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Chapter 343 Running to the Final Chapter: Shinohara ([-])

No matter what kind of goal, no matter how difficult or difficult it is to achieve, as long as Shinohara Shiori thinks about it, as long as she can still see the hope of success, she will always try her best and use all means to achieve the goal.

This is her character, her way of acting.

However, at a certain moment—just sitting on the seat in the activity room of the performance department, playing the melodious trumpet, thoughts like a trickle flowed through my heart... Obviously I was concentrating on playing the trumpet, but The conversation with Reya Hazuki that day in the cafe did indeed flash into her mind just like that.

Sometimes it happens like this, obviously you are doing something that has nothing to do with it, but that thing that has nothing to do with it will occupy your thoughts silently.

Then at this moment, Shinohara Shiori suddenly understood a fact:
She is getting farther and farther away from her goal, the goal of Mr. Hirakawa who wants to monopolize her.

It's not an illusion, it's indeed getting farther and farther away, so far away that she seems to have lost hope.

Moreover, the biggest enemy is actually not Hisada, but Hazuki.

Hazuki Reya who has already lived together and left a place in Hirakawa's heart.

If the relationship between herself and Hisada is either-or, then in any case, there will be only one person left in the competition with her. She can see hope and is confident that she can win the final victory.

And in fact, if there was even the slightest hope, she would do it.So she can say that she will hold Teacher Hirakawa's hands completely.

But Ye Yue is not.

She was by Ping Chuan's side, repeating that ridiculous idea over and over again.

In other words, the competition between her and Ye Yue may only have two possibilities: Ye Yue stays, she and Ye Yue both stay.

Because Ye Yue is different from Jiu Tian and her, when she and Jiu Tian see no hope, they may choose to give up.

But Ye Yue won't, no matter what, she will stay by Ping Chuan's side no matter what, even if she wants that teacher to go towards the goal she wants, she won't hesitate.

Recalling the news that Reya Hazuki told her in the coffee shop that day that he had declared war on Hisada for Hirakawa, Shinohara Shiori understood her philosophy in this way.

Do you still like it?
To be honest, Shiori Shinohara didn't know, after all, in her perception, liking must be linked to possessiveness.

Therefore, in Shinohara Shiori's eyes, it is as incomprehensible to agree to the other party's willful idea of ​​wanting everything because she likes it, as to quit for the betterment of the other party.

To like is to monopolize.

Shinohara Shiori will not choose to give up because of the betterment of the other party, even if she wants to fall into the abyss, she must be together.Similarly, she will not agree to share the absurd idea of ​​the person she likes with others just because she likes it.

That's why she was confused.

Ye Yue will not give up no matter what, so it seems that her monopoly cannot be achieved no matter what.

What is she going to do next?

Give up?
To be honest, how could she have the idea of ​​giving up again?It has reached the current point, those things that have happened, the emotions that cannot be avoided, and the sentence that Hazuki Reya relayed to her-[No matter what, I will never give up Shiori]...

This is what her teacher Hirakawa once said.

Naturally, she likes Hirakawa, and he likes her too.

All of the above are pushing her forward.

There is no road ahead.

Ye Yueli's existence completely blocked the road of monopoly.

However, on the fork next to it, there is a road sign like "Share Teacher Hirakawa with others".

How the future seemed set, either she backed off and left, or she stayed, turned sideways, and accepted reality.

Because of this, it was no longer Hisada or Hazuki who confronted Shinohara Shiori, but her own ideas.

Give up completely, or stay?
"Stop." In front of the phalanx of the playing section, Ogasa Suzuki suddenly called to stop the practice, and the activity room became quiet.

"Xiaoyuan-san." Ogasa Suzukiko called her name.

Shiori Shinohara, who was distracted, silently took the mouthpiece of the trumpet away in her hand, and looked at Suzuki Ogasa in front of her.

"You seem to be distracted." Ogasa Suzuki said, "Are you thinking about something?"

