Love Tennis and Yumiko Miura

"But you obviously don't have a sister."

"Do you have to have a sister to read a sister-themed novel? Isn't that something a pervert would do?"

"So liking Dio is a pervert? I just like him as a meme-making machine. I read all kinds of novels normally, but the premise is pure love. I don't like Minotaur."

"...Why can you say such things so calmly and openly, Tachibana?"

"Why not? Just like you told me that you like sister-themed novels, I just told you that I like pure love novels. Maybe you want to talk about something three-dimensional? Well, I like Matsushima Mufu (these two words together), and now I like Tian Haiyi." Zhixian still had a serious face.

(Author's voiceover: Am I being too obvious? You probably have a favorite teacher, right? Drivers who don't mind, please send me a picture of the teacher you have in mind.)

"..." Mikoshiba suddenly felt that he still had a long way to go before he could become a master of speech. He couldn't even talk about this topic so calmly in front of his same-sex friends.

But he does like books about sisters, even though he doesn't have a sister.

"This is a normal physiological need for men, there's nothing to be ashamed of!" Zhixian patted Mikoshiba's shoulder to show encouragement, "Otherwise, you're still a long way from being able to communicate normally with girls other than Sakura and Kashima."

Mikoshiba burst into tears.

After a while he came to his senses.

"But don't you also talk to girls, Ju?"

"I'm just too lazy to pay attention to them, not because I'm shy and speak incoherently."

"I don't believe it, this is just an excuse!"

"......Who else would be like this except you! Do I need to prove anything?" Zhixian frowned. Please, brother, I used to play mixed doubles. I was afraid to talk to girls, so why would I play mixed doubles for three years?

"Good idea, then try chatting up girls and show me how you can talk to girls!"

Zhixian rubbed his temples. He felt that chatting up girls on the street and having the courage to talk to them were two different things. This involved the question of whether they were strangers.

But Kashima would definitely dare to do it. Tachibana silently complained about this thick-skinned guy. It was she who changed Mikoshiba's standard of not being shy when talking to girls.

"It would be very embarrassing to suddenly approach and talk to people, right?" Zhixian retorted.

"Then find someone from our school. Most girls will know you." So Mikoshiba started looking around. "Ah! There's a girl from Soubu over there. She's in our second year!"

Zhixian looked in the direction of Mikoshiba's finger and was speechless.

——The person Mikoshiba discovered was Ebina Himena, a literary girl wearing red-rimmed glasses.

At the same time, she is a rotten girl.

The two had just come out of a figurine store. Ebina must have bought some similar products.

To be honest, Zhixian didn't want to talk to Ebina. After all, this girl was Yumiko's good friend, and doing so would inevitably arouse her suspicion.

Especially his Thanos-like attitude towards girls would definitely not make any girls who heard rumors about him have any positive thoughts about him taking the initiative to chat with them.

"That person is in my class, so let's just forget it." Zhixian wanted to persuade Mikoshiba.

"No, since we are in the same class, it won't cause trouble as you said." Mikoshiba was as unreasonable as a child who rolled on the ground when he was not bought a toy.

"..."

Zhixianxin said, no wonder you are the protagonist Mamiko and I am just a tool-man senior, your personality is very similar to the protagonist in the girls' comics.

There was nothing he could do but hope that Ebina was someone he could communicate with. Zhixian sighed, temporarily entrusted the fluffy box in his hand to Mikoshiba, and walked towards Ebina.

......

"Good afternoon, Ebina-san."

"Hey, Tachibana-san? Hello hello!" Unlike Yuigahama's ya hello, Ebina-san's way of greeting is hello hello, which also has an unknown meaning. I don't know which planet this greeting is popular on.

"I'm so sorry to bother you at this time. I feel like the thug who's trying to pick up high school girls on the street..."

Ebina blinked and did not interrupt Zhixian.

"Do you know Mikoshiba Mikoto?"

"Of course! Mr. Mikoshiba is quite famous, and I have seen him too." A hint of cunning flashed in Ebina's black eyes.

