tokyo soulful legend

195 Trouble

In the late summer afternoon sunshine, there is a bit more of the sluggishness of early autumn, and a bit less of the heat of midsummer.

Amidst the noise, the dazzling afternoon sun shines on the ground through the leaves of the green trees, leaving behind spots of light.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, under the shade of the trees in the playground of Shirakawa High School.

"Ha Yi~"

Accompanied by a slightly lazy sound, Bai Yuan Shizhi, who was sitting on the bench, stretched greatly.

"So, the rare school festival, you just plan to stay here to pass the time?"

Tsugumi Makoto Rina sighed, with a little helplessness in her tone.

"You can't say that." Bai Yuan Shizhi pursed her lips and expressed her true thoughts, "I've already made up my mind, and I will go to Class A of Senior One later for a stroll."

She was still very curious about Bei Chuan Che dressed as a barista.

"Oh, I didn't see it~" Tsugumi Rina blinked exaggeratedly, and teased someone with something in her words, "Our Miss Shiori is actually interested in maid cafes?"

She understands Bai Yuan Shizhi's thoughts too well.

Some people, the ulterior motive has never been in alcohol.

"Because that's Rina-san's class." Bai Yuan Shizhi chuckled, and continued the conversation without changing his face, "It's out of emotion and reason, as a former student of Rina-san, I should support her no matter what."

She is not a little girl who doesn't understand anything, so she won't be at a loss because of such teasing.

"I'll really listen."

Looking at those big watery eyes, Tsugumi Rina waved her hand, and didn't intend to continue to entangle on this issue, but changed the topic and threw another topic, "Life here, Shiori You should have almost fully adapted to it, right?"

With full plans, Baiyuan Shizhi has moved into her house for some time.

In her eyes, this girl is increasingly adapting to the "semi-collective" life in the Beichuan family.

However, what she saw was definitely different from what she actually saw.

After all, she is not Bai Yuan Shizhi herself, and her intuitive feelings are definitely not as clear as those of the person involved.

"uh-huh."

Baiyuan Shiori gave her right thumb up, and at the same time gave Tsugumi Makoto Rina a positive look.

As a frequent visitor to Beichuan's house, objectively speaking, she has become addicted to this kind of life.

Regardless of her original purpose, "Today's meal at the Beichuan family" has suddenly become what she looks forward to most every day.

This girl!
Glancing at the expression on Bai Yuan Shizhi's face, Tsugumi Rina chuckled, and asked knowingly, "Miao's craftsmanship is very good, right?"

"Very good?" Bai Yuan Shiori shook her head and corrected Toshimaru Rina's statement with a serious expression, "It's quite good!"

In her eyes, Ejima Miao and the God of Cookery have become equivalent.

Take what she said half-jokingly and half-seriously at the dinner table before - any dish, as long as it is handled by Miao Ejima, can turn decay into magic and bloom its unique delicacy.

"The co-author has fallen?"

Rina Tsugumi coughed lightly, her eyes widening in feigned surprise.

"Yes."

Bai Yuan Shizhi nodded cooperatively and put on an expression of 'I am willing to sink'.

In a sense, this is indeed what she said in her heart.

"Uh……"

Tsugumi Rina looked at Baiyuan Shiori, who also looked at her.

The two were speechless.

For a moment, the atmosphere between the two fell silent.

After being quiet for half a minute, Yi Baiyuan Shizhi coughed lightly, actively breaking the silence between the two of them.

"Rina-san."

"Ok?"

Tsugumi Rina turned her head to look at her, with more questioning meaning in her eyes.

"Your problem..." Bai Yuan Shizhi's voice was much lowered consciously, "Has it been solved?"

"In that case..." Tsugumi Rina was silent for a moment, then shook her head, "Not yet."

Every family has its cupboard.

If things between her and her family were solved so easily, she wouldn't have such a headache.

"Actually." Shiori Baiyuan raised her eyebrows, and her eyes fell on Rina Tsugumi's face that looked a little sad, "Sister Rina can..."

"Okay." Tsugumi Rina clapped her hands, interrupted Shiori Baiyuan's speech, and showed a rather free and easy smile, "It's a rare school festival, let's not discuss this unpleasant topic Alright, can I?"

