My daily life in love is too contrary to my character.

No girl's shoulder to lean on when I sleep.

“Of course, I brought lots of treasures!” Takagi Ryo gave a knowing look, which made everyone laugh.

"Me too, hehehe."

"What treasure? Show it to the teacher too?" Gennai Ichiro's sudden joining of the conversation caused all four of them to start whistling.

“There are five seats in the last row. You four, sit in the last row with the teacher. You four little rascals, I’m keeping a close eye on you today.”

A wail erupted, including from Shiraishi Sawa.

He hoped no one would sit next to him; he couldn't imagine himself sleeping with Gennai Ichiro on his shoulder. He figured he might as well not sleep at all.

Shiraishi Zexiu immediately ran onto the bus and grabbed a window seat in the last row.

The teacher must sit in the middle of the aisle.

The other three immediately realized Shiraishi Sawa's purpose. With the teacher nearby, they were too embarrassed to scold him and silently followed him.

Having gained the upper hand, Shiraishi Sawa successfully sat on the far right, with Takanashi Yuuko and Kuramochi Sakura sitting in front of him.

Finally, the order of the last row—Maeda Shusuke, Takagi Ryo, Gennai Ichiro, Takeuchi Arisu, and Shiraishi Sawa Hide—was settled.

Shiraishi Sawah wanted to laugh when he saw Takagi Ryo's ashen face.

"Takagi, what treasure did you just say? Let me see it!" Shiraishi Sawa cleared his throat and asked loudly.

The eyes of most of the class, including Takanashi Yuuko and Kuramochi Sakura, turned to Takagi Ryo.

“Yes, let’s show it to the teacher too.” Gennai Ichiro, always eager for a good show, turned to Takagi Ryo and said.

"No...no treasure, teacher doesn't want it."

"Shiraishi-kun, what is that?" Kuramochi Sakura, who was sitting in front, turned around and asked. Having always attended an all-girls school, she couldn't understand.

“Well, how should I put it?” Shiraishi Sawa thought carefully about his words, “It’s the kind of stuff that requires parents to accompany children under fourteen, and some even require them to be eighteen.”

Kuramochi Sakura silently turned her head back.

"Everyone, please conserve your energy!" As the car slowly started moving, Gennai Ichiro said, "This journey is quite long, and we'll arrive around 5 p.m. We've already booked lunch for everyone at the service area, so don't worry. If you're sleepy, just go to sleep. Don't overdo it."

"Hi!"

Hideaki Shiraishi took out his earphones, put one on, glanced at Arisu Takeuchi next to him, and silently put on the other one as well.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw between the two chairs in front of me that Kuramochi Sakura and Takanashi Yuuko were each wearing a pair of headphones and watching a tablet—the headphone area of ​​the tablet had a two-in-one adapter plugged in.

The drama series that Shiraishi Zexiu was watching at the moment was one he had heard of; it was the Thai drama "Forbidden Girl 2".

There aren't many Thai dramas that Bai Shi Ze Xiu can watch, since their selling points are hard to accept. He still can't forget "Bai Mai Tee Plid Plew," which can be translated as "The Fallen Leaf." He didn't watch this drama, but after reading the synopsis and selling points, Bai Shi Ze Xiu was greatly impressed.

Shiraishi Sawa, who had intended to listen to music and fall asleep by the window, straightened up, placed his head between the two chairs, and began watching the drama while reading the subtitles.

Next door, Arisu Takeuchi took out his Switch and was playing "Mario Kart," and his whole body seemed to turn as the car turned.

--

Inside the school bus that had been involved in the accident, the culprit rushed up to check on it, his face filled with panic. The wreckage and the bodies of his classmates lay there quietly.

The culprit cried as he searched for anyone still alive.

She found Nano's body, and when the camera zoomed in on Nano's face...

Nano suddenly opened her eyes.

Kuramochi Sakura and Takanashi Yuuko both shrugged and leaned towards each other.

There was a cool sensation on my head, as if something was pressing on it. The sensation became more and more pronounced, turning from one hair into two, and gradually into the size of a hand.

"Two... people..." The hoarse voice came through the headphones that only played eerie background music and reached the ears of the two people.

"what!"

Looking up, I saw the culprit behind this—Shiraishi Sawah, who was speaking with his Adam's apple tucked in.

Seeing the girls' panicked faces, Shiraishi Sawa revealed a triumphant smile.

"Go to hell, Shiraishi-kun!" Shiraishi Sawah felt that Kuramochi Sakura wanted to smash her with a tablet. Suddenly remembering the consequences of Takanashi Sumire, Shiraishi Sawah was already thinking about how to smoothly commit seppuku.

Even Takanashi Yuuko gave him a reproachful look.

"Ahem," Shiraishi Sawa pretended not to know anything and continued to touch the hair on the two of them. "I saw that you have dandruff, so I'm helping you with that. Also, the main reason I was talking earlier was that I wanted to eat your potato chips too."

"Stop touching my head, Shiraishi-kun! I don't have dandruff, and most importantly, touching my head won't make me grow taller! You guys are already tall enough and don't need it, but I still want it!"

Kuramochi Sakura crossed her arms and pouted.

Remembering that she was a little girl who liked mature women's clothes, Shiraishi Sawa said he could understand her desire to grow taller.

"Kuramochi-san, the first step to growing taller is to exercise more."

Kuramochi Sakura's stamina value of -3 has not changed yet.

"Exercising is too tiring." Hearing this, Kuramochi Sakura shrank her neck a little guiltily and handed the whole bag of potato chips on her lap to Shiraishi Sawa. "Here, the potato chips you wanted."

“But you won’t grow taller if you don’t exercise! And…” Shiraishi Sawa Hide didn’t stand on ceremony at all, took the potato chips and started eating them, talking as he ate. The crisp sound attracted Takeuchi Arisu’s attention.

