[Black Basket] Star Trail

Kanzawa Norie placed the pen holder horizontally under her nose, and raised her head to maintain a delicate balance.

According to the display on the clock, there was still half an hour until Thursday, the first day of the mid-term exam.

Because it does not start on a Monday, it means that students have to set aside time to study well in the evenings of the school day.This is not difficult for Kanzawa Jihui, she has no club activities, can go home directly after school every day, and then read books in class to catch up with the progress, which is enough to cope.

Now that the challenge was made in front of the grade director, Kanzawa Norie tried his best to review this time.If she wants to get the first place in the grade, she has no leeway to deal with it easily. Akashi Seijuro's deviation value is still far behind her—so how does he manage to balance club activities, studies, and extracurricular studies? of?

Flipping through the Chinese notes in her hand, Kanzawa Norie slowly leaned back until she leaned on the back of the chair.

...Ji Zheng must be very troubled right now.

Because he is the least proficient in Mandarin.

Because of the mid-term exam, the morning exercises of all sports clubs are cancelled, and the practice time after the exam is also compressed.Kanzawa Jizheng has nowhere to go and has to go to school with her.As always, Kanzawa Norihiro sat in the passenger seat, the twins shared the back seat, and the two schoolbags separated the slightly narrow space like some kind of boundary line. Kanzawa Norie looked out the window while drinking milk, and the other The person puts his hands on his chest, closes his eyes and rests his mind.When the girl was drinking the last of her milk, the car also arrived at Teiko Middle School.The sound of the straw sucking in air made Kamizawa Jizheng open his eyes, and the boy looked at her calmly before opening the car door.

"Come on for the mid-term exam." Kanzawa Yoshihiro only had time to say this.

"Yes, I will, see you tonight." The girl rolled up her schoolbag and got out of the car, not forgetting to bring an empty milk carton.She had already stepped on the ground with one foot, the girl turned her head and told her elder brother, "Dinner is risotto, remember to go home on time."

The young man waved his hand in response.

The girl closed the car door and subconsciously touched the hair rope at the back of her head.

Kanzawa Norisha had gone far away, she didn't care, she threw away the trash and went back to her classroom, before entering the school gate, Kanzawa Norie crossed the index and middle fingers of both hands.

As soon as she entered, she saw Akashi Seijuro sitting in the upper right corner of the classroom.

In the case of alphabetical arrangement of surnames, Akashi is undoubtedly the first.He would sit in this extremely conspicuous position for every exam, and the whole class had to pass him first.Kanzawa Jihui nodded slightly at him, the other party seemed to see her uneasiness, but he just responded indifferently.

The girl found her seat in row K, which happened to be in the middle of the classroom, surrounded by everyone.The invigilator walked into the classroom with a stack of test papers in his arms. Kanzawa Norie took out a pencil case and tissues, and took a deep breath.

"Put away the notes and materials, it's time to start."

Kanzawa Norie arranged things and folded up the cuffs of the sweater. This is a little habit of hers. Everything must be neat, otherwise she will feel that her mind can't turn.Probably also a psychological hint, used to persuade myself to concentrate.Contrary to her, Akashi Seijuro looked quite leisurely, he even held his chin and looked at the invigilator boredly.Kanzawa Jihui glanced at him, without morning exercises, he seemed to have accumulated too much energy and had nowhere to vent, so he showed a lazy look.

Kind of like Spade getting sleepy.

This was the first time that Kanzawa Norie ran out of exam time and even checked the answers more than once.After confirming that she had done her best, the girl closed the test paper with 20 seconds left.Mandarin is not a difficult subject, as long as you use a little memory and comprehension, you can easily get a high score, and Kanzawa Norie has never lacked these two items.The invigilator looked at the projection clock, counted the remaining time, and then announced the end of the time, followed by the sound of the pen being put down. Kanzawa Norie watched the teacher leave the podium and began to collect the test papers.

Her eyes fell on the red-haired boy quite naturally, with a little nervousness.

Kanazawa Norie tried to find the slightest wavering in his face, but she found nothing.

"I can't do that multiple-choice question just now..."

"A, right? A seems the most reasonable."

"Wait—isn't it C? Is it really not C? I think C is the most normal, hey!"

The girl took out the thermos and murmured to herself in an inaudible voice──

"B."

"B."

"Ok?"

Akashi Seijuro still rested his chin casually, while turning the pen with the other hand, and repeated it to the person who was discussing. "That question... the answer is B."

The girl took a sip of water as if nothing had happened.

During the four-day mid-term exam, what Kanzawa Norie was least good at was science on Tuesday, and during the two-day weekend vacation, science was the main thing she was warming up to.The twins haven't spoken a word since that day.Although living together under the same roof, they regard each other as transparent.They all know whether it is because their studies are so heavy, or they are using this as an excuse to push things along.Kanzawa Jihui didn't have the time to take care of Ji Zheng at the moment, she had spent all her energy just to review to her satisfaction.

