[Net King] Winter Snow

Hatsue Liangjin's words made Yuriko Uemura fall into the ice cave in an instant. The girl once felt a little uneasy because of Harada Yoshihei's unreasonable overtures, but most of the time he showed equal kindness.

I am not special to him, that boy is only good to himself because he is used to being good to others, this kind of thinking keeps hypnotizing Uemura Yuriko.But now, she suddenly began to wonder if Yoshihei Harada's call that he said he gave up was just to make her no longer embarrassed to resist.

Just returning to the student union's office in such a daze, Yuriko Uemura couldn't even make sense of the plans and plans the officers said, only the thought-provoking words of Hatsue Ryotsu remained in her mind.When the light brown-haired boy pushed the door in with a smile, the girl trembled suddenly, then smiled forcedly as if to cover up, said that she was not feeling well, and hurried away with her uniform bag.

Looking at Yuriko Uemura's strange words and deeds, Harada Yoshihei frowned slightly, and cast his gaze on Hatsue Liangtsu.The boy with silver-white hair raised his eyes slightly, and happened to meet Harada Yoshihei's eyes.The corner of his mouth curled into a subtle arc. From Harada's point of view, that smile was definitely not friendly.

The light brown-haired boy thought that he probably knew why Chu Liangjin didn't like him.

——After all, he used Chu Liangxue more than once to increase his favorability with Yuriko Uemura.

In the early morning of the next day, Yuriko Uemura had just sat down in her seat when she was poked on the shoulder by Chu Liangxue in the back seat.The girl propped her chin with both hands, shaking her head from side to side, looking at her with fluttering eyes, as if she wanted to ask something.

"What's wrong?" Yuriko Uemura said, flicking the other party's forehead helplessly.

"I should ask this question, right?" Chu Liangxue rubbed the place where she was bounced, puffed up her cheeks a little, and then seemed to think of something, with some doubts in her eyes, "Lily Did you quarrel with Harada-kun?"

"Yihei?" I didn't expect the other party to mention Harada Yoshihei at all, Yuriko Uemura seemed a little puzzled, "There is no quarrel, what's the matter?"

"But Yuriko didn't come to school with Harada-kun today. You usually come together, and you don't seem to be in a good mood..." Chu Liangxue said, with worry in her dove gray eyes, "Well, there will always be small frictions between couples, like Masaji and I have not been going well recently. Anyway, don't hold back and say nothing, or the other party won't know what you're thinking."

"No, wait..." Recalling what Chu Liangjin said to herself yesterday, Yuriko Uemura finally believed what the other party said, "I and Jiping are not dating, Chu Liang, you seem to have misunderstood something."

"Eh! Impossible!" Chu Liangxue's eyes widened in disbelief as if she had heard some bombshell, "But Yuriko, you admitted that you were dating before."

"When did I admit this kind of thing?" Chu Liangxue's words made Uemura Yuriko a little confused.

"Just before, when I asked you about Christmas gifts, didn't you admit that you and Harada-kun exchanged couple scarves?" Chu Liangxue said as a matter of course.

"I just said that it was a scarf that was given to him. Besides, it was a scarf that was given to you, wasn't it?" Yuriko Uemura stroked her forehead with a headache, and she thought she probably knew where the source of the mistake was.

"However, the meaning of giving it to the opposite sex is completely different from that of giving it to the same sex." The girl said, sighing, "So... what exactly did Mr. Harada say to you? He's dating."

"Chuliang, I..." Seeing the other party's appearance of confirming that she and Yoshihei Harada are dating, Yuriko Uemura frowned fiercely, trying to explain something.But at the same time, some small voices and words were infinitely amplified in the girl's ears.

"Hey... aren't Chairman Uemura and Harada-kun dating?"

"Impossible, they must be dating. Didn't Chu Liangsang also say that it was just because of the quarrel that she refused to admit it?"

"That's right, after all Harada-kun is so kind to the Chairman."

"Yeah, if you're not in a relationship, it's too much to justify."

wait...that's not the case...

"You mean, haven't Uemura-san and Harada-kun been very good before, what happened to make Uemura-san so angry that they refuse to admit that they are dating."