"Sorry, Mrs. Ogasa."

"That--"

"I want to rest."

"Eh—? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Just take a break."

"..."

……

The meeting with Shiori Shinohara was still in that coffee shop, after all there were other people in the family.

"That... Shiori."

When Hirakawa Tetsufumi arrived, Shinohara Shiori was already sitting there,
"Mm, Hirakawa-sensei." Sitting on the chair, Miss Shinohara raised her neck a little, looked down with his gaze, the girl's slender white neck between the collars was very eye-catching.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi stood in front of her, hesitated for a moment, and finally pulled away the chair opposite Shiori Shinohara, and sat down.

Some are silent, some don't know how to speak.

Since the last time he had an awkward fight with Shinohara Shiori, especially since this young lady still had to go to school, and she was picked up by a special car on the way to school, it was difficult for Hirakawa Tetsufumi to have the time and opportunity to talk to her.

Things pretty much stalled like that.

Until today, Shiori Shinohara finally responded to him and agreed to meet him.

But how should I speak?

Such a problem, Shiori Shinohara solved it for him.

The first conversation between the two was from Shinohara Shiori, and she said:
"Mr. Hirakawa, I heard that Mr. Jiutian and classmate Ye Yue have already lived in your home."

"..."

Tetsubun Hirakawa involuntarily lowered his gaze, avoiding Shiori Shinohara's gaze, looked at the table, and responded after a while.

"……Yes."

"You haven't told Shizhi about this, it was Hazuki who said it."

"……I do not know how to describe."

"That's right... Most people really don't know how to talk to their girlfriends about this matter, about living with other girls." The calm voice was tingly, with a hint of sarcasm from Miss Shinohara.

"..." The sarcasm was right, Hirakawa Zhewen didn't dare to look up.

Shiori Shinohara looked at Hirakawa who was separated by a large distance from her, paused for a moment, and then spoke again.

"Teacher Hirakawa, you should still remember that Shiori is your girlfriend, right?"

"This kind of thing..."

"Then why are you so far away from Shiori?"

"..."

From Shinohara Shiori's delicate but calm face, it was impossible to tell what she was thinking today.

However, Tetsubun Hirakawa got up silently after answering, and moved the chair to Shiori Shinohara's side.

As soon as he sat down, the hand close to the girl was naturally held, and her fingertips touched his palm with a slight coolness.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa grabbed the girl's hand.

"Shizhi..." Not knowing what to say, his eyes and hers finally met, and they stopped avoiding.

"Ms. Hirakawa... tell Shiori what you think?" Shiori Shinohara held his hand and said.

"Okay. About...?"

"Why did you tell Shiori that you can't kiss because of Hisada-sensei, and then you turned around and went with Hazuki-san?"

"..."

"Can't you answer?"

"No." Hirakawa Tetsuwen shook his head.

"that is because?"

"..." Hirakawa Tetsuwen exhaled heavily, and finally made up his mind to tell the truth, "At that time, because Jiutian had just finished talking to me, she didn't want me to continue to degenerate...I didn't want to let her down."

"Then Hazuki classmate?"

"She changed my mind." Hirakawa Zhewen said without much hesitation...he didn't intend to hide it anymore.

"It seems that classmate Ye Yue has indeed provided a lot of help for Mr. Pingchuan's ridiculous ideas."

"..." Hirakawa Tetsubun was speechless.

"Then Mr. Hirakawa, what are your thoughts now? Just tell me, Shiori is ready."

"..."

"Have made up your mind, and will never be shaken by others again?" Shiori Shinohara asked.

Hirakawa Tetsuwen nodded silently, unable to refute.

Even though she was well prepared, when she got the expected answer, Shiori Shinohara's eyes still showed sorrow like water.

"What if, because of Hirakawa-sensei's absurd idea, Shiori wants to leave Hirakawa-sensei?"

"..."

Hirakawa Zhewen clenched the cold fingers in his hand, his eyes flickered, but he still faced the girl in front of him and said this sentence.

