"Digimon 03" black and white fluorescent

After the Chaoyang Festival ended, everyone's life returned to the original track.It's just that with the approach of October, the midterm exams on the schedule are gradually approaching.

That day when Xinying finished packing her schoolbag, Liu Ji had been waiting impatiently: "It's too slow." She crossed her arms and urged in a cold voice.

"I'm sorry, be careful, I've delayed you for so long." Usada Sayo hurriedly put away her pen and paper at the same time, the messy calculation on the draft was just a math problem she discussed with Xinying.

"It's okay," Xinying smiled at her reassuringly, then looked at the clock hanging on the wall, "It should be still in time."

"Anyway, it doesn't matter to me that you're late." Liu Ji ignored Xinying's smile, and walked towards the door with her schoolbag on her back.

"Liu Ji." Xinying called out helplessly.

Liu Ji, who had already reached the door, turned back, expressionless as always: "What?"

Xinying shrugged, and walked to her with her schoolbag: "I've finished tidying up, let's go." Saying that, she opened the door of the classroom, "I'll see you tomorrow, Sayo." Xinying turned to Sayo After waving, the two left the classroom one after another.

Usada Sayo who was still in place slowly sorted out her things.Her gaze was still on the half-open classroom sliding door.Then, she took out a blank sheet of paper from the scattered drafts, on which was written the entire process of solving the math problem she discussed with Xinying just now.She silently scanned the beautiful handwriting, and then clipped the blank paper into the math textbook.

No matter how you look at it, she still cannot be equated with the term "Makino Ruki's best friend".Usada Sayo shrugged and zipped up her schoolbag.If she doesn't hurry up, she will be late for today's cram school.

Xinying and Liu Ji walked out of the teaching building, and she unexpectedly met a familiar person at the school gate. "Sasada-kun?" She tilted her head and stared at the boy who was waiting anxiously at the school gate.At this time, some female high school students who had left school passed by him, giggling at his reserved appearance.

"I remember that this person is from Qiren's class." Liu Ji and her looked at the young man standing there in a daze. "It's really rare. People from other schools will come to us." After all, it's because of the girls' school. Suddenly, a boy wearing a uniform from another school stood at the door, which was another reason for the girls to laugh.

Xinying covered her mouth with her hands, and said slightly teasingly: "Liu Ji herself is not like this." At that time, she also dragged Xinying to rush to Shinjuku High School swaggeringly. Compared with the Sasada-kun in front of her, Sasada-kun His actions were far more restrained than Liu Ji's.

"That's because..." Liu Ji wanted to defend herself, but she lost her voice in the middle of her sentence, "Well, hurry up! Didn't you say you have piano lessons today?" She changed the subject unnaturally.

"Yes, yes." Xinying and not entangled with Liu Ji on this topic, she kept her usual smile and planned to leave.

"Ah, Miss Yao." At this moment, Sasada, who was standing aside, saw them and called out to Xinying.

"Eh?" Xinying looked puzzled.She glanced at Liu Ji, then pointed at herself in confusion.After seeing Liu Ji nodding, she turned and faced Sasada's direction, and said suspiciously, "Sasada-kun? Are you looking for me?"

"En." Sasada glanced at Liu Ji behind her, becoming more restrained, "Miss Yao, I have something to say to you alone." He stared at Liu Ji, deliberately biting the accent on the word "alone" .

"Liu Ji?" Xinying followed his gaze and looked back at Liu Ji, but unlike Sasada, her eyes were full of help, and her hands couldn't help but grabbed Liu Ji's sleeve, obviously hoping to stay As usual, Ji Neng uttered the words of firm refusal quite arrogance.

But this time Liu Ji didn't seem to notice the request written clearly in her eyes.She pulled the sleeves away from Xinying's hands without any trace, and the corner of her mouth showed a bit of slyness: "Sorry, Xinying, I suddenly remembered that I have some things to deal with." She deliberately added a title that she never used on weekdays. , Liu Ji smiled like a fox, "Come on, then I'll go back first."