"That's easy, I hope you can cooperate with me."

"If it won't be long."

"No, just a few simple words will do. I just mocked him a few times, so he got angry and wanted me to prove that I'm not afraid of talking to girls."

"Because they happened to see me in my school uniform, I was designated?"

"That's it. I'm very sorry." Zhixian smiled bitterly. He was also quite embarrassed. He knew very well that he didn't have a good reputation among girls.

And if someone else saw him chatting up Ebina, it would become troublesome for the latter, even if that person was a friend of Miura Yumiko and Hayama Hayato.

"It's okay, Tachibana-san and Mikoshiba-san, I can handle it." Ebina pushed his glasses and smiled slightly.

Zhixian smiled awkwardly. She needed help from the other party, so she could only selectively ignore the other party's fujoshi remarks.

"I'd like to take this opportunity to ask Tachibana-san something." Ebina suppressed her fujoshi smile and spoke seriously.

"Tachibana-san, you know Yumiko, right?" Ebina asked.

"...We've known each other since elementary school." Zhixian didn't deny it. When he was with Youmeko, he could have found out immediately with a quick search, so it was useless even if he denied it.

"You're still very concerned about Yumiko, right?"

"how you said that?"

"I saw it, Tachibana-san." Ebina pushed up his glasses. "When we were in the first year of high school, you once secretly paid for us, right? Yumiko forgot her wallet that day."

"..."

"You've secretly helped Yumiko deal with the boys who failed to pursue her, right?"

"..."

"In that mixed doubles match in the tennis club earlier, you deliberately ended up with a draw, right? I don't know much about tennis, but I could see that even with Yui as your partner, you had a clear advantage."

Zhixian sighed deeply, his tone somewhat bitter: "Aren't you observing too carefully?"

"I just have a good memory, it's nothing special." Ebina smiled.

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Junior high school extra 5

Although the junior high school competition was over, the tennis training was not over yet. Zhixian and Yumiko still practiced every day and went to the street tennis court to randomly challenge passers-by (low-level game fishing).

Spring break was still like this. Besides training, the two would occasionally go out to relax at Yumiko's request, such as watching a movie or going shopping. Yumiko was still a girl after all, so it was natural for her to like beautiful clothes and cute accessories.

That day, Zhixian was called out by Yumiko as usual to go shopping. Although he wondered why Yumiko chose him as a partner instead of a same-sex friend, he was tactful enough not to ask.

Isn’t this also good? Zhixian thought.

It's just a little tiring - much more tiring than playing tennis.

"Zhixian, look at this~" Youmeiko put a small hairpin on her hair to show Zhixian the effect.

"I think it matches your hair color." Zhixian replied seriously, "You can even wear it during games. It's very nice."

Through past experience, Zhixian knew that simply answering "it looks good" or "it suits you well" would seem perfunctory. But adding a little explanation would make it seem more sincere. It's like when a girl says she has a stomachache, you can't just say "drink more hot water." She might want you to bring her some water. Or maybe she's just being sick and wanting to act coquettishly.

The same principle applies to trying on clothes. If you offer your own small suggestions while complimenting her, the girl will always feel happy no matter whether she adopts them in the end. Because she feels your praise and care, rather than your perfunctory attitude.

Girls are a group that cares a lot about each other's attitudes, even between girls. If you're secretive, I'll be annoyed with you, and this is normal. There are thousands of reasons why girls dislike someone or something, and similarly, there are also many reasons why girls like someone or something.

For example, you are a bit too assholeish, you cry silently in a corner after losing a game, or you do high jump at school. (No hints! Really no hints!)

"Really? Don't lie to me!" Youmiko was skeptical and turned her head back and forth in front of the small mirror.

"Why would I lie to you? How much is this?" Zhixian turned around and called the clerk, and paid decisively after the clerk said a number.

"Zhixian..." Yumiko heard the clerk's words of thanks for her patronage before she could stop herself.

"It looks good, wear it." Zhixian smiled.

