Rubbing the cold beer in her hand, Natsume Yayoi scratched her head.

It seemed that she had discovered all the lies and temptations she had just told.

Chapter 8 Substitutes

noon the next day.

"Didn't I say that the new homeroom teacher will come today? Why haven't I seen her yet? Natsume, why do you think she is?" Kondohiko looked at Natsume Yayoi and asked.

"Why are you asking me?" Natsume Yayoi asked puzzled.

"Aren't you a reasoning genius?"

"Let's not talk about when I became a genius. How can I proceed with reasoning without clues?"

"It wouldn't be a bad idea to make up a story for us."

Kondo Hiko's grin made Natsume Yayoi couldn't help but twitch her lips.

"This is your purpose!"

"Hey, what does it matter?"

"Um, reasoning genius, what's going on?" Kaoru Mizushima, who took sick leave yesterday, was a little confused.

"I told you, yesterday."

Lin Yexiang pulled Mizushima Kaoru, lay in her ear and told her what happened yesterday.

After hearing this, Mizushima Kaoru looked at Natsume Yayoi in surprise.

"Amazing!"

"That's not the case. The reasoning is not that simple. I just made up the story. Anyone can do it."

Natsume Yayoi was dealing with Mizushima Kaoru while paying attention to Aikawa Sayuri opposite.

Why does she become unhappy again when the topic comes to me?

"is it?"

Mizushima Kaoru was doubtful about Natsume Yayoi's answer.

"Of course. If you are willing to listen to the story, it's not like I can't answer Kondo's question just now. By the way, Aikawa-san, do you know why the homeroom teacher didn't come?"

Unexpectedly, Natsume Yayoi would suddenly ask her, and Aikawa Sayuri was stunned for a moment.

Then, she adjusted her expression, put on a sweet smile as usual, and then answered in a slightly innocent tone: "How could I know!"

"That's good."

"Hey, what's so good about this!" Aikawa Sayuri laughed.

"We've confirmed that no one knows why the homeroom teacher didn't come, so the story won't be exposed on the spot, right?" Natsume Yayoi explained.

"I'm not that boring."

"So, want to hear a story?"

"If you want to speak, of course I am willing to listen."

"I'm surprisingly good at dealing with girls."

Kondo Hiko's slight muttering came to his ears, and Natsume Yayoi pretended not to hear it.

Pretending to think for a moment, he said, "I guess the head teacher must have had diarrhea, so he didn't arrive on time."

"Huh?!" ×4

Unfazed by the speechless expressions of the four people, Natsume Yayoi continued: "Besides, it was definitely caused by preparing food for myself!

There are people like Aikawa-san's mother who are good at cooking, and there are homeroom teachers who are not good at cooking.

Is it normal for someone to have a bad stomach due to one's own cooking and not be able to go to work the next day? "

Seeing Natsume Yayoi's serious nonsense, Aikawa Sayuri only felt funny.

"How can anyone decline like that!"

"Just listen to the story, just be happy. If I said that the head teacher got sick because he stayed up late to sort out the lesson plan yesterday, would you still be able to laugh so happily?"

"Well..." Sayuri Aikawa thought for a while, and then said: "As long as the story Natsume tells, no matter how tragic it is, I will try my best to laugh."

As she said that, she winked mischievously at Yayoi Natsume.

Natsume Yayoi sighed pretending to be troubled.

"You're trying too hard."

"Shouldn't you be moved?"

“Not impressed at all”

Just as Aikawa Sayuri giggled at Natsume Yayoi's words, Mizushima Kaoru's sudden words made her smile disappear for a moment.

"It feels like Natsume-san is not as inconspicuous as he said. He is so funny and polite now. Huh? Aikawa, what's wrong with you?"

Kaoru Mizushima looked at Sayuri Aikawa who had a somewhat stiff expression in confusion.

"No, it's nothing. Why does Mizushima ask that?"

"Did I say something wrong?"

Sayuri Aikawa took a deep breath, and then gave her a teasing smile.

"I just didn't expect Mizushima to like Natsume's one. It's surprising."

"Eh?!" Mizushima Kaoru's face turned red. She hurriedly waved her hands and said, "No, I don't like it! Not at all! Not at all!"

"Is it really okay to say this in front of Natsume? Look at him, he is almost crying~"

After being reminded by Kondo Hiko, Mizushima Kaoru realized that what he just said was a bit too much for Natsume Yayoi.

She quickly stood up and bowed to Natsume Yayoi.

"Um... I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Natsume-san, I didn't mean to say that just now. It's not that I hate you, but, that..."

"Thank you."

Natsume Yayoi's words stunned Mizushima Kaoru for a moment.

"Eh?"

"[Funny talking], [Very polite], speaking of it, this is the first time a girl has complimented me like this," Natsume Yayoi said with a smile.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be sad about what he just said, Mizushima Kaoru breathed a sigh of relief.

However, thinking that what she just said might cause misunderstanding, she still wanted to explain.

"Well, I didn't just say that I hate Natsume-san. It's just that Aikawa said that she likes him or something. It's not the kind of love between men and women, but it's definitely not a dislike. Although we have known each other for a short time, I think Natsume-san is a very nice person. .Also, sometimes I feel like an adult. At that time, I am like an older brother."

click!

The gel pen that Aikawa Sayuri was playing with made a breaking sound.

Glancing at the girl, Kondo Hiko suddenly laughed.

"Hehe~"

"Well, I suddenly want a drink. I'm going to the convenience store. Does anyone want to bring something?" Natsume Yayoi stood up and asked.

In order to cooperate with Natsume Yayoi to break a certain atmosphere, Lin Yexiang immediately raised her hand.

"Strawberry milk, please keep it warm, thank you!"

"Where is Aikawa-san?" Natsume Yayoi asked again.

After waiting for a moment, Aikawa Sayuri raised her head and showed the sweetest smile that Natsume Yayoi had seen since the beginning of the school year.

"As long as Natsume buys it, I like it."

"Even if you say so, you still have to pay."

The girl was stunned, then covered her mouth and smiled: "Yes, yes, I will pay~"

"Where's Kondo? What do you want to drink?"

"Citrus juice."

"Black coffee, right? I get it."

"Isn't that super bitter!"

"You should drink something bitter, right?"

Natsume Yayoi's seemingly casual words made Kondo Hiko's heart skip a beat.

Are you blaming me for using him to irritate Aikawa?

Are you still dissatisfied with the fact that I dragged Mizushima-san into this?

Thinking of this, he muttered: "It seems that I will have to like black coffee for a while in the future."

Natsume Yayoi shifted her gaze to Mizushima Kaoru.

"Where's Mizushima-san?"

Mizushima Kaoru hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Same as Lin. Is that okay?"

"of course."

Natsume Yayoi walked out of the classroom.

On the way to the convenience store, he began to think about what had just happened.

When Kaoru Mizushima said "Just like a brother", Sayuri Aikawa's reaction was extremely intense.

Recently, Kondohiko's intentional and unintentional testing, combined with Aikawa Sayuri's abnormality, made him vaguely guess.

Suppose Sayuri Aikawa has a brother, but she has never heard of him mentioning it.

Separated?

died?

But why must we involve ourselves?

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