She waved to Xinying, turned around and left neatly.

"Eh?" Xinying stared at the direction Liu Ji left, a little hard to believe that she left herself here alone.

Seeing Liu Ji leave happily.Sasada heaved a sigh of relief, then he looked at Xinying, changed his restrained attitude before, he looked into Xinying's eyes seriously, and repeated again: "Miss Yao, is it okay?"

"That," Xinying lowered her head, the uneasiness of being alone with strangers surfaced again.I don't know why Liu Ji would do this, so she could only... Xinying grasped the strap of her schoolbag tightly, and said softly, "I'm sorry..."

"Be careful? What are you doing standing here?"

Just when Xinying was in a panic to defend herself, she heard a familiar voice.Xinying turned around suddenly, and saw Usada Sayori standing behind her, looking at her curiously.Looking around, the female students who had stopped to watch attentively sighed at this moment, as if they were dissatisfied with Sayo's "just in time" appearance, which caused the drama that was originally performing to the exciting part to come to an abrupt end.

"Eh?" Sayo, who had just arrived at the school gate, was confused, "Am I bothering you?" She clenched her hands uneasily, her eyes swept back and forth between Xinying and Sasada.

Far away from the crowded and noisy area like the school gate, Xinying let out a long sigh of relief, then she turned around and looked at Sasada who had been following her, and said softly, "I'm sorry."

Her first sentence made Sasada smile a bit forcedly: "I'm sorry, what do you mean?" If you think about it carefully, such a light and handy phrase contains too much meaning.He was at a loss for a moment, not knowing which aspect Xinying was referring to.

The sound of children playing in the distance is clear and joyful, but it sounds a little far away. "All kinds, or all." Xinying grabbed the shoulder strap of her schoolbag, and looked away from Sasada unnaturally.

"I don't seem to have said anything to Ms. Yao, right?" Sasada smiled a little forcedly, he raised his hand, and unconsciously began to fiddle with his short brown hair, "Actually, I have been to Ms. Yao since the first time we met. Start..." He stared at Xinying's embarrassment of tightly pursing her lips, and suddenly fell silent.

"Ah!" He suddenly lamented, squatted down, and tugged at his short hair, "Sure enough, it still doesn't work! Miss Yao's expression makes me understand my result without further words." He tugged bitterly. At the corner of her mouth, she turned her head to look at Xinying, "Jato also told me that Ms. Yao is not dating anyone, but she told me to prepare myself mentally."

"I'm sorry." Although Xinying knew that it was hypocritical to say such words at this time, she found that apart from this sentence, she couldn't think of other words to respond to Sasada-kun's emotions at the moment.

"The other party, is it Li?" Sasada asked with difficulty, with a bitter face.

When he mentioned Jianliang, there was a bit of gnashing of teeth, which made Xinying laugh out loud.She unconsciously avoided Sasada's gaze, and wiped her cheeks that were starting to get hot again with her hands. "Yes." At this moment, Xinying found that it was so simple to admit such a fact.

"I should have noticed it a long time ago." Sasada hid her face in her arms wrapped around her knees in embarrassment, "I should have noticed it back then in the haunted house... This is the first time I saw Li Lu so flustered look..." At that time, the flashlight was dim, so that Sasada thought that the flustered expression of the normally moody boy he caught a glimpse of was just his illusion.Sasada only knew that Li Jun was used to patience, but he didn't know that he just didn't encounter the situation that would make him forget to hide his emotions.

"Jianliang and I have known each other for a long time." Xinying knew what he was thinking of, and explained lightly.

"But I don't think liking this thing can be measured by time!" Sasada immediately retorted unwillingly.

"Well, I know." Xinying smiled lightly, sliding her fingertips over the light purple ribbon hanging on her shoulders, "But, from the moment I found out that I liked him, his position in my heart was already It’s different. The longer time passes, the more I can feel that his position in my heart is the most special, and that is an existence that no one can replace.”

Well, that's how it feels.

Perhaps this is the meaning given to them by time.

