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On the outdoor basketball court, Chiba just stared at Sakurai with gloomy eyes, feeling confused.

"Isn't what I said clear enough yesterday?" His fair face was full of resistance, Sakurai's golden pupils had no warmth, and he said indifferently, "'Don't pester me again', which word did you not understand?"

Sensing the oppressive force from Sakurai opposite who couldn't hide from the air, Chiba frowned impatiently, looked up in the direction where Fujimoto disappeared just now, and seemed to be looking forward to calling him back to explain to the person in front of him.

However, Sakurai's body in front of him remained motionless, and he had no intention of letting him go.

Reluctantly smacking her lips, Qianye tightened the key chain in her palm, trying to calm down her emotions, staring seriously at Sakurai's face that had already been filled with faint anger: "Xiao Kai, don't be like this."

Hearing the other party's unconscious call, Sakurai's face twitched.

"Am I familiar with you?" Squinting his eyes, staring directly at Chiba from the cold eye sockets, Sakurai calmly said, "It's not your turn to call this name."

"..." Hearing this, Qianye seemed to have swallowed an egg, and opened her lips, but said nothing.

Reaching out his hand hastily to wipe the sweat from his forehead, Sakurai tilted his head in disdain, not intending to look into Chiba's eyes again: "I still have training here, please leave now."

After speaking, without waiting for Chiba's response, Sakurai quickly turned around on his own, intending to leave.

However, after only two steps, there was a burst of hurried steps behind him, and after a while, Chiba's face came into view again.

"Wait!" Standing firmly in front of Sakurai, Chiba stared at his silent face impatiently, her eyes flickering with subtle bitterness, "I'm not here today to find fault!" She flashed out the key chain in her hand , Chiba looked serious, "This...Tetsuya...let me give it to you."

Hearing this, squinting, Sakurai's eyes fell on the key chain in Chiba's hand.

Immediately afterwards, an imperceptible astonishment slipped across his face.

However, in just a moment, he returned to his original expression, staring at Qianye with a dark look, as if it had nothing to do with him: "What is this?"

"..." Looking at Sakurai's indifferent face, Qianye was slightly taken aback, with a dark tide in his heart.

Noticing Qianye's dumb expression for a moment, Sakurai sneered, and then turned around again without intending to wait any longer.

"Xiao Kai!" Some dogs jumped over the wall in a hurry, Qianye hurried up and stretched out his hand to grab Sakurai's back skirt with great strength, pulling him hard.

Being dragged back by the opponent's strength, Sakurai's face changed, and his eyes gradually burned with anger.

"What on earth do you want?!" Frustrated, Sakurai's silver eyebrows furrowed fiercely.

However, before he could react in the next second, a cold and hard object was slammed into his palm.

Lowering his head, Sakurai noticed that Chiba had forced the key chain to him.

"Zhe also wants you to accept this, trouble!" Qianye lowered her head deeply, staring at the ground in pain, as if begging.

"..." The fingers holding the key chain trembled slightly, and Sakurai felt the turbulence rushing up in his chest.

Trying hard to conceal the chaotic thoughts, he continued to calm his face, violently broke away from Qianye's palm that was pulling his wrist, and put the key chain back into the other party: "Sorry, I don't want that person's things." Turning his head, He gritted his teeth, "It's too dirty."

After speaking, he closed his eyes and turned his shoulders, only to find that Qianye never wanted to let go.

After a while, the guy shamelessly put the key chain back.

Feeling the strength of the other party's refusing to give up between the wrists, Sakurai suddenly felt that the raging anger from the beginning could never fade away.

The key chain in the palm of his hand seemed to be gradually warmed by the palms of both sides. Sakurai took a long breath and said solemnly: "You want me to take it so much? Okay, I will accept it." Annoyed, he stuffed the key chain into his pocket, He broke free from Chiba's shackles, with a look of contempt on his face as if he saw something dirty, "As long as I accept it, the initiative to throw it or not is in my hands, right?"

After speaking, he looked sideways at the entire outdoor basketball court and began to look for trash cans.

A moment later, after locating one by the sidewalk, Sakurai immediately stepped forward without hesitation, with his fingers in his pocket, holding the key chain, and strode towards the trash can.

Noticing that Sakurai didn't stop at all, Chiba was stunned with a messy expression.

——Chiba, I want you to swear here——

—No matter what happens, don't tell that kid the truth—

Gritting her teeth, Qianye bowed her head fiercely, her bitter eyes buried deep in her bangs.

——Chiba, please——

"Tetsuya...you idiot..."

His face was gradually captured by mixed emotions of pain and anger, Qianye paused for a moment, and suddenly his eyes were bloodshot looking at the body line moving calmly towards the trash can, and in the next second, he rushed three steps at a time. He straightened his body to Sakurai, and then pushed the opponent's body forward with great strength.

Staggering and falling forward, Sakurai barely stabilized his body, Fang turned around in astonishment, and a strong fist flew in his vision.

When her cheek was violently pushed aside by that force, Sakurai hadn't realized what happened yet.

It wasn't until he fell to the ground and the corners of his lips were ravaged by the strong smell of blood that he realized that he was beaten by the man opposite him with an angry face.

"You boy! You have to give me a limit for messing around!!"

Panting and clenching her fists, Chiba stared at Sakurai who was sitting on the ground with a stunned expression, her shoulders trembling uncontrollably.

——Sorry Tetsuya... I can't watch you silently bear everything for this kid...

