Chapter 14 Section Thirteen

"I'm very different from my brother." Kaori's voice was not loud, but the sound of the piano was full of incredible penetration. I made quick calculations in my mind.Kaori is a senior student, she should be twenty-two years old, and the head of the department is thirty-four years old.He looks so young, I couldn't help feeling, and glanced at Tendo who was sitting next to Kaori, he also looked younger than his actual age. Tendo put on a bored face and licked the glass.Kaori continued. "—You have to ask why there is such a big difference in our ages. In fact, my brother and I were not born to the same mother. To be precise, my mother is a mistress, but now it has been upgraded to a stepmother. So although I I'm the president's daughter, and everyone looks at me with respect, but this is the first time I've used my privilege like this."

Since she mentioned this matter, it would be inappropriate for me to snort and prevaricate, but it is also inconvenient to ask too deeply.I didn't know how to respond, so I put the cocktail glass in front of me to my mouth first, and then glanced at Tiantong, but he still didn't help me out as always. Eventually, I turned back to the previous topic. "Speaking of which, your brother is quite famous in the skiing industry, right? He participated in the National Games and was selected into the Olympic team." "you know?" Kaori opened her eyes wide and smiled. "Well, I remember publishing a book."

"Yes. "When Challenging the Silver Ridge", Ten Rivers Publishing House, 1,500 yen. It seems that the sales volume is very poor. It is because of this kind of thing that he is called a prodigal son." Kaori said with a smile.I felt a little unbelievable, so I couldn't help but continue to ask. "Do you have a good relationship with your brother?" "It's good. But I didn't have any contact until elementary school... Ah, that's right. Because my mother is a mistress. One day someone told me that this person is your brother, but it didn't feel real at all. So to be honest, it feels very subtle."

"That guy is Nobunaga." Tendo suddenly joined the conversation, nothing could be seen from his expression, and his eyes were still closed, as if he was sleeping. "What do you mean by that?" Kaori asked confusedly. "Although he is regarded as a 'stupid' in the company, he actually has the talent to conquer the world." "Is he being treated this way at the company?" I asked in surprise. "Ah, the multimedia planning office itself has been squeezed out in Shihe Company. 'The publishing house only needs to publish books'. Among the guys with rigid heads, there are also upper-level people in Shihe. In the eyes of these guys, that person It’s just doing things that don’t work. Meeting actors, making media appearances, and they’re pissed off about it. There’s a big budget to spend.”

Kaori listened with a serious expression, then said with deep emotion after a soft snort. "Oh, there are really all kinds of people." "Because this is the world of adults." The two singing together is very interesting, I also laughed, this is a normal Tendo. The waiter came over. "You can order one last drink." Kaori ordered another glass of Moskva, and Tendo ordered a golden lime, but I didn't order any more. The piece played by the piano ended, there was sparse applause, and the next piece was about to start.This time the melody was a bit familiar, and Kaori remembered it.

"It's EVA's ending song." "'FLY ME TO THE MOON' - Fly me to the moon." Tiantong muttered to himself.I was temporarily immersed in piano playing. Not only because of the alcohol in the cocktails, the soothing music in the ear, the soft indirect lighting, the elegant interior decoration of the store, the strangely colored cocktails, but also Tendo and Kaori.It all makes for a very captivating show, and I'm intoxicated at this moment. The waiter came over quickly and put the drinks ordered by the two on the table.Tendo took a sip, and in order to ease the sudden silence on the scene, Kaori asked.

"Is Tendo single?" The overly direct question blew me away.Tendo responded calmly. "yes." "Why do not you get married?" He didn't answer right away this time, and looked into the distance, but there would be no answer in front of his line of sight. "There is such a magic." Tendo suddenly started talking about unrelated topics. "Prepare ten sheets of paper, hand them to the other party, and ask the other party to write their favorite number on each sheet. The numbers cannot be the same, and there is no upper limit. Then turn the paper back and turn it over one by one. When the one with the largest number is opened At that time, guess that this is the largest number. Needless to say, if you turn over all of them, guess whether it is this one when you turn over one of them.

"Because this game can't be guessed 100% of the time, it probably isn't magic. It is said that there is a game with the highest success rate in mathematics. After getting ten sheets of paper, first turn over the first, second and third These are all discarded cards. Then start from the fourth card, if you turn over a higher number than the first three cards, you will guess this card. It is said that this method has the highest guessing rate." Tendo took another sip of wine, and then stopped talking. "You mean, this is the same as getting married?" Kaori asked in disbelief.

"It's really like a game." He avoided Kaori's question, took out the cigarette and lit it.The smoke swayed upwards. "But as far as marriage is concerned, there are more than ten cards, right?" That's right, Tendo nodded. "When the total number of cards is more than ten, the number of cards given up at the beginning should be more than three." "It's still the same reason," Tiantong nodded. "What about when the total number of sheets is uncertain?" I'm also thinking about Kaori's question.In this case, the play with the highest success rate does not exist.Can't guess the highest card.

"Anyway...those reasons aside, I just learned not to open the first one and say, 'That's this one!'." "...Then are you still flopping?" Kaori seemed a little uneasy when she asked the question.Tendo exhaled, pressed the cigarette into the ashtray, and drank the rest of the wine in the glass. "Game time is over. Time to go." As she said that, Tendo quickly picked up the bill. Normally, Kaori would have said coquettishly that she was really cunning, but that night was different, she silently let it go.There seemed to be an adult atmosphere on the spot, and she was not allowed to make such a move.

At Tendo's urging, Kaori and I got up as well. The three of us walked to the cashier, and the live piano performance continued behind us.