Xinying suddenly felt a burst of relief, as if the person who had been walking in the maze for a long time finally found the exit.And what was waiting for her at the end was the one who gently and gently pulled her out of the long lost journey.

"Ah, I'm sorry." Xinying noticed Sasada's hurt-like expression at this moment, "I shouldn't have said these strange words."

Sasada changed to the posture of holding his head in both hands again, and smiled helplessly: "I finally remembered, it turned out to be like this."

"Huh?" Xinying was puzzled by his inexplicable speech.

"Hey, Miss Yao, do you still remember? When we first met, I asked Miss Yao, 'Have you seen it somewhere?'" Sasada suddenly mentioned the scene at that time.

Xinying looked at him in bewilderment, waiting for him to continue.

Sasada pulled his hair with both hands, staring at the open space in front of him: "It's that guy's phone desktop background..."

"Eh?" Xinying lowered her head, unable to hide the blush on her face anymore.

"Hearty."

Xinying couldn't tell if this was the first time today, the voice calling for her came from behind.However, when she turned around, she froze in place again.And Sasada chuckled, returning from the squatting state to the standing posture.He stretched his numb legs, thinking about how to leave without a trace.

Jianliang appeared at the corner of the gravel path in the park.He draped his removed uniform jacket over his forearm, his shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his tie loose.This is the first time Xinying has seen him in such a so-called embarrassment, and she can't help feeling a little funny.

It's just that Jianliang didn't think so.He didn't even return her smile.Jianliang just strode up to Xinying, grabbed her wrist, and dragged her to the other side of the park.Xinying could feel the frighteningly hot temperature of his palm, as well as the greasy touch of sweat.He seemed to be controlling the strength of his fingers, but he still firmly clasped her wrist in his palm.

Sasada's worry was a bit unnecessary.Because the classmate who was always polite in his impression didn't seem to see him at all this time, and led Xinying out of his sight without saying a word.

Sasada walked to the edge of the pool and looked at himself reflected in the water.He held the corner of his mouth with his index finger, forcing a smile.And the people in the reflection of the pool made the same movements towards him, but it seemed so funny and ridiculous.

Ah La Sasada Isamu, you are broken in love!

Jianliang dragged Xinying out of the park.His hand was still tightly pinching her wrist, but he didn't want to look back at her.The strength of his fingers made Xinying feel a little pain, but she didn't care and let Jianliang continue to drag her forward, and even curled the corners of her mouth in a good mood.

"Hey, Jianliang?" She called out tentatively, but got no response.

"Hey, Jianliang? Are you angry?" She asked again, but still did not get an answer from the other party.

The two walked all the way to the station.Jianliang let go of her without warning.He sighed and turned his back, not daring to look at Xinying's smile at this moment: "What am I doing?" He who was helping the teacher in the staff room immediately found a lame reason to leave early, and even impulsively ran to Kagurazaka Girls' School to ask around.For some reason, his behavior barely maintained the calm he was so proud of.

Xinying moved her numb wrists, and she restrained the urge in her heart to explore a healthy expression.

"Sorry." Jianliang still turned his back, staring at the wall in front of him, "This is the first time I'm so uncertain."

"Me too," Xinying rubbed her fingers on the shoulder strap of her schoolbag, and her gaze was directed at the pattern repeated on the tiles on the soles of her feet. "Would Jianliang's answer be the same as 'same as you'?"

At that moment, the crowds of people around seemed to have become a silent background, Xinying looked at the back of the young man in front of her, and suddenly remembered the moment when the darkness shrouded her, the body temperature from behind was so warm, warm It makes people want to let go of the hand easily.

She thought that the relationship between herself and Jianliang would continue like this.It just happened as naturally as it ever did.Who knew that after experiencing so many episodes, what she actually captured was the sound of her own heartbeat.A throbbing sound lurking deep beneath the lukewarm subdued surface.

"Probably the same."

Jianliang's answer sounded softly in her ears through those irrelevant and noisy background sounds.