Lonely Rock: Love Songs Dedicated to the Stars

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"That's all?"

"Yes, that's all."

Shangcheng, who was having lunch with Xingge in the classroom, had just finished listening to Xingge's story and learned what had happened. She had worried about those two for nothing; now, watching Xingge take another piece of fried chicken from her plate, she felt like she'd been tricked.

Chapter 70 Kenzaki Yuuma won? Really?

On the school rooftop, after listening to Yuuma's story, Aikawa wore an expression of "I knew it." How could those two idiots possibly argue? Had he unintentionally added another little bit of spice to their relationship?

He took the lunchbox and left.

"Where are you going? Aren't you going to eat lunch?"

Yuzhen watched his departing figure, utterly puzzled. They were just chatting so well, why did he suddenly leave?

"It's raining today, and the wind on the rooftop isn't good for digestion, so you can eat here by yourself."

Aikawa left with this inexplicable reason.

"Not good for digestion? I have stomach problems and I haven't felt anything." Yuzhen felt the breeze blowing. "Speaking of which, was it supposed to rain today?"

Yuzhen checked the weather forecast on his phone; it was indeed forecast, but it seemed to be in the afternoon. He didn't pay much attention and continued eating his lunch. Time was running out; he still had to go back and do half a math test after lunch.

……

Not long after Yuma returned to the classroom, the sky became a bit gloomy.

"Shangcheng, what do you think of those two people?"

Aikawa and Kamishiro were plotting in the classroom. As they talked, they turned to look at Kenzaki Yuuma and Iji Tomoka in the back row.

One of them was doing practice problems with his head down, while the other was sleeping on the table. People who didn't know them would definitely think they weren't close.

"What can we say? Let them play if they want to." Shangcheng waved his hand dismissively. "But we can actually meddle a little."

"Please elaborate."

While the two were still plotting, Yuzhen was far from at peace.

Yuuma was completely unable to solve the problem at that moment. He noticed the weather outside and started to worry; he hadn't expected the sky to darken so quickly. He had forgotten to bring an umbrella when he left home that morning, and now Yuuma just hoped it wouldn't rain when school was over.

When he looked out the window, he saw Xingge taking a nap on the table, which made him even more uneasy.

'Senior Xingge looks so cute sleeping face down, I really want to poke her cheek.'

He took out his phone, opened the camera, made sure no one was paying attention, pointed the camera at Xingge, quickly took a screenshot, and then put the photo into his private album.

'The only rule is that you can't talk to the other person; taking photos of my senior didn't violate any rules.'

Looking at the photo, he had long forgotten his earlier worry about not having brought an umbrella. Instead, he contentedly put his phone in his pocket and continued working on his practice problems.

Aikawa and Kamishiro shook their heads helplessly as they watched the change in Yuuma's expression. They were pretty sure that the two guys behind them were unlikely to argue.

As lunch break was about to end, the teacher came over and asked Aikawa to put away his homework before class.

"Kenzaki, could you help me collect the homework?" Aikawa leaned close to Yuuma and handed him the half-collected homework. "My stomach suddenly hurts, I need to go to the toilet."

"Why not let Shangcheng help you?"

"I can't take it anymore! I have to go right now! Please help me."

Aikawa didn't answer Yuuma, nor did he give him another chance to ask a question. He grabbed a roll of toilet paper and ran out of the classroom.

This was the clever idea of ​​Aikawa and Kamishiro. Ijichi Seika was still sleeping, and Yuuma would definitely have to wake her up to collect the remaining homework, and in order to win, he would definitely ask Kamishiro, who sat in front of Seika, for help.

Next, it will be up to Ijichi Hoshika's morning grumpiness to shine. As soon as she sees Kenzaki Yuuma standing next to her, Hoshika, whose mind is still foggy from just waking up, will definitely think that Yuuma woke her up and subconsciously breathe on Yuuma.

Even without her breath on her skin, given Hoshika's personality, she wouldn't finish her homework; she'd borrow Yuuma's and copy it. That would be a victory for Kenzaki Yuuma.

The plan went smoothly until Shangcheng woke Xingge up. Everything was developing in the direction the two had predicted.

In other words, Kenzaki Yuuma won.

However, they miscalculated one thing: they didn't know that Yuuma had been staying at Hoshika's house before. After so many days of Hoshika and Yuuma sharing a bed, she no longer breathed on Yuuma after getting up. Moreover, before the bet started last night, Yuuma helped Hoshika finish her homework.

Shangcheng watched Xingge get up, then calmly looked at the homework that Youzhen was holding, took out the homework she had finished last night, and inserted it into the middle of the stack of homework.

The two did not exchange any words and safely weathered the incident.

After Yuzhen left the classroom, Ueshiro poked Hoshika.

"Huh?! What are you doing?"

Xingge, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up again and looked like she was about to eat someone alive. Shangcheng quickly apologized, and Xingge lay down and went back to sleep.