"Maybe it's just a little girl's temper. Harada-kun dotes on Uemura-san right away."

"Speaking of which, it is true that Harada-kun is simply a model standard for three good boyfriends."

No...what's wrong...

"But it seems that every time Chairman Uemura is asked, she will deny that she is dating Harada-kun."

"After all, he is the chairman of the committee, and he is also the head of the planning department. If he admits it, it may not be majestic and intimidating to some students."

"That's right, no wonder we have been perfunctory and said that there is no such thing."

shut up……

Uemura Yuriko felt as if she was forced into a dilemma, and she didn't know how to break through this dilemma at this moment.If he just defended and clarified that he was not in a relationship with Yoshihei Harada, what would the people around him think of him?

Mingming and Harada Yoshihei are so close, they always go to school together and leave school together, and even gave each other the same style of scarves at Christmas, but in the end they told others that they had no relationship at all.Saying something like this, will it make others think that Yuriko Uemura is a terrible person?

The girl felt that the people around her seemed to be looking at her with a certain way of thinking, and the words of those people surrounded her like sharp shadows with fangs and claws, making her almost unable to move.Yuriko Uemura couldn't imagine how others would look at her if she denied the fact that she was dating Yoshihei Harada.

Disappointed and contemptuous, they might even say that she is taking advantage of Harada Yoshihei's liking for her, but the fact is obviously not like this, it is obvious that others think so without authorization, and there is obviously nothing between her and Harada Yoshihei.

"Everyone, good morning." Suddenly, the young Wen Xi's voice seemed to be redemptive, breaking Yuriko Uemura's movements imprisoned by other people's words.

"Ah, Harada, good morning." A certain boy raised his head and answered heartily, then pointed at Yuriko Uemura and said, "Everyone is just talking about you and the chairman, what did you do wrong, let the chairman Are you so angry that you don't even admit that you are dating?"

"Eh?" Yoshihei Harada was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then followed the direction of the boy's finger, and looked at Yuriko Uemura, "Yuriko and me?"

Looking at the slightly suspicious gaze of the brown-haired boy, the girl with the twin ponytails felt as if she had seen a savior.Harada Yoshihei is as ignorant as she is, and he is as ignorant as she is of the fact that others think they are dating.If this is the case, the boy will definitely explain to others in the same gentle and calm voice as before that they are not actually dating at all.

Yuriko Uemura knew that it was wrong for her to push everything to Harada Yoshihei to explain, but she also understood what she was afraid of.I am afraid that others will look at me with that kind of surprised and unbelievable eyes, and I am also afraid that others will gossip behind my back after I speak.Yagyu Hiroshi once said that she cares too much about what others think of her, and Uemura Yuriko has no ability to refute this point.

"Yuriko and I didn't quarrel, why do you think so?" Yoshihei Harada said as he walked up to Yuriko Uemura and sat down.The boy's calm appearance remained the same as usual, but the girl became a little uneasy.

"But the chairman told Chu Liang-san before that you are not dating." Saying this, the boy shrugged and looked around, indicating that everyone heard Yuriko Uemura's words just now.

"Eh——" Yoshihei Harada protracted, propped his chin with one hand, and the smile on his face gave Uemura Yuriko a strong sense of foreboding, "Yuriko usually denies it all the time, you understand."

The sudden tinnitus made Uemura Yuriko unable to hear other people's words, only Harada Yoshihei's words kept replaying in the girl's mind.She didn't know why Harada Yoshihei said that, there was nothing between them, why didn't that boy tell others the truth?

Uemura Yuriko stiffly turned her head to her side, the boy still looked at her with gentle eyes, but she could see some kind of overconfident self-confidence from that gentleness.

"Hey, so Yuriko has always been duplicity?" It was Chu Liangxue who spoke first, the innocent girl completely believed Harada Yoshihei's words, and turned her eyes to Uemura Yuriko, as if she was waiting for her answer.

"Is it like this, Chairman?" The people around also began to boo, and it was obviously a kind joke, but it sounded like the words of the devil to Yuriko Uemura.

"So you're really dating Harada-kun, Uemura-san?" Everyone looked at her expectantly, as if confirming that she would nod and say yes.Uemura Yuriko felt like she was standing on the edge of a cliff, if she shook her head, the people in front of her would push her off the cliff.

