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"Thank you very much, my lord."

The homework book was handed over to the boy's desk against the deadline of the class bell.The figure of the girl in the front row looking out the window seemed to pause for a moment, and glanced back slightly.

In the harsh voice, the math teacher came in with a lesson plan.Munakata only saw Kanin's side face, and then Kanin looked at the teacher with a shrill voice.

"Today's lesson involves differential equations, I know you will not be able to learn them, so I am too lazy to give examples..."

Xianyuan picked up a pen and twirled it twice in his hand.

It turns out...not the squad leader.

So that day, the red-haired girl was more silent than ever.She sat alone on the seat, facing the waste that had not been revived under the sunshine of Kanagawa, she didn't know what she was thinking.

After the rush hour for lunch, Xianyuan went down alone to buy something casually.At that time, Xianyuan was too withdrawn and had no friends, and the boys who were willing to help her were already dismissed by her seemingly gentle but tough.

Break off a small piece of bread and chew it slowly in your mouth, and unscrew the cap of the water bottle after eating.After taking two sips of water, Xianyuan's eyelashes moved slightly.

"In the previous school, the monitor collected homework."

Munakata, who was reading a book, raised his head in surprise when he heard this casual chatter.

"What about the work of the school committee?"

"There is no such position." The girl said, "There is only one monitor."

Munakata realized later that Kanin had revealed his family since then.People who receive elite education will be educated by tutors after school, and the so-called school is nothing more than a social circle cultivated since childhood.

As for the low-level labor that the squad leader does that is not commensurate with his position, it more or less shows that this person is not a strong backer.

After school, Xianyuan went to the bookstore to buy books as usual.As soon as he opened the door, he saw the cake box on the cashier counter. After looking for a book that he was basically satisfied with in the corner of the bookstore, Xianyuan handed over the banknotes, and then took the cake with his fingertips.

"Goodbye, Munakata-kun."

After Kanin left, Munakata wrote his homework as usual.

"Is this the rhythm of success?" The boss looked up at Munakata who was not wearing a school uniform jacket: "Congratulations, young man."

"There's a name in the homework book," Munakata said, "but I'm not sure if she saw it or not."

The tiny mystery was then forgotten by people, and Munakata did not know when it started to make a stop at a certain coffee shop to buy cakes a daily event in life.Munakata was also a little surprised when the waitress handed him the membership card, and after handing over the card, the waitress smiled and talked about the things in the store.

"I only started accumulating today, but the boss said that he sees you coming every day, so he must hand over the membership card to Munakata-kun who likes our cakes so much."

The young man subconsciously wanted to correct this sentence, but it didn't make sense to say it after thinking about it.Looking at the lines on the membership card, Munakata didn't know what he thought of.

And the next day, when Xianyuan went to the bookstore, he glanced at the cash register.

Nothing was seen.

There was no special reaction, Xianyuan looked for books for a long time without looking sideways, and finally came to check out with two expensive books.The added up price was exactly 1 yuan, and what Xianyuan handed over were two 1 yuan banknotes.

Munakata was a little confused, so Hanin took out his wallet again.In a blink of an eye, the young man understood what the other party meant, and stretched out his hand to hold Xianyuan's arm.

"The change is enough, I forgot to buy it today. Sorry."

The boss has been watching the play with his eyes half-opened and half-closed, and the smile at this moment has almost reached his ears.Seeing the red-haired girl bowing and walking out of the bookstore, the boss stood up and walked to Zongxiang's side in a rare way, and patted his shoulder with a complicated expression.

"This is also a kind of sense of existence, young man." With a face of someone who has experienced it, the boss said: "It is not easy to be a 'useful person' in the hearts of girls, although the use of takeaway is a bit shabby. "

The use of takeaway is a bit shabby, but it doesn't make Munakata feel like a burden.It only takes a few minutes to take a detour, wait for a while at the bookstore, and the leisure yard after work will come to buy books and take cakes.

Munakata was a little surprised when he learned that Xianyuan joined the club. People who don't seem to like to get along with others can still take the initiative to sign up for kendo.When talking about it with the boss, the old man was not surprised and said something casually.

"Yu Zhang...he should be holding a sword."

This sentence was very mysterious. Zongxiang asked the boss, but he was vaguely blocked back. There was a sense of "you will know when you grow up", and the sense of sight that an adult is lying to a child.So Zongxiang didn't ask any more questions, just did his own homework and read his own books.

Later, the boss also asked Munakata how long he could hold on if the courtyard remained so deserted and deserted without remembering anyone's name.Munakata almost said "It's okay to be like this all the time", but Munakata raised his eyebrows and didn't give a clear answer.

The relationship with Xianyuan has always been like that, waiting for him to tell her what the homework is every day, and going to the bookstore to buy books and get cakes along the way, and there is no intersection since then.The scene where she appeared in front of him with Hei, Munakata felt that it was sometimes clear and sometimes blurred; but the back figure when he left was always clearly imprinted in his mind.

Sometimes Zongxiang thinks that maybe he really stayed alone for too long.In the absence of any response from the other party, he still acted on his own with no winks, and he found it by himself to be reduced to a takeaway or something.It's just that doing other things besides the boring three-point-one-line life will indeed make him less of that nameless negative emotion.

