I won't be a loser.

"Bye-Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Mari Fukaoka stared at the phone in her hand and fell into a brief contemplation, thinking back to what Kento had just talked about. She still doubted whether the other party was really just a high school student?

Senses.

She is also very clear about this aspect, and it seems to have considerable profits, but unfortunately it is inconsistent with Kaiyingshe's business philosophy and will not be involved in this aspect.

"Pity."

With a sigh, Xianren walked back from outside the restaurant, looked at Nakano Satsuki who was sitting at the table with a frown on her face, walked over to her, sat down, took a sip of lemonade, and casually flipped through the book he had brought with him on the table.

Nakano Satsuki frowned and pondered the problem, but he couldn't come up with a solution for a long time. He raised his head and looked at the wise man sitting opposite him, reading a book leisurely, and a strong sense of dissatisfaction rose in his heart.

Why can't I think of the answer to this question? Can this guy opposite me solve it?

Biting her lips, Nakano Mayu lowered her head and continued to frown at the question, even making "hmm" and "mmm" sounds without any awareness.

The wise man who was reading the book suddenly felt as if he was squatting in the toilet. The person next to him was holding back a big bowel movement, which made him feel like going to the toilet.

He slowly raised his head and looked at Nakano Satsuki who was sitting opposite him. He couldn't help but sigh. Nakano Satsuki, who felt like his brain was short-circuiting, was suddenly attracted to the topic. He stared at Xianren with wide eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"No, nothing. Just wanted to remind you that you made some strange noises."

"Strange noise?"

Looking at the wise man opposite him in confusion, Nakano Satsuki subconsciously glanced around.

Because it was not meal time, there were not many people in the restaurant, but there were still some people looking at her from time to time, which made Nakano Satsuki blush and lower her head.

"You can skip questions you don't know how to answer. There's no need to waste time. There's not enough time on the test for you to waste. Even your best friend might cheat on you, but you can't do math. If you don't know how to answer, you don't know how to answer."

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Cherry Blossom Season: 158. Just leave her a note

Sitting at the table, facing the questions, Nakano Mayu felt dizzy. He put down the pen in his hand that was of no use at all, picked up the juice beside him, took a big sip, and looked at Xianren who was sitting opposite him.

"Ah, still reading. Is this book interesting?"

The wise man who was reading a book slowly raised his head when he heard the voice of Satsuki Nakano. His eyes passed over the book in front of him and looked at Satsuki Nakano who was sitting opposite him, staring into her eyes.

He placed the bookmark on the page he was reading and closed the book in his hand. He looked at the question in front of Nakano Satsuki. Only about 70% to 80% of the content was completed, and the rest was blank and not filled in.

"finished?"

"......Well, nothing else."

Xianren casually placed the book in his hand on the table, stood up, walked to the side of Nakano Satsuki, and looked at the question book on her desk.

Because of the line of sight and height, Xianren had to bend slightly, and his body inevitably pressed against Nakano Satsuki's side, making the girl sitting there suddenly feel Xianren's strong presence, and her eyes couldn't help but glance towards her side.

The fair and smooth neck, the delicate and three-dimensional collarbone, and the scenery revealed by the neckline made Nakano Satsuki blush and subconsciously shift her gaze, but she couldn't help but look at Xianren's face. The soft and delicate profile also made Nakano Satsuki lose her mind.

"Here...what are you looking at?"

"Huh?! No, nothing..."

When she looked up and saw Xianren looking at her, Nakano Satsuki's eyes dodged for a moment, and she turned her head away silently, avoiding Xianren's sight.

Seeing the girl's subtle reaction, Xianren didn't take it too seriously. He just thought that she was distracted and continued to explain the above question with his head down. Nakano Satsuki also listened attentively.

In the quiet restaurant, a young boy and a young girl, one explaining and the other listening, created a very harmonious picture. Even the waiter in the restaurant couldn't help but curl up his lips slightly when he saw the two of them, as if remembering his youth that had passed away and not been pursued.

"They seemed to be explaining the problem. I thought they had some special relationship. It seems my worries were for nothing."

I returned home at noon and saw May rushing out. Nino, who was also at home, always felt that May's recent reactions seemed a little strange. She couldn't help but feel a little concerned, so when May left, she quietly followed her.

She came all the way from her home in the high-end apartment to this ordinary restaurant located near the school and saw May sitting in the store, seemingly waiting for someone. She was just standing outside at first until she saw Miyamizu appear. She was surprised to see the two of them greeting each other in the store. After sitting together, she hurriedly followed them into the store and sat in a secluded and quiet corner, observing her sister and Miyamizu Kento.

