Love Tennis and Yumiko Miura

"Moses Moses..."

"Yumiko!!! Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." As soon as the phone was connected, Yuigahama's crying voice came over.

"Uh, is that Yui?"

"Wuwuwuwuwu, it's me! I was so worried about you, Yumiko-kun, wu ...

"Uh, Yui, don't cry, I'm fine..."

"Woooooooooooo..."

"Really, I'm fine! I just forgot to bring my phone."

"really?"

"Really? Why would I lie to you?" Youmiko inexplicably felt as if she was coaxing a cute and silly dog.

"Then I'll go find you now! Where are you?"

"I'm..." Yumiko was about to say that she was at Zhixian's house, but then she changed her mind and realized that she was about to go out, so she said, "XX Tennis Club."

Just now when they were having dinner, she asked about the name of the Zhixian Club.

"Okay, I'll pack up and come over!" Yuigahama ended the call decisively without giving Yumiko a chance to refuse.

"Are you done playing?" At this time, Zhixian also came downstairs with a tennis bag on his back.

"Okay." Yumiko nodded, "But can I go to the club with you?"

"Sure." Zhixian didn't refuse. He was a member, so it would be no problem for him to bring people in.

"And, that..." Yumiko was a little embarrassed to speak.

"Yuigahama is coming?" Zhixian asked tentatively.

"Yeah." Yumiko nodded.

"Come on then." Zhixian didn't care. After all, it had already been exposed. "You can stay in the club or go to the cafe."

"I hope it won't cause you any trouble?" Yumiko asked cautiously.

Is this still the "Queen of Fire" that Miura Yumiko knew? Zhixian couldn't help but laugh. He felt that the girl was making a big deal out of nothing.

Well, it’s not that I can’t understand.

"It won't be any trouble, Yumi-ko." Zhixian explained patiently, pulling out a club membership card from her bag. "I'm a member, so there won't be any problems. If you want to play tennis, you can rent rackets and tennis skirts there."

"Okay." In the end, it was the membership card in Zhixian's hand that convinced Yumiko, "I'll chat with Yui for a while. It won't affect your practice. I'll take Yui home later when my parents come back."

Yumiko had already planned what she would say to her parents: she forgot to bring her cell phone and keys when she went out yesterday, so she stayed at Yuigahama's house for one night. She didn't know when they would be back, so Yuigahama was worried about her, so she came back with her to check on them. Then she took the opportunity to invite Yuigahama to dinner to express her gratitude.

This way her parents shouldn't have any questions.

As for the excuse for forgetting your phone and keys? Just make it up. It's not surprising that it happens once in a while.

So the two of them walked to the tennis club where Zhixian was.

The distance is not particularly far, only about 20 minutes away.

Yumiko calculated the distance from Yuigahama's house to here. It would take more than half an hour to take the train, and girls also have to dress up before going out, so it would take at least 40 minutes to reach Yuigahama.

After leaving Yumiko to the coach, Zhixian went to the locker room to change clothes.

"Hello, little girl!"

"Hello, coach."

"Can you play tennis?"

"Will do."

"Really? Hahaha, no wonder this guy brought you here." The coach laughed.

"Eh?"

"Other coaches used to joke with him and asked him to bring some female students with him, but he said that those who didn't understand tennis would only cause trouble."

"...It certainly sounds like something Zhixian would say."

"So I was quite surprised to see you. You must be pretty good at tennis, right?"

"I won the singles championship in the county tournament when I was in junior high."

"The county competition? That would be great!"

At this time, Zhixian, who had changed his clothes, walked over.

"The coach can begin."

"Then you can just watch here. If you want to play, tell me!" The coach came over and said, "Come on, come on. What's the rush? I won't eat your friends."

62. Yuigahama Arrives

Youmiko sat on the sidelines and watched Zhixian start training under the guidance of the coach.

Even for tennis players, many training programs do not use rackets, so most of the training is not very entertaining, but simply repetitive and boring.

Compared to playing games, training is really much more boring. After watching for just a while, Youmiko became a little impatient.

Chixian, who had anticipated this, lent his cell phone to Yumiko and told her that she could use it at will, to read the news or play the small games on the phone, so that she could use it to kill the boredom before Yuigahama arrived.

Yumiko was initially curious about Chixian's training, but after actually seeing it, she didn't find anything special. The training before picking up the racket really didn't interest her, so she just boredly scrolled through Twitter, browsing some irrelevant content.

