[Net King] Winter Snow

The afternoon sun shone in from the window, and the warm light dyed the surroundings of Uemura Yuriko and Takeuchi Kiyomi a honey-like gold.There are only sparse thin leaves on the branches of ginkgo outside the window, and all of them fall to the ground when the wind blows gently. The leaves like paper butterflies rolled up and lie quietly on the gray-white concrete floor.

Neither of the two people in the library spoke for a while. Yuriko Uemura thought that Kiyomi Takeuchi would continue to say something, but the other party just lowered his head after hearing her answer and did not continue to ask.The girl couldn't help thinking, "It really is Qing Jianzi." This girl with outstanding looks but cold personality doesn't pay attention to anything other than Liu Lianer, even though she has been with her for more than half a year. Kiyomi Takeuchi still only called Yuriko Uemura by her surname in a strange way.

The girl sometimes wondered if she would have become as negative as Kiyomi Takeuchi if she had gone to another extreme at that time.Don't take the initiative to contact others, and don't want others to come and touch your own world. If you don't talk, you won't get any harm. Just do it like a frog at the bottom of a well and don't care about other people's eyes.

——But as expected, I still can't bear to live without friends.

"Hasn't Kiyoko ever thought of getting out of her own world?" Looking at Kiyomi Takeuchi, Yuriko Uemura put down the pen in her hand, and looked at the other person seriously with her chin resting on her chin.As far as she knew, the girl in front of her had never communicated with anyone else in school except herself and Liu Lian'er.

"Is this necessary?" Without looking up at Yuriko Uemura, Kiyoshi Takeuchi's eyes fell on the exercise book.Her natural tone even made Uemura Yuriko choke, staring blankly at the other party not knowing how to answer.

Sighing, Yuriko Uemura put down her hand resting on her chin, and stopped asking any more questions.She could vaguely feel that Kiyomi Takeuchi, like her, hid some shady past from the other party. If it was because of that bad past that she became the character she is now, then continuing to ask questions may only lead to nothing. Backfired.

The girl Uemura, who lowered her head and continued to do her homework, did not see Kiyomi Takeuchi's nib stopped.Mingming immediately refuted the other party's question, but only after answering did he feel that something was wrong.Of course, Takeuchi Kiyomi knew that it was impossible for her to be a frog in a well all her life, but she had been closed for too long and she no longer knew how to change herself.

I don't know if Yuriko Uemura's questioning left too much impact on Kiyomi Takeuchi, the girl with light brown hair called Yanagi Renji who was still in the dorm when she got home that day.After Kiyomi Takeuchi said "I want to fall in love with myself again", the boy who had just finished his training couldn't help showing a warm and soft smile on his face.

"What's the matter, Renji?" Seiichi Yukimura looked at the phone that Yanagi Renji had just picked up, with a curious ambiguous smile, "Did Takeuchi-san say something that made you happy?"

"Compared to this, Yukimura, shouldn't you care about tomorrow's training arrangements?" Yukimura Seiichi's curiosity was not satisfied, Liu Renji cleverly changed the subject.

The two teenagers talked about emotional issues one by one, just when Genichiro Sanada wanted to reprimand Yukimura and Yanagi for their laxity, the boy with iris purple hair somehow brought the topic to Genichiro Sanada , "Speaking of which, I remember that Uemura-san liked Genichiro very much when he was in middle school, why did he suddenly change his attitude 180 degrees later?"

"It's nothing, how could I know such a thing." The black-haired boy frowned, as if recalling a bad memory, his entire face darkened.

Yukimura Seichi on the side didn't notice this change, but seriously thought about the possibility of Yuriko Uemura and Genichiro Sanada, "But now Uemura-san doesn't seem to be hostile to you, Genichiro, you really don't think about it? "Speaking, Yukimura Seiichi paused, "It's rare to see such an excellent girl like Uemura."

Of course he knew that Yuriko Uemura was excellent, that girl almost took everything on herself.It's a lie to say that he doesn't like the girl with twin tails. For a long time, Uemura Yuriko has already left a deep imprint on his heart, but——

"She hates me." Genichiro Sanada lowered his eyes and spoke in a steady tone.

While that girl liked him, she also hated him.Genichiro Sanada still remembers that Yuriko Uemura stood in front of him and said this to him when he first entered high school.

There is a dead end between them, and that hurdle will always straddle the two people.Until Uemura Yuriko untied that knot, the two of them would never be together.