She knew what Baiyuan Shizhi wanted to say.

But fooling just anyone wasn't going to work, and she didn't want to do that.

"……All right."

Bai Yuan Shiori looked at Rina Toshima, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

She also knows the character of this sister.

No matter how much other people talk about the things that the other party doesn't want to mention, it doesn't make any sense.

——Because she won’t answer the call at all, let alone listen.

In this kind of matter, Tsugumi Makoto Rina is far more stubborn than most people imagine.

"That's right!" Tsugumi Rina smiled in relief, turned around, picked up the two cans of iced coffee that she bought from the vending machine earlier, and then handed one of the cans to Shiori Baiyuan , "What is your class planning this time?"

"Thank you."

After receiving the can of iced coffee, Baiyuan Shizhi first thanked him in a low voice, and then answered Tsugumi Rina's question, "This time our class is making oden."

Kanto cooking?
The corners of Rina Toshima's mouth twitched.

If she remembers correctly, Shiori Baiyuan's class made tempura last year.

"Last year it was tempura, right?"

Rina Toshima glanced at Bai Yuan Shiori with a strange expression, and there was a bit more sympathy in her eyes.

"Yes, it's tempura."

Bai Yuan Shizhi also sighed, and there was a little more inseparable melancholy in his brows and eyes.

When it came to the school festival, her class undoubtedly chose to show off.

In a sense, their lack of interest in the school festival made their class the only one in the entire Baichuan High School.

"Then let's make Oden this year..."

"To put it simply, everyone has given up thinking."

Bai Yuan Shizhi lowered her eyebrows and opened her can of iced coffee.

After taking a sip of the slightly cold bitter coffee, she raised her eyebrows, and her eyes fell on the dots of light not far away.

The noisy human voices around him made people's nerves more and more exhausted.

"How should I put it?" Bai Yuan Shizhi organized the words and said very euphemistically, "Maybe everyone is not very interested in the school festival."

That's all she could say.

But if you follow this line of thought and think about it carefully, you can understand it.

After all, everyone is already in their sophomore year of high school this year and will be entering their senior year next year.

The pressure of the entrance examination is imminent, and during this period of time, the teachers in their class are also collecting everyone's career forms one after another. Adding the two together, everyone must have no intention to prepare for the school festival.

As far as she knew, a considerable number of people in her class had quit the club this semester alone.

So, with limited energy, activities like the school festival must be simple.

And judging from the overall situation, the enthusiasm of the second-year students for the school festival is indeed not as strong as that of the first-year students.

"It should be like this."

Tsugumi Rina echoed, and did not continue to entangle on this issue.

She knew very well that if she continued to ask, it would be somewhat impolite.

What's more, as she herself said with emotion, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite.

Pulling the tab of the canned coffee, Makoto Tsugumi took a sip of the coffee.

A slightly cool bitter taste blooms on the tip of the tongue.

call.

Putting down the coffee can, Rina Tsugumi let out a long sigh of relief, and narrowed her eyes comfortably.

For her, it was only for this moment that she could forget those annoying worries.

"Sister Rina, are you going to visit the divination shop in Class C of Senior One later?"

Suddenly, Bai Yuan Shizhi asked.

"Why did you bring this up all of a sudden?"

Tsugumi Rina put down the coffee can in her hand, and asked with some doubts.

In her impression, Bai Yuan Shizhi was not very interested in these mystical things.

To use a sentence the client once said to describe her, she is a firm materialist.

"It just suddenly occurred to me."

Baiyuan Shizhi smiled, raised his head, and looked at the gaps between the leaves of the green leaves above his head.

The dazzling sunlight through the leaves made her narrow her eyes instinctively.

After thinking about it, she added another sentence, "I heard from them that the 'divinator' is a professional, and every time the divination is not bad."

Very accurate?

Rina Tsugumi hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.

"...then go and have a look."

In fact, she doesn't really believe in these mystical things.

However, when people are confused, they still need some spiritual sustenance after all.

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　　Sorry for the late update, see you all tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)