The boat shop next door said something bad about the Mexican chicken burrito again, Jin Jin Jin on the Peninsula claimed that he had a box of eggs again, and Indian brother was doing a human pyramid on the motorcycle again... There are countless tweets like this every day, and people are more or less tired of reading them, but there are still people who write them over and over again every day without getting tired of it.

Then there's the news that xxx48 or xxx46 are holding another handshake event, a certain female voice actor is dating and getting married to a regular employee, or the weather forecast is for Hyogo North...

After nearly half an hour of scrolling through meaningless Twitter, Yumiko finally got a call from Yuigahama. She said hello to Chixian and went out to meet her. They agreed to meet her at the club's cafe after Chixian finished training.

By the way, Zhixian lent his membership card to Youmiko so that they could enjoy free treatment in the cafe - this is an additional benefit of membership.

As for why Zhixian enjoys such treatment, the reason is very simple, because Mr. Ju is a partner of this club. Although Zhixian is not a rich second generation, he is a rich second generation if it is limited to this club.

Yumiko arrived at the entrance of the club and waved to Yuigahama who was looking around: "Yui, this way!"

The pink-haired girl with a bun hairstyle immediately trotted over like a dog who had seen her master, pounced on her and hugged Yumiko.

"Yumiko-soo, woooo, woooo, I'm so glad you're okay!"

"Yui, don't be like this...so many people are watching us!" Yumiko didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and she felt very embarrassed to be watched by passers-by.

"Eh?" Yuigahama finally realized that she was in a public place. The girl touched her head embarrassedly and smiled foolishly.

"Come with me." Yumiko quickly pulled Yuigahama away. She didn't want to be watched by others.

So the two of them trotted all the way to the coffee shop.

After the two found a seat and sat down, the waiter brought two menus and said that they could press the bell to call her to place the order after they had ordered.

"Wow, Yumiko, there's actually a cafe here!" Yuigahama exclaimed. She probably thought that a tennis club was just a place where a bunch of people played tennis, although there was nothing wrong with this understanding.

"Ahem, let's order first."

"Okay." Yuigahama glanced at the menu and suddenly put it down. "After you place your order, Yumiko, tell me everything that happened yesterday!"

The dumpling girl's expression was very serious, even more serious than when she usually studied.

(She wasn't really serious when she was studying, was she?)

"Okay, I won't hide it from Yui!" Yumiko sighed. Now that it had come to this, she didn't plan to hide it from her friends anymore.

"Yeah!" Yuigahama responded, then happily flipped through the menu.

After choosing their drinks, the two rang the bell to place their order.

When paying, Yuigahama had only taken out half of her bag when she saw Yumiko handing over a card. The waitress took a look at the card and did not take the money. She just left with a professional smile.

"Eh? Eh?" Yuigahama had no idea what was going on.

"Ah, this is what Zhixian lent me. He said I can just use this card."

"Yumiko was staying at Tachibana-kun's house yesterday, right?" Yuigahama naturally knew Tachibana Chizuru's full name, but she didn't ask, "Who is Chizuru?" "Yesterday, Xiaocai and I were looking for Yumiko, but suddenly Xiaocai received a call saying that Yumiko had been found, and informed Hayato-kun and the others that they could go back."

Yumiko felt a little complicated when talking about this. After all, her friends were disturbed by her own affairs, which made her feel a little guilty.

"It was Zhixian who found me last night..." Youmiko gathered her thoughts and words before recounting her story with Zhixian, from the time they first met in elementary school until today, when she followed Zhixian to this club.

During the story, Yumiko was completely immersed in her own world, and Yuigahama tactfully did not interrupt her. She just listened quietly and occasionally took a sip of her drink.

Yuigahama was listening very attentively to Yumiko telling her story with Chigen. When she was recounting these past events, Yumiko's expression always fluctuated with her emotions.

It tells the story of the two people's joy in overcoming difficulties in the competition; it tells the story of the two people smiling knowingly because of their tacit understanding in daily life; and it also tells the story of their sadness and grief because of failure.

Youmiko would be cheered up by Zhixian's encouragement and would be depressed because of Zhixian's injury, as if her every frown and smile was related to Zhixian.

What really shocked Yuigahama was that these two close friends could remain "broken up" for a whole year in high school without anyone noticing.

