I'm surrounded by women.

"I'm willing to wait until you calm down and think about it slowly."

"You said you're prone to doing strange things when you're impulsive. Now it seems I'm the same way. At the time, I was also impulsive when I hugged you and said those words. But I also want to emphasize that I didn't say nonsense out of impulse, but rather spoke from the heart."

"Genzakura-san, why haven't you been replying to my messages? You're... angry, right? After all, today is the first day we met, and I said something incomprehensible to you. If you're angry, I want to apologize."

"Just, could you please reply to my message?"

"It might be strange for me to say this, but this is how I feel right now. When I see that you haven't replied to my message and it doesn't even show as read, I get very nervous. It's like my whole brain is filled with the thought of 'waiting for your reply' and there's no room for anything else."

"So, please! Even if you don't want to reply to me, it's okay. As long as you are willing to take a look at what I said, at least after seeing these messages sent to you show that they have been read, I will feel a little relieved."

Katori Gensakura slid her fingers from top to bottom through the messages sent to her by Toyokawa Shoko. After reading them, she wrapped her hair around her fingers, feeling a little overwhelmed.

Whenever she feels overwhelmed or nervous, she likes to twirl her hair around her fingers.

Before Katori Genzakura could figure out how to reply to Toyokawa Shoko, Toyokawa Shoko sent another message.

Toyokawa Shoko: "Genzakura-san, are you reading my message? It just showed as read, and I suddenly feel a little relieved."

"Could it be that Xiangzi has been looking at the chat interface between me and her, waiting for my reply, or rather, waiting for me to read it?"

Thinking of this, Katori Genzakura directly typed a sentence and sent it to Toyokawa Shoko.

Katori Genzakura: "Shoko-san, can I call you now?"

Less than a second after the message was sent, it was immediately shown as read, and then Toyokawa Shoko called.

Chapter 13 If Nagasaki Suyo was around

After Katori Genzakura answered the phone, before she could say anything, Toyokawa Shoko on the other end of the phone said happily:

"Yuan Ying, thank you for replying to my message and taking my call. I was a little panicked just now because you didn't reply to my message. I was worried that you might be angry because I said something strange to you this morning. I accidentally sent you a lot of messages. Did I cause you any trouble?"

Listening to Toyokawa Shoko's words, Katori Gensakura wondered if it was her imagination. Why did she feel as if a boomerang had struck her ears at this moment?

Fortunately, I haven't met Nagasaki Suyo yet.

If at this moment, I were using the hands-free mode and Nagasaki Suyo was beside me...

Just thinking about this, Katori Genzakura subconsciously shrank her neck.

"No, no, Xiangzi, you definitely didn't cause me any trouble. It's just that I was taking a shower just now and my phone was left in the bedroom, so I just saw the message you sent me now." Katori Gensakura said quickly.

"I-Is that so? Sorry, it seems I was overthinking it..."

After hearing Katori Genzakura's voice, Toyokawa Shoko, who had calmed down a bit, realized that her behavior just now was a bit impulsive. She should have thought that it was so late, and Katori Genzakura hadn't read the message she sent because she was probably in the shower or already asleep.

Thinking of this, Toyokawa Shoko couldn't help but say one more sentence:

“I’m sorry, I don’t really pay attention to messages, and I don’t particularly care when to reply or how fast or slow the reply is.

But today, after adding Yuan Ying's Line, I tried to send you a message and wanted to chat with you, but I didn't receive a reply from you, so I couldn't help but become nervous.

After all, I said such strange things to you this morning, so it's normal for you to be angry and ignore me. But I'm really afraid that you, Yuan Ying, will ignore me..."

As expected, the topic once again came to "moonlight". Katori Genzakura tangled her hair around her fingers, her cheeks slightly hot, and whispered to Toyokawa Shoko:

"Um... Xiangzi, I'm not really angry. It's just that it happened so suddenly that I didn't know how to respond to you.

Having said that, I have to apologize to you. What you said to me this morning must have taken a lot of courage to say, right?

But I didn't respond to your words at that time because I didn't know how to respond.

Classmate Xiangzi, you must be feeling very disappointed, right?

sorry……"

Katori Genzakura said sorry to Toyokawa Shoko.

"You don't have to apologize, Genying! Ultimately, I was too impulsive, Genying... Do you know what a drowning person would do if they found a straw before they lost consciousness?"

"Desperately grasping at this straw?"

"That's right, Genying, you are like a life-saving straw to me. I may think you think I'm a little weird when I say this.

