Practical teaching: Starting from the soul traveling through Dragon Garden

Chapter 321 Don't show that expression
"You want to fight me? If not, shut up."

Although Ryuuen's hand was injured, he was not worried at all that he would not be able to defeat Nanyun and Kiriyama.

Nan Yun didn't want to fight in the first place, so he snorted and left. He had to deal with the problem of housing. Without the boat, there would be no housing. Nan Yun had not completely lost his mind. Fortunately, the previous house had been almost built, but the roof had not been completed yet.

Nanyun is now doing the final steps and the house needs to be put into use tonight, otherwise everyone will have no place to live.

After Nanyun left, Kiriyama was at a loss for a moment. He didn't know what to do. Anyway, he couldn't stay with Nanyun anymore. He had always been Nanyun's little follower before. Suddenly, Kiriyama felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

The problem is solved, and Ryuuen plans to go check on Horikita, but Kiriyama follows him.

"Don't follow me. We haven't arranged for dinner yet. Go prepare some food. Don't let me see you doing nothing."

Just like a class teacher scolding elementary school students, Ryuen also gave Kiriyama a task. Kiriyama was already familiar with catching fish, so he went on his own without Ryuen's repeated instructions.

Ryuuen let out a breath. If anyone was asked who was most affected by Ayanokouji's departure, it would undoubtedly be Horikita. The friendship between the others and Ayanokouji was very superficial, but Horikita had known Ayanokouji since the beginning of the school year. Although Horikita and Ayanokouji themselves would certainly not admit the bond between them, this bond did exist.

The sea breeze mixed with the scent of herbs on Ryuen's body lingered around Horikita.

"If you're here to comfort me, no need, I'm fine."

Horikita sat on the sand, feeling the sea breeze.

"A mentally ill person won't say he or she is mentally ill. If you are really in good condition, why are you here blowing the wind at this time? I am not here to comfort you, I am here to care about you."

Ryuuen sat next to Horikita.

Horikita was just being stubborn. She just wanted to act normal, but she was so clumsy that she couldn't even pretend.

"So what should I do? Catch fish?"

Horikita suddenly remembered that there was no dinner yet.

Realizing this, Horikita stood up quickly, but was pulled back down by Ryuuen: "Kiriyama has already gone fishing, so don't go and help him now."

"Is this how you care about me? Let me slack off?"

Horikita didn't appreciate it and still wanted to go fishing.

"I want to talk to you about Ayanokouji. You probably have a lot to say. Feel free to tell me. This is how I care about you."

Long Yuan acted as if to say, "Go ahead and talk. I'm listening."

"I don't have much to say. Ayanokouji left, and it has nothing to do with me."

Horikita was still being stubborn, or maybe she really thought so, but her true feelings in her heart were not like that, and she was deceiving herself.

"Is it to cover up one's own fault or to deceive oneself?"

Ryuen smiled.

Horikita was a little annoyed: "You are the one who is self-righteous. You always self-righteously guess other people's thoughts. Are you some kind of psychology teacher?"

"So you also know that you have psychological problems, problem student Horikita-san?"

"That's unreasonable! I don't want to argue with you, so shut up!"

"You are being unreasonable. You have no right to silence me."

Ryuen was still smiling. Horikita, who couldn't argue with Ryuen, couldn't stay any longer. However, Ryuen had grabbed her arm tightly at some point, not giving Horikita a chance to escape. "What on earth do you want to do? What on earth do you want me to say!"

Horikita is on the verge of collapse, and her suppressed emotions are about to explode.

Horikita has been in agony since she fell into trouble. She is only a sixteen-year-old girl, so how could she not be afraid?

Sakayanagi blatantly relies on Ryuen, Ichinose is secretly entangled with Ryuen, and Horikita has only an unreliable ally, Ayanokouji. Even though Ayanokouji is unreliable, Horikita can only choose to trust him in her life on the island. In Horikita's subconscious, only Ayanokouji and herself are in the same camp.

After Ayanokouji left, he was all alone.

Just like when she was a child, she was abandoned by her brother again. Once again, Horikita Suzune was abandoned.

"Do you think Ayanokouji will come back?"

Ryuuen's change of topic made Horikita calm down immediately. After knowing that Ayanokouji had escaped, she had never thought of such a possibility.

"It should be impossible. He didn't give me any hints or information before he left."

Horikita had a lonely look in her eyes. She really treated Ayanokouji as her own, but Ayanokouji still treated Horikita as an outsider. When trust is not equal, the one who chooses to believe is always the one who gets hurt.

Ryuen also felt that since Ayanokouji had chosen to leave, he would never come back, but Ryuen would not say that to Horikita at this time.

"He said something to me before he left. Don't you want to know?"

Ryuuen looked at Horikita teasingly.

Horikita calmed down: "Why didn't you tell everyone about this before? Is it related to me?"

Ryuen snapped his fingers: "You guessed it right, he told me to trust you."

"Huh? Ayanokouji asked you to believe me? What's so weird? You're not lying to me, are you?"

"It's up to you to think about it. What exactly is the meaning behind it? Think about it yourself. Remember to tell me when you figure it out."

Ryuuen stood up, leaving Horikita with only one thought, letting her think about a made-up sentence, so that she wouldn't spend time pondering her sensitive heart.

People tend to daydream, and in most cases it's because they are too idle. All they need to do is keep Horikita busy. Although this is only a temporary solution, the gap between Ryuuen and Horikita has not been filled yet. It's too hasty to completely solve Horikita's problem.

Ayanokouji's escape delayed everyone's dinner time.

Because there was one person missing, Kiriyama caught more fish than Horikita, and the others didn't have much appetite, so Ryuen had a rare chance to eat his fill.

Sakayanagi's body still hasn't recovered, and she has no appetite. Ryuen's fingers are inconvenient, so he asks Ichinose to feed Sakayanagi some fish soup.

After dinner, the sky gradually darkened. The situation at Nanyun's house had not been dealt with yet, so Ichinose, Horikita, and Kiriyama went over to help. Ryuuen stayed behind to accompany Sakayanagi because of the injury on his hand.

"You still don't feel anything?"

Ryuuen sat next to Sakayanagi and held Sakayanagi's soft and boneless hand with the only two fingers he could move. It was as cold as the sea water at night.

"Well, the situation isn't that bad. Don't make that expression, Ryuuen-kun."

Ryuuen didn't know what his expression was, but no matter how hard he tried to put on a fake smile, he couldn't do it. Looking at Sakayanagi who looked like she was about to break, Ryuuen couldn't smile at all, not even if he was pretending.

(End of this chapter)