The extreme sense of fear was like she was isolated by everyone at the beginning. Once she denied being in a relationship with Harada Yoshihei, everyone would look at her with the same needle-like eyes at that time.That was the sight Yuriko Uemura feared the most and was unwilling to bear. She was treated as a different kind of person even though she had done nothing wrong.

……

if only……

Just be obedient, right?

As long as you make yourself look like others think you are, kind and gregarious, you won't go back to the isolated state you were in before, right?

and so--

"I..." No, she obviously doesn't like Yoshihei Harada, and they have no relationship at all, "Jipei and I..."

"Indeed...in..." Shut up quickly, Yuriko Uemura, no, "in..."

A voice of resistance kept coming out of his mind, but his mouth was indeed forced to admit uncontrollably.The girl can't bear everyone's eyes expecting her to say yes, and if she violates the wishes of these eyes, she will be regarded as an outlier.I don't want to admit it but I have to admit it, if anyone can save her at this time...

Suddenly, Genichiro Sanada appeared in the girl's sight.

Uemura Yuriko's eyes, avoiding other people's eyes, glanced at the door of the classroom inadvertently. Standing there were Yagyu Hiroshi and Sanada Genichiro who had just finished their early training.The black-haired boy's face was half covered by the shadow of the brim of the hat, and from Yuriko Uemura's perspective, only the line of his jaw with pursed lips could be seen.The other party just stood at the door of the classroom, looking at what happened in the class. For some reason, the girl felt that the other party's upper cheek covered by the shadow must be frowning tightly.

"Yuriko?" Seemingly aware of Uemura Yuriko's reluctance and abnormality, Chu Liangxue pushed her worriedly, but the girl didn't notice Chu Liangxue's pushing and pushing at all, and all her attention was on Sanada On Genichiro.

The boy slowly raised his head, and the girl could see the morning sun shining on the other's resolute face, but the face that had been serious all this time was frowning as she thought, and her deep eyes were directly facing Yuriko Uemura eyes.

Suddenly, Genichiro Sanada opened his mouth, and the black-haired boy said something with his lips. Yuriko Uemura froze for a few seconds before filtering out the silent words in her mind.

——Don't try to be brave.

A switch was turned on in an instant, Yuriko Uemura remembered that Genichiro Sanada had said this to her countless times in the past.Whether it was when he was fighting with boys at the beginning, or when he was being trained and refused to admit defeat, the boy was obviously the same age as her, but he always told her not to be too aggressive in an adult tone.

"I'm not dating Jihei!" Summoning all her courage, Yuriko Uemura stood up abruptly.The girl put her hands on the table and made a crisp sound, closed her eyes tightly and lowered her head, her body was trembling but she still said this with the loudest voice she could make.

All the people around fell silent, just as Yuriko Uemura had thought, they stared at her with the eyes she feared the most.The girl didn't dare to raise her head to face all this, she could only pull away the chair and quickly ran out of the classroom, shielding those sights as much as possible.

She ran like this for a long time, until Yuriko Uemura had no strength to take another step, and the girl with twin tails collapsed and sat on the ground panting.She didn't dare to imagine what she had done. It seemed that after that incident, she used her consciousness to violate other people's views of her for the first time.

Yuriko Uemura has always felt that there is nothing wrong with living with a mask like that. She can not only integrate herself into the group, but also please everyone and make others think she is so amiable.Conforming to other people's expectations and becoming the Uemura Yuriko that others think of is what she has always done. Although she felt a little bit reluctant at first, she got used to that kind of life over time.Killing the truest self under the mask can save you from isolation, because you can't bear even a little bit of strange eyes, so you desperately let yourself cater to others.

She knew that she was trying to be brave, but after breaking up with Genichiro Sanada, no one ever told her not to be brave.

Some warm liquid flowed from the eye sockets, and Yuriko Uemura kept wiping her cheeks with her hands, but she couldn't stop the tears from gushing out no matter what.She likes Genichiro Sanada, although that boy always puts on a serious face, but he can always comfort and support her when she needs comfort the most.

