I won't be a loser.

"You are indeed different from the wise man I knew before. At least you would never do such a thing before."

"People change. Is Elliot still not in school right now?"

The topic suddenly turned to Elio. Fuji and Nunu couldn't help but take a deep breath and looked at their daughter silently.

"Well, he's only four years old now. The age for elementary school is six. It will take another two years before he can go to school."

“Who takes care of me every day now?”

"Send him to the nursery in the morning and take him home in the evening. What's wrong with that?"

"Resign."

After hearing Fujiwara Nobuta's answer, Xianren looked at the girl in front of him in the living room. His expression suddenly became serious. He looked at Fujiwara Nobuta beside him and spoke to her in a very solemn tone.

"Although it made sense when you said 'quit,' Xianren, it's a shame. If I quit, I won't be able to support my children or even afford an apartment. I'll probably have to live on the streets, right?"

Fujiwa Nunu was also helpless. She knew a little about Xianren's affairs, but based on what she knew about his income, he definitely could not afford to support three people.

She didn't want to put all the pressure of life on a high school student. As an adult, she also had her own dignity.

"Don't worry, even if I have to take care of you and your daughter for the rest of your lives, I have enough savings. So, for Elliot's sake, don't go to work until she grows up."

"...Ha, wise man, I am the master."

She pointed at herself, and then Tenghe Nunu's slender, white and tender fingers like jade onions touched Xianren's forehead, giving him a slightly cool and smooth touch.

"You should wait until you are an adult before saying these things."

Because Fujiwa Nunu admitted to the matter of the child, and when Xianren heard about the things related to his daughter, he couldn't control his emotions for a moment and said these words without thinking.

After hearing what Fujiwara no Nuo said, he calmed down. He looked at Fujiwara no Nuo beside him, and then at his daughter who didn't even look at him in the living room, and pursed his lips.

"If you could, where would you like to live?"

"Ok?"

"How's Bunkyo?"

"Ha... What do you mean? I remember you, Xianren, also live in Bunkyo Ward. Are you planning to let me live with you?"

"It would be much more convenient to go to school in Bunkyo Ward. There are schools everywhere, from elementary school to high school, and even university. It's also in a busy area in the city center, so life would be much more convenient."

"Bunkyo Ward is great, but the rent is also very expensive. At the moment, I can't afford to live there."

"Are you free this weekend?"

"Ok?"

"Let's go shopping together this weekend. We still have four days left, so get ready. I gave you my contact information last time. Can you give me yours this time?"

Looking at the wise man in front of him, Fujihe Nunu felt a little bit subtle, but he still gave his contact information to the wise man. The wise man looked at Elio who was sitting in the living room, smiled slightly, and his eyes were full of tenderness.

"That's it for tonight. See you this weekend then."

"Aren't you staying for dinner?"

"correct."

After hearing Fujiwa Nunu's plea to stay, he realized that her life seemed a little difficult, so he took out his wallet from his pocket, took out the 20 10,000 yen bills he always kept on hand, and placed them on the kitchen counter.

"Think of last time's meal expenses as delayed nutrition payment for your pregnancy."

"I'm sorry, I couldn't be by your side at that time. I'm sorry."

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Another year begins to sprout: 329. When my sister is close in age to my daughter

"What are you thinking?"

Lying beside Rio Futaba, he put his arm on her and gently pinched her smooth arm. The girl next to him turned her head to look at Xianren.

His eyes were fixed on the ceiling above his head. He was next to Futaba Rio, but in his mind, he was recalling the summer memories that could never be returned. Their meeting again was a continuation of the relationship with two more people. The sudden change made Xianren unsure of his mood at the moment.

"I'm thinking about the future. I wonder if one day we'll have a child. Will that child look like you or me?"

“Do you think about this kind of question?”

He turned his head to look at the girl beside him, gently grasped her arm, sat up, leaned over and looked into the girl's eyes, and slowly lowered his head -

"Why haven't you been to the private school recently? I haven't seen you."

