Love Comes After Learning

"It doesn't seem to be, but the mood is very unstable."

"..." Nakano Maruo pursed his thin lips, and after two or three seconds of silence on the spot like a sculpture, even a slight wavering in his seemingly mean and indifferent eyes no longer existed.

"Tell her I'll be right there."

"The sports festival..."

"I already said, if I have time."

And now, when there is no time.

Ignoring the hesitant expression of the old housekeeper, Nakano Maruo took out a white coat from the disinfection cabinet, put it on, and walked out of the office vigorously.

Jiang Rui followed behind, holding his mobile phone as if preparing to notify the ward.

But I heard Nakano Maru say without looking back: "There is no need to contact them, I will go around the ward once after I go there, there is no time to go back and forth."

"Forget it this time, next time if there is a chance, I will go."

His cold and rational words were left behind by his fast and regular steps, without the slightest hesitation or unwillingness.

Jiang Rui sighed silently and moved his fingers, this time he really planned to notify the ward.

But after thinking about it, he found a LINE ID from the data and sent a message.

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Shuchiin Academy.

A race is about to begin, and behind the starting line are the fully prepared contestants, in groups of two, with their ankles bound together by straps.

Two people with three legs, the test is not only the running speed, but also the tacit understanding with teammates.

"Asada-san, let's have a serious match! We won't let the water go!"

With her arms around Rizu's petite shoulders, Yotsuba flipped off her hair tie handsomely, and issued a provocative declaration to Asada.

Rizu also pouted her small face and stared at him closely, her clear eyes seemed to be ignited with raging flames, which made her faintly emit a feeling of "I, Ogata Rizu, will beat you today!" 』The strong aura.

"Shinichi-san, even you and I won't back down when it comes to winning or losing!"

The two girls who were shorter than him seemed to be looking down from a high place, looking down on him plausibly.

Asada smiled, but responded indifferently:

"Then let's see the real chapter in the game. The little animals of the red team."

"What? I'm not a small animal!" The rabbit ear headband shook in protest.

"Please provide evidence that I am a small animal!" His face puffed up like a hamster.

Asada smiled and stretched out his hand to stroke their heads.

The two froze for a moment, and at the same time their faces were slightly red, and they narrowed their eyes happily.

——Look, isn’t this a small animal?

It didn't take long for the referee to get them ready to start.

With his toes on the starting line, Shinichi Asada put his shoulders on Uesugi Fuutarou's shoulders, leaned forward slightly to assume the starting position, and whispered to him.

"Feel sorry."

Whether it is intentional or not, Asada needs to apologize to Fuutarou Masugi for what happened just now—leaving his partner and friends alone, and flirting and chatting with girls on his own. You don’t need to empathize to know that this behavior is very inappropriate .

"It's nothing, your apology is even more annoying."

Uesugi just responded to him casually, as if he was still remembering the words he had just memorized.

"Who made me so unlucky to sit in your front seat? I don't care if I'm not used to this kind of thing... It's better to ignore me. I don't want to get involved in the emotional disputes between you and those girls."

"Don't worry, I didn't intend to let you intervene."

Asada smiled, and gradually tightened his legs amid the referee's shouts.

"Next, please work harder, Uesugi-kun."

Fuutarou Uesugi pulled up the corners of his mouth, showing a slightly flamboyant smile that was different from usual.

"How long do you think we've been practicing for today?"

The next moment, the signal gun rang.

The two took steps at the same time.

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"Rizu, you can't lose to Asada-san!"

"Don't worry, although I'm not good at sports, this kind of "competition" with simple rules is just a piece of cake for me now."

The high-spirited Yotsuba and the confident Rizu stepped on their feet steadily, staring straight at the finish line ahead.

The next moment, the signal gun rang.

The two also took steps at the same time.

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Snapped!

Then the four of them staggered at the same time, kneeling unsteadily on the ground.

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The scene was a little awkward for a while, and the four of them showed stunned expressions on their faces.

The other teams had already started to run forward, only they glanced at each other and their partners.

