Lost Narrative Poetry

"Tsk, tsk, how pitiful... Hikigaya seems to be dead."

Xia Ran glanced at the boy next to him and found that he was lying on the table, his body turned gray, and a large ball of strange translucent mochi-like objects floated from his mouth.

"Eh-oh--?!"

Yuigahama Yui's classmate screamed. She stood up suddenly, leaned forward, grabbed the collar of the boy opposite, and shook her with all her strength.

"Cheer up! Stay home!"

Is she committing further murders? It must be! ?

Sure enough, real natural creatures have terrible lethality and can always make things go against their wishes.

Xia Ran, who was standing by and watching, couldn't help but feel this way, but he looked with interest at Hikigaya Hachiman, who was shaken so hard by Yuigahama that his eyes were filled with circles, and he had no intention of rescuing...

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After a few minutes, the farce finally came to an end.

Hikigaya Hachiman also regretted not passing away, leaving such a cruel and cold world without a trace of warmth, but full of malice toward him.

Of course, he himself, who was rescued, had no such idea for the time being. He just touched his neck with a cold sweat and shaken look on his face: "What a danger, what a danger! I seemed to be almost crossing the river just now. If it weren’t for the fact that the ferryman charges too much and I was bargaining..."

"Huh? Is the current market situation in the underworld so outrageous? There are signs of arbitrary charges, but no one complained?" Xia Ran gave him a strange look.

"Who knows, thanks to me I can't get the money anyway..."

"By the way, tell me, what does the ferryman of the Santuchuan River look like? Is he a straight black man wearing a kimono?" Xia Ran seemed to have remembered something again, and asked enthusiastically, pay attention. Completely off track.

"I don't know, I don't have any impression... But why is it a black man wearing a kimono? Is this description too specific?" Hikigaya Hachiman looked at him with some confusion.

"Okay, Hikigaya, let's put aside such unimportant matters as whether you crossed the river or not."

Yukinoshita on the opposite side narrowed her eyes to a thin slit and said this noncommittally, interrupting the conversation between the two boys——

"You must have heard what Yuigahama-san just said, right? Don't you plan to give a response?"

"Is this an insignificant thing?" Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, always feeling that the value of his life had been subtly devalued.

However, he didn't hesitate. He just waved his hands indifferently and looked at Yuigahama Yui, who was secretly looking at him with his face in his hands with a strange expression: "Just form a team, I don't care anyway..."

Probably because he suffered a series of mental attacks and almost died, he seems to have fallen into the sage mode now. He has a feeling of being close to seeing through the world and having no desires or pursuits. He only feels that his soul has never been more ethereal. Indifferent, it seems that you can look at everything calmly and think rationally.

If you want to form a team, just form a team. Anyway, Teacher Hiratsuka doesn't seem to allow him to take leave and be absent, and he is not allowed to use his career choice of "househusband" as an excuse to choose the venue of the activity in his own home.

Since it is unavoidable, it becomes a question of who to team up with. Although Yuigahama said something very excessive before, which made him feel that his immature heart was deeply hurt, he had to admit that the other party said That's right.

He has no friends...

No one would be willing to team up with a gloomy fish-eye like him...

By being so proactive, Yuigahama helped him solve an almost insurmountable problem.

Of course, Hikigaya is very calm now, so calm that he can look at himself calmly and objectively, so he understands even more that it is impossible for anyone to like someone like him.

He would rather believe that the reason why Yuigahama took the initiative to propose such a suggestion was because Hiratsuka Shizuka had long been aware of his situation, so he asked Yuigahama to help him out...

As for the panic, shyness, and various cover-ups he showed before, although they were not fake, Hikigaya Hachiman himself could see it.

But this is not unexplainable, nor does it prove that Yuigahama Yui has a crush on him. After all, a girl is suddenly asked to take the initiative to find a boy to form a team with. Even if she agrees, she can't be said to behave very naturally, right?

Even if you have that weird reaction and make that kind of cover-up, it is completely normal.

Moreover, if it weren't for Teacher Hiratsuka's commission, it would be even more interesting... At least based on Hikigaya Hachiman's experience, after eliminating the unrealistic possibility of "Yuigahama likes me", the only What remains is the possibility of "compensation due to guilt".

But the problem is that this girl shouldn't owe him anything! Could it be that he had known Yuigahama Yui before? Is it just because of some reason that I have no such memory unilaterally?

It has to be said that Hikigaya Hachiman actually has a very keen insight, and can often guess a lot of things by himself. Even if the results are not necessarily correct, the information obtained is valuable enough.

"Ah...ah, that's good. In this case, there is only one person left in our group. We just need to find another classmate in the class..."

Finding that Hikigaya Hachiman didn't seem to be thinking in that direction at all, Yuigahama Yui suddenly felt slightly disappointed and slightly relieved, but she immediately raised her hand to scratch her cheek, showing her signature smile Silly... cheerful smile.

Perhaps because she still felt embarrassed about this matter, she subconsciously rolled her eyes and looked around, trying to change the topic, and finally her eyes were fixed on Xia Ran——

"Yes, yes, classmate Xia Ran, we seem to realize that we haven't exchanged contact information yet. So, let's take this opportunity to exchange it too!"

As she said that, the girl raised her phone and shook it.

“Although it’s by the way, I’m very grateful. " Xia Ran simply nodded and agreed, pretending to be filled with tears of gratitude, and answered like this, especially emphasizing the stress on a certain word.

