[Net King] Quickly pay back the money

When Echizen Ryoma returned home that day, he looked devastated, and Echizen Minamijiro teased whether Aoki Kuriko had dumped him.Of course it was just a joke, but Echizen Minamijiro's words quickly annoyed his son.

So he waved his hands tactfully, "I'm just kidding."

Echizen Ryoma knew very well that his old man was being dishonest all the time, so naturally he didn't want to be serious with him.When he entered the door, Karubin happened to be lying on the seat in the entrance to play with the ball. The boy walked over and hugged it on his body, ready to go back to the room.

Nanjiro, who was lying in the living room watching TV, still asked with concern: "Are you in a bad mood?"

But the boy actually answered honestly: "Yes."

"..." Echizen Ryoma was so honest, there must be something in his heart.

Echizen Minamijiro simply didn't watch TV, put aside the beauty magazines, drove Karubin to the second floor, and took his own son to the living room, where the two sat face to face.

"Are you going to the U.S. Open?"

"Do not ask me."

"..." Nanjiro was dumbfounded.

"I really want to participate in the national competition with my seniors, but I also really want to go to the U.S. Open, and I want to..." I want to stay with someone.

So to sum up, Echizen Ryoma felt that he was going crazy.

"Actually, you are reluctant to part with other girls." Echizen Nanjiro looked at him with strange eyes, and what he said were declarative sentences rather than interrogative sentences.

"Part of the reason." It's really uncomfortable to be told the truth.

That day, Echizen Ryoma lay on the boat tossing and turning for a long time, turning on the phone, turning it off, turning it on, and turning it off again.This action was repeated many times, but still did not call Chestnut Aoki, and finally threw it directly under the pillow and turned over.

At the same time, Chestnut Aoki, who also stared at the phone screen for a long time, also turned off the phone and buried her head in the quilt.

Echizen Ryoma is able to enter the international tennis world, and the girl is more happy for him than anyone else.But it's only one-sided. If we never see each other again, it's meaningless to say more.

>>

The next day, there was a sudden heavy rain in Tokyo.

The girl who was drawing in the backyard hurriedly moved the easel and drawing board to a safe place under an umbrella, probably because she was too anxious and accidentally knocked over the pen holder.

So Aoki Chestnut bent □ to clean up the brushes scattered on the ground, but inadvertently glanced at a pair of white sneakers stained with mud from the corner of his eye.

She squatted on the ground, holding an umbrella and slowly raised her head, looking into those amber eyes, like stars in the dark night.

"Ryoma..." She murmured his name.

"Yeah." He knelt down, helped her pick up all the paintbrushes, and took her hand to stand up slowly.

In fact, Aoki Lizi didn't know how he got in, but if she knew that her father let him in, she would definitely be shocked.

Echizen Ryoma seemed to be running all the way, because it was raining suddenly, so he didn't seem to have an umbrella.Hearing the doorbell, Mr. Aoki immediately ran to open the door, and saw the boy standing upright at the door of his house, soaked and out of breath, and his white sneakers were also stained with mud.

The rain slowly fell down the dark green hair, even on the cheeks.

Mr. Aoki seemed slightly astonished, "You...you are the one..."

"Echizen Ryoma." The young man quickly reported his family name, then raised his eyes to look at the man in front of him, "Uncle, I'm sorry to disturb you, is Li Zi there? I have something to do with her."

After a short moment of astonishment, he pointed to the back door, "She should be moving things in the backyard."

Echizen Ryoma thanked him, and immediately ran to the backyard.But before leaving, Mr. Aoki threw him an umbrella and told him: "Boy, don't get sick."

"..." Echizen Ryoma was about to say something after taking the umbrella, but found that the host had already turned and left.

"I thought you would throw that boy named Echizen out." Mrs. Aoki came out of the kitchen and looked at Mr. Aoki with interest.

But he just turned his head towards the TV, "Am I that unreasonable?"

"You've always been nervous about chestnuts."

"That boy's expression is very serious." It was exactly the same as when he looked at the woman's father in front of him back then.

It was still raining, but the two people standing facing each other seemed to have no intention of entering the house to shelter from the rain.

Aoki Lizi's voice trembled, "Why are you here?"

"Because I don't trust you."

"What worries me?" The girl thought it was funny, and slightly curled the corners of her mouth.

Echizen Ryoma looked straight at her, "Because..."

"Just make your own choice."

But before the young man finished speaking, Aoki Kuriko interrupted his words.She clenched her hand tightly, gritted her teeth and turned her head to the side—when she didn't see him, she was thinking that no matter what decision he made, she could accept it.

As long as he is happy, he can get the greatest satisfaction.But now that I saw him, the tears kept flowing.

Chestnut Aoki was always a child, and she didn't have the courage to face these things.Sometimes she feels that she is quite heartless, and she just wants him to stay by her side.

—She is still not brave enough.

Echizen Ryoma saw her eyes red from crying, and didn't know what to do for a while.It was the first time he saw her cry, and he was a little helpless.

At the age of 12, he was a prodigy boy who won four consecutive victories in the U.S. Junior Championships, a super rookie in the first grade of Qinggaku, and a leader in tennis skills among junior high school students in the Kanto region.

