My second life is a bit strange?

"Alright, go home early. Oh, here you go." The PE teacher took out a few fruit candies from his pocket and tossed them to Kaede and Eriri.

"Thank you, teacher."

"Ugh. Exercising all sweaty so early in the morning...it must be really uncomfortable." Eriri's features scrunched up.

"I remember the archery club has a bathroom. You can ask Kaguya if you can use it."

"Really!" Eriri's eyes lit up, and she immediately contacted Kaguya on her phone.

Feng tidied his words and told the news to his classmates. Sure enough, there was a chorus of groans.

"Oh no, I'm going to die."

"You have to work yourself to death first thing in the morning."

"The PE teacher is so cruel!"

"@PE teacher".

……

Time flies, ordinary yet memorable. Kaede goes to school with Eriri as usual, but he feels something is different.

Eriri kept her head down and looked at the road the whole time she walked. She was usually quite talkative, but she was quiet now.

The weather is getting hot, and you can already hear the cicadas chirping.

The same thing happened at school. When her friends came to chat with her, she would only have a faint smile on her face and would not participate in the conversation.

During lunch break, everyone went to the rooftop for lunch, and Fujiwara Chika always had endless gossip to share: "Let me tell you, this is a secret that only I know in the whole school."

Kaguya glanced at her sideways: "What secret?"

"Hmph~" Fujiwara Chika shook her finger: "Secrets are for trading~ You can trade me secrets that I don't know."

"Oh~" Kaguya trailed off for a very long time, then the smile on her face vanished instantly: "Absolutely no interest."

"Huh??? How could you do that?" Fujiwara Chika pouted, hands on her hips. "Well, I'll tell you, it's a secret between Jun and Yuki in our class~"

Sometimes Kaguya really wanted to open her head and see what was inside: "Oh, I know, they're together."

"Huh! How did you know??" Fujiwara Chika was shocked and took two steps back, completely petrified, and stood in a strange position.

“You mean this? I know that too,” Feng interjected, raising his hand.

Fujiwara Chika took another step back, and Eriri followed up, saying, "I know too."

Fujiwara Chika leaned against the rooftop railing, arms crossed, looking at the three of them, blinking as if trying to squeeze out a few tears: "Am I the only one being ostracized? I'm so glad I knew this secret and wanted to share it with you."

Kaguya rolled her eyes: "You said it yourself, it's their secret. If they're not together, what else could it be?"

"You, Kaguya with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, you actually schemed against me!" Fujiwara Chika pointed a trembling finger at her, then turned to Kaede and asked, "How did you know?"

"A few days ago, when Eriri and I came back to get our things from the classroom, we saw them kissing in the classroom," Kaede told the truth.

Kaguya's face flushed instantly, and the blush spread down her neck.

[Shameless! Doing such a thing in the classroom!]

Fujiwara Chika became interested and, blushing, continued, "How do you kiss? Can you imitate me...?"

"Imitate my ass!" Feng reached out and flicked Qianhua's forehead. Qianhua winced and shrank back, clutching her head in pain.

"It's getting late, you should get some rest."

Feng brought out a recliner from the storage room. They bought it together; it's convenient and comfortable. Sure enough, when you have enough money, you can make anything.

Maple, who was in a light sleep, was awakened by a soft footstep. He squinted and saw Eriri quietly walk to the other side of the storage room, sit against the wall, prop her chin up and look into the distance, seemingly lost in thought.

Feng got up and sat down next to her.

Did I wake you up?

"You seem different from usual today."

Chapter Forty-Three: A Lifetime

"Hmm." Eriri gave a soft "hmm" and didn't continue.

"Can you tell me what happened?"

"My entry only came in second place in the competition, so I'm a little disappointed."

Feng gently patted her head and comforted her in a doting tone, "Isn't this great? Who can be number one every time?"

“You.” Eriri stared straight at him. The boy in front of her was outstanding, kind, gentle, and considerate, almost too perfect for a human being. She always felt that there was an insurmountable gap between them.

"I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants. I've also made a lot of mistakes. Last time, when I was doing voice acting for a game company, I went to the wrong department and got teased by my colleagues in the HR department for the whole afternoon."

"Is that so?" Eriri smiled gently, glancing at Kaguya Chika, who was fast asleep next to her.

"Yeah, and another time, we were recording a music video. I got up really early, and in a daze, I put on my costume. But I forgot to change my shoes before leaving home, so I ran to the set in slippers. I was so embarrassed that my toes could have built a villa. You can't just find a pair of slippers among the filming crew, right? Guess what happened?"

"Will the company buy you a pair?"

"How could that be? When everyone was at a loss, the photographer suddenly slapped his forehead and said, 'Why not just not shoot the knee?' And that's exactly what happened."

"Pfft." Eriri couldn't help herself, resting her head on his shoulder, her body trembling, and slapping Kaede's thigh repeatedly.

