Love Comes After Learning

"Thank you very much, Shinichi-san!"

Rizu stared at the surface of the board game box with bright eyes, with a very obvious joy and excitement on his face.

"I don't know how to repay my kindness, Shinichi-san, I..."

Asada decisively interrupted her.

"Don't talk about it later, your Chinese test is the best reward for me, I don't need a promise of your body or anything."

With such an obvious flag, it is impossible for him not to break it directly.

The air was suddenly silent for a moment.

Asada was puzzled, wondering if this sentence hurt Rizu, when he looked down.

But it happened to meet her inexplicable gaze.

"Promise yourself?"

Lizhu stared at his side face, raised her eyebrows halfway, and that gaze made him feel like being stabbed in the face with a knife.

"I just want to say, I have a TRPG board game, I can give it to you——

Shinichi, do you want me to give you my body more? "

"..."

This is embarrassing.

Asada covered his face with one hand, his heart was full of shame, and his tone was even a little sad.

"...Sorry, no, I made a mistake."

Rizu looked away inexplicably.

"It's okay, I understand, Shinichi-san is not that kind of person... hmph."

Obviously saying so, but the shadows of the two are a little closer than before.

And it's getting closer.

Finally, Asada felt a cold and soft touch on his arm.

He silently distanced himself from the side.

While looking down at the board game box, Lizhu silently leaned over, her snow-white and soft upper arms were pressed together again, conveying the warmth of both.

The strands of her hair were hanging down, revealing her rosy ear rims.

Asada was expressionless and gave up resisting.

——I always feel that there is a premonition that something will become complicated...

Chapter 68 What the hell happened while I was away

The two found Fumino Guqiao in front of the claw machine, and were about to go over to say hello.

However, she found that she was actually among several bad people with fierce appearance and fierce aura. She smiled as if she was very happy, and even raised her arms and cheered.

Asada watched from a distance, with a dazed face, incomprehensible.

——I knew she would definitely be approached by people, but I didn't expect that not only had she been approached by so many people, but now she could still smile like a child.

What the hell happened when we left?

With doubts, worries, and an unexplainable unhappiness, Asada Shinichi let Ogata stay where he was, while he went forward boldly and strode towards the group of people.

"..."

Looking at his back, Ogata suddenly remembered that in the alley that day, he brought an even more vicious-looking uncle to rescue himself who was blocked by the speeding gang.

He is very similar to him now, but a little different.

Ogata didn't know how to describe this feeling, but she suddenly thought of a fairly appropriate metaphor.

He who rescued Ogata Riju was like a summoner whose companions were in danger. He called for foreign aid when he knew he couldn't beat him, and he was able to make a wise and calm judgment.

And he who rescued Fumino Guqiao was like a knight who saw the princess being persecuted by the revolutionary army, no matter whether he could beat him or not, he would immediately stand by her side.

...Is it the difference in the degree of concern?

He is their educator companion, and he takes care of and cares about them very much. This care should also gradually grow with time and feelings, and logically speaking, they cannot be compared together.

But Ogata Rizu still had the idea that she was not as important as Fumino in Asada's heart.

"Why... I think so..."

She frowned suspiciously, unable to explain what the stuffy and sour feeling in her chest was.

But she vaguely understood that such thoughts would hurt the friendship between her and her best friend, and she was also very embarrassed for Shinichi.

Shaking her head, Lizhu decided not to think too much about it. She is not interested in this matter, so she doesn't intend to go into a dead end.

Empty her mind, at this moment she just silently stared at his figure who was getting further and further away.

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When Shinichi Asada approached, he happened to see Fumino Furuhashi bowing to the group of people.

"Thank you very much for your guidance. Otherwise, with my poor skills like water fleas, I would not have been able to catch these three dolls."

...What is this guy talking about?

Asada frowned slightly, but met Fumino who raised his head.

She smiled in surprise and waved to him cheerfully.

"Asada-kun, you're back~ Al, where's Rizu-chan?"

"She's waiting in the back." Asada moved his steps and stood beside her intentionally or unintentionally, blocking the vicious eyes of those unscrupulous people, "It seems that you are having a good time. You shouldn't be crazy about throwing money if you can't catch it." Or use the machine to correct the feet on the machine?"