Uesugi Fuutaro: "Hey, speaking of it, we don't seem to have practiced two-person three-legged at all..."

Ogata Ritzu: "I, I was too excited, I accidentally stepped on the wrong leg..."

Shinichi Asada, Yotsuba Nakano: "..."

After being speechless for a moment, they hurriedly pulled up their partners, and started to catch up with the opponent who had already run some distance ahead.

"Grass seedling turtle, listen to my command from now on."

"Who is the tortoise!"

"Use dash! One, two, one, two!"

"Tsk, I'm really stupid to sign up with you for a two-person three-legged—"

"Don't panic, Lizhu, just like we practiced before, get used to it slowly... one, two, one, two..."

"One, two, one, two..."

"Very good, that's it! We are almost surpassing Asada-san!"

"Yeah! Thanks to you, Yotsuba."

"Ehehe~ We are partners~"

In the end, the two groups that fell behind barely relied on their tacit understanding and physical fitness, desperately came from behind, and won the third or fourth place.

Yotsuba and Rizu also defeated Asada and the others as they wished. Although the result was not perfect, seeing the satisfied expression on Rizu's face, Yotsuba couldn't help laughing, feeling unexpectedly relaxed.

"Winning or losing is not important, what matters is whether you enjoy it and whether you have a smile on your face!"

Facing the air, Clover proudly said her own famous words.

There was still some time before the next game, and after she said goodbye to everyone, she was going to the Sports Festival Executive Committee to see if there was anything she needed to help with.

At this moment, the conversations of passers-by suddenly entered her ears; because the loud speaker next to the command platform blocked her view, those people did not notice her existence, and Yotsuba also subconsciously froze. Disguised, stood in place and eavesdropped on their undisguised chat.

"It's a pity that the competition just now, Yotsuba-san won a result other than first place for the first time..."

"I can't help it. After all, I'm still carrying an oil bottle. Why doesn't she partner with the members of the track and field team?"

"Yeah, that small, cute one doesn't look like he can exercise, so it's completely holding Yotsuba-san back?"

"Whether there is delay or not, doesn't the red team rely entirely on her to score points? I just checked the scores, and it seems that the white team won eight or nine times out of ten without her participation. The red team has no strong players at all. I guess in the afternoon It will be overtaken.”

"One thing to say, no matter how good her physical fitness is, she can't turn the tide in the team competition. There is no need to treat her as a big devil."

"The devil can't take a group of slime boys, can he?"

"Maybe she can gain an advantage in the team competition by herself."

"Is it so scary... But even so, her physical strength should not be able to last until then, right? I just checked the game record, and her speed seems to have slowed down..."

"Well, no matter how slow it is, it's much faster than us, so let's not talk about it! Do you know that there is a newly opened dessert shop nearby..."

"The one on XX Road? I know~"

I don't know how long it took, the talk gradually faded away, but the cheerful laughter couldn't bring any relaxation.

As if the blood was gradually solidified by the cold, Yotsuba stood there blankly, her eyes were dry but hard to blink.

Her hands and feet were as cold as if they had been soaked in liquid nitrogen, and her heart began to throb. She didn't even know how to describe the pain.

Do you want to go out and explain to the group of people just now?

"not like this……"

She murmured, even though she stood where she was, there was no one around her.

"No one was holding me back, and Riju did her best..."

The fist was clenched little by little, and the blue blood vessels clearly emerged on the back of the hand, bringing a slight tremor.

"……is my problem."

Nakano Yotsuba lowered his head and took a deep breath, the expression that seemed to be about to cry gradually returned to calm, no longer trembling slightly.

She raised her gaze and stared straight ahead, the shaking in her eyes turned into hard ice, the coldness of her hands and feet quickly faded away, and a tingling burning sensation surged from the nerve endings.

[Because of Nakano Yotsuba, whether it is a member of the red team or Ogata Rizu, they will be looked down upon by others. 】

Nakano Yotsuba thinks so.

and so……

As long as she continues to be number one, as long as she can create an absolute advantage and let everyone in the red team win, then it will be fine, right?