Reborn in Tokyo after picking up Sayu who ran away from home

Chapter 464 A Girl's Night Talk

After the bonfire party, the students packed up their rubbish, cleaned up the main square, and then returned to their residences.

While walking on the road, Kato Yusuke suddenly received a call from Benizaka Akane.

Considering that he didn't know what the other party would say, he told Brother Mangzhu to let them go first, and he went to a secluded place outside the wooden house.

It was not until a few seconds before the call was hung up that the answer button was pressed.

"Good evening, Miss Kosaka."

"Oh, you're not dead yet?"

An unhappy tone came from the other end of the phone.

"I was wondering if you encountered some kind of mountain disaster or something, and it turned out that this is not good?"

"Let's just talk about it at night. It's because of your bad personality that people keep people away."

"Oh? Didn't people hate me so much that they wanted me to die? Your words have become euphemistic~"

"Take it as a rare kindness."

"Hehe, that's strange. I'm used to being scolded, but it's a bit subtle to be cared about, especially by a boy a few years younger than me."

"How much younger is it? Well, regardless of other things, at least the feeling of this sentence is quite subtle."

"..."

Benizaka Zhuyin's words paused, and her voice suddenly dropped twice, "Pay attention to your speech, little bastard."

Kato Yusuke smiled faintly and asked, "So, what's the matter with calling so late?"

"It's nothing."

"That's it?"

"—If you hang up the phone now, don't blame me for not reminding you when you regret it later and want to cry."

"Little auntie, tell me something quickly. The bathhouse here has a time limit. If it's too late, I won't be able to take a bath."

"If you don't want to, I can pick you up~ My bathtub is big enough for you to play in it."

"... Where are you from, Mama-san?"

Playful laughter rang out.

"No~ Am I not your benefactor?"

The corners of Kato Yusuke's lips curled up a little, "Let's get to the point, Akane?"

"........."

There was a long silence.

"...Do you want to die, kid."

A fast and low voice came over, as if trying to cover up something.

After a while.

Benizaka Zhuyin asked, "Anyway, you're still in Chiba County, right?"

"Ah, that's right."

"When are you coming back?"

"tomorrow."

"When will you leave?"

"Don't you usually ask about the arrival time? The departure time is 08:30 in the morning, right?"

"Hey~ okay, I got it."

"So there's something—"

"--beep."

The call was unilaterally and directly interrupted.

Kato Yusuke stared at the phone screen for a while, frowned slightly, and then returned to normal, and put the phone back into his pocket.

He didn't call back, nor did he think deeply about the meaning of Hongsaka Zhuyin's call, after all, that person was a bit inexplicable.

Until now, he barely found a little feeling of getting along with the other party. As for more, he just took one step at a time.

Kato Yusuke quickly put this matter behind him, and began to think about what special products to bring back to relatives and friends.

With this thought in mind, he walked slowly towards the wooden house.

……

at the same time.

After taking a bath, Ying Lili dried her hair and returned to the wooden house where she lived from the bathhouse.

In a room with a light on, Megumi and Kako, who lived in bunk beds, were sitting on the bed and chatting.

Seeing her come back, Kako raised her hand and said hello: "Oh~ welcome back, Sawamura-san, are you comfortable in the shower?"

"Thank you, Himekawa-san. Well, the hair dryer in the bathhouse is a bit weak, so it's inconvenient to dry your hair, and it takes a little time."

"I understand, I understand. After all, Sawamura-san's hair is long and beautiful, so you need to take good care of it~ That's great. If my hair can be as good as Sawamura-san, at least half of it will be fine."

Hearing this, Kei complained nonchalantly, "If it's Kako, you should at least grow your hair long, right? But I remember that you seem to like short hair."

"Hmm~~~ Should I say I like it or what? I don't hate long hair either. When the time comes, I will grow it naturally."

"I always feel that if that's the case, maybe I can't help it until graduation?"

"Ah~! No, Xiaohui! How can you say such things at this time, shouldn't you encourage me as a friend!?"

