My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 309 The Two People with Problems
"Haha..." Nishikata turned around to face Takagi and the others, laughing awkwardly.

Shoko quickly tugged at Ayumi Ajitani's sleeve: "Ayumi-chan, my stomach suddenly feels a little uncomfortable. Could you come back to the store with me to use the restroom?"

Before she could agree, Shoko took her hand, pushed open the door, and walked inside, saying, "I'm afraid it'll be awkward if I'm alone, let's go, let's go."

Before leaving, he didn't forget to give Tsuna a wink.

"..." Tsuna didn't make an excuse, and turned to follow the two people in front of him.

The bell suddenly stopped, the cicada's chirping was interrupted twice as if it had caught in a lag, and the rest of the chirping was muffled in the sweltering air.

With a flushed face, Nishikata walked up to Takagi. Looking at the girl in front of him who was trying hard to suppress her laughter, he couldn't utter the words that were stuck in his throat.

"Um……"

"Just now..."

"Ok?"

"I……"

Takagi didn't speak, but subconsciously clenched her fists, trying her best to control the small expression on her face, wanting to hear the boy in front of her, who was blushing, finish what was on his mind.

"Just now... I... Please don't misunderstand what my mom said, actually... the wallpaper on my computer is a group photo of everyone..."

"..."

Seeing her smile fade, Nishikata became even more nervous: "I...I have something to do...Could you tell Tsuna and the others that I'm leaving now?"

Before Takagi could react, he turned and quickly left the scene.

"No way!? He didn't confess his feelings when he had such a good opportunity?"

Having witnessed the entire process, Ayumi Ajitani, relying on Tsuna and Shoko's on-the-spot lip-reading translation, was genuinely indignant.

He was even more annoyed by the lack of quality in the film.

“Ayumi-chan, you can’t say that.” Shoko shook her index finger and denied it. “Nishikata is probably afraid of being rejected by Takagi-chan, and then we won’t even be able to be friends.”

"But Takagi-chan made it so obvious, how could he not see it?" Ayumi Ajitani was still a little unconvinced, even though she felt there was some truth to it.

"What if Nishikata is emotionally oblivious?" Shoko glanced at the person who was still looking out the window.

Ayumi Azurani recalled Nishikata's various behaviors during her three years of junior high school and nodded: "It does seem like he was a bit..."

"Let's go, let's go out first," Tsuna suggested.

"Uh-huh."

"Jingle Bell……"

The three of them pushed open the door and walked out. Ayumi Ajitani saw that Takagi was still staring at the corner where Nishikata had disappeared, and went up to her with concern, "Takagi-chan, are you alright...?"

"It's nothing." Takagi looked away and shrugged.

The three men looked at her with a slight upturn at the corners of her mouth, completely unable to guess what she was thinking.

"Shall we continue shopping at the department store?" Ayumi Ajitani hesitated.

"Uh-huh."

"Let's go."

"Wait a minute." Tsuna raised his hand to interrupt the group as they turned to leave, and explained to their puzzled looks, "I have something urgent to take care of and need to go back. You guys go ahead."

"What is it?"

"Okay, then Tsuna, you can go back now."

Before he could explain, Shoko waved to him, took Takagi and the other girl's hands, and turned to leave, not giving Ayumi Ajitani a chance to ask her questions.

Tsuna stared at Shoko's retreating figure until she was far away before turning his gaze away.

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"What to do? What to do? What to do?"

"Miyamura, do you think Takagi-san guessed that I like her?"

"(Distraught, clutching his head.jpg)"

Tsuna had just returned home when he was bombarded with messages from Nishikata. After telling Shizuka Miyamura in the living room, he went back to his bedroom and slowly started reading. He looked like an old man on the subway looking at his phone the whole time as he read through Nishikata's messages.

"Miyamura, say something... I see you've read it..."

"What did you say?"

Tsuna leaned back and lay directly on the bed, showing no intention of comforting Nishikata's outburst.

Where are you now?

"If you want to find Takagi-san at home, you should go to the department store."

"..."

"I'm not looking for her, I want to go find you."

"..." Tsuna looked at the latest message, not wanting to pay attention to it. After giving Nishikata a perfunctory reply, he sat up and went to turn on his computer.

"What were you thinking at the time? You turned around and left without hesitation."

"I was so nervous at the time that I didn't think much about it..."

"It's alright, Takagi believed your excuse."

"I don't believe it..."

After the computer booted up, he exited the chat interface with Nishikata and clicked on the chat with Kazuno Jun.

"Sister Xiaoshun, shall I send you the new book to take a look now?"

I had already mentioned this to the other party a few days ago, so I didn't explain further.

After receiving a reply, Tsuna immediately sent over the entire message he had edited: "I want to eat your pancreas."

After exchanging a few words with Nishikata, he went to sleep for a nap, only to be shaken awake when Shoko returned in the afternoon.

The cicadas chirped incessantly in the afternoon, mingling with the noise of the air conditioner's outdoor unit.

"Did you guys go out and about today? Has Takagi changed at all?" Tsuna asked curiously, lying on the bed, feeling a bit reluctant to move.

“No.” Shoko slowly shook her head. “Everything is normal, just like what happened with Nishikata never happened.”

"Then nothing should happen..." Tsuna guessed, checking his LINE messages on his phone.

My conversation with Kazuno Jun was still a few hours ago. She received a message from him and guessed that he was still looking at it, so I didn't choose to disturb him.

Shoko pulled me downstairs to watch TV. The sky gradually darkened without me noticing, and the streetlights along the street lit up one by one.

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The lights inside Futaba Publishing House also came on as night fell.

"Suzuki-nee, I'm going back now. You guys can go to the dinner party tonight, I have something to do."

As Kazuno tidied up his things at his workstation, he couldn't stop smiling as he stood up.

Seeing her expression, the woman sitting next to her boldly guessed, "Xiao Shun, you didn't find a boyfriend, did you?"

Even the president of Futaba Publishing House, who had just come out of his office, stopped in his tracks because of her words.

Upon hearing this, Kazuno Jun shook her head repeatedly in denial, especially after seeing her father's somewhat stiff expression.

"Didn't I tell you a few days ago that Miyamura-sensei has a new book?"

Having said all that, the gossipy people nearby had more or less guessed why she refused the dinner party, while the president, who was passing by, turned around and went back to his office.

The woman was surprised, and a little jealous. "So fast!? Wasn't the second volume just released not long ago?"

Just from the revenue sharing of Miyamura-sensei's book, the editors who signed him can earn a considerable amount. She said it would be a lie to say she wasn't envious.

Kazun nodded, and the woman understood what she meant.

"Xiao Shun, when will Mr. Miyamura come to the publishing house? Introduce me to him, please." At this moment, another woman in a black women's suit spoke up jokingly.

"You're probably thinking of poaching Mr. Miyamura from Koshun, aren't you?"

"Suzuki, since you've guessed it, you don't have to say it." The woman chuckled, but she didn't dare to dig deeper. Anyone with eyes could see the connections Kazuno Jun had within the publishing house.

(End of this chapter)