Seemingly aware of this unusual atmosphere, Yukimura Seiichi and Yanagi Renji both fell silent in unison.Realizing that he said something that made the atmosphere awkward, Genichiro Sanada stood up and left the room, trying to ease the depression.Walking to the end of the corridor, the black-haired boy pressed the brim of his hat and took a deep breath.

"Xianichiro." Liu Renji's voice suddenly came from behind the boy, knowing what the other party wanted to say to him, Sanada Genichiro spoke first.

"One day she will figure it out," Genichiro Sanada firmly believed. Sooner or later, the girl would understand that he was really doing it for her own good, "just give her enough time."

"What Uemura needs is not time." Almost immediately refuting Genichiro Sanada's words, Liu Lianer saw the black-haired boy frowning with a disapproving expression, closed his eyes and said, "What she needs is you to take the initiative to untie it." Her heart knot, instead of like now, you stand still and passively wait for her to understand you."

"I tried to explain." It's a pity that every time the result is only a cold war and quarrel. Once this matter is involved, Yuriko Uemura will never become rational and calm down.

"You can try to speak from Mrs. Shangcun, mother's words are always more convincing than yours." Liu Lian'er said so, then paused, and lowered her voice a little, "Or...from the front of Shangcun. Councilman over there."

"He's probably the one who rejects me the most." Hearing Liu Renji's words, Sanada Genichiro's expression became more serious.

"If you really like Shangcun, you will have to pass this test sooner or later." Saying so, Liu Lian'er continued, "Or your so-called liking doesn't include marrying her?"

"You know that's not what I mean." Genichiro Sanada answered immediately, and then fell into thinking.After a few minutes, the black-haired boy standing still did not move. He raised his head and looked into Liu Lian'er's eyes, "Lian'er, if it were you, what would you tell Takeuchi-san's parents?"

"Me?" I didn't expect the other party to ask me this way, Liu Lian Er thought for a while, then lowered her eyes slightly, and said softly, "For me, as long as I can see Qing Jian's parents, I will be very happy."

Sanada Genichiro didn't understand the meaning of Liu Lian's words one second ago, but the next second he heard the brown-haired boy say in a helpless and sad tone, "Kyomi's parents are gone."

"I'm sorry." Genichiro Sanada felt a little heavy when he realized that he had asked something he shouldn't have asked.

Shaking her head, Liu Lian'er continued to enlighten the other party, "If you really like Shangcun, there is no hurdle you can't get over. The key is whether you are willing to cross this hurdle."

Awakened by Liu Renji's words, Genichiro Sanada thought of more than one way to deal with it during the camp.He had experienced that girl's stubbornness more than once, and it was indeed like what Liu Lianer said, it would be better to talk to Mrs. Uemura or the former councilor of Uemura first.Besides, he doesn't want Yuriko Uemura to come to associate with him under the pressure of her parents' disapproval in the future.

Time flies by, and by the time Genichiro Sanada and Yuriko Uemura are alone again, it will already be winter vacation.The slightly dull black-haired boy specially chose Christmas, and arranged the time and place with Yuriko Uemura a week in advance, but it was not until the 25th that the girl reacted in a hurry.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Yuriko Uemura was shocked after receiving a call from Genichiro Sanada in the morning, "You mean today?!"

"En," Sanada boy on the other side of the phone nodded, "today."

"But didn't you say 'next Saturday'!" Flipping through the calendar in a panic, Yuriko Uemura was a little flustered.

"Last Sunday and next Saturday, isn't it today?"

"It's over, I understand that it will be next Saturday." Confirming that Genichiro Sanada was right, Yuriko Uemura slid limply to the ground, "This is terrible..."

"What's going on today?" Genichiro Sanada asked probably sensing the distress of the other party.

"Well, I promised the store manager with Kiyomiko before, saying that I would go to help deliver small gifts on Christmas Day." Yuriko Uemura scratched her cheek in embarrassment.

"..." Genichiro Sanada was silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, his tone had calmed down, not at all full of regret as shown in his eyes, "Forget it then, work matters are more— —”

In the middle of the boy's words, he was interrupted by Uemura Yuriko, "It's okay, I will come, it's the original time and place, right?" The girl's tone was firm and smiling.

"But..." The black-haired boy seemed to want to say something else.

"I promised Sanada-kun first, so I can't go back on my promise." The girl on the other side of the phone seemed to cheer up, "I will call the manager and Kiyomiko at the restaurant, don't worry."