I don't know if this kind of selfish mentality will make people feel troubled.

On the way home, Munakata looked up at the sky.

In the sky, the setting sun is like blood.

Time to end.

The young man who was thinking this way, saw Xianyuan in unlined clothes on the bench in front of his house.

And the black cat that was rubbing back and forth on her lap.

"Just now it...was hung on the tree again." Xianyuan picked up the cat and handed it to Zongxiang: "I took it off."

Taking the cat with one hand, Munakata saw the not-so-short scratch on the back of Kanin's hand.

"Black one?"

Hei meowed, Xianyuan tilted his head to look at the wound, and shook his head.

"Twigs."

Munakata held Kanin's wrist and smiled gently.

"It's really unusual for this branch to be able to draw such a long wound."

When he was taken to the clinic, Hanin didn't say anything, and Munakata took full control of the vaccination.The black cat that made a mistake lay limply on the boy's arm, and was decisively left outside the door after being asked not to bring it in.

"Little girl, don't look like this, it looks like I'm going to bully you."

Munakata returned to the treatment room while the doctor pressed the alcohol cotton ball on the wound in the courtyard.Hearing this sentence when he entered the door, the young man looked at the patient, and happened to see the expression of crying or not.

He also looked warily at the white ball caught by the tweezers.

After realizing that Munakata was present, Hanin turned her eyes away to try to distract her attention, but it could still be seen that her thoughts were all on the disinfectant items that were getting closer.The stinging pain after the alcohol touched the skin made Xian Yard subconsciously withdraw his arm, and stood up with an expression of being too wronged after the doctor dealt with the whole process.

"And tetanus." Munakata held the receipt in his hand: "And rabies vaccine."

Xianyuan glanced at Zongxiang.

"It shouldn't hurt," the boy added, "At least it won't hurt more than before."

Immediately after the tetanus needle left the skin, Xianyuan withdrew his arm, and refused to accept the next vaccine no matter how much the doctor persuaded him.Just as Munakata was about to say something, he was blocked back by Xianyuan's condemning eyes, as if he was looking at a liar.

"Let me push it a bit slower," the doctor said to Xianyuan with a good temper: "Come on, cover your eyes, don't always look at the needle, think of something else that makes you happy, and you'll be fine right away." Yo."

Xianyuan himself knew that two needles should not be missed, and after being stubborn for a while, he still slowly sent his arm out.He covered his eyes after listening to the doctor's words, but in the end he couldn't help but want to watch the injection process.

Hovering between watching and not watching, Xianyuan couldn't help it when he had a premonition that he was about to be pricked by a needle.

Fortunately, someone helped her.

A slightly cool palm covered her hand, and the breath of mint suddenly lingered around her.Xianyuan was stunned for a moment, and then realized who the people around him were.

"I'll treat you to dinner later," the boy's voice came from next to my ear: "Let's think about what to eat first."

Xianyuan almost ignored the tingling pain on his arm.

After successfully completing the injection, Munakata left the clinic with Kanin.Hei followed Xianyuan's feet with his tail hanging down, occasionally hitting Xianyuan's calf with his tail.

"not on purpose."

Hearing Xianyuan's voice, Munakata turned his head.

"When I took Hei off, I didn't hold it steady." Xian Yuan looked down at the black cat: "Hei was a little flustered, that's why he scratched me."

"Oh," the boy pushed his glasses, "Isn't it a branch?"

"...No." Xianyuan was silent for a while: "I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth, Zongxiang-kun."

"It's not a big deal," Zongxiang said with a slight smile, "Have you decided what to eat yet?"

It seemed that there was really nothing to eat, so Munakata finally bought porridge for takeaway.After returning to the community, Hei became active, meowing non-stop around Xianyuan's feet.

"The wound should not touch the water, and try not to sweat." Zong Xiang always felt that the hospital did not remember the doctor's advice, so he repeated as he walked: "The food should be light... Remember it all, Yu Zhang-jun."

After a while in the courtyard, he nodded.

"Then... please repeat it."

"Use one hand to wash your hair, keep your arms out of the bath. You should suspend your morning exercise. You can't eat spicy food."

Zongxiang corrected the completely different words, barely remembering the doctor's order.

"After the wound is healed, I invite Mr. Yu Zhang to eat Sichuan cuisine, which is considered an apology."

After hearing these words, Xianyuan seemed to be a little happier, and nodded.

"Ah."

The location of Xianyuan is very good. It is different from the remoteness of Munakata. You can walk 5 minutes from the gate of the community to see an exquisite house with a garden.The three-storey villa has two garages, which can be entered and exited through the main door and the back door.Great family-friendly house that is completely out of light right now.

"This house...does Yuzhang-kun live alone?"

Xianyuan opened the door and did not answer the question.

"See you tomorrow, Munakata-kun."

Watching Xianyuan enter the door, watching the lights on the first floor turned on, Zongxiang picked up the black and turned around.The meowing black cat rubbed against the boy's chest, looked down at the coquettish pet, and Munakata smiled.

"Only after getting into trouble..."

Holding Kuro far away, Munakata looked at his clothes.There were no stains on the black coat, and since it was a day off, he was not wearing a school uniform.

And name tags.

Looking back at the lit house, Munakata walked towards his home.

If so, then...

See you tomorrow.