When Kento was sitting alone in the restaurant dining, Nakano Satsuki suddenly brought the lunch she ordered and sat down opposite him. She looked at Kento, who had faint dark circles under his eyes, and a hint of concern appeared in her eyes.

"You have dark circles under your eyes. Didn't you get enough rest last night?"

In response to this, Xianren did not answer, but just quietly lowered his head and ate his lunch. Nakano Satsuki looked at Xianren who did not say a word, and felt a little sad in his heart. He lowered his head sullenly, and did not find any other topics to talk about. He quietly ate his lunch, and the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

Xianren was eating his lunch absent-mindedly, not knowing how he should react at the moment. All kinds of things were pressing down on him at once, and it was very difficult for him to think normally.

His face was no longer as calm as usual, and he looked worried. This was why Nakano Satsuki felt concerned and took the initiative to talk to him.

But unfortunately, Xianren had no intention of chatting at all. He did pay attention to and hear what Nakano Satsuki said, but he did not have the energy to respond to these topics.

The girl sitting opposite the wise man was rarely concerned about the food in front of her, and she kept observing the expression and reaction on the wise man's face.

Kento only frowned, as if he was thinking and caring about something, which made Nakano Satsuki guess in her heart what Kento was thinking at the moment. She thought about how Kento appeared in the private school for the first two days, but had not appeared with his girlfriend for a long time since then.

Deep down, she was wondering if there was something wrong with their relationship, and she wanted to take advantage of the situation, but she also felt that it was inappropriate to do so. Her heart was filled with deep conflict.

Hey.

Xianren put down his chopsticks and finished his lunch. He was not in a hurry to leave. He sat quietly in his seat, looking at Nakano Satsuki in front of him.

"......"

Nakano Satsuki, who was being stared at, suddenly felt shy. She took small bites of the fried shrimp, then raised her eyelids slightly and looked at Xianren. She met Xianren's somewhat melancholy and empty eyes, and couldn't help feeling a little depressed in her heart.

I don’t know what happened to the wise man that made him look so complicated.

It was not until Nakano Satsuki finished his lunch that Xian picked up his plate, quietly put it in the recycling area, left the restaurant, and returned to the classroom.

During the time at school, Xianren was always thinking about his own things, but he could not get a suitable answer despite his constant thinking. He sat quietly in his seat, and could only look at the blue sky outside the window from time to time to dispel his inner sorrow.

Married to Feng Xiaochun.

The time for him to become an adult is very near. It will be less than two weeks before he marries Feng Xiaochun.

He was not opposed to being with Feng Xiaochun, but once the two got married.

Xianren, who was confused about his future, quietly waited until school was over. When he was about to leave the classroom, he was stopped by Eriri, who had come to his desk first.

The girl's body blocked his way, her calm eyes fixed on him.

"what's up?"

"I want to chat with you. You should be free, right?"

"It's true that there's nothing going on. I don't really feel like chatting with anyone, but... today is an exception."

Xianren had a lot on his mind. Looking at Eriri who stopped him, he had a lot of thoughts in his mind. He silently picked up his schoolbag, put it on his shoulders, and left the classroom with Eriri.

The others, who already knew that the two had an unusual relationship, were not too surprised when they saw them leave the classroom together. They were just a little curious about what kind of relationship they had.

"Cappuccino."

“Regular coffee will do.”

Sitting in the cafe, after walking a long way from school, Eriri came to a place that Kento rarely went to. She pushed open the door of the cafe and found a secluded corner. Kento didn't have any special ideas about the layout of the store, but he was very satisfied with this remote and quiet place.

"This corner is okay, if you don't like it, you can change seats."

"No, this is fine. So what are you going to talk to me about? Are you going to date?"

"I have had such thoughts, but now it seems that you don't seem to be ready to break up with that girl. You are having relationships with other girls behind her back, right?"

"Ok?"