When Aikawa returned, he found that Yuuma was not in the classroom; he must have gone to the office to deliver homework. Meanwhile, Ijichi Hoshika was still sleeping.

He approached the city and inquired about the situation, learning that their plan had failed.

Since Plan A failed, we have no choice but to use Plan B.

The two of them are trying to muddy the waters today. Since Kenzaki Yuuma didn't win, they'll switch things up. Plan B's goal is to let Ijichi Seika win.

It is known that Yuzhen and Xingge revealed during lunch break that neither of them brought an umbrella. Therefore, the conclusion is that for Plan B to succeed, the first thing to do is to pray to God that it will rain when school ends.

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"Nice!"

When school was over, Aikawa and Kamishiro looked at the heavy rain outside, their faces displaying the natural expressions of someone who had successfully planned something.

After changing their shoes, Yuzhen and Xingge stood at the entrance of the teaching building, looking at the heavy rain outside.

In fact, Yuzhen could have easily called Yuxing and asked him to come pick him up. However, he couldn't bear to leave Xingge behind. Although Yuxing would invite Xingge to ride with him, given Xingge's temperament, she might not necessarily get in the car.

As the two stood there, stunned, admiring the rain, Aikawa ran over, shoved his umbrella into Yuuma's hand, gave him a thumbs-up, lifted his backpack over his head, and dashed off.

"Wait! You idiot, Aikawa!"

Uesugi opened her umbrella and chased after him. The original plan was for her to take Aikawa to the station with the umbrella, but that idiot just rushed out to show off.

Hoshigo glanced at the umbrella in Yuuma's hand. It was lent to Yuuma by Aikawa; she wouldn't ask for it back...

"Let's go together." Youzhen looked at Xingge, opened her umbrella, put her arm around Xingge's shoulder, and pulled her under the umbrella.

"Wait, you spoke to me..."

"I lost."

Yuzhen looked at Xingge in her arms, withdrew her hand from around her, and used the hand she had just withdrawn to hold up the umbrella.

"I really can't abandon Senior Xingge."

"I noticed that too."

Xingge leaned closer to Youzhen.

"Thank you. But according to the rules, you still have to promise me one thing."

The two left the school with umbrellas and walked home.

"Of course, what would you like me to do, senior?"

"I haven't decided yet, is it okay if I keep it for now?"

"Of course, you can tell me whenever you've decided, senior."

The two walked to an intersection, where the light turned red, and they stopped to wait.

It was raining heavily, and the two of them left school late, so there were very few people on the street.

Xingge tugged at the cuff of Youzhen's short-sleeved shirt.

Yuzhen leaned down slightly, thinking that Xingge had made up her mind and wanted to tell him.

"Let's make this clear first, what follows can't be considered part of what you promised me."

Before Yuma could speak, she felt something wet on her face. It wasn't rainwater, because it was clearly warm.

He touched his face and saw that the green light had come on.

"This is to comfort you since you lost." Xingge blushed, wiped her lips with her hand, and then patted Youzhen's back. "Let's go, the green light has been on for a while now."

Chapter 71 Nobody's Home

The two of them shared an umbrella.

After Yuzhen took Xingge home, Xingge noticed that his shoulder was wet. He must have tilted the umbrella towards her; it's a common occurrence for couples on rainy days. She gave Yuzhen a towel to wipe himself down.

Aunt Ichi and Hongxia went out early in the morning, seemingly with friends. Xingge didn't know exactly what they were going to do, as she hadn't listened carefully that morning.

In Xingge's bedroom, she watched Yuzhen doing practice problems after finishing her homework, and thought about her kiss from earlier. Would their communication start to decrease next year when Yuzhen begins preparing for her exams? She'd heard that breakups often begin with a decrease in communication.

She didn't want that to happen. Although she didn't want to admit it, she seemed to be becoming more and more dependent on Kenzaki Yuuma.

"It's all your fault." She sat on the bed, hugging her knees, and muttered to herself, "Why are you always so nice to me?"

Her voice wasn't loud; Yuzhen could only hear that she seemed to be muttering to herself, but she couldn't make out what exactly she was saying.

"What did you just say, senior?"

"He didn't say anything, go do your homework."

Yu Zhen scratched his head, not asking any further questions. He guessed that Xing Ge was probably nagging about him again, but didn't want him to know.

Xingge looked at Youzhen, who had turned her head to do her homework. Lately, all she knew was studying.

'Wait, studying?'

Xingge felt like a detective who had discovered evidence and suddenly understood.

'If I start preparing for the exam too, will it be considered bothering him when I ask him questions next year? That way, I can definitely maintain basic communication.'

She now feels like she's a genius.

"Um... Yuma, is it difficult to get into university?" she asked Yuma.

"I feel alright." Yuzhen put down her pen and turned to look at her when she heard her question. "But it still depends on which university you want to apply to, senpai. Anyway, there's still plenty of time, so you can take your time to think about it."

"Let me think about it more carefully."

"How about you try applying to Waseda University? Maybe then you can come and teach me every day."