Watching Shiraishi Sawa Hide chatting with two girls about techniques to grow taller.

Jealousy! Jealousy! Takeuchi Arisu's race car has hit the edge again.

I need to find a way to bury Shiraishizawa Hide during this school trip, at least ten meters deep. Takagi Ryo and Maeda Shusuke will definitely support me.

With a thought of complaining crossed his mind, Arisu Takeuchi subconsciously turned his head and met the gaze of Ichiro Gennai.

It's a little awkward.

"What's wrong, Takeuchi? You're in last place now."

"It's alright, teacher. You've been looking down for too long. Move around a bit." Takeuchi Arisu mechanically lowered his head and continued driving.

"...So, that's my personal summary of height-increasing experiences." Looking at Kuramochi Sakura, who had already taken out her phone and written it down in her notes, Shiraishi Sawa nodded. She was a promising student. After finishing his own potato chips, Shiraishi Sawa reached for the other bag of potato chips on Takanashi Yuuko's thigh...

Then he lowered his voice a little, "As for how to get bigger, you can only ask Ichiri-san or Takanashi about that. You definitely won't ask Ichiri-san, only Takanashi!"

"I've asked you so many times already! Takanashi keeps saying it's natural, she didn't do anything, what can I do!" After answering subconsciously, she seemed to realize that it was a bit wrong to say this to Shiraishi Sawa, so she pressed her hands on Shiraishi Sawa's forehead and pushed him back.

A beautiful blush rose on her face.

"Who's talking to you about this!"

"Damn it, at least let me finish this episode! I want to see Nano get her revenge!" Shiraishi Zexiu could only press his head against the gap between the two chairs and continue watching the screen.

--

The scene transitioned into the end credits, and the culprit received his punishment from Nano. Shiraishi Sawa stretched and leaned back in his chair, noticing Takeuchi Arisu beside him, and said...

"Takeuchi, give me a hand."

Arisu Takeuchi has given up racing—he discovered that Ichiro Gennai really enjoyed watching it, turning it into "Mario Tennis".

"No." Shiraishi Sawah felt Takeuchi Arisu's intensely hostile gaze. "Unless you give me potato chips."

"This is it? Here you go, I happen to have a few left. I didn't know potato chips were this powerful?" Shiraishi Sawa handed the potato chips directly to Takeuchi Arisu and took the Switch from his hand.

"What do you know?" Takeuchi Arisu devoutly ate a potato chip, chewing with a look of enjoyment and rapture. "These are potato chips given to me by a beautiful girl!"

“Well said,” Shiraishi Sawah nodded, “but Takeuchi, when you’re acting like a pervert, did you forget that Genuchi-sensei is right next to you?”

Takeuchi Arisu's rapturous expression froze.

"Takeuchi, could you give me a slice of that potato chip that the pretty girl gave me? I'd like to know what it tastes like." Genuchi Ichiro's voice rang out at just the right moment, while Takagi Ryo and Maeda Shusuke next door were already laughing at him without restraint.

"You're too kind, teacher, please go ahead." Takeuchi Arisu awkwardly handed it over.

"Alright, enjoy it yourself. I won't take it away from you."

"Takeuchi, how do you play this? Teach me the buttons."

Shiraishi Sawa is about to be completely overwhelmed by the opposing AI; he can't even use his skills.

"Here it comes!" Feeling like he had found a lifeline, Takeuchi Arisu quickly turned his head and began to give instructions.

--

"This game is trash, I suggest removing it from the Switch." After being utterly defeated once again, Shiraishi Sawa returned the Switch to Takeuchi Arisu.

"That's great! From now on, I'll tell everyone I meet that Shiraishi Sawa is no match for me, Takeuchi Arisu, in tennis." Takeuchi Arisu was especially happy to see this outcome.

Slightly drawing back the curtains, gentle sunlight streamed in, illuminating Shiraishi Zexiu's profile, unseen by anyone.

The scenery outside the window was rushing past; on the highway, residential areas were interspersed among the distant forests, and every now and then a river or a small pond could be seen.

In the far sky, a flock of birds that Shiraishi Sawa Hide couldn't name were circling—too far to see any details.

It's only a little past nine o'clock now; this is a long journey.

Shiraishi Sawah leaned against the window, preparing to sleep.

A bus exactly like his pulled up beside him, and through the drawn curtains, Shiraishi Sawa saw Soga Kirei, who was sitting with Shimizu Yoshiko.

Shiraishi Sawa patted the window, but it didn't attract the other person's attention. Soga Kirei was wearing headphones, her eyes closed, facing forward.

It was so calm that it seemed out of place in this world.

"President, look out the window, what a coincidence."

Shiraishi Sawah sent this message on Line.

In her line of sight, Suga Wulian's head trembled slightly. She immediately opened her phone and then finally turned her gaze to the bus located next to her.

Shiraishi Zexiu waved to her.

The ice water melted from his calm face as the cool autumn breeze blew across Shiraishi Zexiu's face, and Soga Kirei waved to him.

Yoshiko Shimizu and Taichi Oki, who was sitting behind the two of them, also greeted each other.

However, I didn't see Ichiyo; I don't know where she is.

More and more people noticed the bus driving alongside them, and then some mischievous boys started laughing and teasing:

"Driver, could you go a little faster? We need to overtake the car next to us!"

"Yes! Faster!"

Shiraishi Sawa saw that the other side seemed to be making the same fuss, with the boys sticking their heads out of the corridor and talking to each other.

"Hurry up and get out of here," the driver said with a laugh. "You guys don't value your own lives, but I do. The one who was shouting the loudest just now, come here, you drive, I'm getting off to escape first."