But the truth is, when I saw you worried about the injury on my hand, and when I saw you immersed in playing the piano, I wondered: Maybe I can find redemption too? Maybe the redemption that belongs only to me is right before my eyes?

The excitement of finally finding salvation, coupled with the anxiety of fearing it would be fleeting, these two emotions combined to make me express my feelings to you even though I knew this was the first time we met today.

'I see……'

Katori Genzakura suddenly realized that it was no wonder that she became Toyokawa Shoko's white moonlight.

At this time, the Toyokawa family had already fallen into poverty, which made Toyokawa Shoko's heart become extremely sensitive and inferior, like a drowning person.

At this moment, his appearance was like a straw touched by the fingers of a drowning person before he lost consciousness.

Therefore, Shoko Toyokawa will do everything in her power to hold on to this straw of salvation called "Katori Genzakura".

"But... Xiangzi, am I really the straw that can save you? The culprit who caused your family's downfall is most likely my aunt."

Katori Genzakura leaned on the pillow, thinking quietly in her heart.

"Xiangzi, why are you so sure that I'm the straw that can save you? I could be a false straw of salvation for you, like a drowning man finally grabbing a straw, only to have it disappear in an instant, as if salvation never existed in the first place."

Katori Genzakura did not directly express the speculation that there might be a grudge between her family and the Toyokawa family, because even she herself did not know whether her aunt had ever dealt with the Toyokawa family?

Katori Gensakura didn't dare to say anything too early because it was still uncertain, for fear that it would become a boomerang hitting her in the future.

"I trust my own judgement."

Toyokawa Shoko, who seemed to be consumed by inferiority, suddenly felt a surge of confidence at this moment, a confidence that came from the heart and only emerged when facing Katori Genzakura.

"Eh?"

Katori Genzakura was stunned. She didn't expect that this was the reason given by Toyokawa Shoko.

But I didn’t expect that something even more shocking was yet to come.

Toyokawa Shoko took a deep breath, then slowly expressed the decision she had already made in her heart:

"Mr. Yuanying, although what I say may surprise you, or even shock you.

But after meeting you, I suddenly felt that I am actually a person who doesn’t like to hide my feelings in my heart, so what I want to say now is——

As a woman, I have fallen in love with you, who is also a woman."

pat.

The cell phone in Katori Gensakura's hand fell onto the bed in a trance.

Under the witness of the full moon, I, Katori Genzakura, was confessed to by Toyokawa Shoko?!

It's only the first day we met, so calling us lovers is out of the question, right?!

Katori Genzakura's pretty face suddenly turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye. She felt that her cheeks could boil a kettle of cold water!

"Genzakura-san?"

The cell phone fell on the bed, and on the other end of the phone, Shoko Toyokawa saw that Katori Genzakura didn't reply for a long time, so she called Katori Genzakura again.

"Um, um, Xiangzi-san, are you kidding me?"

Katori Genzakura picked up the phone and asked with some concern.

Because I had a previous experience when I was in a private high school in Tokyo... Because I liked girls, I was teased and laughed at by some girls.

"Of course not. I think confession is a very serious statement and should never be taken as a joke." Shoko Toyokawa said seriously.

At the same time, Toyokawa Shoko also heard something wrong in Katori Genzakura's tone, as if she had some entanglement or psychological shadow in her heart about the confession, so Toyokawa Shoko did not rush to ask Katori Genzakura's answer, but changed the subject and said:

"However, confessing is a very serious matter. I think it's better to do it face to face in real life. It's a bit late today, Katori-san. Are you free tomorrow morning?"

"Yes." Although she didn't know what Toyokawa Shoko wanted to do, Katori Genzakura still said yes.

"Then I'll be waiting for you at the Yugaoka Brass Band Club at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Whether you agree or refuse, I want to hear you say it to me in real life." said Shoko Toyokawa.

Chapter 14: Toyokawa Shoko's Promise

The next morning, Katori Genzakura opened her sleepy eyes, reached out from under the quilt, picked up her cell phone and checked the time.

It's already seven o'clock in the morning.

She had made an appointment with Xiangzi to meet in the wind band classroom at nine o'clock this morning. Now there were still two hours until nine o'clock, so Katori Genying had no intention of sleeping in. Instead, she slowly sat up from the bed and went to the bathroom on the first floor to wash up.

Just as Katori Genzakura was brushing her teeth, Katori Ryuka, who had gotten up early and was preparing to go to school after breakfast, pushed open the bathroom door.

After seeing Katori Genzakura brushing her teeth, Xiao Liuge seemed to have seen an indescribable scene beyond human comprehension. He stood there blankly without saying a word.

