Japanese Entertainment: A Comeback Beginning from Bankrupt President

Although Kazuya Sawashiro spoke as if it were true, Aki Amano knew perfectly well that he had never heard of such things.

She came over to the refrigerator, picking up some fruit as she said, "I've never heard you mention this before, so which teacher got married? Was it your homeroom teacher, or that very pretty mentor?"

After asking the questions, she took a plate of fruit and went to the kitchen.

Because the structure is completely open, this does not prevent me from hearing Kazuya Sawashiro's voice.

"It's those two. They should be having dinner at the Hawaiian restaurant by now."

"Hawaii... I've never been there before," Amano Aki said with an envious look. After a moment of reverie, she remembered the first part of Sawashiro Kazuya's sentence, and immediately spilled the fruit platter. "Eh?! Those two got married?" she exclaimed in surprise.

The clattering noises caught Kazuya Sawashiro's attention. He turned around and asked Aki Amano with a puzzled look, "What? Are you surprised that the two of them are together?"

"No... well, there is a little bit." Amano Aki wanted to say no, but after meeting Kazuya Uesawa's gaze, she forgot to lie.

It's her problem; she's judging people by their appearance.

It's not that the homeroom teacher was particularly ugly, but compared to the mentor's level, she was far inferior, at least three, four, five, or six points below.

In her opinion, that teacher's rank should be matched with that of Kazuya Sawashiro, so that they could be considered a perfect couple in the conventional sense.

"Well... I was surprised when I first heard it too, but marriage is something that two people think about for a long time. They have their reasons for doing this, and we outsiders should just give our blessings." Ze Cheng didn't criticize Amano Aki for judging people by their appearance, because he himself had made that mistake, so he had no reason to criticize others.

Amano Aki followed suit, agreeing, "Yes, as long as neither family has any objections, that's fine."

After she finished speaking, she also tidied up her fruit plate.

Amano Aki returned to Sawashiro Kazuya's side with a sheepish grin, sharing fruit while inquiring about the wedding: "Speaking of which, with the teacher getting married, aren't any of the other graduates making any moves? Shouldn't we take this opportunity to have a graduation party and rekindle the beautiful romances of our high school days?"

"What? You also think I have a lot of free time?" Kazuya Sawashiro's resentment was all about the word "time".

He was studying and researching day and night, and then someone next to him popped up and said, "Why don't you reminisce about your high school days?" He didn't have the time to rekindle old romances with classmates he hadn't seen in years.

Resentment condensed into water droplets and fell on Amano Aki's forehead.

At this moment, she also realized that Ze Cheng and Kazuya were locked up by her side, and had no time to go to parties or talk about love.

"Um... that's not what I meant," Amano Aki's brain was spinning rapidly, and she ended up dizzy herself. She couldn't think of a response, so she could only throw out a new question to Sawashiro Kazuya, "What I mean is, isn't it a common thing in manga and novels that two people fall in love again at a class reunion after graduating from high school?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Ze Cheng Kazuya hesitated between laughing and not laughing, finally revealing an expression of contempt. "If classmates fall in love after marriage, that's real infidelity. Is this the kind of novel you read?"

"Pfft... No, no, no, I never watch these things." Amano Aki's head suddenly turned into a red balloon, floating around in the air.

It was supposed to be a romantic storyline, but why did it become so vulgar after the added settings? As a result, Amano Aki started having all sorts of wild thoughts about the class reunion, suspecting that the reunion was a natural platform for infidelity.

Fortunately, she attended a correspondence school for artists in high school, so there was no such thing as a class reunion.

There's very little communication between artists.

Back then, everyone went to work when they had a job, and only went to class when they didn't. In addition, the school had a strict rule against dating, so she kept her distance from the male classmates, and no one paid any attention to her, this country girl.

Suddenly I felt so relaxed.

Amano Aki smiled, then turned back to meet Kazuya Uesawa's scrutinizing gaze, instinctively shrinking back. "What? Why are you looking at me like that all of a sudden?"

"It's nothing, I just think you're a bit silly." Kazuya Sawashiro had been looking at Aki Amano the whole time.

Then he saw a person go from blushing to turning pale, then suddenly relax, raise her head and reveal that signature silly smile, tiptoeing to ask what others were doing. "Silly" was already a compliment for her.

"Oh, I see. Thank you."

"hold head high?"

Why did you have to thank me when you admitted it?

Completely baffled by what Amano Aki was thinking, and having lost all interest in studying, Sawashiro Kazuya could only waste his time on her. He casually picked up an apple, ate it, and said, "I remember you came to Tokyo after graduating from middle school, right? Ten years have passed now. Do you still keep in touch with your middle school classmates?"

"Yes, I went to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school, but I haven't kept in touch with my classmates." Amano Aki was filled with emotion when she recalled the past.

When it comes to the word "classmate," she doesn't have much to say.

"What? You look so pitiful. Have your classmates abandoned you? Did they not invite you to their 10th anniversary reunion?" Kazuya Sawashiro continued digging deeper with his pickaxe, determined to uncover Aki Amano's secret.

This single pickaxe pierced through Amano Aki's outer shell, revealing her fragile inner world.

"Hmm... My sister told me that they held a 10th anniversary reunion during the Obon festival. No one notified me, and no one asked my sister to pass on the message." Amano Aki lowered his head and stuffed grapes into his mouth one by one.

When you're in a bad mood, you should eat more.

If he hadn't seen Amano Aki eating, Sawashiro Kazuya might have said some nice things to comfort her. But now that the grapes in the fruit bowl were decreasing at a visible rate, what was the point of him comforting her?

"Leave some for me, don't take advantage of your large appetite to eat so much."

"Tsk!" Amano Aki, her cheeks puffed out, looked up and glared at Sawashiro Kazuya. "So what if I can eat? If I can eat, I should eat more. Besides, you're eating too, aren't you? Where do you get the confidence to say that to me?"

"So you don't care at all?" Kazuya Sawashiro answered irrelevantly, cleverly avoiding Aki Amano's question.

Of course, Kazuya Sawashiro was also concerned about Aki Amano, after all, he wasn't a bad person.

"What's there to care about?" Amano Aki smiled bitterly, clearing the saliva from his mouth as he slowly said, "Since they didn't invite me, why should I bother with their cold shoulder? Going there would only embarrass me. Just hearing their perfunctory words is painful."

"Oh, I see... then you should eat more."

Eat as much as you like. Anyway, we're not some idol trainee, so we don't need to control our weight to the point of exhaustion.