I work as a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

Chapter 250

The movie was over, the lights came on, and a few discussions rang in my ears, and finally fell silent and dissipated.

The moviegoers leave.

Hirakawa Tetsubun also got up.

When he got up, he glanced at Mrs. Yugong who had been sitting there without saying a word for a long time.

She looked complicated, thinking about something, and when she noticed his gaze, she glanced back at him.

Hirakawa Zhewen showed a polite smile, and then he took one last look at Yu Gongye, and then walked out of the screening room silently, not disturbing the two of them anymore.

The movie was over, and so was all he could do.

Just take this movie as his last farewell to Yu Gongye.

Among them, not only what Yu Gongye wanted to express to his mother was hidden, but also his last hope for this girl.

Yu Gongye should be able to see it.

I hope that this second-year girl can really think about this matter clearly like in the movie.

Then, accept the other side of her—not separate into two people.

Well, it's really over here, the next thing belongs to Yu Gongye and her mother.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa walked out of the auditorium and came to the corridor, facing the orange light of the setting sun.

He squinted his eyes, adapting to the dazzling feeling of stepping out of the darkness into the bright light.

Now that the matter of Yu Gongye is over, there is only one thing left for him.

……

It is different from the bustling scene in the campus during the school festival, this place is remote enough and quiet enough.

The orange light that is about to end quietly licks here, as quiet as a pure land isolated from the world.

And in this undisturbed silence, there is a young girl standing alone by the guardrail, looking at the distance along the gap of the guardrail.

The beautiful back view, the light of the sunset, the slowly flowing wind on the roof, the slightly swaying hair tips behind, and the distant buildings cut by light and shadow as the background.

Everything is so harmonious and complement each other.

The composition is harmonious and picturesque, which makes people stop and cannot bear to be disturbed.

Hirakawa Zhewen just stood at the door, looking in front of him, at the center of his field of vision, at the focus of his eyes.

but--

Perhaps the slight noise when the door was opened before, after enough time, was finally realized by this girl who was looking into the distance and didn't know what she was thinking.

She withdrew from her contemplative state and turned around.

Thus, in the pure land where no one disturbed, the girl met the gaze of his uninvited guest.

"..."

"..."

Under Shinohara Shiori's slightly surprised eyes, Hirakawa Tetsufumi let go of the hand holding the roof door, and stepped in.

When his footsteps stopped, he stood several meters away from Shiori Shinohara.

"Teacher Hirakawa?" Shinohara Shiori's tone rose a little, expressing her doubts.

"Yes, Shinohara-san, I..."

"Is there something you want from me?"

"Yes."

After two brief exchanges, Shinohara Shiori had already put away her surprised eyes, and waited for him to speak with an attitude of listening carefully.

Tetsubun Hirakawa stared at Shiori Shinohara.

The rooftop here, the familiar scene, the light of the setting sun, and the flawless face of the girl reminded him of many things.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with this time.

Hirakawa Zhewen took a light breath and pulled his thoughts back.

He opened his mouth.

"Xiaoyuan-san, I think I will discuss with you one last time about your resignation from the performance department."

"at last?"

"Ah."

Because at the farewell party of the performance department tomorrow afternoon, it is time for the members of the performance department to officially retire.

If nothing changes, this girl will quit the playing club just like that.

"So, what does Mr. Hirakawa want to say this time?" Shinohara Shiori looked at him calmly, "I have already said that because I was disappointed with someone, I decided to quit the performance department."

"..."

Hirakawa Zhewen was a little embarrassed, his eyes couldn't help but wandered, and then refocused on the girl's eyes.

"It's true...but I think..."

"What do you think?"

"That's not the real reason for Shinohara-san to quit the performance club, is it? At least, it's not the whole reason."

"is it?"

The lightly rhetorical question, neither intending to affirm nor deny, made people wonder what the girl was thinking.

But it doesn't matter, because Hirakawa Zhewen came here this time because he thought he had figured out what the girl was thinking.

He didn't care about Shiori Shinohara's rhetorical question, but took a breath and said in a deep voice.

"Actually, Shinohara-san, you don't want to quit the performance club, do you?"

"..."

"..."

After a moment of silence.

"Why do you say that?"

Shiori Shinohara's expression didn't seem to change at all, anyway, it didn't look like what was said.

"I think."

"If it's just one-sided wishful thinking, it won't work - I know that very well."

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsuwen choked.

"This... I naturally have reasons for my judgment."

"So, what is it?"

……

Today's school festival is over, both the students and the parents who came with the students have started to evacuate Moriya.

Looking down from the upper floors of the community building, one can see the crowds constantly flowing from the stadium to the gate of the campus.

After a few glances, Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked away from the corridor,
He turned to the side.

Shinohara Shiori followed about a step behind him.

"The reason why I made such a judgment is...for the time being, I still have a certain understanding of Shinohara-san."

"is it?"

"Yes."

"so?"

In the sound of the girl's questioning, the memories of this girl in Hirakawa Tetsufumi's mind began to emerge one by one—from the very beginning, from the time when Moritani took over the class and became her teacher, until today.

The long memory is really nostalgic.

Sighing softly in his heart, Hirakawa Zhewen pulled his thoughts away from the experience of memory.

"So, I also have a little understanding of how Shinohara-san treats wind instruments."

"I still remember how resigned Shinohara-san was when he failed the national competition for the first time in October last year."

"And after that, when Shinohara-san was asked by her mother to quit the performance department, she firmly said that she would never give up."

"Including supervising me to go to the performance department time and time again, and caring about how the performance department is going."

"Of course, the most important thing is—"

Hirakawa Tetsubun deliberately looked at Shiori Shinohara, wanting to see her reaction.

