I won't be a loser.

"this......."

"Where they go is none of your business, idiot."

Nanami Kanroji swung her hand lightly on the top of Hikaru Kuroda's head. Looking at the couples around her, she felt a little annoyed. She looked at the people she was traveling with. There were six of them in total, but there wasn't a single boy among them.

"It's already past seven o'clock. The fireworks will start at eight o'clock. I don't know if I can find a suitable spot in an hour."

The group met at the Saionji family's restaurant at around five o'clock, and arrived nearby at around six o'clock, but spent an hour without finding a suitable viewing spot. Some people had already arrived here at four or five o'clock and occupied viewing spots nearby.

Even though they arrived a little early, they didn't get a good position. As more and more people came behind them, the group gave up their position on the river bank.

“There are absolutely no handsome guys!”

He was also approached by some people on the road, but even though Kuroda Hikaru wanted to meet someone, he couldn't muster the slightest interest in those people. They all looked like they didn't look like the type of people who would be a good match.

"At this time, there are no good men. Even if there are, they probably already have girlfriends."

When Nanami Kanroji heard about Kuroda Hikaru, she looked at her friend and couldn't help but curl her lips.

"There's no need to reveal such a cruel reality. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on."

Gui Xin followed her sister, looking at the older sisters and hearing their conversation. Her eyes couldn't help but fall on her sister.

"elder sister."

"What's wrong, Heart?"

"No, it's nothing."

She wanted to say something but was hesitant. Looking at her sister's friends, she didn't know how to describe her current mood. She was a little worried that her dignified and gentle sister would become such a love-brained person one day.

"What happened to Xin-chan?"

After hearing Katsura Shin speak, Saionji Sekai turned around and looked at Katsura Kotonoha and her sister Katsura Shin beside her.

"Nothing, maybe I'm a little tired from walking."

"We've certainly come a long way, and we don't know where to go. Let's find a place to rest. If that doesn't work, we can find a place where we can see and make do."

After walking for such a long time, Xiyuanji World was a little tired and didn't want to go on.

"Well, I'm a little tired too."

"Agree."

"Where's Setsuna?"

"can."

"Everyone passed! Let's find a place to rest."

Everyone in the group had no objection and walked towards the outside of the crowd, getting farther and farther away from the river bank.

And just across the street, Kento was holding the hands of Kiyoura Mai and Ogiwara Sayu, approaching the direction they were heading...

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When the Summer Cicadas Chirp: 256. "Can You Come Back?"

In the dark and remote corners of the streets, you can even see people squatting in places that are difficult for ordinary people to notice, fertilizing the flower beds and grass. It is dark at night and without the illumination of lights, so indeed no one will notice these corners.

If the three wise men walking on the street had not spoken and were too quiet, they might not have noticed the sounds coming from the corners.

It's not just those who are fertilizing the flowers and plants. There are also many people who can't control their desires and can't help but "flirt" with their lovers in those corners. Those scenes are particularly stimulating for adults and are not uncommon.

The wise man did not think too much about those scenes that were rarely seen in daily life. He walked quietly on the road, occasionally noticing those people and glancing at them casually, but he did not pay much attention to them.

Everything is blurry at night, and you can't see anything. You can only see the outline. Unless you get close to the other person, it's like seeing nothing. But if you get close to the other person... the wise man doesn't think anyone can ignore this. If you really get close, you will inevitably get a beating.

Ogiwara Sayu, who was holding his hand, noticed what was happening in those corners of the city. Her face looked a little shy and embarrassed. She couldn't help but look at those people who couldn't control themselves, but after looking at them, she couldn't help but lower her head.

I couldn't help but clench my hand tightly, holding the palm of the wise man's hand tightly, and I broke out in a sweat unconsciously.

However, Qingpu Wu looked at those people with a subtle expression, with a thoughtful expression on her face from time to time. Occasionally, she looked at the wise man beside her, her eyes full of interest.

Xianren walked forward, thinking about where to rest, and did not notice Qingpu Mai's gaze at all. After the three of them walked for a while, they came to a small slope. The left side of the slope had a wide view and they could see the scenery near the opposite river bank.