She likes him, and has always liked this boy so much.Yuriko Uemura felt more than once that she must hate Genichiro Sanada to the bone, and it was because she hated it so much that she resisted meeting Genichiro Sanada so much.

However, she thought she was wrong.

The reason why she was so resistant to meeting Genichiro Sanada was probably because she liked him too much.Because I like it too much, I can't accept the mixture of hatred and liking. Obviously I should resist and hate, but I still can't help but want to get closer.If you can't control your liking, it's better not to meet, so that she can use the excuse of hatred to hypnotize herself.

It is precisely because I like him that I feel such pain, even so painful that I can't stop crying.

"Enough!" Suddenly, a high-pitched voice came from the corner, and Yuriko Uemura was squatting at the entrance of the steps. The voice was from someone she once liked and still likes very much, "Harada Yoshihei, you shouldn't force her!"

"Sanada Genichiro is the least qualified to say this, right?" Harada Yoshihei's voice seemed to be disdainful, and there was even some laughter at the end.

"..." At the corner, Sanada Genichiro was silent for a long time, so long that Yuriko Uemura felt that what she had just heard was hallucinations, and the boy said again, "You deliberately let everyone around Do you think you're dating?"

When Genichiro Sanada said this, Yuriko Uemura was startled. The girl hoped that Yoshihei Harada would deny it, but Yoshihei Harada at the corner did not speak.

"You clearly know that she cares about other people's eyes!" Genichiro Sanada's voice raised a pitch, Yuriko Uemura guessed that Yoshihei Harada must have nodded with that raised eyebrow just now.

"Who do you think made her care so much about other people's eyes?" The light brown-haired boy's voice was slightly angry, "Do you think you are much better than me?"

"You are forcing her to associate with you." Genichiro Sanada's voice gradually became calm, with sighs and helplessness mixed in his tone.

"What I do has nothing to do with you, Sanada-kun." Yuriko Uemura could hear Yoshihei Harada's footsteps walking farther and farther away. In contrast, Genichiro Sanada stood there for a long time without moving a step.

The girl felt that everything in this world was messed up. She originally thought that Harada Yoshihei was just like her because everyone else thought so, so she made a mistake and told everyone that they were indeed dating.But from the conversation just now, Yoshihei Harada admitted that he did it on purpose, so, was everything before that a lie to her?

He deliberately made her feel that she was the same as others, and deliberately made her feel that his overtures were just due to his personality. At the same time, he also deliberately made everyone think that they were dating.

Thinking of what Chu Liangjin said to herself before, Yuriko Uemura felt that she was so stupid that she didn't continue to think deeply.In fact, what Chu Liangjin said couldn't be more clear. She was the only one who foolishly believed that Yoshihei Harada really didn't like her because of the phone call back then.

With red and swollen eyes, he hid in the student union's office. There was a person sitting in the middle of the room that was supposed to be empty.When Hiroshi Yagyu raised his head, he saw Yuriko Uemura wiping away tears in embarrassment, finally sighed and adjusted his glasses, and lowered his head as if he didn't see anything.

In the quiet room, only the sound of Uemura Yuriko's sniffing from time to time remained, and even the sound from the boy's pen tip was deliberately suppressed so that it could not be heard.Yagyu Hiroshi sighed silently in his heart. It's not that he didn't expect that the relationship between Harada Yoshihei and Uemura Yuriko would end up like this. What he didn't expect was that this girl who always didn't like others to see her weaknesses, unexpectedly He was seen crying.

This day was like a turning point. Yuriko Uemura's attitude towards Yoshihei Harada was the same as Genichiro Sanada at the beginning. Even others could see that deliberate avoidance, let alone Yoshihei Harada as the person involved.Fortunately, in only a week or two, the entire third semester is over. On the day she was promoted to the third year of junior high school, Yuriko Uemura took a closer look at her group. Except for Chu Liangxue and Liu, who also worked in the student union, she was in the same group as her. Apart from Lian Er, there is no other person who makes her sensitive.

Whether it is Yoshihei Harada or Genichiro Sanada, they no longer intersect with the current girls like parallel lines. Yuriko Uemura sometimes feels that her deliberate approach is too much, but other than that, she Can't think of any other way.