The same table is actually my sick reader

Chapter 36
Kurose Izumi shook his head slightly, and then raised a faint smile.

Shiraishi Qianlian nodded, took back the notebook, lowered her head slightly, and read it.

it is more than words.

Now they can express something without words occasionally.

After a while, Shiraishi Qianrei handed over the notebook again.

"If Kurose-san gets entangled again, I will help you and protect you."

"Thank you, Shiraishi-san. But compared to me, I am more worried about you. I am afraid that I will move in two days and you will be retaliated against."

Baishi Qianlian took the notebook, looked at the line of words, and was stunned for a moment.

This change in her expression was seen by Kurose Izumi, and he couldn't help but wonder why she was so stunned.

Is it strange why he would say such a thing?

Or……

What about a momentary heartbeat?
According to the general plot of light novels and gal games, it is generally the latter, right?

'No no no!How could Shiraishi-san be moved by me? Izumi Kurose, your thoughts are too impure! '

Thinking that he might have misunderstood something, Izumi Kurose scolded himself inwardly, and then dismissed the idea.

What he didn't know was that everything Baishi Qianlian showed was a disguise.

No matter when and where, what kind of expression, demeanor, or words, they are all pretended!

The relationship these days has been all a disguise!
"Don't worry, I can protect myself, I have lived alone for five years, even if I encounter danger, I can deal with it."

Kurose Izumi looked at this line of words, feeling indescribably complicated.

Living alone for five years in the second year of high school, does that mean that Chirei Shiraishi has been independent since junior high school?

At an ignorant age, you are already lonely and strong, do you not need anyone to live on?

He didn't know, but respected it, not sympathy or pity.

For Shiraishi Qianrei, sympathy and pity are blasphemy, and she doesn't need it.

But—he wanted to help Shiraishi Qianrei and become friends with her.

Whether she needs it or not, Izumi Kurose will try to befriend her and interfere with her.

"Shiraishi-san, you are amazing. I should be the one to admire."

When the notebook was handed over, a melodious bell sounded from the back of the teaching building.

The teacher put away the textbooks at the right time, said something, and then walked out from the class door after class was over.

Shiraishi Qianrei glanced at the notebook, then at Kurose Izumi, then stood up and walked outside.

' Keep up. '——Kurose Izumi understood what Shiraishi Qianrei wanted to express when he looked at him just now.

So, he stood up and followed Shiraishi Qianrei.

Makoto Hirasawa, who just wanted to drag Kurose Izumi to the lower grades, smiled when he saw him and Chirei Shiraishi walking out one after the other.

'Forget it, my business, let me go...'

-

Leaving the classroom, Shiraishi Qianlian walked ahead on his own, and came to the atrium outside the teaching building.

When she reached a remote corner where there was no one, she stood in front of the self-service vending machine, put in five [-]-yen coins, and bought a bottle of coffee.

Then, she looked sideways at Izumi Kurose and asked, "Student Kurose, what do you want to drink?"

"I'll just have a bottle of black coffee too." Kurose Izumi said, and was about to take out his wallet from his suit belt.

"No need, Kurose-san, it's my request."

"Can……"

"It's just a bottle of coffee, don't be polite to me."

"All right……"

In this way, Shiraishi Qianrei bought two bottles of coffee, sat on a bench beside him, and handed out one of the bottles.

"Thank you."

Kurose Izumi nodded his thanks, took the coffee, but didn't intend to sit down, just stood straight like this.

Shiraishi Qianrei glanced at him like this, and said softly: "Student Kurose, sit down and talk."

"Oh……"

Izumi Kurose sat beside Chirei Shiraishi, with a little distance between them.

"During the lunch break, I will apply to the teacher to create a club."

"Ah."

"After school in the afternoon, let's go to Jimbocho to look at the house."

"Yep."

"If you are satisfied, you will start moving tomorrow."

"Ah."

Although Kurose Izumi was a little puzzled as to why Shiraishi Chirei said this suddenly, he nodded and answered first.

"Then the day after tomorrow, are you going to live in a house in Jimbocho?"

"……Um."

This time, Kurose Izumi was silent for a long while before slowly nodding his head and squeezing out a syllable from his clenched teeth.

To be suddenly mentioned by Shiraishi Qianrei like this, to be honest, I feel a little bit sad.

During the two days of living together with Shiraishi Qianrei, I felt unexpectedly warm and cheerful.

This is quite similar to his ideal life.

Who do you live with, go to work or school together, go to the supermarket to buy ingredients together in the afternoon, and return to a small, slightly crowded home, but every place is full of memories and traces of life.

Then cook, eat, wash dishes, take a bath together, and sit together at night watching TV, playing games, chatting, and laughing.

Finally, I went to bed full of happiness and longing for a better tomorrow.

Although he and Shiraishi Qianrei do not have this kind of relationship, how can I put it, he is a lonely person, the small island of his hometown is still quite backward, and he has no friends since he was a child.

That's why he studied hard, walked out of the island, determined to change this life, and create a future for himself.

Although the future of the small island is peaceful and uncontested, it will be mediocre and mediocre in the end.

It's not that Izumi Kurose cannot accept it, but he feels that people must work hard to change their lives and cannot be content with the status quo.

My parents and three generations of ancestors are simple fishermen who live by the sea.

If he also inherits this kind of life, he will definitely be poor in the future.

He doesn't want to be poor, because he can work hard to change, so that his family can have a better life, and he doesn't have to endure the wind and sun of the sea anymore.

All goodness and filial piety come first—Izumi Kurose always remembers this ancient Chinese saying.

No matter where he is reborn, his parents are the ones who gave birth to him, and he must repay and be grateful.

-

Shiraishi Qianrei turned her head to the side, looked at Kurose Izumi's slightly lowered face, and said softly, "Kurose-san, how about staying like this?"

Hearing this, Izumi Kurose opened his eyes slightly, and looked sideways at Chirei Shiraishi.

With the lovely cherry blossoms falling, her hair was blown by the wind slightly, and her tight cherry lips were full of reluctance.

"..."

Kurose Izumi just looked at her speechlessly, losing the ability to think.

After a long while, he rolled his hoarse and dry throat and asked in a low voice:

"……why?"

He wanted to know why he was retained, and what purpose Baishi Qianlian used to retain him.

"..."

Facing this inquiry, Shiraishi Qianlian pursed her lips and remained silent.

It was an urgent, tense silence.

"...It's nothing, just pretend I didn't say it, please forget what I just said, Kurose-san."

Chirei Shiraishi turned her head away so that Kurose Izumi could not see her face, and said in an almost sad tone.

(End of this chapter)