--forgive me.

"What's your nerve?!" Stretching out his hand to cover his burning, stinging face, Sakurai's golden pupils were blazing, staring at Chiba angrily.

"Dirty?! You actually said that Zhe is also dirty?!" His chest heaved violently uncontrollably, Qianye sneered, and his fingers were about to dig into the skin. "In this world, the person who is least likely to be 'dirty' is him!"

"..." Seeing Qianye's excited expression, Sakurai narrowed his eyes and tightened his pupils.

"...How selfish are you kid, huh?!" Stretching out her hand to her chest, Chiba stared at Sakurai's complex face in frustration, her voice trembling uncontrollably, "I only feel like a victim, I just It hurts to think about yourself, doesn't it?!"

"..." She moved her Adam's apple, and Sakurai was speechless.

"How much do you know about Tetsuya, huh? How much do you know about what happened two years ago?! Now that he finally came back, you just threw all the responsibility on him and scolded him Call him a jerk, call him irresponsible, call him inhuman, call him dirty!"

"..."

"Do you think that you are the only one who suffered from this incident back then?!" Chiba rubbed her hands into the ends of her hair, as if she wanted to pull it out by the roots.

"... What do you mean?" Sakurai sat on the ground with a stiff body while listening to Chiba's almost accusatory words.

Listening to Sakurai's gradually weakening voice, Chiba slowly lowered her eyes and shook her head in pain.

"Do you know why Tetsuya went to America?..."

"..."

"Do you think he went to America for fun?"

"..."

"Back then, when your mother was injured in a car accident, it wasn't as simple as needing a blood transfusion, understand?" Chiba reached out to cover her forehead, rubbing her cheeks in distress, "Most of the internal organs were damaged, even if the blood transfusion was successful, the chances of saving her life It's also slim."

"..."

"Because of his own liver disease, Zhe also had just finished a major operation at that time, so he was not suitable for donating blood at all. But for your mother, even though the doctor tried every means to obstruct him, he still knelt down and begged the doctor to let him donate blood."

"..."

"After donating 600cc of blood to your mother, Tetsuya's health soon passed away. At that time, he also became a rescue target, understand?"

"..."

"Because the situation is slightly better than your mother's. After Tetsuya's illness was brought under control, he was taken to the United States by his family to recuperate. He barely survived until now, you know."

"..."

"How did he live the past two years, do you know? Because he couldn't save your mother at that time, he was in such pain that he had to take sleeping pills every night to fall asleep. Basketball is what he loves, but because of physical reasons, plus He thinks about you and your mother when he plays ball, he feels that he is not worthy of realizing his dream! He decided to give up! It’s all for you! And you?! You only care about venting yourself, have you ever thought about him? Huh?!”

Staring blankly at the ground with lowered eyes, Sakurai's face was full of unbelievable astonishment.

Staring at Sakurai who was still slumped on the ground, Qianye gradually calmed down his excitement, and calmly said, "That idiot Tetsuya is very decisive in everything." His eyes darkened, and he closed them helplessly, "Only when it comes to you Things like this bastard will mess things up."

——Do you understand how much that guy cares about you?

If you care about it, you can even risk your life.

"No, it's impossible..." Muttering, Sakurai closed her eyes hard, her face full of pain, "Absolutely impossible..."

Hearing this, Qianye froze.

After a while, with a sigh of frustration, he gradually straightened his body, looked up at the distant sky, and said lightly, "Believe it or not."

After speaking, he turned around on his own, and walked steadily towards the building next to the basketball court.

Closing his eyes, Sakurai continued to stare unconsciously at the gray ground, and the pounding in his heart did not ease in the slightest.

——But for your mother, even though the doctor obstructed him in every possible way, he still knelt down and begged the doctor to let him donate blood. ——

——Tetsuya is very decisive in everything he does... Only when it comes to your affairs, he will be in a mess. ——

——Basketball is what he loves, but because of physical reasons, plus things that remind you of you and your mother when playing, he feels that he is not worthy of realizing his dream!He decided to give up!All for you! ——

Rubbing one hand into her hair, Sakurai shook her head vigorously.

"Impossible...impossible..."

——That person...how could he do this for him? ! ...

The rough touch of the palm made the skin ache.

Sakurai lowered his head subconsciously, looking at the faded basketball key chain in his palm, and gradually felt a warmth welling up in the corner of his eyes.

——Senior Fujimoto, please, please accept me...——

—Sorry, Kay, I cannot grant your request—

A vivid dialogue was irresistibly overlaid in my mind.

Sakurai subconsciously covered his ears with his hands and curled up.

——Then... please accept this, please? ——

— Kay?What's this? ——

——I hope Fujimoto-senpai will keep this key chain in the future...Please, remember me...——

do not talk……

From the tightly closed pupils, a trace of crystal slowly seeps out and slides down the line of the face.

The basketball chain in his hand was still lying silently, Sakurai's shoulders trembled, trying to calm down the messy thoughts at the moment.

--How can it be……

Why did that man do this to such an extent...

——That guy...in the end...

"impossible……"

If he knew that that guy tried to donate blood back then, even if he didn't save his mother, Sakurai would be able to forgive him enough.

However, the guy not only tried, he put his life on the line to donate blood.

--Why? ...

Why do you have to do this for him? ! ...

"impossible!"

——The man must have lied to him just now...

It must be like this...

The impossibility kept repeating in his heart, but Sakurai noticed in astonishment——

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stop the constant tears.

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