They obviously cared about each other so much, but lost each other because of some misunderstandings.

Yuigahama couldn't think of any other words except "it's fate".

This kind of romance novel-like plot actually happened to Yumiko, making Yuigahama feel sorry for her.

From her story, Yuigahama could clearly feel that Yumiko 100% still wanted to play basketball with Zhixian, but she forcibly restrained this impulse and kept herself rational.

How could Yumiko have such a rational way of thinking in her daily life? She has always been the straightforward "Queen of Fire", but when facing Zhixian, the queen retreated.

Yuigahama doesn't understand tennis, but she understands Yumiko's feeling of not wanting to drag others down, and she also wants to catch up with someone.

"Yumiko still wants to play ball with Tachibana-san, right?"

"...I want to, but I'm so confused right now." So much had happened in the past 24 hours, and she was a little overwhelmed. But she didn't dare make any rash decisions; she didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

63. What is the IQ of a love detective?

Near noon, Zhixian came over.

After a brief discussion, the three decided to go to a family restaurant outside the club for dinner.

Yumiko spent most of the time chatting with Yuigahama. Chixian would occasionally say a few words, but most of the time he just listened quietly to their conversation without interrupting.

Until the food ordered by the three of them arrived, Zhixian ate silently and did not show any impatience with the conversation between the two.

This was somewhat beyond Yuigahama's expectations, so she heard a lot about Zhixian from Yumiko, but Zhixian's past image was too deeply engraved in her mind, so she couldn't fully adapt to it for a while.

Yuigahama had accidentally discovered before that if someone talked to Zhixian, the latter would most likely have an impatient look as if he had not woken up yet - this was especially common when talking to the class monitor.

"Ju, that watch needs to be collected before school ends today..."

"Oh, I know, I'll fill it out."

"You must fill it out! Otherwise, it will be very difficult for me to deal with Mr. Hiratsuka..."

"Okay, I'll pay it."

Both his tone and demeanor showed a great deal of impatience, which particularly impressed Yuigahama.

Even if a boy talks to Zhixian about some topic, he looks uninterested and lazy.

What's more, in Yuigahama's eyes, Chixian is still a sleepyhead - he even sleeps on the table during Hiratsuka Shizuka's class. What's even more terrifying is that Hiratsuka Shizuka actually acquiesced.

As for music and home economics classes that required changing classrooms, I went to them at first, but later I simply stopped going - this relieved a burden on Ye Shan, who was responsible for waking Zhixian up every time the classroom changed. It is really difficult to wake up someone who is grumpy when waking up.

During this meal, Zhixian managed to keep a smile on his face while the two girls gossiped about their names, even though he didn't even recognize them. Occasionally, Yumiko would ask for Zhixian's opinion, and his answers weren't at all like those of a straight man. They were even more feminine than Yuigahama Yui's! How could such a guy be considered a super straight man by the girls at school?

But on the other hand, this should mean that Yumiko holds a very high position in Chixian's heart? He doesn't even have any relationship with girls in school. (Except Kashima and Chiyo)

It feels like keeping yourself clean for someone.

The more Yuigahama thought about it, the more she felt it was plausible. No matter how you look at it, Chixian's behavior is because he really cares about Yumiko! Surely he likes Yumiko! That's definitely the case!

I can do it! Love Detective Yui said she is ready.

Even if your IQ is 3, leave it all to me! (Thick fog)

Although Yumiko and Hayama, who are both at the top of the current reality show, seem to have a good couple feeling in the eyes of outsiders, neither of them actually has that intention. The reason why they ignored the rumors is more or less to use them as a shield.

Isn't this kind of plot where a character is separated by a misunderstanding and reunited upon learning the truth a common theme in TV dramas and novels? This can strengthen the relationship between the two protagonists, build a stronger bond, and move towards a happy ending together.

Yuigahama was lost in thought while Yumiko started to plan the itinerary with Chixian.

"I'll call home later to see if they've returned. If they have, I'll go home."

"Then I won't see you off this afternoon. I'll go visit Nozaki after training. See you at school tomorrow."

"Then..." Youmiko was conflicted again. She wanted to ask Zhixian whether they should maintain the same status as before in school, or tell everyone openly that they not only knew each other but were also very familiar with each other.

But she felt it was a bit inappropriate to ask such questions, as if she was worried about what would happen if she had a relationship with Zhixian.