I, who advocate giving up, feel like a disqualified person

"Yi Sheji? Ah, he is indeed in this class."

The girl who looked like the class monitor quickly answered me. After searching two classes, I finally found him in Class 1.

"It's just that he's on sick leave since yesterday... or was it the day before yesterday? It doesn't matter. He wasn't in school today anyway."

Although it was only a little bit, I still felt a little dissatisfaction from her words... Maybe her relationship with Sheji was not very good, so such emotions were aroused when she mentioned him.

...I wonder what the other people in the class think of him...

"...What do you want from him?"

"Well, it's nothing, actually. I just feel a little weird since I haven't seen him in ages."

There shouldn't be any problem with this response...

"Oh, so that's how it is... Hmm? You should be from another class, so how do you know that... how do you know Shaji-san?"

She must be thinking, "How do you know that guy?"

"...Isn't this Xiao Qiong? You are Qiong, right?"

Just as I was about to respond, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly came from the classroom in front of me.

Following the sound, I looked and saw someone who looked familiar... I thought I'd been in the same class with her for a while last year. Unfortunately, I was so caught up in sleep in class back then that I didn't remember her name.

"Well, I am..."

"Were you and Yehui classmates last year?" she said, looking back, "Then you should talk to her. She is very familiar with the man named Sheji." As she said that, she returned to her seat. At the same time, the girl named Yehui was walking towards me.

"...Oh, um..."

Familiar? What does that mean?

"What's wrong? Are you having trouble that you can't solve?"

"No, nothing happened..." I didn't understand what she was talking about. "Why do you ask?"

"...No, now it seems I was a little mistaken." She explained, looking a little embarrassed. "I just heard that you came to see Sheji, and I thought you had something to ask him."

Her cheeks turned a little red... probably because she was embarrassed. But I didn't seem to feel anything, I just guessed wrongly...

"No, I just wanted to see him."

"...Eh?"

A puzzled look crossed her face. Did she not hear me clearly? Perhaps it was because the people in the hallway were a bit noisy.

"I mean, I haven't seen him for several days, so I wanted to come here to see him, but unfortunately he's not here..."

“Ah…I see…”

"Um...did I say anything weird?"

Seeing her slightly hesitant expression, I couldn't help but doubt what I had just said.

"No... If that's all, then there's no problem." She sighed, "In that case, I might as well find a chance to ask him some questions~" (The reason why Yi Sheji felt a chill)

"...?"

What on earth is she talking about...

"By the way, when did you two meet? I remember you hadn't..."

"It has nothing to do with last year. I just happened to run into it a while ago."

"Some time ago...was it the time when he couldn't speak?"

"Oh, indeed." He couldn't help but recall that time. "At that time, I thought he couldn't speak at all, but when he suddenly spoke while we were out on a date, I was really surprised~"

"Eh? Really? That's really... huh?"

A hint of doubt suddenly appeared on the face that had just been smiling.

"You mean...when you were doing something with him?"

"..."

Is there something wrong with her ears? She's so close... Ah, could it be that she's daydreaming while chatting with someone like me?

"Just... go out on a date together..."

"Dating..."

"Yeah. He brought it up on his own initiative. It seemed like he saw that I didn't understand much, so he wanted me to understand."

"I understand. No need to say more." She suddenly stretched out her hand to interrupt me. "You should be able to see him tomorrow."

"...Is that so? That's great."

Although I don't quite understand how she knew this, but since his illness can be cured faster...

"But then again, if you're sick, just tell me straight away... He even talked to me on the phone for a long time yesterday. I wonder if that will have any impact on his condition..."

"...What...what are you talking about?"

“…”

I don't really like to repeat myself...It seems like everyone I met today was a weird person.

Difficult to distinguish thoughts

The world is always full of uncertain things.

Whether it's the unpredictable human heart or the unpredictable weather...when something does happen, there seems to be nothing we can do except accept it. So rather than trying to avoid something, we should be prepared for what to do after it happens.

A lot of the credit for the progress of human society should be attributed to "response".

"Ah...it's so cold."

Along with the autumn rain came a constant chilly wind. In such weather, no one would be willing to walk on the street unless there was something urgent.

However, I'm the type who walks in the rain even though I have nothing to do... I'm completely different. However, to others, I look like just another person on their way to do something or go home.

People only use common sense to explain unusual phenomena, so the conclusions they draw must be ordinary.

"Huh..." What am I thinking about?

Now is not the time to think about this.