"Sorry, even if you say that... Basically, Jiazi's goal is so high, I really don't know how to encourage you."

"That, Hui..."

"Huh? What's the matter, Yinglili?"

Ying Lili sat down by the bed next to them, and asked hesitantly: "Actually, I ran out of hair oil, can you lend me some of yours?"

"So that's it, um~ okay."

After rummaging through the pouch, Kei passed her hair oil over.

"I found it, here it is, Yinglili."

"Well! Thank you~! I'll give you a new one later."

"It's okay~ You, Ying Lili, can handle this kind of trivial matter by yourself? If you don't mind, I can help."

"Really? That's good, but won't this disturb your chat?"

"Not at all, Sawamura-san."

Yoshiko Himekawa took the lead and said, "It's the third night we've lived together. It's okay if you don't have to be so polite, so can I help together? No, please let me help too!"

"what?"

"Actually~ I've wanted to touch your hair for a long time, I want to touch it, I want to touch it! So can you?"

"Uh... this, that... Hui, Hui?" Ying Lili shrugged her shoulders and looked at Hui helplessly.

That was probably the same feeling as when she and Yusuke sent invitations to her and Yusuke during the folk dance, although in fact the invitation that really turned into words was only said to her...

However, Ying Lili may not like to be touched by unfamiliar people, such a mood is not incomprehensible.

Hui thought about this secretly in her heart, so she opened her mouth and said:
"I'm sorry, Jiazi, I'll help Yinglili now, you can just watch from the side. Is this okay? Yinglili."

"Oh~~~Then, okay."

"Well, yes."

Kako dropped her shoulders with a look of disappointment.

Ying Lili nodded in affirmation, and moved a little space to the side, and Hui sat down beside her.

"Then I'm going to start? Yinglili."

"Well, please excuse me."

"will not."

Hui squeezed some hair oil in the palm of her hand, rubbed it with her fingers, then climbed up to the long golden hair in front of her, and spread it evenly on it.

The touch feedback from the fingertips is soft and smooth, and the slight humidity in the hair has a unique sense of comfort, which is very comfortable to the touch.

Although she was mentally prepared, when she actually touched Ying Lili's hair, Hui was a little surprised in her heart, and unconsciously cried out "ah".

"What's wrong? Hui."

"No, I just think Yinglili's hair is really nice."

"Really? Thank you, otherwise Kei would have grown her hair. I think long hair suits you very well, and your sense of character is more distinct. Unlike now, when you feel like you can't find your place, you are easily buried by the people around you." .”

"Ah, um... Leaving aside the matter of growing your hair, I always feel that your words are a bit rude. Is it my illusion?"

"It's not an illusion!" Ying Lili twisted her body back and forth, and said plausibly:
"It means that you have grown long hair before. You should have noticed it when you looked in the mirror, right? That's how a heroine should feel. Although there are some works with short hair as the heroine, Megumi's short hair, the character I can't stand up at all."

"Ah~ okay, although I don't know if I can find a sense of character, but I will still work hard to grow long hair."

Jiazi, who was watching from the sidelines, burst out laughing when she heard this.

"Pfft, then me too! Although I don't quite understand some of your words, but on the matter of Megumi growing her hair long, I support you! Sawamura-san."

"Uh, thank you, Himekawa-san."

Ying Lili thought for a while and said, "Speaking of which, what did Ji Chuan-san mean by that timing?"

"……Eh?"

"No, you just chatted with Hui and said that you will grow your hair when the time comes. Is there any special meaning?"

Yoshiko Himekawa blinked her eyes, scratched her cheeks with a dry smile, and said perfunctorily, "...Ahaha, so it's this, um, I said it before."

"...Did I ask something I shouldn't ask?"

"That's not the case... Well, forget it, it's not really something to hide, it's just a little obsession of mine, and it's okay for Sawamura-san to tell you if she wants to know."

With Hui's help, it happened that Ying Lili had also applied the hair oil at this time, so the two of them cast their eyes on her at the same time.