The wise man walked to the top of the hill, stopped and looked towards the river bank.

"The view here seems pretty good. This is a residential area, without the obstruction of commercial buildings. It doesn't affect the view towards the riverbank."

"There aren't many people here. It's completely different from the area near the riverbank."

Qingpu Wu also slowly stopped her steps, stood on the top of the slope, walked to the guardrail, looked at the direction of the river bank, and showed a somewhat emotional expression on her face. After walking for nearly half an hour, she finally found a place with a wide view.

Because it is located near a residential area, the surroundings are very quiet, and the evening breeze blowing on your body is much cooler than that near the river bank.

Ogiwara Sayu agreed very much, but did not say a word. She stood quietly on the slope, looking at the river bank. Just when she was about to ask the wise man beside her when the fireworks display would start, she heard a "beep" sound, as if something was rising.

A streak of light rose up to mid-air, followed by a muffled "bang" sound, and dazzling fireworks bloomed.

The light shone on the faces of the three people. Xianren couldn't help but raise his head and look at the beautiful and dazzling fireworks blooming in the sky in front of him. His thoughts suddenly calmed down and he quietly watched the fireworks that gradually rose up and watched them quietly.

Qing Pu Mai, who was standing by, slowly approached Xianren, rested her head on his shoulder, and quietly watched the rising fireworks.

He tilted his head slightly and glanced at Qingpu Wu beside him, smelling the faint fragrance on her body. Xianren didn't care too much and continued to watch the rising fireworks, watching them bloom one after another in the night sky.

“There were people everywhere.”

"That was too explicit, aren't you afraid of being filmed?"

"That's bold, but that's not the problem right now, right? Shouldn't we consider where to watch the fireworks? If we keep going like this, I'm afraid the fireworks will all run out."

"Keep looking forward."

Suddenly a voice sounded, Xianren and Qingpu Wu were both stunned for a moment, as if they heard some familiar voice?

Qingpu Mai quickly raised her head from Xianren's shoulder and looked down the slope at the group of people coming over. Under the illumination of the blooming fireworks, she saw familiar faces. However, the group of people coming over did not notice the three people standing above.

Saionji Sekai looked at the blooming fireworks, took two steps, stood on the slope, and looked at the suddenly widened vision, with an expression of surprise on her face.

"Here, the view seems to be much wider here, and I can see those fireworks!"

"really?"

"It seems like this."

A group of people leaned on the guardrail and saw the blooming fireworks, with expressions of surprise on their faces. Gui Yanye held her sister's hand and slowly walked to the guardrail, looking at the fireworks. When she lowered her head to look at her sister and ask her if she could see it, she suddenly saw a figure standing above. She couldn't help but take another look and suddenly found a figure that seemed familiar.

"That is......"

"elder sister?"

The young Gui Xin heard her sister's whispers, and could not help but follow Gui Yanye's line of sight, looking up the slope, and suddenly saw the older brother she had met before.

As a young girl who lives almost exclusively between home and school, she rarely has the opportunity to interact with strangers, so she has a very deep impression of Xianren.

"The big brother you've met?"

The voice was not loud, but Sekai Saionji, who was standing nearby, heard Keishin's voice. She lowered her head absentmindedly, glanced at Keishin, and then followed Keishin's line of sight and looked upwards.

"..."

Looking at the person who slowly turned his head and met her gaze, an embarrassed expression appeared on Saionji Sekai's face.

She held Qingpu Setsuna's hand and couldn't help but tighten it slightly.

"what happened?"

Kiyoura Setsuna noticed Saionji Sekai's little movement and couldn't help but look at his friend, but noticed Saionji Sekai's eye signal, and when he looked up the slope, he saw the expressionless face under the burning fireworks.

And the two familiar figures standing beside him.

The two sides stared at each other, and no one spoke.

Gui Xin, who was the first to notice Xianren, noticed that the older brother's gaze seemed not to be looking at her. She turned around and found that he seemed to be an acquaintance of her sister's classmate. The expression on her face couldn't help but become curious.

Without saying anything and without making eye contact with Kiyoura Setsuna and the others, Xianren noticed their presence, but soon stopped looking at them and turned his head to continue watching the rising fireworks.