When she suspected that there was some hidden relationship between the two, and that May had betrayed the sincere feelings between sisters and had some kind of private affair with Miyamizu, she saw her sister silently taking out a thick notebook.

Even though she has some vision problems, she is still somewhat confident about her eyesight when wearing glasses.

You won't doubt what you see.

But even so, she was greatly shocked when she saw her younger sister, Satsuki Nakano, who was not very good at learning O like herself, meeting a man behind her back and taking out a thick exercise book.

"Learn O? And Miyamizu? Why?"

Suddenly recalling the last time when Ichika invited Miyamizu to her home to tutor her, Nino's face showed an incomprehensible expression of confusion, and her eyes looked at Mayu.

Seeing the two of them sitting quietly in the store, struggling with a question book, Nino looked puzzled, lowered her head, took out her mobile phone, took a photo casually, and then quietly looked at her phone again.

He would occasionally glance at the two of them, still feeling a little unsure in his heart. He wanted to continue observing to see if it was just a simple mentoring relationship...

"Now you understand, don't you?"

"I understand a little bit."

I thought Nakano Satsuki's answer would be "I still don't understand a little bit", but I didn't expect her answer to be the opposite.

He stood up straight, looked down at Nakano Satsuki who was smiling awkwardly beside him, and sighed slightly.

"Then let me tell you again?"

"No, no, no! No need for that. I've basically memorized everything. If you don't understand something, I can just look it up myself when I get back."

Perhaps she knew that her talent was not very outstanding, but Nakano Satsuki did not slack off in her efforts. When Xianren was explaining just now, she had basically written down what he said in her notes. When Xianren heard her answer like this, he nodded slightly, returned to where he had just sat, and sat down.

He picked up the lemonade, took a sip, and moistened his mouth and tongue.

"Is there anything else you need help with?"

"I don't need the rest for now. My Mandarin isn't outstanding, but it's at a decent level. As for foreign languages... let's forget about them today. I'm more curious about this: Won't your girlfriend contact you?"

Nakano Satsuki looked at Kento with curiosity and suddenly started talking about Kento's private life.

“Isn’t this part of the tutorial?”

"I'm a little curious. Most guys who have girlfriends usually spend time with them, right? You're not home like this, and we haven't been in touch much since then. Doesn't your girlfriend mind?"

Meeting the curious gaze of Nakano Satsuki, Xianren thought of something and took out his cell phone from his pocket. He took a look at it, but he didn't see Setsuna's message. Instead, he saw two emails from Saionji Sekai.

"I will care, but it doesn't matter. She trusts me very much."

"Doesn't she know what happened today?"

"I didn't tell her."

"Eh~"

Nakano Satsuki showed a surprised expression on her face, but then she thought about it again. It seemed that it was not very convenient to tell her boyfriend about this matter. However, she also felt that it was not appropriate for Xianren to hide her boyfriend like this. What if she got a boyfriend one day...

My thoughts suddenly drifted to a direction that had nothing to do with the content of the chat.

"Since there's nothing else to do, I'll go back."

With one hand on the book in front of him, Xianren prepared to stand up and go back to his apartment. For him, there was no point in staying here any longer. It would be better to go back to his apartment and continue his unfinished work.

"Is there anything important?"

"It's nothing important, but I just feel like there's no point in staying here any longer. It would be troublesome if others saw us, right?"

"It seems so."

Nakano Satsuki nodded. Even if she returned to her home now, there was nothing she could do. The reason why she chose to talk about such a topic with Kento was simply because she wanted to learn some things about Kento's girlfriend from him to see if Ichika still had a chance.

But after hearing the wise man's words, I felt that it was indeed not convenient to discuss such a topic here. If someone heard a few words and it turned into rumors, it would be a very troublesome thing.

"I forgot earlier. Let's exchange contact information. It will be convenient for communication and contact before the next tutoring session."

"It doesn't matter."

Enter contact information, save, name - Nakano Satsuki.

After saving the girl's contact information in his address book, Xianren said goodbye to her, picked up the book on his desk, and left the restaurant. Before leaving the restaurant, he turned his head and glanced in the direction of a certain gaze.

'Has it been noticed?'

Nino, who was sitting in the corner, quickly withdrew her gaze and lowered her head quietly.