Seeing them like this, Himekawa Yoshiko suddenly felt a little nervous for no reason, so she made a joke casually.

"Hmm... I always feel like a girl's heart-to-heart meeting?"

"Hey! Wait for me a moment."

Ying Lili's eyes lit up when she heard this, and then quickly walked to the other side of the wooden house, took off her sports backpack from the hook on the wall, and ran back with the backpack.

Under Hui and Jiazi's puzzled eyes, she just opened the zipper of her backpack and buckled it upside down.

Whoa, whoa, whoa-

All kinds of snacks were poured on the bed.

"Ah, it's snacks."

"It's a snack, but why?"

As if a little embarrassed, Ying Lili explained: "Since it is a heart-to-heart meeting, generally speaking, we will chat while eating snacks, right? It just so happens that my mother prepared a lot for me to share with my friends, so..."

'But that's usually before brushing your teeth... Doesn't Sawamura-san lack common sense in this regard? '

Yoshiko Himekawa couldn't help thinking this way, but with Kamieiriri's radiant eyes, she couldn't say the words again, as if a certain sense of guilt was stopping her.

While thinking about it, she also said: "So that's the case, thank you, Sawamura-san~ Then I will not be polite."

The three of them each took snacks in their hands, and the sound of tearing the package was heard one after another.

"Ahem, about the question just now, that is, the timing of what I said is actually nothing special, but I like Mr. Nakamura, so I want to wait until the matter has a result before deciding on it."

"Like? Mr. Nakamura?" Ying Lili murmured subconsciously, tilting her head in wonder.

A few beats later.

"Huh? Hi, like——? Himekawa-san likes Nakamura-sensei?? That Nakamura-sensei who teaches modern society!?"

The unexpected development made her cry out unconsciously, her mouth opened wide, and her thoughts fell into confusion.

"Ugh, why are you so surprised? Aren't there many girls who like Nakamura-sensei? Please stop looking at me like that, Sawamura-san, it's embarrassing."

"Uh, ah, sorry, I didn't expect such a serious reason."

"Serious...? Let me say, doesn't Sawamura-san have someone he likes?"

"Wh, hi, hi hi hi hi hi!? Why? No, that kind of thing!"

With a puff, there seemed to be the sound of a kettle boiling in the room.

"Oh~? This reaction is so suspicious~!" Yoshiko Himekawa rubbed her chin, and suddenly regained her spirits, "Hey, Xiaohui, what do you think?"

"Ah, um... this topic, it doesn't matter if you ignore me." Hui casually said, not wanting to join in.

In contrast, Ying Lili was full of anxiety and full of flaws.

"Nah~ Sawamura-san, Sawamura-san, who do you like? Can you tell me?"

"I-I don't have that kind of partner—!"

"Hey~~~ Don't say that, the girl's heart-to-heart meeting is to talk about these things, I have told you about the person I like, and it would be too cunning for you to hide it."

"But, but..."

"Let's talk, I promise I won't tell others, so please~~~"

After a brief silence.

"Sorry, Himekawa-san, I don't have anyone I like."

"Eh? But your reaction..."

"--but!"

Ying Lili coughed lightly, cleared her throat, and pretended to be calm:

"It's just that I have a very good friend. She has talked with me about this topic and troubles. If you must listen, I can briefly talk about her..."

"..."

Yoshiko Himekawa blinked her eyes again and again, her expression became a little subtle, and she immediately answered:

"Okay~! Then please tell me about that friend. Of course, I will keep things about that friend secret~~~"

"Um, um, thank you... so... where should I start?"

"Well, why don't you tell me how that boy looks like first? Is he handsome? Is he tall? And how did your... friend like him~"

"Do you want to explain it in such detail? No, because I don't know much about some things, and she didn't tell me completely, so..."

"That's it~ That's okay, you can just tell what you know, Sawamura-san~"

"In that case..."

Ying Lili took a deep breath, stuffed a milk candy into her mouth, and began to speak in the name of an outsider.

……

(End of this chapter)