Dating sim loading: My girlfriend is a cunning young lady
Chapter 92 - 76. The oboe does not easily produce beautiful tones.

Chapter 92: 76. The oboe does not easily produce beautiful tones.

Jiutiao Meiji wasn’t set free until Dubian Che returned from sending her off to the airport for her flight out of the country that night.

Before leaving,

"Meiji, I want to go to the shooting club on the 25th floor to play."

"When you actually make me comfortable for once."

"Really?! In that case, how about, my all-out massage!"

"Do you want to hurt me? Be gentle!"

"Oh..."

So, Dubian Che, who must learn a musical instrument, prepared to study massage techniques at the same time.

With slim chances for a temporary event, and unable to rely on the system to acquire "shooting" skills, he had to rely on himself.

For regular people, having a place to practice shooting freely was too rare, and this was an opportunity he had to seize.

That evening, when he got back home, Dubian Che consulted Kiyono Lin about musical instruments on line.

"Kiyono, do you know which musical instrument is the easiest to learn?"

Half an hour later, the system indicated "read," and soon after Kiyono Lin quickly replied,

"Ukulele."

"What’s that?"

Kiyono Lin sent an emoji of a dolphin stroking its own head, with a very helpless expression.

Dubian Che’s fingers rapidly tapped the screen: "You just want to send emojis, don’t you!"

"No, I’m truly scared by how narrow your knowledge is," followed by another emoji of a dolphin that couldn’t bear to look.

Dubian Che gave up arguing with her: "What’s the easiest instrument to learn in the Wind Instrument Club?"

"It varies from person to person."

"If you had to choose one?"

"Why should I listen to you?"

"Because this is all your fault!!!"

An emoji of a confused dolphin immediately appeared on the screen.

Dubian Che repeated, in a voice message, the incident where Jiutiao Meiji woke up to an unpleasant performance and then made him play for her at the music concert.

In response, Kiyono Lin sent an emoji of a dolphin relishing in schadenfreude and sent a voice message in a cold voice without a bit of sympathy: "Pitiful."

"Are you not taking responsibility? It was you who made me go to the concert, which got me into this mess!!!"

"As for ease of playing, the clarinet is somewhat simpler, but to satisfy Jiutiao Meiji, I don’t think an easy instrument is a good choice."

"You seem to understand her well, the enemy always knows best. What about other instruments?"

"I’m not too familiar with other instruments, but I’m best at the trumpet, I could teach you, though it’s one of the relatively harder instruments."

"How does it compare to the clarinet?"

"How to put it... If the clarinet’s difficulty is one star, the trumpet is five stars."

"...Wait a second."

Dubian Che called Jiutiao Mei,

"Meiji, what do you think about me learning the clarinet?"

"Not much."

"How about the trumpet?"

Jiutiao Mei gave a cold laugh, "Oboe."

"Beep... Beep..."

Dubian Che didn’t mind being hung up on one bit, he even felt satisfied with such a short and efficient conversation.

He switched back to the line chat UI: "The clarinet is the simplest, so is the oboe’s difficulty slightly harder, but easier than the trumpet?"

"The oboe is as difficult as the French horn."

"French horn?"

A helpless dolphin emoji struck again, followed by "Five stars."

"...You could have just said it’s the same as the trumpet! I suspect you’re purposely insulting me!"

"Don’t suspect."

"My phone is dying, bye."

After a while, Dubian Che inevitably sent another message: "Um, Kiyono, do you know where there’s a good music store? If possible, please also enlighten me about the oboe, like which one to buy."

"Ara, weren’t you supposed to charge your phone?"

"Sorry, my attitude was wrong."

"My magnanimity is as deep as the Izu Ogasawara Trench, I forgive your impulsiveness. Tomorrow at 9:30 AM, meet at the entrance to Ginza Mountain Musical Instrument Store."

"Wrong, Kiyono! Let me tell you, the deepest trench in the Island Country isn’t the Izu Ogasawara Trench at all!"

"Of course not."

"Eh?"

"I’ll keep the remaining two for future use."

"You mean, I’ll at least be ’forgiven’ like this two more times?"

"You’re flattering yourself, Mr. Dubian Che. I’m worried that if I keep talking about the number one sight, I’ll quickly run out of things to say to you."

"..."

Dubian Che downloaded the dolphin emoji pack, and sent a dolphin giving a thumbs up.

Of course it wasn’t a real thumbs up—it was sarcasm!

The next day, Sunday, was still a drizzly day.

Dubian Che boarded the train at Shibuya Station, took the Marunouchi Line, and got off at Ginza Station.

Ginza on the weekend was bustling with people and an array of umbrellas; occasionally, one could see fashionistas with sunglasses walking with a stride no ordinary person could manage, entering and exiting various luxury stores.

In front of Mountain Musical Instrument Store, Kiyono Lin, Mayi Asuka, Hanaoka Asako, and Ichiki Aoi were already waiting.

Dubian Che approached, "Sorry, I’m late."

Actually, there were still five minutes left until the agreed time of 9:30 AM, but as the last one to arrive, apologizing was polite.

Kiyono Lin nodded, "Let’s go in."

Dubian Che wanted to ask why the other three had come but seeing she had no intention of speaking, he gave up.

But the reason they came together was probably "The Love Story of Ichiki Aoi · Continued;" there was nothing to be curious about.

Mountain Musical Instrument Store was a building with a basement and six floors above ground, selling different things on each floor.

The first floor right after entering was all CDs.

New albums, decade-old CDs, vinyl records from decades ago, they had everything. For those who liked physical discs, spending a few hours here wouldn’t be tiring at all.

On the stairway wall to the second floor was a photo exhibition of a singer whose name I couldn’t recall.