"At least Yuigahama-san said "then", which is already very gentle..." Yukinoshita said with a gentle smile on her face.

"Ah hahahaha... I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that, I didn't mean that you were incidental..." Yuigahama laughed dryly, but he couldn't help shouting in his heart. As expected, he said many things and made many mistakes. It seemed that everything he had done today The performance is all subpar.

Low-level slips of the tongue occurred frequently, and she felt that she was blinded, and had the urge to cover her face and burst into tears.

"Whatever..." Xia Ran took out his mobile phone, put it directly on the table and pushed it over there.

"Huh? You want me to do it too?" Yuigahama was a little shocked.

"Yeah, my phone doesn't have the infrared transmission function, so I'll leave you with such a troublesome matter... Anyway, like Hikigaya, I don't have anything shady on my phone, and I don't have many people to contact me with. , and unlike Bikigaya, I have not established long-term cooperative relationships with Amazon and McDonald's..."

Xia Ran lay lazily on the table, once again showing a lazy and exhausted state, but what he said was explained in great detail, as if he was referring to something.

"Is that so?" Yuigahama hesitated and reached out to Xia Ran's cell phone, but before that, a slender white palm took the phone away faster.

She raised her head with a slightly surprised expression: "Eh? Little Xukino?"

"Let me help you." Yukinoshita said to her calmly.

"Ah? There's no need to trouble you about this, Yukino-chan, I can do it myself..." Yuigahama didn't react for a while, but just gave in with a silly smile, feeling that there was no need to trouble others to help with this kind of thing.

"let me help you!"

Yukinoshita reiterated, staring at Yuigahama very seriously, wondering if the way she looked at the latter was mixed with intimidation and threats, so that the latter couldn't help but shrink back slightly.

"I know...Xiao Yukino." After glancing at the phone, a rare flash of inspiration finally came to her mind, and Yuigahama Yui made a wise choice in one fell swoop.

As if she didn't know anything, she smiled a little stiffly and ended this dangerous topic calmly. It's just that the way she looked at Yukinoshita Yukino was inevitably a little subtle, and at the same time her eyes were wandering back and forth between the former and Xia Ran.

Yukinoshita noticed her gaze, silently picked up the phone as if nothing had happened, and began to operate it, trying to maintain composure.

Xia Ran finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, but was given a fierce look by the girl opposite -

As expected, this guy had the kind of character that couldn't bear to suffer. I just used Yuigahama-san's words to stab him a little. Fortunately for him, in just a blink of an eye, he made such a counterattack with his backhand.

If it was really just her name that appeared in the other person's business card book and became one of the few contacts, there would be no problem... But as this guy said, he didn't even have to pay for Amazon's express delivery or delivery service. There are no discount notifications from McDonald's.

With complex emotions that she could not explain clearly, Yukinoshita opened the email function page on her mobile phone and browsed for a while. Unexpectedly, she found that the entire list was filled with messages she had sent, in chronological order. One letter every day...

She couldn't help but show a "really careless" expression, bit her lower lip hard, and glared at the lazy boy opposite. After realizing that it didn't make any sense, she turned her sharp gaze to Yui next to her. Hama and Hikigaya——

Although Yukinoshita's reaction was very fast, this reaction itself was very problematic, and no one present was stupid... It can only be said that she has lost. The result is actually the same, the only difference is Yuigahama didn't actually see those emails.

However, it doesn't seem to matter whether you have seen this or not. It is even possible that they may think more because they have not seen it with their own eyes. If they find that those emails are all in the same format, sent at regular intervals, and the content only contains a simple "Good night", it may explain...

It seemed that her subconscious reaction made things worse. The girl's expression suddenly became extremely painful, as if she wanted to commit suicide.

Under the intimidation of her terrifying low pressure, gloomy expression and terrifying gaze, the other two people were instantly excited, and then started talking in tacit understanding, and seemed to have a strong interest in other topics at the same time.

However, they couldn't find a suitable topic for a while, so the two of them tacitly asked if the service department had received any new commissions yesterday when they were both absent. Xia Ran didn't expose them, but just answered the questions and talked about the boy yesterday.

Yukinoshita silently withdrew her gaze and stared at the phone in her hand with great displeasure. She remained motionless with a very serious expression.

It's not as simple as preparing to enter contact information. It's more like hesitating to destroy other people's property... Of course, it doesn't have to be destroyed. You can also directly delete the emails inside.

But what she struggled with was that this was not her mobile phone, and she had no right to dispose of the information on it privately...even the emails she sent herself.

"So, did that boy successfully save the relationship?"

Although he just wanted to change the topic at first, as he spoke, Yuigahama also became interested and curious, and asked this question.

"I don't know. He said he wanted to go to the laning, and then there was no news. I don't know if he doesn't need the help of our society, or if he is dead..." Xia Ran gave this answer with an objective attitude. an answer.

"That must be a success! Xia Ran, why do you always curse others so maliciously?" Yuigahama pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Maybe, if his girlfriend wants to embarrass him, she will send more questions... Doesn't the purpose of the person who asked the questions just want the person who answered the questions to die?" Xia Ran said "You know a basket case" Cold expression.

"Sending a proposition?"

"Yes, for example, what should I do if my mother and my girlfriend fall into the water at the same time..."

"Ah? What's the point of this kind of question? How should I do it!" Yuigahama was dumbfounded. She was indeed a very simple girl.

"It's simple. Points will be awarded based on the difficulty of the two people's movements before entering the water and the size of the water splash when entering the water..." Xia Ran answered confidently.