It won’t be long before we enter winter, and I don’t know whether it will snow smoothly or not... As far as I can remember, there don’t seem to be many years when we can have several snowfalls smoothly.

But then again, even though global warming is promised, it will still get cold as usual when it is supposed to.

"Wow——"

I'd open my umbrella and bury my mouth in my scarf; this had become my daily routine. And even though I'd said it was cold before leaving, I was actually quite warm. It was just my face and forehead that were unprotected, and the cold wind had hit them. If it was just this level, it probably wouldn't make my condition any worse... well, whatever.

This kind of minor illness always gets better.

Compared to me, her issues are what I care about most. She's still in school and isn't allowed home at lunch, so I could definitely use this time to investigate her home... While it's an investigation, all I can do is ask her parents about things that I personally care about... Well, I'd say adoptive parents would be better.

But no matter what, it is indeed quite difficult to get them to say something to a complete stranger.

"These are all troublesome things..."

However, only by doing this can you truly feel that you are doing what is called "meaningful things."

Chapter 22: Difficult Thoughts

The raindrops showed no sign of slowing down. Compared to the previous few days, the temperature seemed to have dropped again today. I wondered how many people would be unable to come to school due to health reasons.

Ye Hui, who had received the leave note, thought so and walked slowly on the road leading to the school gate.

The shallow potholes on the roadside were constantly rippling in the dense raindrops, and were only briefly dispersed by footsteps before immediately returning to their original state.

"You can go out now."

With that said, the guard opened the iron gate. After thanking him, Ye Hui quickened his pace and left the school.

It took quite a while to convince my homeroom teacher. And now it was almost rush hour, and the midday shopping season was approaching. If I took too long and couldn't get to school before the first afternoon class, even the usually tolerant Teacher Nan would be angry. Who knows, next time something happened, I might not be able to ask for leave.

It was because of this mood that she did not notice that there was someone waiting for her to appear at the school gate.

"...Yehui, are you going shopping?"

A voice came from not far behind her.

"....?!"

She knew exactly who the voice came from, but she couldn't understand why the owner of the voice appeared here.

"What are you doing here?"

Turning around, she saw Sheji standing there for who knows how long, holding an umbrella. Even though he looked very well dressed, she couldn't help but worry about his illness.

"...As you can see, I'm waiting for you..."

The smile looked weak. It must be that the illness had not yet completely healed. Ye Hui was a little angry about this.

"I know you're waiting for me. But you also know that you're sick now. If it gets worse..."

"Then I can stay at home for a few more days, right? That's great..."

"not good at all!"

I wanted to pretend that I didn't care...but now it seems that I have only angered her. Sheji then realized what he had done wrong.

"...Feel sorry."

I am being worried about.

Even though he didn't quite believe it, he still came to this conclusion. Just like he was paying attention to that girl named Yao Qiong, Ye Hui, for some reason... was paying attention to someone like him.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Ye Hui realized that he didn't seem to have any other reasons to criticize him, so he could only sigh, "Forget it... Since you're already here, it's useless for me to be angry."

"Feel sorry."

"Don't apologize... In that case, why don't you just stop standing here and go shopping with me."

Moreover, she suddenly remembered that she still had questions to ask.

...........

"Speaking of which, did anyone come to see me today?"

"Eh...?" Ye Hui didn't expect that before he could figure out how to ask, he was the one who asked the question first.

"...No?"

"No. A girl from another class did come to see you." No matter what, he couldn't lie...so Ye Hui answered truthfully.

"As expected... He's a guy who can't sit still."

It didn't seem like he was complaining, but rather a bit happy. Well, being approached by a girl was certainly something to be proud of...but what was her relationship with the state? That was all Ye Hui cared about.

"...She is your friend?"

"Friends?" He actually pondered the question. "Do you think there is such a thing as pure friendship between men and women?"

"Huh? This..."

Faced with this rhetorical question, Ye Hui actually hesitated.

"I think... maybe there is... right?"

"I think so, actually," Sheji said, nodding. "But that only existed at a very young age. Children at that age didn't have the concept of gender, and friends were simply playmates. As for people of this age, I don't think that kind of relationship exists anymore."

"..."

Then what is the relationship between you and me?

This question wanted to come out of Ye Hui's mouth for no reason, but Ye Hui immediately noticed it and held back.

"That is to say...you and that girl...are actually..."

It’s really hard to ask questions like “Are they actually in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship?”

"Well, that's what's strange." Sheji nodded. "That girl...ah, let me tell you her name."

"No need, I actually know her name. We were in the same class."