Didn’t you say you were just using me as a substitute?

"Thank you for practicing with me until now. Thank you for your hard work."

After saying this, Kensuke Amatani bowed deeply to everyone.

The third graders, who had been able to hold back their tears, couldn't hold back at all after seeing the coach bow.

I've already realized that I wasn't chosen.

I also made up my mind not to regret it.

but!

but!

They were still very unwilling.

I'm so reluctant to see my summer end so abruptly.

My three years of high school came to an end just like that.

"what!!!"

I don’t know who started the loud roar of unwillingness, but one after another people began to cry loudly.

Kensuke Amatani quietly left the area and found Kitahara Takashi under the shade of a tree. He looked at the crying players and said, "They are all very hardworking children."

Beiyuan Zun's eyes were indifferent: "Hard work does not mean success."

Not all efforts are rewarded.

If you can get what you want just by working hard, then success would be too easy.

"Without talent, no matter how much you practice, it's all in vain."

In competitive sports, talent is the most important thing.

Hard work is nothing compared to talent.

Kensuke Amatani remained noncommittal: "Anai Ryuya has a good relationship with his teammates. If you take his spot, some people might be angry with you."

"It doesn't matter. I joined the baseball club to win championships, not to make friends."

178

Chapter 178: Run to see the person you like.

After school, the classroom was illuminated red by the setting sun.

Outside the window, the energetic shouts of the sports club could be heard.

In the audio-visual classroom after school, Kato Megumi straightened her back, sat on the chair with a nervous expression, and kept her legs together, sitting upright.

Directly across from her, Eriri was also sitting on a chair.

A large sketchpad was set up in front of her, her pencil swishing across the white paper. Occasionally, as if on a whim, she would pick up her phone, a sweet smile flashing across her face, her fingers excitedly typing away.

In the last row of seats by the aisle, where even the setting sun couldn't reach, Kasumigaoka Utaha's fingers were deftly tapping on the keyboard.

Judging from her current state, she seems to have completely walked out of the shadow left by Watanabe Takashi's departure.

Only occasionally would she stop typing and stare blankly at the screen.

Everything seemed to be back to normal, but only Tomoya Aki knew that everything was just superficial.

The truth hidden beneath the calm surface is that after this game, both Kasumigaoka Utaha and Spencer Sawamura Eriri will leave the group.

Aki Tomoya could understand why Kasumigaoka Utaha did this.

Because of Watanabe Takashi, he knew.

But Aki Tomoya really couldn't understand why Eriri did this.

For this reason, he once asked Eriri for the reason.

And Eriri's response that day was, "I like someone else. If I keep in touch with you, he'll get jealous. I don't want him to be unhappy."

When he heard that Eriri liked someone else, Tomoya Aki's first reaction was disbelief.

Because he knew that Eriri liked him.

For this reason, she rejected her popular classmate, the school's popular basketball senior, and the handsome guy from the music club.

He didn't believe that anyone could replace his position in Eriri's heart.

That's what he originally thought.

But when he saw Eriri lowering her head to reply to the message with a sweet smile on her lips, he suddenly realized that Eriri was not joking and she really fell in love with someone else.

He and Eriri have known each other for so long, so long that they can read each other's minds with just a glance.

So that day, he couldn't control his emotions and shouted at Eriri: "How could you like someone else?"

Yes, how could she fall in love with someone else.

She still needs to atone for her sins, and he has not forgiven her betrayal.

She clearly said that she loves herself the most, right?

As expected, the two had their most intense quarrel ever that day.

From that day on, Eriri didn't speak a word to him except about game production.

He also couldn't figure out who Eriri liked.

Club activities continued until six in the evening.

After finishing the club activities, Aki Tomoya locked the door of the club classroom and walked out of the campus with them.

The four of them walked together, but each of them walked in their own way, keeping a considerable distance from each other, as if none of them knew each other.

"What on earth is he busy with? He hasn't replied to my messages."

Walking at the front of the team, Eriri muttered to herself.

She found that ever since she said that "her club activities were about to end", Watanabe Takashi seemed to have disappeared out of thin air and never replied to her messages again.

This made Eriri very dissatisfied.