Even the people in the class gradually noticed how serious the girl was.

On Friday night, they added Norie Kanzawa to the class group and shared her notes.To be honest, she didn't think they would do this.She thought that she would be done after reading the book and summarizing the notes, but in the end she got voluntary help from other people, which she didn't expect.

It was Amiya, the class representative, who provided the biology notes. Because the notes in this subject were the most, Kanzawa Norie turned on the computer to download them before cooking. According to the estimated time, they should be able to download after dinner and complete the decompression.But when she walked back to the room with the mug, she immediately discovered that the note was missing a lesson.

The time is already 09:30, Amaya is a well-known god of sleep, Kanzawa Norie has almost never seen him sober.The girl quickly put down the mug and clicked on the group's address book.

"Oops!"

The girl was so anxious that she pressed send without looking carefully.When she noticed something was wrong, it was too late, there were already two tick marks behind the message box.Kanzawa Norie looked at the name of the recipient, and deeply felt that she was really stupid to see Kanzawa Norisha's black face, so she made such a mistake.

The reply to the message from that end was surprisingly fast.

"Lesson [-], right? Wait a minute"

Akashi Seijuro had never spoken in that group, Kanzawa Norie thought he didn't know about his affairs, or he knew, but he didn't take the initiative to share notes.As far as their relationship is concerned, it is understandable not to take the initiative to share notes. No one in the world is obliged to take care of you, just as Kanzawa Norie did not expect to receive an olive branch at the beginning.No matter who it is, the less they understand a person, the lower their requirements will be, and she has almost no requirements for others.

Kanzawa Norie bit her lip and stretched out two fingers, typing out her reply key by key.

"Thank you very much, sorry for the trouble. I'm really sorry for asking so suddenly."

Just after she sent this sentence, a new message popped up on the opposite side. Akashi moved very quickly and scanned the missing notes for her.Kanzawa Norie took a cursory look and couldn't help but be speechless.

It is more concise and clear than what Tiangu recorded. It is not the kind of copying all the teacher's words, but supplementary explanations to match the content in the book.At this time, there is another message prompt.

"Akashi Seijuro: You're welcome."

The administrative efficiency of Diguang Middle School has never been low. The mid-term exam is over on Tuesday, and the results are posted on the bulletin board outside the teacher's room on Thursday morning.When the grade director posted it, Kanzawa Norie had just returned to school. When she went downstairs, Kanzawa Jizheng was not there, and the girl didn't ask him where he was again.

Maybe it was because he just finished working, and his body suddenly relaxed. Kanzawa Norie felt that he had a cold, and his nasal voice was thick when he spoke, and ordinary conversations seemed to be muttering.Kanzawa Jihui pulled the mask back under his eyes when he got off the car, coughed a few times in a low voice, the black-haired young man looked at her in the rearview mirror, and gently persuaded: "Why don't you rest at home for a day and go to school tomorrow ? You can't go to school like this, right?"

Just as Kanzawa Jihui was about to answer, he quickly sniffed again, and then opened his mouth when he recovered, his voice was as low as a cat meowing.

"...The results of the mid-term exam will be announced today."

The eldest brother frowned, "Just ask Ji Zheng to help you see if you can't see it."

The girl shook her head slightly, "I can do it myself."

"Okay then." The young man sighed, "Don't be too brave, if you really need it, please take leave and go home. I'll help you make up the doctor's certificate at the school."

Kanzawa Norie sniffled and gave in. "……Um."

She had to admit that she didn't expect Kanzawa Jizheng to be in front of the bulletin board, she thought he was exercising in the morning.

Most people left after reading the rankings, but Kanzawa Jizheng stopped beside him, obviously waiting for someone.The brown-haired girl brushed the hair from her shoulders, and with some effort she pulled herself together and stepped forward.

Kanzawa Jizheng didn't know that she was sick, so when he saw the mask on her face, he was visibly moved. The original cold edges and corners were broken, revealing the brother she was familiar with, the one who saw her fall green when she was a child. Norio Masa Kanzawa who can't do anything about his knees.

Kanzawa Norie walked to the bulletin board and looked up to find her name.She only took one look.

There was a faint shadow covering her behind her, and it was Kanzawa Jizheng who was walking around her.

"No.1. Congratulations."

She tilted her head slightly, and said in a polite and distant tone, "Thank you."

"As long as you work harder and perform supernormally in the final exam, it will be enough for you to skip a grade, right?" Kanzawa Jizheng looked at the red-haired boy coming from the other side of the stairs, leaving Kanzawa Norie with a slightly sarcastic smile.

"You get what you want after all. You always do." And I failed as always. "