After laughing for a while, he took several deep breaths to calm down: "You mean that bishoujo game that recently stopped airing, right? The production team released some clips, and a lot of people are saying that the camera angles are weird and that they should be docked pay. That's really tough on them."

"You didn't get first place this time, but you can try again next time. Is the other person very old?"

"No, it's a girl about my age named Shiina Mashiro." This is what really hurt Eriri.

"Thank you, I feel much better." Eriri's smile returned. "Stay with me a little longer..."

"Sure, any time is fine."

Eriri's eyes shimmered with an indescribable tenderness: "Pinky promise, I'll be a puppy if I lie."

I'll have you stay with me for the rest of my life.

...

After finishing dinner, Feng watched TV with Xiao Gui for a while before returning to his room. He lay on the bed reading comic books when his phone rang a few times. It was a photo sent by Kimura, a photo that looked like a chest.

"guess what is this?"

"It's an arm~"

Feng chuckled and replied a few words, then turned off his phone, looked at the ceiling, and sighed, "It really sounds like something a middle school student would do."

ding dong~

The phone rang again. Feng took it out and saw it was a message from Fujiwara Chika: "Guess what this is?"

It was another photo that resembled a chest shape, only much whiter and with a small mole. Kimura had played this trick once before, so he naturally wouldn't fall for it. He wanted to tease the other person a bit: "It's the flesh on your stomach."

"I don't have any excess fat!!! No! I eat a lot, but I'm not fat!!!" Fujiwara Chika sent a few more photos, pouting.

In the photo, a pink-haired girl blushes as she lifts her pajamas, revealing her smooth, flat stomach.

"Is that an elbow?"

"Hmph~ You answered wrong."

If it's not an elbow, then what is it? Feng was a little confused. Suddenly, he saw the photo Qianhua sent. Her pajamas were a bit loose, revealing part of her snow-white chest, and there was a mole on that snow-white chest.

Feng stared at the photo with his mouth agape. Before he knew it, his phone fell and hit his face, hitting his nose. The pain brought tears to his eyes, and he covered his nose, gasping for breath.

"It's a leg~"

Upon seeing the answer announced by Fujiwara Chika, Kaede's face turned bright red, burning with embarrassment.

I turned off the lights, covered my head with the blanket, and rolled around in bed wrapped in it.

"Did I disturb you...?"

Shirogane Miyuki's voice startled Feng, who quickly crawled out from under the covers: "Miyuki-nii, you scared me to death!"

"I'm curious what you're doing? You're fidgeting around. Anyway, Mom called and said we're out of food. What would you like to eat? I'll go buy some."

"You're even too embarrassed to bargain, let me go instead." Feng was feeling hot and wanted to go out for some fresh air.

"Really? Then could you please get me a Red Bull? I have a game at school tomorrow."

"Ok."

Feng put on his shoes and set off into the night. The streetlights were broken, and the orange light flickered continuously. He took a deep breath, and the cool breeze entered his lungs, instantly making him much more awake.

There were some people in the convenience store, dressed in suits and ties: "Office workers really have a tough job."

Feng sympathetically muttered this, then picked out some fresh vegetables: "After Yuxing's match, let's treat him to sukiyaki. Here are some eggs."

As he finished selecting his items and was about to pay, a woman wearing a large hood walked towards him, completely obscuring her face; only her mouth was visible.

Her lips curled up in an exaggerated arc, and he felt as if he had seen her somewhere before.

He turned around in confusion, but the woman had vanished.

"Maybe I'm overthinking it," Feng muttered to himself as he paid the bill. The journey home was unusually quiet, but his sixth sense told him that someone was following him.

But every time he turned around, he didn't see anyone, not even the rearview mirror on the side of the road.

Either he was being paranoid, or the person had extremely strong counter-surveillance capabilities. Feng quickened his pace, carrying the bag, and ran down the street, trying to force the person to show themselves.

Just as he was pondering, a long leg wrapped in bandages kicked at him. He reacted instinctively, raising his hands to his chest. The force of the impact sent him flying, the bag he was carrying flying into the air.

It's her!

The girl's hat was blown open by the airflow, her hair flew in the air, and she wore a flamboyant yet careful smile. She reached out to take the bag and threw it onto the car next to her.

"My eggs!" Feng sprang up, looking at the other person warily. Wu Jialouluo, a highly aggressive girl, asked, "What do you want?"

"Of course I want to see your strength." Garuda stuck out her tongue, and as soon as she finished speaking, she swooped down and rushed over, closing in on her in a few flashes.

[They've come in.]

He somehow entered the boxer's attack range, and his fist, which had been hidden to the side, shot out like a wasp's stinger, making a whistling sound.

Several punches were blocked by the girl's fists. The clash of their fists startled a stray cat that was foraging in the trash can, which ran away cursing.

[Such a hard bone.]

He clenched his fists in pain, the fists carrying a strong wind as they repeatedly struck his head, but he dodged them all.