"I'm not that violent!" Gu Qiao complained, dumbfounded, and suddenly saw him standing as if nothing had happened, changed his mind, and instantly understood.

His eyes couldn't help but narrowed into crescent moons, and he tugged at the corner of his clothes with his small hand, and Guqiao showed a cheerful and gentle smile.

"Hey, Asada-kun, let me introduce you—these are the masters who taught me how to hold dolls. Thanks to them, I was able to hold these three super cute dolls!"

She ostentatiously pointed at the three dolls on the machine table, they were a girl with long black hair, a boy with short black hair, and a girl with long brown hair, and she shook the doll of the girl with long brown hair.

"Except that this one has a different length of hair from Xiao Lizhu's and doesn't wear glasses, the others are very similar to us, right? It took me a lot of work to get these three just right!"

Guqiao seemed a little complacent, hummed twice, and his delicate nose almost turned up to the sky.

But Asada glanced at the appearance of the three dolls, and then looked at the big characters "White Album 2" written on the console, his expression became complicated. Baba talking.

"Yeah...it does look a lot like us..."

"Huh? Otherwise?" Guqiao tilted his head in doubt.

Asada coughed twice, in order to fool the past, he turned to look at those bad people who didn't look like good people.

Before he could speak, those people rolled up their sleeves together, exposing their strong arms and a claw-shaped tattoo on them, and shouted in unison.

"We are the Devil's Claw Association! We aim to become a claw machine master, and we are now fighting in various cities! Please give us more advice!"

——He even speaks honorifics, he is a very polite and nice person.

"Please, please advise..."

The corner of Asada's mouth twitched, and he was forced to back away by the courage of the muscular man. When the weird and fiery eyes focused on him, he couldn't help looking at the ancient bridge as if asking for help.

It's okay if they are the expected bad guys, there is always a way to deal with them, and there is no need to think about being polite.

However, this group of people are just some... No, they are very strange good guys, everyone has a hearty smile on their faces, and some people even took out dolls from their arms and wanted to give them to him.

——He is really a good person.

Faced with such kindness, Asada didn't know what to do, so he could only ask Guqiao, who seemed to have a good relationship with them, to deal with it.

"Ok?"

Upon receiving his gaze, Gu Qiao nodded his chin for two or three seconds, then opened his eyes suddenly.

Then, he gave him a thumbs up, smiling and showing two rows of white teeth.

"..."

The atmosphere was awkwardly quiet again.

Asada clasped his thumb blankly, then flicked her forehead hard.

"Smile!"

"Hey~"

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After saying goodbye to the good people of the Demon Claw Gang, the three finally reunited and walked out of the video game hall.

The sunset became a little stronger, and the burning clouds in the evening were reflected in the sky, as if the sky was quietly and violently burning.

Ogata's board game has already taken back the bag, and now the three of them are holding a doll that Guqiao just caught in their hands, chatting casually.

"... Then, after I spent about [-] yen, people asked me if I needed help... At first I thought they were here to strike up a conversation, but when I said no, they caught me with ten coins on the spot Five dolls prove their strength."

Guqiao was talking eloquently, and the black-haired doll waved in front of the two of them, smiling briskly and authentically.

"Maybe they just can't stand it? I'm not boasting. My technique of pinching dolls is comparable to amoebas. It's just so bad! If there is no help from everyone, I may wait for you to come back, even if I spend [-] yen to pinch Nothing."

She glanced at Asada, as if she was explaining it specifically for him.

Soon, Guqiao Fumina withdrew his gaze, and the corners of his lips curled up in a reassuring arc.

Her face seemed to be sun-tanned, and her skin reflected a healthy color. She stepped on the shadow happily, as if dancing on the keys of light and shadow.

Asada pretended to be looking at the doll in his hand, glanced at her, and said noncommittally.

"That's it."

"What about you?" Furuhashi asked, looking at Rizu curiously, "Lizu, Asada-kun, what game did you go to play?"

"..."

In the silence, the two couldn't help but look at each other.

Asada remembered what she said, "I did it because I knew it was important. 』

Rizu thought of the "safe kiss" she kissed on her own initiative, and the act of sneaking up on him on the road pretending not to care.