"I can't give up Shiori."

"It's like I can't give up on Hisada-sensei, it's like I can't give up on Hazuki-san, is that so?"

Didn't get an answer, but that's just the default.

Shiori Shinohara didn't know what to say anymore, her chest was heavy and she couldn't speak, and her chest was knotted.

She was tired and leaned down weakly, leaning on Hirakawa Zhewen's shoulder.

I haven't been able to speak again for a long time.

Shiori Shinohara thought about a lot of things, and after thinking about it, she thought about the future—whether it was a future with Tetsufumi Hirakawa or a future without Tetsufumi Hirakawa, she thought about it all.

She was so weak that she couldn't even sit up straight, the air was as heavy as water, oppressing her almost out of breath.

Tetsubun Hirakawa put his hand on Shiori Shinohara's delicate shoulders at the moment, and hugged her.

After an unknown amount of time, Shiori Shinohara finally felt that her soul, which had been squeezed out of her body by the air, had returned to her body.

Thoughts returned.

In the final analysis, I actually thought about what, all possible futures, I thought about it before meeting.

But sure enough, every time I think about it, I still feel sad, sad to the point of sadness.

"Teacher Hirakawa, do you know?" Shinohara Shiori's clear voice suddenly sounded again, but at this time, even the clear voice seemed heavy.

"……what?"

"Shiori had such emotions several times." Shinohara Shiori said.

"The first time was in the third semester of the first grade... That's right, it was the time when Shiori's mother asked Shiori to give up playing music."

"The second time was when Hirakawa-sensei hinted that Shiori couldn't have forbidden feelings for you."

"The third time is the awakening from the dream at the end of the summer festival."

"The fourth time is now..."

"The common point is that Shiori really can't see hope... I don't know what to do."

"..."

In addition to this common point, another common point is that even if there is almost no hope, she still wants to fight for it in the end.

She has known for a long time that she absolutely cannot accept a future without Hirakawa, but it is absolutely impossible for her to just look at that future—the future with others.

"Teacher Hirakawa." Shiori Shinohara suddenly raised her voice and said.

"Shiori...what's wrong?" Hirakawa Tetsufumi responded.

"Even if you know this, Shiori can't do it and just quit like this... Even though you are looking at the future that is almost impossible to change, you still have to give it a try. Shiori is such a person, as long as you don't see the result, you will quit Never give up."

"..."

"Do you know?"

"...I know, Shiori is such a person." Hirakawa Tetsufumi leaned on Shinohara Shiori's head and nodded.

"That's why Shiori still wants to give it a try...to see if he can hold all of Hirakawa-sensei's hands, and to see if he can leave Shiori alone in Hirakawa-sensei's heart."

"..."

"I didn't know Hirakawa-sensei liked Shiori before, and it was hard to give up. Now, Hirakawa-sensei has already said that he likes Shiori and will not give up Shiori. Then Shiori has no reason to give up."

"..."

"This is the reason that supports Shiori to go on like this. Shiori likes you."

"Well, I also like Shiori." Hirakawa Tetsufumi said.

However, in the next instant, Hirakawa Tetsufumi heard Shinohara Shiori's low, almost indistinct voice, faintly trembling.

"Although I say that, but... Shiori will also be sad... There will be times when you want to give up..."

"..."

"..."

The faint cry was like a needle pricking into his heart.

But Hirakawa Tetsufumi couldn't do anything.

He held Shinohara Shiori's cold hand, his throat was blocked, and he couldn't say anything.

……

for a long time.

"Mr. Hirakawa, please go back to Moritani." Shiori Shinohara said suddenly, "Be the instructor of the performance department."

"..."

"..."

……

In the third grade, at the beginning of April, Tetsufumi Hirakawa walked into Moritani again and became the instructor of the performance department.

　It has almost been decided that this book will be finished in March, thank you for your company along the way.

　　The new book will be released at the end of March.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)