In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 24 Goodbye in the afternoon, Uesugi from Group 2 of Year 4
His slender fingers flipped through the pages of documents in his hand, making the unique sound of paper.

After a while, Nozomi Haneda looked up at Kai Uesugi:
"Well, the grades in the last grade remained stable and even gradually increased, but do you know why your deviation value has decreased?"

Naturally, there are many reasons for this, but Kai Uesugi doesn’t like to look for problems on others, and a decrease in the deviation value means that the gap between his grades and those of his classmates has narrowed.

"English dragged down the average."

"Yes, and neither,"

Haneda Ximu lightly tapped the white paper twice with her index finger, making a crisp and short clicking sound.
"Compared to your results in other subjects, English is indeed a little behind, but it is not harmful. The main problem is that many students have participated in remedial courses and used their spare time to improve each other.

"As the overall grades of students increase, your deviation value will naturally be lower, so you can't fall behind. My idea is to hold a study session after class and use free time to make up for the shortcomings of each student.

"Of course, there can't be too many people."

Haneda Ximu stopped when she said this, and looked at Uesugi Kai.

"I'll organize it?" Kaoru Uesugi asked uncertainly.

"That's right,"

Nozomi Haneda nodded in satisfaction,
"I remember you didn't join the club, did you?"

"No."

The Kyudo Department has not yet decided whether to join, Uesugi Kai can only answer no.

Haneda Ximu showed an unsurprising expression: "Then it's best to add one. You can't just sit in the classroom alone and wait for your classmates' club activities to end during the afternoon after school?"

"."

Uesugi was silent, this was indeed a problem, although it was fine for him to sit alone in the classroom and read a book.

"can."

Seeing that Uesugi Matsuko agreed, Haneda Ximu, as his homeroom teacher, was also a little happy, showing a smile:
"That's good. I don't think you made many friends in the last grade. You are too focused on studying. If you continue like this, you may develop into autism."

autism.
Is it that serious?
Kaoru Uesugi felt that Nozomi Haneda's words were a bit too exaggerated, although apart from Goto, Tsubokawa and Hanabi in school, he didn't talk to other students much.

Most of the time, the other party took the initiative to talk to him, and he didn't bother to answer, so he dealt with the matter hastily.

"Do not believe?"

Nozomi Haneda saw through Kai Uesugi's thoughts,
"Well, although it's a bit arbitrary, according to my observation, you always sit together when get out of class is over, and you go home alone. You belong to the marginal people who are outside the circle."

"Besides, you live with that kid, Huahuo, right? My childhood sweetheart, you didn't even talk to each other a few times in school? Did you have a bad relationship since childhood?"

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"No." Kaoru Uesugi denied.

Usually there are more exchanges after school. Every time he treats guests, he can see Hanamaru Hanabi carefully holding the food.

Haneda Nozomi turned her head and glanced at the electronic clock on the corner of the table, and said to Kai Uesugi:
"That may be because the teacher has some subjective cognition. I will leave the study meeting to you. The time is set at [-] pm. Class is about to start. Go back."

Kaoru Uesugi walked out of the office, and on the way back to the classroom, he kept thinking about the study session.

study session?
An exchange meeting composed of students to learn together to make up for shortcomings.

How many people are invited to this thing?

By the way, who should be invited?

It's so difficult
"Ouch—"

"Feel sorry."

Uesugi Kai, who was overwhelmed, realized that he had bumped into someone, and bowed his head to the female classmate in front of him to apologize, but his tone seemed casual and did not seem to be sincere.

"you!"

The girl wearing an earphone frowned, dissatisfied with Kai Uesugi's tone,
"Is this like the attitude of an apology? You."

She took a careful look at Uesugi Kai, who was taller than him, and found that she looked familiar. After a while, she remembered it, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth:
"Ah, you are that guy from the archery club yesterday." The girl referred to Uesugi Kai by "that guy" instead of using his name.

And her arched eyebrows looked a little frivolous, and she kept chewing gum in her mouth, looking very restless.

Kaoru Uesugi remembered her name. After all, everyone introduced themselves at the briefing session yesterday. As long as their memory is not too bad, they will have a deep impression on this girl.

Because she looks beautiful.

He looked at the girl in front of him and emphasized:
"My name is Uesugi Kai."

"whee,"

Chitose Zhenyi showed a bright smile, showing her delicate face as if drawn with a paintbrush,
"Of course I know, but I just don't want to call your name."

"what ever,"

Uesugi Kai didn't want to entangle her too much, he raised his wrist and looked at his dial.

"It's almost time for class, so goodbye."

After speaking, he turned and walked towards the classroom.

"Alas!"

Seeing that Uesugi Kai was about to leave immediately, Chitose Zhenyi quickly pulled out his right hand from his pocket and grabbed him.

Kaoru Uesugi stopped walking, looked back at the girl who was still smiling, and asked:
"What, is there something else?"

Inadvertently, Uesugi found that there was an old lace rubber band on her right hand that was holding her.

Chitose Zhenyi looked at Uesugi Kai's face, and felt that he was a little cold since yesterday, and went back alone, and seemed to have no friends.

"Are you embarrassed to say, do you want to apologize?"

"Didn't you just say that?"

"Not counting."

"You say it doesn't count?"

"Of course!"

Chitose Zhenyi straightened her undulating chest, showed a confident expression, and said confidently:
"You hit me, you were the one who was wrong, and if I say it doesn't count, it doesn't count."

bell bell bell.
The class bell rang suddenly, and the students around walked back to the classroom in twos and threes, and some even glanced curiously at the two people who were standing still.

Uesugi Kai looked at the right arm that was still tightly grasping him, and said in a slightly helpless tone:

"Class begins."

"Are you Uesugi's classmate?" Chitose Zhenyi smiled curiously at him.

"So what?"

"It's nothing, I just heard some small rumors about you recently."

"Because I'm handsome, but I'm actually a scum?" Kai Uesugi said.

Chitose Zhenyi smiled: "There are some discrepancies, but there is this meaning. But I think I am just a little cold."

Saying so, she stepped back like a trot, put her left hand in her pocket, and saluted him with her right, tilting her head and squinting with a smile:

"See you in the afternoon, Uesugi from the 2nd year and 4th group."

(End of this chapter)