The wise man standing at the door looked at the figure in the corner. The other person's iconic features made him curl up the corners of his mouth. He did not talk to the other person, but pushed open the door in front of him and left the restaurant.

After a long moment, Nino slowly raised her head and realized that the other party hadn't come over. Her figure also disappeared in the restaurant. Looking at Nakano Satsuki who was tidying up, she stood up silently, without saying a word to Satsuki, and quietly chose to leave the restaurant...

"Where are you, sage?"

"I was just with my classmates and now I'm going home. What's going on?"

"Nothing special, I just didn't know what to do this afternoon and wanted to come see you."

After hearing the expectation in Saionji Sekai's words, Xianren, who was walking outside the restaurant on his way home, raised his head and looked at the blue sky above his head and the white clouds floating by.

"Afternoon, are you free tonight?"

"In the evening... yes, yes."

"Tell your mother that you're staying at a classmate's house. Is that okay?"

"Well... last time, she misunderstood our relationship and thought we were dating... so... it's okay to tell her."

She heard the other party's answers intermittently from Saionji Sekai's mouth, and recalled what happened last time at Saionji's house. There was some surprise on her face, but it was not shocking. She nodded slightly.

"I understand, I know. That's enough. Just tell her. Besides, she won't follow you over to my place, right?"

Suddenly recalling what happened to him, those things between him and Kiyoura Mai, Kento also knew that Saionji Sekai came from a single-parent family. Considering that Sawamura Sayuri and Sawamura Eriri also came from single-parent families, he felt a little concerned and couldn't help but ask cautiously.

"No, no! Mom doesn't get home until very late every day. She's always very tired when she gets home, so she usually goes straight to her room and goes to sleep. So she doesn't have the energy to do anything like that. I can just leave a note at home."

"Is that so? That's it. Just come to my place in the evening. I need to rest for a while when I get home."

"Recharge your batteries?"

The wise man walking on the road couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, coughed lightly, and responded casually.

"Let's just leave it at that. I'll hang up now. See you in the evening."

"Ah."

He walked into the convenience store next to him and smiled at the familiar clerk. Xianren walked around the store and casually picked up some common seasonings and some fast food. He went to the counter, picked up the small box with shiny packaging, and handed it to her.

She didn't know how many times she had met the boy in front of her. The clerk girl looked at the small box in front of her, and she couldn't remember how many times she had scanned the code with it.

"1415 yen."

He handed the banknotes and coins in his wallet to the other person's hand, and watched as the other person quickly put the coins into the cash register as if he had touched something dirty. Xianren couldn't help but laugh, chuckled, and left the convenience store with the shopping bag.

Looking at the sage's back as he left, the girl couldn't help but pursed her lips.

Does the other party really need such a large quantity?

It’s only been over a month, how many boxes have you bought?

The girl found it difficult to understand and even suspected that the other party was someone she bought to blow up balloons. She bit her lips, gathered her scattered thoughts, and continued to stand quietly in the store, doing her work.

Even after returning to his apartment, Xianren couldn't help but feel amused when he recalled the expression of the convenience store clerk just now.

He casually placed the shopping bag on the desk, unpacked the box inside and threw it into his drawer. He then placed the seasonings on the kitchen counter and slowly walked to the refrigerator. Looking at the ingredients inside, he found that there were no special necessities that needed to be replenished.

15:34

It's still a long time before dark. In May, it's not like February or March, so it's almost dark around five o'clock.

It usually starts to get dark around six o'clock, and it becomes completely dark around seven o'clock.

He still had some time to do it, so he sat quietly at his desk, took out the manuscript from his drawer, stared at the manuscript in front of him, and fell into deep thought for a long time.

Originally, he was planning to let the protagonist continue to stay in the countryside and indulge in this sweetness.

But after finishing "Angel with Stigma", I felt that such an ending was a bit too mediocre. It is very likely to happen in reality, but art, while drawing on reality, is higher than reality!

"Standing on the cliffs with my cousin, jumping into the sea to commit suicide, to pay tribute?"

It's a bit abrupt, and there's no foreshadowing before. If he had forced a wave of foreshadowing, it would have just been a waste of everyone's time. He also wanted to keep a vest to facilitate future sales.

"Forget it, let's just stick with the original plot line. It's just that the scenes involving the forest battles can be deleted."

Once the passion for creation faded, he stopped thinking about the rest of the plot. He closed his eyes and imagined it for a while before picking up his pen. Using his old routine template, he perfunctorily wrote the ending...

Late at night, ten o'clock.