"Hmm? Liuge, do you want to wash up too? Wait a moment, let me rinse my mouth." Katori Gensakura, who was brushing her teeth, picked up the mouthwash cup when she saw Katori Liuge coming.

Katori Ryuka, who was stunned on the spot, made sure she wasn't dreaming, then ran out crying with a trembling voice, "Mom, Mom! The world is going to end! My sister actually got up so early!"

"Pfft! Ahem, what are you talking about, little girl?!"

When Katori Gensakura heard what her sister said while rinsing her mouth, she was so angry that the mouthwash in her mouth sprayed out and she was naturally choked.

I originally thought that my mother would help me talk to my sister, but unexpectedly, after hearing this, my mother hurried over with her phone, turned on the camera mode, and said with a mixture of surprise and emotion:

"Oh my god! Am I dreaming? Little Yuanying, whom I've raised for sixteen years, actually got up early on her own without me even waking her up!"

Then with a click, a memorable photo was taken of Katori Genzakura who was washing up.

The photo is titled: "Katori Genzakura can actually wake up early on her own!"

"Mom, please stop fooling around with Liuge, okay? Delete the photos now!"

"How can I delete it? I want to frame this photo. When you get married, Xiaoyuan Ying, this photo will also be one of your wedding gifts~" Katori Miwa said with a smile.

"I do not want it!"

At this time, my father also came over and asked curiously:

"What's going on? They're so noisy so early in the morning. Huh—?! Am I hallucinating? Or is our clock broken? Why did I see Gen Ying washing up at seven in the morning?!"

In this way, the morning of the Katori family was spent in a lively atmosphere.

Although Katori Genzakura had been trying to find an opportunity to delete the photo taken by her mother, her mother did not give her any chance. She simply changed the password for her phone and turned it off.

Katori Gensakura had no choice but to finish her breakfast with a pouty face, and then went back upstairs to change clothes.

Katori Gensakura did not tell Liuge that she was also going to Yugaoka Girls' College today. If Liuge knew about it, he would definitely be curious and ask questions.

So after changing her clothes in the bedroom and waiting for Katori Ryuka to go to school, Katori Gensakura went downstairs to tell her parents that she wanted to go out for a walk and relax today.

Mom and Dad have always been worried that Katori Gensakura might be teased by her former classmates for liking girls, and she might be upset.

So when she said she wanted to go out and relax, her parents agreed very readily, thinking that it was good to go out and relax and forget those unpleasant things.

Based on her memory from yesterday, Katori Genzakura took the train to the high school department of Hanegaoka Girls' College.

By the time I arrived at the gate of Yugaoka Girls' College, it was almost nine o'clock. The high school department had not yet started school, but the junior high school department had already started classes, so the entire school gate was very quiet.

Arriving at the high school campus teaching building, she went to the brass band club as if she was familiar with it. But as she stood in front of the door of the brass band club, Katori Genzakura suddenly felt a little nervous.

Come to think of it, I didn’t sleep well last night because of the appointment I made with Xiangzi today. I felt like I didn’t have any dreams the whole night. I don’t know when I fell asleep?

All I knew was that when I opened my eyes, it was already morning.

Katori Genzakura habitually wrote the word "person" on the palm of her hand, swallowed it in one gulp, and suddenly felt less nervous. Then she pushed open the door and saw Toyokawa Shoko already sitting on the piano bench waiting for her.

When Shoko Toyokawa heard the door open, she turned around and saw Katori Genzakura appear. The happy expression on her face was so obvious.

Even Katori Gensakura, who had watched "My Go" in her previous life, was a little surprised after seeing the expression on Toyokawa Shoko's pretty face at this moment: Could Shoko also smile so happily?

"Good morning, Genying-san."

"Good morning." Katori Genzakura walked into the brass band club and closed the door.

Once again, he sat on the piano stool, next to Toyokawa Shoko.

Katori Genzakura wanted to exchange pleasantries first, but Toyokawa Shoko chose to get straight to the point:

"Mr. Yuanying, thank you for meeting me today, because whether you want to agree to me or reject me, I want to see you face to face, look at your face, and hear you say it.

Moreover, from your tone yesterday, I felt that you seemed to have some confusion or shadow in your heart about confession.

If you are willing to tell me, I am willing to be your listener and listen to the grudges and sadness in your heart.

If you don't want to tell me, I will pretend I know nothing and won't mention it again."

Katori Gensakura looked at Toyokawa Shoko in surprise. She thought she had concealed her emotions well, but she didn't expect that Toyokawa Shoko could see through it.