Echizen Ryoma is such a bug, but his experience in comforting women is "zero".

He clumsily wiped away her tears with his hands, and said in a low voice, "Li Zi, don't cry."

"Well, I know." But she was still crying.

Echizen Ryoma threw away the umbrella in his hand, rushed to her and hugged her from the front.The soft hair rubbed against Aoki Lizi's cheek, itching.

She stared blankly.

"I know Ryoma really wants to go to the United States to participate in the U.S. Open, so I won't stop you." She put her forehead on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry." Echizen Ryoma blurted out like this, "I know everything."

"..." Suddenly, she found herself becoming more and more transparent in front of him.

No matter what he is thinking or doing, he can always see clearly.Whether it's his keen insight or tacit understanding, she can't hide from him at all.

Can't hide anything - those ridiculous thoughts and deep thoughts.

"If you want to go to the United States, don't leave any regrets. I will watch every game of yours in the future, no matter when or where."

She could clearly hear the sound of the boy's heart beating vigorously, just like this, her heart ached slightly.I just hope that the boy in front of me can always be so beautiful and so real.

"Well, to participate in the Complete US Open, I will come back as soon as possible to play the national competition with my seniors."

"..." Aoki Lizi was stunned.

"What's your expression like?"

The girl's eyes were still stained with tears, and her eyes were slightly swollen, but her expression was unusually funny, "What did you say...?"

"To participate in the Complete US Open, I will come back as soon as possible to play the national competition with my seniors..."

"Are you coming back?"

"Did I say I wouldn't come..."

"Wait a minute, let me pinch it." Aoki Kuriko stretched out his hand and pinched Echizen Ryoma's face, the pain made someone frown.

"Chestnut what are you doing!"

"It's not a dream, it's really not a dream! Do you know Ryoma, I thought you would never come again after you go this time!"

"Huh?" Echizen Ryoma covered the seat that was pinched by the girl, raised his eyebrows, "Why do you think so?"

"Because yesterday, I asked you if you would stay in the United States forever, and you said you didn't know."

"But I didn't say I couldn't come back."

"..." For the first time, Aoki Lizi felt that she had the attributes of an ostrich, and wanted to find a seat to hide herself.But just like that, she suddenly laughed through tears, looking at the young man in front of her who couldn't stop laughing.

Echizen Ryoma looked at her helplessly, lamenting that a woman can change her face faster than turning the pages of a book.

"Well, Ryoma, it's raining now."

"Ah."

"You're all wet."

"Ah."

"So... can you let me go?"

"No."

As soon as the words fell, a kiss fell on her lips.

——It’s just okay, I can still see, see the real you.

>>

Time is like a cannonball, this is true.The more you want time to go slower, the more it flies away in a hurry.In a blink of an eye, it was the day when Echizen Ryoma set off.

Early in the morning, Aoki Kuriko received a call from Amuro Sana.At this time, she was sitting in the entrance changing shoes, and responded with her mobile phone between her shoulders: "Senior Amuro, I'm about to go out."

"Hurry up, Lizi! Ah Wu, I, and a few seniors are all here!"

"I see!"

Chestnut Aoki hung up the phone and was about to go out when she remembered that she hadn't taken something, and went back to take the picture book on the coffee table.

--"I am leaving."

He went out and hailed a taxi, and took the time to step into the airport.After a while, he could be caught. Standing there, she could clearly see the scene where the seniors of Qingxue sent the boy off.

She didn't rush over directly, and even watched him pick up the tennis ball that Ryuzaki Sakurano gave him, and wave it back at her handsomely.

Then the boy spotted her and walked straight towards her.

"You seem to be just right every time." From the time I met her to now, every time she comes to see her game is just right.

Aoki Chestnut smiled, and took out a picture book from his bag and handed it to him, "Although I know you will come back, I think I still have to give you something before I leave, so... I have known you for so long It seems that I have never given you anything."

As she spoke, she laughed at herself, which hit the boy in pain. He pressed his hat and complained, "You're ashamed to say that." Then he also laughed.

You know, when Echizen Ryoma confessed to her back then, he gave her a jar of stars folded by himself.

So Aoki Chestnut felt that it seemed that he had to give him something made by himself, although this thing was not made, but painted.

"Cat?" Echizen Ryoma opened the picture book, and it was full of sketches and drawings of cats.

"That's right." Aoki Kuriko said, "It's not because of Karubin, because I think you, Ryoma, look like a cat."

"..." For such a description, he actually acquiesced.

"Not only the painting, but also my signature." She pointed to the lower right corner and said jokingly: "I have thought about it, if Ryoma's dream is to become No.1 in the tennis world, then my dream is Become the No.1 illustrator in the art world. So young man, you should keep it well, maybe this picture book will sell for a very good price in the future.”

"Then..." He shook the small notebook in his hand and smiled so nicely, "I'll accept it without hesitation."

It wasn't until Echizen Ryoma walked into the passage step by step with his tennis bag on his back and waved to her, that she realized how strong those reluctance and longing were.

--goodbye.

——I will wait for your return.

--come on!

The author has something to say: The finale of the next chapter... _(:3∠)_Stop diving!