Not only this time, she recently discovered that Watanabe Takashi's frequency of replying to her messages was not as fast as before.

In the past, when I sent him messages, he would reply immediately.

Now, messages are often replied after one or two minutes.

He gets busy when asked and doesn't say anything.

Eriri now suspects that Watanabe Takashi is hooking up with other girls behind her back and has other women.

'Isn't he tired of it?'

When this thought came to her mind, Ying Lili couldn't help but start to have wild thoughts.

"Sure enough, what the Internet said was right."

"Women, you can't be too nice to men. Otherwise, he will get carried away and start to not cherish you."

Ying Lili was like a resentful little woman, talking to herself and muttering non-stop as she walked.

"Where did you get this poisonous chicken soup?"

As soon as she walked out of the school gate, Eriri heard the voice she had been thinking about day and night coming from behind her.

She turned around suddenly and saw a handsome boy at the school gate wearing silver-black half-frame glasses, a black Arc'teryx jacket, black functional pants and a pair of white sneakers. He stood with his hands behind his back and looked at her with a smile.

The night wind blew through his hair, revealing his smooth and white face.

"Respect..."

Meeting Watanabe Takashi again was like a long-dry flower meeting its sweet dew. The lifeless wine-red eyes of Kasumigaoka Utaha came back to life like a dead tree in spring.

My heart seemed to come back to life, "thump!"

"Plop!" It was beating rapidly.

Kasumigaoka Utaha had just taken a step when someone was faster than her.

"Respect!"

Before meeting Watanabe Takashi, Eriri had a lot of opinions.

But the moment they saw each other, all the complaints and dissatisfaction disappeared.

The summer day in August is still very hot, but if Eriri wants to meet Watanabe Takashi, she will run.

Because you are looking forward to meeting someone you have always wanted to meet, you will always be so happy that you can't control your steps.

"How did you come?"

Eriri ran in front of Kitahara Tsutomu, her little face flushed and a smile that could not be wiped off her face.

'She also has that smile.'

Tomoya Aki felt as if his feet were frozen in place. He stared at Eriri's sunflower-like smile in a trance.

She had never seen Eriri smile so happily.

Beiyuan Zun raised his eyebrows and smiled: "If I don't come again, won't that jealous person start to have wild thoughts again?"

"Humph, you know that too!"

Ying Lili reached out and twisted him in dissatisfaction.

Of course, it’s not a big deal, just a token of my appreciation.

"Who told you to be so busy every day? You're starting to slow down in replying to messages, huh? What are you hiding?"

Eriri noticed that Watanabe Tsuyoshi kept his hands behind his back and seemed to be holding something in his hands. She tilted her head to see what he was holding.

Kitahara Tsutomu leaned over to block her view, his eyes dodging: "Ah, nothing."

'There's something fishy!'

It would have been fine if Watanabe Tsuyoshi didn't hide, but as soon as he did, Eriri felt like she was being scratched by a cat, and she had to know what he was hiding behind him.

"let me see."

"Oh, can't we wait a little longer?"

"No, you are not allowed to hide, or I will bite you."

After a few pulls and threats, Kitahara Tsutomu stopped resisting.

As she wished, Eriri saw what was hidden behind him.

It's a flower.

A bouquet of lilies.

"The flower language of lily is: pure and holy love, a happy marriage."

"I hope our relationship can be like this bouquet of lilies, forever harmonious and beautiful."

Kitahara Takashi held the yellow lily in both hands and handed it to Eriri.

Ying Lili didn't take it immediately.

She looked at the flowers, then at Watanabe Takashi, her tone uncertain and tentative: "Is this for me?"

"What else? Who else can I give it to except you?"

Kitahara Takashi continued to hand over the flowers.

"A relationship must start with receiving a bouquet of flowers and a formal confession."

"Then why do you hide when we meet?"

"I didn't realize your friend was here. I was planning to find a deserted corner for you."

Kitahara Tsutomu scratched his head, looking a little shy and timid.

"Pfft!"

Eriri couldn't help but laugh out loud.

She took the flower, couldn't help but bury her face in it, and took a deep breath: "It smells so good~"

"Of course, I've been to almost all of Daejeon Flower Market."