"I also know the story that Shinohara-san told me about the relationship between her and her mother, the first time she got rid of her mother's control."

"..."

Shiori Shinohara's expression finally changed slightly.

Seeing this scene, Hirakawa Zhewen smiled a little.

"right?"

"For the first time, I was free to choose my hobbies without asking my mother's opinion, and afterward, amidst constant obstruction, I never gave up and persisted."

"Even if I quit the club, I practiced alone until high school."

"This matter was told to me by Shinohara-san herself."

"..."

From the night of the summer festival, before the fireworks bloomed, the girl's last confession.

"Not only that."

Hirakawa Tetsuwen's words did not stay for too long.

"After rejoining the performance club in the high school, when faced with the matter of retiring from the club again, Shinohara-san did not hesitate to tell the instructor that if you don't want to lose your job, please don't meddle in your own business. talk."

"..."

"Although the method is a little bad, but Shinohara-san's determination not to give up is really impressive——isn't it?"

"..."

Recalling such past events, Hirakawa Tetsufumi raised the corners of his mouth with nostalgia.

Thinking about it now, this thing is really...

It's touching.

This is the beginning of the relationship between him and Shiori Shinohara.

If he hadn't chosen to visit his home at the beginning, maybe things would have been different afterwards... Stop, my thoughts have wandered.

Get back on track.

He continued with his statement.

"The above is all I know about Shinohara-san and wind instrument music."

"I think it's not too much to say 'a little understanding'."

"To put it bluntly, I'm probably the one who understands Shinohara-san's determination to continue playing music the best."

"—Of course, Shinohara-san must be disappointed in me."

"Even if I think it myself, I really suck, and I am extremely disappointed in myself."

"However, if Shinohara-san quit the performance department because she was disappointed in me... I spent a lot of time thinking about it later."

"I came to the conclusion that—"

Hirakawa Tetsufumi will reveal the final answer.

"Would that young lady, who was always unwilling to give up her only interest even under the obstruction of her mother, really decide to give up because of this?"

He looked at Shiori Shinohara's expression, and the girl fell silent.

So, he continued to speak firmly.

"Of course, the possibility cannot be said to be non-existent."

"However, I am more inclined. In fact, there are other reasons."

"What reason is there for Shinohara-san to give up playing wind music?"

"It's not that you can't win the gold medal, but, I guess, it was Shinohara-san's mother who once again suggested that she want Shinohara-san to give up the performance department next time, right?"

"If it were any other time, I believe that Shinohara-san would never accept it like this."

"But it so happened that Shinohara-san, who was already disappointed with my terrible teacher, faced the pressure from her mother again, and finally made a decision to give up her only interest, which was not expected by her mother."

"Even, some further ideas are possible."

"For example, because I persuaded Shinohara-san's mother at the beginning, the next Shinohara-san will stay in the performance department."

"So, Shinohara-san, who is disappointed in me, may still have some thoughts of 'returning' all these things to me, so I accept it calmly."

"These reasons, are my guesses correct?"

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi's long inference finally ushered in the end.

Between the two, once again fell into a silence that seemed to have nothing to say.

Shiori Shinohara, who neither affirmed nor denied, had already lost sight of him.

However, it is more accurate to say that this attitude is tacit.

After a long time, the two walked through the aisle of the campus together and arrived at the school gate.

In Hirakawa Tetsuwen's ears, the girl's footsteps stopped, and then her voice finally sounded again.

"So what if you guessed right?"

Hirakawa Zhewen stopped and turned to look at her.

The eldest lady's eyes were full of determination.

"Shiori has already decided to quit the playing club. And, she has already promised her mother. There is nothing more to say about this matter."

"I don't think there's anything left to say."

"It has been decided and cannot be changed."

"I also don't think it's really immutable."

"..."

Shinohara Shiori silently faced Tetsufumi Hirakawa.

Hirakawa Tetsubun told his reasons.

"Since it's your only interest, don't give up so easily. At least, if it's because you're disappointed in me... Please, please think again."

He was about to leave his job and would no longer be associated with the performance department, so there was no need for this young lady to quit because of him.

Moreover, it was he who owed Shiori Shinohara, if, before she finally left, she gave up the interest that had lasted for so long because of him, even if her mother obstructed her.

Then, it is absolutely impossible for him to leave so peacefully.

So, before leaving, he has one last thing to do.

"This is my last request, Shinohara-san please think carefully about it."

"..."

Shiori Shinohara pursed her lips.

In front of her, Hirakawa Tetsuwen bent down and bowed deeply.

"..."

'Last request...'

'At last. '

Yu Gongye's words came to mind again.

'Teacher Hirakawa's time is running out. '

"..."

Ridiculous, how can there be such a thing.

Shinohara Shiori denied Amamiya Ye's statement.

It's just like when she said "the last decision" and "the last time, I want Mr. Hirakawa to participate in a festival", this is the last.

In a very cunning way of saying it, it's hard to say no.

Because, once the word "last" is used, there is always a strong meaning of prayer in the words.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Tetsufumi Hirakawa finally heard Shiori Shinohara's reply.

"I have already promised my mother that the decision to retire from the Ministry cannot be changed."

"..."

Facts have proved that this girl's determination to play music did not disappear so easily.

Maybe it was because of his rhetoric, or maybe some other reason, in short, he heard that Shiori Shinohara was shaken.

She did not say that her own decision was unchangeable, but that her mother's will was unalterable.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa straightened up, facing Shiori Shinohara, he said with almost no doubt.

"As I said, I don't think it should be changed."

"Because, since you can persuade once, you can persuade the second time."

"..."

(End of this chapter)