrics to answer why he left. He sang with an angry look, and the girl also expressed her dissatisfaction -

M: You are always curious, so I will tell you this time...

Woman: I am a grain of sand that sank into the deep sea and was carried away by the wind...

M: But I didn’t mind the scratches from the gravel…

  Female: After escaping the catastrophe, I am willing to become a community!

The duet between the two was like surging waves, one rising after another. The audiences in the audience were shaken by these continuous waves of sound and the various emotions contained in them. And it was precisely because the strong emotions were too direct and could be directly felt from the performances of the two lead singers that they all ignored the minor mistake of "stealing words" which did not affect the appearance.

In other words, this was not a mistake at all. Wen Liang just sang the words he wanted to sing and asked the questions he wanted to ask.

Everyone heard a dispute and a refusal to give in from the singing of the man and woman, and felt the emotional changes of the two people singing from "quiet conversation" to "arguing with reason", then to "recalling the past with grief and anger", and finally "parting with regret".

The man and woman on the balcony seemed like a match made in heaven. They were not a perfect couple, but a pair of lovers who had a lot of grievances. At the climax of the song, they stared at each other and confronted each other. It was not like a love affair, but more like a fight to the death. It was like a curse, exploding to the extreme, leaving no room for doubt, and they sang loudly:

I am still unable to wake up from your dream, I have not mended my injured body yet, I can't wait to ask you, whether to leave my footprints?

  Before I could even ask where the wind was taking me, whether across the Gobi Desert or deep into the valley, I had a question: where can I find you...?

What on earth had they experienced to make them entangled to this extent...

Perhaps, it is really that breeze from Kawagebo that always carries regrets...

So, after traveling thousands of miles, it finally created a wave in the Tuomo River. (End of this chapter)