Qingpu Wu looked at her daughter and met her daughter's eyes for a moment. She couldn't help but sigh. She didn't expect it to be so accidental.

I don’t know if this can be considered fate.

Shaking her head slightly, Qingpu Wu raised her hand, and pointed her delicate slender fingers at the fireworks blooming in the sky, and no longer looked at the expression on her daughter's face.

Saionji Sekai couldn't help but lower her head and glanced at Kiyoura Setsuna beside her. She found that she was holding her hand and gradually tightening her grip. Her expression became subtle. She didn't say anything and just looked at the rising fireworks quietly.

The strange atmosphere made many people lose interest in watching the rising fireworks.

Half an hour later, when the fireworks stopped rising, everyone calmed down and prepared to go home. When Kiyoura Setsuna and Saionji Sekai looked up the slope again, they found that Kento and Ogiwara Sayu were no longer there, only Kiyoura Mai was left.

Qingpu Wu slowly came to her daughter, looked at her daughter, and sighed softly.

"Let's go home together."

Ogiwara Sayu looked at Kento beside her. As she walked forward hand in hand with Kento, her heart was filled with confusion. She didn't know why Kento didn't go to meet Kiyoura Setsuna and go back with them.

But looking at the expression on the wise man's face, he didn't know why, but felt a little uneasy inside, so he didn't ask this question, but asked a more common question instead.

"Well, next, are we going back?"

"It's only nine o'clock, isn't it?"

"I do not know."

Ogiwara Sayu didn't have a cell phone at the moment, so she couldn't see the exact time. Naturally, she didn't know whether it was nine o'clock now. Kento also thought of this. He touched his pocket, looked at the time on his cell phone, and confirmed that it was only nine o'clock. He was not in a hurry to go back.

"Let's go and see if there's any place to rest nearby."

"A place to rest?"

Not knowing what the "resting place" that Xiankou mentioned meant, Ogiwara Sayu looked at him walking in front of her, looked at her hand that was being held, and still silently followed his footsteps, moving forward step by step.

When they arrived at the door of a karaoke bar, Xianren stopped and looked at Sayu Ogiwara who was beside him.

"Can you sing?"

"I can sing a little bit, right?"

Looking at the neon-lit sign next to her, Ogiwara Sayu hesitated but nodded.

"Then here."

He went straight into the store and booked a large private room. He ordered a lot of drinks and snacks, sat down in the room, and then Xianren picked up the microphone.

"Ah, ah-"

After confirming the voice and finding no problem, he looked at Sayu Ogiwara who was beside him.

"What songs can you sing?"

"...some common pop songs?"

He walked to the song-ordering machine and heard Ogiwara Sayu's answer. Those popular songs were not the type he was good at, so he silently entered a series of content, retrieved the songs he knew, and clicked them directly.

"You know this, right?"

"Ok?"

When Ogiwara Sayu was feeling confused, a melodious piano sounded. The familiar melody made Ogiwara Sayu feel very cordial, but she couldn't say the name of the song.

"Tall white birch trees against a blue sky and a gentle south wind"

The girl sitting on the sofa couldn't help but frown. She could tell that this was an old song, and a very familiar one at that, but she couldn't remember the name of the song.

Until the wise man sang the familiar line in a high-pitched voice that you would never hear on ordinary days:

"Magnolia flowers bloom on the hills of the north, in the spring of the north."

The girl, who had some impression of it, blinked and watched the wise man singing there until he finished his song.

"Spring in the North?"

"Yes, didn't it show up on the screen when I ordered the song?"

“I didn’t notice…”

An awkward expression appeared on the girl's face. She was silent for a moment, not knowing how to answer, while the wise man continued to order.

As one song after another, completely different from the popular songs of this era and the last century, played, Ogiwara Sayu's eyes looking at Kento gradually became subtle.

S【M】AP's "The Only Flower in the World", Hibari Misora's "The Flowing River", Miki Rufu's "Red Dragonfly", Ishihara Yujiro's "Red Handkerchief"...

If Ogiwara Sayu didn't know clearly that the person in front of her was just a teenager about her age, she would have suspected that the person was a fossil that had turned into a spirit.