"Then I'll trust you for now." Youmiko turned her head away, not looking at Zhixian. However, her hand involuntarily touched her temples, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

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The two of them wandered around the mall, whether it was a clothing store or a pet store, Yumiko would go in with great interest, humming a little tune and looking very happy, even though she didn't buy anything.

This is the biggest difference between men and women. Men usually have a clear goal and go straight to the point of getting the girl. Women, on the other hand, have a vague range. If they meet someone within the range, they will get the girl. If they don't meet someone, it doesn't matter. They will be happy just to look around. It is obvious that Yumiko is very happy now, chatting about gossip while strolling around.

For example, someone is together with someone else, someone has a crush on someone else, and there are countless examples like this.

Then, a glass case filled with figurines appeared before them. Zhixian stopped dead in his tracks, his gaze fixed on the case.

Yumiko also knew that her partner was watching anime, so she very considerately asked: "Do you want to go in and take a look?"

"Do not you mind?"

"How can we just go to my favorite store when we're out together? Let's go in!" Yumiko pulled Zhixian into the store. It was a very common store selling models, figures, light novels, and comics. Although small, it had everything.

"Come to think of it, this is my first time in a store like this." Yumiko exclaimed in amazement as she looked at the merchandise in the display case. "Ah, this is Sakura, right? I saw her when I was a kid, and I envied her for having so many beautiful clothes."

"The Zhishi family is too rich." Zhixian agreed. Although it was a magical girl show, he had also seen it, and his love for it was no less than that for Ultraman.

"Does Zhixian have a favorite?"

"Hmm..." Zhixian murmured. Actually, he stopped because he saw the fishmonger, but the fishmonger was already in his room.

At this time, the background music in the store was the Onion Song. Zhixian smiled when he heard it, because this song was very popular and quite magical.

"Let's go." Zhixian called Youmeizi.

"Huh? Ah, here you are." Before leaving, Yumiko took a look at the speakers playing songs in the store.

----split line----

Zhixian's birthday was at the end of spring break, just before school started, so he invited a few of his close friends, including Youmeizi, to a small party.

Everyone gave gifts, but they were wrapped. Zhixian did not open them on the spot, but chose to open them when he got home.

The gifts include comics, wristbands and other things, basically all of which are choices that suit their preferences.

The last one was Yumiko's gift. Unwrapping it, I saw a pair of large twintails.

"Hatsune Miku?" Zhixian was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect it to be such a gift.

Then he thought of something.

"Really, you're so considerate at a time like this." Zhixian chuckled. He carefully placed Hatsune Miku where he kept his figurines—and made room between Dio and Aqiang.

"Welcome, Your Highness."

43. Conversation

"As expected of you, right? You have excellent insight." Zhixian sighed, "You can connect these fragmented events together to reveal the clues."

"Actually, it's mainly because Yumiko's attitude is so strange. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought about it this way." Ebina was very humble. "I think it's too much of a coincidence that she always deliberately avoids topics related to Tachibana-san."

Zhixian didn't interrupt. After the two of them arrived at Sobu, they really got along like strangers. They didn't even make eye contact when they passed each other. They behaved like strangers.

Come to think of it, never participating in discussions about him, never expressing any opinion on his deeds—that's not Yumiko at all! How could Yumiko hold back? She's the kind of person who wouldn't hold back if she had something to say!

"Being too deliberate actually gives it away, doesn't it?" Zhixian shook his head. He had little social life at school, so he could just play it cool and pretend he didn't know her. But Youmiko's actions backfired. While she wouldn't bother with the lower-class members of the class, her demeanor still showed some attitude.

"Tachibana-san occasionally looks over at us, so I guess you're also a little concerned about Yumiko."

"Guess...that means you still know nothing."

"That's right." Ebina nodded. "Yumiko doesn't want to say anything, and I don't want to force her to say anything, but—"

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"But - if there was a misunderstanding between you, I hope Tachibana-san can take the initiative to resolve it. I also hope Yumiko can be happy."

"...Some things can't be solved just by saying so, Ebina-san."

"But how will you know if you don't try?"