"Don't play dumb, that top student is called Futaba Rio, that's her name, right?"

"Then?"

The two have already met each other. Even if they knew that Kento and Futaba Rio had an unusual relationship, it would not affect Kento much. He also did not care about his relationship with Futaba Rio being known by others.

"You go to see her every lunch break, right? You're so proactive with her, can't you be a little more proactive with me too?"

"We're in the same classroom every day, so why would we need to be proactive?"

"You're so annoying... don't you want to meet my mother?"

"Sayuri?"

He slowly raised his eyes and looked at Eriri Sawamura in front of him. Kento couldn't help but be surprised by her words. He didn't expect that she would bring up Sayuri.

He looked at the girl in front of him with strange eyes, and his mood was a little subtle and complicated.

"What do you mean?"

"I've figured it out. The relationship between you two is actually different from what I imagined back then. Back then, because of me... Now I'm not going to hinder your relationship."

The coffee was brought to him. Xianren looked down at the cappuccino in front of him, then looked at Eriri who was sitting opposite him. Her young face and cloudy eyes made Xianren miss his own youthful days.

Recalling the days when the two had a good relationship, then the changes that happened later, and now back to the present.

"No need for that. I no longer have that desire. The day she died, I knew she had been buried deep in my heart and completely disappeared from my world."

Looking at the girl in front of him, his eyes seemed a little deep, and he looked at the girl in front of him quietly.

"Even if time goes back to the beginning, even if I see her again, she will no longer be the one I know."

"She's still the same person. It's just because you've made a new girlfriend that you don't want to see her anymore. You probably feel guilty and ashamed deep down, so you don't want to see her."

Kento, who had known Eriri for such a long time and had become a generous person, did not feel anything about her words. He looked at the girl in front of him with a smile, picked up his cappuccino, and took a small sip.

"You haven't paid for the 500,000 yen from last time. You'll treat me to coffee today. If there's nothing else, I'll go take a break."

"and many more."

"Ok?"

"Don't you have any ideas at all?"

"What are you thinking? Getting back together with Sayuri? That's impossible. She's not the one I knew, and she doesn't know me either. All she knows about me is that I'm her daughter's classmate. Furthermore, she knows I had a relationship with her daughter. How do you think she sees me now?"

"That's not it!"

He was stunned for a moment, his eyes slightly narrowed, looking at the girl in front of him.

"Which one is that?"

"It's my first time!"

He quickly covered his mouth with his left hand, and Xianren's eyes widened slightly. Even though he almost couldn't hold his face tight, he covered his face with his hands before he laughed out loud.

"Well!"

Covering his mouth tightly, he slowly lowered his head and made a sound like a whimper, which made the girl sitting opposite him tense up, bite her lips, and blush. She felt very ashamed, but stared at the boy in front of her angrily.

"Is it that funny?"

"No, no, no, I wasn't laughing. I was thinking seriously about a problem, and it was too difficult, so I felt... well, sad. I'm sorry."

When he raised his head again, his expression had returned to its usual seriousness. Looking at the embarrassed girl in front of him, he nodded slightly.

Biting her lips tightly, Eriri felt a little angry in her heart, but she understood the reaction of the person in front of her and thought that everything was understandable. During the time she calmed down, she also realized what wrong things she had done to him and to herself.

She lowered her head silently, not knowing what to say.

Seeing that the girl stopped talking and thought that nothing was wrong with her, the wise man stood up and walked towards the door of the cafe.

"Since there's nothing else to do, let's call it a day today, by the way."

He stopped and looked at Eriri who was still lowering her head. Xianren thought of something and looked at her again.

"I, it seems like I might be getting married. Bye."

"........"

She raised her head and looked at the boy's back as he left. Her mind went blank... She stared blankly at him disappearing at the door. She sat there in a daze. It took her a long time to come back to her senses. She paid the coffee bill and walked on the road in confusion.

When I returned home, I came to my senses a little and stood at the door in a daze.

"Are you back so early today?"